I absolutely loved reading Photo Hero. It has all the elements of what I consider a great story: mystery, suspense, comedy, all sorts of weird, stange characters converging together in a yarn that runs from WWII to today. Not only did I love Photo Hero, it also got me more room on the subway - - - when I'd laugh outloud while reading on my way to work in the morning.

It is no small feat to craft a novel about the photographic arts that includes buried treasure, terminal illness and international terrorist plots --- not to mention the Lesbo-Demons biker gang and Krishna himself. Mr. Covington has managed to deliver a rollicking story with more twists and turns than a roller coaster ride, on hallucinogens, during a hurricane. Highly recommended.

With an easy to read writing style, Covington delivers surprising plot twists mixed with great insights concerning the secrets of succeeding in photography. His characters are believable and the reader wants to know their fate. Like all art fields there is much in photography that is delivered like absolute truths from on high, but Covington dissects and exposes these ill-conceived and erronous ideas about photography and art with the precision of a brain surgeon and with the humor of a stand-up comedian.

Captivating reading. Toni's story of her life growing up and understanding the beautiful spirits surrounding her is so amazing. This book provides the reader with a comforting look at the prospects of spiritual enlightenment beyond this earth plane. At the time of reading this book, my father was very ill and the reality of losing him was overwhelming. I was very blessed to have Toni Lynn Wood and her spirit family help me personally and through this book throughout a very difficult experience. I recommend this book to anyone ready to embrace spiritual guidance and contentment as you walk through your journey in this life.

This first book is a most fascinating story about a woman who has devoted her life to serving others. The author has done a wonderful job of relating those incidents in Toni Lynn Wood's life as a spiritual healer that have prepared her in many different ways for the work she ultimately chose. Her unusual experiences and own personal suffering have provided the drive and compassion to bring the gifts of the spirit world to those in need of healing, comfort, or encouragement.

The book describes the eight spirits who work through Toni and explains how each of them came to work with her and what their specialties are. Through the author's incredible interviews with Toni's spirit family, I have learned much that has helped me immeasurably on my own spiritual path.

I personally have been helped repeatedly by the healing, guidance, and protection of these loving healing ministers who work through Toni. I consider myself very fortunate, to say the least, to have met her and also to have been able to take advantage of the invaluable information offered in the "Living in Both Worlds" series of books. I can't recommend them highly enough.

This book made it easier for me to understand how a medium really works with the spirit world. It is well written and very humerous in areas. I really love the authors style of writing. It will make you laugh and cry as you learn about the life of this healer, Toni Lynn Wood. I loved it and I know others will love it as well.

Martha Thorne was an acknowledged expert in all three of the fields about which she wrote. This wonderful book should be on the shelf of every person who loves, breeds, trains and is owned by dogs. It's well worth the price!

Although I have been involved with show dogs, one way or another, for many years, I still found this book incredibly helpful. The authoress has wonderful tips for dog show people from rank beginners to the more advanced. I used her tips to help with both my new Papillon show puppy (she even shows a Papillon in the book!), and my finished Champion Papillon special along with a lovely Terv special I'm exhibiting. I am working in obedience as well as breed and was able to apply her chapters in obedience as well. A friend borrowed the book for tips from her gundog training sections and reports they helped him overcome some problems with his Golden and Springer (both of whom he also shows in breed and obedience so he liked those chapters as well). Although some things have changed over the years (e.g. the working and herding groups have been split; entry fees have increased; more people show on a "contact" versus a very loose lead in breed, etc...), if one goes to the shows and applies the modern style to her described techniques, it is, overall, the most helpful book on showing I've found. I wish she'd write one on agility, herding and tracking (my other "doggy sports"). I'd buy that as well!

This wonderful book is an excellent resource for the beginning dog fancier who wishes to do it all with their dog. Full of humor, great tips, and excellent reading, this book will entertain even the seasoned professional. A must have for a complete library.

This book was a real find for me. Having visited 7 of the eastern Shaker villages, I wanted to know more about the remaining Shaker sites in the "West". There are more than 20 such sites set out in this excellent book. Each has a written explanation and sufficient maps to find and explore all of them. Both the maps and the text are accurate, having been carefully prepared and researched by the 3 authors.

The book inspired me to visit Ohio and Kentucky to see the sites. My wife and I were taken around Union Village by Mary Lou Warner, the historian for the Otterbein-Lebanon Community. Martha Boice showed us Whitewater village with her friend Julie Schlesselman. We went to Watervliet, Ohio, then down into Kentucky to the Cane Ridge Meeting House where a camp meeting took place in 1801 as part of the Kentucky Revival. We stayed at Pleasant Hill and then went to South Union. All in all a wonderful experience which would not have happened without this book. I hope to return to the area soon to see the sites I didn't have time to visit.

Most of the interest in the Shakers centres on the well preserved eastern villages such as Hancock, Canterbury and the still active village of Sabbathday Lake. However, this misses the western villages which have a charm and interest of their own. There is much to see in Ohio and Kentucky, and for anyone interested in the Shaker experience as a whole visiting the western sites will expand your knowledge and understanding of why the Shakers have lasted for so long. This book will appeal to anyone who is seriously interested in the Shakers - add it to your bookshelf now.

I have just purchased a copy of Maps of the Shaker West: A Journey of Discovery and have been reading it over the past few days. It is nothing short of brilliant. Martha Boice, Dale Covington and Richard Spence should all be very proud. First of all, it is the best introduction to the Shaker history of "the West" (or what Mother Ann called "the Southwest") that I have seen. Secondly, the three of them have provided an invaluable service to the field by uncovering and/or compiling research on the histories of "lost out-families" such as Eagle and Straight Creeks and Shaker-owned properties such as Berrien Springs, Michigan. The prose is clear, accessible, and veritably sparkles. The illustrations are excellent and the maps are a first-rate aid to anyone who wants to pinpoint the people and places that are written about. The book is a pleasure to scholar and layman alike.

There is at least 150 years of direct experience of the Shakers and an additional 50 years of Shaker influence to be discovered, studied and savored in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan. Maps of the Shaker West lifts the veil of nostalgia which often surrounds the Shaker experience and we can see the pioneer Shakers of the west as they were with all their strengths and weaknesses; their struggles, failures and successes.

In chapter 8 of the book the extent and the depth of the Cane Ridge Revival in Kentucky comes alive. For those of us with roots in southern Ohio, this chapter can touch home directly. The spiritual choices of Barton Stone, John Dunlevy and Richard McNemar at the turn of the 19th century are still influencing us today as we quickly approach the 21st century. The Restoration Movement (The Christian Church) is still strong and active in southern Ohio and the Society of Shakers continues and their many friends are influenced by their faith and story.

Another intriguing line of research is suggested in the book. Some of the land acquisitions made by the Shakers may have been due to their participation in the Underground Railroad. In this endeavor, old religious adversaries joined in common cause: Quakers, Presbyterians, the Christian Church and the Shakers. More study needs to be directed to this line of research.

The maps of Dale Covington and the drawings of Richard Spence help bring alive the old Shaker sites, especially those which have been altered beyond recognition. We can feel again the presence of Union Village (Lebanon, Ohio) the seat of the Shaker bishopric of the west, as it nurtured many other villages: Watervliet (Dayton, Ohio), White Water (New Haven, Ohio), North Union (Cleveland, Ohio), Busro (Oaktown, Indiana), Pleasant Hill (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) and South Union, Kentucky. Other lesser known Shaker sites are also discussed in the book.

Reading Maps of the Shaker West helps a person to experience the furor of the New Light Revival, the excitement of committing to a radical and tranforming faith, the personal and the financial sacrifices made to become a Shaker, and the excitement of participating in a socially important communal project that would so influence the world. Maps of the Shaker West is a welcomed and insightful resource in the ongoing study of the Shakers.

Every Tarheel, or any non-Tarheel who has an interest in one of the most important political figures in the South, Terry Sanford, should read this book. Senator in the NC General Assembly, Governor, President of Duke University, and US Senator, this book covers it all. It provides an interesting look at Southern politics, and how our past still effects us to this day. There should be a "Six Degrees of Terry Sanford" game, as he can be linked to practically anybody in the field of NC or National politics. Kerr Scott, Lauch Faircloth, Bill Clinton, John Edwards, The George Bushes, Al Gore, Jesse Helms, Jesse Jackson, Richard Nixon, Elizabeth Dole & Erskine Bowles (both front runners from their respective parties in the 2002 Senate race) and the list goes on. Terry Sanford witnessed great movements in history. The race issue in the South, a political atmospheric change, the wheeling and dealing of politicians. Throughout he kept his values and goals, which helped him become a symbol of Progressive policies, and helped place Duke University into national prominence. This should be required reading!

Anyone who lives in North Carolina will learn much about the state's recent political history in this book. And anyone who is interested in progressive politics should read it too. Terry Sanford's forward-thinking approach to government is an inspiration, particularly in the areas of race and education.

Former North Carolina Governor and United States Senator Terry Sanford is one of this century's outstanding political leaders. While serving as Governor in the early sixties, Sanford became known nationwide for his commitment to improving education in North Carolina.

Covington and Ellis' biography of Sanford offers a great deal of insight into Sanford's formative years and his political career. The authors researched their subject thoroughly, and the reader gains a great deal of insight into North Carolina politics and into the historical forces shaping the country.

Many of Sanford's colleagues, family, and friends were interviewed for this book, and their stories and perspectives add depth to this book. Many of the characters in the book are still active in North Carolina politics, including "Jimmy Hunt" (as he is referred to in the book) who now serves as Governor of North Carolina.

People who still believe that our government can be a force for good, and that a political life can be synonomous with a life of public service, will be inspired by this book and by the life of this outstanding public servant.

This read really brings to the lay person a very real view of the many stages a patient's mind & body goes through in her illness, it's diagnosis, and the ultimate gift of another chance at life. Only someone who has experienced what Ms. McCarty has can take the rest of us on her journey. In her book she takes us on the complete gamut of emotions she experienced in her quest for her miracle. She tells her story in terms you can easily understand,with wisdon & humor. I highly recommend this book to anyone waiting for transplant, their families who are also so greatly affected by their illness, and also to anyone who might have any doubt that donating their organs can make miracles happen for others.

This woman knows her way around severe illness. I can tell she has been there, done that. Everybody needs the information she gives us in the book to save our own livers and lives and the lives of others when we no longer need our own organs. Read this book and be informed about organ donation. Thanks, Liv

This book is an excellent read for anyone; especially those suffering hepatitis, awaiting a transplant for any organ, anyone who has had a transplant, family members of transplant patients or awaiting transplant patients, anyone with any chronic illness or those interested in organ donation. And everyone should be interested in organ donation -- we are all very apt to be waiting an organ transplant as this author was. It is written in layperson's English so it is very easy to understand. I had no idea how a chronic illness affects every facet of one's life. This book is loaded with information and the personal drama of Ms. McCarty who also has a sense of humor. Buy the book (and buy one for someone else.) It is a good read.

Most of my students have purchased the 7th Edition. They say, this Dictionary is very good and comes in handy for class and homework assignments.
The definitions used are clear enough for new computer enthusiasts; as well as the more advanced student. I like it.

A wonderful reference book as you muddle through the jorgon of the computer world. This book offers short and concise explainations needed to understand the growing technology surrounding computers. A must for any home or business computer.

Lizard Lizard is Lucius Sims, a boy that is sent to the Leesville School for Retarded Boys probably because of what he looks like. Lizard has no idea who his mother is, the only person he can relate to is Miss Cooley who tells him that his father died the same year that he was born. Soon a man by the name of Callahan but in disguise as Simonetti comes to Lizard claiming that he is his father. When Lizard finally manages to escape the school he meets the rest of Callahan's actors. They head for the north and camp out in the woods at night. This is were Lizard meets two black kids that live in a pump house. Sammy is not a very good host but his sister seems to understand Lizard, so much that she trusts Lizard to sell their most valuable possession, a mysterious silver bowl that is very precious to both Sammy and Rain. Lizard then heads farther north with the actors to perform The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Lizard must somehow get back to Sammy and Rain and try to continue his endless search for his mother... This book, had strong emotions hidden beneath the words of the main characters like Lizard, Callahan or Sally. Even though there might not seem to be anything interesting in a boy trying to get to the woods, the author fills the book with little "goodies" that keep you interested all the way. The work that this author has given to the development of the characters is extraordinary, especially Lizard. If you haven't read this book then read it. It might change the way you think about retarded boys and maybe lizards also.

Dennis Covington is a genius. I have read this novel almost three times now and with each new reading I find more layers to the story. Covington weaves a fantasticly strange story with bizzare characters that is very difficult to criticize.

Although the story itself is one we've all read before-- the coming of age of Lucius "Lizard" Sims is so fascinating that it will keep many wanting more to read. There are not enough good things I can say about this novel. It should be required reading in all schools.

When I read this book I was in 6th grade (I'm in 8th now), And this is the only book I can truely look back on and say I could visualize the colorful, inventive characters, And that I truely enjoyed the story and was amazed that such good books truely existed. This is an amazing book, And I highly recommend it to anyone going through a remotely tough time, Because no matter what Lucius Sims always had hope for the better.

This oddity provides constant surprises. Beginning with a very standard and cliched plot - the heroine must return to claim her accursed homestead - it is full of enough biblical and fundamental Christian perspective to make me wonder whether it was from a religious publisher. Yet it manages to be pretty creepy, and the ending is a real surprise, in my opinion, given the initial tenor of the tale. Decently written, kept me turning pages through it's simple plot with scary episodes. A step above ordinary cheesy horror.

I am amazed at how versatile a writer H. A. Covington is! The first book of his I read, given to me by a friend, was his beautiful love story "The Stars In Their Path", and then I read "Revelation 9" and find it's a totally freaky and chilling ghost story in the best Stephen King tradition! I am going to order the rest of Mr. Covington's books as well as copies of this one and "The Stars". I can see why they call him an "underground cult novelist"; I am well on the way to becoming a disciple myself.

Don't read this one in the dark, especially you gals. I tried reading it in bed and I ended up listening in apprehension for any strange creaks or footsteps in the house. Mr. Covington is as good as Stephen King or Dean Koontz or John Saul. He can really put supernatural fear on the printed page.