After reading "A Garden of Sand", I scoured the bookstores looking for more titles by Earl Thompson. Fortunately, I was able to find all four. Unfortunately, Earl died before he could write more. Perhaps, it's fitting that his books (which seem to represent a thinly veiled depiction of his actual life) died with him. I know of few people who could have survived the traumatic and dysfunctional life that Earl's main characters lived.

Caldo Largo was one of the last books that Earl wrote, however, it does not lack the verve and grit that permeate all of his novels. It tells of the life of a shrimp boat owner in Brownsville, Texas in the early 1960's.

Scenes and characters depicted in Caldo Largo seem so real you can almost taste, smell, and feel them. The plot line is nothing that fits any "formula" novel, unless you compare it with other Thompson novels. I could best describe Caldo Largo as a mix between Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath with all the dirty parts left in, lots of fajita flavoring, and a little Shakespearean introspection (or psychosocial character analysis if you will).

I only wish I had kept all my Thompson novels. They're probably worth quite a lot now. I had to throw them out when I got married since my wife insisted they were pornography. But, if you get past all the sex, drugs, and violence, you'll actually appreciate the books finer points like its wonderful descriptive writing, character development, rhythm, and strange sense of truth and justice in pithy human relations.

So for you Shakespeare fans, read it for the deeper themes. For those of you who can't stand the Bard, read it for fun and adventure.

Korean war vet buy a boat and becomes a shrimper in texas...his loves, his struggles, his close encounters of the sexual kind. Kind of a cross between Forrest Gump and To Have Not...but much better then both! Read it and laugh and cry. A book you will recommend but never loan out!

Called OUT: The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Presbyterians, edited by Jane Adams Spahr (Chi Rho Pr; ISBN: 1888493003), can also be bought on Amazon.com. Called Out With, excellent as it is, is the companion to this first book.

This is a wonderful book from the straight-allied point of view to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered ordination rights in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Yet it is meant to be a companion piece to an earlier book published by Chi Rho Press entitled Called OUT: The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Presbyterians, edited by Rev. Dr.Jane Adams Spahr. Shouldn't Amazon carry this book as well?

This textbook is awesome for serious students who would really like to graspe latin better. It contains the answer key to all the exercises as well as tips for teachers on presenting the material. If you own the student edition, consider the teacher's guide to help you along your way!

As a Latin tutor with over three years experience with teaching this language, and several years of learning it, this text was a surprise. Not only did it offer me better ways to use the Cambridge readers with my pupils, it also provided me with new information that I found interesting for myself. This manual combines grammar with the easy learning tool of an ongoing storyline, as well as providing application skills and ideas, with some baitable history as well. It helps me not only teach my students better but keep them wanting to learn. Anyone looking forward to teaching, or even learning, this language, should most certainly have this book close at hand.

This book was recommended by my highschool psychology teacher. I have read it many times since then which was ten years ago. The story is fascinating and thrilling. It follows the lives of three men from highschool to adulthood and how they are living with their terrible secret which comes back to haunt them. A must read!

My copy of Celebrity is dog eared and torn...I've read it at least 5 times. Celebrity is the story of three men who rise to fame in three very different ways. Although all three followed their own paths after high school, they were tied together by a terrible secret which haunts all three of them for the rest of their lives...It sounds cliched but it isn't. I highly recommend Celebrity.

In Civil War in the Southwest, Thompson has edited the accounts of several members of Sibley's Brigade in its New Mexico campaign, the accounts having been printed in the Overton Sharp Shooter in East Texas in the late 19th Century.

The accounts are quite readable, some even humorous. The accounts of major battles are accompanied by battle maps provided by Frazier. While the accounts focus on the major occurances within the campaign, they are filled with minutia as well, allowing the brigade to live and ride on again, as vividly as they did 140 years before.

While the names of many soldiers appear in the accounts, Thompson made no effort to provide complete troop muster rolls, focusing instead only on editing the newspaper accounts. Where names do appear, Thompson has end notes with more information on the soldier, gleaned from a variety of sources.

Civil War In The Southwest: Recollections Of The Sibley Brigade by Civil War scholar and historian Jerry Thompson presents eighteen distinctive episodes written by members of General Henry Hopkins Sibley's command who fought and traveled more than eight thousand miles through snake-infested bayous to snow-capped mountains to fight and die in more than sixteen major battles of the American Civil War. The brigade consisted of young, zealous Texans who sought to invade New Mexico Territory as a step toward the Confederate conquest of Colorado and California in order to seize their resources (including the gold fields) in support of the South. This compendium of eye witness accounts is positively riveting and is enthusiastically recommended as a unique, invaluable contribution to Civil War Studies supplemental reading lists and reference collections.

Now I'm taking the time to find/buy the other books in this series because it was so great! I cant wait to read more! I loved it! It was definately different and a lot more interesting than the average "romance" novel and it was so different that you could swear it was a true story. Do yourself a favor and get the whole series.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! Vicki Lewis Thompsonkept me turning the pages, wondering what was going to happen next! Ijust started the next book in the series, Two In the Saddle and I can't wait to see what happens! () Read the book and make your own conclusions! A great read.

Don Thompson's and Dick Lupoff's' 1973 THE COMIC-BOOK BOOK is even finer than the book that precedes this, the 1970 ALL IN COLOR FOR A DIME. I used to love reading this when I was a child, wishing I could somehow get my hands on reprints of the 1940s comics stories so lovingly retold here (many of which were long out of print when I read this), especially in Maggie Thompson's fine essay on "The Spirit." Now that those old "Spirit" stories have been reproduced by DC, it's fun to go back and read these essays again, and the fascinating background information about the comics creators. the highlight of the whole book is Juanita Coulson's hilarious take on Golden Age superheroines, "Of (Super) Human Bondage": her detailing of the absurdities in an old Wonder Woman story (WW vs. Giganta the Gorilla Girl) are uproarious as well as very forward thinking.

There was a time when comics where not collected. They were purchased, rolled-up, traded and then thrown away. However, those four-color wonders had enough of an impact on a few people that, In the 1970's, they decided to create the hobby known as comics. Those few people decided to write "The Comic-book Book."

"The Comic-book Book," like its predecessor "All in Color for a Dime," is the misty recollections of a group of friends who share the love of this peculiar art form. Each author writes an essay about the genre that affected him/her most. One essay is about the Frankenstein monster, and it's legacy in comics. Another author writes about the romance of the aviator, and how comics entered World War II before America. The Spirit and Will Eisner are the subject of one essay, and the magicians of comics (Mandrake, Zatara, Ibis...) fills another. Each essay is well written, although not particularly scholarly. Many of the authors are writing from memory, as original material was hard to locate.

The best thing about reading "The Comic-book Book" is being able to glimpse into the past, and see people gushing about comics that carry little or no monetary value. The high prices for golden age comics had not yet appeared, and the affection is genuine. A nice book to read for anyone who loves the hobby of comics.

This book pulls no punches in explaining the rise of Nazism, exploring German history in a compelling way. This author has no axes to grind. This is must reading for anyone who wants to understand the way Adolf Hitler and National Socialism came to power. You know the old saying -- about those who don't understand history being doomed to repeat it.

Dr. Thompson, one of my former Professors at the Uni of SC (GO GAMECOCKS!) has taken an incredibly complex subject and explained it in an entertaining and insightful manner. Exactly like his classes! The question many ponder is answered in these pages, how did an group of people, the German intelligencia, fall for Hitler? By tracking the political history from before the First World War, we can see how these people desperately needed a powerful and charismatic leader, who could restore Germany's pride in themselves. No rumor mongering here, just plain facts!

As far as I concern it is the first book was written on its subject on the world. Thefore I congratulate to Proffessor A. Keith Thompson who gave this valuable knowladges to the people who work or study on controlled atmosphere storage of fruits and vegetables. I didn't see it. Honestly I would have seen it.

It was the first book was writen on this subject. I congraculate to Professor A.K.Thompson.

Remodeling our cottage we wanted a book that would show us as much information as possible and this the book. If you are interested in reading how to go about a project and where to get information on everything from the wall coverings, appliances, contractors and even alas the kitchen sink, check this book out.

This is a wonderful book showing a wide range of kitchen styles from modern to country and blue and white to classical. It explains design secrets that help you create a beautiful, yet practical cooking space.

The book starts out with a short quiz that helps you determine your cooking lifestyle needs. It then discuses backsplashes, flooring, cabinets, storage and ventilation. In addition there are several cook's stories telling all about their history and about their dream kitchens.

I like the way the kitchens selected for the book combine aesthetics and ergonomics. The emphasis is on kitchens that work rather than on the latest technological gadgets. There are tons of ideas that can make any kitchen more functional.

There is a great resource list in the back, including website addresses, for finding accessories, appliance manufactures, lighting and hardware. Whether you are a professional chef or want to use your kitchen as a social gathering place, this book can be a great help to you.