Sachs Books

Published nearly 15 years ago (my how time flies), Sachs and Violens is a short lived series produced by Peter David and George Perez. The idea behind the series was to create a book that plays on the inherent absurdity with our society's inclination towards combining sex and violence despite the fact that these two acts are completely dissimilar from one another. While a good idea to start with, it is just a starting idea. The story still needs interesting characters and a compelling plot. In this regard, I thought the book fell a bit flat.

This collection, which reprints the only four issues printed, covers the origin of Sachs and Violens; the first being a model, the second a photographer with military experience. It also introduces a criminal figure whom they are working to stop. The story ends in a fairly open ended manner, indicating that this was meant to serve as an introduction to the cast of characters. Presumably, their adventures were to continue, but more issues were never printed.

Unfortunately, the characters failed to interest me, and the story, while not bad, did not grab me. Perhaps with more time, the characters would have grown more interesting, and their adventures more engaging. Outside of a few issues of Fallen Angel, the characters were never seen again, and never had that opportunity.

The pencils by George Perez, while not his best, are certainly nice to look at. I think I prefer Perez when he pencils super heroes; he does spandex and mayhem so well. Still, even when working at less than 100%, he's still one of my favorite artists. And how often do you get to see George Perez draw boobies?

I find it amusing that the book was considered somewhat racy when it was originally published. By today's standards, everything in this book is fairly tame. Obviously things have changed quite a bit in the last 15 years.

While I didn't find the book great, it also wasn't bad. I generally enjoy anything that Peter David writes, so I don't mind supporting a book that I don't fully enjoy from time to time.

I previewed this book before giving it to my son to read and I'm glad I did. He is a definite Believer and this book quite clearly, on the third page, states that the character "believed in Santa all over again", implying that he hadn't believed. The story line also makes fun of third graders being in line to see Santa.

Given that the reading level of this book is only 2.4 --- 7 years old, younger if the child is ahead in reading skills --- I think this is irresponsible writing on the part of the author. I know my son isn't the only believer in his circle of friends, and he's looking forward to seeing Santa next week. I'm glad I got to this book before he did!

Covers many aspects of menopause including sexuality, cancers, hysterectomy; summary information followed by re-presentation in Q&A format makes information easier to follow. Not heavily biased for or against ERT/HRT. Presents more than one treatment avenue, behavioral response. I've read several menopause books but this one gave me the information I wanted in a way that I could take to my doctor for more discussion. I would recommend this book to anyone: men, women, health professionals, young, old. It's filled with information, not all of which I have easily found elsewhere.

This book was written in 1984 and includes discussion on both the IBM PC (DOS 2.0) and the PC XT. This is more a book for enthusiasts than for basic users.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part introduces the basics of using and caring for your PC. It discusses the use of disks and files as well as batch files. The second part is a guide to different resources for hardware, software, services, accessories, and supplies. Since this was written almost two decades ago, some of the products and companies mentioned no longer exist. For instance, it refers to the two types of printers: dot-matrix and letter-quality. The last part is a reference guide for error messages and troubleshooting.

Since this book is a little dated, unless you still tinker with your old computers, then this may not be of much use to you. The information on files may still be helpful.

This book was written to cash in on the market, now there is a series of books about "Good Enough" people, just like "Men are from Mars" series. what next, the Good Enough Teen on a Date, How the Good Enough Teen diets, Good Enough Anorexic Daughter. this is drivel. The author admits in his prior work to suffering from Couvade syndrome, where he is jealous of his wife for bearing children and dreams of having breasts that provide warm milk. he is confused. He admits to being neglected by his father and traded for a can of gas when the family car broke down. the whole concept is of "good Enough" sends a terrible message of compromise to any child. the author is cleary narcissistic, possibly suffering from Asperger Syndrome, looking to make a buck to afford a good position in a home, where he can receive proper treatment.

This is a fabulous book that I happened upon and could not put down. It should be titled, "What to expect from your teens and yes, it is normal". I found this book a fabulous tool with which to measure my teens progress against those of other teens without compairing them to the unrealistic expectations of many driven parents in our society and to take a step back and recognize the tremendous accomplishments that they make every day through good choices and responsible behaviors despite the occasional misstep. Teenagers are growing as rapidly as toddlers and this is a how to manual for all parents.

oh man this book was worthless. I tried the stuff in this book and now my kids hate me and my wife thinks I'm an idiot. Try another book. This one has ruined my family life.

I agree with the first guy who reviewed this. This book is awful. I'd give it 0 stars if I could. The question remains as to how this book ever got published. Ick.

like I said- best book ever

This book does not contain any information that could be construed as constructive.

It shows pictures of web sites that the authors think are nice, and explain what they feel is nice about it.

This is a complete waste of money.

I think that this book was very well written. I though Sachs did a good job on making the characters as different as could be. I also liked how she related each character with another character. It was well written!

i'm telling you- i read this book last year, and it was SO BAD. the plot was stupid, and there was almost no detail in it. the characters were unrealistic, and their personalities seemed far-fetched and very hard to understand. i guarantee that you will be disappointed if you read this book- all the critics and reviews feel the same way.

I was just amazed to find out this was by Marilyn Sachs. Frankly, if you like books that have NO plot, NO ideas, then this book is for you then. Veteran author Sachs writes about sisterly love in her Amy series, and unfortunately, those should be in print other than this piece of sisterly love! For 240 pages, I'd read the Amy series any day instead of a 70-something or so paperback by Marilyn Sachs. To make things positvely worse, I HATED the fact that Sachs regretted to speak more about the older twin and everything was how Dezzy's "13 going on 7." For pete's (and yours!) sake, don't buy it!

This is definitely one of the worst books I've ever read. Don't waste your money!!! This book is so pointless and unrealiztic it's ridiculous. This book shouldn't be on shelves anywhere.......

I was expecting a really good story because the title's about growing up, and the book was thick enough. I've also read Amy Moves In by Marilyn Sachs and I guess that wasn't too bad, though I never finished it. But this...I don't know. It was pretty bad. I'm 12 and nobody I know said that this book was great, either it was okay or boring. How come those professional reviewers like Horn Books and Kirkus Reviews gave nice things to say about this? Dezzy was so immature. Nobody her age wears little-girl clothes. It was not clearly written. The family problem was only her grandmother dying, period, and Dezzy did nothing brave but keep Grandpa company. Why did it say in the summary that this so-called problem showed that Dezzy isn't such a baby after all? This is the second-to-the-last book I dislike the most. Readers, don't buy it, just borrow it.

The book had a number of interesting observations. The Goering quote was priceless. But I purchased the book to further enhance my understanding of the Buddhist path. As a liberal thinker, I try to connect the dots, or identify the disconnects, between Buddhist concepts/teachings and what is happening in the world today. The author seemed quite determined to use the book as an opportunity to bash Bush and US policy as frequently as possible, cleverly using sarcasm as well (e.g., his quoted reference to the "coalition of the willing"). Not that Bush doesn't deserve it! I cringe when I hear the Christian right hijack their own religion to tout their moral superiority and bash the left. Similarly, I cringed a bit at times during the political bashing in this book. A student of Buddhism would be better served to read the works of the Dalai Lama, who makes his points point quite clearly and powerfully without having to wade into politics.

This book was ok and had many good pointers on becoming an engaged activist. It was, it seemed a little too "seen" through the authors eyes with some ranting on the Kerry defeat and the current leaders. It also needed some editing, with the readers having to wait for Mr. Sachs to get off his soapbox and get to the point. But there are golden nuggets of truth in here, if your willing to chip away at the words and personal opinions.
I'll be waiting for Noah Levine's "Against The Stream", might suit the younger crowd better.

This book is not recommended for its intended purpose. My son ordered three books on the Buddha at War for a term paper. This book would seem to be on point, based on its title, but it isn't consistently. The book reads somewhat like a blog, in that it takes unexpected detours to strange topics. In the middle of the book are several pages on yoga, which my wife is reading. There is a little too much use of the work "I" for my liking. You do get a sense that Sachs has met many of the most influential thinkers of our times, but this didn't help me like the book. This book is somewhat of a self-help rant to make you a better activist. On page 6, Sachs says, "In a time that many Buddhist leaders have called a 'Dark Age,' the tradition of Buddhism provides time-tested methods that anyone may easily use to become what I shall call throughout a conscious, engaged activist." He offers a creepy quote on page 17 from Hermann Goering that is almost worth the price of the book. He concludes on page 236 with "Once aroused from our slumber, once we have become sufficiently conscious and engaged, there is no ethical or moral way to turn back, to turn a blind eye. We now have more work to do. Or rather, we have the same work to do--only with a greater sense of urgency. The Buddha is still at war." So buy this book if you want a well written discussion on a variety of self-help topics from Sachs, but not if you want a cover-to-cover discussion on localized, regional, and global wars.

As a fan of mysteries with a supernatural background, the title compelled me to pick this book up in a second hand store. It is written in a style that is easy to read and some of the characters were sympathetic. It's not in the league of Hake Talbot's "Rim of the Pit," but it's not exactly bad, despite a few incidents that I felt were superfluous to the story. I guess this is a slight recommendation, not a glowing one, though.

Very poorly written. Thin plot, no character development, writing is very amateurish. Really doesn't deserve even one star.

This book does do a nice job of covering "Risk Management" issues. It is a pretty good review for administrators. This would not work out for anyone trying to learn new topics. The chaperter are very vague and require and advanced background of current fire service management.