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Boy, I was a huge UNLV fan while Tark was there, and I loved that team that beat Duke by 30 in the finals. Thus, I bought the book, and I enjoyed it. In virtually every chapter, there is a funny story or a simply outrageous story that I'm sure is true. Tark tells his story, and he seems to hold nothing back. Tark is truly unique.

My problem with the book is the Tark portrays himself as a "victim" of some sort of witch-hunt by the NCAA. I've no doubt that the NCAA was unfair-grossly unfair-to Tark. Yet I grow weary of self-proclaimed "victims."

Yet I suggest you buy it and read it. You'll laugh because it is funny.

And if you were a huge UNLV fan like I was, it will bring back some good memories.

Remember the incredible defense that Stacey Augmon played? If not, this book will bring back memories such as Stacey, et al.

Jerry Tarkanian seems to be a decent, likeable guy, evidenced by both his autobiography's narrative voice, and the "shark tales" inside. Tark is laid-back, self-deprecating, funny, and respectful in his tone and delivery, and his life's story shows he could get along with of all kinds of people, and was a valuable friend to have: everyone is a "good guy", with some rare exceptions, and Tark wanted to coach all of the kids and take all the adults out for a meal and a round of drinks.

Tark's larger than life, yet down-home, blue-collar personality developed by rising from a difficult home life (tough Armenian background, father died at 10, little money) to earn a series of coaching successes virtually right out of the gate- the guy never had a losing season at any level, and boasts an overall career record of 988-228 (.813). And coaching basketball was not originally a noble calling for Tark- it instead represented sort of a path of least resistance for an athletic guy whose grades were mediocre and who didn't want a desk job.

Coach's genius lies in recruiting, and most of the book recounts his amusing and clever escapades trying to bring talent to his schools. Tark recognized early on to utilize junior colleges to his advantage, to target niche players, and to embrace black athletes that other schools sadly (and suicidally) avoided during the 1960s. He visited kids and their families at their homes, regardless of how tough the neighborhoods were. He wasn't easily dissuaded by a kid's poor grades or legal troubles, without first assessing his character and potential. He was the consummate Las Vegas host, and had the whole city at his disposal (including, to a degree, Sinatra, who actually made a couple of recruiting visits for Tark), and could convincingly show visitors the kind of time they could expect to have by playing for UNLV. His list of contacts throughout the US was outstanding - he had high school coaches and scouts everywhere feeding him guys, and all the right jucos to park them in if they needed to cool their heels first.

Of course, Tark had his scrapes with the NCAA, and seemed unfairly targeted, particularly once recruiting rules got tougher. He was open and honest about his troubles- and his disdain for the NCAA investigators- and didn't seem to be whitewashing events. For one, he won a $2.5 million settlement against the NCAA, as retribution for their misguided hyper-vigilance of his program. And he also is forthcoming about where he technically bent the rules. He gives the impression that overstepping NCAA boundaries while recruiting (including, for instance, buying a kid a sandwich or magazine from your own pocket) is like speeding or web-surfing at work: everyone does it to at least a minor extent, and you only get caught by flagrantly abusing the system, or because someone with ulterior motives is paying too close attention to the little stuff. It seemed to be the latter for Tark, but a fighting spirit and the loyalty he inspired in those around him meant the system never had him beat.

I am a long time basketball fan, especially college BB. I remeber all the names the Tark mentions in the book and it was very enjoyable to read, I couldn't put it down. I loved the "inside" information the book gives as the average fan doesn't always know about what really goes on. I am huge Al McGuire fan so that was fun also. I would urge any basketball fan to buy this book.

Great book. I was in LV, NV during Tark's tenure at UNLV. Tark originally got crosswise with the NCAA when he criticized them in his basketball column at Long Beach State. The NCAA never let go after that. UNLV administration unfortunately bought into the argument that a school can either be academically or athletically based and never understood the vision of a powerful synergistic relationship (i.e. USC, Notre Dame, TX, etc., etc.). The administration and anti-Tark boosters basically invited the NCAA in for an audit that took years. The end result was a severely truncated basketball dynasty and a huge hit in academic and adminstrative credibilty from UNLV's President Maxson on down. UNLV has not achieved significant academic standing and and has never recovered athletically. However, Tark is $2,000,000.00 richer secondary to prevailing over the NCAA in a court of law, in addition to his 1990 NCAA basketball court championship.

I have not and will not bother to read this book, as I would not trust any of the facts. As an example, Wetzel recently (Yahoo!, 4/2/06) published an article bashing the UCLA basketball program. The entire basis for this was a "quote" that Wetzel attributes to Bill Walton. Nothing could be further from thr truth!

In his article, he states the quote was written by Walton ("Those quotes come from none other than Bill Walton, maybe the greatest Bruin of them all, in his 1978 book `On the Road with the Portland Trailblazers'"). This is false. The book was written by Jack Scott. In the Author's Note, Scott wrote: "Bill never asked to read even one page of the manuscript - never mind the entire manuscript - before it went to the printer. Consequently, I am solely responsible for the book's content. You should not automatically assume that Bill agrees with all of the opinions I express throughout the book..."

There are numerous other examples. When called on his error, Wetzel indicated that HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE A COPY OF THE BOOK he quotes, so could not confirm or deny the error!! Horrifying! Despite being called out, he has never made a correction to the story nor printed any retractions.

He is an untrustworthy writer, and clearly makes up and misrepresents the facts to sell his product.

BEWARE!

I found this to be an excellent book about how NY city factored into the war. The text is complemented by a number of good maps. A bonus is that the author provides the current addresses of a number of important occurences so one can visit the sites. I was not aware how intent GW was on recapturing NYC later in the war, nor the city's use as a stratgeic base by the Brits late in the war.

The "Battle For New York" is unique among most American Revolution books for obvious reasons -- it ties everything about the war together around New York and how important and strategically vital the city was to both sides of the fight.

There's not much new or revealing about the non-NYC portions of the war -- most are analyzed briefly with quick summaries and much of the same information seen in other books. Even the analysis of the Battle of Brooklyn/Long Island is similar to that of other books like "George Washington's War." But for the first time in a historical account of the War, I had a real sense of the despair in the city, the turmoil, the suffering, and the paranoia of the inhabitants and the British occupants.

Also, as a New Yorker and a big fan of the city's history, I enjoyed Schecter's frequent footnotes relating the present-day geography to the location of many events from the War. His descriptions of Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey provided me with vivid images of what the city and its surroundings looked like at the time, moreso than any book I've read to date. And Schecter goes into excellent detail in showing how the underwater geography of New York Harbor affected the mighty British (and later, French) fleet.

Schecter's "Battle For New York" does not particularly stand out amongst other works on the American Revolution, but it's definitely worth a read if you have any interest in New York and its history and geography.

This is the first book that really makes sense out of the land battles of the Revolutionary War. By centering the focus on NYC, the author shows how the campaigns and battles have a cohesion and rationale in the minds of all of the leaders, on both sides. His explanations of the British failures at Bennington & Saratoga, and of what happened at Brandywine & Germantown, and of the final march to Yorktown are better than I have read anywhere else. I especially appreciate his comments on the stealthy
Washington-Rochambeau trek, which so many people portray as if it was a massive, stately one-column victory parade down a fixed route all the way from New England to Virginia.

Having lived in New York City all my life I am surprised it took so long for someone to write a book on this subject. All through the Bicentennial in 1976 with Rev War re-enactments all around the city there was still nothing done on this subject until many years later. Now there are several books out that cover New York's unique place in the Revolution.

The author does a nice job of linking current locations to where they were then. For those not familier with the city today this might be confusing, but it is interesting none the less. Barnet Schacter has given us a social, political and part military history on the subject. The beginning is slow to get off the mark with the details of pre-Revolutionary politics in the city a bit hard to grasp. The various personalities involved, and their political antics makes for slow reading at first, but the reader is rewarded if he/she is persistent.

The book naturally picks up once the British fleet arrives in New York Harbor. Schacter is good at pointing out the local details of where the British landed and how they marched in Brooklyn. He is weaker on some of his battle details at times. The Battle of Long Island, or Brooklyn as it is often called gets cursory treatment. Of course there is not much to tell as the Americans mostly ran from British bayonets. The one thing that sticks out from this narrative is how the British under Howe allowed the Americans to escape from almost every encounter. From Brooklyn to White Plains Howe's leisurely campaign proceeds at a processional pace, allowing Washington to pick up the pieces each time to make another stand. The British could have easily crushed Washy several times at New York, as the city was virtually impossible to defend with the resources at hand. Why they didn't remains somewhat of a mystery, although the reasons are there. Howe was politically against the war, had no stomach for crushing the Americans whom he basically liked; and he wanted to accomplish his objectives with as little bloodshed as possible. When one considers these aspects his campaign in and around New York becomes easier to understand. Howe wanted to show the Americans the futility of their efforts and was hoping for their reconciliation with Britain. Unfortunately for Howe and co. this was wishful thinking. The British would never again have such a series of opportunities to bag Washy and the main rebel army. Henry Clinton knew this could not be done, and the account provided of his fustrations over Howe's management of the campaign is compelling.

Like most historians on the Revolution, Schacter is more a story teller than a pure military historian. He provides just enough detail to satisfy the general reader, and to frustrate the military reader! One of the points made often in the book on the battles around New York is that British casualties were higher in terms of killed and wounded than rebel. This is true, but the author leaves out the circumstances involved. In alomst all the engagements involved the Americans were fighting on the defense, often with some kind of protective cover, while the British were attacking out in the open. Its easy to see why British losses were higher in this regard. Americans fought well until their line was broken, then they ran or surrendered. This accounts for why most rebel losses were captives. I think Schacter exaggerates the losses sustained by the Britsih at Pells Point, and tends to show his pro-American bias rather blantly at times. This is understandable because most books written on the Revolution are done by American authors who always get carried away with the spirit of '76 syndrome. Where the book is strong is showing how the British capture of New York limited their strategy for the war overall. The harbor's use was limited due to a large sandbar that prevented ships from corssing at low tides.

There can be little doubt that British fixation on New York certainly contributed to their demise. Once Schacter finishes with the immediate action around the city in 1776 he provides an over-view of the war showing how New York influenced the course of the conflict. This in my opinion is one of the main strengths of the book. Readers will like some of the period detail, and the narrative is livened with many first-hand accounts from participants on both sides. The plight of the loyalists in the city makes for interesting reading as their story is often too little told. Details about how corrupt and inefficient the British occupation was provides insights into how garrisoning it was such a drag on their strategy. In the main a good book filled with many interesting details, if slightly weak on the battles in and around the city itself. Worthwhile.

People, including Franklin (father and son), the Howe brothers (William and Black Dick), the DeLanceys, the Livingstons, George Washington and Lord Stirling (a soi-disant Scottish peer AND an American patriot!); and geography, Hell Gate, Sandy Hook, Flatbush and Gravesend are the stars of Barnet Schecter's masterly study of New York in the American Revolution. In this 400+ page impeccably sourced book, we also learn about the first combat submarine (the Turtle) and other fascinating details like the peace conference on Staten Island and the noble death of Nathan Hale. I especially liked the maps which combine historic details with modern landmarks which helped enormously in picturing the action.Schecter is an up and coming historian; I look forward to reading his latest work on the 1863 NYC draft riot during the Civil War.

Thea founds herself up against a trace of Sickle Cell disease before marriage. So she goes to her grandmother Emma to find out about her family history. Thea finds herself rushing her grandmother to the emergency from her passing out. At that point the flash from the past starts up. Emma finds herself living a lie because the color of her skin. Although the outside was saying she was white but she was consider black. This happen because her mother let a white couple adopt her while she was on her death bed. From that point Emma takes you through her trials as she lives a lie.

I really enjoyed the book but as a reviewer the book was out of tune. It started off as Thea story and flash to grandmother story and just left Thea out in the cold until the end. Where Emma wakes up to find Thea and the love of her life grandson standing there. At the end I really had a lot of questions because I was very confused. So this is why I had to rate this book low.

Hey, I thought this was Michelle's best so far. I found the story really interesting, and being white, I didn't know about the sickle cell anemia. The story really moves.......Great book!

The back of the book is a little misleading. It was not the story I expected. I thought the book was about Thea, who has grown up as a white person and discovering she now has black ancestors and how she then deal with this. Most of the book is about the life of Thea's grandmother (Emerald/Emma) passing as white, while being black. Still it is a very well written and realistically painted story.

Issues such as people seeing only what they want to see. Or how peoples perception and the reality can differ quite sharply. How people often cannot deny their roots and how hard it is for secrets to be kept sometimes( ie people find out or we tell them of our on volition)

Excellent !!! I love this book...It's refreshing,funny,sad, and mysterious all at the same time...I could read this book over and over...The main character Emerald will take you on an adventure that you'll never forget...She is smart,witty, and strong...Trust me you will definitely love this book...It's a true Love story :)

I'm a freshman of Ms. McGriff's work and this novel I really enjoyed. I rate this novel "5 stars" because of the love between Emerald/Emma and Noah. Everything this woman endured from child to adult, her thoughts and feelings never strayed too far from her "husband" Noah, and they getting married before she went off to live with the Griffiths I thought was so cute. It's a shame that racial prejudice existed back then and unfortunately not much has changed today.

I remember reading Stirner as a sort of radical libertarian (back in his time considered something of an anarchist), much more intelligent and interesting than libertarians of today, and as a result, he makes the flaws of libertarianism all the more clear. He's dismissive of ideologies, even of concepts like 'the people' or 'the working class,' calling them spooks. Shades of Maggie Thatcher saying that society doesn't exist, only individuals and maybe families (though Stirner wouldn't have liked the bitch any more than I).

But as much as Stirner rails against ideas and ideologies that rule the person rather than the other way around, and are non-existent abstractions (spooks) anyway, his ideas can be fall prey to his own criticism. For instance: "The labourers have the most enormous power in their hands, and, if they once became thoroughly conscious of it and used it, nothing would withstand them; they would only have to stop labour, regard the product of labour as theirs, and enjoy it." That's all well and good, and ironically a perfect example of a spook, a meaningless idea (when combined with Stirner's forceful individualism) with little relevance in the world. Being that humans are generally averse to a painful death, how except through organization around a unifying ideology will laborers realize their power? As individuals, they are nothing, and their labor has next to no value. Only as laborers, plural and organized, does the individual worker have any hope of emancipation.

That's not to say that there's nothing good or worthwhile here, quite the opposite. Check this out: "What is it, then, that is called a 'fixed idea'? An idea that has subjected the man to itself. When you recognize, with regard to such a fixed idea, that it is a folly, you shut its slave up in an asylum. ... Is not all the stupid chatter of most of our newspapers the babble of fools who suffer from the fixed idea of morality, legality, Christianity, and so forth, and only seem to go about free because the madhouse in which they walk takes in so broad a space? Touch the fixed idea of such a fool, and you will at once have to guard your back against the lunatic's stealthy malice. For these great lunatics ... assail by stealth him who touches their fixed idea. They first steal his weapon, steal free speech from him, and then they fall upon him with their nails."

Dialectical recipe: Smash Emerson and Schopenhauer into one and add bits of Macchiaveli and Callicles and there you have Max Stirner.

Byington's translation is superlative. The notes are extensive and provide ALL the necessary cultural/historical data you could need for reading this. Individualism never hurt so good.

Further Reading

"Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One: A Fragmentary Exposition of Philosophical Anarchism"
by Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

Lysander Spooner

To make this blunt and clear I have absolutely no problem with Max Stirners' philosophy (EGOISM). However, on one essential point Max Stirner seems to have travelled the road somewhat of nearly all 18th-19th century eurocentric racist. In PART FIRST: MAN, chp 2 Section 3 (THE HIERARCHY) Max Stirner unwittingly claims:

"The history of the world, whose shaping properly belongs altogether to the Caucasian race."

In conjunction with this racist statement by Max Stirner one is obliged to mention that Max Stirner himself wasn't certain about his very own claim concerning the historical development of the Caucasian. Max Stirner says:

"The historical reflections on our Mongolism which I propose to insert episodically at this place are not given with the claim of thoroughness, or even of approved soundness, but solely because it seems to me that they may contribute toward making the rest clear."

The reason I am writing this racial-review of Max Stirners' book is that I may point out to certain readers (African-Americans)that Max Stirner may seem like a racist but with further reading of his book it all becomes clear why Max Stirner presented his racial-analogue. Nevertheless, here is a weblink to a good article for African-Americans to read while also reading Max Stirners' book: [ http://www.nbufront.org/html/MastersMuseums/JGJackson/EthiopiaOriginOfCivilization.html ]

P.S.
I surely wish Max Stirner was alive to read the article up above. Maybe he would have changed his views concerning race.

But she didn't. Someone else did, nearly a century before anyone had ever heard of Ayn Rand. Yet somehow Ayn Rand got the credit for "originating" the philosophy in this book.

Perhaps Stirner's mistake was becoming an essayist instead of a novelist.

this is the most liberating book ever written, it frees the individual from such spooks as family, church, state, society, god. He was correct to note that feuerbach and the marxists were establishing their own religion, and this criticism applies to many of the secular religions of our day. He also destroys such chimeras as the 'social contract' and other nonsensical obligations.

The above sentence sums it up. Great game. Wonderful multi-genre applicability. I recommend this over any other game on the market.

The best part about the Champions system is that it is truely a multi genre engine completly striping the game universe away from the game mechanics. The result is the best superhero role playing game written, and it can still be used for other genres. Many have tried to follow down the multi-genre path but I believe it is best tread by Champions.

As a 10 year old dominican veteran in this field, I encourage everyone out there to purchase this book. The rules are complex at first, but if you have a person who has extensive experience in the game then you should have a blast!. The rules are complex, but they are worthy to learn them because these rules allow you to create any character the player really wants, and they force the player to be creative in every situation the GM presents. However, be ready to argue the rules if you want to survive.

I have run campagins using several of the other super hero role playing systems out there and none of them come close to this one. I just wanted to add my recommendation for this system. The rules are on the complex side at first but reward the players and gamemaster with a very balanced and fair system. In a genre where it is often difficult to duplicate the myriad of powers a character can have and on top of that balance one character against another this system excells where all the others I have played fail, often miserably. The character generation for Super Hero characters in hands down, far and away the best ever.

Boy was I shocked to find this book out-of-print. One of the easiest systems to ever use, AND it was FAIR! You KNEW your character and villians were evenly matched using this point based system. Not to mention DISADVANTAGES was probably the best addition to a gaming system. It definitly made people think about rounding out their characters more, and made the whole game much more enjoyable. Please, PLEASE, continue to publish this outstanding game!

This book was a good one but not the best of the series. It was stupid that Max and Liz broke up, but you have to read to find out more about that! I love the show on WB(watch it!)I love the books(read them!)this book was good but not as good as the others. Still a must read for a fan :-}

Alex has returned to Earth through a wormhole, and thinks someone/something evil followed him. He looks a lot better, more confident than he used to (I don't think that is ever really explained). Michael meets a stranger outside the museum, it turns out to be his unknown brother who slipped through with Alex.
Most of the book is spent with everyone trying to decide who should be trusted, mostly thinking that Trevor (Michael's brother)might be a danger. Alex thinks he might want the Stone that he used to get home, he does act like it. Kyle Valenti seems like a real villain at the last, nothing like the TV version was.

I am a huge fan of the Roswell High books, and this one did not disapoint. It is exciting, funny, shocking...just everything you'd expect from Melinda Metz's great series. One thing that was strange, and kinda creepy was a hook-up w/ two of the characters. I did not like that...but, that's Roswell for ya'--so many different things going on. In a nutshell: This is a great book. Read it! You will not be disapointed! :-)

I'm a huge fan of The Roswell High series. Along with being a big fan of the Michael and Maria relationship. I was excited about this book since on the back cover it talked about Michael and Maria, so I figured there might be some angst in this story. I was pretty wrong. The hole Kevin kidnapping thing didn't even happen until the last 20 pages of the book, and it was resolved really quickly. I was pretty disappointed... Although the fact that I'm such a huge fan of the book series, and my expectations were pretty high. Although I'm now saying that you shouldn't read it if you aren't interested. It was a good story I was just expecting more from it. Like the fact that Alex's return was barely a big deal at all. Well, overall it was a mediocre book.

but it is true. when a young man starts following michael around, he decides to get to the bottom of it. it turns out that
he is michael's long lost brother.(to go into how would take out
a lot of the story line so i won't). isabel and max of course or
very suspicious and skeptical. is he wroking with their enemies?
what reason do they have to trust him? why is he here in roswell
after so many years? for this and more read a very fascinating
story. i thought it was great.

This was recommended as one of the best guides to fiction writing. I have to agree. Even if you have no intention of ever writing fiction, this book will dramatically increase your appreciation of all types of fiction and many many writers. Its full of interviews of 40 authors and publishers., pithy analysis of styles, genres etc, creativity exercises, tips on publishing, promotion,m contracts- its just incredibly thorough. Plus its easy to read! With this book and Mas "Writer Tells All" you have the pragmatic package that covers fiction and non fiction writing.

Olsen is a phony--a writer who takes potshots at obvious targets like academic workshops and corporate publishing, and yet cannot come up with alternative concepts, all the while dishing out tired and hackneyed exercises and pointers, page after page of cliche and lame-osity.

Postmodern for the sake of postmodernism? Please.

An energetic, inspiring, amazing, thoroughly comprehensive introduction to modern fiction and publishing. Its cover introduces it as a mild-mannered little Writer's-Digest type how-to book. Don't be fooled for a minute.

Four sections are woven throughout each chapter:

1) writing advice or commentary from the author,
2) interviews of other writers,
3) excellent resources (including web),
4) educational, fun and difficult exercises.

I have underlined many ideas in the book and will have to read this book several times to fully understand the author's comments. The author loves his subject.

"Rebel Yell" was filled with all of your standard advice on fiction writing, such as characterization, point-of-view, revision, etc. However, it is also ripe with all sorts of new techniques and ideas. I knew I would like it in the very opening paragraphs when Olsen began bad-mouthing Balzac, who I recently had to read for one of my classes. I found myself in constant agreement with nearly everything Olsen had to say, and I am eager to try some of the techniques and exercises he has put forth. Sometimes, usually when he tries to explain more abstract concepts, he cites specific works of literature as examples. When I hadn't read some of these, it makes some parts of the book difficult to understand. However, at the same time, when Olsen mentions books and stories that I haven't read while making interesting points, it gives me an incentive to pick them up and check them out. I also enjoyed his section about college writing workshops, as I am a part of one myself. I agree that far too often young writers are dissuaded from experimenting and developing unique tactics. There is indeed a "Stepford" process that they tend to emphasize. Olsen exposes this for what it is and encourages us to violate it in whatever ways we see fit. The one negative side, besides the tendency for unnecessarily highfalutin language: Olsen too often portrays the writer as a martyr. He is constantly reminding us that they work hard, often for little money, that it is near impossible to get published, and that even when you do you won't make money. For someone who loves writing so much, he certainly paints a negative portrait of the profession. However, the focus of the book overall is on techniques and style, not marketing, and in that, it succeeds tremendously. A must-read for any writer!

This a great book on terrorism. It covers the history of terrorism from all over the world. It is also very easy to understand.


Jorge

This product showed up on time and was exactly what I ordered. I've had problems in the past with other books showing up in conditions that were not listed. This company did a great job.

Excellent book to use as a resource. Good quality and very fast to ship.

To understand what terrorism is, you have to know how it has evolved. This book shows you! Interesting reading!

Dr. White, an international expert in the field of international terrorism has put together a great book to help the average reader who may be inundated with the "war on terrorism" put the problem in perspective. The book is presented in terms comprehensible to the average reader and is not a doomsday approach that many terrorism authors have today. This is a great read and allows a reader to fully comprehend the global problem we face without the rhetoric. Thanks Dr. White.

This book was okay but it didn't sizzle by any stretch of the imagination. While the plot was fine, the telling of it was only moderately good. Josh was a cool guy, however.

If you like your romance steamy, your men hot and your women feisty then these two stories are a must-have for your collection. Jayne Ann Krentz gives us a vintage tale of love, lust and confusion between detective Josh January and innkeeper Maggie Gladstone. This is wonderful Krentz stuff, the affair is believable, the characters charming and the story holds us to the last kiss! Lori Foster gives us a harder-edged tale of brotherly love taken to a new dimension when Dane Carter replaces identical (and dead) twin Derek at the helm of their company and in the bed of former girlfriend Angel Morris. A tale that could have become sloppy and unpleasant remains taut and enthralling, the steamy sensuality will melt your heart and leave you cheering for the eventually triumphant couple. Cetainly the plots are predictable, and there is little mystery in whodunnit, but do we buy romances for mystery? You'll find plenty of what we do buy romances for between the covers of this book!!!

This was my first Lori Foster book. I loved every minute of it. After reading it I went out and bought four other Lori Foster books. I like authors who don't portray the hero as a wimpy romantic. Her male characters are more masculine, while still being romantic. I happen to have three older brothers, me being the only girl in the family, so I can also say I like her female characters better, because they are not all wishy washy. I also love finding authors who are as good with the secondary characters as the main characters, and she definitely fills that bill. Keep Writting Lori!

First, let me say this was a good book. I love a hero who is burned out and a heroine who looks for the good in people. But...I found myself constantly looking at the author's name to verify that it said Jayne Ann Krentz on the cover. There was none of her signature humor or crackling sexual tension. As it has a 1999 copyright date, I would expect her usual style. Could this be a much older book that wasn't published until 1999? If you're a JAK fan, you might be disappointed. If you like sweet romance with a little sex and interesting minor characters, this is the book for you.

Dane Carter is pretending to be his brother Derek while he searches for Derek's killer. He thinks he's got a hot lead when Angel Morris walks into his--Derek's--office. The more he learns of her relationship with his brother--that Derek had betrayed her trust, had her fired from her job, fathered her child, then left her--the more it looks like Angel could be Derek's killer. Yet, the more he learns of Angel, the more he knows it isn't her. When it turns out someone is trying to kill Angel, Dane is left with finding the real killer and protecting the woman he loves.

Lori Foster's ability to pull readers into the story and not let go until the very last page is what makes her such an enduring favorite!

Very rarely a book packs this much truth. Jesus and his teachings are more of a medium than the fact behind the message or movement present here;
good book, wow

You have to be open to new ideas to appreciate this book. I absolutely loved it. Very thought provoking, very insightful. Osho tries to shock you into "experiencing" the essence of life. He moves beyond philosophical debate to experience. I will read this book again and again.

I was at Rajneeshpuram (Osho's Oregon commune) when this book was first published and denmand for it was very high (I had to wait several weeks to get a copy). And with good reason, too. This book presents a more believable Jesus, a revolutionary mystic whose mission was to put us in touch with our inner selves, rather than a god-man interested in only gettingpeople to worship him.

You don't have to be a follower of Osho Rajneesh to appreciate his literary talents and masterful communication. In Mustard Seed, Osho made the supposedly secret teaching according to St. Thomas come alive in modern times. If you've never read any of Osho's books, you may begin with this one. If you're a Christian, after reading this book, you may feel like Jesus Christ has come back in person and was speaking directly to you through Osho's book. You'll feel like smiling and crying at the same time at the genius of Osho. He is without any doubt the greatest writer, author and communicator in modern times.
A towering literary titan who breathes life, love and light into the most obscure philosphical and mystic teachings of all ages.
In this book, Osho entertains you with his exceptional wit, insight, humor and friendliness. Tasting the words of Osho through his books is like drinking from the water of life. It will seduce and titillate you. It will make you rock with laughter and go mad with joy. It is difficult putting an Osho book down, once you begin reading one. He is like a cool breeze during the hot summer months that caresses not only your body but your soul as well. In Mustard Seed, he proves that he is the Guru Of all Gurus, a limitless ocean of wisdom, knowledge, insight, humor and literary brilliance.
Ikey Benney, New York City

This book......Found its way in my hands 2 days prior to my Greek Mandatory Military Service Initiation. And Transformed my life completely. I will never be the same again. For once you get a glimse of the truth...Its impossible to deny it as once before.
I fell in love with Osho the Same moment I so deeply as never before fell in love with Life.

Peace and Love To all! There isnt a book on this earth that can effect you more then this. Christians..Be ware....Be Aware. For this book....Will allow you to love Jesus..in such a deeper way than before.