Edward Fox Books

I'm a new Rn (13 months) working on the L&D unit at a large teaching hospital in Orlando, FL and I've been researching maternity nursing software for a new smartphone/PDA that I plan to purchase. The search lead me to the Skyscape website and this Johns Hopkins manual. Skyscape allows you to download a trial form of the software onto your pc so that you can view the product before buying. This is the 5th item that i've viewed today alone and I'm so incredibly HOOKED on the manual that I plan to buy it from Amazon immediately and purchase the pda software (though I am a little apprehensive about the software now based on reading the second reviewers comments on here). Anyways, I will be precepting a graduate nurse in a couple of weeks and I will totally recommend that she purchase this manual as well because it provides an AWESOME, EASY TO READ, TO THE POINT, description, instruction and medication treatment (dosage, side effects & contraindications) for EVERYTHING that I've encountered thus far on L&D - and I've only read the section on "Normal Labor and Delivery, Operative Delivery, and Malpresentations". I wish I had read this when I first started working on the floor because it would've provided a GREAT transition into this field of nursing from nursing school. The information provided is SHORT, SPECIFIC and VERY CLEARLY WRITTEN. Even though the manual is written for med students, it totally provides a great learning tool for nurses as well because it will help me with anticipating the need of the physician when providing intrapartum care on the labor floor, which in turn increases provision of effective patient care. A big THANK YOU to the authors ! :o))

This is a compact book following the same formula for the other manuals from this collection (Ex Washington manual). It is not a treatise and it is not intended to be so, quite the contrary. It is a pocket book, easy to carry and to manipulate. It cover all the topics you might need for your day to day life in the hospital in a short , but not too short, and up to date format. I like the fact that you can read any chapter in less than 30 minutes. I recommend this book for medical students in need of a compact book to carry during the GOB internship or for revising topics before an exam.

Do NOT buy the PDA version of this classic manual. The manufacturer shipped me a mismarked (wrong Operating System) shrink-wrap package with a warning that opening it would disallow a refund. The correct product had been mailed despite the mislabeling, but the convoluted registration process was time-consuming and produced an INVALID activation code. The purported SmartPatch fix also failed. Now, 6 days after paying for the product, it still doesn't work and the short East-coast technical support hours mean that MAYBE tomorrow, the 7th day after purchase, I MIGHT be able to use this product. Had this manufacturer been less paranoid about piracy, using a more standard serial # activation (like OTHER manufacturers), I'd be a happy customer recommending their product.

Lakota Chief Running Fox doesn't expect to fall for the woman he kidnaps when he attempts to teach her father, a whiskey peddler, a lesson. Nancy Partain's life improves while living with Running Fox. She no longer fears humiliation at the local saloon where her stepfather forces her to sing. Now, she worries about her mother, alone under the control of Joseph Brock.

It is 1879 in pioneer Michigan. Joseph Brock trades his whiskey directly to young Indian braves for valuable pelts. By day, he requires his beautiful stepdaughter, Nancy, to accompany him on his whiskey runs. Joe not only cheats the youths, but he introduces them to a substance that damages their lives. Chief Running Fox warns Joe to stay away and confronts him in Nancy's presence. She admires the chief's concern for the young members of his tribe and his self- control in dealing with her devious stepfather.
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Nancy misses her real father and feels her mother remarried in haste. In the evenings, Joe demands that Nancy sing for drunken men at his saloon where he introduces her as Naughty Nancy. Her eyesight is poor without her glasses. She intentionally doesn't wear them in order to avoid eye contact with the boisterous men who humiliate her with their chants.

The flow of whiskey from Joe to the Lakota and Chippewa braves increases. Tragedy results when two drunken young men rape a young Indian maiden. The Lakota and Chippewa tribes are rival tribes, but when Running Fox punishes the braves, the Chippewa Chief supports him. Running Fox must curtail Joe's underhanded trading schemes. A single arrow would do it, but Running Fox must protect Indian land from white settlers without inflaming the entire white community. In an act of vengeance, he kidnaps Joseph's daughter, Nancy.

It is a clear, cold night when Running Fox abducts Nancy. He tells her he is taking her in order to get Joseph's attention for what he's doing to his tribal people. Nancy tells him she knows about Joe's broken promises. She gropes around for something, and Running Fox thinks she's after a knife. He soon learns that she can't find her eyeglasses and finds them for her before they leave. He reminds her to bring warm clothing for the cold night. He is impressed with her fearlessness. Running Fox whisks her away and treats her as a guest. She begins to desire him but can't endure the thought of her mother, forced onstage and at the mercy of wild men in her absence. What can Running Fox do to help? Will there be disapproval within the Lakota tribe if Nancy wants to stay with him?

Author Cassie Edward's beautiful love story is rich in Lakota lore. With each event that Nancy and Running Fox share, they learn something new about each other. Running Fox learns of her generosity and kindness. She admires his protectiveness of all concerned. Edward's memorable, warm-hearted characters moved me to compassion. I knew Nancy wanted to live her life as a Lakota when she envisioned her wedding dress of white doeskin. I felt admiration for Running Fox as he searched for answers when all the while, he could be blamed. Edward's story, RUNNING FOX, is a sparkling historical novel.

Reviewed by Kathleen R.

This was a good read as are all of Cassie's other books. However it does follow along the same plot lines as all the rest. Woman meets man, they spend loads of time with each other, villian abducts woman, man rescues woman, they live happily ever after. Even though the plot was predicable to someone who has read several of her books it is still a wonderful read and I would recomend it to anyone.

I had to skip pages could not wait to get to the end soon enough ugh!
Boring!!!!!!

CASCADE by T. J. Fox presents the first of the Justine Edwards novels. Blending suspense, mystery and a light dose of romance, CASCADE provides the perfect quick read for readers who seek strong female characters with flair.

Too attractive to be taken seriously, Justine desperately determines that she will prove herself on this, the first assignment that takes her beyond the routine, minor cases that always reach her desk. Her partner, Blake Hampton, assigned to be her external contact, knows the real reason, which he is not allowed to divulge, why she was selected for the case. Although he tries to discourage her from accepting, Justine wants this opportunity and will not be deterred. Working undercover, Justine plunges into a world of luxury, drugs, pornography and grisly murder. Unknowingly, she exactly resembles the suspected killer's last victim.

Shadowed by her handsome superior in the Bureau, Justine soon finds herself in a maze of murder, incest, fear and suspicion. Justine increasingly finds it difficult to know that the pleasant and charming Preston Montgomery is a brutal murderer. However, when the safety net is cut, Justine finds herself in the escalating danger, and in the control of a murderous psychopath. The varied and horrible happenings, and unsettling discoveries, keep the suspense at peak level.

While Fox's writing style at time falls victim to too much telling, not enough showing, the intense plot overrides any deficiencies. A powerful storyteller, Fox creates a novel of tension and murder that will keep the pages turning.

What a terrible book. Fox and his friends light up mid-way through the book. I'm not sure why people like these Fox books. Fox is disrespectful to his mother and resents spending time with his little sister. Is this really what you want to be teaching your kids?

We enjoyed our first Fox book, Fox on the Job, but Fox All Week is notably less enjoyable for two reasons: 1) it is much less funny and 2) one of the stories shows Fox and his friends smoking cigars. Marshall tries to treat the subject with intended humor, but it is lost on children ages 4-8. This age group is not able to understand such tongue-in-cheek humor until older and the result of the cigar smoking story is confusion about whether smoking is OK for kids.

I never saw my 6 year old nephew laugh so hard. He has several Fox books and has read them all over and over again. We both liked this one because Fox is so funny while he gets himself into some kind of trouble every day of the week! A word of caution: I only gave this book 4 stars because Fox and his friends smoke a cigar in this book. I didn't think the lesson they learned from it was strong enough.

In reviewing this work as a required text for my class, several of my classmates commented (and I agreed) that many of the studies cited in this book are dated; numerous cites were from the 1970's and even from pre-1950's. The other theme noticed about this book was that a large majority of the perceptions made by the authors applied to law enforcement organizations from the East coast and although West Coast organizations were mentioned, many of these points seemed dated (again, referring to the first comment).

Generally, this book gives a good overview on exercise physiology. Nevertheless, if you have to buy this book, get the hard-cover version! Even though the paperback is supposed to have 'new, full-color, descriptive visuals throughout' it is black-and-white only, which makes lots of the tables useless... Only one star, because for a book of that price, this is just not acceptable!