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This story was a total surprise in how different it was. With the supernatural elements,I would say that it very much resembles horror fiction.

The setting with a pioneer wagon train traveling from MO to Oregon,was about as original as one could get for a spiritual battle,that I have certainly never come across in a Christian Thriller before!

Some of the gore was too descriptive for my tastes,but I still give it five stars,because of it's originality,and excellent story and writing.

Fantastic! We read this book just after seeing Mel Gibson's "The Passion". There are some comments during the time Paradine is at the crucifixion that made both the book and the movie regarding Mary very special. Great insight into how so many of us fail in our courage, yet we are still useable. Look deeply at the spiritual warfare and realize it is going on now. We have many of Shane's books and look forward to more in the future. Thanks for a great lift.

Take a journey to the 1850's with the Paradine family, head of the house, Daniel. On a wagon train, they travel to Oregon on a trail. Daniel is an educated man, with not much use for God, while his wife, Lisabeth, is a devoted Christian.

But when things go wrong, Daniel is forced to deal with something even beyond his belief in God. He chooses to deal with the thing responsible for the deaths of some of his comrades, but more importantly, he does this for the sake of Lisabeth, and his son, Michael. He encounters a cavern, home of the mysterious Chayatocha. What will happen? He also will encounter a few other beings that are quite mysterious. He meets people such as Gorgathuus, and a stranger named Lucky. You may even see a resemblence to the apostle Peter in a man named John Forrester.

Call this spiritual warfare, old school style! You may be thinking, "That's weird!" Nah, that's God!

I just finished this novel today, the third Shane Johnson novel I have read. I was yet again impressed. The frontier west is not usually my chosen reading material, but I enjoyed the story despite that. As in his book, Ice, Shane Johnson broadened the scope of the initial story and delved into awesome, up close scenes from ancient history, which gave a great depth to the main antagonist and his cohorts. I found the forays vivid and powerful, as they built to a critical point in the story. The ending cleanly wrapped up the plight of Daniel and his friends and family. The cohorts and their influence at the end of the book was a nice touch. I noticed several memorable lines, one I will leave you with:

An inventory of hope, carried upon dreams.

I loved the beginning of this book! It was creepy and gave me this sense of foreboding that absolutely got to me. But then as we learned more about Chayatocha and the origins behind the creature, it lost steam. The climax in the cave was good (though most of the action is limited to what the lead character hears rather than sees), but the tone of the book was different by then. The novel starts as a horror/thriller story, then ends as more of a spiritual warfare kind of thing (and that's not necessarily bad).

I will definitely have to give the author credit for one of the more powerful scenes involving the crucifixion in recent fiction. That was the highlight of the book's second half to me.

All in all, this was satisfying, and I'm looking forward to Mr. Johnson's next novel (hopefully the sequel to "Ice"!). If he goes in this vein again in the future, I have no doubt it'll be another hit. The ending doesn't deliver what the beginning promises, but I recommend it because it's the first of its kind in Christian fiction. I hope other authors will build upon it.

The RV camping guide is one of the best because it gives you a little history of each region as you make your way down the road. Many of their property ratings are dead on, but I know of one highly rated RV resort in the book that is nothing like the book suggests.
On a scale of one to ten it was rated a 9 with a glowing review that made it sound like one of the finest RV parks in North America. When we arrived there was a run down dump of a place with mostly full-timers and an amazing amount of trash and junk strewn around. The full service sites with amazing views were actually muddy side by side parking spaces with potholes and hundreds of wild rabbits-- many of which were busy breeding. You had to drive around these rabbits because they weren't about to move. We turned our rig around and slowly drove around more passionate bunnies and sloshed through the mud and potholes to make our way out of this horrible so-called resort. As for the world famous pecan pie served in the resort's restaurant--- They can keep it.
I would still reccomend this book but only with a stern warning that the author sometimes gets it wrong.
We are convinced he must have had a nice meal there and was given a free slice of pecan pie for the road.

WOW! This book has it all! I have camped in Oregon, Washington and California for over 50 years and, yes, I own a number of campground guides. I couldn't agree more with the author's ratings of the hundreds of campgrounds I have visited. He provides great details on the campgrounds, maximum site length, contact and reservation information and even fishing suggestions. This book has also opened my eyes to very highly rated campgrounds slightly off the beaten path that I wasn't aware of. The book is broken into easy to follow sections depending on what area of each state the reader is interested in. Furthermore, there are no advertisements in the book that make the reader wonder if the ratings have been influenced by advertising income. In short, this is the camper's bible.

The book has a comprehensive listing of campgrounds. However it didn't appear the author looked at the logistics of getting longer or wider RVs into the campgrounds or thoroughly address what size RVs the campgrounds are suitable for.

Example: Table Mountain in the LA area. From the book: "There are 115 sites for RVs up to 32 feet or tents."

I checked this campground in a Toyota Camry. It has several loops, most of which have very narrow access roads. I had the foliage scrape the narrow Camry on occasion. There were several sites which could accomodate a 32 foot trailer which were near the entrance of the campground. There were numerous un-level sites. The book had no warning about entering the narrow one-way loops with an average sized RV.

Example: O'Neill Regional park in Orange County. From the book: "There are 85 sites, eight drive-through, for RVs up to 35 feet and tents."

This park is the opposite from Table Mountain in that it has wide access roads and many very large sites. Even some of the average back-in sites are 50' long and some of the pull-throughs are a hundred feet long. The sites are relatively level.

My thought is the author isn't an RVer and didn't look at these campgrounds from an RV perspective. The guide is most useful from the point of view of a popup trailer, smaller truck camper, or class B motorhome.

This guide is wonderful! It gives lots of information for not only the national park system but forest service, state, and private. I never knew so many campgrouds were available for our use. This book will become our mainstay for searching out where to go whether it's a weekend or full vacation. Thank you Foghorn!

Great book, I found a great campground in Columbia CA
that I would have never found without it.
Good information on the campgrounds including web site addresses, phone numbers etc.

A casual glance at the cover with accolades only from Oregon sources (at least in my edition) might give the impression that this is one of those local market books of dubious quality. This is far from the case. The text is clear and informative with good depth and appropriate caveats on how speculative or contentious a conclusion may be that treat the reader with respect.

The photographs are world class and far more than what you get in a the Roadside Geology series or most other books of this type.

For non-Oregonians not familiar with the state geography, more maps would have been helpful but not really an issue unless you are actually driving state roads trying to find these formations in which case a map and the Roadside book make a fine accompaniment.

As an illustration of the the in-depth geology of a region, this is an excellent book for anyone of any region interested in geology. For those interested in Oregon geology, compared to the Oregon Roadside Geology book, you will find the pictures much more informative and the text more thorough especially in its treatment of alternate theories (The Roadside authors seem to have an agenda, especially in regard to the origin of the Oregon flood basalts.)

This book is beautifully illustrated and well written, making it easy to grasp the geological concepts. I feel like I found a treasure. I have lived in Oregon all of my life. Now I am looking at the view of the mountains and river valleys--as well as that pile of "pretty" rocks in my yard-- with new eyes...

I gave this book to my husband, at his request. He's an engineer, so I figured that this would be a book that interested similar minds. :) It turns out to be really facinating - our extended family and friends have enjoyed sharing it, and the photos are beautiful and interesting for all ages. My only wish is that it still was easy to find in hardback, as I think that would be nice.

The book is written "story-style," which makes the information a lot more palatable to those who don't have a geology background. The historical and environmental perspectives are woven together with very thoughtful writing. There is a lot of data in this book, but I don't think it reads like a textbook, which is nice.

Overall, this is a great book. It makes a wonderful gift for just about anyone who appreciates the environment or anyone who has an interest in understanding the land formations they see or live on.

This book reminds me of an good meal at a restaurant ruined by the waiter forgetting your drinks. So much of it is excellent: the text is quite thorough and fairly well-written (if at times a little overwrought), the geological processes are well-explained, and of course the photographs are magnificent. What ruins the meal for me is the complete lack of a useful map. There is a map of Oregon at the back of the book, but it fails to include many of the locations mentioned, and the scale is so small and the notations so tiny that it is often impossible to locate the places that are labeled. I found myself flipping back and forth between map and text to figure out what the devil the author was talking about, but each place name required several minutes of searching to identify. After a while, I just threw my hands up in defeat.

The book should have provided small-scale maps on the same page as the text. This would have made it much easier to figure what the author was discussing. Alternatively, the author should have abandoned her detailed geographical descriptions and fallen back on much looser descriptions.

Here's an example of the kind of text that drove me crazy:

"The first Columbia River basalts to reach western Oregon were the extensive flows of Grande Ronde Basalt. Some followed the ancestral Columbia's broad valley. Others may have flooded through low places in the Cascades. Today, Grande Ronde flows are exposed along the Clackamas River, and at least four can be counted at Silver Falls State Park... Some of the lava covered portions of the Willamette Valley and what would one day become Portland. Today, about eight flows of Grande Ronde Basalt have been mapped in the West Hills..."

Wouldn't it have been much better to simply show a map presenting all this information rather than foist this avalanche of place names upon the poor reader?

Another failure was the absence of any geological map. I realize that full-bore geological maps are impossibly complex to present in a book, and very intimidating to the reader, but there's no reason why the author could not have included simplified geological maps to illustrate her points.

There are also no aerial photographs. Let's face it, some geological formations are best understood from the air, but the author seems determined to insure that nothing competes with her beautiful photography.

Lastly, there's the absence of diagrams. I'm sure that many readers would have appreciated a line drawing showing how a graben is formed, or how subduction works. But not one single diagram graces this book. There are some concepts that are best presented in a diagram, and no amount of colorful prose from the author can substitute for such diagrams.

It appears that the author may have wanted to present a nice coffee-table book that was informed with some serious geology; if that were the case, then she should have kept the geological explanations at a much simpler level. I myself enjoyed the detailed treatment, but the lack of any supporting material rendered the reading far more difficult than it should have been.

I recommend "Roadside Geology of Oregon" or "Geology of Oregon" by Orr and Orr, in preference to this book.

In describing the events and processes in Oregon's geological history the author repeatedly references and explains familiar landscape features. (E.g. Alameda Ridge is a gravel bar left by the Lake Missoula Floods entering the Portland Basin. Mt. Scott, Rocky Butte and Powell Butte are all remnants of Pleistocene volcanoes. ) This makes the geology lesson both clearer and more interesting. Likewise, descriptions of flora and fauna further illustrate extant conditions during our state's evolution. With its many excellent photos, the book could easily succeed as a 'coffee table book.'

This autobiography of an orphan, abused by her foster parents, offers the thoughts of a natural spirit in touch with the creatures who shared her private world. It is said to have been written in crayon while the six year old author hid under a bed and was first published in 1920. Real or fiction, it is a thorough delight.

It is important to understand that this is an adaptation. It is not identical with the original text published in 1920. This version has been abbreviated and rearranged.

This is a presentation of a portion of the childhood diary of Opal Whitely. Included is introductory material in which it is accepted that Opal's explanation of her Bourbon geneology may be valid. Larry Looney's excellent review describes this version of events. Opal believed that she had been of royal Bourbon birth, then orphaned and adopted by a rustic family of Oregonians.

Opal's unflattering portray of her "wicked stepmother" and her assertion that she was a surviving Bourbon caused quite a stir back in her hometown. It was pointed out that the girl looked like her rustic Oregonian kinfolk. People always wondered if the diary was too good to be true. Now the cry of "Fraud!" was voiced across the land.

Hoff seems to be getting to the bottom of things as he declares it highly unlikely that Opal Whitely secured outdated crayons and paper types to write a childhood diary upon, which she then tore into thousands of pieces and then reassembled. He also thinks it highly unlikely that she was an heir to the Bourbon dynasty. Rather, Opal was different and misunderstood. "Melancholy" ran in her mother's family, and her mother was harsh with her, fostering Opal's development of a rich imaginary life.

Even if the journal was written by a committee appointed by the Pope with assistance from Goebbels it's the most beautiful thing you could ever read. People say no child could write that. I say no adult could.

I prefer Benjamin Hoff's version, though. I find his understanding of the author more penetrating. Opal was special. Under different circumstances, who knows what kind of life she could have lived. It is hard to believe it would have been ordinary.

Re: the reader review that said "This book's authenticity is in question..."

I refer you to the exhaustive research that Benjamin Hoff conducted and later decribed in his introduction to The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow that argues very convincingly for the diary's authenticity, and disproves and discredits her detractors.

Opal was the real deal, and a true genius.

I read a quotation from this book long ago and knew I had to track it down. Little Opal is alive to everything, and she turns everything she experiences into a hymn to life. When I feel the mundane pressing down on me, I pick up this book and feel my heart lighten.

Is the book "authentic"? Was it really written by a lonely little girl out in the wilds on scraps of whatever paper came to hand? Frankly, I don't think it much matters. What matters is the creation of a spiritual tool which will endure and enchant.

Does changing the format of the original printing matter? I think that presenting Opal's writings as poetry serve them much better than as a flat prose rendition. If one really wished to represent the work accurately, it would have to be recreated as an exact copy of all those hundreds of little pieces of paper on which Opal wrote her words. The poetic treatment is very satisfactory to me, and I think most readers will also find it so.

overall, this was a pretty decent book, especially for someone who's stopped following basketball in the past 20 years. It contains alot of biographical info on Stockton, Jordan, Olajuwon, Perkins, etc. and every once in a while, it's nice to learn that kind of stuff - maybe it should have been titled "The Awesome 1984 NBA Draft," since it introduced alot of prominent players into the league. I remember wondering why Sam Bowie was the second overall pick that year, too, and this book sheds some insight into Stu Inman's thinking and how no one expected Jordan to become the player he eventually did, due to Dean Smith's system at UNC. The book is well worth it at the price it's at now.

With the crystal clarity of hindsight, pro basketball fans have anointed the Portland Trail Blazers' drafting of gimpy-legged center Sam Bowie ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 draft as the biggest goof in draft history. Many folks forget that a number of other all-time NBA greats were also plucked in that draft, including Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon, and John Stockton. Bondy lays out the gory details of how the '84 draft played out and the implications that its results raised for the future of the league. We all know how Jordan, for better or worse, impacted the style of play and the marketing muscle of the league, but I found most of my attention drawn to the tale's tragic hero, Sam Bowie - a fine college player with fatefully fragile legs who never deserved the ridicule that he has received in the wake of Jordan's transcendence. A good read for both college and pro hoops fans.

Just think how the basketball landscape would have changed had the Houston Rockets traded Ralph Sampson straight up for Michael Jordan! The Bulls would have done it and were waiting for the Rockets to call but Rockets coach Bill Fitch was in love with the twin towers idea.
The Sixers had a deal in place to trade the aging Dr. J to the Clippers for Terry Cummings but didn't pull the trigger for fear of fan backlash.
Bobby Knight, the dictator that he is, had Michael Jordan in tears during the Olympic tryouts.
Charles Barkley showed up at the 1984 Olympic trials not with the goal of making the team, but rather improving his draft status.
When the tough Soviet team pulled out of the 1984 games Coach Knight cut Charles Barkley because he didn't care for his personality. But had the Soviets stayed in the Olympics Barkley wouldn't have been cut because his superb playing ability would have been needed to beat the Soviets.
Barkley gained 15 pounds within 24 hours to tip the scales at a Sixers predraft weigh in to scare them away from drafting him.
I could go on and on with all the interesting facts brought out in this book.

This book is not just about who was drafted when but more about how things fell into place. Teams with awful records playing hard at the end of the season because they had traded away their lottery pick - upsetting the teams that had traded for these picks. Teams with their lottery picks tanking it at the end of the season in order to get the highest pick possible. This tanking led to the weighted ping pong ball draft ordering system in place today.
It is amazing how many prior drafts and trades came around to help or haunt teams picking in the 1984 draft. For example, if the Rockets had drafted Clyde Drexler in 1983 instead of Rodney McCray the Blazers would have drafted Michael Jordan in 1984 while the Rockets would have had a dynamic duo of Drexler and Olajuwon.
This was an excellent book. I highly recommend it.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a very fast read for me. The author focuses on several of the top picks from this draft: Olajuwon, Bowie, Jordan, Barkley, Stockton, and Perkins. He spends a lot of time on each of these players and gets very in-depth, and that alone made the book a worthwhile read to me.

Also, the author talks about some of the fall out from this draft: The NBA draft lottery, salary cap changes, and the globalization of the league. I enjoyed the author's style, lots of quotes from major players at the time and reflecting on the time later. The bibliography is quite extensive. So I felt like the author pulled a lot of info from lots of different articles and books I might have read separately anyway. I felt he did a nice job sorting through the material.

Again, I really enjoyed the book. If you love the NBA and love this particular era, I think you'll enjoy the book.

A previous review is correct - this book is mislabeled. The book spends very little time detailing how this draft changed the NBA forever - but instead focuses on the upbringing and collegiate biographies of Olajuwon, Jordan, Perkins, Barkley, Stockton, and Bowie.

Nevertheless, I found this book to be remarkable. Reading firsthand from various GMs and Stern about the various deals that occurred and didn't occur that resulted in the draft order in 1984 was exactly what I hoped to learn. I wanted to know of the potential trades that could have occurred - resulting in Jordan on the Mavs/Rockets/Blazers/Cavs/etc. All of the inside information that fans never get to know about was presented by Bondy - in addition to the biographical information of each of the "Sweet Six" players that made the draft.

Even the biographical info on each draftee was solid information. Before reading this book I had no idea that Barkely simply saw basketball as a means to an end - a way to make money to set himself up for life - and lobbied hard not to be picked by Philadelphia b/c the franchise was over the salary cap - whereas individuals like Olajuwon and Jordan wanted to play basketball and were willing to go anywhere to make a name for themselves on the court.

Just as interesting was also the information detailing the Olympic trials and Bobby Knight. Seeing how Knight whittled away the talent to create the Olympic team and the way he managed the roster of future stars was an interesting read - as was the information regarding how Barkley/Jordan interacted and worked with Knight was a fun read.

Westward to home is a great book for 3rd graders. I recommend this because it gives a glimpse into what it was like in the olden days. They lived and traveled in a covered wagon and my favorite part was when they ate their pet dog and their horse.

I think my students will like this book and find it interesting but I am bewildered at the willingness of the author in adding gruesome episodes with little explanation. I find short passages that mention a gruesome death or injury and just go on to the next page. My main interest in using this book is for ESOL students whose reading levels are low but need American history lessons. This book fits the bill in history and reading level but I wonder if the book could have been written with a more comfortable fit. Students are going to end up with many more questions than a feeling of clarity. I will have to try to make that up.

This book is about a young boy traveling the Oregon Trail back in the day. He has many hardships and has to deal with lots of problems. They have to deal with death, sickness, and many wagon problems. The diary tells of how he feels and really shows his true side.

I thought Westward to Home was an okay book. It was about a boy named Joshua and his family moving to Oregon. At the beginning of the book Joshua's grandfather didnt want to go to Oregon with his family. He thought it would be hard for him to leave his wife's grave. He eventually decided to go to Oregon with his family. Joshua was excited. Joshua's grandfather surprises his whole family with something he does on the trail. This book is best for boys. They can connect with how he feels and what he goes through.

This book brings you back to 1848. It shows you the hardships people had to face as they struggled to Oregon. Loved ones, live stock, and whole families were lost forever. As Joshua struggles to Oregon with his family he meets new people, forms new friendships, and meets up with unexpected love ones. As Joshua gets ready to leave Independence, MO. His beloved grandfather changes his mind and decides to come with Joshua and his family. As they go along Joshua's grandfather meets a young lady and marries her, this is a big shock to everyone. Joshua overcomes his fear of water and finds the courage to go on.

I live in Central Oregon and have thoroughly been enjoying using this book to figure out what birds are coming to my backyard feeders. Rarely have I had to use the internet to figure out what type of bird is in my backyard. I am very happy that I purchased this book and recommend it to anyone living in Oregon who enjoys bird watching!

My favorite field guide so far. Easy to use and good photos. It can be hard to "look" up a bird as they are arranged by color only rather than type and color. I have had some trouble finding a bird based on color for instance: I will see a bird that I consider mostly brown, but the book considers the bird to be mostly gray. So you have to check all possible colors for the bird.

Very informational book,yet the colors in some of the pictures seem "off",maybe due to the printing?

This is an excellent, information-packed little book--compact and comprehensive, with brightly colored pictures that make bird recognition fast and easy.

I was soo addicted to my old Peterson guide, and I bought this for my Mom, who loves the format. After using it a few times, I like it better. Its a good little, usable field guide. Now we keep three bird books in a basket with two sets of glasses everytime we sit out in the yard. Mom grabs this one first, then I wrestle it away from her. Pity summers ending.
wish I could buy a copy of his birds of Willamette valley on amazon.

I really enjoyed this story & look forward to the rest in the series. Well written and very exciting. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys fantasy/romance.

"Cast in Stone" by Kerry A Jones is a hell of a story. Although not erotica, it's still a pretty hot read and I loved the storyline. I'm practically giddy since this is my second new author this week with a new take on the paranormal world. This is book one of 'The Quinguard Immortals' series and the next book "The Stone's Release" is coming out in "early autumn" according to her website and I plan to buy it as soon as it hits the shelves!

The Quinguard was/is a group of 5 men, each with some special paranormal ability. They were the Warrior, the Seer, the Healer, the Weapons-maker, and the Captain. They were trusted by Church and Crown to protect and defend. Then they were betrayed and cursed by black magic. This first book is the story of Julen, the Captain. He's a man by day and stone by night-a gargoyle, but not. Every time he becomes established and comfortable in a city, he wakes up in a new location...naked, alone, and lost. Then one day he sees her, to him she appears to have a blue aura and he is drawn to her.

I really had a good time with this book. There is no 'instant' relationship. Attraction of course, but neither is willing to drop their defenses at first. The story is engrossing...I just couldn't put it down. The hows and whys were fascinating and I didn't figure it all out, even with the strategic clues.

If you're looking for something new and different in paranormal romance, pick this one up!!

This book was intriguing. A solid read and something new for those trying to find different paranormal romances to read. I generally recommend it, but again it is more expensive than most paperbacks. While I enjoyed the book, not sure if it was completly worth the price.

This beautiful love story is unlike any I have read before. The premise is unique and fresh, and the characters, hauntingly lifelike.

For hundreds of years, Julen, the leader of an ancient band of warriors has endured a nightly punishment in which his body is rendered stone. He waits in agony for the promised healer who will free him from this curse. When he discovers this healer in Sophia, the owner of a Boston Coffee Shop, Julen must convince her that he is deserving of her healing, though she is bound by a family obligation to destroy him.

Superbly written, this book contains both edge of the seat suspense and powerfully moving love scenes that will restore your faith in true love. The imagery is breathtaking, making the reader feel the clamor of a busy city street, the loneliness of a secluded graveyard at night. Kerry Jones is an extremely talented storyteller and I anxiously look forward to the next book in the Quinguard Immortals series.

Highly recommended.

I've read quite a few paranormal books recently and this totally engaged me. It's fresh and well-written, and the H/H captures your attention from the beginning, in a story filled with magic and sensual romance.

Julen is an appealing, tortured, medieval warrior who was cursed, seven centuries ago. He endures a nightly punishment that never should have been his, when he's turned into stone. This curse has made him immortal. To break the curse, he must find the healer who can cure him.
Sofia is such a person. Unfortunately, she's also the enemy. She must kill him, for he is 'evil', if her family lore is to be believed. It's now her responsibility, passed down through generations on a rare parchment, to do her duty. But Sofia, though wary, is instantly attracted to this breathtaking man.

Julen is the strong, silent type of hero and I love how he refers to her as 'my Sofia'. Wow!
I do like the fact he doesn't rush Sofia into making love, for this is the way to break the curse. He lets her set her own pace, giving her the opportunity to decide one way or the other. Thereby proving his trust. Sofia's healing abilty will cure him as they make love, because she can heal herself at the same time while absorbing that which turns him to stone.
But the worse happens, and Sofia ends up with the stone curse. The anguish that Julen goes through, knowing the kind of agony Sofia suffers as she's turning, is heart-breaking.
How they set about finding the antidote to cure her is interesting, not realising just how close to it they actually are.

Wonder if Zell's story is next?

Of all the dictionaries of psychology on the market, this is the very best. So good you end up reading it just for fun.

good value, valable book to have for studying.
much cheaper than buying in the shops.
didnt have to pay VAT from north america!

I noticed that the cover of my book version (3rd edition as well) was different from the one shown as Amazon, but then again, I bought it elsewhere, so please don’t pay too much attention to my book cover (as shown in customers’ images). :)

I bought this dictionary because I am personally interested in Psychology, and having contains over 17,000 definitions, it certainly makes for a very useful and practical dictionary. (I even found the “Romeo and Juliet effect” in it!) It also describes how terms are employed, and looks in details at key concepts. The dictionary also includes words from related fields such as social psychology and neuroscience, which makes it handy for cross-reference.

I feel that the list of phobias in the appendix greatly useful, but unfortunately, it does seem like a rather “short” list to me. It could do better with more listings of phobia though, but other than that, I find this a wonderfully useful and informative reference dictionary to have!

I purchased this book as a "good to have" as a psych undergrad student.

I consistently find that the term I want to check isn't there, or the definition is so vague as to be of no use. For an example of a missing term, mindfulness, a popular psychological technique related to meditation, isn't in there, yet it has been researched for decades.

It's got good stuff in it - but for me, it just never seems to have the thing I'm actually looking at it for.

I'm a grad student in clinical psych in Los Angeles. This book wasn't required, but highly recommended by one of my professors. It has been a great tool (especially for those last minute APA style papers that require multiple sources), BUT I was really surprised by the snarky tone it takes with the definition of "parapsychology". One would think that they would at least ATTEMPT to be objective. The definition's tone is not would you expect from a reference book.

"Secrets, Lies and Alibis" is a really good mystery/police procedural. The characters are great and interact well together. At times, I completely forgot I was reading a "Christian fiction" book. I have read a lot of Christian fiction, and this one was not overly preachy or unrealistic. Mac McAllister seems like a very real person with real feelings about God, life in general, etc. To me, this was as good as any police mystery out there, just without 4-letter words all over the pages. I can't wait to read the next one!

This is the best book I have read in a long, long time. Can't wait for the next one!!!

I really enjoyed this book and had a very hard time putting it down. The characters are all good cops, what a switch. It is refreshing to read characters that get along with each other. I would like to see Mac be a little nicer to his fiance, but we can't have everything! I would recommend this book and I am going to purchase more books by Patricia Rushford.

The characters are wooden, the plot is nonexistent, the writing is boring. I am baffled as to how the other reviewers can praise this weak book so highly.

Secrets, Lies and Alibis is amazingly accurate in it's portrayal of detectives and bad guys. Well written, it's a page turner I couldn't put down. Can't wait for the next book. A fan in Portland, OR.