Running Books

For a long time there were two kinds of vampire books. The angst-ridden romantic kind where the sex was either sublimated or took place "off-camera," and the bloody, gory horrific kind, where if there was any sex it was there to shock or horrify the reader. In the mid-1990s I began editing a series of erotic vampire anthologies where I tried to actually get at what we erotic about the vampire. I gave my authors a few rules, one of which was "no murder." Okay, maybe a tad of murder here and there--these aRE vampires after all--but not the murder of a sex partner, and not as the point of the story. "Erotica Vampirica" was the second volume of the erotic vampire series (preceded by Blood Kiss, and followed by Cherished Blood, and A Taste of Midnight). The book sold out fairly quickly and the small press that had done it did not have the dough to put it back in print, so now Blue Moon Books has done it. This is the original book pages replicated between a new (if dull) cover. If you like this book, you will also like "BLood Surrender," which is not a reprint, but is all new stories. And a reprint of "A Taste of Midnight" with several new stories added to it will also be out from Blue Moon Books in 2006.

"The Flower is...an example of the eternal seductiveness of life."
-Jean Giraudoux

This is one of the smallest books you will ever own. It is completely adorable and has quotes about flowers. The cover has yellow roses on the front and the words are a pink foil. The pictures are all of gorgeous roses.

This is a tiny celebration of our love affair with flowers. This is a collectable book or one you could give to a gardening friend.

You might also enjoy: Flowers by Lisa Rojany or Celebrating with Flowers by Heartland Samplers

"We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today." -Dale Carnegie

~The Rebecca Review

This book really opened my eyes to the damage that over training can produce on the body. Also learned lots about rest, recovery, and using speed work. I, like a lot of other runners, always heard that long slow runs are great for burning fat and getting in great shape- WRONG! The only thing the long slow run did for me was make my legs sore and I actually started gaining fat. Read this book to find out more about this. The book is written from a South African Point of view, however the concepts and principles are universal and apply to all runners across the world. I learned so much from this book. I'm a climber of some of the world's biggest mountains and I've always used running as a base training method. This is why I never took running seriously, but as soon as I started competing in some of the tougher mountain runs, I realized that I was not too far from being an elite runner. I was on the path to injury as I upped the mileage and elevation gain with little rest. I also had no idea about how to eat for distance running. This book has a great section on sports nutrition. The information in this book may have saved me from getting injured from over-training and eating the wrong proportions of Carbos to Protein to Fat. A also ate at the wrong times. This book covers everything about distance running that you'll need to know- very complete.

Wow!! what do I say. Well-- if you want to exercise but have found that you aren't consistent or are just so so about exercising--just read this book. It offers many reasons why exercising (cardiovascular) activity particularly is so very important and really helps those suffering with depression. It takes exercising goals from simply a toning/body image mentality to very real, down to earth, important reasons to keep in shape and do those cardio activities. It is an excellent motivator and once read you will really understand why exercise is so important to mental health.

A simple an informative book enjoyed by my nephews and their friends - go see for yourself!

If you are a runner, adventure racer, ultrarunner, or interested in extreme events, Extreme Running is for you. I love this book. Extreme Running features sections on races on the seven continents. Twenty-four events are profiled in the chapters. Each event is shown with plenty of photos, race information, distance, time of year, field size, ascent and decent data, contact and Web information, and maps or an altitude profile. As you read the chapters, you get a feel for the event and its difficulty. The Marathon des Sables is featured in 16 pages, Badwater in 10, while others are covered in several pages. The photos are fantastic - making you feel in the race. While not inclusive of all extreme events on the seven continents, the book does a great job of showing you popular events and enough information to help you decide if you could do any one of them. This is a book that some might call a "coffee table" book - it is that beautiful. It appeals to me because I love the draw and challenge of these extreme events. As the author of Fixing Your Feet, I patch the feet of these athletes, and have been to several of them and can attest to the descriptions as accurate.

This is the greatest book gives you an upclose look at reptiles with out haveing to hold them. Every mom's dream book, my childern and I love it.

Twisted Whiskers is one of the cutest things invented! This is an adorable mini book. Great to pep someone up and give them a smile.

Fallen Woman deals with the memoirs of Louise, a young girl born in a small town in New York state who then moves to a big city school and then finally to France.

Louise makes no bones (forgive the pun) about her absolute delight in the sins of the flesh and as such generally sticks to (again) two men, Charley and Bob, and one woman, Nanette, in the book.

Bob is a young boy who Louise meets in her virginal youth as they spend a lot of time playing doctor in the bushes near her home. Bob is slightly older than Louise and he finally shows Louise how to get to third base in that game of life. Nanette is a prostitute who convinces Louise, disguised as a man, to go to a private session. When Nanette discovers her mistake she is wonderfully pleased and introduces out heroine to a lasting relationship of sapphic love.

One of the most delicious erotic scenes comes near the end of the book when Louise spies Charley and her black maid Clementina in her bed. Those scenes and Louise's revenge absolutely sizzle ....

This is a well written rare example of early 1900's erotica set in the USA that I enjoyed thoroughly .....

It was excellent, a must for any home daycare provider.