Bean Books

Harry Starbranch, an ex-homicide cop from Denver, moved to Victory, Wyoming to escape big city mayhem and murder. Now he's sheriff of a county where stock rustling seems to be one of the leading occupations. When a rancher's daughter gets killed along with one of the rustlers who was robbing the ranch, Harry gets the feeling there is more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye and that some of the area ranchers have a shared secret. Bean does a fine job of evoking a sense of place in this book. Everywhere Harry has to go seems like a long way away and he spends a lot of time on the county roads. There are some good minor characters in the book. Harry rents an old farmhouse from a great old lady who's far from ready for a retirement community. He's still in love with his ex-wife and she visits from Denver whenever she can. Sheriff Starbranch is a well rounded, interesting character solving a puzzling mystery with a satifying conclusion. After a bit of an uneven start, this turned out to be a very good book. This is the first book in the series.

Speaking strictly from personal experience, this book really invited me to think about myself and the way I treat my wife.

I have learned to respect and revere my wife as the most important person in my life. Without her, I would be nothing, and now I show that fact. My marriage has blossomed for it. We used to fight all the time. We never quite saw eye to eye. Now, I can have heart to heart conversations with her.

My wife is my partner. The person that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. I'm glad that I discovered this book so that I could learn how to truly "be" with her. How to respect her, and make her feel respected.

If you were smart, you would check this book out. It will pay off ten fold for you!

The realities pictured in this book can be scary, but they touch on the truth about our ever-growing environmental problems that need real solutions and real people to solve them!Children have the power to have a profound impact on the future of our environment and this book allows them to know that hope exists if every child lends a helping hand. Parental guidance should accompany initial reading of the book to help answer questions. This book would make an excellent addition to personal collection or classroom library!

Kellie Bean wrote an important and her larger idea about this project is comendable. Overall, she assrts that the political backlash against feminism has been problematic. The backlash has included the typical misogny, but also has included the misappropriation of feminist ideals and the birth of "prefix" feminisms which is a water down version of feminism, if that.

The chapters vary in their strength, but overall, this is good, critical analysis of feminism. That said, I do have some reservations about the level of research conducted. There are at least 8 different errors or point that needed to be better explained. Bean spells a few names incorrectly- Catharine with a two a's (in reference to her discussion of (Dworkin and MacKinnon). I've never seen Patrick Califia referred to as "Patty," even when he was a formerly identified leather dyke. Patrick is a FTM and this should have been footnoted. In reference to the Riot Grrrl Movement this is plural and one wouldn't need to say Riot Grrrls. And, she refers to peoples' status from when they published a piece, for instance, Jo Trigilio is not still a graduate student. Beans should have referred to the articles and not the author's status 10 years previous. Here, I feel these areas are indicative of sloppy research or not updating information. Likewise, why refer to Amy Richards on one page and then a few pages later Amelia Richards? Consistency is important and I found these erors and others glaring---glaring enough that I took note and wrote each one down.

I also would have liked more correlation about the Reagan-Bush era to the present. Some of her arguments felt dated, I've read them before elsewhere. I would suggest the book to others as a primer on some of the debates, but I would not assign the entire book in one of my classes.

The audience for this book is a lay audience or academic audience.

What a great concept. I had the opportunity to purchase this book while at I-Con in Long Island. I read it in one sitting, quite an accomplishment with an RPG manual. The layout is very impressive and very easy to follow. The are rules comnplex enough to allow for a realistic type of game play, yet simple enough to learn and follow. In short the rules do not get in the way of the game itself. I can't wait to play this.
All in all I would definately recommend this to anyone.

Bean's brief edition of Reading Rhetorically is a must-have for teachers and for both high school and college students. Too often the notion of "reading" for deeper meaning (and thus for deeper enjoyment of the process) is swept under the rug as students move into the upper grades and on to college. This text will help restore the dedication to reading as both art and active learning.

Gordon put into words how many of us lived on the rez. Now I want to visit my rez more often!

I am Cuban so I know a few things about Latin cuisine and this is my bible. "Rice and Beans..." has the most authentic and best tasting recipes out there. The list of ingredients for each recipe is included up front and the preparation and cooking instructions are easy to understand. Excellent for the novice cook or the Latino cook looking to add a few more recipes to their repertoire. The only major caveat is that Ms. Romano has failed to grasp the concept of low fat - every recipe calls for way way too much fat, lard or combination of the two. I omit almost all (one needs a little for flavor) the lard, salt pork, bacon, etc. from her recipes and still get great tasting Puerto Rican food without all the unnecessary calories and saturated fat.

This collection of Smith Brown Jones comics is hysterical! You don't have to know anything about the comic to find it funny. Both the art and the humor are reminiscent of Foglio, so if you like his stuff, you should like this, too.

Let's never forget that history is a story. And, in this case, it's her-story, the story of Marie Antoinette.

Young readers are sometimes turned off by dry-as-dust history books. This volume, however, is the antidote to boredom. Comical illustrations underscore the tone of the presentation, making a good history lesson palatable to all.

Spilling the Beans on Marie Antoinette would be a great gift for your young history student. But, be aware that you will certainly enjoy readingit yourself.

Recommended!