Moore Books

There is no way to describe College Prowler's books other than amazing. Whether you're already in college, still deciding on one to go to, or deciding which ones to apply to, College Prowler's books are probably the best asset you can have.
It's the only guide written with information from students who actually go there, instead of just what the school wants you to think. College Prowler's guides can tell you everything: where to hang out, where to live, how much money to have on hand, where to park, how much drugs/alcohol is being passed around, how attractive your peers will be, and just about anything else you could want to know about a school.

I am currently a senior in high school, and will be graduating this spring. I received this book as a gift recently and read it from cover to cover. It's no nonsense, in your face honesty is something I truly enjoy and respect. This book has put me over the edge in my decision to attend BU, and I have decided to enroll early acceptance as a result. Bravo to the authors!

Unlike most college guidebooks available about particular schools, this review goes far beyond the statistics...allowing the reader to get a real glimpse at life at Boston University. Adhering to a "by students, for students" attitude, this edition is aimed at high school seniors who are uncertain whether a particular university will suit their lifestyle, preferences, and individual needs. With a generous dose of humor and honest commentary by the author about her experiences as a student, this is an excellent choice for any potential student.

The best part about this book is the ambiance of college life and the realistic feelings of the main characters in the days and weeks after the horrible events take place. I can really feel the reality of both girls being attacked and their struggle to "break even" afterward.

I loved Kat and Jenna and really felt like I know them! Ms. Moore draws a very clear picture of them both, and the book flies by. I stayed up all night and read it!

A heartbreaking and yet uplifting book. Moore imbues her characters with real life, pain, emotion. We really feel for them as we follow their story, their struggle to "overcome", as they triumph in the end. I love stories that are about friendship at the core of them, and this one definitely is.

When her best friend, Jenna, is raped on the University of Nebraska campus during her senior year, the event brings back all the horror of Kathleen's own rape that took place on the same campus four years before. As Kathleen struggles to support her friend during the difficult aftermath, she is determined that the only way either of them can "Break Even," is not to allow the pain and humiliation of the events to ruin the rest of their lives. While Jenna's approach to overcoming the trauma is quite different than Kathleen's, each learns in her own way that through the love and compassion they have for each other, it is possible to overcome anything.

This story gives hope to women everywhere who have been attacked and are rebuilding their lives...it is possible to go on!

This novel is tightly written, crackling-good from the first page to the last. It was a delight to read the manuscript, days before it went to press. . .The story will tear at your heartstrings! Robert Stein, author of six editions in print, including APOLLYON, VENGEANCE EQUATION, BLACK SAMARITAN.

I read the book when a friend loaned me her copy. I thought it was excellent. I read it in a day and enjoyed every minute. It was very hard to put down. It turned out to be one of the best books I have ever read and I'm always reading.

Your interest is held from page one to the end. The author's knowledge of his subject and his ability to relate it to the reader is excellent. I look forward to more from this up and coming new author.

The characters are Buddy, the first seeing eye dog, his master that was blind, the person who trained Buddy and the person who trained Buddy's master.

It took place in a big field, on a boat and in his master's home.

Buddy was trained to be a seeing eye dog. His master was trained to know how to take care of Buddy.

This book is awesome! It was exciting and fun and it had a dramatic ending.

The characters are Buddy, the first seeing eye dog, his master that was blind, the person who trained Buddy and the person who trained Buddy's master.

It took place in a big field, on a boat and in his master's home.

Buddy was trained to be a seeing eye dog. His master was trained to know how to take care of Buddy.

This book is awesome! It was exciting and fun and it had a dramatic ending.

This book is an excellent chronical of The Seeing Eye, yet written in language a child can understand. The examples of exciting events punctuate and enliven the text.

Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power by Leonard N. Moore (Assistant Professor of History and Director of the African and African American Studies Program, Louisiana State University) is a meticulous portrayal of Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland and the impact his tenure has had on local and national African-American politics. Individual chapters address a range of issues such as "the making of a mayor"; black capitalism; internal political power struggles; and much, much more. A well-researched and scholarly examination of executive government in microcosm in general, and its reflections in the broader scope of African-American politics in particular, Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power is a welcome and highly recommended addition to academic Black Studies and Political Science reference collections and reading lists.

Leonard Moore tells the story of the life of Carl B. Stokes in his book CARL B. STOKES AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL POWER. However, the book is much more than the political life of Stokes. There is in a sense a cursory perspective of his life. You don't get a clear view of his personality or his life style. The book is more about urban politics. Moore's essential theme is that Stokes represents the transition of the politics of protest to the politics of political power for blacks. He demonstrates how Stokes, like virtually all blacks who become mayors of large urban areas inherit dying cities created by white flight, deindustrialization and large populations of urban poor. These are tough battles no matter what your race. But in Stoke's election, Moore demonstrates how black voters came together to use their combined power to attempt to change their status.

By showing the intricacies of Cleveland politics, Moore shows how Stokes was never able to take control of City Council and the police departments. Those two obstacles along with several major scandals made life of Carl Stokes as Mayor difficult.

While the majority of the book deals with local politics and are particularly interesting to Cleveland natives, like myself, the conclusion is extremely powerful. In it Moore shows how Stokes essentially set the standard for future black mayors and how many of them had very similar problems. Although Stokes created the 21st District Caucus in an attempt to have a political powerbase outside the Democratic party, the Causus evenually lost its clout when Stokes was no longer in the picture. Moore also shows how neither Stokes or other Black mayors are able to pass on their political power to a chose successor.

An underlying thesis of the book is the maturation of the black voter. As Stokes saw in his many battles, a candidate cannot just rely on his race to draw votes. The black community and the black voter is no longer a single voting block. Just as white voters have varying interest, so do black voters.

There is one additional thing that is important about the life of Carl and also his brother former Congressman Louis Stokes. They grew up in poverty but also learned that they had to work. Both Stokes often tell the story of how they came to live in public housing and how it was the first time that each of them was able to sleep in their own bed. Prior to that the two boys and their mother all slept together. As a result, their mother was able to make a better life for them. It shows how they, like millions of other veterans, used the GI Bill to go to college and law school. In many respects, the Stokes brothers represent a part of the American dream. They used federal programs to better themselves. Their father died when they were young but they did not use the fact that they grew up without a father hold them back. They used what was available to them and make a better life for themselves and a better life for millions of American.

Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power by Leonard N. Moore (Assistant Professor of History and Director of the African and African American Studies Program, Louisiana State University) is a meticulous portrayal of Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland and the impact his tenure has had on local and national African-American politics. Individual chapters address a range of issues such as "the making of a mayor"; black capitalism; internal political power struggles; and much, much more. A well-researched and scholarly examination of executive government in microcosm in general, and its reflections in the broader scope of African-American politics in particular, Carl B. Stokes And The Rise Of Black Political Power is a welcome and highly recommended addition to academic Black Studies and Political Science reference collections and reading lists.

Beware of this little book.
It will grab you!

The curious title led me to casually glance through
it. But, then I read the entire book without putting
it down.

The humor and imagery of the separate stories were facinating
and uplifting. The real joy, however, was when the various
stories drew me into the theme of the entire book:
The connectedness of us all!

Mr. Moore has penned a major good read, chock full of kernels of homespun wisdom and generally great sentimental entertainment for all ages and beliefs. His "Christmas Stories from a Dying Man" celebrates love and family, illuminating what helps all of us overcome our personal tragedies. Although a thoroughly modern tale, the writing and themes evoke the timeless poignance of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The collection is thought-provoking and heartfelt, and not without generous dollops of whimsy. Mr. Moore's characters will keep you warm long after you put down his splendid slender volume. You undoubtedly will return to them for many holiday seasons to come. Each tale adds another layer of understanding, crescendoing in a final nine pages which I could not put down... and, I venture, you, too, will be unable to resist such a conclusion.

This book is both entertaining and thought provoking. I read it in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. I am going to give copies of the book as gifts this holiday season.

Perfect for the disillusioned or stressed, friends, lovers, spouse, family, cops, vets, volunteers, hard-workers, young, old. A smile to the wise, sigh of relief for the lonely or sad.

"Christmas Wishes" is a heart-rending, poignant collection of short stories, that can drag the Scrooge in you, clawing and kicking, against your will and cynical attitude, past the commercialism and façade into the spirit of the genuine joy of Christmas! (It did for me!)1 story and my aunt & daughter were enchanted and eye-sparkling--and want their own copies! It is a balm for the skinned-up knees of the heart, and a soothingly warm and honey-sweet tea-toddy for the sore throat of the soul.

THIS is the gift you WANT sitting right at every store register during the holidays, and the one you want to sign your name to when you give it--get several!

What a pleasant surprise! This collection of sometimes hilarious, always touching short Xmas stories (plus a way-clever adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" set in the White House) will make a great gift or stocking stuffer for friends and family this year. Author Moore likes to pack his stories with unexpected twists and turns that lead to meaningful conclusions. The final story, "Snow Ripples" is especially amazing in it's depiction of a homeless man's journey from down and out to a decent life through the kindness of strangers and his own hard work. I'm glad I picked this up, and will also buy for friends for this Xmas! Happy Holidays!!!!

A new kind of Christmas book, geared towards adults. What grown-up couldn't use a little boost of REAL Christmas Spirit during the ever more commercialized Holiday Season? Realistic stories about people who have lost the spirit, and how they get it back. The real shocker is the story, "My Fellow Americans, God Bless Us, Every One," - a rewrite/update of Dickens famous Christmas story, featuring as the new Scrooge the President of the United States. I can't help but wonder which president the author had in mind? Get this book and start some new, mature Christmas traditions.

I just finished a 2.5 yr concentrated study on Christ's life for an advanced class that I teach. My library on Christ's life went from 25 books to over 200. And now that the study is over I am fully convinced that Mark Moore's 2 volume set is the finest thing ever written outside of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Shephard, Pentecost, Foster, Morgan, Spurgeon, Andrews, Keller and a ton of others are fine books, but a very distant 2nd place to Moore's work. His scholarship is current and DEEP, yet he writes in a very readable, contemporary style. If you don't have this 2 volume set, you need to get it. When? NOW! Remember, as a Christian it is more important to know and understand more about JESUS than any other religious or biblical subject. And if your library doesn't contain Moore's set, it is missing the finest resource available outside of the gospels themselves. God bless. Mike

A well written and factual book. It is not just dry fact but a comparison of the four gospels written in chronogolical order. The reader gets a great insight to the life of Christ and what He went through in the early years of His life on earth. The companion book "From Galilee to Glory" written by the same author takes the reader on to the finish of His life on the cross.

I enjoyed Mark's style - detailed, insightful, and imaginative - as he explored the scenario's in Jesus' life. I found it to be my most useful reference for the flow of Jesus' life and the "ethos" of the events as I studied for a class I am teaching on the Life of Christ.

The day Cityscapes arrived brought me back to the city of my childhood and of my family and closest friends. Page after page of wonderful photographs, of history remembered and learned yet again. So many places visited with my elementary school field trips and then revisited years later on my brief stays in New York. Cityscapes offers a visual feast as well as an intellectual journey to places and people seen years ago, but only now understood in historical context.

A month or so after I fell into Cityscapes, I was delighted to host a young couple from New York. They saw the book on my coffee table and picked it up. Hours later, the two of them were still pouring over the book, learning new and fascinating slices of urban life in their recently adopted city.

Just as New York offers something for everyone, Cityscapes brings light to the eyes of anyone who opens its cover and enters its world.

There is no place like New York, and there is no book about New York like this one. As revealing as the superb choice of photos, sketches and maps are, so is the narrative story linked with the visual: colonial seaport blossoming into a republican town, fragmented city becoming the immigrant metropolis, and finally the cosmopolitan community and global village we celebrate today. The authors have opened for us vista after vista and close-up after close-up of the poignancy and power of this magnificently restless, creative and changing Empire City.

The destruction of the World Trade Center has altered the New York City skyline forever and has forced people to confront a new image of New York. The next generation of New York observers will only know the Towers from their images - several magnificant ones appear in this book's final chapter.

Cityscapes is more than just a history of New York City and it is more than simply a book of beaufitul pictures. It is a unique social history that explores the timely question of how New York, the City, has been both constructed and reflected in images captured over four hundred years.

So far, this is my favorite book of New York City history.

Hank's book is intriguing in the way he synthesizes his insights into television, business, and just living life wisely.

Hank writes very clearly and in a very penetrating way. Many of his insights produce an "of course!" response, and I found myself often nodding my head in agreement as I read along, especially his explanations of the maturing of the TV industry.

Brilliant! Leave it to Hank Moore to see the big picture. This amazing book sees through the "entertainment factor" and brings to light an expanded vision on human kind. Memorable, amusing, thought provoking and insightful. Thank you Hank.
Torre Marie Lee

This is a "must-read" for movie buffs. The author's insightful comments help guide readers through a classic time in television history, and the personal interviews and photographs are invaluable. I highly recommend this delightful book. Read it and enjoy!