Sheridan Books

I couldn't put this book down. I couldn't leave the characters long enough to do the dailies. What chemistry there is between these two powerful characters, Star and Jake. It was history packed, well-written, and NEVER a dull moment! There was always something going on and there was never a breather! Whew! Best yet Barbie!

Star McNamera and Jason Hillhouse have been enemies since childhood. Both are intelligent and independant, and both have strong political ties to their people. The journey that tears them apart and brings them together is a fascinating one, and I cannot recommend this book enough! AN ABSOLUTE PAGE TURNER! Buy 2 copies because you'll wear the first one out!

Another BRILLIANT work by Ms. Sheridan. Bittersweet Surrender is the prequel to her riveting "Timeless Wish" and one looks forward to many more stories in the Hillhouse series.

Unlike Ms. Sheridan's Timeless Wish, Bittersweet Surrender doesn't have any paranormal threads in it. It is, instead, a rich, realistic, complex romantic adventure, full of action, danger, passion, and intelligence.

Ms. Sheridan writes for today's "romance" reader: The professional, smart, independant reader who enjoys being challenged while simultaneously being swept away. Nary a bon bon eating housewife, nor a bodice-ripping victim will be found.

Reading this marvelous book after wearing out my copy of Timeless Wish, it was comforting to revisit favorite old characters. Reading her books is like visiting a favorite place--it's thrilling while you're there, and sad when it's time to leave.

As always, I applaud Ms. Sheridan and look forward to her future books. She has a bright career ahead of her. All who stumble upon her works are in for years of fun and suprises.

Here's to you Jason, Star, Corby, Laura, and the entire Hillhouse clan.

A must have book for the avid sailor and a perfect gift to give! Filled with info.

The Boat Data Book is a great book. It has a lot of tables and reference numbers. It can help any designer with the heights and widths needed for things to fit and people to be comfertable. It is an easy to read book well worth the money. A must buy for anyone.

Dryden -- The Conquest of Grenada
Villiers -- The Rehearsal
Dryden -- All for Love
Otway -- Venice Preserved
Etherege -- The Man of Mode
Wycherley -- The Plain Dealer
Vanbrugh -- The Relapse
Congreve -- The Way of the World
Farquhar -- The Beaux' Stratagem
Cibber -- The Careless Husband
Steele -- The Conscious Lovers
Addison -- Cato
Rowe -- The Tragedy of Jane Shore
Gay -- The Beggar's Opera
Fielding -- Tom Thumb
Lillo -- The London Merchant
Garrick -- The Lying Valet
Home -- Douglas
Colman -- The Jealous Wife
Cumberland -- The West Indian
Goldsmith -- She Stoops to Conquer
Sheridan -- The Rivals
Sheridan -- The School for Scandal
Sheridan -- The Critic

plus two essays:

Collier -- A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage
Goldsmith -- An Essay on the Theatre; or, A Comparison Between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy


This handsome volume is actually a more convenient and more economical way to collect these 24 plays and additional essays than piecing together single plays in the New Mermaids, Regents Renaissance, or Revels series. In fact, many of the plays in this volume are not otherwise available.

This book is an embarrasment of riches -- enjoy!

Desperation can be the source of wisdom. I've known for a year that this fall I'll be teaching restoration and 18th century drama. Worse, I volunteered to do so. Worse yet, as of yesterday I had only 7 weeks left in which to pick a text of plays. And absolutely worst of all, while trying to look up restoration and 18th century texts on the Web, I found my own course staring me in the face: "English 232, Smith College, Gillian Kendall". Yikes! It was definitely time to find a text.

Nettleton saved me. I had been about to order a completely new edition of the plays (sample copy graciously sent to me by the publisher), albeit the edition was in many ways, well, let's say "not quite right for the course". Then I went to the library. Despite the recommendation of a friend -- a renowned 18th century expert -- I had been suspicious of Nettleton. The copyright on the edition I looked at was 17 years before I was born (sorry about the ageism, Mr. Nettleton). But the volume has everything. Lovely grandiose heroic drama (but not too much of it); Dryden's adaptation of Shakespeare's *Antony and Cleopatra*; five classic comedies of manners (the backbone of restoration drama), and a pleasant smorgasbord of the best of the 18th century.

I have a text. My students have a text. Life is good.

A masterpiece of the fantastic litterature. After that you can read "Dracula" of Bram Stoker and watch "Nosferatu" of Georg Wilhelm Murnau and "Nosferatu" of Werner Herzog. Not the stupidity of Coppola: "Dracula". That's for children and "Family Viewing". We are fans of Vampires. No?

Its not gory, or over the top. Its a simple, well written vampire tale. I finished it in one day, I loved it.

A very beautiful version of this classic. The lady speaker is wonderfully talented at describing scenes and images from the book and makes one's spine creep with her stylish performance of Sheridan's vampire. The entire recording which spans two full length tapes consisting of around 3 hours of audio recording left me spellbound and wishing that there was much more. The only failing in this otherwise excellant production was that there was no background music at certain points of the story which could have heightened the experience. Not that it spoiled the overall superb recording but that it would have added an extra diemension if handled carefully to the spooky effects.

Would recomend this recording to anyone who enjoys a shiver or two late at night and to anyone who appreciates a classic story performed in a highly professional but unique style.

"Carmilla," which predates Stoker's "Dracula," introduced the lesbian vampire to literature, and this reading of the entire text by Megan Follows breathes real life into LeFanu's somewhat antiquated Victorian style. Follows makes the narrator Laura into an intelligent and compelling guide through the tale; she also puts the proper ambivalence in the descriptions of Carmilla's advances, vampiric and otherwise. Indeed, what's most impressive is how clearly the lesbian subtext is presented, and how much emotion is involved. Altbough the plot is a little obvious after two centuries of rip-offs, LeFanu's innate storytelling skill and Follows' presentation make the anachronisms fairly painless, and the uniquely unsettling bits still have their chills.

The author assumes right off that if you are reading this book, you have suffered an enormous tragedy in your life and he sets right out to help you deal with it. He explains medical terminology and hospital politics in a non-threatening and very practical way. He tells you what you CAN do and what you CAN'T do. And he gives you very constructive instructions about how to do the things that you can do. It is a nurturing AND realistic book that makes the process much more concrete and while it can't take the pain away, it does a wonderful job of lifting all the burden from your shoulders.

Professional and personal opinions of this book give the "thumbs up" as a practical reference for rehabilitation.

Mr Neil Brooks, Wellcome Neuroscience Group, University of Glasgow wrote this book has obviously been draughted for families of brain injury.

"It is a clearly written book with some excellent illustrations. It is a book which gives hope," Mr Brooks wrote in his review for the journal Brain Injury, 1989, Vol 3, No 1. "I would recommend this book to any family member of a brain-injured person, as well as those who are interested in the practice of coma stimulation," he concluded.

Dr Keith Andrews, Director of Medical and Research Services, Royal Hospital & Home, London reviewed Dr Freeman's book for the Autumn edition of Clinical Rehabilitation, 1989.

Dr Andrews wrote the book was extremely good and mused many hospitals will soon be under pressure, unable to live up to the proposals for rehabilitation which Dr Freeman addresses in his book.

Dr Clarke, Director of the British Life Insurance Trust for Health Education, London, wrote with praise and a practical proposal for the book in 1988. "It is a really excellent book. We are a registered charity ... and we have been raising money to distribute free of charge Coma Stimulation Kits to hospitals that request them. Dr Clarke proposed the inclusion of Dr Freeman's book in the kits.

Finally, a personal review from Ms Jeanette Moss, Director, The New South Wales Council for Intellectual Disability, Australia. She wrote: "I have spent many hours reading your book and then going back and rereading whole chapters."

Ms Moss further explained her opinion of the book, from her own experiences of brain injury. "The empathy I feel and the memories I will continue to hold close, come from that thread of 'close touching' which flows through every chapter. Not always the physical 'touching'; but the 'touching' from someone who cares and understands; a someone who understands how a family feels, who walks with them through their despair and confusion, through the inadequate crumbs of medical advice, through their frustrations at the coninuing lack of information; how to understand what is happening now, what to do next, what to aim for and look for in the future.

"I so wish your book had been around twenty five years ago when I was a confused and struggling young parent with a son whose intellect was impaired, lacking any of the supports which a parent looks to the medical and rehabilitative services to provide. If that 'close touching' of constructive and informed concern had been around then, what a difference it would have made to one family's future.

"For all families who have a loved one suffering brain injury, your words are a lifeline. For all families with a loved member of the family faced with other disabilities, what you have written can only be encouraging ... your book is a reinforcement of what love and encouragement can achieve."

"Many families continue to struggle with the reluctance or inability of the various professions to provide us with the information we need, given to us in an understandable and deliberate and compassionate way. I hope and trust your book will fall into the hands of every famnily and friend of aa person who is brain injured, and into the wider readership of families of people who are intellectually or physically disabled."

This is a great book for any Kylie fan. It is really well written, obviously well researched and very entertaining. This would be a great buy for anyone who loves pop music and wants to know more about the girl behind the glamour!

If you love everything that Pop Queen Kylie Minogue has ever done in her incredible life then you will love this book! From Skyways all the way to her latest album "X" Spectacular author Simon Sheridan has beautifully put together this fabulously fun book that will keep you smiling from beginning to the very end! Kylie fans, don't miss out on this great book! And for those of you who don't know much about this lady, you will definitely NOT be disappointed! Well done Simon! Thanks for the book!

What is a great little book! The author has spent an extensive amount of time touring various the world in what is by today's standards a tiny little boat. In the manner of a field guide she makes a great number of sensible suggestions for the best ways to camp, sail, prepare, provision and generally live in a 16 footer. It's a lovely book to dip in and out of - I've had it in my briefcase for the last three weeks and find myself often reading a chapter over coffee. Well written and thoughtfully put together, it's a triumph for minimalism in these overly 'geared up' times.

Dinghy Cruising is a great book. The book gives ideas on how to select a dinghy (small open sailboat) and rig it for cruising. The book goes into basics of boat selection, boat tents, camping gear, seamanship and selecting where to cruise.

It opens up new vistas for small sailboat owners. According to Margaret Dye (and a BUNCH of enthusiasts at the Dinghy Cruising Association and the Open Boat discussion group) - you don't need a large self-contained expensive sailboat to cruise. You can explore in a small open sailboat of 12 to 18 feet or so. You can sleep on the floorboards under a boom tent in your little boat, or camp ashore. You can even cook in a little boat.

After reading the book and getting a few ideas, I am planning on extending the range of sailing opportunities by taking overnight and weekend trips in my little (15'6") sailboat. As dinghys are small and light, you can trailer them to your favorite lake, coast or river - and do some great exploring.

I'll be exploring the Georgia lakes. Hope to see you there!

It's often hard to find books about real actors, well I have to say also author since Dirk Bogarde was not only an effective and surprising actor, but also author of very steemed books. In this book, I could find very nice pictures taken through his whole life and also a lot of information that matched perfectly with the ones in his autobiography.

A really great masterpiece not only for the Bogarde fans, but also for anyone who is interested to see and reas a multitalented human being.

Highly recommended.

A stunning look at one of the great talents of the 20th century. This is the same man of The Servant, Death in Venice, Darling, The Damned, the man, that face, that voice. The photos tell the entire story of this man who had an impact on film and cinema history not soon forgotten. This book is a Bogarde fans dream come true.

This is an unbelievable book by an author who is not only a true teacher of method acting but one of the script rewriters for the movie The Godfather. This is a perfect book for Godfather enthusiasts who want to learn some of the behind the scenes stories that happened when making one of the best movies of all time. Truly great read!

Fantastic book written by someone who was there. Ardell Sheridan Castellano has written an excellent book detailing the contributions of one of the best actors of his generation, Richard S Castellano. Always to be remembered as Clemenza, Richard S Castellano never received his just due for his contributions in making The Godfather one of the most important films of our time. As you will read he kept an inexperienced Al Pacino from getting fired. He made a slight adjustment in Pacinos characterization as Michael Corleone that not only helped Pacino keep his job, but helped him in creating a powerful and complex character. Perhaps Castellano knew the character of Michael intimately since his true life uncle was Big Paul Castellano. Castellano was also instumental in helping Brando understand Vito Corleone's motivating actions. Brando's relationship with Castellano suffered after this due to Brando's hurt ego. Brando was somewhat disturbed that Castellano knew how to find Corleone's intentions when he could not. Castellano was the only other actor who was considered for Corleone's role after Brando's screen test for the part. Castellano along with his wife and the author of this book, Ardell Sheridan, rewrote the Genco Oil scene when the version written by Francis Ford Coppola could not be properly acted by Brando. Again Richard was able to draw from his true life experiences growing up in a mob family and these experiences helped him in making this version of the rewrite truthful. Coppola has never given Richard and Ardell Sheridan their just due when it comes to their contributions in tightening up the Godfather script. A great book if your interested in the Godfather and the character Clemenza.