This is a fascinating book written by dozens of women who have travelled the world. As a man, I found it absorbing to get the female perspective on many places I have travelled to. These girls are true feminists. They make their own way and use their wits and skills to navigate through countries that are daunting for anyone to visit, let alone a single female. A great read, and I can highly recommend More Women Travel by Rough Guides as well.

I have given this book as a gift several times. I have read it several times. It is especially good for a busy person who says they do not have time to "get into" a book, because they can sit down and read one essay at a sitting. It is inspiring to see what so many women have done, and also a great way to live vicariously if you aren't going to be traveling anytime soon. Many of these women are truly inspirational.

Ever since I was a little girl it has always been my dream to travel but it never seemed like a realistic way spend my life. After reading only a few of the short stories featured in this book I felt re-inspired. I'm now more sure than ever of what I want to do with my life. Any girl (or guy) who has an interest in traveling has to read this book.

What happens as Nancy gets deeper and deeper into her case. Will she servive what she is getting in to? Will she live threw the treatmeant that a certain someone is planning for her? Can Nancy solve this case and save her life as well? There is only one way to find out. READ IT!!! R.B age 12

This book is for you if you want thrills and suspense. If you want to know the story, stop reading this review and go get the book!

IF YOU LOVE BOOKS THAT KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, OR GREAT READING THAT KEEPS YOU GUESSING, THIS IS A MUST TO READ! ADVETURE, LIGHT ROMANCE, MYSTERY. THE PERFECT COMBINATION! MELISSA NIMM

This book is a gem. We have fifteen chapters releasing us from all the fears of dealing with an elderly friend or parent. You need this book! For two very
simple reasons. First, an elderly person's physiology is different from ours.
So this would be like taking care of ET! You need to know their physiology.
Second, you need to know when to take them to the hospital, and when not to.
There's a whole set of variables involved in that too. This is such a wonderful book. I even like the printing inside. It's over 450 pages of data that can change your life. I take care of my diabetic mother who is eighty. She is my spiritual path and
she is destroying my anger, laziness, and desires. I can't afford them! I highly
recommend this book to all those with elderly parents or friends. It's a good and fast
spiritual journey. Don't hesitate! Buy the book!

If you ever wished for a very experienced Doctor and / or nurse, with the time to give you all the information you needed, this book is the answer to your prayers. The guide is the culmination of Carolin's interviews with leading doctors, nurses, social workers, and researchers.

A MUST 'keep handy' reference book. The material is understandable and complete. Each chapter deals with a group of related problems. For instance, Chapter 6 is titled "Oh, My Aching Bones'. It covers basic problems through hip replacement and includes "Yes, Basic Problems Have Typical Solutions" and "When Do You Need a Doctor".

I have bought several for friends and recommend it to each caregiver I meet. It offers practical solutions to common problems, safety tips, hands-on care, and most important, how the issues relate to older people.

the Dr.Spock of eldercare, this book gives truly helpful information in an easy to read manner. It doesn't patronize the reader in any way and the information is up to date and scientifically based.

Drews wrote this book in German and it was translated to English with sometimes difficult sentence construction, but the ideas are good and essentially clear. The ideas are not at all outdated. I've read the recent Christ-myth books, such as The Jesus Puzzle, The Christ Conspiracy, The Jesus Mysteries, The Jesus Myth, and Deconstructing Jesus. This book and The Jesus Mysteries are my favorites because instead of only refuting the historical Jesus and discarding the whole of the Jesus story, they ask what is the meaning and value of the myth, in terms of religious experiencing and insight into the relation of self and world.

The conclusion of this book is that given the choice between Jesus as myth and the historical Jesus, the right path for religion as religion is to choose Jesus as myth. If all we have is the historical Jesus of liberal Protestantism, then we no longer have religion, just mundane morality divested of both myth and the supernatural. But if we retain Jesus as myth, then we retain the religious redemption that is possible. He asserts that the Catholic Church could become legitimate by abandoning the historical Jesus and emphasizing the mythic Jesus as redeemer. Despite his elevation of redemption as the true essence of religion, Drews does not define redemption. (I'd define redemption as reconciliation between the self as moral agent and that from which it emanates.) Drews does not explicitly define this reconciliation and explain specifically how the Jesus myth assists this reconciliation.

He explains a main motive for creating the assertion of the historical Jesus. The early Jewish Christian leaders used a strategy of trying to limit authority to themselves and shut out competitors such as Paul and his Gentile/mythic Christianity by creating historical requirements that would serve to exclude others and restrict authority to themselves. Drews shows that this is the same strategy the Church fathers used: assert that the only spiritual authority is that of the person who spent time with the historical Jesus. If Jesus is allowed to be purely mythic, religious authority is potentially spread evenly among all people, but if Jesus is historical as well as mythic, the profitable and advantageous possibility of excluding other authorities arises.

Drews emphasizes the sacred meal as central to early Christian worship and compares it to the central role of soma (= "body") in Vedic religion, thus this book is useful for the entheogenic theory of religion.

You must take a carefull look on this book originally writted at the turn of the century (1910). How actual are the views of this eminent German philosopher.

To my surprise, The Christ Myth is not at all a rant of Christianity and Christian theology, but rather simply a comparsion between Christian beliefs, similar pagan belies, and the essential meaning behind the motiff of the suffering god image that has persisted religious faith in a number of different ways from Mithras, Odin, and on to the sacraficial vegetation god worshipped by modern pagans. That is at least the first part of the book, the second part takes a look at the Jesus figure himself, apart from his pagan influences, and relates how the character of Jesus came about, meaning what went into him, what sources were used, and the eventual product character that is today the centerpiece of Christianity. But all throughout this, the book is still not work of religious forgery of deception, but rather a book about literature and poetry, and how these two elements forged the image of Jesus Christ.

I have only read three of the Nancy Drew books from cover-to-cover ("The Secret of the Old Clock", "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher", "The Sign of the Twisted Candles", and have recently started "The Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion".) But, even though they're all excellent, I honestly have to say that "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher" was the best. The books always keeps you thinking at the end of each chapter; what might happen next and how Nancy will solve the mystery. In "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher", Nancy meets a young girl from Peru, about her same age, named Carla Ponce. Carla asks Nancy to solve her "monkey mystery" (which I will not give away) and along with Nancy's best friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, the four of them set out to solve the mystery. They explore South America and go to places like the Argentine, Cuzco, Peru, and lastly, the Nascan Lines, a desert in South America. I recommend you read this amazing book and all the others in the Nancy Drew series, too.

This book is great. Nancy goes to Mexico to help a girl find out what a strange message in a crossword cipher means. All Nancy Drew books are great, and I have not read them all, but I am going to. This book deserves more than five stars. The price is great too. I highly encourage you to buy this book!

All Caroline Keene's books about Nancy Drew are excellent.They have a big influence on a person's mind,makes you think more clearly and be safer.I have read Nancy Drew since the age of 8.I am now 14 and still love it.I hope Nancy Drew will be here for a long time to come. Any readers can e-mail me.

if you like mystery books then you will like this one it is
filled with lots of fun and adventure you will truely want this
book . please take it i reccomened it for girls it is a chick
book

I really like Nancy Drew books. But this is my favorite! I love
all the action! My favorite part is when Nancy's the lead of the
show.

THE CLUE OF THE DANCING PUPPET was a very fun book to read. I couldn't put it down. Nancy is asked to investigate again; this time she checks out a puppet that is seen dancing across the lawn of an old estate, home of an acting group. She follows the puppet but doesn't get anywhere the first time. Ned, Burt and Dave make an appearance as well as Bess and George. Nancy acts in a play, which makes Ned kind of mad. This is a great book for any major (or not-so-major) Nancy Drew fan to read. You are sure to love it!

THE FAMILY FEUD by Carol Finch. In Oz, Oklahoma Jan Mitchell is frustrated with her parents separating after three plus decades of marriage. Her dad wants to go touring while her mom wants her dress shop to succeed. Hardware storeowner Morgan Price tries to help Jan negotiate a compromise and peace settlement between her parents even as he has his own personal agenda to marry Jan. Carol Finch provides an amusing tale of discordant relationships that will keep the audience laughing especially with mom's theory of the male's spot in nature's food chain.

STOP THE WEDDING! by Jennifer Drew. The hunt for her wedding dress has so far proven futile for Stacy Moore. In her fifth store, two thugs kidnap Stacy. Nick Franklin, accompanying his mother on her wedding dress quest, tries to intercede, but is knocked out with a six-pack. Stacy and Nick need to work as a team if they are to escape from their kidnappers. As they flee, Stacy and Nick fall in love. Jennifer Drew combines a very humorous romantic romp that is almost short of impossible into a wonderful satirical tale that keeps the reader amused with the antics of the cast.

These two irrelevant stories are what Duets is all about: wild, weird, and wacky, but wonderfully warm and witty.

Harriet Klausner

Duets once again provide a hearty dose of love and zany humor with two fun novels. Both stories are delightfully amusing as Carol Finch and Jennifer Drew provide romantic romps that have become a trademark of the Duets line. This Duets selection, part of the Bad Boy Grooms series, will definitely keep the reader highly entertained with its outrageous hilarity.

THE FAMILY FEUD by Carol Finch: Living in Oz, Oklahoma does not guarantee a happily-ever-after for Jan Mitchell's dysfunctional family. After thirty-three years her parents have split up. Her father wants to tour the country from a Winnebago, while her mother wants to advance her career at her dress shop. Jan's high school crush Morgan Price owns the hardware store across the street from her mother' dress shop, and employees her father part-time. Consequently, with the elder Mitchells not on speaking terms, it falls to Jan and Morgan to barter for peace and reconciliation. But Jan finds Morgan as infuriating as he was in high school, and his plans to reconcile her parents outrageous!

Finch has a gift for creating dysfunctional families and ridiculous situations that result in a humorous read. Middle aged, fickle parents trying to recapture their youth, a change in the groom a month before Jan's sister's wedding, and well meaning but meddlesome small town interference keep the fun coming. And there's always my personally favorite line, spoken during a mother/daughter pity party: "[Men are] the bottom feeders in the cesspool of life."

STOP THE WEDDING! by mother/daughter writing team Jennifer Drew: After five dress shops, bride-to-be Stacy Moore still hasn't found the right wedding dress. As she tries on yet another, she's distracted by sexy stranger Nick Franklin, who's accompanied his mother while she tries on wedding dresses. Then two strangers kidnap Stacy and bash Nick over the head with a six-pack when he tries to be her knight in shining armor and rescue her. Now Stacy and Nick must combine efforts to escape the six-pack wielding kidnappers. A wild romp across an island in an effort to escape their kidnappers leads Stacy and Nick into extreme circumstances and the discovery of love and forever can begin in the most unlikely of situations.

Writing team Jennifer Drew bring their marvelous talent for deftly combining humor with the improbable to STOP THE WEDDING! An Elvis cake, served on a bedspread the King might have slept on, and combat boots worn with wedding dresses serve as a backdrop as this hero and heroine escape their kidnappers. Even the method of kidnapping, will keep readers in stitches. Lighthearted vibrant characters make this an incredibly amusing read.

Stacy Moore is engaged to be married, but she's having a tough time finding just the right wedding gown. In the middle of yet another shopping trip she finds herself kidnapped along with a good looking, white-knight-wanna-be, who gets knocked out with a cold six pack.

Nick Franklin may be looking for the right occupation, but he's crossing rescuing damsels in distress off his list of possibilities. This damsel isn't just in distress, she's distressing him. If she wasn't engaged and practically married, he could think of a thousand things he'd like to do with her. But instead he tries to be noble and pushes her aside. So what's a knight in slightly tarnished armor supposed to do with a damsel who's distressing him?

Jennifer Drew pens a story that will make you laugh and leave your heart warmed to the core!

This novel was great. Nancy and Ned have broken up, and now Ned is dating a stunningly beautiful ballerina. Nancy is delighted when Ned asks her to investigate a jewel robbery, until he mentions that he wants her to do it to prove his new girlfriend's innocence, as she is a key suspect in the robbery. Nancy can't turn down a mystery, and during this novel, Ned and Nancy's romance begins to rekindle.

i wanna know what happened to nancy and ned.

NANCY AND NED BROKE UP, BUT AFTER NED'S NEW GIRLFRIEND IS SUSPECTED OF TAKING THE DIAMOND NED ASKS NANCY TO TAKE THE CASE.DURING THE CASE NANCY AND NED FIND THAT THE MAGIC IS STILL BETWEEN THEM.FIND OUT WHO IT IS AND WHAT HAPPENS TO NANCY AND NED IN FALSE MOVES.

First of all I just want to say this is sad that no one can make a little effort to write a review on one of the best series. Anyways, I liked this book. It had everything like all ND mysteries do. Action, adventure, romance (sorta) and mystery (duh).

I read a Nancy Drew book. I liked it a lot. Nancy Drew and Bess Marvin are detective's .Nancy and Bess were going to watch Cindy. (Cindy is a model) But Cindy was missing! So Nancy and Bess are trying to find her. It's a great mystery! Find out what happens!

This book was SO great!! People, if you are reading this, I strongly encourage you to read this book!...If readers read, then everyone that have careers will follow!' my preschool teacher likes to say. If people can't read, then nobody would be able to do anything that has to do with literature. Fashion, modeling, action, mystery, and Nancy...the top five things that girls ABSOLUTELY love!!

Courtesy of Love Romances

Hiho, Ohio is celebrating its centennial with festivities galore, beginning with the beauty pageant. What no one knows is that Hiho is really only 99 years old and if word leaked out, the town would be crushed.

Joel Carter is the great great grandchild of Hiho's founders, Hiram and Hortense Hump. He is representing his ancestors by presiding over events as the guest of honor. He's also a man on a mission: his boss, Big Bert, owner of the up and coming Vision Motors, is looking for a spokesmodel for his new vehicle, the Incline. Joel has no desire to be there, for he positively despises small towns. He grew up moving from small town to small town, always being "the new kid" and the brunt of all the bullies taunting and abuse. Hiho brings back those bad memories for him, and he has no desire to be there for two weeks, preferring the hustle and bustle of big city life. Until he sees her...

Katy Sloane is the children's librarian for the town, and a volunteer on the pageant committee. When Bert sees her, he is determined she is the perfect woman to represent his new vehicle, and commands Joel to see that she wins. Unfortunately for Joel, Katy has no desire to compete, finding beauty competitions to be insulting and demeaning to women. She much prefers her simple small town life and her job at the library.

Joel's got his work cut out for him, trying to figure out how to convince Katy to compete. When the two of them discover Hiho's real age, Katy promises to compete if Joel will keep the secret about the town. Though he feels slightly guilty over her reasons for entering the pageant, she volunteered, so he isn't above using that to his benefit.

Joel takes on the job of being Katy's coach, pleased at the opportunity to spend more time with her. However, neither counted on one of the fringe benefits of their forced closeness... falling in love. Katy is convinced Joel only wants her to win because he thinks her unattractive, like the "butt-ugly" vehicle she'd be representing. He is reluctant because of her strong ties to the town that epitomizes everything he hates. So how does he convince Katy he truly loves her, knowing he could never agree to stay, or her to leave?

This was a delightful story! The writing duo that is Jennifer Drew, has penned a comical story that one will love to read. Joel and Katy are enchanting characters, as are the whole town. From Edna the gym teacher to loud Petey the car salesman, from "mature" contestant Sadie to cute Brandi and her domineering mother, the whole town is full of people the reader can't help but care for... people. Hiho is a lovely town, so characteristic of small towns all over the country.

This tale has everything the Harlequin Duets line is known for, making it a perfect choice to be included in the landmark 100th volume. If one loves sparkling wit and humor, lively characters and fun stories, this is a prime choice! This story is this reviewer's first glimpse of Jennifer Drew's work, but it certainly won't be the last.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, March 2003. All rights reserved.

It is the week before Hiho, Ohio's huge centennial celebration. Zoe Wallace, formerly of New York City, who came to Hiho in search of happiness and less stress in her life, is the Chairperson of the committee organizing activities. She is busy working hard to make things run smoothly and really doesn't have the time to show around a visiting news reporter, but agrees to do so, as long as it does not interfere with her responsibilities to the committee and running the town's weekly newspaper, The Herald.

Theodore "Mace" Mason is feeling hindered in his job as a news reporter for TV channel, WMAC "where nice news matters," in Erie, PA, and longs for the bigger and brighter opportunities only available to him in a big city. The last thing he wants is to spend a week in a hodunk town like Hiho (founded by Hiram and Hortense Hump of Erie, PA), reporting on something as insignificant to him as its centennial. Mace's boss is adamant that he covers the celebration, and the preparations leading up to it, also using Hiram as the subject of the next edition in his documentary series, "Chronicles."

Mace goes reluctantly, planning to use the week to evaluate his options for what direction he wants his career to take. Then he meets Zoe, complete with her "big" teased hair and horrendous makeup (the result of a makeover she grudgingly agreed to for one of the beauty shops in town). The entire time they are talking, he uses all of his willpower not to even crack a smile at the image before him, winning Zoe's respect when he doesn't poke fun at her appearance... until she overhears him insult her adopted home.

Zoe doesn't like Mace's attitude, even though she finds herself attracted to him. She captivates him, in spite of the fact she is just a small-town woman, the antithesis to what he always thought he wanted. They are thrown together when it is brought to Zoe's attention that Hiho may not be 100 years old after all, but actually 99, which would have a huge negative impact on the local library and college, who are counting on funding to be granted from the Pawley Trust, upon the town's centennial. Zoe and Mace have to work together to find the answer, even tough they are not quite sure how each other will handle it. Attraction grows between them, but they wonder if anything can come of it because of their conflicting views.

As always, this story is another winner for Ms. Jacobs. The Hundred Year Itch is full of everything indicative of her personal style and flair. There are loveable characters that come to life, a charming storyline, and an abundance of the humor one has come to associate with Holly Jacobs' books.

Zoe and Mace are a perfect match for each other, their respective personalities complementary, while providing plenty of conflict as they try to understand each other's dreams. The town of Hiho is populated with colorful characters like the cloak-and-dagger prone Bertram, sisters Cora and Ida MacIntosh who are infamous for their apple pie, and disgruntled over the selection of the toothless Tom Walters as judge for the festival bake-off. In addition, how can one forget Jed, the love struck bull?

Be forewarned though; take care in when and where choosing to read this amusing tale, or the reader may find oneself bursting with laughter at rather inopportune moments. This reviewer speaks from experience - having done just that at a business conference. Rush out and buy this book today! There is certainly no danger of disappointment in that. Kelley A. Hartsell, March 2003.

YOU'LL BE MINE IN '99 by Jennifer Drew: The mother/daughter writing team of Barbara Andrews and Pam Hanson pen another amusing romp with YOU'LL BE MINE IN '99. Their zany style sparkles as Hiho, Ohio gears up for their centennial celebration. Joel Carter, the great-great grandchild of Hiho's founders presents proof that Hiho is only 99 years old. He despises small towns, but must be present to fulfill work obligations. He doesn't realize that the possibility of loss of funds to this year's budget threaten both the town's library and the nearby college's building plan.

Further, Joel's job is on the line. Vision Motors is sponsoring a beauty pageant in conjunction with the town's centennial celebration. The winner of the pageant will become the spokesperson for their new SUV, called the Incline. Librarian Katy Sloan thinks the Incline, which she nicknames the Decline, is the ugliest vehicle she has ever seen; moreover she is not participating in the pageant. But when Joel's boss sees her, he wants Katy for Vision's spokesperson. But Katy thinks beauty contests are demeaning and insulting. Nevertheless, Joel's proof of 99 years might just be enough to convince her to participate when the alternative is to loose her job to economics.

As small town heroine and big city hero clash, readers will enjoy the comical result. Characters spring to life with remarkable vividness. Be careful where you read this novel. I happened to be in [my local bookstore], and other patrons were startled by my unmistakable giggles. YOU'LL BE MINE IN '99 is definitely one of Jennifer Drew's best!

THE HUNDRED YEAR ITCH by Holly Jacobs: Jacobs picks up perfectly where writing duo Jennifer Drew leaves off, continuing the small town saga of the centennial celebration. Often readers feel a bit of disconnection when moving between authors, particularly when the town and theme are shared. In this case, Jacobs captures the flavor of Hiho, Ohio perfectly, continuing with favored characters and creating a few of her own.

In the week before Hiho, centennial celebration, Zoe Wallace finds herself the Chairperson of the committee organizing activities. Between finding judges with teeth and preventing judges biases, she finds herself showing around a visiting news reporter. Theodore "Mace" Mason feels limited by his reporting job TV channel, WMAC "where nice news matters," in Erie, PA. He longs for the hard bite of real news, and this small "podunk" town detour is irritably unwelcome. When he meets Zoe Wallace, Mace does not bat a lash at her outrageous makeover, earning him a gentleman reputation. But he will be treading heavily on that reputation if he reports his discovery of a small town conspiracy to conceal the flawed dates regarding the centennial celebration.

When she overhears Mace's podunk reference, Zoe does not like his attitude even while she fights their growing attraction. Mace likewise finds Zoe enchanting, but knows at the end of the week he will be returning to big city life. Soon, however, their mutual concern over the legality of the town's centennial celebration forces them to work together. The Pawley Trust pays off when the town celebrates the centennial, and for it to fall through now would be incredibly devastating. Conflicting views and a need to trust lend Mace's and Zoe's attraction a dynamic and fiery element.

If she could not set the tale in Erie, Pennsylvania like the rest of her novels, then Jacobs simply brings a sexy hero from Erie to Hiho, Ohio. The result is the wildly amusing read readers have come to expect from this terrific author. Zoe and Mace compliment each other nicely, even as they struggle with virtually overwhelming conflicts. Secondary characters likewise provide humor, especially with the geriatric baton twirling grandma and the toothless Tom Walters who won't wear dentures even if the pie has nuts.

The simple joy of creation shared by authors Drew and Jacobs makes this collection sparkle with every word. They very obviously had a great time creating Hiho and its memorable citizens. Consequently, this Duets comes very highly recommended!