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I first learned of Walter de la Mare's "Ding Dong Bell" from a student who was learning Theodore Chanler's song cycle "Eight Epitaphs." All of Chanler's pieces in the much underperformed song cycle come directly from "Ding Dong Bell." As singing written epitaphs is hardly ever done, the cycle intrigued me. I expected the book to read like labored poetry - instead it was highly accessible and well delivered.
The premise of the book is that epitaphs are delivered, but woven within a story line. There are three distinct short stories within:
The first involves a young lady discussing epitaphs from a not too distant graveyard with an older man. She is highly intrigued by his stories and asks for more and more. They part ways when the public transportation separates them.
The second story is my favorite of the three. Two lovers meet and walk to a graveyard. They find it at dusk and use matches to read the tombstones. Their own place in life is determined as they read these epitaphs of by gone days and people who are no longer remembered. They sit and wait until sunrise after the matches are no longer lit. A final epitaph is lit by the sun, which summarizes their thoughts.
The third story is one of a ghostly encounter. Again, someone - a man - is walking in the graveyard. It is a different one than he has ever visited, and he is reading the tombstones. He realizes that he is not alone and sees another person who is in the graveyard with him. They speak, and when he looks away, the person is gone.
The stories themselves are mildly intriguing. The true appeal of De la Mare's prose is his style and wordplay. It is quite beautiful - and almost poetic - but not verbose. For his time, especially considering the fact that he is known for morbidity, the book is quite lovely and sweet, all the while maintaining the delicate confines of the thin line between life and death.

Hope never thinks anything interesting will happen in her life. She seems to be on the fast track to nowhere, and her parents despair of ever understanding her.

She is jolted out of her quiet and idyllic life when she encounters Oksana, a Russian girl who has been sold as a sex slave. Hope's tentative friendship with Oksana leads to her own kidnapping by the owner Oksana is running from. These girls have only each other, and they will have to overcome their bitterness and prejudice and work together to escape from their captors.

But will it be too late?

DIRTY WORK is a riveting and captivating read. The pages go by quickly, and Ms. Bell keenly builds suspense throughout the entire book by interspersing flashbacks of Oksana's past in between telling the two girls' predicament. Without being inappropriate or too mature for teens, DIRTY WORK easily conveys the horrors of human trafficking and how very easy it is to get caught up in it.

This terrifying, entrancing novel will certainly grab your attention, and won't let go until long after the book is finished.

Reviewed by: The Compulsive Reader

I have been a recovery planner for 17 years. This book shows you, as a novice how to create a recovery plan. Well layed out and easy reading. Purchased first copy in 1992 and content is still current. Good book for first timer. After reading this book you will look at your companies plan differently. Even if you are not a recovery planner the examples in the book will force you to look at disaster planning in a new light.

This is a very interesting book. I love the approach that's taken to show how we can all learn from history and also from our mistakes in history. The book focuses on 10 of the most well known disasters in the world and how we can prevent them in the future. I definitely recommend this book.

Loved this book! More of a "Female" book. Fit for ages anywhere between 12-100!! Wonderful characters and plot. Well worth your time. Love to read a sequal!

The calendar is really cute! Perfect gift for the tinkerbell fan! has cute little sayings on each month! really adorable!

A Distant Drum
Marguerite Bell
Authors Online, Ltd
40 Castle Street, Hertford SG14 1HR, England
Genre: Fiction/Historical Romance
ISBN: 0755201604, $14.95, 172 pp, 2005

This is a traditional romance which takes place around the Napoleonic era. Fanny Templeton is a twenty-six-year-old English widow, still a virgin and step-mother to Justine. At the beginning of the story she is a paid companion to Lady Elizabeth Mablethorpe and concerned about the welfare of Justine and her new husband, Freddie, who is the younger brother of the Marquis of Ordley, Edward, a Colonel in the British army.

There is an initial tension between Fanny and Edward which evolves into romance in Brussels. They are married in a barn shortly after Edward is seriously injured in the Battle of Waterloo. Because Fanny was not certain that he truly loved her, she would not share his bed so that the marriage could be annulled if he so chose after he was well again. Edward, of course, interpreted this as rejection until . . . .

If you like historical romances of this period, you will enjoy this book. Marguerite Bell is a consummate writer, and you definitely will not be disappointed. She's clearly knowledgeable about the period-the manners, customs, the clothes-and certainly brings it all to life as she keeps the intrigue sharp and poignant.

Other books by this author include: A Rose for Danger, The Devil's Daughter, Bride by Auction and Sea Change. The Pride of Eagles will be published sometime this year. She also writes under the name of Ida Pollock and books under this name include: The Gentle Masquerade, Lady in Danger, The Uneasy Alliance, Country Air and Summer Conspiracy.

I enjoyed the story and her engaging style of writing. Thank you!

Reviewed by Kaye Trout - May 8, 2006 - Copyright

Martin Bell's writing style will amaze you. He keeps on surprising the reader with new waves of exciting theological insights. I personally have never read a book where I was so drawn to the writer's emotions and thoughts. My favorite quote from the book is, "God will not let us go to hell in peace." As in so many other places in the book, Martin Bell is right on and the reader knows instantly that the truth is literally flying off the pages at you. Each chapter is a sermon best read aloud. If you read his last chapter aloud in a room alone, your spirit will sore and you will weep. This book is out of print. Pay whatever you must pay and get yourself a copy. I have given away dozens of copies to prison inmates, drug/alcohol addicts, and pastors. Blessings, Phil Taylor

I just got a 35 foot twin screw cruiser. This book gives great instruction for docking several types of drives. It has a on board practice lesson that gets you familiar with how the boat responds.