Shadow The Books

This is a great book. It was based on the 1966 tv show DARK SHADOWS. It was a blast from the past. It's a great read i recommend it.

The year is 1910, and when Paula Collins marries Christopher Jennings, she little understands the demons that seem to drive him. And then, when they return to Collinsport, with Christopher's strange servants, things begin to get frightening. Paula is trapped in a waking nightmare, with only one friend to turn to, the strange man from England, Barnabas Collins. Something very strange is going on in Collinsport, the locals believe that a werewolf is prowling their woods, but that's not all that is about in Collinsport after dark!

Canadian author Dan Ross, under the pseudonym of Marilyn Ross, wrote this suspenseful, Gothic horror story, along with 32 other Dark Shadows novels. These novels were based on the American television show Dark Shadows (1966-71), but as they were written at the same time as the show was unfolding, there are some discrepancies between the books and the show. In spite of that, though, Ross's characters are wonderfully fleshed out, and as always story itself is absolutely gripping.

So, if you are a fan of Gothic horror, you will like this book very much. If you are a fan of Dark Shadows you will absolutely *love* this book. (I did.) I highly recommend this book!

Jonathan Schwartz captures the sweet sadness of being a lifelong Red Sox fan (at least until 2004).

Unless you are a Red Sox fan, you may not know about the Curse of the Bambino. In the early part of the 20th century, the Boston Red Sox dominated the American League. One of their best players was a pitcher named Babe Ruth. The owner traded the Babe to the New York Yankees in exchange for the money to invest in the Broadway production of No No, Nanette and it's been no cigar for the Red Sox ever since.

Jonathan Schwartz has one of the worst cases of Red Sox addiction that I have ever heard of. He has been a radio announcer in New York for over 30 years (that's enemy territory for Red Sox fans). To stay up with his beloved Red Sox, he spent almost $15,000 in long distance charges from 1970-77 to listen in to the air check for WITS in Hartford of the games (calling in from Paris in some cases).

This is a story first published in Sports Illustrated in 1978 and covers one of the worst periods in Red Sox history: The season when they blew a late 14 game lead to the dreaded Yankees. I lived in Boston at that time, and it was painful to recall the swoon. Yet at the end of the season, they pulled a comeback and tied the Yankees. There was to be a one-game playoff in Fenway Park (determined by a coin toss) on October 2, 1978. In a prior playoff against Cleveland in Fenway in 1948 (also on October 2), the Sox had lost 8-3.

During the slide, the worst time had been when the Red Sox lost four in a row in Fenway to the Yankees with less than a month to go. Schwartz recounts his reaction. In a funk, he impulsively walked out of his apartment with $50 and a credit card, and flew to California. Only after arriving did he remember to call his live-in girlfriend and tell her what he had done.

With the big game coming up, Schwartz thinks he should take it easy and watch the game on television. At the last minute, he cannot resist and calls in some markers to get a press pass.

Most of the book recounts the game. It is interspaced with pre and post game comments from the key players.

The ironies continue to abound. You'll have to read the book to get them all. The Sox took a 2-0 early lead, but the faithful were fearful. Bucky Dent, the light-hitting shortstop, fouled a ball off his leg and play was stopped temporarily while he was treated. On the mound, the delay cost Torres (the Red Sox pitcher and former Yankee) his concentration. You guessed it. Dent hit a home run. Gossage replaced Guidry later on and stops the Red Sox from rallying back.

The final score: New York 5, Boston 4 (or as Schwartz puts it "Destiny 5, Boston 4).

Required reading and rereading for all Red Sox fans until the Curse of the Bambino is lifted!

Overcome your disbelief that anyone team could have so much bad luck with so much talent by reading this engaging story of baseball tragedy!

Robert Marcum is an excellent author who keeps the action and suspense at maximum in his novels. "Death of a Tsar" was wonderful and if you like that one, another wonderful book by Marcum is "The Orlov Legacy". I get so involved in his books it feels like I am part of the action. Absolutely a must read for anyone who enjoys good suspense!

Robert Marcum does an excellent job in his fourth novel. He is a professor at Ricks College and teaches Russian studies. This book takes an American businessman to Russia ,who gets tangled up with a package that has ties to the Imperial Tsar. It will keep you in suspense never knowing what is going to happen next. The list of characters becomes complex, enough so, that the author gives you a list in the beginning of the book as to who the characters are. It is written by an LDS author, and the main character in the book is an LDS person. But it crosses over to anyone who loves a great book!

This book caught my interest because I am a survivor of suicide and a person with a depressive disorder. Jo Clancy provides a compassionate and moving account of masks worn by those of us with mental illness who are trying to move through life undetected. I only wish it had been available before my brother became so distraught he ended his own life. I am thankful it is available to me. Reading this book helped restore my sense of dignity and reminded me how much I have to offer in spite of my depressive illness. Jo offers valuable insights into the lives of mentally ill individuals and the people who love them. She provides hope and tangible strategies to those of us moving through recovery. I would recommend this book for all mental health workers so they can better understand the real story. I also encourage people with mental illnesses and their families read this book. It may change your life. It certainly had a positive impact on mine.

A very well written book, based on the writer's personal and professional experiences. A must have for anyone who is interested in mental illness and coping. I also have a personal interest in this book as Jo Clancy is my Aunt. In this book she has included several paragraphs about my late mother who suffered from mental illness most of her life. I can honestly say that Jo Clancy's book is one of the best mental health books that I have read.

This book is one of the main sources for the Teachings of Presidents of the Church series that covered Brigham. Unlike for other prophets, the book covering him was meant to last two full calendar years. Now it's easy to see why. Even this book is simply a compilation of quotations, but it is filled with doctrinal gems. Brigham is a powerful witness for the Resurrection of Christ, and for the ability of Christ to change men's hearts. Particularly of interest (to me) was him discussing his conversion, which took close to three years of steady investigation. Here is a guy not afraid to ask questions. But where he goes for answers makes him an example.

This book is a good summary of the gospel teachings of Brigham Young. I have read about 400 books on LDS doctrine and this is a Top 25 book.

This book is essentially a long interview by Wilder with Josh Davis, and if you've seen Scratch, you know that Shadow can be very articulate. In essence, Wilder guides the story and gives it context, but is basically letting Shadow speak for himself. They go the whole nine yards: delving into Davis' childhood, how he discovered hiphop, how he started making his first mixes and tracks, who he met and when, and how he made the album in question. The focus is one Endtroducing... but you get the arc of his whole career up to Private Press. A very worthwhile read, in my opinion.

I supplemented my reading with the liner notes from the deluxe edition of Endtroducing... and also listened to the album and Preemptive Strike and all the b-sides. It's a fast read, you could finish in one sitting. Sold!

D.J. Shadow's 1996 album Endtroducing created a new sound sonic pop music was to follow for years, influencing electronica and reaching out to other forms. Music critic Eliot Wilder follows this change in ENDTRODUCING, which is basically one long interview with DJ Shadow via telephone during 2004. From DJ's passion for music to his involvement in mixing and interactions with some of the key electronica wizards of modern times, any who would understand the man or his music needs ENDTRODUCING in their collection.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Wilcox is a great writer! I enjoyed so much the different "sayings" that were the foundation of each chapter. I find my self often saying "Don't go to Caiaphas' Palace." This is a must read, if you have time to spare and want to be uplifted!

"Don't Leap with the Sheep" has provided my life great insight into the world of Satan. Wilcox uses short chapters to highlight each of Satan's snares that can be easily missed in day-to-day life. This book has helped me to teach young kids with stories and scriptures. Wilcox uses fantastic personal stories and scripture stories to teach about Satan's snares and how to avoid them.
I highly recommend this book to all.

Satchel Paige is an enigmatic figure in american histroy. Mention his name, people inevitably think of the negro leagues,or thta terrible bingo long movie.In fact, Paige was ,in many repects, the first modern ballplayer. He played for a percentage of the gate, would only pitch a couple of innings in these contests,had no compuction about jumping from team to team{or country to country}The minstel show,stephifetchit aura that he calculated with the all too eager white press was, of course, a huge ruse. He was a sometimes bitter man{quite understandably so}He knew, instinctively, that he was the best pitcher in the world{although,curiosly, his peers voted Smokey Joe williams better in a 1950 vote in the Pittsburgh Courrier} He despsed the Jim Crow laws, and what he had to do to get around them. HIs civil rights stands were taken in the 20's 30's and 40's, when such things often meant death. He pitched for what might have been the greatest team of all time{the Pittsburgh crawfords of the early 30's] Dimaggio called him ethe toughest pitcher he ever hit against.All of these nuggets are in this book. Mr. Ribowsky did a fine job here. Paige is a figure who should be celebrated for what he was:an american original,a species often sighted but rarely seen. A wonderful book!

After reading this book, I am utterly convinced that Satchel Paige is as much of a baseball legend as a Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth. This book not only entertains but it fascinates, so much that I would'nt be suprised if someone mistook this biography for a peice of baseball folklore or a non fictitious work designed to capture the imaginations of baseball fans. This book portrays the life of Robert Leroy Satchel Paige in a most interesting way. In some cases he stands biggerthan life portrayed as a demi-god in the face of the gods of Major League Baseball and in some cases his mortality is revealed in the very midst of his immortality, and this is what makes this portrayal so unique.

Excelent translation. Like "Eagle or Sun", "A Draft or Shadows" is the best Paz's poetry. Without doubt, some of the best poems I have ever read. East and West, Water and Stone, White and Black... encounter each other... on the other side.

Octavio Paz, A Draft of Shadows (New Directions, 1979)

I am kicking myself for having had this book in my collection for long enough that I donýt remember buying it and not getting around to it until now. Paz is the most exciting poet Iýve run across since discovering the work of Ira Sadoff five years ago. His work, more than capably translated here by Eliot Weinberger (with a few translations from others thrown in for good measure), is a perfect blend of the art and craft of poetry. It is also the finest overtly political work I have read since Aime Cesaire last put pen to paper. Paz understands that if the poetry is good enough, the message of the poetry will come out on its own, something nine hundred ninety-nine out of every thousand political poets never grasp. Those who would dispute it need only read the title poem here and hold it up against the best works by inferior political poets. The difference is stunning, and obvious.

When Paz won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990, the committee stated that his writing was characterized by ýsensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity.ý Indeed. This is poetry the way itýs meant to be. **** 1/2

Members of a divided Satterfield family fight for opposing causes. Jon, the family's hope for the future, drifts southward. When boyhood friends, the sons of General Robert E. Lee, join their father, Jon enlists as a member of Lee's staff. The Satterfield family patriarch, Scottie, begins the war as Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War Procurement. As the war progresses, the Satterfields engage with the most famous and colorful personalities of the time. Jon commands a cavalry regiment and meets his brother-in-law on the field of battle. Andrew Kelly, Scottie's illegitimate son, decides to take revenge on his uncaring father by killing Satterfields under the cloak of the battlefield. Andrew pursues his prey until he confronts Scottie and Jon at the war's end.

Members of a divided Satterfield family fight for opposing causes. Jon, the family's hope for the future, drifts southward. When boyhood friends, the sons of General Robert E. Lee, join their father, Jon enlists as a member of Lee's staff. The Satterfield family patriarch, Scottie, begins the war as Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War Procurement. As the war progresses, the Satterfields engage with the most famous and colorful personalities of the time. Jon commands a cavalry regiment and meets his brother-in-law on the field of battle. Andrew Kelly, Scottie's illegitimate son, decides to take revenge on his uncaring father by killing Satterfields under the cloak of the battlefield. Andrew pursues his prey until he confronts Scottie and Jon at the war's end.