Passion The Books

I think that every biblical scholar should read this book, and every scholar of religion should read it, because I know of no better place that one can EXPERIENCE the problematics and possibilities of reading texts--either ancient or modern--and experience the issues of interpretation. Staley's book is one that INVITES rereading. And the rereading experience will bring a new reading experience simply because of how the book is designed. I can honestly say that this book comes as close to the experience of reading hypertext in the computer world as I ever expect one can come in printed form. Extraordinary both in terms of its unusual and stimulating content, and in its high quality and insightfulness. Buy it; read it--many times. I have; I will. Denny Clark, Albertson College, ID

"Staley's book compels us to reconsider the entire goal and genre of bibilcal criticism. Grounded in sophisticated and capacious theoretical analysis, intimate knowledge of the critical issues pertaining to the Fourth Gospel, and perceptive, remarkably self-revealing autobiographical reflection, Staley's interpretive wager sparkles with the narrative pace, philospohical depth and unsettling power of good literature. If this is 'reading with a passion,' let us have more of it." From a forthcoming review in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, by Douglas Burton-Christie

I can't recommend too highly this very insightful, down to earth, funny, honest, intelligent, courageous, clear headed, warm hearted,sensible, provocative...wish this book could be the core of discussion on say tv but you only get moronic level discussions or all that fundamentalistic nonsense...but at least we have books like this. Most excellent!

If you go into your local bookstore, looking for something on sex and spirituality, chances are what you will encounter are a plethora of books about Tantric sex, or at least that's what I found.

What a pleasant surprise to open this book and find...an essay on Whitman. And one on D.H. Lawrence, and then lots on some people I had never heard of, but boy, they sounded intruiging.

This book is a scholar's dream, and David Guy approaches his subject, sex, and his setting for it, spirituality, with a scholar's diligence, a true researcher's obsession. Whitman, Lawrence, Alan Watts, these are all perhaps predictable choices for a book like this if you consider Guy's approach. But an essay on Marco Vassi, pulp pornographer, bathhouse aficianado and paramour of sex queen Annie Sprinkle? Well, as Guy says, if you want to really research the field, you look to the experts, people who have gone to the edge and come back to tell the tale.

Guy divides the book into three parts: a true confessional (this part might make you look at your normally sedate husband in a new light), a look at the trail-blazers of the sex-spirit link, and an introduction to some folks who are perhaps the unsung heroes of the healing arts world, alive and well and doing their thing (alas all on the West Coast).

You know, you could write an encyclopedia about the way sex is pushed down in our country, made into the stuff of sleazy porn shops, peep shows, strip clubs, and curb-side pickups. And you can easily find the how-to tantric sex manuals, and try to get your aura flowing as well as all those other body juices. Here is a book that serves as a bridge. Can you consider a former stripper and sexual escort as a spiritual healer? Well, yes. Guy does, and by the time we're finished with his book, we do too.

And while you're at it, pick up Leaves of Grass again. You'll read it in a whole new light.

Great pictures. Son loves to look at the pictures of other chilren. I don't really follow the written words as we just talk about what we see in the pictures in a way I know he can understand using his current vocabulary. We have a number of this series as they are a great conversational tool. I stick with the theme and this particular one is his favorite. Now, he picks all of these books up say, "Rejoice!" So cute!

Great way to introduce your little ones to the love that Jesus has for us and that He is with us always in our everyday lives. Great way to talk about what it means to REJOICE! Pictures are a little dated but darling none the less.

Through a series of fiction stories, connected by their depictions of life in and around an English village at difference periods of time from the Bronze Age to the present, River of Passion traces the origins of the author's family and of local residents. Over time, the continuing changes in people's circumstances, organization, technology and belief systems convey valuable lessons for us today, who are again in the process of major changes in our environment and economy. While River of Passion is engrossing and thought stimulating, it is also thus relevant to our near-term future.

The stories are fascinating, sometimes tragic and sometimes humorous, authored by a woman who grew up in England's West Country, immersed in the specific locations as well as familial and local legends. What makes this well-researched book so extraordinary is Angela Thompson Smith's rare psychic abilities. She utilized her uncommon, experienced remote viewing skills and her brilliant bio-mind to see into the past at different times to sense the variation in the way of life and in historical circumstances that influences us still.

The book is more than just a tribute to our flexible ability to adapt as humans; it is a forerunner of a new, superior way of understanding our mostly forgotten past.

Hi, I'm Angela Thompson Smith and I grew up in the village of Shirehampton near Bristol, England. The village has ancient roots and one branch of my family lived there at least 500 years ago. River of Passion actually begins in the Neolithic Age and ends in 2025 with a future look at the village. My goal was to share the researched history of the village by using a fictional story set in real history. Researching the history of the book took more time than actually writing the book.I wanted each chapter, set in a different era, to elicit an emotion (passion) from the reader. The book features the River Avon, a mysterious spring called the Buckle Well, historic structures, some of which still exist, a bronze ring, and characters who lived (or may have lived) in Shire. River of Passion is complemented by my other book Shire, a small book of reminiscences of growing up in Shirehampton during the 1950s. I hope you enjoy my books!

This is one of the few romance books that I'll read again and again. It's not perfect. The language can be a bit flowery and sometimes the characters' motivations don't seem perfectly logical, but Blake does an excellent job of creating a sizzling, page-turning chemistry between the two sexy characters. I had tried reading a few other Blake novels and consider them a waste of my time. But this novel will always have a place on my bookshelf.

Jennifer Blake's prince in Royal Passion has a wonderful mix of physical and mental attraction. Nothing needs to be spelt out for him - he just knows! Highly intelligent and intuitive - this man is fathoms deep. There is a great blend of characters, and all of them are unique in themselves. I have read many of Jennifer's books, but keep coming back and re-reading this one as, firstly, I enjoy historical romances, but mainly because the main characters have an integrity that one can only admire. Loved it!

A real treat! This historical novel set in Revolutionary Massachusetts provides a sensitive love story woven around a fascinating journey through New England's revolutionary times. This is a novel that pays careful attention to detail (General Gage really was noted to look just like Samual Adams). Author Mary Carter has a delightful and mischievous sense of humor, and her knowledge of her subject matter shows. A real winner.

A captivating, romantic story set in Revolutionary Massachusetts. Not only historically interesting and factual, but the author also manages to take your emotions on a delightful "journey" filled with anticipation and the unexpected right through to the end of this fascinating tale! Author, Mary Carter, has a gift for telling a story and with this novel we, the readers, are the lucky ones to be on the receiving end of her tremendous talent! Bravo!!!

The sleepy town of Purana Shehr is happy to trundle along in a round of petty arguments over tea and frustrated fantasies. Until, that is, the arrival of the termites. In the narrow lanes, grubby markets and dilapidated houses of the Topee Mohalla neighbourhood, ambitions are forming and passions are stirring as the termites march in.

Against a backdrop of destruction, where the very economy of the town is under threat (due to the insects' voracious consumption of hard currency), the residents of Topee Mohalla begin to come to life. A royal chaos ensues as boundaries are broken, old fools are made, dreams indulged, young wives chased, roaring affairs conducted and overhand plots are hatched. At the eye of the storm, Salar Jang, an eccentric septuagenarian with a fortune to bequeath, embarks upon an increasingly bizarre courtship of the indomitable and sexually voracious Madame Firdousi, much to the dismay of his only heir and daughter. And as the pests set to with their pincers, Purana Shehr flounders in Shakespearian farce in the heat of post-monsoon Pakistan.

About the writer:

Musharraf Farooqi was born in 1968 in Hyderabad Pakistan. He worked as a journalist in Karachi and started the literary magazine Cipher. He has translated the poetry of modern Urdu poet, Afzal Ahmed Syed, and is currently working on the English translation of the Urdu classic Dastan-e Amir Hamza. Salar Jang's Passion is his first novel.

The sleepy town of Purana Shehr is happy to trundle along in a round of petty arguments over tea and frustrated fantasies. Until, that is, the arrival of the termites. In the narrow lanes, grubby markets and dilapidated houses of the Topee Mohalla neighbourhood, ambitions are forming and passions are stirring as the termites march in.

Against a backdrop of destruction, where the very economy of the town is under threat (due to the insects' voracious consumption of hard currency), the residents of Topee Mohalla begin to come to life. A royal chaos ensues as boundaries are broken, old fools are made, dreams indulged, young wives chased, roaring affairs conducted and overhand plots are hatched. At the eye of the storm, Salar Jang, an eccentric septuagenarian with a fortune to bequeath, embarks upon an increasingly bizarre courtship of the indomitable and sexually voracious Madame Firdousi, much to the dismay of his only heir and daughter. And as the pests set to with their pincers, Purana Shehr flounders in Shakespearian farce in the heat of post-monsoon Pakistan.

About the Author:

Musharraf Farooqi was born in 1968 in Hyderabad Pakistan. He worked as a journalist in Karachi and started the literary magazine Cipher. He moved to Toronto in 1994. He has translated the poetry of modern Urdu poet, Afzal Ahmed Syed, and is currently working on the English translation of the Urdu classic Dastan-e Amir Hamza. Salar Jang's Passion is his first novel.

If you're interested in Biblical Chronology this book is well worth getting. Unlike other chronologies available this is by far the most readable. First off, a word of warning. Some of the arguments and viewpoints presented are not intended for those that have a young Christian faith, so if you do obtain a copy, do not be immediately swayed by the author's personal position without careful consideration of other viewpoints. Having said that, it is interesting and refreshing to think upon some of the views expressed within.

The author claims that this is an 'absolute' chronology. Some might think that an 'absolute' chronology is impossible, but again, it is worth consideration. In my opinion although the claim for 'absolute' is made and looks good on paper, I am still in the camp of this being a 'standard' chronology, but it is a giant leap in the right direction.

A crux of this work is the Sabbath resurrection. My personal position (at present) is a Thursday to Sunday view, but this does not really detract from the main thrust of the chronology. The argument presented is well thought out and worthy of consideration. But, don't think that the author's view of the Sabbath resurrection voids the entire chronology, it doesn't. There is lots of information besides that is interesting for those with other persuasions and the Sabbath argument is a refreshing change from the Friday to Sunday viewpoint.

But the real gem of the author's work is the presentation of the chronological charts. Other Biblical chronology charts pale in comparison with these charts. A lot of work has been put into them. The information is presented in a clear and colourful way with the pertaining Scriptures themselves quoted directly on the charts themselves. This is BY FAR the best charting I have seen in a work on Chronology and raises the bar on chronological presentation.

I like books that get me thinking and this one is one of them. A question I have asked myself while studying (that needs further investigating) is what is the impact on the chronology if the first year is 4141 BC?

Informative, interesting, fascinating, thought provoking and sometimes challenging to ones assumptions, I found this book (and continue to find it) a great addition to my reading and studying material. Well worth obtaining.

Daniel Gregg's "Scroll of Biblical Chronology" is comprehensive and intelligent, yet fascinating and logical; it even makes perfect sense, which I love. Dan is a brilliant scholar, and he has put many hours (albeit, years) of study into this important work, and it is a work that is well done and worthy of anyone's reading...anyone who is at all interested in past, present, and future times.

If you love studying the Scriptures "to show yourself approved" then this book is worth your time. If you are interested in a "Hebrew" perspective of Scripture, or just are curious about how Jesus (Yeshua) could be in the grave 3 days AND 3 nights (from Friday to Sunday???) or if you love to study calendar dates of important historical events/people, or if you have a need to put present/future events into perspective with the backing of God's Word, then you'll want to order this book. I refer to it again and again, for reference, for encouragement,and for just plain great information! I really recommend "The Scroll of Biblical Chronology."

This is Reid Sorrel's story -- we first met him in in his search for a missing operative, Witt Davidson. This was a tentative setting of his character as special agent director of the Operation: Rock-a-Bye.

When he continued his search for the head of stealing babies organization he worked with Manny Sanchez, his undercover operative only to learn that the elusive perpatrator may be part of the Texas governing body.

His good friend, Travis Bennett introduced him into the political group for which Jill Bennett worked. Only to find that she has a ring on her finger.

He was shocked to find that he still suffered from an overwhelming attraction to this woman he had loved intensely ten years ago. At 30, she was still as beautiful as ever, even after having a child.

Jill found that the Reid of today, at 34, was a more masculine, powerful, attractive man than 10 year ago. She couldn't afford to get involved with him, lest he find out her secret.

Yet Reid was not about to blow his cover, so he had a few lies to tell his friend and Jill. In the meantime, he called in Manny Sanchez to do a bit of computer hacking to help locate his probable suspect. Boy, was he in for a shock!

Jill's susposed fiance, Bill, who wanted a cold-blooded, political marriage inadvertantly set up the chain of events that leads up to Reid and Jill giving into temptation.

Andy helped settle the difference between Jill and Reid and to teach them that where love is, pride does not count.

Excellent story - wonderful characters -- great conclusion to the Operation: Rock-a-Bye

Definitely recommended --M -- Maybe a keeper for most readers.

Ten years after his mysterious disappearance, Reid Sorrels returns to his home town. As an undercover FBI agent, he is closing in on the head of an international baby selling ring. Still angry at Jill Bennett for not trying to find him, he renews contact with her and befriends her son, Andy.
Even though there is still a strong attraction, Jill wrongly believes Reid ran out on the eve of their wedding. It's still painful and she continues to hide the fact that Andy is his son.
This is a hot, passionate reunion story that keeps the tension building as the two former lovers untangle their misunderstandings and deceptions. Linda Conrad has written a great book to tie up her Operation Rock-a-bye trilogy and I look forward to reading her next series due out next year.

this book was very hot,and sexy you actually get into these characters their fun and very sexual let your amagination run wild.

Secrets, Volume 18 showcases four talented authors whose novellas demonstrate the broad sweeping array of stories representative of the rapidly growing genre of erotic romance.

RAE MONET returns with "Lone Wolf Three" and her appealing Wolf Warriors. The serious minded Wolf Warrior, Lakota Blackthorn has been sent to negotiate an squabble over planetary land politics with young and opinionated rebel Leader, Taban Zias. Taban meets his match in Lakota, but soon comes to realize her steadying influence makes her his perfect mate--but convincing Lakota is another matter. Monet's characters crackle with life and an emotional realism that too many erotic romances miss for the sake of "heat". In my opinion, Rae Monet is a writer worth watching!

LINDA GAYLE's, "Heart Full of Stars", tells the high stakes story of a Fanta Rae, a lounge singer on the run from an alien slave trader who refuses to acknowledge her hard-won freedom. With her transport broken down,she is stranded at a Mars Outpost with the first human man she's seen in nine years--but ex marine Alex Decker is still mourning over the loss of his family any years ago. Fanta's entrance into his life rocks his world in more ways than one. Reading like a full length novel, this novella boasts a fully realized plot and a tender, satisfying ending.

LARISSA IONE's,"Flesh to Fantasy", paints a contemporary backdrop for loner game geek, Kelsa to escape the uncontrollable pain of the real world in exchange for virtual one that leaves her captain of her heart. Easy going paramedic, Trent agrees to enter Kelsa's world of erotic fantasy so that he can turn their relationship into one of real world pleasures. A fun, fast moving romp.

CYNTHIA EDEN's, "The Wolf's Mate", finds Kat Hardy's life in danger. When sexy wolfman, Michael Morlet rescues her in a dark alley, he realizes he's found the lifemate he's been yearning for. Somehow he must earn Kat's trust,and convincer her that she is destined to be his lifemate. Problem is, someone is trying to kill Kat,and danger lurks around every sexy corner. A fun, sometimes hilarious romp, the hunky and ardent Michael Morlet is a wolfman readers won't soon forget.