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I was introduced to Patricia Wallace by one of her author friends, Carol Davis Luce. I was so pleased to see her home turf was San Diego since I live near there. She kept me very interested all through the book and feel her writing skills and her character were very believable and enjoyable, I hope she writes more about Sydney. I plan to pass the books I got on to my friends, I am sure they will thoroughly enjoy them.

Mystery lovers will savor "Blood Lies". Sydney Bryant is a believable, likable private eye. She is so credible that you will feel as if you know her and are working with her to solve the case.

Pat Wallace seamlessly blends mystery with just the right touch of romance. Be sure to read the other Sydney Bryant novels, which include "Deadly Devotion" and "Deadly Grounds".

This book is a treasure trove of completely usless information, presented in list form. Everything from the 10 worst places to hitchhike (avoid Salt Lake City, it tops that list) to the 26 most amusing acronyms (BOPEEP, an electronic sheep tracking device, is the winner there). Great for triva buffs of all kinds.

Probably the most interesting and compulsive books I have ever read. Everything you didn't know you always wanted to know. Some of the information is a bit out of date, but the amount of useful trivia, facts and nonsense makes up for that. Written in true "People's Almanac" style, the dispassionate viewpoints of the authors is makes for an unique reading experience and makes it impossible to put the book down. If you have even the slightest interest in trivia, this is the book for you.

I'm a student in theological master course of presbyterian seminary(PCTS-in Seoul, Korea). During the study of History of preaching, specifically Calvin' preaching, I'm introduced this book by my professor ChangBok Chung. This book has the abundunt qoutation of calvin's original sources. This point is very good point.

This 253 page text is the fruit of Ronald S. Wallace's preparation of two papers for the Scottish Church Theological Society, one on Calvin's doctrine of Scripture and the other on Calvin's doctrine of the Lord's Supper. During the course of his study, Wallace determines that Calvin's doctrine in the area of Scripture and the Sacraments are closely related (indeed they contextualize each other) and subsequently must be understood in light of Calvin's view of Christ's revelation in the Word and by sign. In this, Wallace excels, continually reinforcing these themes with Calvin's own words. I am always dubious of one author's attempt to tell me what another author is saying (somewhat ironic to state in a book review, I grant), yet Wallace is as brilliant as he is faithful in his handling of Calvin.

If you have only read Calvin's Institutes, then there is much to gain from this text. Most quoted material is drawn for Calvin's commentaries, with additional material from Institutes and Calvin's sermons and other materials. This puts a wealth of Calvin's material on the topics of Scripture, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and Revelation into the hands of the reader. It is not a critical text, however, but an attempt to clearly and faithfully express Calvin's doctrines. The in-text quotes are in English, but much of the footnotes are in Latin.

The binding is of course paper. It withstood its first reading well, in terms of wear, but the cover is much closer to my kitchen floor linoleum than what a book cover should be, and will permanently take on any bending or folding. The interior text is dense but easily readable.

Michael Watkins and Kevin Wallace, CIE's CCNA SECURITY: OFFICIAL EXAM CERTIFICATION GUIDE is a study guide that focuses specifically on the objectives for the exam and comes from senior security instructors who help identify weaknesses and improve on concepts and their applications. Chapters cover all the elements and techniques, offer quizzes with each chapters with self-assessment tools for speed and accuracy, and include a companion cd-rom of tests for individual topics. Invaluable for any studying for the exam.

The Cisco books always make great study guides and the test simulator is always nice.

This book was awesome! It gave great tips on more satisfying experiences. The book was well worth the time I spent to read it, which I read it within a few days. I couldn't put it down!

This was a story about a sex therapist, Dr. Freeberg and one of his sexual 'surrogates', Gayle Miller. After the Doctor is ran out of Arizona with threats of charges of pandering and prostitution, he moves his family and his practice to Southern California where he has to defend his beliefs once again. While I did not consider this to be a love story, I did enjoy the romance between Gayle and Paul Brandon, who also worked as a sexual surrogate in Dr. Freeberg's office. The people that this couple try to help could also cause the destruction of Dr. Freeberg's practice. If the author was looking for a new title of this book he could have easily called it "A GUIDE TO SEXUAL FULFILMENT", because it was full of intimate instructions on reaching sexual satisfaction. Overall it was a very good book that was well worth the time spent reading it.

I (or the powers that be) left out an "is" in the last sentence of my review. I would appreciate a correction.

Thanks!

Lucidly, entertainingly, and meticulously, Wallace dismantles popular notions of Chaucer and (more importantly for medievalists) of the traditional division between the medieval and the early modern worlds. By tracing Chaucer's interaction with "Trecento" authors, he charts the poet's interest in a society organized around "associational forms" (the model for this is Florence) versus one structured around a single and despotic ruler (the model for this is Milan). Although many chapters focus on specific tales, Wallace does a great job of reading across all of Chaucer's works to argue his point, and the book moves in a natural progression through various themes and dialectics. (I'm thinking here of two chapters in particular: "Powers of the Countryside" and "Absent City.")

In sum, for anyone who wants some good beach reading, you should buy this book and cancel your trip. Wallace's meditation on Chaucer serious and important; it should not be taken lightly.

Lew Wallace grew up to be a governor, foreign minister, Civil War general, inventor, and artist. But he is best known today as the author of the novel Ben-Hur. Lew Wallace: Boy Writer is the latest entry in the Patria Press "Young Patriots" series and the fascinating story of Wallace as a Midwest American youth who grew up like other boys of his era -- including the occasional playing of hooky from school! Martha Schaaf has definitively researched and superbly presented the life of Wallace from the age of 5 through 19. Also very highly recommended in this outstanding series are: Amelia Earhart: Young Air Pioneer (1882859022, [price]) and William Henry Harrison: Young Tippecanoe (1882859030, [price]. All three titles would make a popular and much appreciated addition to any personal, school or community library biography collection for young readers.

Before he grew up to become the author of the best-selling novel, "Ben-Hur," inventor and Civil War general, Lew Wallace was a young boy playing in the midwestern fields and streams who would rather draw than spell, and would rather read than do math. Kids will cheer for Lew's dramatic rescue of his baby brother from beneath the wheels of the family carriage, share his joy at discovering the world of books, and feel his pain at the punishment he suffered in the schoolroom.

The book features the adventures of Lew Wallace as a child, and is an introduction to biography written for ages 8-12. Kids will love the story, parents and teachers will appreciate the historic context in which the book is written. Detailed illustrations enhance the text and give a real flavor of the times. "Lew Wallace" is Volume 3 in the Young Patriots Series--don't miss Volume 1, "Amelia Earhart, Young Air Pioneer," and Volume 2, "William Henry Harrison, Young Tippecanoe." You can get all titles in the series in paperback and hardback.

As the editors write in their introduction, Wallace Thurman remains unknown to most of the public today, including many scholars of American literature. Without question, Thurman embodied the Harlem Renaissance, in all of its highs and lows, even though he was skeptical of the movement's faddishness and the claims of its champions.

Besides being a capable novelist and playwright--his poetry is less distinguished, Thurman was a perceptive essayist and critic. You will seldom find literary criticism this accessible, refreshing, balanced, witty, and intelligent in any era. Thurman is rarely boring; even when he repeats himself or riffs off of other authors (e.g., George Schuyler or Richard Bruce Nugent), he gives his work a color all its own.

Readers interested in the Harlem Renaissance must buy this book. It's an enormous treasure.

The greatest tragedy of this collection of writings from Wallace Thurman will be it being assigned only to students of American Literature for course work. This is a book that deserves better since it offers a look into one of the best and leading intellectuals to come out of the Harlem Renaissance. Much like GAY REBEL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE: BRUCE NUGENT, the editors Amritjit Singh and Daniel Scott allow Thurman to speak for himself through his own writings that include essays,reviews, poems, short stories, dramatic works for live theater, and excerpts from three novels like INFANTS OF THE SPRING. Before all this, there is a great introduction by the editors that attempt to detail to a successful degree how Thurman's mind worked. Thurman saw the Renaissance taking place around him as a chance for black writers to prove their worth along side the best white writers of the day. He understood that to produce lasting works of accomplishment to live beyond the Harlem Renaissance, black writers had to be maintain their integrity and be allowed artistic freedom to write without the selling out to fads (i.e. the explotative facination of anything "Negro" from larger white audience of his day) and be beyond the propaganda of the black middle class of his day that demanded any work literature from New Negros uphold the nondiscript policy of not being "down low" and too earthy. Thurman's high ideals, accute sense of individuality and artistic temperament as envinced by this book spared no one, especially himself. As a young man he voraciously read most of the old master of literature and believed that any work of literature produce should hold its own with theirs. This line of thinking resulted in his never being completely happy with his own work, especially when he believe himself to have acquiesced to black middle class propaganda.

One of the many facinating things I truely enjoy about this book are the letters included. You have the letter showing him trying to curry favor with W.E.B. Du Bois. Also,there is his correspondence with Alan Locke, Claude Mckay, Harold Jackman, Langston Hughes,and others. In his correspondence, Thurman is funny, serious, and sad revealing his hopes and dreams. The letter to Willam Rapp is interesting because Thurman's mentions his arrest during his first days in New York on an indecency charge (i.e. caught being intimate with another man in a public restroom). Unlike Langston Hughes who was also gay and had a web of protection about him to maintain his high image status in black America, Thurman, like Nugent, did not.

All in all, this is a book worth having for the adverage person interested in a forgotten
hero and leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

This isn't normally the kind of book I read because I never went to Georgetown Law School, I'm not involved in the construction field, and have an aversion to legal matters but the author has been a friend for over 35 years. So I was very surprised to find myself eagerly reading the book because of all the historical tidbits he interspersed with notes on the progress of the building. As a resident of Washington DC since 1968, I was thrilled to learn some little known facts about the city (at least to me) which Wally wrote about so wonderfully. It is remarkable the way he juxtaposed those facts with basic information on the status of the new building. It's a pleasure to know that in addition to all his other fine qualities, he is a good writer. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants to learn more about Washington DC or Georgetown Law School.

I have been following Mlyniec's work for over thirty five years. Most of his writng has distilled around the constellation of issues having to do with juvenile justice. So, it is with some pleasure that we find Mlyniec delving into the history of building materials and passing along stories of an old neighborhood as it returns to its place in historic Washington.

For many in the criminal justice field the email has become a weapon to be used in the tug of war between prosecution and defense. Here we find a whole series of emails now tranformed into a charming adventure in building as Dean Mlyniec attempts to keep student and professor and the campus in general apace with the development of the new Law Center. And he succeeds wildly.

This three part history of the building of the Georgetown Law Center and its surrounding neighborhood and the building materials that constitute its makeup are a wonderful read told by a natural storyteller. We can only hope that his next project will focus on his beloved Chicago Cubs.

This Daily Walk Bible is my favorite version of the 6 different Bible's that I own. The translation is the Living Bible and it is very easy to understand for beginning readers of the Bible. I've been a Christian since I was 9 years old and I started with a Living Bible and now that I'm 30 I still prefer this Living Bible to all the different versions I have. This version is broke up into sections so you may read your Bible in a year. Each one begins with a great devotional and explaination of the chapters you are about to read. I have gave this very Holy Bible to many of my friends that have never owned Bible's before and I would also gift this to a mature Christian. This is one Bible I'm sure I will die with, I absolutely love it!

The Daily Walk Bible comes in various translations and different daily devotional series. The New Revised Standard Version contains the daily deviotional and commentary that was contained in the very first Daily Walk Bible, I purchased. I prefer this version for both content and formating. I realize this is pure personal taste. I also find the New Revised Standard Version close to the New American Standard translation.

In regards to understanding the bible, I find this devotional series better than most. You read straight through the bible for 6 days. (The seventh day is a rest day to catch up.) This approach allows you to better understand what you are reading. The commentary that is included as part of the daily reading serves to help you understand the context and history of what you are reading. It is an aid to understand not a detailed explanation. The commentary is very brief. It does vary from translation to translation. It adds significantly to your enjoyment. Therefore, please consider this when purchasing your new Daily Walk Bible. Because I consider this particular daily devotional/commentary one of the best, I can it five stars.