Miller Books

Oh, were do I begin? I have read the whole collection of these tantalizing vampire books in one month. Miller's writing style is elegant and smooth making the pages flow one after another. In this book, Valerian is seductive, vulnerable, and real. My heart hurt for him as well as sang with his. I did not care for his 20th century love, but all the rest were very believable and the first........wow. I recommended this book to every person looking for a new read. I am a F 31 and never had read a vampire book before. I strongly recommend waiting to read this book until you have read the first book with Adian, talk about yummy! All the men & women are beautiful, regal, and sexy.... in a vampire way. I miss not having another of these books to read. But I will await and pray Miller keeps going in these vampire sagas. You will love Valerian from the beginning! All of Miller's characters have become part of my family.... all with a few secrets and all with more to tell!

I really enjoyed Out of the Shadows, but Miller is even better here. Both if these stories are splendidly done, with warm, likeable characters -- who doesn't adore Valerian anyway -- and just the right amount of suspense. Be sure you read Out of the Shadows ((Forever and the Night & For All Eternity) first for important background. You can enjoy these without doing so, but it will definitely heighten your enjoyment of this duo. This book contains two of the best vampire romances anywhere. Read up!

Linda Lael Miller has written a stunning series of novels featuring the vampire Valerian, his kith and kin. They are scary, romantic and great reads.
I do not like the trends of grouping previous books to offer.
Are there going to be more originals of this series? or was the last, where Valerian and his wife adopted a son, and his vampire friends daughter, a witch also married and had a child?
I know Ms. Miller reads her reviews.
Another Valerian, please?
If not, there are other excellent vampire sagas to pick up. But the Valerian series does have a flair.

Thanks so much for the textbook, you saved my life. The bookstore wanted 75.00, but you had it for only 23.00...that was stellar. Quick shipping, friendly service...what more can I say. Other buyers, do not hesitate. This seller rocks!!!!!!

I love the way this book has you work out problems in the margins as you go through the reading. This makes sure that you understand the work that you've read about, before you go on to the next piece. I also like the fact that every other odd problem is solved step-by-step in the back of the book.

Good Exercises and Examples,follows my childs High School Algebra every step of the way. The only problem is the web site is not working yet, but the book is worth more than it is sold for.

I just finished reading Roger Miller's book, Invisible Hero. I wasn't sure I would like it because I thought it was about a boy who ended up getting drafted into the Army, shipped off to Korea, and dying in a prison camp. Not too uplifting. Well, that's exactly what happened, however, the war was not the whole story.

This story was full of nostalgia. It captured a period in time that was described beautifully. I always thought of this time as the "Best of Times" to be growing up in America. In the late 40's and early 50's, things were good, life was simple. Miller captured it perfectly.

As we follow the invisible hero, Tim Davis, through his youth in small town America, we are treated to memories many of us have experienced, read about, or shared through our parent's memories. As we follow Tim through his daily activities, Miller weaves movies, radio, and even early TV bits into the dialog to such an extent you feel like you are almost there taking it all in. I especially liked the small details like the kind of cars they were driving, how much they got paid each week, and the kind of jobs they had. I came to feel that Tim was "everyboy" in some ways. Building relationships with friends and family, working summer jobs, playing ball, dating girls, hanging out with the guys, pulling harmless pranks, and just creating memories as we all do. You get to know Tim and you will like him.

This is not a war story. It's about a boy who by chance ended up going to war, as many others did. We get a nice history lesson about Korea and why we had to go there which is good because most Americans remember little about it. The interview's of those soldiers who were there and spoke of their memories was especially riveting. The ending is a bit of a tear jerker but beautifully done. I'm glad I read it.

Bob LaClaire 11/27/07

It's hard to tell where fact and fiction overlap in "Invisible Hero," but it really doesn't matter. What this is, is truth. It's sometimes painful, but that's what life is. And this is an indelible portrait of a kind and generous young man who grows up before our eyes and is thrust into a conflict neither he nor anyone else could be prepared for.
With an incredible amount of detail and beautiful writing, Roger Miller takes the reader back to the post-World War II period and inside the Korean conflict. But mostly this is about young Tim Davis, and no one who reads this book will soon forget this "invisible hero."

Roger K. Miller's excellent début novel, Invisible Hero, focuses on the Korean War, 1950-53, the so-called "forgotten war." The hero is happy-go-lucky Tim Davis. When he is drafted, he goes-- reluctantly. It's not all bad: the army provides him with an escape from work in the steel plant and from having to make up his mind about which girl to marry. He carries photos of more than one to Korea.
From his train window in Korea, Tim sees unburied corpses of the enemy dead lying frozen in the fields. In the boxcars are blood-soaked uniforms. Tim and his fellow riflemen are "replacements" for the dead.
Miller's writing is of high calibre, especially his war scenes, understated, grim and poignant. For example: "He could see brown mounds of Chinese soldiers, some only yards in front of him. Sometimes the mounds moved, and the movement was always toward him."
The dialogue is fresh. When the North first attacks South Korea, Tim remarks, "maybe we won't get involved. I mean, Korea? Where is Korea?" A friend replies, "Oh, we always get involved, anymore, it seems." Later, in Korea, Tim is tolerant of army snafus. "You can't really organize war one, two, three," he says.
The love scenes are natural. After Tim receives his draft notice, "he put his arms around her [Peg}, and they stood there in the middle of the room in the middle of the darkness and did not speak, knowing that the fear each felt was a strange expression of love."
There's a delightful surprise ending too.
The novel's one flaw is its structure. The action shifts in time and place from wartime Korea to the U.S. Much of the back story--not only of the war but also of Tim's forbears-- comes too soon, before the reader cares enough about Tim to be interested. I was tempted to put the novel down and am glad I didn't.
At the end of his first day in combat, Tim remembers words from the Gettysburg address he had to memorize in school: "the world will little note nor long remember" the sacrifices of soldiers. Miller's novel pays fitting tribute to one such "invisible hero."

This is a biography that reads like an engrossing novel -- except that you'd never believe it as fiction. Isabella Greenway was not just enterprising; she was courageous, committed, visionary, passionate, a true pioneer. Miller, a brilliant historian and a graceful writer, makes Greenway and her era come alive. Each of her lives -- frontier woman, wife of two of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt (their letters are touching and illuminating), one of the first women elected to Congress -- is riveting reading.

Despite my years of interest in Arizona history (primarily 19th century), I never knew anything about Isabella Greenway beyond "the wife of Jack Greenway" (who I also knew almost nothing about).

What an oversight! She was a remarkable woman and this book does an excellent job of bringing her to life through the many letters that she wrote to her family, friends (such as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt), and lovers.

Growing up on the periphery of New York high society in the 1890s, she was the "poor cousin" who socialized with the Roosevelts, Astors and many others. Following her NY debut, she married a much older man and then spent fifteen years living on a ranch outside of Silver City, NM as she nursed him through a long struggle with tuberculosis. For several years their home was a pair of wooden-floored tents and she spent her days building callouses as she hauled water, chopped wood and tended the horses and chickens. What a change from New York society life! But, her letters reveal a spirit that remained positive throughout her ordeal and her family developed an intense love for the west and the ranching life.

Her fortunes changed dramatically after the death of her husband when she married her longtime love, Jack Greenway, an extremely wealthy mining engineer and executive. Her happiness, however, was short-lived. Several years later, following her establishment of the Arizona Inn, she responded to a call to public service and ran successfully for Congress after transforming the Arizona Democratic party in her role as Arizona's National Democratic Committeewoman.

Through her use of resources from the AHS' extensive Greenway collection (several hundred boxes of materials) Author Kristie Miller has revealed the most intimate thoughts of Isabella Greenway to compose a remarkable portrait of a most remarkable woman. It is very well written and reflects her meticulous research skills. Interestingly, while her public life is adequately covered, it was the glimpses into her personal relationships that intrigued me the most.

Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman is the biography of an amazing woman, who played a crucial role in FDR's nomination for President. Married and widowed twice to two of Theodore Roosevelt's rough riders, an energetic businessperson who managed a ranch, an airline, and a resort, a leader who was elected to Congress as Arizona's only U.S. Representative, and was dubbed the "most talked-about woman" at the National Democratic Convention by the New York Times, her contribution to women's role in politics is nothing less than trailblazing. Illustrated with a scattering of black-and-white photographs, Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman chronicles her life in a narrative manner as vibrant and evocative as Greenway herself must have once been.

Hans Holzer was one of the psychic researchers that brought the field back to serious public attention after it had fallen into disrepute earlier in the 20th century. This particular volume was written after his first three books: Ghosts I've Met, Ghost Hunter, and Yankee Ghosts. While billing himself as a "Ghost Hunter" Holzer was always careful to interview those who had experienced the sightings first hand, as opposed to merely collecting second and third hand accounts and legends. He also used cameras with special film, tape recorders, and other instruments at the sites to see if there were any residual record able effects. While he had a certain amount of psychic sensitivity himself, he usually brought along another confirmed psychic to independently confirm the feelings of both himself and the original observers. In this particular volume the famous psychic and white witch, Sybil Leek, accompanied him.

This book is based on two prolonged trips the author took to Ireland in 1965 and 1966. He found that there had been surprisingly little written about Irish ghosts up to that time, and no real serious research attempt. Accompanied by his wife (an artist that provided numerous sketches of the various sites for the book), and Sybil Leek, he criss-crossed the island. Indeed, he saw so much of Ireland that this book has secondary value as a travel guide. He followed up any and all leads that he could find from urban Dublin to the most remote regions of the western coast. The sites themselves range from farm houses to castles, and from tenements to Tara.

Holzer has a light, humorous, conversational style that makes his book a joy to read. You actually feel that you are accompanying his expeditions as he goes.

This book is a must for People that are into the Pharanormal. It's and easy to understand book. It give's indeth detail's of Case's that he has actually investigate. I would suggest this book to anyone. I think it is one of his best work's. I also would sugest reading any other book's writen by Hanz Holzer.

For many years the works of Dr. Holzer have been the yardstick by which all other books in this genre have been measured and this book is a perfect example of the man at his best. You will find no old moss covered legends or stories based on the testimony of people the author never met within the pages of this book. You also will find no stories about haunted locations that the author didn't visit or any lack of respect for the subject at hand.

What you will find in this book is a highly readable account of a series of investigations conducted by the author in 1965 and 1966 during separate visits to Ireland. Holzer and his psychic friend Sybil Leek investigated every story in this book personally, often times going to great lengths to make sure that their investigation was complete and above reproach. Oddly enough several of the people who had witnessed the haunts were very reluctant to discuss the matter but most of them finally succumbed to the author's charm for no Holzer investigation would be complete if he didn't get a chance to interview witnesses.

The haunts investigated in this book range from castle to coast and involve specters both of recent passing and those who have haunted Ireland for hundreds of years. No Irish ghost book would be complete of course without some mention of poet William Butler Yeats, a devout spiritualist and student of the occult. Therefore, not only do Holzer and Leek investigate a location where Yeats held frequent seances but in the end Holzer is pretty sure that they made some contact with the erstwhile poet.

I keep using the term investigation in this review, almost to the point of redundancy but I'm afraid that I can think of no other fitting term. Not only does this author leave out third person accounts and old legends but he also very carefully documents each case in a very scientific manner. On occasion he does stretch things a bit while trying to make a connection between some of Ms. Leek's psychic readings and historical facts that later come to light but he doesn't do this often and most of the time his conclusions seem to be very sensible.

As you can see this is not your typical ghost book. This is a scientific study of various haunted locations in Ireland that goes way beyond what one normally finds in these books. Scientific though it is, stuffy it is not and Holzer's extremely readable writing style actually makes it seem as if you are sitting in front of a blazing fireplace engaging the author in conversation. Be warned however that once you read this book many of the other ghost books on the market may seem tiresome and very lacking.

I was very pleased with this selection. My children loved the brightly colored pictures. And this story of helping others was very interesting and fun!

"A sweeping brilliance of color and story----book sparkles with an everyday enchantment." "Miller's pageantry brings out the magic of the journey..." The Book Reader, Fall 2002

It's hard to peg the age range for Jesse's Color Field -- ages 5 to 10 will find it involving but it's the older end of the age bracket who will find easy access to the descriptions and writing. Jesse's daydream becomes a reality in the form of a storm, and the animals of Color Field place their rescue hopes on him. The animal drawings are quite whimsical and fun in this detailed adventure.

Calvin Miller has a unique ability to bring to life familiar truth. He writes with beauty and emotion, clearly enunciating God's love for each of His children. This book deals with the nitty-gritty of life in a way that is encouraging, challenging, and full of truth. I recommend it for anyone struggling with life, as well as those who are at the moment in a "peaceful place" between struggles.

I bought this because it was the most likely candidate from the five available in the Greyhound bus terminal. So I wasn't expecting much. I was pleasantly surprised.

Basically the book goes through the song Jesus Loves Me line by line. Miller describes what that line means to him in his life and gives lessons from the lives of others who he has met in his 35+ years as a pastor. He also gives quotes from famous christians and exerpts from christian literature that relate to what he is saying. It is easy to read and the stories are nice in terms of showing real world examples of people who went through trials becuase Jesus sustained them. At the end of each chapter are questions to ask about your life.

As you probably guessed the chapter bodies don't have much scripture in them. But this gets me to what I found to be the highlight of the book. At the end of each chapter Miller includes a "Conversation with God" In these two page conversations Miller speaks in italics and a scripture verse replies to his concern. Here scriptures that build on one another helped to calm the speaker and counter fears.

This book is easy to read and any christian can get something out of it. If you are looking for a christian book (that isn't the bible) and you happen to see this then it is worth checking out.

"Jesus loves me" is more than a simple child's hymn. It is the cry of all Christians. Calvin Miller masterfully takes the simple words of this familiar hymn and inspires us all to bask in the glow of God's love. Using the song as his outline, Miller explores the deep truths expressed by simple faith. Opening the door on his own life and weaving it with the experience of Christians from all centuries, Miller's gratefullness for what Christ has done sings forth on every page. Encouraging and enlightening "Jesus Loves Me" is a welcomed reminder in a busy world.

Being a collector of the Jewel Tea Autumn Leaf Collection I found this book to be most awesome. The history of the company as well as the great photographs were well documented. I highly recommend this high quality book to collectors!

Loved the book. Very helpful in cateloging my collection and finding new pieces to search for. Anyone who has Jewel Tea would benefit from owning this book.

A must read book for any Jewel Tea Collector. A very easy AND informative book. The author is extremly knowledgeable about Jewel Tea. I highly recommend this book!

This a cookbook that will inspire and delight you whether you are preparing a meal for twelve or more people or just a small family gathering. It is full of friendly advice and tasty recipes. Definitely try the author's cheese wafers (my husband's favorite.) and her roast beef (mine). Any of her desserts will put smiles on your guests' faces. The book is an easy and happy read, but the real proof is in the tasting. Enjoy!

I was not expecting any packages, so when a friend sent me Ellen's book I was pleasantly surprised! First I started skimming the book, when I realized how interesting it was I made a cup of tea and read every page! Everyone planning a gathering of friends can certainly learn from Ellen's wisdom and experience. All of the recipes are easy to follow with ingredients that are easy to find.

I have to go now, my husband just finished the Salmon Bisque. Hope he had time to make some Fabulous Fudge. Enjoy!

Most cookbooks are meant to be read by people who like to cook. Just a Few Friends is a book to be enjoyed by a wider audience. I don't cook, except for the lunch time ramen, instant noodle, which requires me to know how to boil water. Yet, Ellen Coile's cookbook kept my interest all the way from the preface, through nine chapters to the epilogue. The book is as much about philosophy as it is a recipe for cooking all sorts of good stuff.
Ellen Coile lived through wartime England and learned how to make whatever she had look elegant and expensive. What makes Just a Few Friends so readable is the narrative. Practical advice such as, "Never serve guests something you are cooking for the first time", is invaluable. There's even a challenge for those of us who live near her. "I have a friend who loves to cook and try new recipes. Every time you go to her house she has tried a new recipe, so the meal is another experiment. Unfortunately, although she loves to cook, she is no good at it - so they are all experiments that have failed. We love her anyway. Going to her house is an adventure and we keep hoping that one day she will get it right." That mystery friend will certainly read Just a Few Friends and she "will get it right." The puzzle is the identity of this person.
Reading this book, you will learn to throw fancy dinners and large tea parties, or at least learn to appreciate what is going on behind the elegance.

Kenny Miller has lived the Hollywood dream and writes a fascinating story of Tinseltown in its glory days. From a humble start to performances in over 22 feature films as well as steady television and musical work, Kenny is a seasoned pro who has paid his dues. Hobnobbing with the greats and near greats and having fun along the way, Miller has an insider's perspective that is a must read for anyone hoping to break into the world of entertainment. A fun read.

Kenny is a Great guy...NOT a Hollywood phoney. I hope the book does well

Unlike Eddie Fisher's sleazey autobiography, Ken Miller's book recalls bygone Hollywood. While he could write about the dark sides of Natalie Wood, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Orson Welles, Anthony Quinn, Cecil B. DeMille, Connie Stevens and the death of the studio system, Mr. Miller choses the high road.

Fortunately Mr. Miller discusses the craft of acting in both big budget motion pictures and cheapo fly-by-night studios in the 1970's. His behind-the-scenes stories are funny. One highlight involves the acting debut of his pet dog, Krissy.

Ken Miller presents the professional acting craft as the way it should be...not to serious and what should be a lot of fun.

This book reflects a kind soul and a nice man.