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"The Secrets of Grim Woods" continues the saga of Kenric, a young blacksmith in training, who is sent by King Thorgil to Grim Woods, or Mithin Dur as it is called by the Fey who live there, to seek an alliance with the Fey folk to forge a blade of power with which to permanently defeat the evil lord Mordig. Protected only by three stones of power--earth, sun, and moon--Kenric and his faithful goblin friend Hnagi journey back into Grim Woods to confront the Fey and try and convince them to help the king fight Mordig.

This second installment in the series "Lowthar's Blade" is even better than the first! I absolutely love the characters Ms. LaFevers brings to this tale. Linwe, the Fey girl who was the first to discover Kenric in Grim Woods in "The Forging of The Blade", is back in Book 2, and she is just as snippy and argumentative as ever! Thrown together more by fate than choice, she and Kenric have an uneasy alliance as she realizes that just because he is Human doesn't mean he isn't speaking the truth. As Kenric digs deeper into the history of the Fey people to try and learn how to forge the True Blade of Power, he uncovers a secret that could destroy them all. Linwe must make some hard choices as to where her loyalties lie, and her decisions will mean life or death to those around her.

With rich details, more description, and some delightful new characters ,"The Secrets of Grim Woods" takes the reader deeper into the realms of Lowthar than the first book did. I loved the Fey village and was able to see everything quite clearly in my mind. Ms. LaFevers' imagination really takes flight in this story and I love how she deftly weaves more and more details into the story line without ever being overwhelming or redundant.. Absolutely delightful read, and I must really recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy--young or old alike, this is a series of books that you shouldn't miss.

Second in the Lowthar's Blade trilogy, The Secrets of Grim Wood has all the best elements of children's fantasy - magic, a quest, vivid creatures and characters, brave children fighting an evil force, a struggle to overcome prejudice... It was great to see more of Kenric's story. I got completely caught up in the character growth of the Fey girl Linwe, and I especially loved her pet hilfen, Dulcet. I couldn't put this book down, and I can hardly wait for Book 3!

More than a discrete work of literary criticism, this work plays an important part in Cavell's ongoing philosophical project. If Cavell's earlier work had Wittgenstein and Austin as involving a modernist break with the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition of positivism, then this work exemplified how analytical philosophy might continue. Cavell finds in the word conscious text of 'Walden' a linguistic economy complimentary to the idea of a logic or necessity to ordinary language. The American Transcendentalists are recast as philosophers who anticipate the turn away from metaphysics to the ordinary and everyday to be found in Wittgenstein. At the same time, as newly recovered American philosophers, they rehearse an encounter between English (empiricist) and German (idealist) philosophy before the split between these strands became institutionalized. 'The Senses of Walden,' then, is a key philosophical text by Cavell as much as a work of literary criticism on Thoreau. It is the text of a philosopher unable to completely give up an analytical training, but equally unwilling to ignore the broader cultural issues that such training obscures. Paul Jenner, University of Nottingham.

This is Professor Cavell's loving reading of Thoreau's "Walden." I was struck by his accounting of Thoreau's daily means. There is even the general ledger that Thoreau made of his financial bearings. To live so simply in a gentle world is a scholar's dream.

This book is about a girl named Freedom who has a mother that drinks alot. She tries to find the mystery of her father and learns that her mother (Mary Margret) has fainted of drinking! She is sent for a treatment center and Freedom and her brother jackie are sent to a foster home.They run away from home for about a week and then comes back with having new foster parents. Somehow one of the people are her father! If you want more details read now!

This book is the best book June Rae Wood has ever written. Well, I think so. It is about two kids, one 13 and one who is 9 or 10. They have a mother who drinks way to much and the cildren try to stop her, but they can't. The cildren run away and find living on their on isn't that easy. If you want to know more read this fantastic book!

My 18-month-old daughter "inherited" this book from her 7-year-old cousin, who really enjoyed it. It fast became her favorite book and she'd spend lots of time tucking the cardboard "silly spider" in and out of his hiding places. I bought a copy for a friend's daughter and she loved it, too. Try it -- you'll get a real kick out of the bright illustrations and the "peek a boo" interactive spider!

This book has been a favorite of my son's since we have been reading to him. At first, he was fascinated by watching the spider pop through the pages on the book. Then, he loved to try to find the spider as it hides throughout the book. Now, he takes the spider through himself. This is a very interactive book and a lot of fun. We can't read it just once, it's at LEAST twice. The only drawback is it gets a little old for me! But he enjoys it so much, I don't really mind.

What a wonderful gift this book would make for anyone's Christmas stocking. Young and old are sure to enjoy the throught-provoking way the author deals with the reactions of those receiving an unusual request. Although a short novel, "Sincerely Yours" packs a big wallop. I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. I bet you'll do the same.

I found this book to be easy reading. Her characters were explained in such a way you became very involved with each one of them. It was a great interpretation of human behavior. And the story kept your interest throughout the entire book. I have recommended this book to my friends and family. This book would make a great movie of the week.

This book is, in my humble opinion, worthy of a Pulitzer. There is so much BAD writing out there, and these poems are a benediction -- nuanced, so perfectly crafted in their lovliness, that they are near perfect examples of some of the best poetry being written today. This writer knows her stuff -- these poems are smart, savy, tender and in many places, elegant and wise. Buy this book, and live more richly!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed Eve Wood's book of poems entitled "Six". "Six" was written based on the historic six wives of Henry VIII. Being familiar with the story and quite fascinated by it, I thought her use of history as a framework for her poems was very interesting. The poetry revealed a more intimate and personal story of the women and were some of the most beautiful poems I have ever read.

New to saltwater fishing in Miami, FL, this book gave me everything necessary to target snapper and grouper. It is filled with tons of full color photos. It includes sections on identifying different fish species. The CD is a bonus! Very good book and highly recommened for rookie snapper and grouper fisherman.

Outstanding book giving particulars on these fish. The DVD is excellent and explains everything in detail. Love it!

The questions are tough - and aren't the typical 'quiz book' ones you've seen a million times.
A staple book for the can!

This book is a great way to brush up on your trivia - and it definitely makes you think. I'm a big trivia buff and it's hard to stump me, but I actually found myself stumped.

With a look that's very much in keeping with sneaker culture and history and anecdotes which could make even the least interested develop a sneaker fetish, this is a must have book for anyone with a love of sneakers, shoes or fashion in general.

this is a great book for anyone who's into sneakers. you don't have to be a "head" to enjoy the pretty pictures and the interviews. it's great that the author talked about where to hunt for sneakers in various cities around the world. now if only the book was bigger in size so the details of the sneakers can be appreciated more....

This is an indispensible reference for anyone interested in the truth about Rhodesia's declaration of independence in 1965 - the principal personalities and their motivations at the time.

Dr Wood introduces his book with the claim that "Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, has been ill-served by her historians" and that "the economy has been studied without reference to the policy-making in the Cabinet Room".

With privileged access to Ian Smith's Cabinet Papers, Dr Wood's careful study provides new insight into the contrasting positions and ambitions of the Rhodesian and British ministers.

J.R.T. Wood has accomplished what many current historians fail to do. He has assembled a massive amount of information from diverse sources and analysed a complex series of events to explain why things happened the way the did. His subject is the complex relations between Great Britain, Rhodesia, the Commonwealth, and the world community that lead to the Unilateral Declaration of Indepence on 11 November 1965.

This event was recently recalled in a series of 40-years-on conferences, including one by the London School of Economics in January 2006 (sponsered by the Cold War Studies Centre), that indicates the degree of importance this event had for Great Britain as it divested itself from empire in the period 1959 to 1965. These events were complicted by the Cold War and economic necessities at a time of rising Third World expectations in the lee of the "winds of change."

Richard Wood has done a service in a neglected area of modern history that too often has been made an ideological football rather than a subject for serious analysis. This he has provided from the primary sources of those involved. It is to bad that an institutional sponser has not recognized this and supported the work of what is the first of a proposed three volume study.