The problem with this book is that the monologues sound like students getting up in front of class and giving a report that was assigned to them. They don't sound like monologues where there is a strong need to affect another person and try to get a response from them immediately. The topics are good, but they don't sound natural. They're too speechy, like you're saying them to the world for no reason.

This book is a very easy to read and has really great monologues. I hope Karshner comes out with another book.

In my theatre class my teacher had us memorize one of the characters. They were easy to memorize and they were about real teen issues.

Well I would just like to say this if anyone listens to the voice of my opinion!Well it was alright.I really thought the other books that she had published were a whole lot better.It was also really too short of a book.I really recommend her other books!Thats all to my voice of freedom!!But maybe it just me who nows!

Mary & Joseph are real believeable people in Anderson's introduction which sets the stage for the rest of the story. I felt blessed by the stories ...brief and to the point as they were. Each has its unique blessing and ability to capture a personal meaning for me! Its on my list to give this year!

By all accounts Swedenborg was both a high genius and, in his later years, psychic...focused on developing a world view that encompassed heaven and hell, angels etc. As such this book is a collection of many of his remarks about the afterlife and heaven and hell. It has a dated feel in the sense that Swedenborgs views are firmly those of someone writing over 200 years ago...and it is a puzzle how to reconcile them with more "modern" writers/travellers on the path. The charitable view would be that, if what Swedenborg says is somehow true, then it is also filtered through the mindset of someone of his era (just as must be true of someone of our own era). This "dated" aspect of his ideas greatly reduced their value for me...but some of his ideas (eg about how we create our own heavens and hells) cannot be found elsewhere.

This is the first Swedenborg book I read and it introduced me to the whole fascinating world of his visions. I have read numerous books on angelic encounters, life after death, near death experiences, etc., but this book is truly unique. In this book, Swedenborg speaks about his experiences as he passes into the realms of heaven and encounters angels. He relates answers to questions he poses to the angels, things like:"Please teach me what happiness is." The angels respond, "Love in action gives a feeling of happiness. In heaven it acts with widsom, in hell with folly. Either way it makes its subect happy."

Unlike some books about channeling and similar processes, I had no trouble believing and understanding that the messages in this book were genuine. I felt comfortable with the fact that Swedenborg really spoke with higher realms and wasn't just creating this in his own mind.

If you're looking for an inspiring book to help you understand life on many levels, and are tired of the myriad NDE and angelic encounter books that abound, you'll enjoy this one!

This is one of the best-loved D&D sourcebooks of all time - a thoughtful, but thoroughly humorous, in-depth look at the personalities of the Orcs of the Broken Lands. You get lots of horrible jokes and genuinely hilarious situations, plus endless reams of lore... how to run humanoid PCs, notes on religion, language, combat, chieftans, heroes, adventures, history, magic, treasures, and yes, Orc Wars, the tabletop game!

While out-of-print, for the discerning roleplayer who has always pondered why these humaniods have been around as long as the humans here is your definative answer.

The Orcs of Thar provides comprehensive backgrounding on the Broken Lands bordering Darokin, Rockhome, & Glantri. In addition to the valuable source material provided for human campaigns, the enterprising Storyteller (and Player) can find rules to play kobolds, goblins, orcs, ogres and trolls. These rules are in a formatt to limit power playing, balance out the various abilities and toughess of the creatures.

In addition to the new characters you will also find cultures of the varying nations within the Broken Lands, war machines, and some very interesting immortals who lead and influence these nations. Included are maps, adventure ideas, and naturally the who's who of the Broken Lands. If you can find this book, and whether you're playing D&D or AD&D, this handbook will provide you with heaps of ideas just for capmaigns, and I hope some alternative ideas for your campaigns.

Viva le Humaniod! from the Goblin King

It's been a number of years since I read this book, but I still refer to it often. For the person who is trying to figure out his or her mission in life, Tony sets out some great principles and guidelines for doing so. This is a must-read for people trying to determine what they're going to do with their life career-wise.

The second half of the book is much weaker than the first, as Tony gets on his soapbox about caring for the needy, a worthy cause but not necessarily the "calling" that everyone will respond to. Still, the first half of the book is strong enough to make it worth buying. You can always just skip the last few chapters if you wish.

This book is a concise and incisive overview of the operation of various firearms and the testing procedures used to properly identify and match firearms to spent cartridges. It is written in an easy and effective style and is of use to the criminal practitioner engaged in the felony trials.

Like to know the # 1 song the day you were born? The day you were wed? Or the day JFK was assassinated? Or the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon? How about December 7, 1941?

Well, if you were born anywhere from 1930 to 1980, this great book will tell you what the top song was on each of your birthdays, including your first, or your weddding day, as culled from Variety Magazine for the years 1930 to mid-1935, from Your Hit Parade from mid-1935 to 1959, and from there to 1980, Billboard's Easy Listening charts.

Author Brooks also provides, prior to each year, a thumbnail account of the year in question, including films, Broadway hits, sporting events, and political news.

If there's one fault it's the omission of the names of any artists - understandable, perhaps, since in the early days it wasn't uncommon for one song to be covered by multiple artists. Still, it would have been nice to have the names of the those with the TOP version.

For that reason alone I deducted one star. But that's from MY perspective and it certainly shouldn't prevent you from obtaining a copy if you can. The ensuing hours of enjoyment and trivia treasure-troves will delight you for hours on end.

The grand kingdom of Norwold, pioneered by heroic adventurers (perhaps the PCs, see module CM1), falls prey to a deadly mist... an ancient Alphatian emperor, now an Immortal of Entropy, has brought this final revenge upon the children of his nemesis. To destroy him, a vast armada must be assembled by the greatest heroes of the realm (levels 25-30!), and the spheres of space and time must be unlocked for the final, horrific revelation... a dramatic, forgotten classic, and recommended.

With its reproduction of over 50 rare prints from the 19th century, Harold Holzer's LINCOLN SEEN & HEARD is a rare treasure trove of Lincoln images. Holzer, author of several studies on Abraham Lincoln, offers rich biographical and historical details during his visual and textual analysis.

Holzer's study of Lincoln's public image in iconography and language is logically divided into thematic chapters. In his study of the comtemporary visual iconography of Abraham Lincoln, Holzer examines images of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator and as the Commander in Chief. He also analyses images of Lincoln's assissination and compares prints of Lincoln and the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis. In his discussion of Lincoln's language. Holzer addresses Lincoln's impromtu oratory as well as his two most famous texts, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. Holzer's book is well-balanced and richly documented. Very readable, this book should interest both historical scholars and general readers.

Twenty-five years of world history are presented in brief interviews in this collection recounting the first 25 years of National Public Radio's history. From the 1971 May Day demonstrations against the U.S. participation in the war in Vietnam -- the first day of broadcasting for All Things Considered -- to 1994's ushering in the start of a new era of American prosperity, "Listening to America" gives first-hand accounts of history in the making.

The interviews reproduced in this book are fascinating. I particularly enjoyed the interview with the Americans freed after two years being held hostage in Iran, as well as the interviews with the engineers for the Space Shuttle just days following the catastrophic explosion of the Challenger, which was launched against the advice of the engineers.

"Listening to America" also gives a good overview of the feelings of the "men-and-women-on-the-street" on issues such as elections, the Gulf War, and the trial of Patty Hearst.

My only disappointment with this book was their super brief mention-in-passing of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I would have liked to see more detail of the emotion that many American's on NPR's call-in shows would have had when that news was announced.

Reading "Listening to America" is a good way to brush up on the important events of the latter part of the 1900s. I'm glad that I took the time to read this. I found myself learning a lot more about events that happened while I was too young to bother with the newspaper or evening news. The 1970s pictures of Cokie Roberts, Robert Siegel, Linda Wertheimer, Ira Flatow, Bob Edwards and Nina Totenberg are also a treat!