Reds Books

i like this book. it's informative and brings the workouts from several top trainers together. there are great pictures and there are several different pieces of equipment (including your own body weight) utilized in the exercises. there's a good discussion on nutrition. i refer to the book frequently. like now when i'm focused on my arms. well done!

Alyssa Shaffer is the fitness director of Fitness Magazine, and here interviews top celebrity trainers who reveal how they work out to achieve their maximum body style. From developing attainable goals to keep you motivated and exercising to incorporating a fitness routine into a busy schedule and targeting specific problem areas, THE A-LIST WORKOUT is no single program, but an orchestrated approach culled from the successful experiences of celebrity stars. Black and white photos throughout explain exercise routines.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is a great idea book. I took it to the gym and used the techniques. It is a great beginners book.

Very good book, lots of great excercise ideas, and understanding of how the muscles work, and how they work for the celebs

Don't be decieved by the cover! Something about the name and the picture on the front threw me. I thought it might be one of those books of how the celebrity worked out and never really explaining the workout to the reader, just so the author could make a quick buck.

This is very well written with weekly workout routines and every exercise has photos to follow up on. They separate your goal into different routines.

What I love most about this book is that they don't use the default strength training moves! They use band resistance (or tubing) and do different, unique moves to tone the body! This is really a workout you could do at home in your living room. You don't need a treadmill, if you have a nice place to walk and run or jump rope even!

The star's trainers, for example, Mike Alexander (Jessica Simpson's trainer) writes a whole section for abs and the exercises he uses. In another chaper, another trainer writes about the best shoulder toning moves.

I felt like the nutrition section wasn't gimmicky or to hard to follow. They were real in their advice, following a natural whole foods diet with fish and lean meats to get your protien.

All in all- I might have an addiction to buying diet and fitness books, but this is a great one to add to my collection. Especially because I love using the Physioball (think that big, pop resistant workout ball) and resistance tubing!

An ideal book for that oh-so-hard-to-reach group: tween boys. Filled with adventure, mystery and intrigue and just the right sense of humor, I'd reccomend it highly!

I read this book with my ten-year old son, (I'm 41). It was a thoroughly enjoyable adventure for both of us. I loved the writing, my son loved the adventure, humor and "cool" characters. As a true lover of books, I give Lockerboy a big thumbs up! I love to be able to share my passion of books with anyone, but especially with my son! When we can both enjoy a reading this much and this equally, it is truly a delight! I recommend sharing this with your friends and family. It will help you to get over any bad times in high school and re-live the good ones! I found myself anxious for my son to finish his homework and video games so we could READ Lockerboy. The exciting and unexpected ending definitely did NOT let us down! Looking forward to the next one, Chris!

This book was good from beginning to end. Excitment, adventure and suspense all in one..

Recomend it for all ages!

This book was so exciting that I didn't want to put it down. I really liked it because it started on the bus ride to school with all of the kids telling him about Spyr. While all of this is going on he's trying to figure out what he looks like. He gets to big, tall, yellow eyed. But he is really the same height, heavier, stronger, and smarter. Also he thinks right after he gets off the bus he'll get attacked!
In the middle when he does his test I knew something would go wrong, I just didn't know just what it was.
I think the funniest part is when they ended up in the little fun land on an island type place.
I really enjoyed this book, Lockerboy.
by, Jordyn Garrett

Lockerboy IS an adventurous journey. It took me back to my high school days when I wished I had such an escape. But that is just what this book provides, a rich and thrilling portal to another world - one where anything is possible. With his rich narratives and fantastic use of vocabulary, Strodder weaves his story expertly, just daring us NOT to join in!

This is one of the best series that I have ever read. It is a must see but beware, once you pick it up you will not want to put it down.

Ingeborg and Kaaren get help from another Bjorklund, Haakan, who helps make the farm life easier for Ingeborg although she has to come to grips with many issues. All the characters are easy to like and make the hard work of our ancestors clear. Through Ingeborg's problems with winters in the soddy, the books brings the hardships of those settlers to fruit. Andrew and Thorliff are such fun to read about! Lauraine Snelling has a truly wonderful and memorable work in this family's story.

A cruel blizzard has taken the life of her husband, Roald and his brother and 2 children. Ingeborg spends the next few months bitter - and dressed in her "britches" works the fields like a man. This way, fatigue and distance keep her from facing the truth and more importantly, her children whom she nearly gives away to her sister.

Her sod-home neighbor and sister (by marriage), Karen, a widow, has accepted happiness in a new life and finally Ingeborg comes to terms and returns to the faith of her youth.

The arrival of the distant cousin of her deceased husband, Haaken, eases the farm work but complicates the decision making. He is there ONLY to help the women with the farm for a crop season - or is he?

The delinquent arrival of the young, spunky, opinionated youngest brother of Roald further turns Ingeborg's world upside down, emotionally. The relationships and the final resolution of some major hurdles end this book and call for the immediate start of book 3, "A Land to Call Home."

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Lauraine Snelling is such a wonderful writer. You can relate to the character's behaviors and beliefs. She does a wonderful job getting you to feel like you are there in the book.

This is just a wonderful, clean, refreshing book/series. She gets so many emotions zinging through you as you are reading.

The Red River of the North series of books by Lauraine Snelling are fabulous books. If you have any Scandinavian heritage...or even if you don't...you will like these books. I have gained insight into how many of my relatives came to America through Ellis Island and settled in the Mid West states. I highly recommend!

I have recently read this book and I was amazed at how well written it was. It was exiting and I never wanted to put it down. The only thing I didn't like about it was the way Christopher Pike shows vampires. He really tears down the way most people think of them as. Other than that, this is an excellent book and I throughly reccomend it!!

This is the third book in the vampire series about Alisa. In this book, she attempts to keep her DNA from the hands of someone who would test it and use the results to gain immortality. In this, she runs into an old "friend" who makes the story more exciting. Another wonderful book to add to your collection. I highly suggest it.

This is an original vampire series, this is an original book in the original vampire series taking place mainly in Vegas introducing foe's anew. If you like Last Vampire Un and deux then you must read trois. Trust me, I as a devout Pike Fan am telling you that this is the book to read if you have sense enough to appreciate his unique style for writing.

The first forty pages of this book(the first chapter) was more action packed than any book I've read. Like in his other books Pike goes into great depth, throws in romance, lots of violence, and some blow-em-up scenes. If you don't like books like that, this may not be a book for you, but if you like action in movies and/or this would be a great book for you(read the first two before hand). Something that Pike does in all of his Last Vampire books is vagely describe what has happened in the previous books. I don't like that because you should read them and know what's going on. Over all it was a great book them and I would hope anyone else would give it five stars.

Thank you

By far this is the best Last Vampire novel. The first 3 arefilled with much action and suspense, though they become a little morecalm and in depth in 4 and 5. This one centers itself in Las Vegas, where Alisa's partner Joel (a vampire as well) is captured and taken to a lab in the Nevada Desert where scientists try to break his DNA code and turn the world into vampires. As Alisa tries to halt their plans, she unearths a new vampiric skill.

A great read, an awesome plot line, and a very original way to present a Vampire story.

I could not put this book down. It is an engaging book. I read it for some background research on John Steinbeck and the Grapes of Wraths. If you have read Steinbeck's masterpiece you have to read Red Dirt. I think Roxanne's memoir completes the story of the Joads. The psyche of the "Okie" comes alive and the drive of Roxanne to break away and then come to terms with it is fascinating. I loved this book so much that I use it for the Ethnic studies classes that I teach. I believe that to understand different ethnic groups we all have to understand what makes White America tick. This book delivers a much-needed look at the class divide among white America and no matter how much the poor whites have been abused by their richer cousins they still stand by their side. Why? Because they are white. This was a great ride

if you like books about the old way of living,you will love this book. it brings back memories of my childhood...

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The best of autobiographical works are those that convey, in the telling of one life story, larger truths than those we experience as individuals. To accomplish this feat with seeming effortlessness, as Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has done with Red Dirt, is to create not only a valuable historical record, but a literary work that is a pleasure to read. Employing the finest storytelling skills, Dunbar-Ortiz lovingly recollects her youth in Oklahoma and the family dynamics she experienced "growing up Okie" during the mid-20th-century. In the process, she touches upon a host of social issues--among them racism, sexism, and economic disparity--that have plagued the U.S. since its earliest days. Perhaps most importantly, she offers one resounding voice from among a vast population--namely, the white underclass--that consistently has been underrepresented in historical texts, and misrepresented in popular culture. Exploding the notion of 'poor white trash,' Dunbar-Ortiz offers three-dimensional alternative as she reconstructs through her personal memoir the history and struggles of the frontier settler class and its descendants. As we move into the next century, Red Dirt is a text of vital significance to our collective humanity

I grew up in central Oklahoma and can identify with many of the themes Ms. Dunbar-Ortiz writes about in Red Dirt. I think anyone who is on a journey of self-discovery or is attempting to reconcile his or her past will enjoy this book as much as I did. I rarely read literature about Oklahoma that makes me proud to be an "Okie" - this book does just that.

This book was my introduction to Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz. I read it before I learned more about her and her career as an activist for the past 40 years. She reflects on her life from birth until her move to California. She grew up in rural Oklahoma during some of the worst years ever. These were the years that shaped her, the launching pad of her feminist, anti-family, pro-socialist, anti-war, ... efforts.

The reader can learn a good bit about the Socialist movement in Oklahoma in the early 1900's, the Green Corn Rebellion and the patriotic surge that accompanied World War I.

Roxanne's grandfather, one of the less 'disfunctional' family members was a Socialist and strongly pro-labor and imparted his views to her. She remembers him fondly. It appears that her abusive alcoholic mother influenced her ideas about the family and church. She had very little to say about her mother or father that is not negative. Considering these influences, the dire poverty of her early childhood, and her marriage 'up' the social ladder her views on things are not too surprising. Simple - yes, but undeniably true, at least in part. And that does not take away from her drive, talent and desire to make a positive change in the world.

You can learn more about Roxanne at her website, reddirt.com.

I think I will read Outlaw Woman, the next volume of her story.

It is about all of us... Make sure you start reading on a week-end because you won't be able to put it down without finishing! Mourselas' genius is unbelievable.

The book takes you to the journey of your life...

I rarely find a book that makes me think/ponder/sad/excited/aroused. This is one of those rare books.

This is by far the best book I have ever read. Mourselas has captured some of the worst times in Greek history and has presented them with a beautiful blend of philosophy and history. In the tradition of the greatest Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, Mourselas delves into the human spirit and expresses it in the most beautiful way. While reading it I felt as though I knew each character personally. There are people in my own life who were the characters of this wonderful novel. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in taking a journey through a beautiful analysis of the human race.

This is one of the most beautiful books I've read.
Happy, stimulating, exciting, amusing, delightful, stormy and sexy. A great love story full of flavors, smells and rhythm.

This is the story of Emanueil Razinas (AKA Lewis) the surprising and unexpected man, that near him "all of us are such of midgets.... doesn't get even to his ankles..."

This is also the story of group of friends, and all the women and the wives, Athens and Greece. Four decades on yachts decks, in brothels, in the army, in the street, taverns, cafes, sheds, magnificence houses, and anywhere else.

The story is told in a fluent, open and trustworthy way, both satirical and sad.
You can't escape the noticeable painful feeling of the open wound of Greece that try to awaken from the civil war nightmare and the revolution in every page.

Before I read this book I thought it would be completly depressing and not a very good story. After I started reading the book I realized that it is an amazing story about love and lost. The main character, Sophie, goes through many challenges but she learns to cope extremly well for someone so young. She learns many lessons that I think everybody needs to learn sometime in there life.

Laura Resau writes the kind of books I loved to read when I was a teen, and still do. She takes us to new places with characters who are both loveable and flawed. In her latest book, Red Glass, she introduces us to a colorful cast of characters who quickly become so endearing we are happy to follow them to Mexico and beyond. Her main character, Sophie, is a girl doing what so many of us hope to do, pushing her own boundaries. Through Sophie's adventures helping return an orphaned Mexican boy to his village, Resau teaches us a little about tolerance, a little about bravery, a little about humanity and a lot about love. Her settings are so wonderfully drawn that we can easily imagine ourselves along for Sophie's ride. I've been happily sharing this book with the young girls in my life and they've been telling me that they, too, love it!

Contains all the ingredients for a good story: tragedy, comedy, love, and danger. I'm using it in my book club for adult ESL learners who are from various world cultures. They love it! It treats modern issues of immigration, alienation, and human rights with sensitivity. Hispanic culture is beautifully interwoven as are the lives of common people who come to know and respect each other accross vast landscapes and invisible borders.

Sophie has been afraid of just about everything: cancer, gems, car wrecks, and becoming an orphan. Then one day her stepfather Juan gets a phone call from the hospital. Pablo, a six-year-old Mexican boy is recovering from a trip across the Border. The same trip that killed both of his parents. Pablo comes to Sophie's home. She grows to love this little boy who she calls-her Principito, Little Prince. After a year Sophie's parents are able to contact Pablo's extended family in Mexico. Sophie, her Aunt Dika, and Dika's new boyfriend and son must travel with Pablo so he can make a heartwrenching decision.

On the way down Sophie feels a strong connection to Angel, her Aunt's boyfriend's son. But she fears she'll lose him. A tragic accident forces Sophie to make a dangerous journey where she must learn to face her fears. Will she always be delicate Sophie? Or will her difficult choice make her become fuerte--strong?

I enjoyed this story of a young girl who must face her fears in order to grow stronger. The road trip into Mexico was very vivid and I remembered similar things on my own trip many years ago. The contrast between Mexico and Guatemala are striking. I don't know if I'd be as strong as Sophie to travel down there alone. But what really stands out about this book is how Sophie learns to reach out to those around her. Dika, the eccentric aunt who survived the Bosnia war. Mr Lorenzo who survived beatings from the Guatemalan police. And little Paco, who watched his parents die while crossing the Border. They all learn from each other even when one of them makes a heartwrenching decision.

Laura Resau's beautifully written RED GLASS is one of those books that lingers in memory. It's the story of not-so-brave Sophie, who goes on the adventure of her life, in Mexico, and later Guatemala, an unstable and dangerous country, finding her courage and love along the way.

For teens, and adventurous middle schoolers, who realize the world is wide open to them!

I'm a longtime RHCP fan and a guitar player (obviously since I bought the tab!). I have both the Mother's Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik tablature books and have learned almost all of the songs in both. That said, I was a little hesitant in ordering the Stadium Arcadium book for two concerns: 1) the album is so effects laden, it may be hard to reproduce at home; 2) usually, when audio is provided on a CD with a tab book, examples are truncated snippits or examples of songs taken out of context--not very helpful, IMHO. Let me cut to the chase: buy this book with the CDs! The CDs contain ALL 2 SA discs with FULL songs from beginning to end sans drums and vocals. You get to hear John Frusciante's guitar parts and Flea's bass interacting together for all of the songs. I'm hearing things being played that I've never noticed before on the original SA release. Actually, what the recordings have confirmed is a suspicion I've had that SA was mixed horribly for the final release... a little too smooth and compressed, finally killing the BSSM era peppers sound. However, listen to something like "Hump De Bump" on this book's audio and you will hear guitar and bass every bit as raw, inventive, and funky as anything from BSSM. Why did this get lost in the final release? The tabs are pretty spot on, too. I've noticed a few voicing inconsistencies with JF's live playing of the songs... but this is a minor quibble. This book is a must (for this price) for any RHCP fan that plays bass or guitar. The audio is also an awesome stand-alone look into the writing and musical process of a inventive band of musicians.

The bass and guitar tracks on the CDs really help to identify the individual notes, riffs and chords. Extremely worth it!

I am a big fan of the RHCP's and enjoy trying to replicate their sound. I am by no means a good guitarist but still have a lot of fun going through the book and playing pieces of their songs. The tab appears to be very accurate but I am not sure that it is 100% (still, good enough for me). I found it very useful to look at some of the lessons on Youtube as an aide to the book.

First of all, I must say, I really enjoyed this album. I don't normally use the words "dude" or "money", but dude, the Jupiter disc is *money*. The Mars disc was good too, but I think every song on the aforementioned disc was a hit, thus making them the ones I wanted most to learn to play.

All recordings feature the guitar and bass with no drums or vocals. This makes picking up the guitar parts considerably easier. All effects used are mentioned in the tab, and the tabs themselves seem very accurate when reading them and listening to the disc.

I think Frusciante's style of playing is interesting, and a good study for any guitarist. It's refereshing to hear a guy who is talented and really makes good arrangements, but isn't shredding and wanking all over the place. He also doesn't just whack on the same power chords all day long like every other modern rock band.

Furthermore, the band as a whole definitely remains fresh and valuable in a world where, I'm sad to say, rock is starting to suck really bad. RHCP makes me want to pick up my guitar, jam out, and be a better musician.

Fallout Boy does not.

Don't think twice before you get this. I'll be able to listen to all the tracks with guitar / bass isolated. They even mention the effects on the tabs.
Gotta have it.

I have to admit I was skeptical when reading other reviews, but with an open mind I bought it. I'm a Pre-trib thinker and this book was enlightening. I will now go back through slower and dwell on what I've read - restudying the Word. This book will make you think.

I'm not yet fully convinced some of the seals have already been opened, but logically, considering the timeline of events, Mr. Goodgame makes a very persuasive argument.

Also, this doesn't go to the timeline or my overall opinion on the validity of the information, but I'm not convinced on his take on who will be the party to sign the seven year contract with Israel or his take on the Arab nations at the time.

The only slight disagreement I have is the statement that the earth will be renewed for Christ's 1000 year reign. The earth is not renewed - New Heaven/New Earth until after the 1000 year reign - at least based upon Rev: 21:1.

Otherwise, if you like studying prophecy then I would recommend reading this book as another guide to understanding the end times and the timeline of the seals and trumpets.

Believing that the sum of God's word is Truth, Peter has taken many obscure Old Testament prophecies and tied them together with the major prophecies of both the Old and New Testaments in such as to give a wonderful picture of the times that are now upon us and the events that will soon unfold. I found his theory on the two Witnesses to be ground-breaking, and after having conducted my own eschatological studies for a number of years, I have not found one exegetical flaw in Peter's presentation. I believe that Peter has been given the gift of prophecy and that God has revealed much to him because of his willingness to learn and his incredible desire for the heart of God.
Every Christian who is looking for the Lord and feels that the time is near should read this book. Every Christian who is apathetic about the Lord's coming should read this book. Every Christian who is confused about the End Times should read this book, as well as every Christian who blindly believes in a prophetic model despite its exegetical flaws. And everyone who does take this challenge to read this awesome work must do so with an open mind and a belief in Christ's return and what the Bible has to say about it.I would also encourage any fans of Peter's book or anyone who is at all curious about this gifted author to visit his website at www.redmoonrising.com. I have a wonderful feeling that we will be seeing more of Peter Goodgame in the future! Congratulations, Peter, and keep it up!

Being a thirty-year lay student of the "last days" via Christian and secular writers (such as Pat Buchanan), I rank "Red-Moon Rising" as a very fine lay presentation of end-time eschatology. The unfolding of the apocalyptic time line in clear, logical fashion supported by well-drawn diagrams. For a fresh and concise orientation or reorientation to the days about to descend upon us, there is no better map than "Red-Moon Rising". Read and heed!

This book is amazing! Peter explains his point of view convincingly and respectfully debunks theories of old regarding the rapture and the anti-christ. I've read it twice and it's on the docket for a third read.

Very thorough, thought provoking material.

A refreshing read. Nothing mundane about it.
Scripture references used to illustrate where each idea comes from, and is biblically backed.

When I received this book I was immediatly mesmerized by the cover photo and the overall appearance. I was quickly alerted that although small in size it was going to be a long journey. Red Plateau is unique and extremely deep, as I began to read, it wasted no time in pulling me well into its depths.
The story is heartbreaking, two former enemies meet by chance, a friendship developes and in time they become dependant upon one another in dealing with the past and one tells the story of the other.
I could write many pages about this work but I am still exploring, it can not be digested in one reading as each sentense is filled to capacity with color, emotion, vivid description, spiritual awareness. This is very good literature and personally I would love to see it released in hardcover form. As mentioned by another reviewer it is well written and belongs in libraries as well as on the desks of politicians.

Out of adversity comes creativity. Occasionally throughout recorded history, some former warriors who have lived through the horrors of war have come out of that experience with a gift for humanity. Having read a few of John Delezen's books, I would definitely place him in that category. In "Red Plateau," he has given us that gift by eloquently portraying in very human terms the war experience and its hardships on his former adversary.

John Delezen has taken that experience and has shared it with us through his gifted writing abilities. He brilliantly relays to the reader that his former enemy was an equally worthy warrior who suffered even more than he did. After reading this book, you will discover that the frontline soldiers on both sides of the conflict had more in common than not and in most cases the North Vietnamese soldiers had it much worse. They for instance when wounded, did not have the opportunity to be medevaced out by helicopter but if they could survive the journey from the battlefield, were brought to damp, foul tunnels for medical treatment. They had to endure the constant threat of overwhelming air strikes and had to deal with survival in the brutal jungle environment which was as alien to most of them as it was to the American soldier. Grunts on both sides did not make policy. They just suffered together as a consequence of their government's policies.

As a Marine who served with Third Reconnaissance Battalion on the DMZ in 1967-68, I found this book very insightful, thoughtful and personally healing. I can now not only have respect for my enemy as a worthy opponent but also have empathy for him as well. I would highly recommend "Red Plateau" to any combat Vietnam vet who wants a deeper understanding of that historical event that none of us who survived it will ever forget. I also recommend this book to all others who want to know what war is really like.

John Edmund Delezen, a twice wounded malaria plagued Marine who served in Vietnam with a Recon unit behind the lines, later returns frequently to Vietnam in a search for an unfulfilled part of himself. He slowly learns the language (he also learned to speak French fluently) and one day in the ancient holy city of Hue accidently meets Nguyen Van Tung who fought for years as a soldier with the NVA Army in the area where the author had served in Northern I Corps.
They slowly and hesitantly develop a close frienship through letters and Delezen's numerous visits back to the village where Nguyen Van Tung lives. As their friendship deepens, and Van Tung, from old wounds and lung problems, is dying, Tung gives Delezen his old battered diary and asks him to tell his story. Delezen hesitates, then promises that he will.
This diary with its long suffering and endurance of pain emerging from Ngugen Van Tuan's deep gently Buddhist spiritualiy is the heart of the RED PLATEAU story. A story that in the end contributes to deepening and guiding the author's own spiritual anguished search.
For me, the beauty and dignity of the story is this quiet self exposure of the struggling and growing faith, and love, of both battered veterans.
Nguyen Van Tuan died in his village a few months before this story was published.

As a Marine veteran of the Viet Nam war I always respected the enemy (NVA/ VC) we fought. This book tells what they did during the war. They were just young men like us going about their lives who were drafted into the communist cause. The book seems to show that most of them were more concerned with each other than with the communist propaganda officers that were attached to each unit. They had a hard life against a technologically superior enemy. Few made it home after the war. They were a band of brothers just like us. It is a great book.

A perfect companion to 'Eye of the Tiger', 'Red Plateau'shows war from the other side. As always, Mr. Delezen's style of writing puts the reader right in the trenches. A must read for veterans, military and history buffs, and should be mandatory reading for anyone with political ambitions. 'Red Plateau' gives new perspective to the 'enemy', and we find that those who share the trenches, on both sides, aren't that much different. Great reading.