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I took Ebbers' novel along to read on an airplane trip across country. Big mistake. It opens to a scene from 30 years ago, as Captain Frank Branden's brother is murdered in Viet Nam, by a man who in the present time is up for the job of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and then immediately launches in Chapter Two into a truly thrilling, very realistic, how do we keep this Boeing 737-200 in the air until we can get it safely on the ground again despite the fact there's 10 by 12 foot hole blown in the fuselage?

Wow. Talk about opening with action. I actually tightened my seatbelt, put my fold down tray into the upright and locked position, and stowed my carryon a little further under the seat before I could go on to Chapter Three.

Ebbers, the author of "Dangerous Past" is a pilot himself, having served in Nam, and flew Hueys and Otters in that war, and virtually every aircraft the U. S. Army put in the air in those days. He really knows his stuff.

I'd say this book is character driven with an excellent story to boot. One of the most unique characters I've run up on in my reading is Lan, a Saigon bar/brothel owner who worked drug deals with American pilots, but who also happens to be a Viet Cong colonel. Imagine walking into a bar in Saigon and spotting an Asian man his black hair in a pompadour, wearing a silk suit with a pearl handled 45 automatic lying on the table beside his drink.

The novel flops back and forth between present day Austin, Texas and Washington D.C. and the 1960-70s of the Viet Nam War including some of our country's "shadow" activity in Laos.

The book is historically accurate and offers some insight into the days leading up to the TET Offensive in Viet Nam. I learned some things reading this book. For one, even though the enemy lost 60,000 troops, and American fatalities were "only" 6000, that loss of life was too much for the American public to bear. TET broke the American spirit. It happened to the Russians in Afghanistan.

This first novel by A. F. Ebbers has all the elements of a Class A Thriller. Complicated bad guys like Lan and Captain, now General Miles Fenton, the CIA, FBI, Viet Cong, Pathet Lao, and drug smugglers, assassins, plus a new hero to love, Frank Branden. Hope to see more of him.

The debut novel of reporter, military pilot and Vietnam veteran A. F. Ebbers, Dangerous Past is an aviation thriller about an airline captain and Vietnam veteran haunted by the choices he made in his past, and hunted by mysterious assailants. Suspended from his job after the airliner he was flying suffers a horrifying decompression explosion, Captain Frank Braden is under suspicion of the FBI for causing the accident in a suicide attempt; yet the truth of the intrigue closing in upon him and his wife is much more sinister. As the death threats mount, and his efforts to alert the authorities are dismissed as schizophrenic rantings, he must search for answers amid corruption in the highest levels of Washington. A gripping page-turner to the very end.

This was an extremely enjoyable book to read. The plot is interesting and is written well and keeps the reader turning the pages. I almost finished it off in one sitting. The author does a nice job of blending the historical back-story into the present-day action and pulls in a few new twists to the plot. The flashbacks to the past feel accurate and really help to move the story along. The action sequences are taut, and there are a few genuinely heart-stopping scenes. Anyone who enjoys military or aviation thrillers would most likely enjoy this book as well. I have not found any other books from this author but will be looking forward to the next one.

Intrigue, adventure, and a great plot make "Dangerous Past" a page-turner, a book I couldn't put down. A recommended read.

The author characterizes this monograph as "An essay in the philosophical history of some theological metaphors ... of `interiority', of `ascent', of `light and darkness' and of `oneness with God,'" and his primary materials range from Augustine and Pseudo-Dionysius to Meister Eckhart and John of the Cross.

Turner proposes an understanding of mysticism at odds with 20th-century formulations, and founded in the etic sense of late antique and medieval Christian usage, in which (he maintains) the mystical per se was directly opposed to the reduction of God to "experiences." He designates as "experientialism" the positivist, psychologizing approach to religious experience characteristic of (and limited to) modern thought, that results from (or corresponds to) the fragmentation of religious knowledge in the later middle ages. The Darkness of God suggests a greater kinship between the old mystical theology and desconstructivist philosophy, than between the former and its experientialist---and all too often anti-intellectual---progeny in modern "mysticism."

I really enjoyed the book because of Turner's challenge to commonplace formulations in the field of the history of mysticism, and because of his impressive job in making sense out of some extremely challenging primary materials. However, I'm not entirely sold on his meta-narrative of the ruination of mystical philosophy. His desire to make "experientialism" into a (relatively) late development leads him to neglect the medieval affective tradition that is exemplified in the work of Bernard of Clairvaux. It may be that Turner could argue that such works are not really "mystical," but he doesn't even make the effort, and leaves a wide and important hole in his historical treatment.

To be fair, Turner is more of a philosopher than an historian. Readers willing to give serious intellectual consideration to the limits of rationality, the nature of experience, and the ultimate goals of mystical understanding should be able to benefit from this difficult but engaging book.

The Darkness of God is a brilliant collection of studies in Western medieval theology (or, as this particular strand of thought is called today, "mysticism") on apophatic theology - that is, the theology of "unsaying" and "unknowing". A significant part of Turner's thesis is that it is entirely inaccurate to read much of medieval theology/mysticism as being "experiential" - that is, concerned primarily with subjective, ecstatic experiences of God. Rather, much of apophatic theology existed as a type of non- or anti- experientialism. It was more concerned with the exposition of certain Biblical modes of thought and theological ways of speaking of God's transcendence: all theological negation must itself be negated.

Western mysticism is suspended between two poles of early Christian thought: Augustinian interiority, in which the self understand her or himself as being made in the image of God the Trinity on the one hand and, on the other hand, the writings of Dionysius the Aeropagite (also known simply as St. Denis or Denys, now called Pseudo-Dionysius due to Renaissance, Protestant and modern suspicion concerning his real identity as being that of an unknown and unnameable 5th or 6th century Syrian monk), whose mystical writings on negative theology, inspired heavily by the Exodus narrative of Moses ascending Mt. Sinai, were just as influential. It is the dialectic of Trinitarian cataphasis ("saying") and Mosaic apophasis ("unsaying") that gives this medieval thought its dynamic.

In many ways, this dialectic reaches its summit in the writings of St. Bonaventure, "the Prince of the Mystics" and greatest known disciple of St. Francis of Assisi who wrote simply and profoundly "Christ is all our language of God". Thinkers such as Meister Eckhart are also engaged; unlike Dionysius who recieves only one essay, Eckhart - like Augustine - recieves two essays. The anonymous author of the popular and well-loved 14th century English work The Cloud of Unknowing is discussed, and after him Denys the Carthusian, a fifteenth century mystical writer and, finally, St. John of the Cross, "the Mystical Doctor" of the 16th century.

It is from Eckart to John of the Cross that Turner covers some thematic developments, concluding his study with a fine essay titled "From Mystical Theology to Mysticism". It is in the High Middle Ages that there is an increasing transformation of mystical theology from being non-experiential to being explicitly aimed against any notions of subjective experience. Insofar as Turner is discussing negative theology, he can accurately make his claim that St. John of the Cross (for example) is not interested in "hyping" subjective experiences, but one cannot read the Mystical Doctor and think that experience is absent from his writing, especially his poems! But, to simply think - and it is at risk of being implicit in this fine work - that "experience" was absent from the thought of medieval mystics is entirely erroneous.

This, then, is the one area that the book really falls short, and readers should not be under the presupposition that the medieval and high medieval era were against what Turner negatively refers to as "experientialism". The intimate experience of God was deeply important to many, including cataphatic "mystics" such as St. Bernard of Clairvaux. This book is a well written and deeply insightful look into "Negativity in Christian Mysticism" (the subtitle), but it would have been welcome if Turner had placed apophatic theology into dialogue - and dialectic - with other forms of theology/mysticism that are not *today* considered "apophatic". Perhaps it is ironic that it is those mystics considered to be "apophatic" *today* that are used by Turner to fight against the notion, equally present *today*, that apophaticism is all about individual experience. This irony should not detract, however, from the depth, rigor and intellectual and spiritual stimulation that these dense and thoughtful essays will bring to its readers.

This book will impress you. Turner challenges the recent trend of reading mystical texts as being about "experiences." Rather, he proposes that that the works of such authors as Augustine, Eckhart, Dionysius and Denys the Carthusian exemplify Christian appeals to neoplatonic metaphors of light and interiority in an effort to speak not of a subjective experience, but of an ontological reality that transcends experience's grasp. The insights Turner brings to this topic quicken the spirit and redeem the thought of spiritual greats!

This book is a history of some important metaphors in Western (as opposed to Orthodox) Christian mysticism: darkness and light, interiority, and ascent. Turner traces these metaphors from the Hebraic and Greek traditions (specifically, Moses' encounter with God on Mt. Sinai and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave") through Denys the Areopagite (Pseudo-Dionysius), Augustine, Bonaventure, Eckhart, "The Cloud of Unknowing," Denys the Carthusian, and John of the Cross, with mentions also of Julian of Norwich, Marguerite Porete, and Teresa of Avila, among others.

Turner's thesis is that the contemporary understanding of these metaphors, which assumes that this language points to experience, is so different from the medieval understanding, which rejected "experientialism," that it doesn't make sense to speak of a single "mystical tradition" encompassing both. I'm not sure I finally bought the argument, but I enjoyed the ride. Turner explores lots of interesting issues along the way, e.g., the use of paradoxical language in theology; systematic "vs." mystical theology; the unknowability of the self; the ascetic practice of detachment; and John of the Cross's "dark nights" in relation to depression.

I would not recommend this book unless you have some background in theology and philosophy and have read at least a few of the authors Turner discusses. Turner writes well, but the book is dense and academic. I'm not sure I would have read the whole thing if it hadn't been assigned reading for one of my doctoral courses, but I'm glad I did. I now have a much better understanding of the Neoplatonic tradition in Christianity and of how the various famous mystics are connected with one another, and Turner provides lots of food for thought about the Western Christian mystical tradition.

There have been a few books readily available on various deities and spirits of the world, but this is by far the best I have ever seen. I appreciate that the author really seems to have done some solid research, theres certainly a bit more than just the scratch of the surface on many of the deities listed. I have found a lot of information on many Gods that I had heard of, and even more on those that I had not. Buy with confidence.

With over 500 pages of listings, the "Dictionary of Ancient Deities" is an excellent guide to ancient deities, as well as related topics such as spirits, festivals, places, sacred objects, heroes, monsters, demigods, and mythical beasts. Not only mojor religions represented (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc.) but also various mythologies (Norse, Roman, Greek) as well as less commonly found info on Native American and African deities.

The index includes not only the entries, but aslo subjects (such as dreams). Each entry includes its source in parentheses, plus alternate spellings and similiar entries from other cultures.

The index does include some useful groupings (i.e. India, Norse Mythology, etc) but an appendix that grouped the entries exclusively by culture or religion would have been a nice bonus. Also, there are some strange omissions: Archangel Gabriel is listed, but Michael is not; Abraham is here, Moses is not. Still, this well-indexed book is highly recommeded for researchers, students and those interested in comparitive religion.

Go to the mythology section of any bookstore and peruse the shelves--what is the ratio of Greek/Roman & Norse mythology to any other? As much as I love delving deeper into the more well known myths/religions, a little variety would be wonderful. And it just so happened that one day it was necessary.

I was hunting about for some information on Egyptian and Slavic mythology, but found precious little on the latter and only a little more on the former. That's when I came across the *Dictionary of Ancient Deities*. I flipped to the index and found every name that I was looking for(including some obscure ones that I had found no mention of in any other books.) This wonderful reference tool spans just about every continent and gives a concise accounting of people, places, etc.

Sure, the entries may not be incredibly long, but it's the best starting place I've yet to find. And even just thumbing through it, stopping when an interesting name or ritual popped out at me, gave me some interesting writing ideas. *The Dictionary of Ancient Deities* is surely a must for anyone wishing to explore world mythology.

This reference was filled with a smaller number of Gods and Goddesses than some other books that can be found, but as far as the references go, They were down to the point and yet still full of usefull information. I recomend this book to those who wish to crss reference Gods and Goddesses from many different religions and just read in general.

Dinner with a Cannibal presents a refreshing, insightful examination of possibly the single barrier many insist separates the civilized from the savage. It is not merely the gruesome details of survival in extremis, although that is covered, but the cultural consumption of one's own species for one's own betterment. Cannibalism becomes a "normal" culturally protected activity. Travis-Henikoff's research was excellent. The topic presented clearly. I will not say deliciously. I am reconsidering my daughter's admonition to become a vegetarian.

When one mentions cannibals, we cringe as an image comes to mind of men dacing around a cauldron boiling another human. Many do not realize that we, too, may be cannibals, most people are! How is that, you say? Travis-Henikoff's DINNER WITH A CANNIBAL delves into the history of cannibalism with gusto leaving nary a culture uninvestigated, including us. I joined the cannibal clan at three years old, when did you? Wonderfully written and entertaining, it humorously answers that question, but the book is no joke. It is a well researched, scholarly work into man's indulgence in any sort of human substance.

This is a great book. It should appeal to everyone, from academics to laymen. It's not just about cannibalism but about the human condition, history, food and a lot of topics that are germane to us all. Travis-Henikoff's writing is excellent...it is hard not to read it in one sitting. I was initially turned on to the book's website where you can get a good idea of what is in the book: http://www.dinnerwithacannibal.com. You will love this book...interesting stuff.

Travis-Henikoff (T-K), the daughter of a master chef and paleoanthropologist has written the book she was born to write. Dinner with a Cannibal is a superior book on every level that is researched well enough to be useful to both Anthropologists and lovers of the quirky, strange and interesting. As a reader who falls into the latter category, I recommend this book to absolutely everyone.

T-K uses her extensive research to tell a story that moves as it illuminates, covering topics that give context to cannibalism beyond sitting down to a nice meal of human flesh. Do not expect a glorification of salacious events, but rather a style of writing that allows the facts and her conversations to shine in a way that makes you want more after 304 pages.

Buy this book and share it with a friend. (My roomate dibbed it as soon as I brough it home). Better yet, leave it on your coffee table as a conversation starter.


For people who love these types of books I also recommend: Stiff by Mary Roach, Mutants(s) by Armand Marie Leroi (little heavy on the science if that's your thing), Execution by Geoffrey Abbott, and Infection by Gerald N. Callahan. But not until you finish this one.

This is that rarity, a film book that is at once a labor of love, a valuable piece of reportage and a beautiful example of design work. Its author, Lou Valentino, was for years an associate art director of LIFE Magazine. He is also the world's foremost collector of Turner photos and memorabilia. His knowledge and love of his subject -- perhaps the ultimate studio movie star -- is apparent on every page. Extremely hard to find today, it is well worth searching for.

credit is due to author lou valentino for writing and designing this superlative addition to the popular citadel "films of..." series of books which includes illustrated editions on hollywood stars as diverse as greta garbo and tyrone power, laurence olivier and alan ladd. this is one of the very best of the lot - thanks to its authors wealth of knowledge not just about turner, but also the movie factories which nurtured her shimmering star, with their corps of still photographers, costume designers, fan writers et al. beautifully produced with rare and amusing stills including several previously unpublished candids and behind the scenes glimpses of the "great" turner, and anchored to a text that is both affectionate, witty and insightful. a lovely job, and a veritable "holy grail" for fans of lana. thanks, lou!

"The Films of Lana Turner," by Lou Valentino, is the handsomest, most knowledgeable book of its type that I have ever read or seen. Valentino, the most recognized authority on and collector of Turner memorabilia, has written what amounts to a mini-biography of this beautiful, underrated film actress, inluding film-by-film descriptions and backstage glimpses of each film that are accurate and fascinating. He has opened his treasure trove of stills to provide the most lavishly illustrated pages. If Turner fans can lay hands on this book, snap it up. It is a "must" for the Lana admirer/collector.

Okay, it's this simple: If my house was on fire, this is THE book I'd save (and I own several hundred) from destruction! When I first saw the film noir masterpiece "The Postman Always Rings Twice" several years ago, I instantly became a life-long Lana Turner fan. Honestly, I think she's the most beautiful woman that ever lived! Unfortunately, books about Lana Turner are few and far between, but I'd say this is easily the cream of the crop. There's nearly 300 pages of glorious b & w photos that cover her entire life. However, don't expect to find out anything new about her many marriages, affairs, and of course the murder of Johnny Stompanato, as this book focuses mainly on her many films. I recommend her autobiography for those wanting to learn more about her personal life. This awesome book is packed with hundreds of great photos of Lana, and it examines each and every role she ever had in Hollywood. I don't know why such a fabulous book would go out-of-print, but you can still get a used copy on Amazon from a seller. If you wanna be captivated by the amazing beauty of Lana Turner then this book is an absolute must-have!

This is the ultimate coffee table book. I got lost in it. Hey, if you love the SEC like I do, check out "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football". It rocks! I highly recommend both books! Go Vols!

This is a book you will pick up for years to come. It is the first book I have read which shows the story of American football and how it touches each portion of our culture and lifestyle. Starting from the earliest days of "mud ball" to the collegiate and professional ranks, this journal tells the complete story though words and pictures. The photography will take anyone who has ever played even sandlot football, back to the action! Once you pick it up, be ready to sit for hours of enjoyment!

Any sports fan must remember "75 Seasons" or Ken Burns' "Baseball," books that came out two years ago. Those were great, and this is just as good, if not better! I got three copies. One for my son, my dad and me

Football America has a lot of terrific football photography featuring college, pro, pee-wee, high school and even prison football shots. Also, the stories are interesting and fun. Overall, it's a nice presentation that would appeal to all different kinds of sports fans

This is a really bold project---nothing less than a conscious attempt at creating a founders' epic myth for the colonization of Mars. The science fiction was appealing, but the adoption of epic poetic structure to that sturdy narrative style is what raises this to the 5 star level. There is an equal amount of what I would call mysticism, especially as a new prophet for humanity springs from Martian soil. If you ever got excited by reading Virgil, when you had to translate and put yourself back into time, but still wondered what would be the outcome of Aneas' various adventures, this is for you, except it has at its disposal the tools of modern poetry, and is fueled by a genuinely new epic story. The narrative and poetry are perfectly interfused. Turner is somewhat of a throwback, and Genesis could be taken as an apologia for human imperialism on the grand scale. However, he portrays diversity as a real virtue, and also gives the Malthusian intellectual tendency a fair chance to make its case. Humorous subsections of the poetry descend from the lofty rhythm of iambic pentameter into tetrameter, highlighting his contention as a critic that form is central to the understanding of content. The meter is the message, perhaps? This is one of the most moving things I have ever read.

Epic poetry has lost its place in our culture. The common reader is not interested in the discipline of verse writing, looking more for a simple and easily-accessible series of actions with a bit of descripition thrown in. Turner's "Genesis" is a tribute to Homer, Virgil, the Arthurian tales, "Beowulf", and "the Song of Roland". Turner's story is excellent, narrative and verse techniques wonderful, and characters deep and complex. Anyone interested in epic poetry or science fiction as a genre should read this great work.

"Genesis" is an epic poem about the terraforming, or environmental transformation, of Mars. It's a beautiful, thoughtful, captivating treatment of a difficult set of environmental, spiritual and political issues. It deserves to be much more widely known than it is, as it ranks with Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles as one of the most moving and unusual literary works about the planet Mars.

This is a really bold project---nothing less than a conscious attempt at creating a founders' epic myth for the colonization of Mars. The science fiction was appealing, but the adoption of epic poetic structure to that sturdy narrative style is what raises this to the 5 star level. There is an equal amount of what I would call mysticism, especially as a new prophet for humanity springs from Martian soil. If you ever got excited by reading Virgil, when you had to translate and put yourself back into time, but still wondered what would be the outcome of Aneas' various adventures, this is for you, except it has at its disposal the tools of modern poetry, and is fueled by a genuinely new epic story. The narrative and poetry are perfectly interfused. Turner is somewhat of a throwback, and Genesis could be taken as an apologia for human imperialism on the grand scale. However, he portrays diversity as a real virtue, and also gives the Malthusian intellectual tendency a fair chance to make its case. Humorous subsections of the poetry descend from the lofty rhythm of iambic pentameter into tetrameter, highlighting his contention as a critic that form is central to the understanding of content. The meter is the message, perhaps? This is one of the most moving things I have ever read.

The trouble with the majority of writing about climate change and other environmental worries is that they make people think, "Oh, hell. It's too late anyway. Why even try to do anything?" The Geography of Hope is an antidote to this kind of thinking. I am now 54 years old, and when I was 20 years old or so, I devoured ecological jeremiads such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. The trouble is, back then I actually thought my civilization was doomed to fall apart before the end of the 20th century. This, fortunately, didn't happen and in the meantime I got sidelined by matters too complex to detail here. Now at last I am returning to my environmental roots, but I find I simply no longer have the patience and strength to wade through dour predictions of ecological gloom and doom. Chris Turner's The Geography of Hope is the first book on this topic that I have felt glad to pick up, because it shows that it is really possible to put the brakes to the looming climate train wreck before it occurs and that sustainability is already within our grasp using existing technology, if only we would commit to it. How inspiring!

If anyone is feeling that the world is coming to an end because of human folly...then you must read "The Geography Of Hope"Here you will meet individuals all over the world who are making the world a better place and there is HOPE !!!! Brav0 !!!

Chris Turner takes a year-long tour around the world, visiting places that are implementing solutions for sustainable living. A zero-net energy island in Denmark. Community Supported Agriculture in the southern USA. Plug-in hybrid cars. Earthship homes in New Mexico. Radical improvements in waste recycling in various industries. Examples of New Urbanism in city planning and architecture in Florida, the UK, Denmark, Colorado. Mass transit and city policy in Portland. Finhorn in the UK and Tibetan refugee communities in India -- for agriculture and community and deliberate living. A micro-hydro installation in a remote village on the Burma/Thai border built by local villagers, folks from a nearby refugee camp students, and local NGOs. He looks at questions like "what kinds of planning and structures inspire community?" "What exists NOW that can be building blocks for a truly sustainable world?" Inspiring and casual at the same time.

I have no background in environmentalism or connection to the author. As a general reader I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it informative, inspiring and entertaining in equal parts. An unequivocal five stars!
The author is a journalist and disillusioned environmental activist. He is also a new father, and, concerned for his daughter's future, decided to do a global survey of existing, practical methods of achieving environmental sustainability. His perspective is what makes this book so refreshing: tired of the mainstream environmental movement's two main weapons of guilt and apocalyptic predictions, he searches for not just the means but the inspiration to change the way the world's resources are used. I found this practical, hopeful approach much more compelling than the doom-and-gloom, armchair analyst approach of, say, George Monbiot's Heat.
Potential readers should keep in mind that the author's previous opus was Planet Simpson, an exploration of the cultural significance of an animated cartoon series. This is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it informs his writing with a pop-culture sensibility that makes for entertaining asides and a contemporary grasp of how cultural fashions evolve. On the other hand, the one time I felt we may be getting a little too much information was in the final chapter. There he describes how the epiphany of embracing environmental sustainability occurred to him at a Seattle Lebowski Fest, a cult-like celebration of a movie that he admits to "only begin to understand after the fifth viewing". Presumably fatherhood changed his priorities, and rather than strain his credibility, I found this geeky anecdote disarming. A Greenpeace diatribe this is not.

From the compelling portrait on the front cover, the photographs are one of the strongest features of this book. There are full-page photos of gorilla hands and feet that would be wonderful for actual comparison to a young readers' hands and feet. And this comparison would support one of the key messages of this book: humans and gorillas are very much alike. Sometimes that similarity is not such a good thing; for example, as humans and gorillas come into closer contact, the apes are catching human diseases which are hard for them to fight. Gorilla Doctors describes the work of veterinarians and other scientists who are struggling to keep the great apes safe in the wild. The language is very accessible, and could even work for a read-aloud to a younger child who's particuarly interested in gorillas.

This engaging book follows staff members of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project as they provide medical care to endangered gorillas in Rwanda. Turner combines compelling stories of individual gorillas with clear explanations of how diseases are transferred between species. Kids will be intrigued by the detective work required to diagnose gorillas from a distance. Highly recommended.

A vivid portrayal of important work being done by gorilla vets in Rwanda. Written by a science writer who is also a skilled storyteller, it gives the reader a first-hand look at the plight of gorillas and what is being done to help them. Accounts of charming individual animals bring emotion to the fact-packed text.

GORILLA DOCTORS takes readers into the amazing world of gorillas and introduces us to a group of dedicated veterinarians who are passionate about saving this endangered species. Pamela Turner does a fabulous job of explaining the problems the doctors face, while giving readers a sense of place for that part of the world that most of us will never see. Well illustrated with touching and informative photos of the scientists and apes.