Meyer Books

A wonderful book....familiar recipes from my childhood written down. These "Germans in Hungary" have a wonderful history and culture which I have only lately come to fully understand and appreciate. This book is a special treasure from "the Old Country" and I am so happy June Meyer wrote it and shared it!

The recipes in this cookbook take me back to the days of my grandmother's country kitchen, the smells & flavor's of her Hungarian cooking. She came to the USA from Hungary as a young bride. I can remember her dishes were full of flavor and prepared farm fresh. When we would ask for a recipe she would answer with a a few of those and a bit of that. Nothing was written down. This cookbook is a welcomed addition to my collection. The recipes are authentic and taste as I remember them as a young boy spending my summers on the farm.

I do not like cooking but I like food. Though I am not Hungarian, this cookbook offers recipes for the dishes I grew up with in the Balkans. I am proud of myself now :) I can actually make a delicious meal. June Meyer you're a blessing!!!!!!! My kids are getting good food now.

I admire the respect and curiosity for Hungarian cuisine because it is fantastic. It's a nice try to explore other nations' heritage, but when you write a book about it, make sure that the facts are right. I was born in Hungary, and I've lived there for 20 years, so I know how most of the dishes in this book taste like and what goes in them. Some ingredients are missing from the recipes and the recipes included are just scratching the surface of Hungarian cuisine. Sticking the "Authentic" in front of everything won't actually make it authentic! I had fun reading the Hungarian names of dishes. The spelling is way off! All in all my advice would be: if you are looking for a GOOD Hungarian cookbook, look for a Hungarian author...

The recipes in here are delicious thus far. They consist of simple ingredients and teh instructions also contain tips to ensure it comes out great. The binding is cheap and I am concerned the pages will not hold up in the kitchen.

Although the 1919 Series is in the title, the book goes beyond that, so if you're a curious baseball fan this book might have more than you are game for. Pietrusza seems to know his New York criminal element of the era, and the books travels down spokes out from the Rothstein hub into these areas, which certainly helps to put Rothstein into perspective, at least from a "buisness" standpoint.

I have uncovered additional info about Rothstein's personality with simple google searches, and in other books; the sources seeming to be reliable. Presuming these are accurate, they do help to supplement what we learn about Rothstein here. That's no big criticism, but the book left me with some unanswered questions about Rothstein's personality -- answers that might or might not be difficult to answer.

Rothstein was not a well-kept secret, even in his era, and there seems to have been enough written about him that I would think it might not be difficult for an author to give us more about his personality. This author choose to focus on dozens of peripheral characters, and if you're a history fan that proves to be illiuminating, but does not always illuminate Rothstein, just places him in a context. Still, readers can argue the "business" of Rothstein and his fellow criminals is the compelling part of his personality, and speaks volumes itself.

A glimpse into history and a ruthless time in America. Not only a good baseball story but a great read for anyone wanting to learn more about the time period.

Without trying to repeat what has already been said, A.R. comes alive in reading this book. He really didn't have many friends, just business associates. His life was all business and that business was making money! He was the ultimate gambler seeing an opening and taking it (no matter who you were - family, friend or foe). A.R. was involved in all types of scams, legitimate and illegal, for the sole purpose of turning a profit. After reading this book - you also find out a few undesirable traits about A.R. such as him being a welsher, and not paying debts on time. He wasn't the most honorable among thieves. This was an interesting characteristic of the book for it isn't one-sided. It gives you the facts about A.R. whether good or bad. This book paints a true portrait of the extent of vice which involved politicians, mobsters, athletes, policemen and of course actors and actresses. There is extensive research with regard to who killed A. R. I found this part of the book to be very interesting to see all the facts and the "behind the scenes" work unravel. It reveals the motives: the who, what, when, where, why and how. The last chapter keeps you very motivated and wanting for more. There were some great quotes from some old timers and I think one can learn a few things from reading this book. The book is recommended to other readers.

Tackling the biography is Arnold Rothstein is not like undertaking to deal with the life of most equally known men of even the same time. Rothstein was covered, as can be seen in the bibliography, in hundreds if not thousands of articles of the time in newspapers, magazines, books, and legends. The problem is not lack of words written, but lack of actual knowledge of the subject. Simply put, much of what has been written is legendary, apocryphal, repetitive, speculative or downright false, and it must have been an overwhelming task to wade through the junk to find the goods. Pietruszka has done as good a job of it as likely can be done at this remove.

Further complicating the task is the personality of the subject, in this case a man who was clearly highly intelligent, charismatic, and industrious, but was missing some kind of chip to his personal makeup that would have made him fully human. Judging from the book, AR loved the multiplication of money in any way possible, judging everything and everyone useful or not useful based strictly upon the expected financial return. Associates passed in and out of his life and he had no compunction about lying to them or ripping them off or leaving them hanging out to dry, to take whatever heat might come down in his wake, and he'd pick them back up again if there was money to be made with no personal feelings entering into it. It must have been hard to resist his charismatic pull, but harder to actually like the man.

Before reading this book I had known a little about Rothstein, mostly from the gambling/World Series angle. I had been unaware of his deep involvement in drugs and similar financial adventures. I wonder to what degree some of the crimes ascribed to Rothstein are simply a case of saying that because he was involved in this, with so-and-so, he MUST have been involved in that, with so-and-so. Notably, Rothstein's own little black book of records may well have been `edited' by the cops after it was found, and of course the missing sheets are missing. There seems to have been little actual written proof of much of anything Rothstein did, and there are so many conflicting stories and points of view it is hard to know the man's actual deeds with any certainty.

Rothstein's relationship with his wife stands in complete contrast: the one person from whom he did not intend to make money he put on such a pedestal that he found himself unable to approach her as a wife, as a woman, and of course this created further suffering.

I think that this man was a very one-sided genius, essentially an amoral machine. Pietruszka has done an excellent job of trying to separate fact from fiction of his fascinating subject.

Author David Peitrusza deserves plenty of kudos for his sweeping biography of Arnold Rothstein, the mad credited for fixing the 1919 World Series. In "Rothstein" we have an overview of the man and his times with perhaps too much of an emphasis on peripheral people and events. The reader will be regaled by stories of turn-of-the-century through prohibition era gamblers and big time criminals. Readers will acquire a greater knowledge of the East Coast underworld and some of the prominent figures who walked the line between criminal and legitimate. From casinos, race fixing and high society's degenerate gamblers to crooks both small time and big, "Rothstein" is an excellent account of the times of the famed gambler. Rothstein surely ranks as one of this country's most notorious criminal master minds.
As much as I enjoyed the book I would have liked getting to know the man himself a little better. While readers will enjoy an opportunity to learn what AR, (as Rothstein was sometimes called) did, where and with whom he did it you cannot be sure to understand what made him tick. His childhood and early years are skimmed over while great detail is given his murder and its subsequent investigation. Hopefully someone can come along who will provide a fuller view of Rothstein. For that biographer and anyone interested in a man immortalized by F. Scott Fitzgerald in "The Great Gatsby" Petrusza's book is a must-read. Whatever "Rothstein's faults as a biography, it is still a good read and highly recommended.

Very informative with lots of details and facts, but depressing. Apparently Russ Meyer wasn't a very likeable guy. It does make me want to go back and watch all his films, though, and look out for things not noticed before that are mentioned in the book.

Very slick and professional biography about a one-of-a-kind film-maker. Jimmy McDonough tells in enthusiastic language and with a great research, the life and time of Russ Meyer and the people around him. And of course his movies, and their huge importance, which some people undeniable likes to refuse. But McDonough's arguments are credible and the countless anecdotes he has collected is very enjoyable reading. But mind you, also a pretty sad at times.

I was impressed with the quality of the research that went into this book. Neither a puff-piece nor a hatchet job, this is as solid a bio as we can expect of someone who was as erratic as Meyer. The author was able to move from Meyer's bizarre family of origin through his fixation on World War II, his remarkably limited sexual experience, his almost-impenetrable emotional life, to his final years of dementia. Along the way we get a surprisingly human view of many of the people he worked with and against.

Those who consider Meyer a pornographer probably will not like this book, but they would probably benefit by reflecting on the war between Meyer and Charles Keating, who, as the author observes, spent years protecting Midwestern Americans from Meyer's movies, while stealing their pension funds.

I found that what worked in McDonough's spectacular biography of filmmaker Andy Milligan (THE GHASTLY ONE) is exactly what doesn't work here. What McDonough does so well on Milligan's behalf, for example, the careful and painstaking description of films that are often difficult to come by, and then an analysis of them which shows us why they have a certain value--is nearly missing here entirely. Was there just too much material of all sorts to bother describing films like BLACKSNAKE or UP? I have no idea what the plot of either is, I just get the feeling that McDonough abhors them.

Maybe, like many biographers, he began work on this project admiring the man, and wound up disliking him? The last half of the book is an unadulterated look into a disaster, as Meyer's personal and professional lives come falling apart, accelerated by his dementia and his general greediness and bad manners. Melissa Mounds, a stripper whom Meyer befriended, and Janice Cowart, a bookkeeper who wound up taking over Meyer's affairs, become the villains who provide Meyer with his just deserts.

The experience of reading BIG BOSOMS AND SQUARE JAWS is like stumbling across some unknown masterpiece by Balzac, told in a hipster dialect from the early days of Rolling Stone magazine. It is incredibly affected and annoying, but it must have been fun for the author to write. He's so in the mood that every sentence becomes a little display of hyperbole: "Russ Meyer and Erica Gavin: a clash of wills the likes of which had not been seen since Meyer and Tura Satana locked horns." Like Meyer's huge sadness, Jimmy McDonough has written a book strangely atune with a hateful glamor. Some readers will love it, I wound up admiring it but throwing it in the Bay.

To sum things up, this is a fascinatingly written book about a fascinating topic.... despite its somewhat voluminous 400 or so pages (only a fraction of A CLEAN BREAST of course) I found it impossible to put down in light of the great stories and great writing. Jimmy McDonough proves himself not only a great fan of Meyer, but also one who's learned well from his "fast cut" style of directing... The book reads with the intensity of Meyer as a film director at his best (say Faster Pussycat or Super Vixens.)

At times hillarious, the only sad part is the ending which also offers an explanation to the big question of why Russ's films are so hard to find... and one is left with an ironic impression of his legacy: one in which the general public still wants more, but if the author's (researched) allegations are true may not get to see for a long long time.

Ironically, as I read the final page of the book, I didn't feel it was a final chapter, but was left wanting to know more about a film director with a strange fetish who unintentionally changed the world we live in... and considering Russ's flare for perpetuating his own myth and surrounding himself with some amazing people who's stories have simply yet to be told my hope is that this book is only the begining !

An old puzzle requires connecting a square of dots by drawing three connected straight lines. The simple solution, which most people do not consider, depends on extending one line outside the boundary of the dots. The scientists and physicians described in Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries frequently had the ability to think "outside the box". They looked at the same data as others, but they saw new and important relationships. What impresses the reader is, not the brilliance of many of the discovers, but their ability to recognize the importance of data that most would consider trivial. These great discoverers were often not likable or engaging personalities; their commitment to their field was frequently obsessive; their social relationships stunted and their great discoveries depended, not so much on brilliance, but more on their enduring curiosity. The book makes compelling reading, because it is not only a history of discovery but also of the querky personalities of a number of the discoverers. The authors skillfully draw conclusions from limited historical data.This book has charm. The reader partakes of the naïve thought that just, maybe, if he had been there, he could have made the same discovery but that he probably would not have wanted to socially "pay the price". This book is like a delicious low calorie meal. How often can one learn a great deal about interesting personalities and events and thoroughly enjoy the experience?

In the interest of full disclosure:
I am an undergrad at Stanford enrolled in a seminar co-taught by Dr. Friedland.

The text offers a glimpse of the personalities, missed opportunities, and scientific mistakes that normally go unmentioned in classes or textbooks. It is written in an easy, galloping style that draws on the staggering historical insight Dr. Friedman had as a collector of rare medical texts. Chapter I contains several amazing plates taken from Vesalius's Fabrica (Dr. Friedman apparently owned a copy). It also does a good job of getting rid of any naive conceptions of Science as a constant, selfless, and deliberate stampede of progress. And you can read four centuries of edifying gossip without feeling guilty like you're turning your brain to mush.

Some of the chapters suffer from minor organizational problems. They aren't serious enough to obscure the major points, but may force you to re-read some meandering passages. Better editing by the Yale University Press would have avoided this problem. Absent of organizational issues, this book would deserve 5 stars (whatever that means).

I would recommend the book to anyone interested in the history of science/medicine.

The authors describe details related to the background of what they view as the 10 greatest medical "discoveries", one per chapter. The final chapter explores possible overlapping triggers for innovation among the discoveries:

1. individual or team effort 2. likeability of innovator (most you'd not invite for dinner)
3. funding (individual or government)
4. innovation: planned or sheer luck
5. the role of perseverence, determination and honesty
5... many more

Interesting conclusions emerge that will surprise many. This non-technical book is an easy read for all. It's a delight to discover it's full of useful gems of information, many of which many M.D.'s are not aware of (including 2 or more of the 10 greatest medical discoveries).

Drs. Friedland and Friedman have taken a tremendously complex area of life, medicine and the adventure of discovery, and have made it understandable for the layperson, without making it simplistic. Their book is readable and engaging and takes the non-medical person on the intellectual adventure of exploration. When I read about the discoveries of the past, I could only but imagine the excitement of the medical discoveries of the future. Drs. Friedland and Friedman have opened up new vistas. Thank you!

Though it is an interesting book, I found it to be quite ethnocentric. How can a book that discusses medicine in its totality not mention Avicenna as one of the top 10 discovers. His treatise, Canon of Medicine, was one of the foundations that stimulated the evolution of western medicine. It was one of the standard textbooks of medicine for 7 centerius, including western schools of medicine, and was used till the 1700s. It inlcuded such infomation as:

"Ibn Sina's Qanun contains many of his anatomical findings which are accepted even today. Ibn Sina was the first scientist to describe the minute and graphic description of different parts of the eye, such as conjuctive sclera, cornea, choroid, iris, retina, layer lens, aqueous humour, optic nerve and optic chiasma."

"Ibn Sina condemned conjectures and presumptions in anatomy and called upon physicians and surgeons to base their knowledge on a close study of human body. He observed that Aorta at its origin contains three valves which open when the blood rushes into it from the heart during contraction and closes during relaxation of the heart so that the blood may not be poured back into the heart. He asserts that muscular movements are possible because of the nerves supplied to them, and the perception of pain in the muscles is also due to the nerves."

Or how about this physician:
"Ibn Al-Nafis made major contributions in medicine. His greatest original contribution was the discovery of the blood's circulatory system, which was rediscovered three centuries later. Ibn Al-Nafis was the first to correctly describe the constitution of lungs and gave a description of the Bronchi and the interaction between the human body's vessels for air and blood. Also, he elaborated the function of the coronary arteries as feeding the cardiac muscle. "

If Lydiard is "outdated" as you sugest, then how do you explain this:

Mark Wetmore(Colorado @ Boulder - Buffaloes) uses a slightly modified version of Ludiard's training (so that his athletes are able to peak three times a year). They obviously have had much success.

To those who say his theories are outdated, show me the results where Americans pounding the intervals or following a Daniels type plan are beating those like the Kenyans and the Japanese marathoners and Paula Radcliffe who train much more like Lydiard suggests. It's not a coincidence that Deena Kastor and Meb Keflezighi became the first two Americans to win Olympic marathon medals in 20 years. They are also two of the few Americans who follow a Lydiard-based training philosophy. The Kenyans do not train at LT pace all the time. Anyone who knows how they train knows that they train much like Lydiard suggests.

Yes, his writings are hard to read. He has a great mind when it comes to running technique but not quite so great when it comes to writing style. However, the wealth of wisdom in his writings is worth working yourself through the less than spectacular writing style if you are interested in racing performance.

My first thoughts were - "This is a book?" This is the most unprofessional job I have ever seen. The forward is one the most laughable English translations I have ever seen printed. As for the body of the text, it is clearly a compilation of various things Lydiard wrote over the years. The editors took all this different stuff, threw it together, and called it a book. The end has some charts sitting around with absolutely no explanation. The book repeats itself a lot, and there is a long section written exclusively about rugby. Apparently Lydiard once adapted his training ideas to rugby, and the resulting article was thrown into the book as a "bonus" or something.

That aside, it is fun to read some old Lydiard stuff. This book takes me way back to the glory days of the running boom, to Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers running in their heydays, which is funny since I was born in 1984. Always nice to hear that the reason "the negroid" is beating me is that he can lift his knees while leaning forward. Thousands of people have been trying for years to find out why the East Africans are so dominant, and here Lydiard had it all figured out years ago!

Joking aside, this is a decent book about training. Lydiard is not a proponent of Long Slow Distance. He supports Long Steady Distance. His focus on high mileage and basic speed is key. Many well-informed people believe that if Americans would spend more time developing their aerobic bases and less time on the track doing hard intervals, they would run much faster. I have found this to be true in my own running.

One thing I would have liked is a better description of the hill-bounding exercises. Lydiard mentions that you should do bounding exercises up a hill, but he doesn't go into the detail of exactly what this bounding should look like. That's my only true complaint.

Criticism of Lydiard based on the idea that he recommended "long slow running" indicates that the reviewer didn't actually try paying attention to what Lydiard wrote. If a three-hour marathoner running his Monday ten-miler at 6:30 pace and his Friday 10-miler at 6:15 pace - not even in base phase, this is in conditioning BEFORE you get to base phase - it that is your idea of "slow" distance, then your idea varies greatly from mine. Go back and read what he says comprises "half-effort" - for a 5:00 miler, Lydiard's version of half-effort is 5:16. If you're going to criticize an author, please read the source document.

He's trained 18 olympians, has taken years of physiology, and has been perfecting his programs since the 60's. This is definitely the book to get. I was one of the people who didn't know what the training did, so I got fired up and hammered it every day. Thankfully, I was able to learn about Lydiard and find a real way to train. He explains all of the physiology behind running so you have a revamped knowledge and know what to do instead of training blindly. Definitely a must have.

Sometimes the ingredient lists are a bit daunting,especially if one lives outside of a major metropolitan area, but it's worth the effort. The impressive thing about the recipes included in Union Square Cafe's second cookbook is that the various flavors are distinct while working together. For example, a pasta dish with gorgonzola and fresh corn requires that you simmer the husks in a broth--what an odd notion and what a great result !
I would say that the procedures are straightforward, but time-consuming. These are recipes that you have to plan for; they are not last-minute, just home-from-work desperation dinners. With that in mind, these are tasty, perhaps even mind -(not to say waist-) expanding recipes.

Some of these recipes are a little difficult to follow, but overall this is a good cookbook. The entrees are crowd pleasers at dinner parties!

I just made the Turkey with Apple Cider Gravy. Hands down the best turkey I have ever prepared. All of my dinner guests for Thanksgiving this year commented that it was the best turkey they have ever had. Wow! The turkey was absolutely delicious, succulent, and wonderfully flavored by the complex assortment of ingredients that came about in the brining process and the stuffing and gravy. I used quince for the first time as an ingredient in my cooking.

The book is invitingly presented with it's story line approach through the photographs, sometimes silly. But yes, as another reviewer mentioned there is Jacque Pepin in the black and white photo essay in one chapter looking like he's truly enjoying himself. A great endorsement for this book as I love his cooking and personality as much as I do Julia Child.

I can't wait to try other recipes from this book and soon. I think that this book will become a regular for me to try out new recipes and enhance my own knowledge of my Northern Italian Nona's cooking every day.

Most of what I found true of the first Union Square Café is also true of this sequel. And, the appearance of a sequel justifies the good opinion of the first volume. The new volume continues it's contribution to my Italian repetoire and continues to do it with recipes which are exceptionally well written. The introduction to the new volume makes it clear that many, if not most of the dishes are ... from Italian restaurants and nonas. I like this, if only because I find this much more believable than if the authors took credit for the recipes themselves. I also appreciate the traditional Italian names of the dishes as it makes it easier to compare these recipes with those done by classic Italian food writers such as Marcella Hazan and Lidia Bastianich.

The new volume uses it's photographs to add a rare element of humor to the cookbook. It is great good fun to do some celebrity spotting in the pics and be reassured that if Jacque Pepin takes the trouble to eat there, something good much be going on in the back of the house.

The new volume includes a long Pasta and Risotto chapter. A welcome addition.

On the down side, I find some of the recipes fairly long. Several are probably too much for the casual cook, although I believe some of the length is due to their being very thorough in their explanations.

Since this is a sequel to a well received book, I find the Pantry section to be a waste of space. Many named preparations from the first book are repeated in the second. Since these preparations are also available in hundreds of other books, I think this is blatant padding.

Bottom line is that the book is a worthy continuation to the original.

i LOVED the first Union Square Cookbook, and use its recipes regularly...and i have been SO disappointed with this one...i have not made ANYTHING that i liked from this cookbook...spare yourself

I've read a lot of different types of books: science fiction, fantasy, historical novels, historical nautical adventures, romantic historical novels, big books, small books, classics... These books in the Bloody Jack series have been a joy to read and the first book has been a joy to listen to. I hope they get Katherine Kellgren to read them all. There are some pretty ugly, scary parts, and some use of bad language, but what do you expect from a bunch of sailors? There aren't many strong women in fiction and I hate it when some guy is getting beaten up by a bad guy and his girl just stands back and wrings her hands. That would never be Jacky Faber. I love this character more than any that I've come across yet. Anne of Green Gables, Jo March, Hermione Granger, Elizabeth Bennett, Lucy Pevensie were all great, but Jacky beats them all.

I can't wait for the next book in this series. They are all good but I would read them in order. The Curse of the Blue Tatoo is out in Audio Book and they got Katherine Kellgren to do it too. I am so happy! I got my local librarian so into these books that she managed to get the whole set for our very small local branch. I'm glad they have them, but this series is one I'll have to own both in Audio and hardback.

Happy reading.
L.A.

The debut novel of L.A. Meyer, Bloody Jack is an award-winning audiobook for ages twelve and up about Jacky, a young person hailing from eighteenth-century London who finds a dream job of serving with a crew that pursues pirates. There's just one little problem: Jacky is a girl, and it will take quick thinking to keep her secret hidden from the crew! A rollicking, high-seas adventure, ideal for high school and public library collections, flawlessly narrated by award-winning audio talent Katherine Kellgren. 6 CDs, 8 hours, unabridged.

This is such a great book And Jacky is such a great chartector. She knows what is the limet even with Jaimy. From being a girl on the street to a boy on the ship is such a great thing to acomplish. Expeshily not telling any one for such a long time that you are a girl. The best and surprising thing in the book is how and when Jaky tells Jaimy that she s a girl. Then when the start going out it is just wonderful! Jacky is right to be the smart one in this realashoneship. Then when Jaimy proposes to her with the ring is is so marvales. The one thing that I think is bad is the ending. That is because it just leaves you hanging like that and so that defintly means there has to be another book.

This is a wonderfull book and the first of the Jacky Faber adventures it has a fabulous story line and it makes you laugh and just it brings joy when ever you read it. It has a very interesting main character with spunk and a wonderful persionality. This is a must rad.
It is about a gilr that becomes homeless after her familey dies.She is picked up buy a gang and becomes friend but when the leader is murdered she cant take it any more and she cuts her head and becomes a ship's boy. She had to pretend to be a boy and has a very hard time doing so. It is a funny book and you become all of the characters friends it has such description and detail and emotion it is as if the charactor is actualy writing the book.
There are two other book that I know of that follow this book The curse of the blue tatoo and Under the jolly rodger. also wonderful books.

This Audio CD is utterly fantastic!! I cannot rave about it enough. It is so good, that I am sitting here typing a recommendation, something I have never done for all the thousands of books I have purchased here.

I had already read the novel, and two sequels. I love the books, and I love the character of Jacky Faber. Then, I got this audio book for Christmas as I had just gotten a job which required a 45 minute commute each way, so I thought this would help kill the time. Well, I love this story even more now, having heard Katherine Kellgren's wonderful reading. I swear, you'll think it is Jacky herself telling her story. This actress, and that's what she deserves to be called, really made this story come alive. If there are Oscar's for audio book narrator's, I hope she wins one! Do I sound like I'm gushing? Well, I am! Not only is this a wonderfully fun story for any age, but hearing it read by this incredibly talented woman truly takes it to the next level.

Fortunately, the term "heinous" doesn't often come into one's descriptions of events. But this was the murder of one junior high school girl and the rape and murderous attack of a second (whom they assumed was dead), by two bad teens (15 & 16) who had terrible records. There was rape, there was sodomy, and the dead girl got her eye shot out. The perps were antisocial, entirely lacking in conscience, and the girls were just . . . little girls. The outcry over the crime was tremendous, and the author correctly makes a big deal over the arbitrary fact that that the 15-year-old got a light sentence of just three years (and an expunged criminal record) while his partner in crime got a 90-year sentence--the two being only a few months apart in age. The details of the crime were horrific and difficult to read. Once again, one wonders, how can one be human without the qualities of empathy and compassion for another? But there are those among us who have no awareness of that--and that is scary. The author concludes with a thoughtful couple of chapters on the "violent juvenile mind" and the "injustice of juvenile justice." Although now somewhat outdated, these chapters round out the book with a thoughtful review of the issues.

Picture a town, maybe your own, where everyone and everything is as perfect and seemingly safe as an American community could possibley be.
A place where nobody locks their doors at night, a place you and your
family proudly call home. Until that is, the worst crime against two
inncocent young girls unfolds. "Horror" as described by the local newspaper. What the community and ultimately the vast media asked is how and why? The state of Vermont had to face for the first time in it's history how to punish "kids" for what was always considered to be violent adult crimes. Murder! Violent, sexual rape and murder against two
young and happy adolecent girls walking home from school. Ultimately it, the state of Vermont, would have to change it's laws accordingly. The "spooky" thing about this book is that it is ultimately a story of what the future holds for the rest of the country in terms of juveniles committing violent crimes such as murder and rape. Since this book has been published (1981), year by year and state by state, the age punishable for murder (and other crimes) has been reduced, reduced
to the juvenile age.

I was born and raised in Vermont. I remember when this happened. My heart STILL goes out to the victims and their families.

I know the surviving girl of this story and let me tell you at the time when this happened I was scared to go anywhere by myself,as I was the same age as her. I am very glad that she got her story out to the world and that those sick people got their punishment(s).An excellent book.

I inherited this book from a deceased family member (along with other true crime books). Peter Meyer tells a compelling and thoroughly-investigated story about a true rape-murder in a sleepy town in Vermont (much like my own hometown). An unthinkable crime in an unsuspecting town. It's tragic, and for the two little girls that it happened to, I came away from this book thanking God that the surviving girl got her story out and the animals that did it were caught! Only the highest praise for Peter Meyer to have the courage to write this story and get it published for others to see that it can happen ANYWHERE!

I think the book Double Play At Short was a very good book. Matt Christopher is the author of this book, he writes many sports books. This was a book I couldn't put down because I was curious of what was going to happen next.The characters were just like people I know. They acted the same way and had the same hobbies. This book is about a kid named Danny. He makes it to the championship series of his baseball league when he gets very mysterious of someone on the other team. He takes pictures of her and does a lot more to figure out who she is. If you read this book, you will find out what happens next. I think this book would be a very good book for any ages to read, whether it's an adult or kid. That's how much I think other people would enjoy this boook as much as I did.

I really enjoyed reading this great book!!

This book is about a boy named Danny. Danny plays baseball for the Bullets and they are in the Championship Series against the Jaguars. Danny is the short-stop for the Bullets. When they get to the first game Danny noticed the Jaguars short-stop. Danny notices that Tammy the Jaguars short-stop plays exactly like him. Then on his birthday they had a game and after the game the Jaguars started to sing Happy Birthday to Tammy. After this Danny started to wonder about this Tammy girl. So Danny went to the library to do a search on her and to see if he could find anything on her. Then during the games Danny can't focus on the game but only Tammy. Before this whole series started he thought he was a shoe-in for the All-Star game, but yet after the first game he thought that Tammy would beat him. Danny tells his mom about his concerns and being related to Tammy. READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT IF DANNY AND TAMMY ARE REALTED SOMEHOW!!! If you really want to know I think you should read this book.

I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries, sports, baseball, and enjoy reading. Also this is a very exciting book.

The book was about an adopted boy named Danny Walker that had played short stop and wanted to make the all-star team. But, there is a new girl named Tammy who bats and fields just like him. In the end Danny realizes something familiar about Tammy. I thought the book was interesting and exciting because once you read some you want to read some more!

I liked the story about a boy who plays baseball and encounters a girl. He has many similarities and he wants to find out more about her. His mom tells him that she is his twin and his mom died at birth. The boy's team faces his sister in the championship. His sister knows that they are twins and they both play ther best and he and his sister have a geat time after the game.

I liked the story because of a boy who plays baseball and encounters a girl. Ho has many similarities and he wants to find out more about her. His mom tells him that she is his twin and his mom died at birth. The boy's team faces his sister in the championship. His sister knows that they are twins and they both play ther best and he and his sister have a geat time after the game.

I received this book from my mother-in-law who sweetly thought this would help with my busy schedule...

While Perla's skills in a kitchen are far from mine so the initial time of making any of these gastronomic sensations was by no means "spur of the moment" - not only has EVERY recipe been delicious but they have taught me so much about flavors and cooking along the way.

This is one of my "GO TO" books when having a dinner party or I just want something really tasty. The polenta dishes are to die for as are the salads, the flank steak (DEFINITELY SPUR OF THE MOMENT). The recipes ALWAYS deliver.

You are missing something special if you walk away because this is no - open two cans and mix with ..yada, yada yada. This is SAVORY!

I do like this book, so far the recipes I have made are very good. It's not as "spur of the moment" as I would like. A lot of the ingredients are the kinds of things you have to buy ahead of time and a few of the recipes took longer than they said (maybe with experience it will go faster). That being said, I do think that they all turned out really well.

This is an excellent cookbook, in that the recipes are creative and delicious yet simple and easy to prepare. I use it for quick weekday cooking and also for special occasions.

Another reviewer here stated that based on the names of the dishes that he *assumed* that the recipes would be complicated and time-consuming to prepare, and therefore gave the book away. It's too bad he didn't actually try to make one of the recipes because, quite remarkably, the preparation and cooking times are as short as indicated, yet the food is as good as he might have imagined.

The book is great -- I love to look at it and through it! Smile.

If recipes like Fillet of Beef in Tomato, Caper, and Anchovy Sauce; Wild Mushroom Polenta with Thyme and Aged Goat Cheese; Pan-Sauteed Swordfish with Anchovies, Garlic and Tomato Fondue and Cappellini with Pan-Seared Calamari, Tomatoes, and Lemon sound like spur of the moment then this is the book for you. Very little in this book looked as though I could just go to the kitchen and whip something up. I will be donating this book to charity.