Cameron Books

In response to what two individuals are saying about myself and my books I would like to share with you what many others have said to balance out their unsubstantiated claims.

* Endorsed by:
* National PTA
* Scouting Magazine - Boy and Girl Scouts or America
* NEA - National Education Association
* Sports Illustrated for Kids
* Mothering Magazine - to name only a few

*"The books of Dr. Webster-Doyle are the first attempt I have seen to explain to young people and adults the concept of martial arts as a peaceful, nonviolent 'way of life' and to give students the tools to accomplish this goal." - Linda Lee Cadwell

*Winner of the Martial Arts Industry Association Distinguished Service Award

* Awarded the Robert Burns Medal for literature by Austria's Albert Schweitzer Society, for "outstanding merits in the field of peace-promotion"

* Selected by the International Association of Educators for World Peace for their Central American peace education project in Panama and El Salvador

* Acclaimed at the Soviet Peace Fund Conference in Moscow and published in Russia by Moscow's Library of Foreign Literature and Magistr Publications

* On permanent display at the International Museum of Peace and Solidarity in Samarkind, Uzbekistan, the Commonwealth of Independent States.

* "Why is Everybody Always Picking on Us? explores the roots of prejudice. I don't think I've seen another book like it. How wonderful if this book could be used in social studies classrooms! I have learned where prejudice begins, how it is created, how it is perpetuated, and how it can be resolved. This book looks at stereotypes, bigotry, discrimination, scapegoating, racism, and more. It is a wonderfully comprehensive manual for young people and adults alike on understanding our conditioning and the root of prejudice."
American Pride Through Education

*"Webster-Doyle's insight is that by recognizing, understanding, and accepting our violent tendencies, we can avoid acting them out. These new books . . . are good for teachers and parents of elementary school children who need appropriate language and activities to help children deal with their feelings and the violence-provoking parts of the environment. To this reviewer, they are realistic and practical." --Young Children - Magazine of the National Association for the Education of Young Children

* "The book excels at impelling children to understand how conflict works within themselves. Tug of War offers engaging exercises that enhance a child's ability to understand the world. These exercises inspire self-observation, and the drawings of award-winning illustrator Rod Cameron enliven the book." Forum ¬- Newsletter of Educators for Social Responsibility

* Fighting the Invisible Enemy and Tug of War recommended by the Elementary School Library Collection as "fine contributions to materials for children"; both books also chosen by the British Commonwealth Collection - A Selection of Books and Journals on Nonviolence and Social Change

*"Every publication from the pen of this author should make a significant contribution to peace within and without. Highly recommended!" -- New Age Publishers and Retailers Alliance Trade Journal

*Why Is Everybody Always Picking On Me? -- cited by the Omega New Age Directory as one of the Ten Best Books, for its "atmosphere of universal benevolence and practical application"

* Dr. Lawrence Shapiro of the Center for Applied Psychology described Dr. Webster-Doyle as an "eloquent leader of the movement to combine principles of education, psychology, and the martial arts to teach young people to resolve conflict peacefully."

* Selected by the National PTA as a recommended resource for parents.

*"We use his books and thoroughly endorse the usefulness of his methods which have high potential in schools." - Stewart W. Twemlow, M.D. Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis, Menninger Clinic

* Endorsed by Scouting Magazine and Sports Illustrated for Kids

* Endorsed by Mothering Magazine

* Nine time Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing - in six consecutive years

*Selected by the American Booksellers Association for its resource listing of "Children's Books About Peace"

*"These topics are excellent and highly relevant."
--Dr. Charles Mercieca, Executive Vice President
International Association of Educators for World Peace
NGO, United Nations (ECOSOC), UNICEF & UNESCO

*"Helps young people deal with conflict and violence by describing practical skills for peace." --Holistic Education Review

*"I realize Why Is Everybody Always Picking On Me? urgency for every child and adult . . . My daughter couldn't stop reading it!"
--Marina Dubrovskaya, Assistant Director
Dept. of Sociology, Lenin Library, Moscow, Russia

* "Your book (Why Is Everybody Always Picking On Me?) has really helped me ignore the bullies and in a way stop bullying others." - 4th grader

* Presented the National Conference on Peacemaking & Conflict Resolution

*"The materials were very helpful to the facilitators who conducted the workshop on bullying strategies." - New Jersey State Bar Foundation

* Endorsed by the New York City Board of Education

...To name only a few

I love the stories, which I found very important in praticing the Martial Arts. Young Martial Artists should learn mental self defense as a highest priority.

I love the stories, which I found very important in praticing the Martial Arts. Young Martial Artists should learn mental self defense as a highest priority.

We used these books for a while in our Nevada Schools becaue the business consulting company we had recommended them. They sold pretty well. Then, we actually read them. They are total junk. They teach the kids to flat out lie, over and over again. They teach that you should never stand-up to a bully because you may get beat up. WHAT?! If these are sold to anyone, they shouldn't be sold in martial arts schools. Mayeb dance studios, but not Martial Arts schools.
Absolute crapola!

I do not own this book. However, I DO own the Brushworks DVD and I must say that it's great. It's organized VERY well and really pushes the art ahead. Nothing out there lays it out as well as this. For those that feel the book is lacking, it's probably because learning brushes is MUCH easier seeing it on your TV rather than trying to decipher diagrams. Hope this helps!

Just for the record, the brush sweep should be notated thus: Draw a horizontal line replacing the note head in the E (what would be E if this were bass clef, that is) snare space with a slur to show that brush is not lifted. Two brushes on the snare require alternate stem direction.

Clayton Cameron is an artist with the brushes. After working with his book, you can understand his feeling for this style. The book introduced me to new techniques, and reinforced old ones. He really pulls apart the Legato sweep and works it several ways. I have enjoyed this book. The illustrations are good and the cover painting is tremendous (note the painter's name). A CD backs it all up. If I were Amazon I would sell his signature brushes on the same page as the book because I think they are great also.

I'm rather annoyed to find an advertisement for the author's own brush interpolated into the text. The book's subtitle is ridiculous. The list of "brush rudiments" is very silly. Otherwise this is a fair overview of brush technique, except that the explanation of the "flex roll" is garbled.

I'm not going to adopt Cameron's stirring soup (which he calls "sweeping") notation. It works well enough in the context of a brush instruction book, but I rather doubt it "will become the standard used by...composers", as the back cover blurb claims, at least I hope it won't:

One hand gets a regular note in the snare drum space and the other a regular above the staff in the cymbal space. "Legato sweeping" is shown with ties between the notes, except where ties are really needed, in which case horizontal lines are used instead. It seems to me that if you're going to use horizontal lines here, you'd might as well use them everywhere, for consistency. Horizontal lines are not necessary anywhere, however. Legato can and should be shown in the traditional way. Cameron's main example has four quarter notes, which are supposed to be four separate notes, not the equivalent of one whole note, with ties between them. Instead, he ought to have written a single curved line above all four. Staccato should also be shown in the traditional way, with dots, and so on. If both hands are playing on the same snare drum, both hands should be written in the same space, one with stems going up, the other with stems going down. If the bass drum or the hi-hat foot is playing as well, then the stems-going-down snare hand will be joined to the bass hi-hat pattern.

The real problem for stirring soup notation is that, except for the roll, which has its own notation, drum notation shows accurately where a note attacks but does not show where it releases; a note ends whenever it happens to end (unless you choke the cymbal or something), regardless of the notation. Since stirring involves sustained notes directly controlled by the drummer, using the same notation for it is inconsistent and potentially confusing. Stirring notation needs to use a different kind of note head--or something.

Natural Enemies is about environmental terrorism and manipulation. Almost every character in the book is a victim of some kind. All are struggling to find a way out but none of them can succeed without leaning on others for help. There's a interesting parallel between the dependency of human lives and the lives of the elephants Cameron portrays. It is possible to read the book superficially, just for the action, but there are also profound undertones.

I read it in one go. Couldn't put it down. The character of Silvia was really well done. She has done really terrible things but you still feel sympathy for her. The elephant descriptions are very powerful. The whole book is fast moving. You never know what is coming next.

Natural Enemies provides a dramatic portrait of elephant life, behaviour and communication in the context of a fast-paced action thriller. The writing is vivid, conjuring strong images of Africa. "The wind blew across the Amboseli Pan drawing up small twisters of white dust that the Masai call "women's tempers" because they flare up out of nothing so easily..." The characters are powerfully drawn, especially the assassin Silvia and the Kikuyu detective Wangai. "Natural Enemies" won a Turner Tomorrow Award (judges included Nadine Gordimer, Wallace Stegner, William Styron, Ray Bradbury, Carlos Fuentes, Peter Mathiesson among others.) It also won the Edward Abbey Award for Eco-Fiction. I recommend it to anyone who loves elephants AND a good book.

Previous to reading the novel Natural Enemies by Sara Cameron, I did a little research on the author. It came to my attention that previous to writing this novel she had conducted research on the Amboseli Elephants with the Amboseli Elephant project. I for one believe, that because of this, the novel could have been and should have been, written in a new light. Not the negative light, that outsiders observe. Cameron only focused on the negative of the ivory trade. When infact there are some positive things and progresses that are being made. Another bothersome quality about Cameron is the simplicity in her use of words. A novel of this caliber should challenge the mind, and send the reader running for his dictionary. Her writing style is that of a fourth grader. There is no order to it what so ever. I suppose this is why some regard her as a great novelist. I would not reccomend this book to someone who is looking to expand his or her horizons.

See what goes on in the life of Keiichi Morisoto and the goddess sisters in between their regular adventures. As some of you may know, this was turned into an anime series that spans over four DVDs.

There are some simularities and some differences between the anime and the manga "Mini-Goddess" stories. The tone of both versions of Mini-Goddess is solely wacky comedy without the drama. They are a series of very short stories, (the manga stories are about a page long consisting of four panels each, with a few multi-part stories, the anime stories are each five and a half minutes, with a few multi-part stories.) The primary focus of the manga and anime Mini-Goddess is on Urd, much more so than on Skuld or Belldandy, (or Keiichi,) and it has the goddess sisters speaking to and interacting with house hold rodents. A few manga stories made it directly to the anime-Urd baby sits rat children, Urd plays fortune teller to help a rat find his significant other, Urd and Skuld play base ball and each sub-divide herself to form a team, the goddesses and a rat form a rock n' roll band.

Now for the differences. In the anime, there is one rat in particular named Gan who is also at the center of things, while in the manga most of the rats don't have a name so we can't tell if it's the same one in most of the stories or not. Keiichi makes an appearence in some of the manga stories, while in the anime he is only heard breifly in about three episodes, and is never actually seen. And except for the specific episodes mentioned earlier, none of the manga stories made it to the anime, all the other anime Mini-Goddess stories were made origonally for the anime. There is alot more breaking of the fourth wall in the anime, and a few Urusei Yatsura-type episodes that end with a major problem that is never resolved, only forgotten. (In the last anime episode with Gabira, the Godzilla-type monster that Gan turns into, he and a mechanized robot rat are drinking sake, and we never see him turn back to normal.)

But anyway, this is a good investment if you like OH, MY GODDESS! and you don't mind reading stories where they aren't facing any terrible crisis or going through character-developing experiences, but are good just for light entertainment and some good laughs.

As an earlier reviewer said this is for hardcore goddess fans only, and being one of those thsi book appeals to me. The humor is quite strange. We rarely see Keiichi or Belldandy. Urd and Skuld are the main characters as well as a rat nicknamed Gan-chan. The reader is expoused to goddess volley ball and baseball games. the two teams are made up of divided Skulds and Urds. We also get to see what happens when Urd divides too much. Fun stuff, but only for a mega fan of the series.

a very thin graphic novel that will appeal only to the hard core goddess fan. the humour is pretty weird at times and the stories are of the short 3 panel variety. skip this book and focus on the manga series (unless of course you already have those and have spare cash laying around)

This book contains a number of four-panel cartoon strips which feature the cast of the regular Oh My Goddess! series except that the goddess are are now approximatly the same size as rats. They prance through the book in their mini state interacting with crickets, slugs, and rats. While it's all very cute I won't reccomend it to anyone who isn't all ready a pretty big fan of Oh My Goddess! because it doesn't really make sense unless you're all ready familar with the characters. It doesn't really have a plot, but that's the way it's intended to be. Cute, funny, and short. And it has succeeded admirably.

I have to state that this is one of the worse books I have read about Optical Technology. Normally I find some saving grace within books but this one shows that the Author was clueless about the technology and when provided information did not know how to adequately put it into context. After forcing myself to read the entire book (looking for something accurate) I have to agree with the principal in the Adam Sandler's movie "Billy Madison" everyone who reads this book, is just a little bit dumber in Optical Networking because they read it.

As a professional working on the non-technical side of the fiber optics business, I found this guide very accessible and helpful. The book gives a practical, non-technical breakdown of optical networks. The technology tutorials on optical components, network architectures, and installation issues provided a good overview without being overly detailed. A great book for anyone selling, manufacturing or installing fiber optics.

Debra Cameron gives us a nice snapshot of the state of the art in "Optical Networking". It's a quick primer for the IT manager, telecom sales agent, networking students and anyone else who needs to know what's going on in the fast moving world of fiber optics.

What I like best about this book is how it covers the gamut of optical networking topics from what is driving the need for bandwidth to advantages and disadvantages of various protocols, to discussion of the carriers that are in this business. There's even a section on fiber to the home (FTTH), a long promised and slowly emerging technology that could truly change the way telephone, Internet and even movies are delivered to consumers.

So, do you know where fiber makes more sense than wireless or satellite transmission? You will when you've read chapter 1. How about the difference between ATM, SONET, Ethernet and MPLS? Are your eyes beginning to glaze over? You'll want this book. In the length of a paragraph or so you'll see why you'd want ATM for its quality of service. You'll understand why fiber is the only sensible option for Gigabit Ethernet. You'll even develop a general knowledge of network protocol stacks. Yes, protocol stacks! If you've found yourself buried up to your eyeballs after a few pages of a typical fiber optic design book, you'll find this treatment pleasantly straightforward.

Other technical topics made simple include Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) vs Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM), signal regeneration, Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers, network topology, and SONET.

"Optical Networking" is also a strategy book. You get a feel for who's who in the optical networking marketplace. There are discussions about owning your own fiber and leasing dark fiber. One entire chapter is devoted to "Optical Networking and Urban Planning." For IT managers, engineers and business people, the chapter on "Optical Networking and the Corporate Network" is particularly valuable.

At last, there is no need to be intimidated by fiber optic networks. By the end of this book, you'll know enough to determine if optical networking has a place in your computer and telecommunications planning. You'll also be able to speak the language and ask the right questions of vendors selling routers, VoIP solutions, WAN line services, and other elements of your IT strategy. Dark fiber may become a part of your plan, but there is no reason for YOU to stay in the dark about fiber optic networking.

I appreciated this book because it provides useful information that I can use to evaluate questions that my business deals with everyday. The case studies discuss real-world practical and cost benefits gained by installing fiber over other last mile solutions (like DSL, fixed wireless, and cable). It also provides insights into the most promising uses for optical networks, such as municiple fiber, converged telecom networks, fiber to the home, and enterprise networks. A must for understanding fiber optics today.

More than anything, this brought to mind Maupin's "Tales of the City", both in style and subject. A simple, easy, engaging story told about the curious, tedious, bizarre life of a San Franciscan in the 1950s. A glorious read, particularly for City folk, but with an ending meant to tempt you into the sequel which instead leaves it feeling unfinished.

I found that Ms Johnson is a realistic story teller, telling it the way it was for women on their own in the fifties. Many women can relate to her story. Some know the story first hand and others wish that their younger days were that exciting.

I found this book to be well written and I couldn't put it down, I cant wait to buy her other books that are coming out. i would recommend this book to anyone,

Seeking the Forbidden is a well written account of young women coming of age in the 50's. The stories are believable, humorous and nostalgic for readers who lived during those years.

The refreshing aspect of Pheather Johnson's style is her knack to touch on "forbidden" subjects with a subtle breakthrough of a prim manner. It's so "fifties"...and a joy to read!

The only drawback to the book are multiple typos and slipshod editing for incorrect spelling and grammar. Toward the end of the book, errors increased. Hopefully with her next book, the publishers/editors will be more careful to present a top quality product. This writer's talent deserves a more polished look!

I look forward to more and more from Pheather Johnson!

A fire demon starts a cult to do his dirty work for him, he gives people what they want, but forces them to choose a mark for him to take the life of.

Doyle literally runs into a girl that is involved, and a vision has shown him more. A friend of Detective Kate Lockely is trying on the investigation thing to hide her involvement.

Fun scene at the end, with Angel Investigations and a bunch of fire extinguishers directed demonside : "Now I know what a Ghostbuster feels like," Cordelia said.

this book is really good .it explains what l.a. is like to people who have never been there. it tellls you to not get in a cult or something you don't know about very well.

Just in time to cure Buffy-verse withdrawal, a new Angel story has arrived. Cameron Dokey, who is a prolific author with several Buffy tales, has managed to find another twist on Angel's find demon/kill demon plot line. This time Doyle gets a staring, if somewhat embarrassing, part and we find that Angel's half demon assistant is much more than the frequent victim of Cordelia's acid tongue.

Doyle has a major vision in the middle of his nightly beer run. One that starts out inside the head of a woman who is being burnt to a crisp and ends up with an image of a mysterious spinning coin. Badly shaken up, he is aided by Terri Miller a young woman who is trying to live in Los Angeles. In short order Doyle has offended Terri and run out trying to find Angel. Upset by Doyle and her own poor luck Terri leaves the store to encounter Andy, a young man who seems to have everything figured out. No surprise, Andy offers to help Terri out, getting the major subplot underway.

When Doyle reaches Angel, they are puzzled by the parameters of a vision that offers so little help. They already know they have a problem with something that likes to burn people up, since the police are desperately trying to find a serial killer that everyone is calling the Krispy Kritter. But when they get to the site of that night's Kritter killing they find no new evidence. While Detective Kate Lockley is not assigned to this case, Angel notices that she is haunting the scene.

Kate is involved because a close friend, Dierdre Arensen, has lost her father to the Kritter. Dierdre is so frustrated with the LAPD's lack of progress that Kate finally decides to take the psychologist to see Angel. In the meantime Terri is inducted in the Illuminati, moves in next to Cordelia and literally drops one of the mysterious coins in Cordelia's lap. By the time Dierdre is explaining to Angel that she believes her father was killed by a cult, he already knows that he is chasing Feutoch, a demon who makes a practice of offering to fulfill wishes in return for souls to toast. The coin is the mark whereby the demon finds his victims. Their only hope for information is Terri, who Doyle is assigned to follow and befriend. This turns out to be an assignment that is seriously beyond Doyle's somewhat primitive social skills.

The rest of the novel is predictable, if well told. The painfully inept Doyle manages to avoid being totally comic, and the overall result is entertaining. Dokey has a somewhat hardboiled style which is a bit alarming at first, but then becomes quite refreshing. I have to confess that I am getting a bit tired of 'early' Angel novels. It is getting harder and harder to accept stories that are years behind the show. It would be nice if Twentieth Century Fox would open up a little bit and allow the stories to be more contemporary. Otherwise we are stuck with well-written, new old fiction. Which eventually wears thin.

The story was interesting, eventhough I thought the character "Angel" was written a little different than usual. He was kind of indifferent towards Doyle and Cordelia, close to being rude. That's not the "Angel" I've come to know. Great novel for fans of "Doyle". Not the best of the novels I've read so far, but still interesting enough to hold your attention, especially if you're a fan of the TV show.

I really think that Cameron would be better of writing romantic story... The basis of the story is excellent with a little imagination and reality mixed together and ending with a scare. This story is almost similar to the Mystery Date: Heart's Desire. Pendants both used and villians after it...

I really think that Cameron would be better of writing romantic story... The basis of the story is excellent with a little imagination and reality mixed together and ending with a scare. This story is almost similar to the Mystery Date: Heart's Desire. Pendants both used and villians after it...

This was a pretty cool book, although as I said before, the plot was more suited to a fantasy than a horror story. The main character, Gina, didn't seem too wise, either - her little sister, who was six, was smarter. However, it was still an enjoyable read.

The book really drew me into itself. I thought it was a great book. The magic and the story line fit together well enough to produce a wonderful book. I have read it many times. Besides, Ian sounds hot. :)

Having read the first two Mushroom Planet books in third grade, I was very eager to read this final part of the adventures. I vaguely remember that the book dealt with the king of the Mushroom Planet coming to earth and finding descendants of the planet there, I also seem to recall that Mr. Bass is one, but I wouldn't swear to it. However, the chief thought that comes to my mind when I think of this book is how different it was from the former books of the series. The tone was utterly different-heavy and dark, and I remember that the ending was almost grotesque in its flavor. I wouldn't recommend this for young children - they'll probably find it very weird, but for fans of the series, you'll find a different, twisted look at the Mushroom Planet and its inhabitants.

I used to hate reading and would not ever in my wildest dreams ever read a book untill i went to the library. My dad and I were looking at book titles when he came across a funny picture. He showed it to me and I to his suprise and my own asked if i could get it out. He was thrilled that i would want to read the book. after I read the first book I wanted to read more. and when I ran out of books and the sequence was over and there were no more books I became enraged and wanted more and now for two years I have waited to buy the series the whole time my parents doubting that I would ever find it but here it is at Amazon. com right in front of my eyes. you should read it as well and you will be surpised at how interesting it is!

I loved the Mushroom Planet books but my memories of this one are entirely different. I haven't read it since I was a kid but it has probably shaped my fascination for weird fiction, of stories about what might happen in parallel to the familiar world we know about. I remember being very frightened and horrified even -- I was a timid child! -- but there was also an undeniable attraction to the "dark side," which I found unexpectedly in the familiar characters.

This book was definitely different in tone from the rest of the series. The premise is that the inhabitants of the Mushroom Planet are related to today's Welsh, and the boys and Mr. Bass are caught up in a mystery involving the hidden grave of Arthur and Guinevere and the evil forces which caused his overthrow. The final scene in Wales is utterly chilling and still sends shivers down my spine. If you can accept the rather silly premise at face value, you have a dark and thrilling read ahead of you. Very enjoyable for those who like a little mystery to deepen their light fantasy reading.

this book is great and easy for me to explain to my child why we practice buddhism and she gets idea on how buddhism is and respect it

The book includes 13 Zen parables and folktales from Japan, India, China, Tibet and Burma. It is interesting but the length and complexity vary a lot from story to story. Smaller children (4-6 years old) may be ready for the shorter ones while this book needs more illustration to attract their attention. A good book overall.

I got this for my 4 year old daughter. I would suggest waiting a year or two longer. Some of the stories are long and overly complex and minimally illustrated. The short ones are often hard to interpret to a young child (the story of the two monks carrying the young woman across the water for example, my child is a little young to get much out of a story who's moral is something along the lines of 'obey the spirit of the rule, not the rule').

This is a great book for children and adults! The stories are well written and well illustrated - I bought it for a child but kept it for myself! Buy it - the stories are very meaningful .......