White Books

MY daughter loves bugs/nature and this is a great book to help her learn a little more about them.

These are a great addition to any home library. Just having them available is a great Science curriculum. The kids don't even know they are learning.

My 5 year old son loves the Magic School Bus. We were not disappointed with this book about the Coral Reefs. The Magic School makes learning about the environment and the ocean fun for all ages.

My five year old son and three year old daughter have been enjoying this book for over a year. The older child finds the story exciting and gains satisfaction from better understanding the world around him. The younger child enjoys how the characters she's come to know so well morf into creatures she's familiar with from visits to the aquarium and the fishmonger.

The story opens with Mrs. Frizzle showing the children a map from her pirate ancestor. The possibility of finding pirate treasure and the threats facing the kids during their search for it motivates them to work together in the manner of coral reef creatures. The kids find the treasure chest in an area of the reef that looks sickly and learn that the metal fittings on the chest have been poisoning the coral.

Magic School Bus Takes a Dive is a worthwhile purchase. The kids also enjoy a related title, Magic School Bus Gets Eaten, which has the class in the ocean again learning about food chains.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip to the depths of the ocean to observe the coral reefs up close and learn life that found in reefs. The book, like all the other Magic School Bus books, teaches a lot, and has a moral. In this story the reader can learn a lot about the coral reefs of the sea, and what kind of creatures live there. The moral of this story is to work together to achieve your goals. Children between the ages of 4 and 6 would probably enjoy this book.

I've been collecting vintage and (some) new prayerbooks, mostly Catholic, for years and I used them all, usually having one or two favorites, and then rotating through my collection as the days passed. It worked for me. Well, this prayerbook is astoundingly full of useful prayers, most old favorites, but many newer (to me) written by the Saints, and they are reason enough to buy this book. A few bring tears to my eyes as I pray them, feeling the amount of power and sincere sentiment and truth written into them by their authors. Beautifully tailored, very well produced and meant to last at least a lifetime, I recommend it to all of my prayerful friends. A person could go for the rest of their lives using this prayerbook alone.
If I have one minor complaint, it is that the leatherette cover is too stiff. It folds back on the book and snaps shut. A nice feature, but it keeps flapping back across the page, necessitating holding it back with part of your right hand as you read and pray. It would have been fabulous in a supple genuine cowhide leather. But, you can't have everything. I still love the book. You will, too.
The Holybook Lover

I am happy that I purchased this prayerbook, for not only is it attractive with its leatherette cover and gilded pages, but it is also well bound with thick pages guaranteeing a lifetime of use. Its bold print makes for easy reading, and the prayers within are both simple and profound, earnest and powerful ... a must for any Catholic. I enjoy having available the Latin equivalent of the popular prayers. In the midst of all the daily distractions from prayer in this fast-paced world, one will find this attractive book a tempting invitation to spend time with God.

My priest introduced me to this prayer book. As a cradle catholic of 40 plus years I am truly blessed to own a copy. It contains basic Catholic prayers, novenas, prayers for various needs and also has the Latin form of prayers. It is beautifully bound in black leather, gilded page edges, 2 ribbon markers, and a handy case to keep it in. It is truly heirloom quality. Will make a great gift for cradle catholics as well as converts. Originally written for the students of the Pontifical North American College. A must have for all Catholics.

After purchasing the Manual of Prayers, I found my prayer life had greatly improved. I have been greatly blessed by it. It comes leather bound in 2 colors, black and burgundy. It was such a blessing fort me that I had to get one for a friend. It is good for those who have a hard time praying. It makes it easier to start a prayer or gives one ideas on how to pray. It is a wonderful book that is nothing short of priceless.

The Manual of Prayers in burgundy leather is a beautiful collection of prayers written in modern English. While written for seminarians, it provides the lay person with the opportunity to connect on a very spiritual level with God through a variety of prayers for most every occasion. The snap cover is a plus, allowing one to use prayer cards to mark special prayer locations without worrying about them falling out or being disrupted if one accidentally drops the book while carrying it. A fine choice for anyone wanting to get closer to God.

MOE HOWARD DIED FOR OUR SINS: Made-to-Fit Tales for the Maladjusted by Dale Andrew White
REVIEWER: Rod Clark

Dale Andrew White is a devious writer, and his new collection, Moe Howard Died for our Sins, provides incriminating evidence of this. On the one hand, the flavor of his tales faintly evokes that decayed ante-bellum style of southern literature that is both lyrically humorous and self-deprecating; the sort of thing we get in Faulkner's Sartoris, or Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. In his mythical locations like "Dire Straits, Georgia" or "Mosquito County," one can easily hear the (admittedly distant) echoes of Faulkner's beloved and tormented Yoknapatawpha landscape, while the eccentricity of his characters recalls Twains rascally creations: the Duke and the Dauphin. On the other hand, this is not the satire of Ambrose Bierce or H. L. Menken. It is more like the kind of in-your-face semantic slapstick that you might expect of a George Carlin or a Lenny Bruce. It is impossible to get through one of his stories without laughing out loud at least once, and wincing several times. In his hilarious opening tale, The South's Greatest Writer, Mr. White draws a sketch of an imaginary yet unforgettable femme fatale of literature: Hannah Rath, creator of the Bile Straits Trilogy. Her life features many incandescent moments, such as the time graduates at the University of Georgia pelted her with flaming pecans after her commencement address entitled: "You have sold your souls for lawn furniture!" Other demented treasures in this collection include the title story, "Moe Howard Died for our Sins," documenting the tragic descent of a young man into a cult of Three Stooges fans, "Scenic Hell Becomes Vacation hot Spot," a tale of twisted tourism in the infernal regions, and "Benny The Broker," an account of a young gangster who traffics in illegal literature. To open this collection is to invite trouble--and probably enjoy it. You can put this book down, but whether you can forget it is entirely another matter. The reader is warned.

I thoroughly enjoyed the wit and satire of Dale Andrew White. Moe Howard Died for Our Sins is full of the twisted humor I love so much. Especially close to my heart was the short "Kiss of Knowledge". It actually brought back childhood memories. The twisted humor is just what you need to step out of the norm and have some fun. Dale Andrew White has a hit with this book. Whether or not you enjoyed the Three Stooges, you will enjoy this book.

This is an awesome little book! There's nothing better than a well put together book compiled of a variety of short stories that stimulate the imagination as much as these. In this book there is everything from talking farm animals living in a society similar to our own, wars between third graders and seven year olds, and even a support group for those with the odd talent, or dirty habit, of levitation.

The book is stuffed full of humorous and thought provoking tales that are sure to strike anyone's funny bone. There were so many great stories that I couldn't possibly pick a favorite, but if I had to, I'd choose "A Taste of Palp".

This is a great book to keep on the bedside table and read a couple of stories each night. It's a quick read and I soon found it difficult to put down as each story is as riviting as the next. This one will definately be read over and over again.

This was an incredible piece of fiction from an author who had to have been diagnosed with an EXTREMELY overactive imagination as a child-there's no other way to explain a book where people bounce off the ceiling as a matter of course! Did you know there were floaters out there, carefully concealed so the rest of us don't know about them? I sure didn't!

I have to say, "Moe Howard Died for Our Sins" (the not-so-tiny short that shares its name with the novel) was far and away my favorites. The t'ings I never knew about the Stooges!

I laughed and yelped in outrage alternately from the first page to the last while I was reading this, and I highly recommend it to anybody looking for a pleasant change from the ordinary drivel that's currently cluttering up bookstore shelves.

Does anybody have a pie....?

Part-time iconoclast and two-fingered typist Dale Andrew White is a natural born storyteller with an especial flair for blending fantasy, whimsy, satire, and a fevered imagination into original stories that are replete with ribald humor and reader-engaging novelty. Subtitled "made-to-fit tales for the maladjusted", this collection of short stories showcase a genuine and offbeat talent anthologized into a 110-page compendium which includes The South's Greatest Writer; Lunacy Grounded; Nature of the Beasts; Babes in Arms; Mightier than the Sword; Benny the Broker; The Twiddlebum Method: Shaping Today's Youth for a Limited Tomorrow; Behind the Throne; Kiss of Knowledge; The Battle of Florence Tucker; Scenic Hell Becomes Vacation Hot Spot; A Taste of Palp; Life of the Party; The Dirtiest Words in the World; Double Occupancy; Feed the Lawyers; The Bells of Griswald Stump; Mrs. Reinsman Rides Again; and the title piece, Moe Howard Died For Our Sins. Highly recommended reading!

Mokole is a wonderful book detailing the werecrocodiles and weredragons of the World of Darkness. The writing is superb, truly bringing to life the Mokole, and portraying what it is like to posess a racial memory back to the time of the dinosaurs. The feel of incredible antiquity, the weight of ages of Memory and wisdom, keenly permeates this Breedbook. This book does not merely describe the Mokole and their culture, it builds a vivid atmosphere, describing these ancient relics of a distant golden age, and does an excellent job of immersing the reader in their very unique worldview.

The book focuses most on the Australian Aboriginal culture of the Gumagan tribe, although it also describes the other tribes and their cultures. I hardly know anything about Aboriginal culture, but it looks like the authors of Mokole did a good job of respectfully including it in the book without the dreadfulness of Rage Across Australia, and I am glad to see Australia covered in another W:tA book.

The Mokole are an amazing race, and I am eager to play them someday. Their war-form, the Archid, is a dinosaur or dragon, and it is customizable and completely different for each character. The Mokole have all unique totems, rites, gifts, and fetishes, including ghostly totems from extinct species. Although they posess immense physical power - they are weredragons! - they are truly focused on peaceful functions. The are very different in feel and function from the Garou, and should provide many new opportunites for players and STs. Although the Mokole are usually antagonistic toward werewolves, they can work with Garou in the Hengeyokai and the Ahadi, and the book's metaplot provides possibilities for inter-Breed interaction outside of these coalitions.

Every Breedbook includes the Breed's version of the history of the world and their part in it, but the Mokole's story of history spans 200 million years! The Mokole can remember a previous Apocalypse that wiped out the dinosaurs and an earlier intelligent race, the Lizard Kings, and they know of even earlier Apocalypses that came before that one. They believe that Gaia will survive the current crisis. Mokole revolutionizes the history of the World of Darkness. Even among Changing-Breeds, they take an extremely long view, and their insights and stories are interesting to say the least! The Mokole recall the Wars of Rage like they were yesterday, and their tales describe three entire Changing-Breeds that are now exinct. There are even basic rules for constructing games set in the Mesozoic, mostly intended for stories contained in a modern character's Memory.

Finally, although the Mokole are weredinosaurs and speak frankly about evolution and geological Eras, the entire feel of the book is still as fully mystical as the rest of Werewolf, without drifting into genetics or other Weaverish explanations.

The one major problem is the end of the fictional story. The resolution of the story's conflict makes no sense and is silly. Except for that, this is a totally awesome book!

Mokole is a book for an addition to werewolf the apocalypse. You must have the "werewolf: the apocalypse" book in order to use this one to it's fullest ability. Mokole is a book about and how to play a were-alligator, were-crocodile, were-moniter lizards, were-gila monsters, were-caiman, and most importantly... they are all were-dragons! The mokole gives you mnesis, an ability to remember back to the time of the dinosaur kings. If you want to look like a big lizard, godzilla, dinosaur, sea serpent, fire breathing dragon, or oriental dragon.. then this is a book for you. The werewolves are the warriors of gaia, the mokole are her memory.

Out of all the kin books for the Wherewolf The Apocalypse game i like this one the most. It gave the much needed variety in the game and allowed for a great game. Allowing characters with these new and interesting powers is great fun, and by adding new sources and titles to your WW library you can laugh and have more fun with your friends that you play with.
I suggest this book to everyone and hope you take my word on it.
great great fun.

This book is everything you need to play the Mokole, were-reptiles who remember (and embody) Gaia's past, the days of the Dragon Kings (dinosaurs). As naturally, the book opens with a comic adventure telling of the Garou Peter Ward's quest to Australia to meet with the Mokole themselves and learn of his heritage. The book then gives the typical introduction, lexicon of terms and an explanation of what it is to embody the dragons, dinosaurs and sea serpents of the past through your Rage. From there it goes on to a great history, telling of the Mokole's creation and the reptilian civilizations of prehistoric times. The Mokole can even remember previous Apocalypses (like the one that destroyed the dinosaurs) and fully expect to live through this one. Details on the Wars of Rage and the War of Shame are given, along with lost Fera (were-bulls, boars and bats) known only to the Mokole. In addition, brief mention is made of human times, like ancient Egypt, the Slave Trade and so forth ("western" history doesn't really matter, since most Mokole come from the tropics).

The next chapter covers the four Streams (tribes) of the Mokole: the Gumagan of Australia who share ties to the Dreamtime, the Makara priest-kings of India and neighboring lands, the primordial Mokole-Mbembe of Africa, the American Southeast and the Amazon and the scholarly Zhong Lung of East Asia's Hengeyokai. Specifics are given for each (like how the Gumagan have strong ties to the Umbra, differences in Mnesis and how the Zhong Long and Makara follow different auspices). Views on other Fera, vampires and even stranger factions (like mummies, voodooists, tribal shaman and Egyptian magi) are given, along with details on names and Duties (the Mokole Litany). The next chapter gives the crunchy bits, covering the Mokole solar auspices, new Traits, forms (not all are crocodiles or alligators; gila monsters, Komodo dragons and gharials are also represented) and Crinos traits (their Crinos form consists of various traits borrowed from other reptiles, like horns, armor, wings, frills, venom and so forth). Details on Totems are also given, along with new Totems, Fetishes and Merits/Flaws. All of these fit right in, from the reptile Totems to Fetishes drawn from Aboriginal culture.

The next chapter covers Gifts for the Mokole, including general Gifts, solar/seasonal auspice Gifts and Stream Gifts, many of which are quite interesting. A number of useful (and uniquely Mokole) Rites are also presented. In the following chapter, we are given a look at useful information on Mokole breeding, Mnesis (their racial memory), the "Innocents" (ghosts of dead metis), camps and relationships with the Nagah (were-snakes). We also get the standard templates, like the Native Rights guerilla and the rainforest ethnobotanist, and NPCs, including Uncle Monday (a centuries old Florida Conjure Doctor), Sister Rae (who has True Faith in the sun), Morwangu (who was involved in the story in the book) and Braney (a Wyrm corrupted children's show host). The book closes out nicely with details on RL crocodilians, monitors and gila monsters, the hatred for vampires (particularly Setites), Mnesis spirits, the Dragon Kings, prehistoric birds and marsupials that once served as Mokole kin, and stories set in the final days or the War of Rage.

The end also includes the typical template for creating and running Mokole characters. This can be used just as easily for western Mokole as it can for the eastern Makara/Zhong Lung (who follow slightly different creation rules). Needless to say, this book blew me away. The Mokole are probably my favorite Fera, and this book is invaluable for playing them. I also appreciated the strong focus on Australian Aboriginal culture which permeates much of this book. All in all, I think this book is quite useful for any Mokole Chronicles (and quite a head ache for those who want to try and figure out the World of Darkness's "cosmology").

This is a great book. It helps to portray the true peril that the changing breeds are in and it also shows what those who truly desire to restore the balance, not just destroy the wyrm (dissolver) are capable of. This book has enthralled me since I bought it and now I really want to get an all Mokole game off the ground (too bad that my compadres insist on involving Bastet, Changeling, and Vamps :P). If you're considering buying it to this point, DO!

When two cultures collide can love survive?
Jessica Maxwell is at the wilderness' mercy when she is widowed and three days later the wagon breaks down. Alone in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains with her four children the brave woman tries desperately to get the wagon going again so her family can achieve her late husband's dream of settling out West.

Lakota warrior, Swift Eagle, has a vision about the stranded White woman and her family and goes to rescue them, even though he has good reason not to trust White people. Moving them into the deserted cabin just as the first blizzard of the season starts. He teaches the children how to hunt and fish and provide food for themselves through out the winter. Through his caring ways he wins the respect and trust of the children and Jessica's heart, but he knows that he must return this family that he has grown to love back to the White settlement in the spring.

Diane Davis White has crafted a spellbinding story of people from two different cultures journeying from distrust through respect, trust and an all-powerful passion making this a riveting read. Readers of romance will be delighted by the way Diane Davis White transports them into the past and weaves a passionate love story that transcends through time. A must read for all romance fans.

The story takes place 1870 in the Rocky Mountains. Newly widowed Jessica Maxwell and her four children are surprised and frightened by the appearance of an Indian coming to their campsite. Swift Eagle is a Lakota Warrior coming to their aid because of visions that showed him he must help them. He has no idea why. He likes Whites no better than they like Indians. Since this is a romance, you know that by the end of the story the two will get together, but I admit I wondered if in fact they ever would or could be together. The author takes them all through dark, hard times before any happiness is shown. Historically correct, the issue of marriage between Indian and White was fraught with difficulty as well as danger, and is presented effectively enough that you can't see how it could be done.
I enjoyed reading how things were managed back then, and found it as interesting as the growing romance. The author captured Swift Eagle in words so well, I felt that I'd met him. Or it could have been the cover of the book, too! I loved the four children, and each one had their own personality. I liked and respected Jessica, and understood all her decisions. Near the end is a nail biter of a tale, and I had to finish it, to see how it all worked out. By then though, I'd become so fond of all the characters, I didn't want the story to end. The kind of book that when you finish, you're smiling, and looking to see if you have another read by this author. I hope there are more books like this in the future from Diane Davis White. I highly recommend Moon of the Falling Leaves.

Moon Of The Falling Leaves
By Diane Davis White

9780980035605

Jessica couldn't be worse off. Her husband's death just three days earlier has left her and her family unprotected against the coming winter with only a destroyed wagon for shelter. So when a handsome Lakota Warrior arrives claiming a vision showed him she would need his help she can only agree and keep a watchful eye on him. Perhaps too watchful she realizes as the tenderness he offers her children and his kindness to her begins to make her feel something other than just mere appreciation toward him. As her time with him grows so do the heated glances between them and she will have to decide if she can risk following what's in her heart.

The star crossed lovers of Diane Davis White's novel MOON OF FALLING LEAVES are the characters romance readers can't get enough of. With the mutual distrust forged between the Lakota people and the White's the two have enough riding against them from the beginning. Yet somewhere between Swift Eagle's kindness towards her children and the unquenchable passions he stirs in her, Jessica finds herself in love. It's this ability to not only transport her readers within her novel, but to make them feel connected to her characters that makes Ms. White's MOON OF FALLING LEAVES a historical romance readers will be beyond delighted to share with their friends.

I just finished "Moon of the Falling Leaves" by Diane Davis White, and I am amazed. It is obvious that Ms White did a lot of research for this western novel. To emphasize something in the story, she'll use a word from the Lakota Sioux dialog and than transparently fit the explanation into the story. It takes a real talent to accomplish that without breaking the rhythm.
"Moon of the Falling Leaves" is about a widow, Jessica, stranded with four children in the Rocky Mountains, and the Lakota Sioux warrior that finds them. Swift Eagle has many reasons to hate white people, but a dream tells him to befriend the family. He knows a blizzard is imminent so he moves them into an abandoned cabin. Rather than let them starve, he teaches the children and Jessica how to survive.
Swift Eagle slowly wins Jessica's heart and the devotion of her children, but another dream shows Jessica standing with a white man. Swift Eagle knows he must take her back to her people: their love is not meant to be. When he takes the family to a town, Jessica falls into the hands of unscrupulous people. What will happen to Jessica, her family, and Swift Eagle? You'll have to buy the book to find out.
This is a very talented writer who can spin words to create an earlier time. She will take you back to 1870 and keep you spellbound the entire novel. Diane weaves personality into her characters until you seem to know them, and the romance between Jessica and Swift Eagle slowly builds to a climax
It takes real talent to write a believable novel about 1870, but Diane White pulls it off without a problem. Can you tell that I really loved this novel?

Sure loved this one. It was moving, and hit me in the heart. I loved each of of the people in the story Jessica Swift Eagle and her wonderful children Jeremy, Freddie, Grace, Samuel, new baby John, and the rest of the great cast that makes up this book. From the being, it has you. I know people who love stories of the Indian getting the girl are going to adore it. My late Grandma would have love this.Was her favorite type of story to read.

For this U.S. trained forensic pathologist, anyway, Sir Sydney Smith was until recently not a familiar name. He and his perhaps more famous contemporary Spilsbury were the generation ahead of the "grand old men" with whom we are more familiar - Knight, for example. Smith's career was fascinating, though, coming as it did right on the edge of scientific death investigation. From the perspective of 2008, he made deductions and judgments that would simply never fly either scientifically or under contemporary cross examination. However, at his time he was truly at the top of his profession, and a terrific author to boot. This book should be part of any forensic pathology fellow's reading list, and for those outside the profession, offers unique insights into the pitfalls and pressures of this most fascinating craft.

In this book, the famous British Forensic Pathologist Dr. Sydney Smith narrates with a distinct Scottish charm and in factual manner the way he solved several noteworthy crimes committed in England and in some of its Colonies using his knowledge of Forensic Pathology during the mid 20th Century. Often, he would identify a murderer from a few bones as was once found in a dry well in Egypt where he established in Cairo, its first Forensic Pathology Laboratory. He gives the reader a glimpse of the court-room drama that attorney, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, for the Prosecution and Defence alternatively and Sydney Smith himself opposing Spilsbury produced in the courts of law in Britain. Several B&W photographs add greatly to the narrative of each solved case.

"Mostly Murder" by Sir Sydney Smith, late Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh is another great true-crime autobiography from the first half of the twentieth century, very similar in its witty, epigrammatic style to British Home Office Pathologist, Professor Keith Simpson's "Forty Years of Murder." Both books are fascinating memoirs of 'mostly murders,' famous and obscure, although not always committed in Great Britain--Sir Sidney went to Egypt during the First World War and stayed on as the Principal Medico-Legal Expert to the Ministry of Justice until he returned to Edinburgh in 1928. He also relates cases from Ceylon, Australia (the Sydney Shark affair), and other far-flung ports of the British Empire.

The author most especially seemed to relish his medico-legal battles with the famous Home Office Pathologist, Sir Bernard Spilsbury. In one of his most interesting trials, Sir Sydney testified on behalf of Sidney Fox, a convicted forger, blackmailer, swindler, and thief who was also accused of murdering his own mother for the insurance money--she died less than an hour before her accidental death policy was due to expire.

Dear old mom was a confederate in most of her son's crimes, but Fox emphatically denied strangling her and setting her hotel room on fire, and Sir Sydney believed him. At least he believed that the con man's mother showed no physical evidence of strangulation. He and the great Spilsbury locked horns over the forensic evidence in court and Sir Sidney's client was condemned to the gallows, but was it for the wrong reason?

The fact that Fox renewed his mother's accidental death policy the day before she died was the evidence that hung him, but was he really guilty of murdering her? Sir Sidney thinks not.

Mordant wit abounds in this book, most especially in the chapter, "Accident, Suicide, or Murder?" Sir Sidney relates the suicide by coal-gas of a plumber from Aberdeen who "connected a tube to the gas-pipe before it entered the meter, and so all the way to the room where his body was found."

We've all heard stories about thrifty Scots, but Aberdonians seem to be a legend even amongst their own countrymen.

"Mostly Murder" contains several gruesome photographs from the author's forensic files, but nothing we haven't already seen on television.

Murder is not funny. Yet this obviously major first book on early forensic science turned out to be a 'snort of laughter' funny book. It's a very wryly written and very wise autobiography, with no backstabbing or self-congratulatory remarks. If anything, Smith was way too modest, in dealing with the many parts of forensic science (which are now dealt with by different departments in police, FBI, etc). He managed to deal with ballistic forensics, stringing a couple of microscopes together while in Eqypt in order to compare bullets and casings. This was way prior to the invention of comparison microscopes that are regularly used even in med school.

The stories he tells are usually not well-known, but he had a good reason for sharing the story because it showed a particular means of solving a crime (or not solving it) using what they had available in forensics during the early 1900's. Smith imagination and ability to 'make do' are something that is badly missed in most sciences today. He certainly lived a very productive and valuable life, and obviously his inventions and unique ideas have been built upon in forensic science. I think he would not be surprised, but would have enjoyed the other newer fields in forensics such as entymology.

This is an older book, found at my university library. Quite frankly, it would be worthwhile to publish again and recommend to the many people who are showing such an interest in forensics due to shows such as CSI. Many of the concepts Smith teaches are still valuable today. If readers cannot buy this book, try to find it at a university libary. It is extremely well-written and enjoyable.

Karen Sadler,
Science Education,
University of Pittsburgh

This book tells of the many interesting cases in his career. If you liked "Quincy ME" or "CSI" you'll love reading true stories about his pioneering work in the first half of the 20th century. He is an outstanding writer as well. This book shows how legal medicine can convict the guilty and exonerate the innocent. Most of these cases deal with murder, and tell how the doctor let the dead bones speak to the living.

Erle Stanley Gardner says a successful practitioner of forensic medicine must not only be outstanding in his field, but most be quick-thinking and keen of mind: a real version of Sherlock Holmes. A good medical expert should search for the truth, not the facts to support a pre-conceived theory; this usually results in a miscarriage of justice; chapter 20 illustrates this.

Page 90 tells of his analysis of the British .303 cartridge. The bullet had an "aluminium tip enclosed in a strong cupro-nickel jacket". This tip often broke off when the bullet entered a body. This could result in a blunt-edged bullet that could tumble in a body and create more damage; in effect, a dum-dum bullet.

On page 152 he says that in the British legal system, expert witnesses are made available to the defendants, and paid when the defendant is without means. This is an improvement over just providing a public defender. "While the life of a scoundrel may not be worth saving, the principles of justice always are."

Sir Sydney Smith writes with a dry, subtle sense of humor, and with understatements. This book cannot be easily summarized, except to say: get it and read it!

If you are not a regular reader of books, this one will want to read again. It is good clean murder mystery which will give you pleasure and want to read more. Please hurry up and write another book soon.

"Murder Most Foul" is a very good mystery. The murder is unique with a hint of a ....( Wait till you read it! It will surprise you!) A sure fire murder mystery that you do not want to miss.

Miss White has written a book which is a page turner. Once started it is hard to put the book down. Barbara White is a master story teller who weaves and twist and turns the plot until it's conclusion. A book that can be read more then once to appreciate all the twist and turns in the book. The characters are just like real people. They are likeable and loveable. Enjoyed the book immensely. Would recommend it to all mystery buffs and christian fiction readers.

As a librarian, I would heartily recommend Ms. White's MURDER MOST FOUL to those readers who love mysteries from a Christian perspective. The protagonist, Maggie Muldoon, is a spunky independent widow, who just happens to be a minister with a talent for solving murders. While accepting a position as interim pastor in the small town of Andersonville, Maggie can't resist investigating the recent "accidental deaths" of the former pastor and organist. While performing her churchly duties, she meets some quirky, as well as suspicious characters around town. With the aid of some very dear friends, Maggie begins to unravel some long buried secrets and unwittingly puts herself in the path of danger. Ms. White blends humor and suspense with small town charm. I can't wait for Maggie's next adventure!

MURDER MOST FOUL IS A BOOK THAT BRINGS THE CHARACTER MAGGIE MULDOON TOGETHER WITH HER FRIENDS. NOT ONLY DO THEY SOLVE A MURDER, BUT THEY ALSO SHOW HOW A GOOD FRIENDSHIP WORKS. IT IS INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME OF GREAT HARDSHIP, LIKE A MURDER. BARBARA WHITE HAS CREATED A BOOK THAT WEAVES THE UGLINESS OF A MURDER WITH THE WONDERFULNESS OF FRIENDSHIP AND PEOPLE OF A TOWN. THIS BOOK IS ONE THAT YOU CAN SEE CHARACTERS GROW. IT IS A BOOK THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FINISH SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO KNOW A TOWN BETTER AND ESPECIALLY MAGGIE MULDOON.

In school the time before The Revolutionary War is briefly touched. This book will enlighten those who read it with a new understanding of the persecution regarding the Freedom of Speech and religious bias.

The book is an easy read. This is an accomplishmnet with the heavy subject matters that are entailed in the book.

Please read this book and pass it along. We must learn from our past to avoid the mistakes that were made.

Ms. Brinton delivers a fascinating account of Mary Dyer's life which is vivid in both detail and authenticity. I found this work illuminating about the religious intolerance of the time and the particular suspicion that was cast on many women. Mary 's story should be taught in schools as an important part of our American history. The religious and social freedoms we enjoy today are due to martyrs such as Mary.

Elizabeth Brinton's fascinating historial novel 'My American Eden' brings home the suffering and eventual execution of Mary Dyer, a colonial spiritual leader who fought and died for religious freedom. I can't help but worry that our country is going to have to fight this battle again and again with the threat to our freedom by the current administration and it's followers. This book is a must-read for anyone who truly loves the principles this country was eventually founded on.

This inspiring tale of the life, convictions and death of Mary Dyer captures the readers imagination from the first chapter.
Life in early America is well portrayed and is intricately woven with periods in England as Mary's tale unfolds.
It is difficult to grasp the severity of puritan law in Boston and the cruelty that early American settlers were subjected to. Elizabeth Brinton has skillfully brought this period in history to light by sharing with the reader the startling tale of Mary Dyer and Quaker followers in 1600 America.
We can wish it ended differently, but historically, it did not. A captivating and inspiring novel.

This is a wonderful book that tells an important and little told story of just how profound religious intolerance was as our country was being settled by colonists. We are skillfully taken on the courageous journey of a woman who ultimately martyrs herself for being a Quaker. Ms. Brinton helps us understand the daily consequences of Mary Dyer's struggles and the constant sacrifices necessary to be a woman with a spiritual calling. The author accomplishes this with a spunky narrator who takes us in to the family and household of Mary Dyer as her indentured servant who was Catholic. I liked this divergent voice of a woman who was of a different religious persuasion and yet able to respect and even love Dyer deeply. I benefited from the author's vivid descriptions of the daily life of a colonist and what it took to survive with very little community to support them. It is marvelous to read a piece of early American historical fiction that capably allows us to contemplate such facinating and still relevant motivations. I wanted to read more.

Dunbar Ogden's entire family was deeply effected by the stand he took in Little Rock. As a pastor's wife, I was particularly inspired by the courage of his wife, Dorothy. Having met her years later, I am convinced that this experience made her all the more effective in her own ministry, as she could genuinely empathize with those in ministry - and in fact, all walks of life - who have suffered injustice and persecution, both within and outside the church. I would highly recommend this book!

This is a profound book. I found myself writing the author to thank him--for sharing this story and this part of our history; for sharing so intimately of his father's life and the choices he made (I am inspired by his faith and actions); for exposing the realities behind the headlines and the snippets of history that were in our history books; for sharing his own journey; and overall for writing such an important book.

Essential reading for anyone interested in this dark chapter of the civil rights movement. The book is based on thorough research into personal and public files and on personal memories. The argument is spellbinding at three levels: 1)an account of precisely what happened when Orville Faubus tried to defy the federal law; 2)a highly sympathetic account of the support by the Presbyterian (white) pastor Dunbar H. Ogden for the nine students attempting to register at the school; and 3)a deeply moving account by Ogden's son, a renown theater historian, concerning his own search for understanding after fifty years. The book is a superb success.

Well written and gripping, this true story is one of the most interesting books I have ever read.

This is one of the most needed books for students today. The collaboration between unlikely allies and their story is just what students today need to read to be able to have strong examples of unity in times of important social and political growth. As a school librarian, I find this a must in my library not only for students but as a vital resource for teachers. We still have a tremendous amount of segregation in our schools today.This book is just the tool we need to revisit this issue and reflect on our committment to social justice.

I was "permanently laid off" from my job 10 days ago and was wallowing in the muck of "what did I do?" until I finished this book. The author expertly traces his various jobs and shares the lessons he's learned over the years. Now I look back at getting thrown out and I understand it wasn't about me at all. If you're in a job you hate, if you kinda like it, if you've recently been tossed out and are wondering how to feed the family and look for a new job, John White's book is for you. You'll laugh, learn a lot and feel encouraged again to face the daily grind. Blue collar or white (and I've been both), this book is for you.

It is highly readable and very well-written; I couldn't put it down. I give it my highest recommendation!

Amazingly well written. The smooth writing style leads the reader along; alot like having a conversation with the writer. The story telling is seemless, and before you know it, a lesson is learned! Some of the points are thoughts that myself and, I'm sure, all of us have had and yet John White is able to construct into tangible verbage. I highly recommend this book to any high school student, college student, or workforce newby. I also recommend this book to everyone else who's dealing with the daily grind and might need that boost to realize that there are answers out there to just about all of the working lifes' problems!

This is a great manual on how to keep things sorted out between work and the rest of your life. It would be an excellent read for anyone entering the modern workplace to better understand what is in store for them and how to cope with it. Some really hilarious comments on many real life experiences.

I wish I would have had this book years ago.It could have saved me a lot of time and grief when I was an employee working at a corporate job.

I could relate to a lot of the situations in the book. The author tells it like it really is.

I'm going to recommend it to my friends who are still working 8 to 5 jobs. So many of them are miserable, but they don't know what else to do. This book provides some solutions and ideas to make it easier to survive as an employee in today's workplace.

Probably the most important piece of advice is to remember who you're really working for (yourself). Fortunately, I now have my own business so I really am working for myself.

Thanks a million for this book!
Darren D

My Job Sucks and I Can't Take it Anymore! Help!: The Real-Life Job Survival Guide is a no-nonsense resource for anyone and everyone who hates their corporate job. Chapters discuss how to cope with globalization, how to rise above corporate B.S., survive a layoff, work a reasonable schedule instead of 12+ hours a day, and much more. "Even thought companies may publicly state things like 'work-life balance', many of them secretly want employees who will put the company's interests before their own. By the same token, do what you need to do for yourself or your family, but don't broadcast it. Your motivations and desires are no one's business but your own." Highly recommended, especially in today's modern workforce when corporations can no longer be expected to "take care of" anything other than their own profits, let alone their workers.