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A terrific memoir of a female cop, bodyguard, undercover operative, investigator, security consultant and imperfect human being. Ms. Davis is an amazing woman with tons of courage. She shares fascinating, moving and funny experiences from her diverse career and her life. A must-read for women in law enforcement or security. Should be assigned reading for our male colleagues, too. An enjoyable read for anyone. It's a very human story that doesn't get bogged down in professional details that would bore readers outside the field.

The Circuit is the true story of Jacquieline Davis, a young female London police officer who dared to enter the dangerous realm of covert operations. Jacquieline's duties would lead her to infiltrate a Columbian cocaine cartel, rescue hostages from Asia and the Middle East, protect a royal family, and more. A riveting and unforgettable true-life memoir, The Circuit is a welcome contribution to Criminology Studies reference collections, as well as being of intense interest to non-specialist general readers with an interest in how police approach such global problems as organized crime and political terrorism.

This is probably the only book in print that looks at where our belief systems originated, and how those same beliefs have evolved. Goes well beyond any "defined" ideologies to the sources of all our beliefs in the distant past. The best part is the vast documentation and bibliography (although many references are long out of print), the fact that all the sources are here places this book in first place on my shelf of religious histories. This one starts at the very beginnings!

"The further back you go, the more complex the languages become." This observation is a window into Stan's research, and how something as negatively stereotyped as the Neanderthal civilization could be so overwhelmingly influential today in the Western world, albeit that this Western world is in opposition to many or most Neanderthal concepts and practices. You will not regret reading this book.

An extensive compendium of Halloween and otherwise Horror resources on the net.

Many subjects to choose from within this nefarious genre from artistry, to literature, poetry, music, holiday history, superstitions, character origins, psychodrama, multimedia, recipes, online goody recommendations, and costumed fun-eral.

Read by flickering screen and candle light in the gloom of your haunted room, and allow your imagination to transport you to arcane realms for amusement and fright!

Click or Treat provides a smorgasbord of Halloween & Horror, internet-style. Whether you are a budget conscious parent, a paranormal researcher, or someone just surfing for some good sites and laughs you will find something for you in this book. The Internet by its very nature is an ever changing thing but I found very few dead links in Click or Treat and highly recommend this book.

I live in the Rochester area but it took visiting friends, who brought this book with them, to discover the area's treasures. We spent a wonderful day following one of the trips - the directions were superb, the explanations about each structure were well done - in short - I bought the book, read it, found some more hidden delights! This book is worth every penny!

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (2/06)

"Cobblestone Quest" presents 17 self-guided tours, of cobblestone structures in upstate New York, that can be taken by car or bicycle. If you are unable to travel to this area, but enjoy learning about interesting architecture you will still enjoy this book. The authors, Rich and Sue Freeman, begin by presenting a background about the history of cobblestone structures.

In the United States, from 1825 to 1860, 90% of these structures were built within a 65-mile radius of Rochester, New York. The authors also discuss the geological makeup of the stones and the building techniques used to put the structures together. They mention that cobblestone is actually a construction method and not an architectural style. The most common architectural style of the cobblestone buildings is Greek Revival. The buildings are all unique unto themselves.

The book contains many photographs so that if you are unable to take the tour, you can see what some of these structures actually looked like. I really like how the book is set up. After reading the background information on cobblestones, the tours begin. Each tour lists the distance involved and the approximate time of the tour if taken by car. The authors give very detailed directions on where to start the tour and how to get to each location, much more descriptive than you would get from Mapquest.com!

Very interesting descriptive information is given about each address. At most stops, the original owner, the year built, the time period and the style are also listed. I really enjoyed reading background information that was given about the people living at these sites and how some of the buildings have evolved over time. Some of the homes have continued to be owned by the descendants of the families that built them. "Cobblestone Quest" is a book that I would highly recommend to readers who enjoy traveling to interesting places and learning about the places and people who have resided there. These tours can be taken by car, bicycle or by armchair as I did. I would also recommend it to people that live in the area of Rochester, New York. I think that they would find it fascinating to learn about these places that are in their own backyards.

This is where it all began for one of baseballs teams going from worst to first.All the behind the scene photos,as well of information of that first season.A must read for the serious Rockies fan.

All devoted Colorado baseball fans should purchase this book and pass it down to future generations of Rockies fans. Looking through this book brings back all the wonderful memories from that magical first season of Major League Baseball in Colorado.

The primary characters of the story are Charles, upright, principled, gifted and his father, Leonard March, a proud and fastidious patriarch. Mr. March's fussiness verges on the neurotic.

At the bar exam Lewis Eliot, the narrator, sees Charles March. Lewis confesses to Charles that he is nearly out of funds. The exam results are of great importance to Lewis. It is 1927 and both men are twenty-two. In chambers Lewis is underworked and overanxious. Herbert Getliffe, Lewis's mentor, has a compendious but fuzzy memory. Visiting the March family, Lewis learns that Mr. March has near total recall. The Marches had never known a poor young man.

Lewis does not understand for a long time how eminent the family is. Charles argues his first case with drive and clarity. He loses the case but the judge pays a compliment. Francis Getliffe knew Charles at Cambridge. He stays with the family for a week and later becomes the husband of Charles's sister, Katherine. The Marches used to have a bank. Members of the family have joined parliament. Everything in English life has become available to members of the family.

Mr. March becomes very distressed when Charles endeavors to quit the practice of law. His brothers and sisters are scandalized. Charles takes charge of Lewis's career. After being taken to a party by Charles, Lewis receives a brief. Then he gets another case. Mr. March seems to recreate himself in his son. When the family bank was sold, Mr. March retired at age thirty-two. He feels that he had been too shy and anxious. He has come to live enirely in the family.

When Charles decides to become a doctor his father does not understand. Charles has a social conscience, he feels guilt, he desires to be useful. He seeks what is good in order to be good. At the time of the celebration of Mr. March's seventieth birthday it is 1936. After Charles and his wife fail to block a political newspaper from making unfounded accusations against government officals and his own uncle is sacked as a consequence, his father cuts off contact. Mr. March continues to entertain Lewis Eliot and others.

This is one of the more rewarding volumes of the STRANGER AND BROTHERS series.

"The phrase that the old Japanese used to describe the love of parents for their children was a darkness of the heart." The last parts of this book made me want to weep. A very sad novel. But magnificent nonetheless, like "The Dollmaker" by Harriet Arnow. Every bit as compelling as "Time of Hope", the first in chronological order in the "Strangers and Brothers" series. But it seems to me there might be one flaw; if Ann loved Charles as Eliot thought she did, how could she let herself be the cause of this chasm between Charles and his father? She left the choice to her husband, but why didn't she simply act on her own? Eliot seems to imply that her nature was to subjugate herself to Charles, but she had the power to save her husband so much pain. The implication being, that she loved the "Note" more than Charles, and Lewis is wrong.

I am a fortunate one to have a copy of this book!! It is amazingly and convincingly informing. I am fortunate to have property less than 4 miles from Giant Rock, and less than 3 miles from the Integratron. All I can say is that everything I have ever read that George W. Van Tassel wrote or believed in, I agree with totally! Time will prove that he was at least on the right track!!

Sarah in Michigan

I first read "The Council of Seven Lights" in 1974, and have looked for the last 26 years for a copy of the book to read once again. This little book has more informational material on the subject of our relationship to space and God than any of the works written on this subject since it was first released in the 1950's. In a simple and complete manner the most complex aspects of the inner workings of creation and the inter relationship between races of space beings is clearly explained. A must read for serious seekers of knowledge in this area of study.

I like books that take me someplace I've never been before. Susan Rich's Cures Include Travel takes me to many such places--Somalia, Bosnia, South Africa, Ireland, Iraq. Rich has traveled to and worked in many troubled parts of the world. Her poems capture these places with their landscape, customs, and tribulations. Again and again, Rich expresses compassion for people and opposition to all forms of oppression. Using stunning images, she evokes the sounds, smells, and colors of each location. She brings the world alive with flowers--hibiscus, hydrangeas, begonias, amaranth, blue oleander. And she stimulates taste buds with culinary delights--blueberry scones, rum babas, chocolate roulade. In "What the Baker Wants," one of my favorite poems, she asks, "Oh, what does the tongue know/ that our hearts cannot? / Tiramisu and lemon tarts." Interspersed among the poems of global concerns are more personal ones of romantic relationships and the pain of a mother's death from cancer. In these more personal poems, food is again used to create image and evoke emotion. In another of my favorites, "A Poem for Will, Baking," Rich catalogs the confections Will bakes to escape the pain of grief, then ends: "...he creates the most fragile / of confections: madelines / and pinwheels, pomegranate crisps / and blue florentines; / each crumb to reincarnate / a woman--a savoring / of what the living once could bring." Rich conveys her love for the places and people of this troubled world and brings that world into sharp focus with the skill of a photographer or a painter. The result is an outstanding collection of poetry.

Read Cures Include Travel at least twice--the first time to dwell in the house of each surprising and gloriously musical poem, the second time to let go and travel. In a voice by turns wistful, bemused, sometimes grieving, sometimes resolute or playful, Susan Rich holds the whole world in her imagination, a rare gift in an age of self-absorption. In poems like "Everyone in Bosnia Loves Begonias," "Fissure" (where the scene is South Africa), and "The Women of Kismayo," she pulls the reader into the larger, troubled but irresistible world. The harrowing poem "Mohamud at the Mosque" opens our eyes to life in this America, and is one of the best 9/11 poems I've read. Rich's observance of everyday life, the bittersweet poems for her mother, and the sensual, hungry-making love poems ("What the Baker Wants" should not be read alone or too far from a dessert tray), give this voice a body and a past and make all the poems in this beautiful collection resonate as real life.

I thought this was a very well written book for youngsters. The pages are bold and colorful with easy to read words. It is a chapter book for the beginner reader with a story relating how a child's imgination can get away from them before they come back to earth. Bill Cosby writes this book for all to learn to laugh at ourself once in a while! And to think how we would react if we were in the same position as the kids in the story!!!

Little Bill finds a huge "diamond" and thinks he's rich. Little Bill agrees to share the money with his friends. Their ideas for spending the money are sweet and thoughtful. They're disappointed that the "diamond" is a paperweight but they overcome the disappointment very quickly. They play outside and laugh at how they were fooled.

My daughter enjoys the Little Bill series and continues to enjoy this new one. If you like the Little Bill series, you'll like this one too.

I have several hundred books on decorating, and this is on my top ten list. Through detailed questionnaires, the authors help you narrow and define your own personal style. Then, through superb photography and text, they show you how to achieve the rich, opulent look that will suit you on a budget.. This book is divided into different styles, and covers them all well. The only person who might not benefit from this one is a pure minimalist, and even she (or he) would love the elegant Japanese style as presented here. This book is on my permanent bookshelf and is a keeper....I never loan this one out.

I collect decorating books. As far as I am concerned, this is one of the best in my library. The author shows the manner in which, without spending top dollar, one can create the illusion of opulence in several different styles. Highly recommended.