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A tale of simple believing and self forgiveness. By letting go of the anger, including the ego and pride, Eagle Boy coupled the powerful believing in friendships and trusting in the inner spirit within all true hearts, a transformation of healing can take place in our inner mind and body, within our families, whithin our communities, within the nation and around the world. Imagine and conceive the resulting peace that cannot be robbed from us, no matter the events of the world. Great retelling of this legend, that combines the best in many cultures and beliefs. Perfect for these very times.

Sharing, kindness and friendship are the main themes in this wonderful Native American folktale. Readers will become aware of the true bonds that can develop between humans and animals. That is an invaluable lesson that will help deepen appreciation for nature.

"Eagle Boy: A Pacific Northwest Native Tale" is retold by Richard Lee Vaughan with illustrations by Lee Christiansen. Together they tell the story of a Native American boy called Eagle Boy by the people of his village. Eagle Boy is scolded by the villagers because he shares his food with the eagles. But when his village faces a food shortage, Eagle Boy's kinship with the winged predators becomes important for everybody.

"Eagle Boy" is a story of ostracism, love, magical transformation, and a mystical human-animal connection. Eagle Boy is a memorable hero. The illustrations are truly marvelous: they are rich with warm colors, and make dramatic use of light and shadow. The book opens with a stunning picture of eagles fishing by the seashore, and contains many other great images. Recommended.

'East of Midnight' is quite an underestimated book, but when I first saw it on my cousin's bookshelf I knew it was special. It presents concepts and ideas little thought of in any time or place, even fancifully, and in a manner which draws you in with the reality of it all. Beautifully contrived with a flowing plotline, 'East of Midnight' is a book you'll want to read from start to finish. I was, in fact, nearly run over by a car at the airport in a rather stupid attempt to cross the street with my head buried in the book. Be careful not to let this happen to you, as anyone who reads it is liable to fall under the book's woven word tapestry of a spell and do some fairly unintelligent things with their head stuck in the clouds. The concepts in the book are thoughtful and mature, but the book itself is an easy read. I recommend this book to anyone.

I love this book, and have read it several times. It is about two worlds, one of them ours, in the days of slaves. The other a world where women are dominant. It flicks back and forth between the two. It was an incredible read, I thoroughly recommend reading it if you can get your hands on a copy. I think Tanith Lee is a great childrens writer.

Tanith Lee once again proves herself a master of Young Adult fantasy with this wonderful (but apparently little known) story of the battle of the sexes. Set in a gloriously created world where women ride horned lions and rule over mankind, "East of Midnight" is a book that is easy to read, yet raises a range of questions on the differences between man and woman and the way in which we interact with each other.

At the beginning of the story, Lee herself writes where the inspiration for it came from: "Old legends have it, before men were kings, women ruled large areas of the world. They were as powerful and ruthless as any of the man-ruled states which came after. Indeed, the harshness of men towards women in many early societies was, they said, due to the cruelty the female societies - matriarchies - had already displayed toward men.

"And so what happens if a young man from a male-dominanted world gets thrown into a world of matriarchy? Fascinated by this thought, I set out to explore the whole thing in this novel."

Dekteon is a young runaway slave who is miraculously saved from his former master when he's transported into another world by the magician Zaister. But things are not quite as simple as that. Zaister is the husband and consort of King Izvire - the stunning woman who rules over a matriarchal city. Every five years she takes a new husband - because the former one must be sacrificed in order to ensure the natural balance of the world.

Zaister has long plotted his escape, and his rescue of Dekteon (who is his double in another world) was merely so the two could switch places. Now whilst Zaister finds that freedom in Dekteon's world is not all it's cracked up to be, Dekteon finds himself amongst the beauty of Zaister's world with only a month left to live before he's sacrificed.

But Dekteon does not have the same fear of women ingrained in him that the rest of the men of this world do, and begins a campaign against them that no once else would dare. Up against Izvire, his mother-in-law Kyrast and his daughter Vesain, Dekteon attempts to escape his death-sentence and stop the needless deaths of the king's consorts.

The story races along on every page, being continually colourful, fascinating, exciting and nerve-wracking as the countdown to Dekteon's death creeps closer. Lee not only vividly describes the matriarchal world where women are dominant and men subservient, but takes a deeper look at what makes these opposing genders tick. Far from taking the women's side, Lee portrays them as hard, merciless and sexist rulers, who nevertheless feel true remorse and loneliness when their husbands are killed. There are no true good-guys or bad-guys here.

The men Dekteon and Zaister are our main protagonists, and have very different views on women and how they are to be treated by them. Though by the end of the story Zaister gets away with far more than he rightfully deserves, together their attitudes form an insightful way of looking at the world and the roles of men and women.

"East of Midnight" is a rich, exciting, poignant read that deserves more recognition than it appears to have. With strong and realistic characters, a beautiful visual landscape and a problematic situation that can be overcome only by the two sexes working together, this is in every particular a great book.

After reading this book, I now look at global catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina in a whole new light. This book uses novels like "White Noise," TV shows like "Twin Peaks," and even video games to help foster awareness of our ongoing and impending ecological crises.

Sometimes scholarly but definitely accessible.

Brian Becker
TRUTH UNVARNISHED LACQUERED UP SHINY--host, producer

Ecosublime: Environmental Awe And Terror From New World To Oddworld by Lee Rozelle (Assistant Professor of English at the University of Montevallo) offers an expansive and impressive variety of literature and cultural artifacts, drawing from nineteenth-century, modern, postmodern, and millennial texts in their portrayal of the ecological progression and digression of America. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Ecosublime explores the endlessly intricate detailing of the conceptual ideals of modernists and presented philosophies ranging from Edgar Allen Poe, to William Carlos Williamson, Charles W. Chesnutt and a great many others. Ecosublime is very highly recommended reading (especially for non-specialist general readers) for its progressive, interpretive perspective of environmentally relevant commentary.

Let's start with the author, one of America's premier eco-literary critics, Dr. Lee Rozelle. He is a professor at the University of Montevallo, a small state-funded liberal arts school in central Alabama. His essays have been published widely. One chapter of the book, for example, was presented at the Sorbonne in France. Unfortunately, many Americans will need to be reminded that France is in Europe. Rozelle is a young scholar, a recent Ph.D. graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. I might add that this book solidifies Rozelle as one of the luminaries in USM's century-long history.

The book. Its seven chapters highlight the ecocritical aspects of influential works of American literature. Some of the chapters include cutting-edge readings of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Chestnutt, T.S. Eliot, Wendell Berry (God bless him!), Don DeLillo, and Edward Abbey, among others.

One needs to read this book in the context of today's deadly human illness called terrorism, both terrorism against nature and persons. This is a seminal work related to the terrorist spirit in literature. How and why it has developed. The reader must not miss this. The book is about how we got here to the year 2006, from the rational to the absurd, and how the environment is at the crux of the experiment in human understanding of the outside world.

Ecosublime is intended for a learned audience. I challenge you to tackle it. The book is far deeper than it is wide, and it is not a comprehensive look at "green writing." It is a brave reading of key texts.

For other significant works in the field, see Ecocriticism (Greg Garrard), The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology (Cheryll Glotfelty et al), The Green Studies Reader (Laurence Coupe), and The Isle Reader: Ecocriticism, 1993-2003 (Branch and Slovic).


Reviewed by Dayne Sherman,
Author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise: A Novel

I loved this book. At first I didn't think I would be very interested because it takes place in the past but I became fascinated by the way people lived back then. It amazes me how simple everything was. I really liked how everything was written and described perfectly. I could picture everything that was happening.

I first read this book about thirty years ago. It delighted and amazed me then and does so even more now. It is beautifully written and drew me in right from the first words.

Here's how it starts: "I was set down from the carrier's cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began. The June grass, amongst which I stood, was taller than I was, and I wept. I had never been so close to grass before. It towered above me and all around me, each blade tattooed with tiger skins of sunlight. It was knife-edged, dark and a wicked green, thick as a forest and alive with grasshoppers that chirped and chattered and leapt through the air like monkeys."

A paragraph later the author says, "For the first time in my life I was out of sight of humans." Consider that for a moment. To me, at least, it signals a very different sort of childhood from mine, or any that I know of. I had spent considerable time "out of sight of humans" long before I was three - that's how most children are raised now.

To me, this is what was facinating about this book - that it shows a way of life, a way of being, that I could not even guess at otherwise. Laurie Lee's village had a social coherence that is gone. Today's familiar sense of individuality and independance is not there. And this despite the fact that the folks of Lee's village were far more individual, eccentric, and just plain flavorful than people are in our homogenized culture. Not that Lee speaks of this directly. Rather, in scene after scene, he carries his readers into it. The equally beautiful "Lost Country Life" tells a very similar story from an objective view, describing how people lived, their tools, their customs. But Lee tells it from the inside - the reader comes to feel what this sort of childhood was like.

This version is the American edition of "Cider with Rosie." You will also find some good reviews under that title.

I checked this book out of my public library thinking it was a collection of stories in addition to "Cider with Rosie". It is not.

According to the book itself, "The Edge of Day" is the title for the first American edition of "Cider with Rosie". The only glaring difference between "Cider" and "Edge" is that in "Edge" Mr. Lee names his brothers and sisters in his dedication, while in "Cider" he simply writes "to my brothers and sisters the whole and the half".

For a broad business overview of e-Business technology, this is one of the finest books on the market. The authors effectively present the rationale for electronic commerce, along with both the business and technology foundations. Highly accurate and well presented.

This may be a college textbook but the information inside was extremely valuable in the emerging Ecommerce world! I found myself going to alot of the web sites it has listed in the book and none of it was out of date.

Managerial Orientation
Interdisciplinary Approach
Real-World Orientation
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As both an attorney and a father of two sons, I know that this story is true. Every day in this country, some judges are taking kids away from dads. In a custody battle, a kid can become, literally, a prisoner of war. This dad refused to give up, refused to accept what the legal system had done. Even the Marines have never done a better rescue operation.

Lee Travis cast his Father-Son story as a novel, but it is based on Lee's own experience. A mother's family tries to keep a father away from his son after the long-divorced mother dies, perpetuating the harm done by the mother's campaign of alienation before her death.

Lee Travis cast his Father-Son story as a novel, but it is based on Lee's own experience. A mother's family tries to keep a father away from his son after the long-divorced mother dies, perpetuating the harm done by the mother's campaign of alienation before her death. EN

In a very balanced way, between the " conaissance" and the simple language, it is a very good book. Most of the conseils and description of the beers of the world are correct. The others i'll try!

Turns a novice beer drinker (me) into a beer connoisseur! I consulted the guide before my last vacation and ended up at a great new brewery in my home town. It'll be a great holiday gift for my beer-guzzling friends!

Great book! Fascinating historical anecdotes, extensive descriptions of various craft-breweries and beers, and terrific photographs make for a fun and informative book. This is a must-read for anyone with a strong interest in beer...interest beyond gargantuan plastic mugs and flaccid, aluminum-flavored, fraternity party kegs of 'weak-weiser'!

I had the pleasure of buying this amazing book. It is very entertaining in the fact that you are able to see inside the minds and worlds of the characters, instead of the stuffy textbooks that readers are usually subjected to. Lee Coburn is easily related to, and lets the reader put themselves in his place, as well as learn the history of this nation. I would recommend this title to anyone, whether they be a teenager reading a book for school or anyone just looking for a good experience. Credits to you, Mr. Head! You have truly treated us to a masterpiece.

Escape to Hope by Lee Head arrived two days ago. When I first saw the book, I was intrigued by the cover and synopsis. I read it through that evening. The book grabs the reader's attention with the first paragraph and tells a remarkable story so tightly woven that one finds it difficult to put it down. It tells the story of a Civil War veteran who is caught up in a drama that is true to life. The author demonstrates a history of the west that enhances the story line. From a knowledge of the Civil War (or the War Between the States as some prefer to call the conflict) to Jesse James to the plight of the Native American, the author nails it! I found myself wishing I were there helping him fight his battle to clear his name. His tender heart has become so bruised by the injustices he encounters that he must take the offensive to just survive. And survive he does and in the end meets his soul mate in the person of White Dove and the couple leave together to find their "escape to hope." A sequel is definitely indicated and I trust the author is working on it now. I want to know what happens to White Dove and Lee Coburn. The book is definitely movie material!

The old saying goes, "you can't judge a book by its cover." Well, I really liked the cover and the title "Escape to Hope." I pulled an ace off the top of the deck this time. I read half of it the first night and believe me I hated to put it down to go to bed. When it comes to reading I am the "get-er-done" type. I don't appreciate a story when the author goes off on a tangent to create some filler or to satisfy his own ego. Believe me this book will entertain one from cover to cover. Lee Couburn was a veteran of the War Between The States. After the war and tired of fighting he wanted to go west to find some land to settle on. On his way through Missouri he was arrested and railroaded by an unscrupulous Sheriff and cohorts. He was jailed for cattle rustling. Miraculously he escaped but had to steal a horse to keep from being hanged. From then on he was a wanted man. He was forever dogged by posse after posse. Lee was basically a very honest man but the practices of unscrupulous lawmen had made him bitter and he sought revenge and finally got it. In his travels he befriended some Indians and fell in love with a young maiden "White Dove." Lee decided to move farther west to Montana territory to be safe from the law. He was last seen with White Dove, riding off into the sunset.

This collection of Booth cartoons is brilliant and off the wall. There is no end to the "windmills of his mind". I bought two copies to share with my similarly weird friends and may buy more. This man knows cats and a whole lot about the world that I've always wondered about. Keep on truckin' Mrs. Ritterhouse!

I am a Booth FREAK. His hyper-detailed observations of "nothing" and "new yorkers" obviously influenced the sitcom "Seinfeld."

Also, anyone who loves animals to an almost "nutty" degree will appreciate the emotional dependence depicted in these little (cracked) windows on life.

Another book with humorous cats worth having is Henry Beard's "French For Cats;" Booth would approve!

Lee Lorenz has indeed captured the essential George Booth. Not only has he given Booth's adoring fans a beautiful collection of his work, he introduces us to the sources of his brilliance - his smart, talented, humorous, proudly individualistic parents - and he spices the book with just the right number and types of Boothianic stories to make us yearn for more. This is a rare find.

This book does a good job of contextualizing the Passion movie. Experiencing the Passion of Jesus explains how the Word of God explains that we should respond to Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. I recommend this book for Christians and non-Christians alike. As an addition to reading this book, I srongly recommend that you read C.J. Mahaney's book, The Cross-Centered Life (ISBN: 1590520459).

This booklet; Experiencing The Passion Of Jesus is a great little study guide on the Passion of Jesus Christ. With Mel Gibson's Movie, The Passion of The Chris,t Doing So well, this is a great study guide for all who have seen the movie; and more a great study guide for anyone even if they have not seen the Movie. Its very much a biblical based study and is totally sound. It would be great for non Christians to explain why Christ had to die; for New Christians to gain a better understanding of there religion; and even for mature Christians, to refresh our beliefs, and to be able to express our beliefs to seekers.

...Life just hands you more questions! This helpful discussion guide addresses many of those questions that seemed to come up after having seen the Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of the Christ". In particular, the discussion on "Who killed Jesus?" is particularly relevant in light of the current controversy over concerns about anti-semitism. The other discussions like, "Why Did Jesus Have to Suffer and Die?" and "What Did the Resurrection Accomplish?" were all extremely thought-provoking. This book DOES give information about what the bible has to say on each issue, but it is not a book that preaches at you, as it is a book that invites relevant discussion. It would be great to use at neighborhood book groups or family gatherings!