I found this book one day long ago in a used book shop in Frankenmuth, MI. I have been a longtime fan of "Knight Rider" and find that this book is a wonderful adaptation of the KR episode of the same name. Glen Larson writes a wonderfully detailed story that fills in all the gaps that a 1-hour TV episode couldn't provide. More details and inside info about "Knight Rider" and KITT than you ever wanted to know -- just short of a technical manual! I hope to find the other two books in this series eventually. If you plan to write your own KR fan-fiction, you should read these first. Since these books were written by the "Knight Rider" creator himself, this stuff can be considered canonical in my opinion. If you can find it, it's definitely a recommended read!

This is a great story by Robert Stone which later appeared in his collection, Bear & His Daughter. Elliot, a therapist, apparently is in need of healing himself. Like a lot of Stone's characters Elliot has a drinking problem and he is forced to face his own devils. Despite 15 months of being dry his life lacks substance and any excitement. Regrets and desperation are beginning to tease Elliot. Anger is rising.

Then, after couselling a discharged army guy, who has nightmares about Vietnam when in fact he was never there, Elliot (who was) goes on a spree. He returns home and argues with his wife, a social worker who has her own troubles. Other problems arise and the story could easily have ended in tragedy. Instead it ends with a faint ray of hope for a lost man wanting Grace, his wife, to believe in him and offer forgiveness. The last paragraphs are very moving.

What I really like about Helping is how Stone brilliantly captures some dilemnas of the "recovering alcoholic" which is in Elliot's case how do you cope with the ordinariness of sobriety. How do you get back to stability when the world you live in is becoming increasingly unreliable? How do you handle the dangers of unresolved anger?

Once again Robert Stone, with his crisp prose, exposes the psyche of the troubled man without being at all didactic. He just lets the issues confronting Elliot reveal themselves.

The photographs in this book are awesome! A must-read for rockhounds, mineral collectors, and nature photographers. Too bad it's out of print, though. :(

I.f Stone presents a very well documented case much of what most people know about the Korean War is false. A must read.

For those who plan on visiting the Red River Gorge for the first time as well as for those familiar with this natural treasure, Stone and Warne's new book is a valuable and enjoyable companion. It offers the reader pragmatic information on where to go and what to do, but it also gives more: a sense of love for the Gorge and its environs and gentle reminders to tread lightly and leave no trace in this much-loved and much-visited area.

This edition of the Holocaust by Bea Stadtler is an amazing book. It is great for young adults and children. It really opens their eyes to the horrific and horrendous time in our history and at the same time, makes you proud to know that books like this are being written by amazing authors such as Bea Stadtler!

This is a book I remembered fondly from my childhood, so I purchased a used copy for my two little ones. It is a simple, straightforward tale about a horse, Joey, who works in the city, drawing a vegetable cart for a vegetables salesman. Yet he to longs to live in the country and "kick up his heels." After he is sold to a country farmer he realizes that the city is where he belongs, and lucky for him, he ends up back there. A classic tale about appreciating what you have. My kids love hearing about Joey.

This book is not out of print. A remrkable book, it is neither complimentary to the Japanese military, nor to Canberra politicians. It tells of atrocities and bureaucratic bungling that left over one thousand Australians dead, and the lives of many American airmen. In many respects it is a proud book, highlighting the incredible feats of nearly fourteen hundred soldiers left to defend the indefensible against the might of the Japanese war machine. Abandoned by the Australian command against an inevitable invasion, they fought and ran. The inhospitable New Britain jungle took its toll - the Japanese did the rest. At Tol Plantation, over 150 Australians were lined up and slaughtered. Many more were captured and sent to Japan as prisoners of war. Most did not make it - an American submarine saw to that. Of the original garrison of some 1400 men, only four hundred would return to Australia. During three and a half years of Japanese occupation, hundreds of kilometres of tunnels were dug from the volcanic soil surrounding Rabaul. The Japanese burrowed in whilst American Flying Fortress bombers and Australian Beauforts bombed the harbour into useless isolation in Operation Cartwheel. Many US flyers were rescued by Australian coastwatchers. Rabaul was hell in paradise. Peace came for the interned missionaries, the remaining prisoners of war, the Tolai natives and indeed the Japanese themselves in September 1945. Many of the original residents would never return. Rabaul and its magnificent harbour were a shambles. On the seabed lay fifty ships. Those in shallow water became easy prey to Australian and Japanese salvage operators seeking non-ferrous metals. The definitive work on the Pacific war in Rabaul, from its pre-war history, through to Japanese invasion and occupation, US bombing and airmen rescues, the native peoples, and the final surrender and salvage.

no mater what, b. micheals/ e. peters is always to be counted on for an entertaining time. i read at bed time, it always happens i end up staying up nearly all night, to finish the book just to see what happens, when you read her books make no plans, they wont make a difference once your'e hooked. gypse09

This book should be in the library of every advertising and marketing professional today. Written by one of the true pioneers of one-to-one marketing, it explains the techniques of building, using and profiting from a database. No one knows the subject better than Baier.