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Horse Thief (Saddle Club(R))
Published in Paperback by Skylark (1998-09-08)
Author: Bonnie Bryant
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It's the Best!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-04
I coulden't figure it out! I diden't think one of the nisest people there could have stolen the money. If you like a horsey mystery this book is it! I agree, there should be a TV show or something like that. ~Rachel~

A great book for Bryant fans
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-05-13
I could not put it down, and had it read in two days! I've always enjoyed the Saddle club books, but the lasted ones have been really good.

MYSTERY AND DRESSAGE
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-06
My name is Shannon and I got this book today and have already finished. I think its a realy good book although it didn't realy make it sound good on the back. But once again its all stuck up Veronicas fault, although she may not be the culprit. The clue Stevie foundgives it away if you think about it but it is pretty tricky. From Shannon Horse Crazy and Saddle Club Crazy. PS I think there should be a Saddle Club movie or Tv series it would be a big hit, because the saddle club is ten times better than "Pony Pals" yuk.

Mystery,horses and money....
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-11
I have almost all of the saddle club books and this is one of the best! It all started when there was a pony club rally including all local pony clubs, that means Stevie's boyfriend Phil will be there too. Then $500 goes missing Veronica says she saw Phil hanging around the office where the money was. Can the saddle club prove Phil's innocent? ~Sarah~

A good mystery book
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-05
If you are into mystery's this book is definitely for you! The first day I got it I couldn't put it down. I think this one is one of Bonnie Byrant best book ever. I loved the Saddle Club series the first day I got them. This book kept you thinking the whole time. I definitely think this book is a have to read.

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The Iron Horse Club
Published in Paperback by iUniverse, Inc. (2005-08-17)
Author: Ronald L Reman
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A Thriller for the Post-Enron World
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Review Date: 2006-07-26
This is an extremely realistic thriller for the post-Enron age. It forces the reader to look past the headlines of corporate scandals, where villains and victims are not so obvious. Should be required reading for any business professional. It's easy to get lost in the masterful character development and fascinating plot twists. Reman makes complex concepts very readable and wonderfully intertwines the personal lives of the characters with the main plot. A true page-turner. Hard to believe that this is Reman's first book!


An Accounting Thriller? It Works
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-30
This is a well-constructed story about white collar crime. The narrative revolves around four friends who started together at a major accounting firm and are still close friends 24 years later. The story is dramatic, it looks at how perceptions can vary from the inside and the outside of a corporate scandal, and it shows how good people can get caught up a scandal through no fault of their own.

This is a good story for any reader, but I would especially recommend it for accounting or business students because it provides another perspective on some of the topics that can be pretty dry in the academic setting. It also puts a human face on the issue of white collar crime.

Iron Horse Club is a must read for any white collar professional
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-20
Superb thriller covering white collar crime & friendships. The Iron Horse Club: Fast paced; Brilliantly developed main characters that were respectable, likable and had friendships one could only envy; Technically intriguing, while clear; completely unpredictable; interestingly real; very believable; a real page-turner; a fantastic ending!

An Accounting and Finance Thriller
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-25
Reman has done for accounting and finance what Grisham did for the legal profession. This is an edge-of-your-seat thriller complete with power hungry government lawyers, spineless corporate executives, self-serving Big 4 accounting partners and an honest man caught in the middle. Solid character development and a plot that moves at break-neck speed make this book hard to put down. What happened to Kavi could happen to any one of us.

An Interesting Accounting Thriller?!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-10
So it starts out something like the beginning of a bad joke, "two tax accountants, a CFO, and an auditor walk into a bar...", then still skeptical as to where it would go, I wandered into what I thought would be a novel full of boring cliches about business ethics and the story of a Company not called Enron (but where you figured they were talking about Enron).

Fortunately, this is not a novel about boring cliches and a rehash of Enron. There are more than a few startling plot twists, that really keep you on the edge. I agree with the other reviewers, reading this book really puts a face to certain players in the modern business scandal turning regular notions about who is the good guy and who is the bad guy upside down. It provokes you to think about how you would react given the situation. Highly recommended not-too-heavy reading (from an auditor who would normally not want to spend his evenings off reading about four accountants who walk into a bar)!

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Jessi's Secret Language (Baby-Sitters Club)
Published in Library Binding by Gareth Stevens Publishing (1993-09)
Author: Ann M. Martin
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Meagan's Review
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-23
Yes I did like this book because it's by one of my favorite authors and I have almost read every single book in the series.
The book was about this girl called Jessi who has just moved into a new neighborhood. Jessi Jessi has this really great group of friends called the Baby Sitters Club. Jessi gets a sitting job for this deaf boy called Matt. Matt uses sign language instead of lip reading. Jessi is going to be in a ballet show called Coppelia and Matt's mom has been making arrangements so that the 8 kids in Matt's class can go see Coppelia. They have arranged for Haley to be the narrator and for Matt and Haley's mom to stand up on the stage and sign everything that Haley says so that Matt isn't left out. After the show Jessi finds out that Adle came to watch the show. Jessi's cousin Keshia is from Okley, New Jersey came to see Jessi be Swandelia. To celebrate the show being a success everybody who knows Jessi went to a restraunt to have ice cream.
Anybody will like this book.

great debut for jessi
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-08
this book shows jessi to be a passionate, caring and even talented protagonist/narrator of the story. She is very much into ballet and recently joined the babysitters club, so when she babysits for a deaf 7 year old boy who communicates in sign language, she befriends him and is interested in learning it and does so and also teaches it to the neighborhood kids and help matt make friends that way who were very understanding of his situation. Also, jessi had a great awareness of how the deaf and disabled are marginalized by society for their disability and invited a bunch of deaf kids to a ballet she is dancing in and got a translator to do sign language onstage to show what the plot of the story is like as they watch the beautiful dancing, and in turn empowers them and gives them the message that just cause they can't hear music doesn't mean they cannot appreciate the arts. Also because jessi experienced racism from neighbors after moving to stoneybrook from new jersey, she could probably relate to the pain of being marganlized. Great start for jessi I love this book!

good
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-11-06
i'm taking ASL in school and i was looking on my books shelf and found this book and i decided to re-read it. its really good. the only thing that bugs me is that on the cover jessie is using see sign when the book said it was ASL. it doesn't matter to much though. it is a really good book and shows how people who may seem diffrent at first glance can have a lot ion common with you. i hope you enjoy it.

Care for the deaf
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-02-02
A very touching and realistic story. It features a young boy named Matt who was born deaf and this family, the Braddocks, move into Stoneybrook. Putting Jessi as the main character in this Babysitter Club book is very interesting because the deaf cannot hear music and therefore, none of them had exactly went to watch a musical or a ballet concert. Jessi's a ballerina and she feels especially sympathetic towards the deaf in that very aspect.
This story touches on the sensitive areas of a deaf person's life, about being ridiculed by others, looked down and thought of as weird. However, the babysitters were intrigued by Sign Language and the other kids int he neighbourhood begin to slowly accept Matt and were fascinated with sign language.
We also find out more about the deaf in this book, we learn some sign language, we learn that it is crucial that the deaf are kept well away from busy roads as they cannot hear cars approaching. We also find out how some families are being inconsiderate in not bothering to take up sign language to communicate with their deaf family member and instead, expect him/her to lip-read instead. Lip reading is extremely difficult.
The story has a happy ending and reveals what Jessi does to make the children in the school for the deaf happy. A must-read.

She knows sign language!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2005-04-14
When Jessi baby sits for Matt Braddock, Matt is a special child. So Jessi teaches him a sign language.

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Listening to the Land: Conversations About Nature, Culture, and Eros
Published in Paperback by Sierra Club Books (1995-04)
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Thought-provoking, inspirational, life-affirming, erotic and profound!
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Review Date: 2007-05-08
In "Listening to the Land", environmental activist Derrick Jensen converses with Terry Tempest Williams, Ward Churchill, Starhawk, and other visionary ecological thinkers on a broad range of vital issues, like: ecofeminism, wilderness preservation, resource depletion, bioregionalism, and Native American liberation. For activists working to stop the corporate plunder of our planet, defend indigenous peoples, and protect endangered species, this book is an inspirational read. It will encourage you not only to resist the destructive forces of industrial patriarchy, but to live in deep relationship with one's landbase. The coho salmon, the panda bears, the monarch butterflies, the tropical rainforests, and the coral reefs depend on our love (just as we, in turn, depend on the living earth).

Excellent and Enlightening Reading
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-13
This book is very well written and a wonderful collection of essays. For anyone that enjoys a well written essay with regards to the future of our planet, the environment or the total disregard that so many humans currently have to the planet - this is an excellent read.

A good book...
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-17
I like this book and re-read it occasionally. The reviews with individuals are helpful in gettin a semi-diverse opinion of the troubles of our world. Some interviews are definately better than others so do not expect all interviews to blow you away. I have marked 10 or so and come back to these occasionally in order to re-inspire myself.

Magnificent, Inspiring and Moving, Top notch!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-04
This book by Derrick Jensen was moving and inspiring. It presented a wide variety of viewpoints on environmental topics in a very personal dialogue format. This approach worked to reach the heart as well as the head. I found every section interesting and had a difficult time putting the book down.

This title is also informative and presents a full spectrum of opinions in original form from the mouths of the speakers who represent -- environmentalists, theologians, Native Americans, psychologists and feminists. In addition to reaching the heart, the material stimulates deep inquiry on the part of the reader. It is not in anyway superficial, quite the contrary!

The organizing principle of the book is the theme of loving the land and living in harmony with it. A thread that pervades every section is finding peaceful ways to live in harmony with the environment. It does not look to assign blame, but rather to seek peaceful solutions to the increasingly complex environmental problems that are plaguing all of us on the planet.

In my opinion, this is a must read for anyone interested in the environment or in reestablishing a deep connection to the land. If I could rate it a six I would. I got more from this book than I ever expected and have shared it with many people. I wish every voter and person having anything to do with making public policy read it, preferably on a camping trip.

Wide variety of great thinking in this book.
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2004-06-25
If your a fan of Derrick Jensen's work you will definately see where he has gotten a lot of the foundations in his thinking.

This book is centered on the question if we we're not happy destroying the landbase that keeps us alive, and gives our inner world substance, than why are we doing it? Jensen than goes on to interview thinkers from many different fields to discuss this phenomenon.

This book is interesting and full of a lot of useful information. I find myself constantly going back through it and referencing interviews that I have found profoundly important.

Definately worth reading!

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Mary Anne Vs Logan (Baby-Sitters Club)
Published in Turtleback by Demco Media (1991-02)
Author: Ann M. Martin
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Cool'n it!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-10

A book of challenging feeling between the lovely couple Maryann, a sensitive girl
and the-have-to-be-with-your-girl Logan are having to `' cool their relationship
for wail'' because Maryann thinks their spending TO MUCH time together. One of
another Ann Marten realistic fiction Baby Sitters Club series book.


by C. Koenig

Soooooooooooo Sad
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-01
Mary Anne Likes Logan, But Logan Is Taking Over Her Life. Finally Something Terrible Happens. I Reccomend Bringing Tissues When You Read This Book. But Read It!

well written book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2004-04-30
It's sad mary anne and logan ended it here, but the book was beautifully written. As you read about the dates Mary Anne was on and how she was describing each environment, you feel like you're there with her. Especially the parts where she goes ice skating with Logan, and when he surprises her with a Valentine's Day dinner with presents after sometime of "cooling off" the relationship. They end up breaking up in the end because Mary Anne feels as though he is controlling and wants things his own way all the time. But will they ever get back together? You'll have to read the next Mary Anne book in the series to figure it out!

My Favorite BSC Book!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-09
Looking back on my youth and teenage years, I used to read BSC religiously. I have all the books that were made from the time I was in 5th grade, up until I graduated high school a few years ago. When I first read Mary-ann vs. Logan, I was shocked because I really didn't think that they'd really do it. I was heartbroken, and happy at the same time. I found this book the other day in a box while I was moving, and in the front flap of the book I marked off each time I read it, and I had marked it a total of 15 times, so that's how good the book was! I recommend it to any BSC fan.

What is happening is with them?
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-19
Mary anne wants to break up with Logan because he is taking over his life. For example, they will go out to a movie, the n Logan chooses the movie for them. There is also a part in which Logan becomes rude to Mary Anne.

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Salome;: A tragedy in one act,
Published in Unknown Binding by Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club (1938)
Author: Oscar Wilde
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Salome: Fact or Fiction?
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-15

Excellent play with beautiful illustrations
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-18
I bought this book for a class, but while I sold most of them back this beauty I kept. The play itself is obscure. Since it was written in (rather poor) French originally and translated back into English, it lacks some of Oscar Wilde's trademark style. This is not to say that the style of the play is without its own merits. As the book is the retelling of a Biblical story- that of Salome, daughter of King Herod, and John the Baptist (Iokanaan in this rendition)- the style of the play often mocks Biblical style. The wording is thus often repetitive and simple, but there's a beauty to it that is in many ways indescrible. While wordy, there is also a particular depth to it that you'll miss if you don't look carefully. Thematically, the play was very entertaining and I enjoyed the revisionist take on the Biblical story. Overall I found this work enthralling. This particular edition is beautiful- it includes all of Aubre Beardsley's stunning ink illustrations of the play. This is well worth having on your bookshelf (although it is rather large- 8x11)

"The Mystery of Love Is Greater Than The Mystery Of Death"
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-30
Oscar Wilde's 1905 shocking, controversial play is no longer as disturbing to modern desensitized audiences and critics/literary scholars who recognize it as a play of psychological/Freudian aspects and as a fin-de-siecle example of the Decadence movement in the arts. Wilde's flowery, poetically lyrical, Biblically-influenced orutund words is devilishly at variance with its cruel violence and horror. In this edition, we are treated to the full illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Wilde's friend and himself a playwright and exponent of the Decadence. The pictures are dark, erotically charged but full of feminine lines and flowery imagery which were typical of Art-Noveau style in art/architecture. This is the entire play in a single act and I find makes a eye-grabbing book to put on your coffee table so guests can marvel at it. You'd be surprised to see the looks I get from them whenever they see the cover art!!

Wilde did not regard this work as his greatest when compared to his others, most notably The Importance Of Being Earnest. Shortly after Salome premiered, Oscar Wilde poked fun at himself and his play by dressing in drag in Salome's sexy costume for a photograph. It's likely Wilde had a bit of fun in writing a play that was bound to turn heads in a society fresh out of the Victorian Era. The words are indeed poetic and beautiful descriptions of nature, spirituality and romance mix with carnal innuendo.

The main characters- King Herod, Queen Herodias and Salome- are each in dire need of therapy, though they themselves may not admit it being a vainglorious and proud royal family. Queen Herodias became a target of John the Baptists' righteous anger and condemnation because according to old Mosaic Law she sinned by marrying the brother of her deceased first husband and thus committed incest. Full of hatred for the Prophet, she waited for the right moment to extract her revenge as well an opportunity to get him to "shut up" forever through his death. John the Baptist languished in prison at King Herod's Palace Dungeon, though in Wilde's play it was changed to a cistern in the palace courtyard garden. Herod thought it better he live the rest of his life in prison rather than be executed, for internally, Herod had always suspected that John was a reincarnation of the long dead Prophet Elias. Perhaps he thought that his presence would bring good fortune to his home. Herod has his own complexities. This is not the same Herod who ordered the deaths of the infants upon Jesus's birth. This Herod, possibly the son, ruled Jerusalem as a puppet-king and was a sycophant to the Roman Emperor. He lusted after his own daughter or stepdaughter Salome. "You stare at her too much" says the jealous Herodias whom we assume is aging and lackluster compared to her teenage, nubile daughter. Herod entertains sexual thoughts about his daughter and is aroused when she dances her famous Dance of the Seven Veils. I don't buy that he was just dead drunk. He has always lusted after Salome. But...he was in awe of John the Baptist and secretly respected him which is why he is so reluctant and even opposed to have his head severed upon Salome's request.

As for the eponymous heroine herself, she has been a subject of scholarly chat, art, literature, poetry and music throughout the years. Richard Strauss composed a celebrated opera based on this very play in 1905 and the soprano singing the role is in for a challenge because not only must she look young and dance, but her voice must be gargantuan and yet delicate. Salome found herself within the poetic themes of French poet Stephen Mallarme among others and orchestral compositions were made about her. Why does Salome ask for the head of Jon the Baptist ? Simply put, she's crazy young girl. She is only a teenager, probably between the ages of 15 and 18, awakening to her own sexuality which can be a confusing time. She is naive and inexperienced, spoiled rotten and mentally disturbed. She is fascinated with Jon the Baptist as a child would be with a new toy. He is foreign, exotic and mysterious to her and that's what makes him sexually attractive to her. More specifically, she is enamored of his lips though she believes the rest of his features are hideous. Since the Prophet rejects women and worldly things, he scolds Salome's sinfulness and refuses to kiss her, refuses to even turn and look at her face to face. This spurs Salome's anger. No man has ever found her unattractive or turned her down. The Palace Guard Nabbaroth kills himself out of frustated love for her. Many men are intoxicated by her beauty. The jealous, sexually frustrated Salome has reason enough to want Jon the Baptist's head on a platter. I have always felt that Salome was not a naive, thoughtless girl that her mother the Queen used as a pawn for her own revenge, as the Bible seems to imply. Salome had her own reasons for wanting the head of the Prophet. The truth is very disturbing as it would seem that Salome wanted his severed head as a sexy toy. "You would not suffer to kiss me when you were alive," she says in the play," and now you're dead and I'm alive and I have kissed your lips, Jochanaan." Necrophilia at its ugliest! It was for a sick, sexual pleasure that she demanded his head. Yet for all this, Wilde makes her a sympathetic, pitiful figure. We the audience are able to see her thought process through her words each time the Prophet rejects her and we see before our eyes her mental breakdown. Even so, one cannot help but wonder if this child of sin is right about certain claims she brings up. Salome believes that if John the Baptist had turned to look at her just once, he would have fallen in love with her. Could this be true ? Is this why the Prophet controlled himself and averted his eyes ? Salome claims that the Prophet is the only man she ever truly loved, which is a fallible even illogical statement when considering Salome appears to be a virgin, a girl on her first crush and has never experienced mature adult sexual relationships. Salome may be a ditzy, emotional and mental wreck but she has one of the most thought-provoking and inspirational lines I've ever heard in a play: "The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death" which contain in its own way a kind of spirituality. Throught the play the most mysterious, unknowable character is John the Baptist, who, parrot-like, quotes Biblical passages and preaches in a fire-and-brimstone kind of way and never once reveals any of his true character. The play is great and though it's not performed today, it continues to fascinate readers everywhere. And by the way, the proper pronounciation for Salome is not "salami" like the food but sounds more French: Sa-Lo-May.

Strange, but I love the illustration
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-11-17
Beardsley's illustrations for Wilde's "Salome" are quite well known. I enjoyed seeing them, in unexpurgated forms, in the context of the script they were meant to adorn. I think I can see wonderful possibilities in staging that play, where modern sensibilities could show and accept what England of 1892 could not. Even so, I found the script itself somewhat repetitive, with more in it to startle than to explain. Perhaps there's a knack to reading this script that I haven't mastered.

This isn't the only place to find Beardsley's "Salome" illustrations. Other books show the uncensored forms of the pictures, too. This book, however, reproduces them in larger format and crisper printing than the others I know, and is worthwhile for at least that reason.

//wiredwierd

Salomé by Oscar Wilde
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-08
The last reviewer has totally missed the genius of this incredible dramatic work. The story as told in this one act play has nothing to do with the theology of Christian Biblical Mythology. It is a carefully constructed a meticulously executed examination of 'real' personalities interacting within a particular network of historical and social relationships. The unfulfilled passion which drives Wilde's Salomé to murderous revenge is deeply convincing within the context and the characterisation of the personalities created by this greatly inspired Anglo-Irish dramatist.

Complaining that a literary work does not reflect accurately some personally perceived 'historical' truth is like complaining about the historical accuracy of Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' - it is missing the point entirely!

This play is a gripping, fast-moving tragedy which deals with the darker side of human nature vividly, imaginatively and with unguarded honesty. It is not, of course, like Wilde's other more popular plays which were designed to be humorous, witty and light. This like 'De Profundis'' "A picture of Dorian Gray' or some of his truly magnificent later poems, ranks as one of Wilde's greatest contributions to modern English literature. If you haven't already read it, do so - or better still - buy a few copies and stage it!

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The Sisters Club
Published in Paperback by Candlewick (2008-04-08)
Author: Megan Mcdonald
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We both were laughing!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-12
This is a wonderfully funny book with an engaging story about three sisters. My 8 year old daughter loved it so much that she insisted on reading it out loud to me. She was rolling on the floor laughing and had me in stitches too. Megan McDonald connects with kids in an utterly humorous way. Her other books...the Judy Moody series and the Stink series are equally as fun to read and excellent for kids reading easier chapter books. We will be keeping our eyes open for whatever Megan writes next. My daughter loves her books!

Sisters Club
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Review Date: 2007-02-14
Sisters Club was the funniest book I have ever read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes drama, acting, and likes to hear about plays. The book is about three sisters who have a club and like acting.

a deep message and a funny book
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Review Date: 2006-05-22
Although I must admit that this is a hilarious book, the author also provides lifelong messages which each and every one of you can relate to somehow in your lives. Three sisters form a club to bring each other closer together. However, through serious fights and arguments, the death of the club comes near, almost ending forever. But through forgiveness and laughter, three sisters learn how to live through some of life's toughest challenges and overcome them. This is sure to be a book you won't be giving away anytime soon.

The Club of the Laughs
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Review Date: 2005-12-07
This book is so good I'd read it over
and over again if I had the chance.
The greatest club is one with the
people you love. That's what the Reel
family girls think. Alex,Stevie' and Joey
have formed a club that they will never
forget. The have laughs, fun, disscutions,
and the elements of being girls. this book
is very apropriate and is good for ages
9-12. It is a good read and is waiting for
YOU to go and grab right off the shelf.

Wonderful Literature for Grade School Girls
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Review Date: 2005-09-19
(A kid's review) I read and reread my copy of THE SISTERS CLUB over and over - it never gets dull or tiring! It's a wonderful work of literature for grade school girls. If I could rate this more than five stars, I'd jump at the chance. It's entertaining, funny, and there is no mention of anything inappropriate. It's a fun novel about three sisters, Alex, Stevie, and Joey Reel, who form a club for Reel sisters only! In between giggle fits, acting parts at the local theater, boy problems and sister arguments, they always have an awesome time together, because, as their mom likes to say - sisters are forever!

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Song of the Sirens
Published in Hardcover by The Quality Book Club (1969)
Author: Ernest K Gann
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Song of the Sirens
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Review Date: 2006-02-23
I Love this writer. There is nothing dated about these absorbing tales from one of the English language's greatest adventure writers, regardless of Hollywood's love of his fictative works; and regardless of the time and venue in which men were men and heroes were conquerers of the elements.: M. Gann's achievement has been to see himself, daringly or humbly pick his way up the ladder of seamanship, and evoke,with humour and narrative storytelling, among the fleet of all us fellow lovers of the sea and ships, delightful fascination for the vessels of a now-passing era.

Excellent sea and sailing yarns
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Review Date: 2004-09-20
I read as many sea and sailing stories as I can get my hands on. This is one of the best. Read the other rave reviews here of this book--they pretty much say it all.

I would just emphasize that this is one of the few contemporary sailing books that has a lot about sailing square rigged boats.

Also an interesting twist is that Gann's Albatros is the boat that Sheldon lost in White Squall.

When The Sirens Sing
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2004-04-19
Ernest Gann has written a memoir of what happens when you hear the Sirens singing and follow them. I loved this book as the sea-going counterpart to his marvelous memoir of flight, Fate Is the Hunter; there's the same wrily witty, compassionate observations on the vicissitudes of the sea and those who sail upon it, particularly himself, the same amused humility in the face of the perversities and miracles of chance, whether they be a failing engine at the height of a tempest, intransigent bureaucrats of the Panama Canal, a balsa raft costing less than sixteen dollars which can leave a scientifically designed catamaran in its wake, or a wild voice singing in the Greek Islands. Whether recounting desperation in a great storm off the Oregon coast, or the nostalgic reminiscenses of his earlier sailing boats and shipmates, or the languid monotony of a long tropical ocean passage, or the nature and the workings of what he terms the 'Dock Committee' (which has membership worldwide), even the time he was masterfully conned by a crafty old sailor on the wharves of New York, Gann maintains a close and humorously affectionate eye on the sometimes clear, sometimes problematical, but always interesting relationships between the mundane acts of everyday and the greater universe which lurks behind every common act and thought.

Above all, there is in Sirens, as in all his books whether fic or nonfic, a love of the sea, of boats, of living fully in and of the world and of us frail, fallible and funny humans in it. In Fate Is the Hunter, it is the world of the air and those who fly; in Song of the Sirens, the sea. A wonderful read.

The nautical side to E.K. Gann
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-04-27
I've read several book by Ernie Gann and being a pilot I was in awe of Mr. Gann's story telling ability in "Fate is the Hunter" and thought this is surely the best autobiography ever written. Now having read "Song of Sirens" I have to re-evaluate this opinion. It makes you want to run out and buy a boat!

A masterfully written true adventure.
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2001-03-18
Ernest K. Gann is, quite simply, a great writer. In Song of the Sirens he writes about his adventures aboard the many ships he has owned. His writing skill takes the reader, even a landlubber like me, along with him to experience what it is like to ride out a storm 50 miles off the coast of Oregon in a fishing trawler or to sail across the Atlantic Ocean with an old, rusty, leaky training boat with a suspect engine. The book is slanted more for the boating afficionado. While he does explain some of the technical terms, a lot of them are obviously for someone who knows sailboats. There are no pictures, either. Pictures of the ships (not boats because, as he explains in the book, a boat is carried by a ship)would have been helpful. All in all, though, this book will greatly appeal to Ernest K. Gann fans, those who enjoy adventure stories, and those who enjoy sailing stories.

Clubs
A Taste of Club Creavalle
Published in Ring-bound by Club Creavalle, Incorporated (1998-12-28)
Author: Laura Creavalle
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Best nutritional guide for any athlete
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-17
My trainer turned me on to this cookbook and I am glade he did. He is a former Mr Maryland and he is VERY nutritional conscious. I highly recommend this book for any athlete, be he novice or be he pro .... this is the one to use.

Finally!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2002-06-26
I am a new fitness competitor, and I had a hard time adjusting to the "off season". I didnt know how to eat, and how to cook! This book has become my staple. I have made soooo many recipes in here and have yet to be disappointed. The fact that she breaks down the macronutrients is wonderful for those of us that need to watch them closely! I even think it would be great for someone who wants to learn about a healthy lifestyle.
The banana fudge cake is wonderful!!!!!

love it!
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2000-01-15
Variety of recipes, easy (fast) prep time, and nutrition breakdowns for the recipes are the highlights that make A Taste...a worthy purchase

D-e-l-i-g-h-t-f-u-l!
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-02
I finally picked up both of Laura's cook books and I was especially pleased with the variety in this one. The recipes are generally, full meal types- a combination of both carbs and proteins and, of cource, low in the fat department. So far, I have tried 6 different recipes and all have really impressed me. I also liked the fact that she lists the calorie information on each recipe. Thats helpful in planning my diet- and saves a lot of time looking up calorie counts in books.

Great Food! Very Good Book!!!
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2002-08-29
I am a female lightweight bodybuilder and fitness enthusiast. I really needed to learn more about low-fat/healthy cooking that my family would enjoy and eat. (I already know how to make the fattening stuff!) This book has wonderful recipes. The cheesecake is so good people don't believe it is low fat, the tuna dip is excellent for parties. I am really enjoying everything I have tried. I thought the use of fat-free products would be bland and not appealing at all, but I was very wrong. The recipes are very tasty. One drawback is that some of the recipes are confusing, ie. the cheesecake ingredient list calls for fat-free yogurt, then recipe states "to add lemon yogurt". So be sure to read the recipe entirely before shopping so you can be clear on what you really need to buy. Also, the nutritional information is not always accurate. (I plugged some of the recipes into a nutritional software program.) But it is a good book with great recipes nonetheless. I am buying it as gifts for all of my friends.

Clubs
Allison's Journey: Brides of Webster County, Book 4 (Truly Yours Romance Club #23)
Published in Paperback by Barbour Publishing, Inc (2008-06-01)
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
List price: $10.97
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A GREAT ENDING TO THIS SERIES
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-07
THIS IS A GREAT ENDING TO THIS SERIES. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE AMISH LIFESTYLE AND HOW GREAT THE PEOPLE ARE PLEASE READ THIS SERIES.

Wonderful
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-01
Great purchase, came extremely fast. Would buy from seller again. Wonderful condition and transaction.

Great book!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-25
It was too far between books to see how it all ended, but the book was great. I really enjoyed it.

Allison's Journey
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-16
I love all of Wanda Brunstetter's books. The books make you feel as if you are a part of them. Hard to put down.

Another Winner
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-15
Again this is a fabulous book by Wanda Brunstetter. She always has a great story line and I can't put them down. I think I have them all and I love to share them with other readers. You won't be disappointed in any of her story lines.


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