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This is a great book for ESOL students so they can better understand Halloween and the use of pumpkins as jack o' lanterns. It is easy to read and the students can practice reading it on their own afterwards.

My 3 year old and my 20 month old both love this book! I checked it out from the library last year, and we had to get it again, because my 3 year old loved it so much last year. Now my 20 month old loves it to. They love to hear it again and again, The pictures are wonderful! I recommend this book!

This book has beautiful, amazing pumpkin illustrations. It makes you feel in a halloween mood just looking at them. My 2 year old loves this book. The text for each page isn't too long for his attention span, & he loves looking at the pumpkins. And this is a book I don't mind having to read him over & over.

This book is so simple that I thought it might be boring for my 3 and 5 year olds. But they really enjoyed it. Nothing annoying for the parent, much enjoyment for the kids. Simple pleasure.

Review: Pumpkin Heads is a really good book. It has the best illustrations I have ever seen. The book is all about pumpkins and what people do with pumpkins. I really recommend this book.

I absolutely love this book. I use it frequently in my practice with kids who struggle with ADHD and it is amazing in helping to teach kids skills and techniques in self monitoring and managing their symptoms. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially those who work with kids!

This is a great activity book for parents with children who have ADD ADHD. I also recommend the gift of ADHD activity book.
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I am the author of another:

One Boy's Struggle: A Memoir: Surviving Life with Undiagnosed ADD

Bryan

My 6 yr old loves this book. It has so many great worksheets. And it grows with your child. It has stuff for him now at 6 and stuff for the future like how to take notes in school, how to study, how better to listen in class for a child w/ ADHD this is so fantastic! And it's all written at their level! GREAT BOOK!

This activity book is full of great ideas and I have been using with my younger children that I counsel with ADHD. It has helped them focus and learn useful things about ADHD. It is a great resource

This book is an invaluable aide for parents, educators, and professionals dealing with the challenges faced by AD(H)D students in school. It is a book that can be given directly to students as well. Written in a clear, visually appealing format, it presents worksheets and quick exercises that guide the late grade school, middle school or high school student to an understanding of how this disorder affects their ability to learn. It provides information such as how to choose and adopt various study techniques that will help children with AD(H)D become successful students. It coaches students in using active study techniques to remember what they read, or to develop written reports. Students are not resistant to using the concepts because of how they are presented and is a book that has application to non ADHD students as well. I highly recommend this workbook and have found it much more much more useful that the "Putting on the Brakes" book by the same authors. Of all the self help books I have lent out to people, this is one that people use so much they forget to return it! I just keep buying more copies because I don't want to be without the book.

I kept seeing glimpses of Mitch OConnell books and stuff in various culture shops online (lastgasp) and finally decided to get a copy of 'pwease wuv me'. I discovered Mitch was selling new copies from his website so I ordered it there, and received a personally autographed copy. When it arrived I was in absolute awe. Thumbing through the pages of his past art and comics in the quiet of my apartment living room became a mind-blowing experience. It reminded me of other past occasions encountering for the first time beautiful, weird, amazing art work -- EC Mad comics, Robert Williams in Zap, Art Spiegelman's RAW, Durer's woodcuts, Posada's engravings, Himalayan thangkas. Mitch's work stands in a class all by itself; I can't really compare it to anything else I've seen. It's fine and compelling illustration work, and the subject matter feeds from some alternate plane of lost cultural memory, a bargain basement of our collective American insanity. The book by itself is worth having; it's one of my personal treasures, but I also had the good fortune (no idea if Mitch continues to do this) of having my copy stuffed with ephemeral extras between every page: postcards, sketch tracings, tattoo flash samples. The book sits fat on my shelf with these bonuses intact, and has become something of a holy relic in my collection. Take a niacin pill and you still won't get near the same flush of astonishment that Mitch's work provides. A must-have for anyone who loves art tapped into a strange and lovely world.

More great stuff from Mr. O'Connell. Only complaint is that this slim volume contains too little of his full color paintings. Hopefully his publishers are considering a third volume dedicated exclusively to this portion of his work.

PWEASE WUV ME MORE the art of Mitch O'Connell by MITCH O'CONNELL is a very colourful ,playful kitch take -on old skool type tattoos with a new funky twist . His artwork is sooo detailed and eyepopping . You can not smile and feel happy when viewing this book . it was worth every penny i spent and more , if youre into tattoos , mark Ryden , cartoons , and looking at new ideas , i would say buy it now because you will love it !!!:)

Please Wuv Me is a brilliant look into the mind of Mitch O'Connell. It has great ideas for tattoos and other artwork. I loved it!

I remember seeing Mitch's work as a kid and not having any money to buy the material because my cheap parents wouldn't give me an allowance. Years later, thanks to Amazon, they brought his work back to my attention. His work is brilliant, full of emotion, color, humor and thought and in a way I'm very much jeaolous of the man because I use to think along his lines. But unfortunately you can't get very far in life without conforming to it's way's and that is what I had to do.

So it is refreshing to see so much spirit in his work. His paintings and drawings are a raunchy blend of traditional cartooning, graphic design and advertising art that at times can be an overload to the senses.

This book goes a long way in explaining why there was so much written about the Wild West and why so much embellishment took place.Throughout history there has been all kinds of spins put on the people involved and what really occurred.Why would anyone expect anything different during the expansion of the West,particularly after the Civil War? In dramatic times of history,be it the Wild West,WW2,Crime in Chicago etc.people are craving for an understanding of events as well entertainment,and that is what we are given by the writers and the media.
Personally,I enjoy both the factual as well as the fictional
aspect of these times.
One character who often appears in books is Ned Buntline.He was a real person by the name of Edward Zane Carroll Judson,and this book does a pretty good job of telling us who he was and some of the things he did.Somebody must have written a book on him;it would be a good read.

This book was a welcome source of information on the Carson & Miller families whose genealogy I have been researching. Michael Wallace did an excellent job of getting his historical facts straight and offered some additional resources for my search for family history.

The easy style presented an engrossing story of a family moving through history from the 1850's to the 1930's and adjusting (not always easily) to the changing moores of society.

My father was a cousin of the Miller Bros. and told us children stories of his childhood in Oklahoma and attending the shows at the 101. My sister & I recently visited the old 101 ranch site and were sad to see that little is left. The Miller house in Winfield, Kansas is still standing in beautiful condition and is a private residence.

Michael Wallace is an excellent storyteller. The book gave life to my genealogy and made me feel in touch with the characters and the times. Anyone with an interest in western history would enjoy this story of a dynamic family who helped shape our images of the old west.

One terrific book -- a majestic recreation of the figures that helped define the old west and western entertainment.

Readers lacking a sense of irony may be dismayed to discover that the Real Wild West was only loosely hitched to reality. Spurred by the imaginations of Charles Miller and his three sons, our perception of what is the west sports the distinct brand of the 101. Take heart, though, because on the Miller Brothers' 101, the west was most certainly wild.

Possibly outlaws and certainly mavericks, the Millers rounded up some legendary talent to work their ranch and perform in their touring shows. The 101 herd of entertainers included Geronimo, Will Rogers, champion cowgirl Lucille Mulhall, Annie Oakley rival Princess Wenona, and such film legends as Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, Yakima Canutt and Hoot Gibson. Black cowboy, Bill Pickett, famed for inventing the rodeo event steer wrestling spent a long career at the 101, and Buffalo Bill Cody spent his final year with the outfit.

While tooling a longstanding image of the west with their Wild West productions, the Millers also saddled up to motion pictures, oil production and an outstanding crop and livestock operation. Their story is a rodeo itself, made all the more interesting by the hints that white hats did not cover the heads of all of the 101 cowboys and cowgirls.

When the last little doggie was wrangled on the 101, the Miller Brothers' legacy did not ride off into the sunset, but continues to stampede through the dreams of would-be cowpokes everywhere. I'm not a regular patron of movie theatres, but I cannot wait until this saga makes it to the big screen!

If you like history and the stories of the old west, buy this book. I really enjoyed it.

Another great book from Kent Kruger. The Cork O'Conner decetive series is always like a continuation of the last one you have read, but with a new chapter. I highly recomend all of Kent Kruger's books.

We ordered these books on September 11th and received 4 of the 12 ordered today - it was like Christmas! I want to thank Amazon and your team of sellers for the prompt service and quality of books received. Please keep up the good work. We are very appreciative on our end! Again, thanks!

Cork O'Connor, former sheriff and now a private investigator, shines on the pages as always. Time is well spent with Cork O'Connor. There are the twists and turns, violence but not just for the sake of violence, family first values and the workings of a small town. I try to take my time reading my annual 'Cork' book but end up racing thru the pages. Always a winner !!

While there is not always harmony in rural Minnesota especially in Tamarack County between the Anglos and the Native Americans who reside on the Ojibwe Reservation, there is respect. Now there is a war coming ever since Alexander Kingbird formed the gang the Red Boyz, who affirm that Anglo law does not apply to them; rumors fly they are part of the illegal drug pipeline. Kristi Reinhardt died from a dose of Meth given to her by the Red Boyz whose name is Thunder. Buck Reinhardt want the leader of the Red Boyz gang dead as Kingbird defies the law hiding Thunder on the Rez.

Alexander asks part Ojibwe former sheriff and current private detective Cork O'Connor to arrange a meeting with Buck so that the Red Boyz leader can assure the grieving angry man that justice will be done. He fears that if he takes matters into his own hands, a heated race war will ignite. However, before that can occur Alexander and his wife Rayette are executed; almost immediately afterward Buck is killed in a drive by shooting. Tensions have boiled over between the two groups with Cork believing only the hidden Thunder is able to ease the rising conflict before an open war explodes.

The Cork O'Connor mysteries are consistently some of the best regional whodunits. Cork has switched from law enforcement to private detective work, but though at times he misses his former job not in this case; he is thankful that he is no longer a sheriff as he has to go outside the law to insure justice occurs and a deadly war prevented. The story line is told from various viewpoints so the reader obtains a deep understanding of the Ojibwe need for the youth to know and cherish their heritage while many of the Anglo sees that as ironically an internal form of immigration. William Kent Kreuger is at his best with this strong thriller as his hero struggles to stop a lethal range war that will only harm everyone.

Harriet Klausner

Ahoy Kent
I signed up on Amazon to get Red Knife in hard cover when it became available. This is a nice arrangement. I got the hard cover at a good price (for a hard cover), and they got a chance to take orders instead of guessing on the volume.

The book came just before my birthday, so I think of it as a present. In my opinion this was your best book yet, better than Thunder Bay in almost every way. Thunder Bay was good, Red Knife was better. I think with Red Knife you have moved into the league of Follett and Hillerman who are my other favorite authors. They are still ahead because they have been writing good books longer, but with Red Knife you are moving up. It is as good as much of their best.

Reader to Author:
I found a lot of very thoughtful stuff in Red Knife. The themes of father and son, and how we should deal with truly violent and evil people were well thought out and examined with care. The style of turning the piece slowly for the reader to see more than one side of it is much better than structuring the situation and then dictating the solution. I appreciate the thought that goes into that kind of presentation.

Knit picker to Author:
This book was a lot tighter and better edited than the others. That keeps the "plausibility level" high, which makes for a higher grade fiction experience.

Two things snapped me out of my listener's trance. The first was the way they drank scotch in the Ripsaw bar. I'm not an elitist snob, but a lot of the "nectar of the gods" has passed my lips. I've never been tempted, nor seen anyone else tempted to down scotch out of a shot glass. Good scotch, (I've never encountered bad scotch) can be drunk neat, but it would be a rare thing indeed to see it tossed down out of a shot glass as if it were sour mash whisky or even rye chasing a beer. It might be worth asking a good bartender.

When Lucinda pulled a social security number off of a marine dog tag something went clang. At the next break I went upstairs and took a look at my own dog tags and found name, blood type, religion, and a service number but no social security number. It turns out however that my dog tags and the man who wore them are a bit dated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_tag_(identifier) shows that a modern dog tag has a social security number but no service number. Score one for you and your editors for doing good research. So maybe even an A+ from the knit picker.

Recovering liberal to liberal:
I thought the themes that were associated with dealing with violence were very well thought out and laid down. The drug gang, the wife who murders her unfaithful husband, the potential for violence between groups of, Indians, whites, and the Indian boys gang and finally, the screwed up kid who slaughters his class mates were all thoughtfully constructed and I must say that they were treated fairly; this coming from a conservative reader speaking to a liberal writer. Your conclusions may have been a bit different than mine, but the treatment was fair.

In the last scene where Cork gives his guns to Henry, we split tacks, but even so I share Cork's wish that there be another recourse. The problem is that there probably is not.

Within the liberal liturgy moral relativity may be applied to each of the violent persons and groups in the plot, and insofar as it helps us to understand them it is useful. Taken in full measure however, moral relativity deprives us of the ethics that help us sort through these things. Logic without ethics is a sterile and wandering form offering little of value, and no motive to act. By depriving us of ethics, moral relativity becomes the entropy of philosophy, making everything into a dull cold mush.

If we are not much inclined to violence ourselves must we still redress violence with more violence when we encounter it? I think it probably comes down to that in the end.

I fear that when Cork gave his guns to Henry it was a metaphor for collecting up all the guns in the world to prevent further evil. For a variety of reasons that won't work. Don't turn in your guns Cork. Be careful not to confuse a workman with his tools.

Reader to author:
All in all sir, a very fine book that was thoughtfully structured, and a tale well told. Thanks. It was a great birthday present.


Jerry

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"Reiki is Love" is one of those rare books that allows one to fully understand the effects of Reiki in our lives. Through real testimonials told by the author, Gaetano Vivo, the reader feels present. Many of stories may be familiar, but the overwhelming positive results are what surprise us.
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What a great book. A fascinating subject, fabulous photos and a fun read. The authors give us condom history with a sense of humor. The photographs are wonderful, and the prices helpful.

I saw this book at a small party and immediately orderd six copies. Christmas gifts for my folks and a hard-to-shop-for couple. The tins and packages are beautifully shot and reproduced. As a designer I actually am finding it to be a resource for great retro design and color combinations. There you have it... some really diverse reasons to purchase this wonderful book!!!

I could not believe the quality of this hardback book. Many pricing guide books for collectibles are printed on newsprint, and they are paperback as well. This book is top class all the way! I hope these guys keep coming up with revised additions, as new and yet undiscovered condom tins and boxes surface. Bravo!!!

When I received this book, I was thrilled to see that it was filled with full-color pictures of the condom packages. In fact, 90 percent of this book is pictures, with fascinating bits of history comprising the other 10 percent. It's very difficult to find much information on historical birth control, and this is the first book I've seen dedicated to condoms. It even includes information on "chemical prophylactics" (all I could think after reading this section was "ow, ow , ow"). A great book!

Interesting to find that this is the first book of its kind on the history of condoms and their packaging. Not only does it contain information the average person would never have guessed, it is useful to those into the history of graphic design. The tins are miniatue works of art in themselves, regardless of what they contained! The down to earth style of the text is easy on the reader as well. All in all a great bargain - the hardcover of the book in itself is worth the price of admission!

For nearly 30 years I have carried this book with me virtually everywhere. No, it's not "an easy read" - but it is worth buying (owning)and treasuring - if only for the FOURTH LETTER (to a German Friend)- it is the most moving argument/declaration for humanity and choosing it that I have ever seen anywhere.

Some (like Sartre?) might call it a "rationalization". But even those who have resigned themselves to the religions of cynicism and despair - could find a remnant of fight and even "goodness" (yikes!) inside themselves. Camus' words remind us that resignation and the inevitable indifference and inhumanity that follow are the ultimate betrayals of life.

While there is nothing "cheerful" or even optimistic about these writings - you'd have to be cold-blooded, heartless and completely beyond repair or redemption not to be inspired by the wistful aspirations that Camus exudes from his admittedly battered heart and soul.

I disagree with the reviewer (who did praise this precious book) Sartre is smart - but so is Camus - and Camus exudes the humanity that Sartre can't even see or imagine.

Sartre would tell us that we always have the freedom to at least rattle our chains (at least theoretically) - but Camus has the power to inspire us to want to.

"I step onto the podium only when forced to by the pressure of circumstances and by my conception of my function as a writer." (p. 132) From the circumstances of Fascist Spain and Nazi occupied France, to the circumstances of the Hungarian and Algerian struggles for freedom, Camus' essays demand involvement, require action in the face of hopelessness. He never offers a moment's peace for couch-potato complacency. "Freedom is not made up principally of privileges; it is made up especially of duties." (p. 96)

To read these essays is to step into the world of a man who said to Christians "I share with you the same revulsion from evil. But I do not share your hope, and I continue to struggle against this universe in which children suffer and die." (p. 71) And "Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children." (p. 73)

Camus is recalled to the podium, in a day when children are tortured and die in Chiapas while most turn a blind eye and complain that sitcoms just aren't what they used to be. These essays, possibly his most accessible work, demand an active response from the modern reader. Our struggle today, although not against Nazi minions, still must echo his "There are means that cannot be excused. I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice." (p. 5) [See Jamal's Live from Death Row and Peltier's Prison Writings, elsewhere on Amazon.]

Camus is outspoken about capital punishment, too. "It is obviously no less repulsive than the crime, and this new murder, far from making amends for the harm done to the social body, adds a new blot to the first one." (p. 176) His "Reflections on the Guillotine" is the longest essay in book. He views capital punishment, even in "free" societies, as an act of totalitarianism.

Camus proclaims the call to justice and the struggle for freedom found in the Old Testament, especially in the minor prophets. But he does so in a modern context, where God is silent and man is the maker of his own destiny. Although he sees no messianic age, he proclims the hope that by continuous effort evil can be diminished and freedom and justice may become more prevalent.

Five stars for courage, five stars for clarity, five stars for consistency. After the abortion of democracy on December 9, 2000, every freedom and justice seeking American needs to read this book.

(If you would like to respond to this review, click on the "about me" link above & send me email. Thanks!)

This collection of essays is the most brilliant one of Camus' diverse smaller non-fiction writings. The bulk of this book concerns his journalistic writings on the Algerian Revolution, Soviet Union etc. Through these essays, you understand the pain of Camus. Camus' ethics doesn't agree to mindless violence for the sake of power. He makes an impassioned plea for tolerance and humanitarian solutions to the problems of war and peace.

Camus is not necessarily logical or politically correct. His stand on the issue of independence of Algeria is a compromised position between French imperialism and Algerian aspirations for freedom during that period. However, in his passion for diagnozing the problems of his time and addressing them, he hits upon a lot of interesting insights and arguments.

Particularly brilliant for both its analysis and its conclusion is Camus' landmark long essay 'Reflections on the Guillotine' which occupies a fair part of the book. In this essay, Camus systematically demolishes all legal or quasi-moral justifications for capital punishment and answers the third aspect of the question - Whether human life is worth taking?

In his 'The Myth of Sisyphus', he had argued against self-murder. In 'The Rebel', he argued against murder and genocide. In this essay, he argues against legalized murder. But unlike his earlier works where he offered weak arguments after a brilliant analysis, here he hits the mark by demolishing the justifications for capital punishment, totally. This particular essay deserves to be considered a classic in the philosophy of law and justice.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It has provided me with the strongest, most clear-headed confidence in the face of unrelenting hypocrisy and struggle. Camus was on the side of the angels for all of the conflicts of his time, a time that saw the darkest face of humanity. His arguments for compassion and justice are utterly transfixing and revelatory, and written with a clarity and insight that are simply breath-taking.

I challenge anyone that supports the death penalty to read "Reflections on the Guillotine" and walk away with their arguments intact. In this piece Camus utterly demolishes every argument for state-sanctioned murder while defending the right to live with dignity, a right that can easily encompass the self-defense by combat necessitated by circumstance.

Camus was a moral, intellectual, and physical hero, and reading these essays one is almost overcome by his sense of humilty, justice, and compassion. His writing is so crystalline, it's almost jolting. This is a powerful tonic for all those that despair of creating a place for the best qualities of the human race in times of utter darkness. A must-read.

Camus' essays are obviously more difficult to read than hisstories, and quite possibly more difficult to read than his philosophical investigations as well. Should they be read? Of course. In them, he speaks of similar topics (i.e. what to do in the face of absurditiy, human moral dilemmas, etc.) as he does in the other books, though in a more precise, more direct fashion. His views on the death penalty shaped my own almost completely.

What you get in this book are coherent arguments by a coherent, nuainced thinker. Is Sartre smarter than Camus? Camus knew enough to fear most -isms and -ologies where Sartre did not... (not that I recommend ignoring Sartre either! )

Fast-moving and holds your attention at every page, the ending made me melancholy and hopeful at once.

Kristina O'Donnelly again shows her miracle in the breath-taking novel 'The Scorpion Child'. I blame myself why I havent read this novel before. She blends her attractive imagination with politic reality. In the Scorpion Child, Ms O'Donnelly gives pure objective reflections on Turkish-Armenian Conflict. In such an era which we alltogether fight against terrorism in the world, the Scorpion Child gives the reader invaluable insights.

Having read The Horseman, which is the prequel to The Scorpion Child, I could not wait to read The Scorpion Child! This one is shorter, a fast read, yet just as exciting as The Horseman, and the characters, from Ariadne to Daniel, to Burhan, are hard to forget. I enjoyed the time I spent in their world. Now, I am planning to fly to exotic Istanbul, Turkey, just to feel, see, and touch the beguiling locales featured in this novel! P.S: I saw the other reviewer mention reincarnation, and how he began to wonder about it. Interestingly, this is how I feel, too, my logic says reincarnation is a pipe-dream, and yet... do we really know everything about how God's design for us, works?

Civil unrest continues in Turkey despite military rule. Burham Bey survived the attempts of Anika Alkibiades to recreate the Byzantine Empire, but the plots she set in motion continue and Turkey is torn by terrorists from the right, left, and Armenian separatists. Meanwhile, Burhan's estranged wife, Ariadne is back in New York after deserting Burhan due to a long-past affair and the son that resulted from that affair (as well as her reaction to the death of her own son, killed by terrorists).

Ariadne, now a successful author, meets and falls for a handsome American actor who is fighting his own battles against alcoholism and a problem staying faithful to any one woman. Ariadne's most recent book is a novel about past-lives and although David is a skeptic, he begins to receive hints that he and Ariadne once shared a sort of relationship in an earlier life--a relationship in which he was a priest/confessor.

Although she swears she has left Burhan forever, Ariadne remains drawn to him and is torn between the two men she loves. But in the larger context of Turkey's problems, the love triangle is doomed to explode. When their daughter, Leyla, vanishes into the international terrorist movement and a terrorist tracks Ariadne down to New York and attacks her in her apartment, Ariadne flees to Turkey and to Burhan. But the results of her affair with David remain, even as Ariadne and Burhan attempt to restore their damaged relationship.

Author Kristina O'Donnelly delivers a compelling story of personal growth and suffering. The story of DEFY ETERNITY: THE SCORPION CHILD is even more topical in the post-9/11 world than when O'Donnelly wrote it, and her message of the world being one people is certainly welcome.

Some readers (including me) may be troubled by O'Donnelly's arguments that Armenian Genocide of World War I was exagerated. Arguments about the actual events during this tragedy do not, however, detract from O'Donnelly's message that terrorist tactics are ultimately destructive of civilization.

DEFY ETERNITY: THE SCORPION CHILD is an emotionally moving story as the major characters of O'Donnelly's LANDS OF THE MORNING series age and suffer the consequences of their mistakes--and even of their victories. Readers who started with THE HORSEMAN and CLARION OF MIDNIGHT will definitely want to add this one to their to-be-read list. Although each book in the series stands alone, I found that DEFY ETERNITY: THE SCORPION CHILD in particular benefited from having read the earlier novels.

If you enjoy a novel with complex characters, plenty of action, and a strong thematic position, DEFY ETERNITY: THE SCORPION CHILD and, indeed, the entire LANDS OF THE MORNING series will be a welcome treat.

Passion, passion and more passion, but what else are you to expect from a Scorpio?!....its sting is nearly fatal! "The Scorpion Child" will make you wish to run away to exoticism, Constantinople and romance. This Scorpio heroine keeps her head cool among a maze of love, political and kharma intrigues, while everybody else is thrown into turmoil under her intense gaze and velvety touch. Like a real Scorpio, "The Scorpion Child" is fascinated by life and death issues, spirituality and passionately interested in sex, it has always an hypnotic appeal on Scorpio!....(be sure you have your sweetheart at hand while reading!).
One more time Kristina O'Donnelly masters the plot and romance while bringing us some invaluable insights, in this case about the Armenian-Turkish conflict. "The Scorpion Child" will give you an inlook at what a terrorist mind can be made of as well.

This cookbook contains recipes that are easy to follow and delicious. I would highly recommend the Blackberry Ginger Cobbler. It is a great investment for anyone who enjoys cooking.

This book is beautifully written and presented, with wonderful prose, and a seasonal arrangement with every recipe needed for a complete, tasty meal. We prepared the Roast Pork Loin with Apple Horseradish Sauce -- our guests couldn't get enough! With this book you will not only get to know Chef Matt O'Neill, a great teacher and person, but you will also keep your family and guests coming back for more!

Matthew gave this book to me himself while I was visiting my good friend Lyrna in Bloomington, Indiana. His generosity and charm (not to mention his Irish brogue) won me over immediately. After eating a delicious breakfast at his restaurant, The Runcible Spoon, I spent the afternoon noting recipes I wanted to try once I returned to Atlanta. I resolved to cook from this book at least once a month and in keeping with the seasonal organization. In January I cooked the Orange and Cranberry Bread which was fabulous. This book provides delicious recipes that are simple enough for even the most novice cook. Thank you Matthew for this wonderful book!

"The Seasons at Walden Inn" is not only a marvelous book of recipes, it is also a delightful journal of life at the Walden Inn which gives the reader an insight to the character of Chef O'Neill. In his recipes, this award-winning culinary expert uses the finest of fresh, local produce, but isn't averse to using time-saving tips when possible. Matthew O'Neill is co-owner of the Bloomington Cooking School in Bloomington, Indiana, where I experienced first-hand his enthusiasm for his trade, imparting his culinary skills to his students. He is also owner of Bloomington's Runcible Spoon Restaurant where one can savor the many wonderful dishes of this talented chef. "The Seasons at Walden Inn" would be a wonderful gift or addition to one's own library.

This cookbook is marvelous!! As an Indiana native, these dishes reflect the tastes and smells of Indiana in all seasons. The dishes seem very "doable" for even the novice, but the combinations of textures and tastes gives even the expert cook something new and exciting to try. Matthew O'neill gives a wonderful slightly nouveau twist to down home Indiana cooking.
In addition, the beautifully written poetry and comments make the cookbook a good read!