The Titans begins at the very beginning of the American Civil War and continues until 1862. Louis Kent, son of Amanda Kent, has taken control of the family business and fortunes, but, despite being his mothers son, is turning out to be a heartless, profiteering opportunist.Jephta Kent is working on the familys newspaper when, through dramatic circumstances, he meets his son Gideon from whom he has been separated for many years. His former wife has remarried to an actor named Lamont, who is a fanatical supporter of Southern rights and who is secretly plotting to seize the fortune left to Jephtas sons, to further the Southern cause. As America is drawn into a war between the North and South, Gideon becomes a cavalry officer and takes part in many terrible battles. The book ends with the news that Gideon is missing in action--can't wait to start Book 6-The Warriors.

This book was one of the best I've ever read. Not only were the characters interesting, but the historical backround was extensive. I learned and understood many more facts about the Civil War that will help me in school. I finished it quickly and was disappointed to see it end. I have not read the other books in the series, but I will now. It would make a great movie. This is the perfect book for anyone intersted in history, scandals, or conspiracy.

the entire series was great....would be a terrific mini-series.

I was very impressed by the way this book handled differing theological positions within the faith. But what impressed me most were the references to outside reading that Scholes both agreed and disagreed with. It is refreshing to see a book like this available.

The beauty of this book lies in its ability to take sometimes complex theological issues and relate them to the experiences of real-life. Never dull, this story-filled, personalized treatment of the Christian faith makes understanding basic doctrine an adventure to be enjoyed instead of a task to be endured. Especially helpful are the personal application questions at the end of each chapter that spark thoughtful reflection on how these ideas can and should impact the way you live in and experience the real world.

Dr. Scholes book is a wonderfully clear introduction to the basic components of evangelical Christian theology. Richly illustrated with personal anecdotes, Dr. Scholes has bridged the gap between hard-core theological reference books and fluff pop-theology. I hold advanced degrees, yet was very much impressed and even spiritually moved by this rich little volume.

I'm putting it very high on my list of recommended books for beginners in Christian theology, possibly even higher than _Mere Christianity_.

This is a fantastic novel,about a teenage girl whose kidneys have ceised to work.This makes her feel very dizzy and sick and she is unable to pass water.She will have to live on dialasys for the rest of her whole entire life,unless she can find her birth mother,who she hopes will give her a kidney.Dialysis involves a needle or tube being inserted into the stomach to fill the body with or empty it of fluid.She can eat very few types of food and can only drink very little.Nor she can swim(due to the tube in her tummy).I have arthritic pain and although that aint nice,this novel made me truly feel so lucky that my organs work properly.I won't ever forget this book,Deborah Kent should be proud to have that kind of talent.This book is going to teach people what it is like to have kidney disease,more than any encyclopedia or medical show would.It isn't a picnic to read of medical procedures but I recommend this book if you would like something realistic and sympathetic.

I read this book back in 5th grade i was like 12 now i'm 19. I have been trying to find this book for years it has helped me alot in wayz and get through life alot better. I had a kidney transplant 13 years ago and went throguht almost everything Rachel did. Now i need another kidney cause my kidney faiuled and i'm back on dialysis but this book helped me.

Rachel wakes up one morning to find her world had been smashed to smithereens. Her whole body feels heavy and painful, and she can barely sit up. Rushed to the hospital, she learns that she has a kidney disease. Rachel will have to go on dialysis for the rest of her life...or until an organ donor can be found. The doctors tell Rachel that the best donor would bea blood relative. But she is adopted, and knows nothing about her biological mother. All Rachel can think is, Why did this have to happen to me? As she struggles with her illness, Rachel must also handle the emotional ups and downs of trying to find her birth mother. Will they be able to locate her? What will she be like? And will she agree to give Rachel what she needs-a second chance for life? This book is really good because it made me not to take my health for granted, and at the same time taught me about kidnet disease and dialysis. It's also a good story, and worth every cent I paid for it.

I found this book to be very informative about the land and extream weather of Alaska but it ran a little dry quickly. This is a journal of around 9 months of Rockwell kents life while in Alaska. I have read other books that were written from journals and Kents does fair better then most. I can understand that a journal in Alsaka can run out of new and interesting things to write about and this book seemed to try to fill in the gaps with Kents thoughts and many philosophies. All in all I do recomend this book to anyone who really want a real veiw of what Alaska is actually like.

You can pick this book off your library shelf any time, open it to any page, start at any paragraph and begin to feel a mantle of peace settle over your jangled nerves. "Wilderness" is the record of artist Rockwell Kent and his 9-year-old son spending a winter in Alaska on Fox Island in Resurrection Bay, near Seward, with only one elderly Swede as a neighbor. This "journal of quiet adventure" nonetheless is exciting in the relationships between father and son and old Olson and between the Kents and the harsh winter weather. Beautifuly and profusely illustrated by Rockwell and Rockwell, Jr.

Of the many wilderness adventures that flood our view on the television or in movies, with dramatic, life-risking events, we can become weary of the slick presentations. Rockwell Kent tells of us of another type of adventure, the day to day living on remote Fox Island off Seward, in Alaska. The small pleasures, the difficult trips in an open boat to get supplies, the child's sweetness in his friendship with a magpie, all these and more stories are told in a daily journal. And illustrated as Kent always does, with insight and style. Kent as a writer is equal to Kent as an artist, intellectual and candid in his telling a story and sharing impressions. If this is your first reading of a Kent book, you have a long list of other books ahead for this was his first book done as a "first person" storyteller. His desire for remote and wild landscapes to paint took him, and then takes us, through his work, to many other places over many decades. But none are any more delightful and majestic than this trip to Alaska. To check out the validity of this remote place, I took a trip to Fox Island several years ago, and though I didn't see it in the winter as Rockwell and his son did, it was dramatic, beautiful and matched the feeling I'd gotten when I first read the book years ago. The nice touch of this edition is that the editor, Doug Capra, has a very fine introduction to the book and Capra knows his subject. He has been researching Kent for years, but more than that, he has something to say and says it well. Few Kent editors do. But the book--it makes a wonderful Christmas gift because it has a really fine description of what a meaningful Christmas celebration can be in a remote place, shared with a hermit on the island, the father and little boy. There are some delightful details in this story: the food taken for the trip; the books for father and son; the rigerous baths when the bay freezes and the ice cold waters no longer are available. Kent is no ordinary artist, writer or father. And this is no ordinary adventure. It makes you wish, even yearn, for that place, that time, those people. I knew Rockwell Kent in the final few years of his life and he still carried that energtic view of life, that love of beauty and nature that comes alive in this small work. And three cheers to Doug Capra for bringing this new edition to life for it is of the quality for which Kent was famous in his published books. (A wretched edition of this treasure of a story was published a few years before and this edition puts to rest a Kent lover's dispair about having a bad edition of a Kent work on the shelves, any shelves. I almost never throw books away but this earlier paperback with bad design from cover to cover merits polluting a garbage pail.) So, invest in some good reading, some laughs and some wistful thoughts about what a wilderness adventure could be. And for those who have courage, still can be.

If you, like me, grew up on a "real" farm in the Upper Midwest, this book will take you back to the sights, sounds, smells and memories of your childhood. You'll smile, nod your head in agreement, and sometimes even cry. You'll read paragraphs aloud to your wife who did not grow up on farm, and she'll say "that's nice" but not quite get it. If you did not grow up on a farm, and would like a better understanding of farm boys, this is a must read. I'll read it again.

A friend of mine recommended this book. I grew up on a farm in central Nebraska. When I finished reading this book, I called my mom and asked her if I had a brother named Kent that she never told me about. I started reading her excerpts from the book and we were both astounded by how closely it matched our own lives on the farm in Nebraska, including the blue-speckled canning pot and pressure cooker sitting on the stove all summer! I found particular delight in the essay on the work of "town kids" vs. "farm kids." I look back at all we did, but it never seemed like work. It was just our life, one I wouldn't trade for anything. Like the author, I've been through my father's death, the sale of the farm, and in the next few weeks my mother will be moving off the farm and into town. Loved this book!

_A Witness of Combines_ was difficult for me to read. Kent Meyers so perfectly captures what it was like for me to grow up on a north central Iowa farm, that it feels like he was one of the neighbors. The final chapter about returning home is unbearably vivid. I, too, am off the farm because of governmental policies and their effects on farming. If you want to know what it was like, and why we ought to try to preserve it, read this book.

If I ever write this well, I shall be well-pleased.

When I started reading this book by Yogi Dr. Samprasad Vinod, I continued reading it till end. It is full of interesting stories, anecdotes, practical guidelines that are useful for beginners as well as advanced meditators. The language is simple and lucid. Important thing is it is written by an experienced yogi who has a rich family tradition of yoga running in the family. The author is himself a medical doctor. He is the world acclaimed authority on yoga and meditation. His preface From the Mindshore is very interesting and gives an idea of his transparency and sincerity. It is appreciated by luminaries from the field like Howard Kent from UK and Dr. David Frawley from USA.

Meditation and allied subjects have always been shrouded by the veil of tradition. For a modern man, here is a book that will unfold all secrets of meditation. The best part is that this task has been carried out by an accomplished yogi who is a down to earth person with the most practical outlook.If you are a beginner this book will give you correct picture of what is meditation. If you are a practitioner, this book will clear your misconceptions and show you the way how to progress. The
best part is that it is a truly secular book without any religious dogma. A must for everyone in this modern world which is a boiling pot of discontenment

This is a text book type look at the weather systems that are common in British Columbia and the Yukon. Very well researched and documented with facts as well as anecdotal observations. A must for pilots venturing into this vast wilderness area.

Very good book about weather hazards for B.C. and the Yukon. A must have if you are planning to do any flying in this mountainous region.

This is the story of a young officer in the Royal Marines during the transition from sail to steam. The hero is from a Marine family, yet is thinking of leaving the Service. This is the background for the adventures off the African coast and in the Med. You see some of the resistance to change in the outlook of the Navy to steam and the new and strange machines. Possibly the start of a series. If you have read any of Alexander Kent's Bolitho series, you will like this.

"...Hoarse drum of the regiment..." The story of a man and his world; a world that might seem incomprehensible to many: self sacrifice for the common good; the struggle between heart and tradition; fraternal love; the way some of us see duty towards flag and country;

The unbreakable bond that develops amongst men in battle; the inexplicable admiration and adoration for the leader; after all, isn't he the one leading them to their potential death? Yet, still ".... the unexplained glory flies above them...." and they try to forget that in that ".... field where a thousand corpses lie..." some of their most beloved friends ceased to exist;

There's not many ways that can project the majesty of a pure soldier's heart, yet this effort is more than successful; In a historical journey it wanders from sail to steam, from on-board soldiers to Royal Marines... And the unique way to present that "...these men were born to drill and die..." made "per Mare et per Terram". Superb!

This is the third in the Alan Craik stories and while you don't have to read the previous two, I would suggest that Peacemaker would be worth reading first.
Fast paced, perhaps the authors have spent less time on the characters and more on the action, and this works if you feel comfortable with the characters from previous novels. If, however, this is your first Craik novel then you might find that the characters are glossed over and the authors assume you understand the relationships.
Having said that, an in context of the three novels, I enjoyed this and look forward to more.

Everything looks great to Alan Craik and his spouse Rose Siciliano. The CIA appears ready to tap him for a highly regarded espionage position and the astronaut school has accepted Rose. Much faster than their rise to the top is their collapse caused by the machinations of someone else.

A woman in Venice blackmails CIA treasonous mole George Shreed. Panicking and already over the edge with his wife near death from cancer, George needs a fall guy who would have been on the project but not quite visible and with little protection to dub as the double agent selling secrets to the Chinese. He selects Rose. His covert actions lead the CIA to stop the promotions of Craik and Siciliano pending the results of an investigation into the activities of the duo. Their careers come to a halt but refusing to idly sit by as the taint of treason is painted on them, Alan and Rose begin their own inquiries into what short circuited their lives.

The third Craik-Siciliano thriller is loaded with action, action, and more action somewhat at the cost of character development. The story line emphasizes the shoot em up thrill a paragraph that never slows down, but for new readers Alan and Rose never seem quite real. Strangely the double agent is probably the most complete player in the tale as the audience understands his fears, doubts, and motives. Fans who enjoy an energizing espionage thriller will want to read Gordon Kent's latest global stimulating novel.

Harriet Klausner

This was my favorite of the three Gordon Kent novels. It has excellent action sequences and a wonderful air of suspense. Read Rules of Engagement and Peacemaker as well. The three books are chronological and I would read them in order. Top Hook is filled with great high-tech action, devious spying, a great international chase, and one of the best concluding battles I have ever read.

For Christmas last year I purchased this book for my daughter who had just graduated from College. Living 200 miles away, we were not able to help her with things like fixing a flat tire or finding the fuse box and what to do when you find it. I would include a box of tools along with this book for a complete gift. Also the companion book, Where's Mom Now That I Need Her? is also an excellent book. I gave them both to my son in college.

This book contains many useful suggestions and hints on solving everyday problems commonly associated with things 'Dads' usually fix. I first got this book when I went to college and still pick it up from time to time. A handy tool to have around.

This book picks up where, "On Your Own For The First Time" leaves off. These two books paired together and your child is set! On Your Own gives advice for resume writing, insurance, credit, room-mates, interviewing, shopping for cars, leases, legal matters, personal investing, etc. These two books together make the perfect graduation gift or even for the newlyweds....