Rowe Books

Lots of good laugh-out-loud moments in this one, but not at the expense of a wonderful romance. My heart ached for her characters when it looked like it wasn't going to work out for them. Stephanie Rowe definitely made her way onto my must buy list with this book. ,-)

This story is pure fun! It's also wonderfully romantic and filled with characters I adored. With a hero and heroine who are often hilariously neurotic, the author taps into the insecurities and vulnerabilities -- along with the strength and honor -- that live inside everyone, so that readers will discover a bit of themselves within these delightful pages.

A cute, giddy read, with plenty of laugh-out-loud lines. Portrays the very common self-doubts of women with a wink and a smile.

Stress management consultant Cassie Halloway feels good though her relationship with her cheating former fiancé Drew Smothers is over. At a New Year's Eve party in Connecticut, to prove to her best friend Leo, a nagging Drew, and especially herself that she has moved on, Cassie shares a kiss with Ty whom she just met. However, the lip pairing proves a shock to her system greater than any she had with her former beau and Ty feels as if his blood turned into a tsunami.

Engaged and faithful to his "little sister" Alexis though he does not love her, Ty Parker finds his stress level off the barometer since the kiss. His plan to avoid Cassie fails when he is her client showing him how to reduce his tension. Ty realizes that Cassie will not succeed as his sex stress level has exploded off the Richtor Scale since he desires her more any woman he has met including his future wife. Cassie abates her own problem with the chocolate therapy solution, but those sweets do not compare to the sweetness of Ty's lips.

Except for Drew, the cast of STRESS AND THE CITY is an intelligent caring group that the audience will appreciate especially the lead couple, his brother Zach, Leo, and Alexis are fully developed warm people. In spite of love and sexual need, Ty behaves honorably (in contrast to that dope Drew) by staying faithful to the woman he is to marry even if it hurts. Readers will enjoy this amusing frolic and expect a wilder Rowe with the tale of Leo vs. Zach.

Harriet Klausner

Stress and the City by Stephanie Rowe
October 11, 2004

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STRESS AND THE CITY by Stephanie Rowe is part of the Harlequin Flipside series, books that have a lighter, humorous edge to the romance novel. In this book, the female lead character, Cassie Halloway, has just returned from the Bahamas, having gone on her honeymoon alone. She had decided to call off the wedding after she had found her fiancé with another woman, but because she couldn't get a refund, she goes to the Bahamas by herself.

She's now back in the States, it is New Year's Eve, and Cassie and her best friend, Leo (Leonore) are at a party being held, of all places, in a school gym in Gardenbloom, Connecticut. She tries to have a good time, but unfortunately she spots ex-fiancé Drew Smothers at the party as well. The good thing is, Cassie has just met a very eligible bachelor (or so she thinks) and when Drew walks up to her to say hello, the bachelor, Ty, intuitively notices that Cassie has no desire to speak to Drew. As Drew tries to worm his way into the conversation, Ty wraps his arm around her waist, pretending to be her date. As Drew continues to blather on, Cassie can see no other way out of this situation, and plants a big kiss on Ty's lips, to Ty's and Drew's surprise.

And so starts the hilarious "relationship" between Ty and Cassie. Cassie finds out soon enough that Ty happens to be her newest client. She is a stress-management consultant, and feels she's the best there is. Ty is obviously under some stress, since he had sought out her services, but now that he knows who she is, he tries to back out of his appointments. Cassie loves a challenge; she also can't stop thinking about him and that kiss. Convinced that it's her duty to fix Ty and make him "stress-free", she pursues him like a shark and does her best to finish the job he hired her for.

Her main problem with this job, however, is that he won't tell her what is making him stressed. She does learn one thing about Ty, however, and that happens to be the fact that he's engaged to a woman named Alexis. Cassie doesn't let on how much she hates this mystery woman, but she puts all feelings aside and tries to be the professional that she is. Alexis is coming "home" to Ty in a few weeks, to finally move in with her beloved. It is up to Cassie to make sure that Ty is ready for Alexis' arrival, but deep down she hopes that Alexis never shows up. So, Cassie spends a lot of time devouring tons of chocolate to relieve her OWN stress.

STRESS AND THE CITY was a near-perfect romantic comedy, except for one blaring error. While the author chose to set the story in the United States, the characters are obviously British. It is never stated but one assumes the characters are American because of the location of this story, but when a character says the words "sod" and "ducky", they are not American. It can make one feel slightly disoriented for a few minutes. But other than that, the book was very enjoyable. Chocoholics will appreciate Cassie's addiction to the substance in times of stress. Lovers of romantic comedies will appreciate this book. If the rest of the FLIPSIDE series are as fun as STRESS AND THE CITY, this reviewer is definitely going to invest some time and money into the remaining books in the series.

when julie and her dog , ben move to compton they don`t exactly make friends with their neighbour Mrs fitz and her dog , but when it snows mrs fitz`s dog goes missing not long after that ben goes missing aswell. not long after neil and emily are on the case will they find the two dogs alive ? get the book and find out ha ha ha !

This is a good book to read because Mrs.Fiz thought Ben was a bad dog but Mrs.Fiz found out Ben was good.

The theme of the story is never give up if it's really important. This story is believable because the dogs ran away, which is something most dogs do. The characters in Big Ben were kids who went out searching for their old English Sheepdog and Mrs. Fitz's Poodle. The characters were believable because they cared enough to go looking for the dogs, and not waiting for the dogs to come home on their own. The setting was very real, and could have taken place anywhere in the U.S. I thought this book was interesting because parts of the story surprised me. Iwould recommend this book to anyone who likes animals.

Big Ben was a good book and was exciting, but was not among my favorites of the Puppy Patrol series. Well, if you like big cuddley sheepdogs and little pampered poodles, this may be your favorite Puppy Patrol book.

This is absolutely one of the all time very best books ever written about our Chicago blues! A real must for all readers who want to learn about this music and it's great musicians. Great rare photos and stories. I have over 200 blues books and this is one of my favorites. Enjoy it! Buy it Read it!
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This is an important book for Blues fans, but it had the opportunity to be so much more in terms of size and detail, as most of the artists mentioned in this book were still alive at its initial publish date in 1973. Though many of the artists are quoted, it appears from the skimpy Source section in Chicago Blues that most of the quotes were obtained from Blues Unlimited magazine or from Mike Leadbitter's book, Nothing But The Blues, which also sources Blues Unlimited.

If author Mike Rowe actually had gone to Chicago, Memphis and various cities in Mississippi to personally interview the artists in this book, Chicago Blues would still be the definitive book on Chicago Blues today. Sadly, all but a handful of the artists referenced in this book are deceased today, thus rendering it impossible for another author to attempt to document first and second hand accounts of the shaping of Blues music in Chicago. Rowe may never have intended this book to be the definitive piece on Chicago Blues music, so it may be a bit unfair of me to chastise him for not taking advantage of the availability of the artists and presenting a greater work.

In addition to my disappointment of what this book could have been, I take exception with some of Rowe's artist assessments. He incorrectly dismisses Billy Boy Arnold as only an "average talent" and tends to gloss over those with exceptional talent. Blues music was at a dreary point in the early 70s and combined with Rowe's personal biases towards or against artists, influenced the tenor of this book.

Though Chicago Blues has its shortcomings, I am going to order a second copy as my 20 year old copy is worn.

one of the best on the subject, a classic standing on its own, many cds sleeve notes and other publications have as their source the stories and information in its pages,Highly Recommended Some books have a built in obsolessence in them as time goes by, this book as all the best works on a given subject will never be less than essential.

This book is one of those 'text' books that reads well. It isn't really a text book but it contains more information about Chicago Blues than I have found in a single book anywhere else. It covers the standard demographic changes and other things that lead to the development of the music, but then it walks you through the artists, big and small, the different labels, big and small. From Muddy Waters to Mighty Joe Young, Chess to Jax. Also included are billboard rating charts, and a very comprehensive discography by artist. The only limitaion I found was that it does not cover the more modern artists, leaving off around the mid seventies. For someone who loves blues and wants to know more, this is a great guidebook for a journey though a great musical tradition.

This book was a required read in my undergraduate course in the philosophy of religion, and I must say that I'm very pleased that it was.

The selected readings are fair and balanced, and do well to portray the argument from religious big leaguers like St. Aquinas, St. Anselm, and Plantinga, and members of the skeptic A-team like Hume and Clifford. Many of the popular arguments concerning God's nature, and His relationship with mankind, are examined in this book.

Overall, I think the book is excellent, and serves a very interesting plunge in to the world of religious philosophy, most especially for Catholics like myself who feel the call to examine anything and everything they can get their hands on, haha.

Nice collection of theologic philosphy and argumentative response to the question of God's existence and the problem of evil.

This is a good text although I suspect that any students lower than higher-intermediate or advanced undergraduate levels would find it very difficult. I found it to often presuppose that the reader was already fairly philosophically sophisticated, so I suspect the introductory student would get quite lost (and bored), unless the class were going at a quite slow speed (which is often the speed that good philosophy is done). So, I don't think I'd recommend this book to students without much philosophy background. It'd be good for more advanced students though.

The 'Notes' and 'For Further Reading' sections were full of good sources for scholars and students to track down.

Many philosophers are struck with the unbearable "long-windedness", which is in fact surprising when you consider their aim of rationality. Wainwright's Philosophy of Religion deals beautifully with the dreaded long-windedness through concise exegeses and a thoughtful introduction to many of the pressing topics in this field. This is definitely the book to get for beginners.

The Tudor era is one of my special interests, and, with Reginald Pole being a character I find particularly fascinating, I'd hoped to love this book. Though it is historically accurate, and provides points of view which are quite enriching to a broad picture of the time, I found the style of writing and plot to be rather boring.

Like the previous reviewer articulated this book truely weaves fictional and historical events to create a beautiful book which conveys the sadness of a world torn apart by religion and politics. Both Catholics and Protestants are presented with their strengths and warts and the complicated political and social factors involved in the reformation/counter reformation and eventual Anglican independence, are presented to help expalin how this tragic moment of history happened. May also give us the insight to prevent denominational squabbles that exist today if the message of the book are meditated on.

What a beautiful book! Beckett paints a rich portrait of Reformation England, giving the reader rare and valuable insights into the interior realms of monastic life. I found it both elegant and moving. I wish I was still reading it for the first time!

Lucy Beckett does a tremendous job of explaining the confusion of the Reformation in England shortly after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. Using both historical and fictional characters, she weaves the plot by interspersing narrative with letters written by the characters.

While most historians seem to take sides on the Reformation issue, or at least point fingers, Beckett's novel brings you into the characters themselves to "feel their pain;" be it the ex-monk turned Protestant reformer who longs to comfort his dying wife and newborn child; or the Catholic Cardinal who longs to reconcile the two sides but meets resistance by both the Vatican and the Protestants.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was it seemed a bit sluggish in the beginning. But if you can make it through the sloppy bits, it is a real gem!

I LOVED Tug of Love! It was the best Puppy Patrol book. Jason (or Junoir) is a cute, smiley, sunny yellow Labrador. He is starting to become big in shows and will soon be bred at a Labrador Breeding Center. But then, when everything is just right, Jason is stolen... And then, appears at King Street Kennels. Will he ever get back to his RIGHTFUL owner? You HAVE to read it!

Who did the yellow labrador belong to. Was his name Jason or Junior. Neil Parker And his sister Emily had to figure out the mystery of the yellow labrador. The reputation of King Street Kennel was on the line.Tug of Love is a heart-warming story with exciting turns and twists in every chapter.

When a lab turns up and is claimed by two people, and a famous mutt stays at King Street Kennels the Parkers have trouble over their heads. This wonderful story will keep you on the edge of your seat as Neil tries to find out who Jason, aka Junior, really belongs to. The story is very exciting: Junior's old owners take him back when he runs off at a local dog show, and move away the next day. But a lab breeder, who rightfully own the dog, wants him back. Over all it was a good book, but I didn't like the ending that much. Even though Jason belonged to Westons, they got rid of him and he found a new home that would be more suitable. Any way, the breeder had papers and it was officially his dog. I thought their plan to "share" Jason was very unrealistic. It's also not fair to the dog to be torn between two families.

Jason gets loose at a dog show. king street kennles reunites jason to his owners the weston family. the weston family move the next day. mr.scott then turns up and say's jason's HIS dog and his name is juinor. can neil and emily find out who jason's (or juinor's) real owners are???

I got a 5 on the Chemistry AP last year using this book--it really helped me a lot. I hadn't done any homework for two-thirds of the year, and it really helped me get the practice and knowledge that I needed.

This was a poorly written prep book for chemistry. There are no explanations of how to actually take this exam. The test problems were too easy for the most part, and many of the problems that I got wrong were actually right, the answers in the back were either switched, or the problem was written wrong. The review was ok, but other than that, you should look into another prep book.

Way more helpful than either Princeton or Barron. This book covers every single topic on the Ap Chem test and has some really good practice questions.

My husband grew up in New Castle County, De walking distance from the Brandywine and with view of one of the DuPont mansions across the road and up the hill from his boyhood home. So when I found this book I was excited and as I was reading it I would ask him questions about the area that stirred his memory and brought him newfound interest in his past. I could have kept reading if you had only added more!! I have one complaint. It would have been nice to have a general drawing of the area during that period of time, in the form of a map. Keep writing and please give us more history of the Brandywine Creek area.

My grandpa is Jack Rowe. I haven't read this book but I Know that if he wrote it, it's a great book. And I hope people continue to buy it in the years to come.

Beautiful historic love novel

If I had known it was another translation of Lucan, I would not have ordered it, BUT I would have made a mistake. This work has a better translation for the modern reader, and lots of good supporting information. Some of the comparisons I made with other versions make me wish I had this ten years ago. The notes are worth the price of the book!

An underrated work of the Silver Age. There are some excellent epsiodes that could stand on their own as mini-epics: the suicides of Vulteius and comrades, Appius 'rape' of the Pythia, Caesar's journey by sea, Scaeva's aristeia, Erictho's necromancy, and Cato's journey through Africa to name just a few. The historical insights into the lives of Caesar, Pompey, and Cato are also especially enlightening. Absolutely worth a first and second look!

Lucan, the author of the full-throated but incomplete epic the "Civil War", certainly deserves a spot next to the great Latin poets Ovid, Horace, and Virgil, whose epic works mark the pinnacle eloquence and intelligence of Latin verse. The epic was written during the reign of Nero in the first century AD, and it is characterized by its vehement condemnation of civil war and imperialistic sentiments--this possibly caused Lucan's later fall out of Nero's favor. The primary characters in the epic are Julius Caesar, who is portrayed as a destructive warmonger, and Pompey (Magnus), who is described as ambitious and over his prime. The vivid descriptions of the wars in this work are exciting and at the same time sobering since Lucan's narrative never fails to reveal those attributes of civil war which invoke the most disturbing of feelings. For all this, Lucan's "Civil War" is recommended, and also because the Oxford World Classics always present reliable translations, and this particular edition retains Lucan's charming and long-winded verse that courses so smoothly through the hearts and minds reader's who are fortunate enough to come into contact with it.

Awesome illustrations and tale. Our whole family loves making the animal sounds with each new animal entering the hat and finally the NO for the teeny-weeny flea.

We just love this book. The illustrations are vivid, fun and humorous. My 1 and half year old gets into the animals sounds. It is an easy and enjoyable read. We find ourselves laughing as the hat grows.

My son recieved this book as a gift, and it's a good choice for the child aged 3-5. It's a cumulative story, with plenty of repetition as a new animal discovers the hat on each page. It has a really cute surprise ending. The illustrations are really imaginitive, with many odd and tiny details to discover for the inquisitive tot. Actually I'd say the oddness and sophistication of the illustrations may appeal more to adults, but they are beautiful and fun for kids too.