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This book is a leap of faith for cardio-holics, but the book produces results. Easy to understand, with minimal equipment.

I greatly enjoyed this book-full of great ideas and very easy to use-I still review the weight routine pages every other day to do my training.

I am family practice physician who for years told people what the AHA (American Heart Association) recommendations were, exercise 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes with your heart in the zone. I, however, did not practice what I preached. I did not enjoy cardio exercise and found it made me more hungry too. When a trainer mentioned this book to me I read it in two hours, I was so thrilled that what I went through was felt by others. Now I am only doing strength training early in the morning and I feel great. Too early to see results yet, but I am excited for the first time in my life to get up early and lift weights!

THEORY: Former runner and aerobics instructor, Jim Karas, was "adamant that cardio was the key to weight loss," but later discovered he was wrong. His latest Cardio-Free Diet book appeals to those tired of treadmills, StairMasters, and the jogging trail without the desired results. He says in order to get the body you've always wanted you need strength training. He says cardiovascular workouts only burn a few calories and make you hungrier - not to mention the wear and tear on your joints. The Cardio-Free Diets emphasizes strength training, which boosts metabolism, builds muscles, and provides heart-healthy benefits. The workout is 20 minutes a day, 3 days a week, and promises a leaner, stronger, sculpted body. The basis for his weight loss is the age-old but often forgotten:
Weight = Calories eaten - Calories expended by resting Metabolism and Activity.

According to the book, in order to lose weight, you need to take in fewer calories than your body requires for metabolism and daily activity. Karas says to lose weight you need to create a caloric deficit by eating less, increase your activity, and elevate your basal metabolic rate. Furthermore, he says that building and maintaining muscle can speed up metabolism because muscle burns ten to twelve times the calories per pound each day that fat does. Therefore, by building muscle you burn more calories even at rest. This is not new news to many of us; nevertheless, it is true.

THE DIET is a calorie-counting, portion-control, 1,200 calorie per day plan (for women) that eventually goes to 1,500 calories per day. The diet is not vegetarian, includes fish, chicken, salad, fruits, veggies, lean meats, etc., and is basically low-glycemic. The meal plan has 28-day menus which provide dishes such as apple balsamic chicken, Dijon turkey, feta vegetable omelets, and grilled tomato tuna. A glass of wine a day is also allowed. Karas provides detailed shopping lists and tips on eating out. You will need to get your own calorie counter, as the book stresses the importance of portion control. He also advocates a daily weigh-in and keeping a food journal. The diet is somewhat time-consuming with needed preparation.

EXERCISE: Karas recommends completely giving up cardio and doing 20 minutes of exercise, 3 times a week, using resistance bands and/or free weights. Nevertheless, the strength training is done at a high intensity thereby providing some cardio. The workout is pretty basic (squat's, flye's) and targeted toward someone who understands the jargon but is not very advanced. An advanced weight lifter undoubtedly knows what to do already, but may pick up some additional ideas. You do not need a gym. While the bands may be a great tool for packing in a suitcase when you travel, I personally prefer weights as they seem much less awkward. So don't give up on weight training if you find bands a little clumsy.

I agree that if you want to see muscles and change the shape of your body, weight training will do it. In addition, people who believe they can control their weight through exercise alone, whether it's running 20 miles a day or spending 15 hours lifting weights, will still need to control what they eat. You cannot burn enough calories exercising in a whole day as you can inadvertently eat in 10 or 20 minutes. If you are able to stick to the diet and exercise program as it is laid out, you will lose weight. If you want to keep it off forever, you need to do this program or some other lifestyle-changing program that works for you for life. Debra Lawrence, author of THE 3:00 PM SECRET: Live Slim and Strong, Live Your Dreams

If you are an exercise novice as I am, this book is not for you. Karas' concept sounds good and he certainly has passion for the subject, having trained his entire life. Maybe his instructions are clear to those with a similar background, but I needed much more info:

1) I know the general location of my trapezoids and deltoids but I'd need to check an anatomy chart for their exact location to focus on them in the exercises.

2) I have no idea what a fly, quarter squat, or torso curl are - let alone how to do them with proper form, which Karas emphasizes but doesn't describe.

3) The exercise equipment is not explained but is mandatory for the program -- Karas recommends buying specific colors of Xertubes and Lex Loops. I never heard of these, and he gave no info on where to buy them. I found a site that sells them but the mysterious colors aren't explained there either. The site's "Jim Karas packages" didn't include the colors recommended on page 44.

4) As I was reading, I kept thinking "Where is this guy's editor?" Someone needs to explain the terms and clarify the instructions. The step-by-step exercise instructions shown with photographs are sometimes different from the text descriptions. Only 2 photographs illustrate each exercise - not enough to show the complex movements, especially as the text stresses doing them with correct form! On the diet side, calories must be counted but no calorie chart was included and there weren't any vegetarian alternatives.

So much basic info was omitted that I wonder what else Karas assumes I know. I hesitate to perform these exercises without professional supervision checking my form to prevent injury. Maybe a DVD/book combo would be better for beginners.

Mr. Hyde is a known murderer. Dr Jekyll is an honorable doctor in the scientific community. These people's lives should never cross, but why is Hyde the heir of Jekyll. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Luis Stevenson is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. The plot focuses on the duality of man and our capability to do both good and evil. The book does not take long to read and can probably be read in under 2 hours depending on your reading speed. This book is not hard to understand, it is written in prose. This book is not a murder fest and is probably better off for that. The book is written as a mystery. It would be better to compare it to a Hitchcock horror film than to Saw. I like it because it was a chance for me to read a classic, but not spend a month reading it. The plot was interesting and raised some interesting questions. All in all it is an interesting, but not time-consuming book.

Mr. Hyde is a known murderer. Dr. Jekyll is a honorable doctor in the scientific community. These people's lives should never cross, but why is Hyde the heir of Dr. Jekyll. This book by Robert Luis Stevenson "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", focuses on the duality of man and Jekyll's beleif that the evil in a man can be seperated from the good. This classic book can be read in as little as an hour and is a peice of literature that can surprise you in many ways. This book is not wriiten as poetry and as hard to read as The Odessy or Shakespeare. This book will make you think

A scientist invents a formula that can bring out man's dual nature. His opposite number, in this case, is somewhat of super-powered wanton, who does whatever he likes. Free of the social restraint of his other half, he happily commits any crime that comes to mind as he feels like it.

Eventually, investigators begin to suspect something, and a hunt is on for who is behind it.

This book was very interesting. It had its ups and downs and at time was hard to understand. I like the suspence and the mystery. For example I liked the part when out of no were Mr.Hyde lashed out and killed another man. I also liked the part were the lawyer went to go see Dr.Jekyll and there was a letter that the Doctor gave to the lawyer which was from Mr.Hyde the scary part was that there was no retern address and the door worker said that no one had hand delivered it. That is why i liked the book.

I thought this was a very challenging book, and it was hard to understand. I couldn't understand alot of the words since it is so old. But once you start understanding it, it really is a great story. Even though I already knew before I started reading it that they were the same person, I didn't know the rest of the story, and it was very interesting how Jekyll had written his will to Mr. Hyde. I like how he had the potion to stop and he was doing a good job, but then he finally gave in. I like this book, but it was challenging.

For those who prefer an in depth researched and well written book on homosexuality in the church...DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! It is too generalized and shallow of a writing and not convincing at all. Though a few of his points may be somewhat accurate and his aims are honorable, look for another resource. It is poorly written, research is rarely cited, and terminology is very vague.

This book lifted a heavy burden off my heart. For many years I have been searching my heart for an answer to the question in my mind - if homosexuals are really born that way, then why is it such a dreadful sin in the Bible. Was it because He knew it was going to become a "generational sin" or were we missing something? It just didn't feel right to me. Now I'm the parent of a homosexual daughter, and it became even more important to me to find answers. This book answered the questions I had, and my mind and my heart are at peace. God Bless this man, and this book should be read by every Christian and every homosexual person who has ever worried about what the Bible says about it!

When I received this book, the first thing I noticed was glowing endorsements from Spong and Countryman, neither of whom are exactly conservative theologians. Then I noticed that this is a popular book and therefore there are no footnotes or references, so I cannot check his sources to see whether he is saying the truth or not, probably just as well, as he can lie with impunity.

On page 26 he trots out the party line by saying that one is "born gay, it cannot be changed and is benign", none of these statements are factually true, they are simply popular myths. He then compounds the error by comparing homosexuality with race and left-handedness. Once again he is incorrect. If homosexuality was like left-handedness (i.e. genetic) then we would expect the same percentage of homosexuals in rural and urban areas, yet this is precisely what we do not find, even for young people who have not migrated yet.

On Sodom, he gives the usual revisionist interpretation (based on Boswell and Bailey), it was about their inhospitality, this is a half truth, they were very inhospitable. The men of the city wanted to have sex with the male visitors, they wanted to rape them and unknowingly they would have raped angels. The purpose of the narrative was to show that God was just in destroying the cities.

On the meaning of arsenokoitai, he is unsure of the meaning, but if it does refer to male same-sex acts then it only "condemn wanton, lewd, irresponsible male homogenital acts but not homogenital acts in general" (p. 105). Of course the etymology of arsenokoitai is well know, it is derived from the Septuagint translation of the Levitical prohibitions of male-male intercourse (see Scroggs, p. 65), but this is rather inconvenient to Helminiak because it means that Paul thought that the Levitical prohibitions still applied in his day. Helminiak is aware of this (see p. 111), but he soft peddles here, lamely saying that 1 Cor 6:9 and 1 Tim 1:10 "may be repeating the prohibitions in Leviticus 18:22."

Then we come to Helminiak's best lie. His word study of toevah and bdelygma on p. 64-65. Toevah is the Hebrew word usually translated as abomination and bdelygma is the Septuagint Greek equivalent translation. Toevah is used in the Levitical prohibitions on male-male sex in Lev 18:22 and 20:13. He confidently asserts that toevah means "what is culturally or ritually forbidden" it is not a sin. He then compounds the error by saying that the Greek translation bdelygma, which he says, means a "ritual offense". When I looked up the meaning of the words toevah and bdelygma, the actual meanings of these two words is nowhere near as narrow as Helminiak implies. Toevah can be used in both a ritual and a moral sense, the same as bdelygma. In Lev 18:26-30 toevah is used four times and refers to adultery, child-sacrifice, male-male intercourse and bestiality (in Lev 18:20-23), bdelygma translates toevah in three of these verses. In the New Testament bdelygma is used of the "abomination of desolation" (Mat 24:15).

Lastly, we come to another quirky interpretation of Helminiak. The Greek word akatharsia which is translated "impurity" and Paul uses it in Rom 1:24 just before he talks about those who indulge in female-female sex and male-male sex in Rom 1:26-27. In all nine cases when Paul uses this word akatharsia it refers to moral sin. And yet Helminiak rather weakly says that "It must be admitted that Paul's use of the word impurity (akatharsia) here is out of line with his usage elsewhere" (p94). In other words making a scriptural case for homosexuality always involves special pleading, even lying.

This is the second edition of this book, so he had plenty of time to rectify any mistakes in his first edition, I suggest that he includes footnotes in his third edition.

A thoughtful work by a good scholar, but what seemed lacking to me was proper attentiveness to what the Bible really teaches about human sexuality. On the whole, it seems pretty clear that God created man and woman for one another and to bring forth children into the world. The covenantal commitment of marriage is also affirmed as the proper context for sexual relations and childbearing -- anything else being fornication or adultery. Considered in this over-arching context, it is difficult to concede that the biblical writers' primary objection to homosexuality pertained to issues of cleanliness. Heterosexual marriage was what God intended and blessed, so much so that Paul considered marriage to be a paradigm for Christ's fruitful relationship with the Church. Helminiak's careful scholarship notwithstanding, I'm not convinced that the Bible takes a more liberal view of homosexuality than has traditionally been maintained. Biblical teachings on charity and justice offer more hope for acceptance of homosexuals than do attempts to show that the Bible doesn't really regard it as ethically objectionable.

This book's title should be:

"Yet Another Catholic Demonstrates Flip Flopping, Scripture Twisting and Pandering to 'Protestants'"

Or

"An Example of How to Pander to the World For Worldly Gain and to Extinguish the Enemies of the Catholic Church"

Or

"Catholic Techniques In Jusitifying Bestiality, Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Rape, Adultery, Fornication, and Any Sin Into Something Good"

This book is dumb. Even some of the worst of homosexuals know these verses:

"'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.'" - Leviticus 18:22

"'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.'" - Leviticus 20:13

"Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." - Romans 1:27

And the people who voted up this book are even dumber: CHILD MOLESTING PRIESTS ANYONE? HELLO? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? LIVING IN A HOLE WITH NO TV, NEW PAPERS, BOOKS OR INTERNET YOUR WHOLE LIFE?

How is it you listen to and support the same denomimation that sponsors child abusers and hides them from justice?

Talk about super stupid, gullible and simpleminded.

I found it tedious to read in spite of the high literary reputation and ability of Virginia Woolf. There must be something lacking in me.

Edward Cook

Virginia Woolf in her best form - personal but not self-centred, concentrated and ready to fight for what she believes is right. This long essay gives her views on the position of women in literature but offers also an overview of their role through centuries - from the imaginary Shakespeare's sister to her contemporaries. A must read for all readers regardless of sex!

after i ordered this book, the distributors let me know instantly that they no longer had the book on shelf, and instantly refunded my account. speedy service is one thing, but keeping the customer informed is another...thanks

A timeless essay not only for women. Good hard binding that will keep. It's a must have if you like English literature.

This is a beautifully written and highly enjoyable exploration of the history of women in writing. It is also a plea for the liberation of women, and their full entrance into the world of Literature. Woolf argues that a woman needs financial independence, a room , that is a space of her own, if she is to be able to truly create. She also needs the kind of access to everyday life that women confined to hearth and home were as she sees it, traditionally denied.
She urges that Woman enter into all fields of writing, and develop in directions they had no opportunity to develop in before.
She also perhaps reflecting on her own experience and nature argues for the androgynous nature of the creator, seeing in Shakespeare, Keats and certainly Proust a strong feminine element.
Woolf anticipates and perhaps in some sense helps creates the vast flourishing of Literature written by women which will come in the decades after her.

I love Eric Carl and this is a great edition for the cat lover.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

This book is adorable. Yes the words are very simple (I have pretty much memorized it). However, the illustrations show so much more of the story. We talk about all the different cats (lion, bobcat, mountain lion, leopard, panther, cheetah, tiger, long haired domestic (probably persian), and his cat is a short haired domestic grey tiger (like ours is) with 6 kittens (which we like to count)) We also talk about the other animals in the book (horse, donkey, camel, squirl, etc). And we do the signs for "cat" and "bird". We also sometimes talk about the people in the book. She loves looking at the pictures and talking about the "kittys".

This book has made it back in to the rotation at my house and it's being well loved by both my almost-2 year old son and my very beginning reader (4.5 years). The repetitive and simple text that bores adults is perfect for a new reader. My daughter is so thrilled to be able to read the book herself and she's learned several new words from this book alone. My son loves looking at all the pictures and saying the names of each of the cats and the sounds of any other animals that are feature in the wordly travels. (lion, leopard (in the tree), panther, cougar, tiger, cheetah, Persian if I'm remembering them all correctly). To answer the person who posted about not understanding the story - cats often disappear when they're about to have a littler of kittens.

My daughter who is 6, just adores this book. It's a simple read, and because of that, it gave her much confidence in her reading ability. She rented this book from her school library in September, and has rented it over and over again. Luckily for her, "Santa" brought it on Christmas Day, so she doesn't have to rent it anymore.

If you have a child who loves Cats, and is a beginner reader, this may be the book for her/him.

I really enjoy Eric Carle books, BUT this one, NOT SO MUCH!! It goes on and on, "Are you my cat? Are you my cat??......." And then finally at the end...it is his cat and there are several?? I am confused!! I think it would have been better if he had given the names of all the different kind of cats (since they were all different and from several countries). That would have made more sense, and it would have been a teaching point. I refuse to read this one to my girls at bedtime.....it just doesn't make any sense. Don't waste your money.

This is a novel way to incorporate important information about the perils of genetically modified foods and human relationships. My main complaint about the novel is this: One of the characters is French (or French-Canadian?), and when she speaks her native language, putain, she sounds like an idiot. Why couldn't the publisher find someone--anyone--who speaks French to proofread this text? It's embarrassingly bad, even if you haven't gone any further than high school French. And I can guarantee readers that the bad French wasn't intentional... come on, pay attention. Some readers do.

I was intrigued enough by Ozeki's "My Year Of Meats" to give this sequel of sorts a try, to see if she could improve on her fresh, amusing satirical style. The result is a small improvement, but not in the way I had hoped and not enough to make me a fan; Ozeki develops her characters better in this effort. You could say that I have had "my month of Ozeki," and I've had enough.

"All Over Creation" is remarkably similar to "My Year Of Meats." It has the same set of quirky, flawed characters, the same fun sense of satire in the first part followed by the same kind of preachiness and tragedy in the second part. Perhaps Ozeki is a meat and potatoes kind of gal, given that her first novel is about meat and this second is about potatoes. But if you read these two novels and take them to heart, you may not want to eat meat and potatoes. How concerned do we really need to be? Who knows? But I do know that the much more serious danger to Americans' health comes from their general diet, not from tainted meat and mutant potatoes. Ozeki has a cute, spunky style that would shine more without the overreaching sermons and tragic melodrama.

To me this book feels like a failed attempt to recreate the wonderful "My Year of Meats".
It seems to have the same ingredients: environmental issues, feminine issues, leading characters with similar backgrounds, whacky supporting cast.
Unfortunately, this is not enough. The glue, the magic and most of the sharp humor of "Meats" is not there.
The result is a boring book and a huge disappointment.

I admire Ruth Ozeki for taking on serious social and environmental themes in her novels. She has doubtlessly done a great deal through her novels to make her readers aware of the destructive economic and social trends that are currently trasnforming our planet. Furthermore she accomplishes her campaign for public enlightenment with great subtlety.

Having said that I wouldn't rate All Over Creation as a great literary work. The major problem for me as a male reader was that the characters are way too 'cutesy' - you have protagonists with names like 'Puddle', 'Poo' and 'Yummy'. Then you have the portrayal of the activist group the 'Seeds' as nothing more than a group of lost, scummy individuals who epitomise all the worst cliches usually attached to hippy culture, including a teenager who appears to have suffered significant intellectual impairment at some point in his life. To make matters worse the plot is strung between lenghtly domestic scenes which see the book played out predominantly in the kitchen, sickroom and garden. While I realise that these aspects of the novel may simply reflect the fact that it is aimed at a specific demographic I still feel this sickly sweet aspect somehow detracts from the pace of the narrative and the overall feel of the book.

I read My Year of Meats several years ago and loved it. I wasn't sure if I would feel the same about All Over Creation. However, Ruth Ozeki has managed to write another brilliant, sensitive and well informed novel. The characters are deeply human - idealistic and flawed yet somehow lovable. Ozeki manages to enlighten and educate on the subject of factory farming and genetically modified organisms without sounding preachy or self righteous. I did not want this book to end!

Before reading this book, all I had to go off of was media reports about what happened in Waco, Texas. After reading this book, I know I have a better understanding about what really happened, but what the people at Mt. Carmel actually believed in, and how their religious beliefs all started. The book is a little heavy on the religion side, as far as explaining what the Branch Davidians believed in, and why, and how it came to be, but the author does a great job of using this to explain what happened. Just a little FYI if you don't want to read a lot about religion. But overall, a great book, and a very good read about the truth about what happened.

The author tried to be fair and balanced but he failed miserably. He quoted too much of the Bible babble to sort of justify the actions of David Koresh and his followers at Mt. Carmel. The goverment is at fault too, but that doesn't vindicate the Branch Davidians in any way. They were given 51 days to come out and instead they chose to die along with many children in there.

Dick Reavis makes his case that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh and even less to raid the compound at Mount Carmel. The government lied to the public about most of what happened, about who fired the first shots, about drug allegations, about child abuse. The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mount Carmel and that alone could have started the fire that killed 76 people.
I would also recommend looking into the video evidence (FLIR) that shows gunfire from the federal agents.

It is always amusing for me to come across yet another attempt at 'Rewriting Koresh History'. The author conveniently overlooks THE FACT that David Koresh used women and innocent children as 'Human Shields' from the proper authorities. He also neglects to mention that keeping children locked up for 51 days without any decent food, running water , heat or electricity was CHILD ABUSE on a Grand Scale.I also thought his profile of Marc Breault was most misleading when Mr. Beault accomplished more in saving Koresh's followers than anybody else involved in this scenario. I do believe that this book should be sold in the 'Fiction 'section of any bookstore.

Before reading this book, I was only aware of the vague details of the Waco incident. I knew who, I knew when, I knew where, and I had a synopsis of what happened. I found the entire happening rather disturbing and creepy. Yet, upon seeing this book I thought to myself, this might be interesting, and it truly was. The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation opened up the entire event to a new level. I feel it was a good book for me to start with. It was fairly short, only about 300 pages, and it was easy writing. Therefore, it was easy for me to follow and I now know at least more than the basics.
Throughout the book it was revealed that the other was moderately biased against the government, but I found the bias to be rather enlightening. It was good to read the other side of the story as opposed to just hearing what the government had to say about the entire situation. This book addressed many debatable issues involving Waco, and I thought it was an enjoyable read. This is the kind of book for beginners on this subject, like me, who are interested in finding out what people besides the government have to say.

it's a really great book, more like a bible if u pay atention to it. but if u want the original copy., don't buy it here. i payed regular price and it turn out to be a fake copy (i know the originals pretty well)

This is a really good book for teens and young adults. The book continues the story that efren and dhamar had a daughter citlalli and she goes threw alot of things as a teen.
The book talks about,sex,marriage,hiv,dignity,relationships,masturbation,homosexuality,abortion and many other things.It also talks about morals,values and ethics. this book is not recomended for atheist because it conects even with the bible. Also the author is very direct in what he says sometimes sounds like his giving a sermon but thats one of the things of this author he does not cover things with flowers and bees he is straight to the point even if you dont like it. it makes you think and see things in a nother point of view.

I believe that young teens should read this book before they think about getting into a relationship, especially a serious one. This book is also for people in their late teens and early twenties, it will do you good to read it. It contains very insightful, sometimes shocking information, over sexual behavior and tendencies. It is DEFINITELY a must-read! With the society that we live in, that encouarages drinking and sexual promiscuity, it'll make you think twice.

este libro se teata de muchos jovenes que laes pasan muchas cosas como por ejemplo un capitulo de el libro es de embarazos no deseados eso psas porque no tienen contacto con el padre de su nio tamvien otro capitulo de el libro es nobiasgo ese me gusto porqeu dise que nunca te debes de quedar a solas con ut pareja tambien otro es avorto se trata de una muchacha que quiso ayudar a todas las jovenes con aborto y ella se iso un avorto con camaras para ensenarselas a todoas las mujeres y sei evitar mas abortyos bueno espero que tengan tiempo para leer este libro pues selos recomiendo

If you are a person mature enough to recognize that you could use some advice, tips, maybe a couple of examples on how a good person can easily avoid making BIG mistakes, please read this book! Self respect, a clearer understanding of life and why I was put on this planet, are two very important things I discovered after reading this book, among other beutiful qualities. A complete guide for knowing how to handle your sexuality. Love is a privelege, not a sport.So please don't play it, cherish it! You will grow immensly stronger spiritually, and you might even begin your very first relationship with GOD. God bless you if you too are able to find the meaning of life in this BEAUTIFUL book! I did.

This was my first Higgins book and I will certainly read more. That alone is a solid recommendation. But it's what I call a medium flight book, something you take on a cross country flight. You can put it aside at any point and rejoin it later without missing a beat. But if you leave it behind in your passenger seat only partially read, you won't lie awake worrying about what happened. I liked many parts as Higgins maintains a good pace, lots of action, and colorful characters. What more could you want on a boring flight?

There are many parts that make you want to scream. Have you ever watched a movie and wanted to yell, "Hey stupid, call the police!"

This book has many such scenes. It's already been mentioned on this thread, but one part is so overwhelmingly dumb that it rates another notation. The bad guys will stop at nothing to get hold of this valuable aluminum case. They have killed and maimed and threatened everyone that stands in the way. They also have uncanny information that tells them everything about the good guys, where they are, what they are doing, even what they plan next.

The case contains information so incredibly valuable that it could topple the British Empire and many other distasteful results. Really important stuff.

So, the good guys walk boldly in broad daylight carrying this mysterious aluminum case to a rinky-dink hotel room in plan view of the bad guys. Duh, they have followed the good guy everywhere, so they just happen to be watching.

Now, the good guys leave a 70-year-old man alone in this rinky-dink hotel room while they leave to rescue the female. [Sound like a B movie?] The old guy checks the lock of his plastic room door in this rinky-dink hotel, then places this overwhelmingly valuable case on a table and takes a shower.

At this point, I wanted to scream, but it was only another 40 pages so why not.

Sounds like I hated the book, but on the contrary, it was enjoyable, except when I wanted to throw it across the room.

Higgins is very good, but I think he had a tough deadline on this one and he was running late.

Jack Higgins is one of the best writers of this kind of action fiction. He rarely disappoints. _The Eagle Has Landed_ is probably one of the best of its kind ever written.

Thunder Point concerns a sunken UBoat from World War II with some documents that detail Nazi sympathizers. In the wrong hands, they would be very damaging to the British Royal Family and many others. Sean Dillion is enlisted to find the sub and the documents.

Now I was disappointed in some of the plot elements. The heroes kept doing the dumbest things and then getting into trouble because of their inability to think ahead. For example, if you had something incredibly valuable, would you send off your friends elsewhere, not bother to lock your patio door and then take a shower? It almost seemed as if Higgins was rushing through the story. There were no really complicated plot elements that would make you say to yourself: "Now that's something I never would have thought of!"

Despite some of the reviews, this was not one of Higgins' better novels in my opinion, but reading it was still a pleasant way to pass the time.

Jack Higgins is one of the smoothest & coolest thriller writers of our times. His books are actually not thrillers, they are more of a joy ride, taking the reader at a swift pace through an adventure, and even before we realise, its nearing the climax and its over.

Sean Dillon, the most legendary character ever created in a series of books, makes his second appearance after the Eye of the Storm, this time on the side of the British, once his sworn enemies. I won't reveal much about the story, but its a great book, no doubt.

Dillon's transformation and his one-liners with Fergusson make for most of the 1st half, alongwith some exciting fun in the Carribean islands forms the next half. For once, Dillon is shown vulnerable in front of a woman, interesting! However, the characters having different forms of liquor on almost every 2nd page of the book can be a bit bugging at times.

All in all, I think Sean Dillon on every page of this book is just a treat. His ways, demeanour, suave persona do the trick & makes the reader feel reassured whenever he's around. After Jason Bourne, Sean Dillon is the next super spy in the same league, although a tad less intense than Bourne makes reading about him more fun and exciting! Pick this one up, you will finish it in no time!

This is another show of Jack Higgins excelent writing ability. This is a page turner for sure, on the edge of your seat action.

version. I've read a few of the Higgins' books, and listened to more. THUNDER POINT brings Sean Dillion into the Fergueson's fold, and the book is a quick read; however, if you are into the audio versions, you might want to avoid the Roger Moore version. His diction is rather (SURPRISE!) wooden. There's a new audio, unabridged at that, coming out in June 2003. I'm hoping that it is better. Too bad Patrick Macnee didn't read this one, too.

Goines scores an interesting tale of a criminal mastermind in the Midwest who builds an empire through business saavy and absolute power. The settings are vivid through his descriptive and detailed style, and the characters are gritty, realistic people with no options and trying to make a buck and remove themselves from harm's way.

The backdrop is mostly Detroit (with a bit of Chicago), so as a native Detroiter I found that very accurate and interesting. The protagonist is a classic anti-hero along the lines of a Tony Soprano...love him one minute, despise him the next. I think fans of the Mafia genre would find this a compelling read.

WELL THIS IS MY FIRST TIME READING A BOOK BY DONALD GOINES - I DONT THINK I WILL TRY ANOTHER ONE. I LIKE WHERE THE STORY WAS COMING FROM AND WHERE IT WAS GOING, BUT IT JUST DID NOT HOLD MY INTEREST. IT WENT FROM BORING TO CONFUSING TO MEANLESS IN EACH CHAPTER. I DONT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK - IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME, I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH READING IT.

This guy seemed to be ahead of his time. This was the first book I've read from Goines, but it won't be the last. He had a way of making the story so vivid, so real; he had a way of just bringing it to life and putting you right in the middle of the action. His characters in this story(the main ones) all had their own traits, and Prince and Ruby surely were the mad couple if there ever was one. The thing most impressive about it to me was he tied in actual events along with his story. The riots in Detroit, along with Black nationalist issues were key then, and he tied all of it in with what he was bringing to the table.

this book is great. it tells the story of prince, an inner city youth forced to rise from common street crimanal to commander and cheif in one of the most ruthless crime organizations in 1970s detroit. filled with truley detailed and discriptive writing about street life. this book portrays the risks it sometimes takes to gain respect and importance. a must read for any fan of crime novels, black or white. goines has struck gold again.

This is the third book that I've ever read by Donald Goines and now I'm confused about whether I like him as an author or not. This book was really hard for me to get into after Prince got out of jail. Then when the Cougars came in, I was all over it. Then when Ruby got all Queen Bee, I was bored again. It was just one big roller coaster of emotions. I'm still going to read another one, because I didn't like his first one, thought the second one was great...so I figure there's a pattern there too!