Campbell Books

We used this book to plan, execute, and review an amazing trip through Southern Utah. The guide covers much more than the two National Parks listed in the title, including Arches NP, and Capital Reef NM, among others. Not only was it extremely accurate, but it was remarkably entertaining to read. This book is a must-have for anyone venturing into this beautiful part of the country.

This was an invaluable resource for our 16 day trip to southern Utah. This book also includes information for the other national parks in Utah. We used it every day on our trip.

This book is the best and most informative source of useful information for visitors to the national parks of southern Utah that I have found. It provides information on: the most popular hikes, popular restaurants, good camping sites, activities, descriptions of geology, flora and fauna, and brief histories of the early cultures, explorers and settlers. The book is very well written by authors who obviously know their stuff. All material is presented clearly and concisely and in a manner that enhances its usefulness. I recommend this book whole heartedly.

Great little book. I do not know why it is named "Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks". This book covers all the national parks, monuments and State Parks in Utah. For each area, the book gives information on what to see depending on the amount of time you have to visit(half day, one, two, three or more days). For each location it gives you the sights to see, trails to hike and other activities to do in the area. Along with places to stay (Hotels, Motels and campgrounds), places to eat, equipment rental and more. This book is small enough to put into your glove box.

Excellent book. My husband and I recently went on vacation to Southern Utah. We planned on visiting 5 national parks in Utah. I had purchased other books in addition to this one to prepare for the trip. I had no idea that this book would contain so much information about Capitol Reef, Arches and Canyonlands. It was far more than I expected from the title. It even covered Moab. We booked everything last minute and called from one location before arriving at the next to secure hotel rooms. All the recommendations for lodging and dining were accurate. We were so pleased with this book that we purchased the Lonely Planet guide to the Grand Canyon while we were in Moab since we were visiting the Grand Canyon as part of this trip. I will definitely use their guide books again. They are well organized and are great for a quick reference. I kept this copy in my purse the entire trip. I would pull it out frequently to look up information about touring the parks or to find a place for dinner.

I love this book!!! It was about this girl, Hattie Campbell, her two brothers, and her parents. They decide to go to Oregon after a steamboat captain offers them a free trip to anywhere. What happened was, Hattie's Uncle Milton was fixing the roof, and he fell off and died instantly. A few days later at the funeral, Uncle Milton's coffin slid into the river, and then the steamboat ran over it, taking the top of the coffin and Uncle Milton with it. They set off on their journey, led by a mountain man, with people from Missouri and different places. Hattie makes friends with twins named Pepper and Wade. Pepper is shy, but Wade isn't. In fact, he tells Hattie a "nasty" joke on one of the first days on the trip. Hattie also makes friends with grown ups, including a couple named Mr. and Mrs. Bigg (Their name has nothing to do with their size) and finds out a startling secret about another member. This book had an element of foreshadowing and flashback, because they have her sister's trunk, but Hattie doesn't have a sister. In all this book was very entertaining and it was hard to put down.

One of the best books around is Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie . I would rate this book 5 stars out of 5 stars! The story is about a girl named Hattie Cambell, her family wants to go to Oregon but they can't afford it untill her uncle dies. They come across some trouble, but not alot in fact she falls in love, and she fins a new best friend. As I said in the begining this is the best book in the world!

This book tells, in diary format, the story of Hattie Campbell and her family on the Oregon Trail. It starts out in Booneville, Missouri at Hattie's birthday. They travel by steamboat to Independence, and go west. Along the way, Hattie meets and makes friends with Pepper and Wade, who are twins, Gideon, and Mrs. Bigg. She also encounters a thief. The trail is filled with many dangers, including food poisoning, deaths, rivers, mountains, etc. You have to read the book to find out what happens to Hattie and her friends and family. I would recommend this book to anybody who is interested in pioneers, excitement, and dangers, or who is a fan of Kristiana Gregory's work or a fan of the Dear America series. This book is one of the best in the Dear America series, as Kristiana Gregory has once again done a superb job in the research and writing.

My story is about a youg girl about thirteen years old that,leaves her home to find a better live with her family.She as two younger brothers she did have two older sisters but they had died when she was a baby.Her family is off to find a better place in Oregon City.But little did they know that it was going to be so hard.Many people had died that was very close to Hattie.She never thought it was going to be a thing she never forget.Of corse none of Hattie's family died but close had.There was many different people in Hattie's dairy.A lot of People she did like and some she didn't But there was part of the story that I thought was very lucky.You would had never thought that hattie would try to posion anyone.But she did not mean to she found out that hemlock was not a great plant to put into supper. Hemlock is very posion even if you take a little bite.It would kill you but she did not know until after wards?She had killed one little girl that she got to know real well she even thought of her as a little sister.She also had gave the posion to a boy named Wade that she had a crush on sence the being of the trail.But he had lived from the posion.ANd know Hattie know if she wants a boyfriend she can posion them first..

There is a girl named Hattie Campell, who goes to Idependence, Mo with her family for the Pregon Trail. On their way she meets a girl named Pepper Lewis and her brother Wade Lewis. Pepper and Hattie become best friends and do all their chores together and stay with each other all they time, and one night it was Hattie's and Pepper's turn to cook and accedentally put some hemlock in the stew and three kids took a bite out of it when Hattie and Pepper weren't looking and two died and the other one was Wade who was asleep for a few weeks, and Hattie had a crush on him and then felt really bad because she accedentally poisoned him. Then he finally woke up. Then Pepper got married to a guy named Gidian. Then they had finally got to Oregon and Pepper was Hattie's neighbor and then a few years later Hattie and Wade had gotten married but they couldn't have kids and so they adopted twins who's partens had died from a diases that had been going a \round for a long time.

This is an extremely entertaing story that keeps you guessing all the way til the end. I recommend this author and this book to everyone.

i really enjoyed the book. once you picked it up you couldn't put it down. this book leaves you hanging on every word, you just have to find out!
Jenny
Linden Michigan

Campbell does a very descriptive job of a family with a great deal of dysfunction. The story takes on an unexpected turn, which keeps the reader engaged. This is a story of strength, courage, and hope for a well-written character. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend this first time writer.

This book was one of the best books I have ever read! The combination of a very serious subject and a beautiful romance just kept me reading until my eyes wouldn't stay open anymore. I couldn't put the book down. Rita is a very strong, beautiful woman who falls in love. The love that is given to her in return is well-deserving and puts a hope in everyone that true love is attainable no matter what your background.

Thanks, Dawn, for such a wonderfully inspiring story. Please hurry with the next book!! I am a fan forever!!

The story line in billy's prayers was very well written because it was hard for me to put the book down. I finished this story in about two weeks.(I'm not a fast reader) This book made me cry,laugh,get very angry and feel sorry. My favorite person was rita. I felt sorry for rita mother. It's said but true of how much phyical and mental abuse goes on in this world today. I'm glad to see a well written book that address the abuse.
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Black Potatoes is a very readable and understandable review of the important elements of the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Wishing to learn more about this essential event in my Irish-American heritage, I read the book, The Great Hunger, which is offered and reviewed separately at this site. I mistakenly thought that would be a better read than Black Potatoes which is advertised as being for a high-school audience. But all the essentials of The Great Hunger were delivered in less than 1/3 the text by Black Potatoes, which of course is a much faster and informative read. In addition, it carries many sketches which make the story that much more vivid and imaginable, while there are many fewer in The Great Hunger which seems itself written more from the British point of view than the Irish (the author of Hunger was herself British). Black Potatoes is an excellent way to get a rapid understanding of that pivotal five-year period in Irish history.

An interesting and worthwhile history, made more palatable than a textbook by the extensive quotations of personal accounts and contemporary newspaper illustrations.

Broad in scope and adequate in depth, the book treats the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1850 with a sensitive, compassionate tone, spending great time on the human toll of the Famine, as well as the diseases it invited and the social upheaval it instigated.

Bartoletti vividly illustrates the dehumanizing and horrifying experience of the starving Irish, and explicitly eschews diplomacy to explore the economic and political causes. The book also explores both the (perceived or actual) maintenance and possible exacerbation of the crisis by the English government and the English landlords. Bartoletti concludes that the awkward and faltering relief was so unwillingly given because of staunchly protected laissez-faire economics as well as cultural biases and prejudice against the Irish. These factors created a political climate where merely the forecast of improvement caused the English to quit relief programs, often too soon, thus causing the situation to worsen for the Irish, creating staggering costs - in pounds as well as in lives.

Brief treatment of revolutionary activity is included, as well as interesting exposition of folk beliefs and practices.

This book avoids the "boring history" noose of more densely-written academic works, and is clearly targeted at young adults with its narrative style, but I recommend this for anyone wishing to read more deeply on this subject. Definitely written from an Irish point of view, but well researched and rich in original sources.

What would you do if there was no food to eat, no clean clothes to wear or no shoes to wear in winter? The answers to these questions are found in Black Potatoes, which is set in Ireland in 1845 at the onset of the Potato famine. At the time of the potato famine, there were three classes of people in Ireland, the Irish farm laborers, the Irish farmers, and the English landlords. The farm laborers were the poorest, the farmers were middle class, and the landlords were the wealthy and powerful. The farm laborers and farmers rented land from the landlords and planted potatoes. When the potato famine hit, the Irish had a hard time paying their rents because of their failed crops. The Irish people had a long and enduring time during the potato famine to keep their families fed and well. The British Government came to the aid of the Irish, but many
times it was too late. The book is very Anti-British and rightfully so according to the evidence of British attitudes toward the Irish that reveal the ethnic and religious prejudices that divided the Irish and the English. The writing style of the author is very realistic and Irish everyday life is very detailed that it leaves a horrific feeling of sadness for those who lived and died during the potato famine and the years after. The pictures in the book are actual sketches obtained from various sources such as the Illustrated London News and British and Irish libraries.

This is the best non-fiction I have ever seen. The liberal use of personal histories and stories along with illustrations from periodicals reporting the situation make this compelling and fascinating.

This is an excellent summary of the Potato (note that spelling, Danny-Boy-O Quayle) Famine that plagued Ireland from 1845-1850, when the fungus Pythophthora Infestans destroyed the staple crop. Author Susan Campbell Barttoletti deftly explores the swirling pathological, sociological, political, and theological soup caused by the rotting potatoes and the aftermath. She relies on original sources and interviews with descendants of the resultant Diaspora. This book is found in the children's section of the library, but frankly, I found it hard to read myself - not because the words or concepts are difficult, but because it is so very grim - the horror! the horror! /TundraVision, Amazon reviewer.

Why Grace Changes Everything
A great Christian theology tract as it gives a succinct summary of why the Protestant Reformation occurred and a nice overview of Protestant theology and the doctrine of divine grace. I read this in college, but not having any background in Christianity at that time, I did not understand it. So I do not recommend this book as a witnessing tool to give to your non-Christian friends; I linked what I consider an easier to understand book by my favorite preacher of God's grace, Chuck Smith, to give to nonbelievers. However, once you understand the basics of your faith, this is a great pamphlet to help keep you anchored in grace and from straying into legalism. It also gives you a basic understanding of Martin Luther's teaching. With so many odd strands of Christian teaching emerging the past few decades, I highly recommend anchoring yourself in the theology of this amazing man of God, so as not to be pushed about by "every wave of doctrine". I try to keep it handy to refer to.

Keeping this review short and sweet, like the tract. For more, I'd read the other reviews on this tract.

Not being Lutheran, I welcome the opportunity to study the man who came in third place in the "Person of the Millennium" poll.

This slim book contains his discourse on "Christian Liberty," that is, the relationship to faith and works. All the hearsay finally dies with this book, since you hear Luther's own words on the matter.

He asserts that Christian Liberty is paradoxical, that the Christian is a perfectly free lord to all, but also a perfectly dutiful servant, subject to all. This paradox comes because of man dual nature: spirit and element. His main point is that by the Atonement, we all become free, but because of the atonement, we have an obligation to serve other people in chaity.

I like this edition. The translation is actually a translation, and Mr. Grimm block the text into paragraphs for easier reading. Moreover, he provides the scriptural references that Luther merely alludes to. Thus, the book becomes lecture notes for our review and pondering.

The cover illustration is eye-catching. It shows Luther taking his stand before some potentate. It reflects the energy that you feel in the words, the drive that empowered a man to shake all of Europe. It shows the energy that drove this man to liberty.

Not being Lutheran, I welcome the opportunity to study the man who came in third place in the "Person of the Millennium" poll.

This slim book contains his discourse on "Christian Liberty," that is, the relationship to faith and works. All the hearsay finally dies with this book, since you hear Luther's own words on the matter.

He asserts that Christian Liberty is paradoxical, that the Christian is a perfectly free lord to all, but also a perfectly dutiful servant, subject to all. This paradox comes because of man dual nature: spirit and element. His main point is that by the Atonement, we all become free, but because of the atonement, we have an obligation to serve other people in chaity.

I like this edition. The translation is actually a translation, and Mr. Grimm block the text into paragraphs for easier reading. Moreover, he provides the scriptural references that Luther merely alludes to. Thus, the book becomes lecture notes for our review and pondering.

The cover illustration is eye-catching. It shows Luther taking his stand before some potentate. It reflects the energy that you feel in the words, the drive that empowered a man to shake all of Europe. It shows the energy that drove this man to liberty.

Not being Lutheran, I welcome the opportunity to study the man who came in third place in the "Person of the Millennium" poll.

This slim book contains his discourse on "Christian Liberty," that is, the relationship to faith and works. All the hearsay finally dies with this book, since you hear Luther's own words on the matter.

He asserts that Christian Liberty is paradoxical, that the Christian is a perfectly free lord to all, but also a perfectly dutiful servant, subject to all. This paradox comes because of man dual nature: spirit and element. His main point is that by the Atonement, we all become free, but because of the atonement, we have an obligation to serve other people in charity.

I like this edition. The translation is actually a translation, and Mr. Grimm block the text into paragraphs for easier reading. Moreover, he provides the scriptural references that Luther merely alludes to. Thus, the book becomes lecture notes for our review and pondering.

The cover illustration is eye-catching. It shows Luther taking his stand before some potentate. It reflects the energy that you feel in the words, the drive that empowered a man to shake all of Europe. It shows the energy that drove this man to liberty.

Martin Luther's treatise "Christian Liberty" (or "The Freedom of a Christian") is perhaps the most powerful and concise presentation of the Christian life ever written. I cannot recommend this work highly enough. I rank this among the very best of Luther's works (and that is really saying something). If an inexpensive copy were still in publication I would buy every copy to give as gifts to friends and family. The power, discernment, brevity and readability of this work make a true gem among Reformation writings (and Christian writings in general). Here you will find the essence of the spirit of the Reformation distilled into a guide for practical, biblical living.

With the clarity and bold authority of a true prophet, Luther sets forth the whole of the Christian life in two theses: "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all." We are free from sin and the law (subject to none) but slaves to Christ in love (subject to all). As Paul writes in Romans 6:22, "But now...you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God."

Luther writes as a shepherd of the common people and the tone and content differ greatly from his better-known debate-oriented works (ie. Bondage of the Will, 95 Theses). The doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is the heart and soul of Luther's message, founded upon a firm conviction in the authority of scripture alone.

He writes, "One thing, and only one thing, is necessary for Christian life, righteousness, and freedom. That one thing is the most holy Word of God, the gospel of Christ."

And again, "It ought to be the first concern of every Christian to lay aside all confidence in works and increasingly to strengthen faith alone and through faith to grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who suffered and rose for him.... No other work makes a Christian.... 'This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent' (John 6:29)."

And regarding our service to God, "...In this way the stronger member may serve the weaker, and we may be sons of God, each caring for and working for the other, bearing one another's burdens and so fulfilling the law of Christ. This is a truly Christian life. Here faith is truly active through love. That is, it finds expression in works of the freest service, cheerfully and lovingly done, with which a man willingly serves another without hope of reward; and for himself he is satisfied with the fullness and wealth of his faith."

This volume is currently out-of-print, but this treatise has been published in a number of other individual volumes and in at least one very worthy compilation entitled "Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings" (ed. Timothy F. Lull, 1989) which also contains a number of other infinitely worthy works such as Luther's "Small Catechism," the stirring "Meditation of Christ's Passion," and the thesis chapters of the foundational "Bondage of the Will." I cannot vouch for any other volume than this one and the one detailed above, but any version of this monumental treatise is bound to bless you. It is the fire and the hammer of the Word of God to consume the adversaries and break apart the stone hearts of impenitant men.

Of all the aspects of dream study, mutual or shared dreaming is probably the least understood. The very fact that people can meet in the dream state and recall it upon waking challenges our ideas of time, space and the nature of dreams.

In this stunning new book, World Dreams Peace Bridge founder, Jean Campbell, traces the history of group dreaming research beginning in the 1970s and demonstrates how this research led her to believe that dreamers, working together can change the world.

Jean has written a beautiful book of experience and awe of the energy of deep dreaming connections that can pass from your head to your heart and onto the world in a new and more synchronized way.

This book is a must read for anyone interested in dreams and/or consciousness studies - however we choose to define that.

The studies conducted by Jean Campbell over a period of 25 years support the experiences of many people, of having shared dreams with friends and family, and show that such dreams cannot be merely coincidental - the most common form of dismissal by many western `experts'. Many of us know that we go places in our dreams, and meet with people, and Group Dreaming: Dreams to the Tenth Power confirms not only our ability to do this, but that it is both a common phenomenon and perfectly normal!

Jean's style of writing is immediate and engaging, this is a book you will likely want to read from cover to cover, as the people in the book come to life and you really can't wait to learn what happens next!

Jean Campbell's Group Dreaming book is fascinating in its mystery-like compelling "what's next" longitudinal exploration of group dreaming. The possibilities she inspires toward Group Dreaming for Peace is humbling.

Jean Campbell, who I know as a pioneer of dreamwork and peace, surprising us once more with her endless gifts. You will see this book is not only a research or history of group dreaming but she wrote it as a novel, in literary style. Not only teaching but also exciting, enthusiastic and tastefull. I think, the most important thing she shows us in the last part of this book is; opening a new horizon on how group dreaming can be used for serving humanity, children, world peace and harmony. How we can dream for peace together, become groups of peace dreamers and make our dreams come true in waking reality. How we can go to dream, we can interpeate in connection, we can build projects on our dream wisdoms and than we can touch the souls and wounds of others so far from us. And thanks to her, we are reading all these as living a fairy tale which brings magic on earth.

MARY OF BELLINGHAM is a delightful & thought-provoking read about virginity & immaculate conception, cloning & DNA manipulation, faith & morality, UFOs & alien invasions, religious sleights of hand & spiritual innocence, mental illness & emotional healing, being a child & growing up.

One of the best stories about the miracle of birth, our expectations about salvation, our fears about failure, our search for relevance, & our enduring love of a mystery.

Rebeccasreads highly recommends MARY OF BELLINGHAM as a must read for anyone expecting a child -- woman or man -- teenager or adult -- OB/GYN or nurse. It is pregnant with passion, comedy, fear & redemption. Anneke Campbell's people are real & recognizable -- warts, love of life, greed, infidelity, yearnings, religious fervor, questionings, hope & all.

Could not put it down!

If you thought that "The Passion of Christ" was an important movie you must read Mary of Bellinghm.

How would you react if confronted with a miracle? Would you even recognize one if it were staring you in the face? These are the questions posed by poet, journalist and former midwife, Anneke Cambell in this charming and thought-provoking first novel. Young "Mary" stumbles into the lives of the people of Bellingham, trudging between houses, knocking on doors and clutching a blue blanket against the bitter winter cold. She is mute, bedraggled, bruised, and very pregnant Already an unusual occurrence for the sleepy little town, Mary's arrival becomes national news when a local doctor determines that the girl is, in fact, still a virgin.

Is she a miracle? Is she some quirk of science? Is she lying? Is she demon possessed? Can her touch heal? Should she be committed? Each of Campbell's richly drawn characters responds differently to the mystery of this young virgin, who seems at times a frightened, even rebellious teenager, and at times glows with an inner aura of peace. Some are moved to help, some to profit , some to disbelief and fear, and some to awe depending on their own greatest need. With a gentle, almost lyrical style, Campbell's plot weaves deftly through the lives of Bellingham's townspeople--people within whom it is easy to see ourselves, our friends, families and neighbors, as they try to care for, exploit, deny or understand this phenomenon in their midst.

A superb first work. Inspiring and heart warming, without being either preachy or overly sentimental I look forward to reading more from this author.

Elyce Picciotti
Sarasota, FL

In an age that relishes the sensationalistic treatment of religious themes, it's hard to imagine an author insisting on something much more complex, subtle, and deeply ambiguous. It refreshingly gives us the female point of view and, in doing so, asks one immensely difficult question after another. Even more important, it refuses to answer these questions definitively. This reader for once felt that his intelligence was being honored. Mel Gibson--in fact, all of Hollywood--should read this novel. It's passion and, yes, its humor as well are richly rewarding.

Mary Of Bellingham is an imaginatively crafted novel by Anneke Campbell premising a modern-day miracle of virgin birth. When a pregnant teenager, alone and in need of help, wanders into an ordinary town, she sparks heated controversy, by claiming that she is channeling the Virgin Mary. Through kindness, a local waitress takes the girl into her own home, while controversy and speculation sets the community into something of an uproar. An exceptionally well written and original work of very highly recommended fiction, Mary Of Bellingham also provides readers with a quite thoughtful commentary upon the nature of the miracle of birth and a compelling testimony with respect to the desperate human desire to be part of something sublime and far beyond the ordinary.

A marriage of convenience to the eighteen year-old Cynthia le Wyte brings life back into the elderly John Wendeville. The feeble lord knows he is dying, but he wants a companion in his final years. Cynthia is so much more than he asked for. She is a vibrant lover who brings him unexpected pleasure and fills his days with joy and happiness. Her healing herbs and potions extend his life and give them two beautiful years together. Lord John adores his young wife and before taking his last breath he makes her swear to keep a promise that will affect her future - a future a greedy Wendeville abbot hopes to change.

The gaunt abbot is absolutely livid when he learns Lord John bequeathed the small Charing Castle to him. He'd courted the old man almost like a lover and expected to be his heir before the harlot arrived and changed everything. He will have his revenge and it will begin by selecting the new chaplain for her castle. Ah yes, he knows just the right cleric - one who won't interfere with his plans - the pitiful Garth de Ware.

Garth trained as a knight along with his brothers and is able to handle a sword and defend in battle, but when he fails to hold a castle for his brother Holden he decides to return to the church. Garth is temporarily sidetracked and instead of the church, he worships Mariana, a woman devoted to sexual pleasures. Mariana manages to shred the inexperienced youth of all of his masculinity and the humiliated young man vows never to shame himself with a woman ever again. He hides beneath a heavy wool robe and enters a poor monastery to insure that he doesn't. Poor misguided Garth - he may have lost his spirit, but not his hot-blooded male body. He has lustful dreams nightly resulting in torturous penance daily. The prior believes Garth is wasting away in the monastery, and is almost relieved when the Wendeville Abbot asks that Garth replace him as chaplain at Wendeville - a request that makes Garth freak out!

The instant Garth is introduced to the castle, Cynthia senses she's met him before, and soon recognizes him as the fifteen year old she vowed to marry when she was a young lady all of eleven. Her memories flood back to the day in his mother's enchanted garden when the handsome young knight enchanted her. Garth's memories of that day are suppressed, but future circumstances will bring them back. Meanwhile, the young man is about to learn he isn't meant to become a monk.

Glynnis Campbell delivers a masterpiece set in the medieval era. MY HERO has quite an unusual plot, featuring a would-be monk as the hero, but WOW! What a hero Garth de Ware turns out to be! Both Garth and Cynthia are adults, but still innocents, a fact that causes them to misunderstand each other's reactions. The evil Abbot moves the plot along and before it's over the entire de Ware clan from the previous stories in this trilogy (MY CHAMPION, MY WARRIOR) will make an appearance. Ohhh, when I read this scene I was reminded of movies I saw years ago. I felt like stomping, clapping, and standing up to whistle and cheer YES! What a grand finale to a glorious medieval tale. And to make a fabulous story even better, Glynnis Campbell adds an epilogue that adds the finishing crown to a masterpiece of writing. MY HERO - I loved it! Loved it!

Carol Carter, As posted on Romance Reviews Today

This was an enjoyable book with good characters and a interesting story. I liked reading all the books in this series, with this one being the best of the three. Will be looking for more on this author.

I got hooked on Glynnis Campbell with "My Champion" and am thrilled that she has continued the family saga trilogy with Garth's story. Garth de Ware is the youngest member of the De Ware clan and the one who has chosen the cloth (his elder brothers were the knights of Campbell's first two titles). But he meets with temptation when his path reunites him with Lady Cynthia le Wyte, a healer and head of the castle where he is postioned. It's a delightful book, one that's hard to put down. Like Campbell's other two adventurous titles, readers will be drawn in by the well-established, well-rounded characters, the interesting Medieval details and the engaging story. I highly recommend this book and look forward to more from this delightful author.

Glynnis Campbell does a great job of making each brother in her trilogy very appealing, while very different from each other. In turn, each brother is attracted to a quite different kind of woman. You can see how clearly a given brother would appreciate but not love deeply his two sister in laws. The woman he finds is the woman who is perfect for his temperment.

In Garth's case, both he and the woman he meets - the widow Cynthia - have had some but little sexual experience. I really like this in a romance novel. Probably 99% of the time you have the over-sexed guy who sleeps with every female he comes across, and the frigid ice-queen woman who has never been touched or kissed. It's nice to have a book where the woman is comfortable with touching a man and being in bed with him - and the man is in the same situation.

Also, where Duncan looked at his woman and thought "beautiful angel! I must follow her!" and Holden looked at his wildcat and thought "Fierce passion! I must have her!", Garth and Cynthia are both much more soulful. Cynthia isn't the buxom perfect-hair perfect-body model. She's a wholesome, healthy, down to earth woman who doesn't mind working on wounds, dealing with sick children, and doing what has to be done. Garth is quite unlike his two brothers. The siblings are both out proving themselves, making themselves known and seen. Garth has hidden himself away, focussing on his meditations and studies.

Interestingly, the issue here is really quite separate from the main characters or anything they have "done". It has to do with Cynthia's dead husband. He, naturally, left her his wealth - and a jealous bishop felt it was supposed to go to him. That bishop is now masterminding a scheme to get rid of her. Part of his plan is to put a quiet, non-intrusive priest into her household.

Unfortunately, he chooses Garth - and Garth and Cynthia are immediately drawn to each other. They had met briefly as children, and now they are both fully grown up. In the intermediate time, both had slept with other people. Cynthia had been married to a much older man, who she cared for but never was passionate with. Garth had been dallying with a over-sexed woman who wanted 12 orgasms a day. The lusty lady was dismissive of him when he couldn't keep up, and he retreated into a monastery, feeling he was less than a man.

Much of the storyline is about Garth and Cynthia fighting their attraction as improper, and how the bishop slowly, steadily draws his net around Cynthia. It's only at the very end that everything starts to come together, the other family members come in, and the rousing finale is extremely satisfying. You really get to see how each character's personality shines and how the couples fit together properly.

I liked this couple very much. I like how they are not obsessed about physical beauty, but care about the innate traits within a person. I like how they are comfortable with the human body. The story is about their personalities connecting, not just about virgin lust. As much as I love Holden and Cambria, in many ways I found this tale the most satisfying.

Probably my only complaint here is that Holden grew up with wildly oversexed brothers who talked endlessly about their conquests. He was a soldier for several years. The chance of him having only one, single lover - and not knowing that her desire for 12 orgasms a day was unusual - is slim to none. So the whole basis of his self-isolation is very suspect and reduces, in my mind, his level of wisdom and intelligence. I wish it had been something a little more believable that had sent him into that isolation.

Still, if we're going to complain about unbelievable beginning plot twists to set up a story, then pretty much any novel is going to get poked at. Once you get past that issue, the story is very enjoyable and, as I mentioned, the ending is extremely satisfying.

Well done! Just make sure you read the other two books first, so that you get the full background and history. It all makes sense, then, why the characters are the way they are.

Garth de Ware comes from a family of warriors, but he thinks himself less than a man and turns to the Church. Lady Cynthia le Wyte has loved Garth since childhood and considers him her hero. It takes a special kind of woman to show this man the way to worldly love, but Cynthia is up to the challenge. The last quarter of this book is the most exciting I've ever read--I stayed up 'til 3:00 am to finish it, unable to sleep until Garth and Cynthia had found their happy ending. If you think you won't like a romance with an ex-monk for a hero--think again. Glynnis Campbell's book will make you wish there were more writers willing to tell a fresh and different type of story!

Were Solo Crossing to be one long whine about divorce angst, it would not necessarily be worth reading. What does shine in this book is the author's distinct ability to distill human experience, which in her case does include a painful divorce, into images that are right and relevant for all sorts of readers. Here is another wonderful example why poetry is reaching so many new readers.

On reading her poems my heart resonated. At some I cried. I did not want to, but she plucked that exact string and I was transported instantaneously into the feelings of my own divorce. What more can you ask for in an author?

The strength of these poems goes far beyond the all-too-human experience of divorce and betrayal. Here is a rich poetic voice, fresh in metaphor (from Crocuses: Synchronized/as infant birds straining gullets), and fearless in romantic honesty (from Airborne: My mother, 72,/turns to the handsome man seated beside/her on the plane./I bet you were hoping to sit next to/an attractive young blonde./Smiling, he replies, I am.) These poems are ringingly lyrical and unselfconscious, sometimes a bit spare and clipped, but always redeemed by their music.

Solo Crossing is the original book by Split Verse editor Meg Campbell. Here poems touch on all topics, though many are framed by Campbell's divorce. "Ode to a Single Mother" and "Leavetaking" address Campbell's experiences in single motherhood. Many poems on childhood as well. These poems are stunning in their portrayal of a woman's life.

Ms. Campbell's imagery is evocative and yet accessible. While maintaining a distinctly imaginative voice throughout the collection, the poems are etched deeply in a life which could be anyone's. Whether young or old, in love or out, we all know loss, and this poet tells a story which is important to hear.

Throughout this amazing book I marvelled at how beautifully the author presented so many ordinary aspects of life and showed the wonder in their connectedness. I couldn't help but relate to Sam's experiences and hope that his awakening to the healing power of love can manifest itself in my own life.

To go on an inward journey takes courage....courage to remember, feel, experience and heal. This is the journey that Patricia Kowal has taken me on by sharing Sam's story. Beautifully, yet simply written Stillpoint touched my soul, giving me permission to quietly breath in life with its pain and joy. This is a book to read more than once, to pass onto to my children and friends. Thank you Patricia for your soulfulness and wisdom.

The wording on the back cover drew me in and then the book itself just blew me away. Stillpoint, a turning point in one's life, a pause for reflection, a comma - what appropriate applications to my own life and the lives of so many people I know. Through the eyes and mind of Sam Barsby I saw his life unfold and with it, so many similarities to my own. Ms Kowal also took me to places I'd never been and gave me a history lesson I'd never heard about in school. (I guess learning about how people suffered in the "depression" is not a particlarly popular topic.) There were so many other "lessons" succinctly taught in "Stillpoint" that I'll be thinking about the content for a long time to come: love, loyalty, commitment, despair, and the impact one's actions can have on others. Vivid and inspiring!

Deep within each man is fear and doubt as Sam Barsby knows, yet his determination to peel off the layers of pain to find peace takes him on a journey within, far more signicant than the incredible events of his life. EVERY woman should buy this book for any man in her life who desires support in his walk through life with tough times and obstacles that bring him worries beyond his control. This book will heal his soul.

I just can't say enough about this book. Great for all ages. Very easy reading...a book you can't put down. Nice blend of reality and historical events. Beautifully written with descriptions that make you feel like you are there. This book gives a touching, heart-felt appreciation of life and family, of hardships and friendships, of nature and peace. Very possibly the best book I have ever read. An excellent "first" book by this author; can't wait to read more from her. Perfect title: Stillpoint..a pause in life to reflect and complete your journey.