This book is excellent! My daughter is 22 months old and LOVES this book. We got the CD, too, and now she sits and flips through the book looking for the songs playing on the CD. A great way to begin to introduce Christian hymns and praise songs to young children.

My 4-year-old granddaughter checked this book out at her church library and absolutely refuses to give it back. She carries it all over the house, looks for a song, sings - at the piano, in bed, in the tub. Please, please put this book back in print. A child's Christ-centered guide.

This book is great for the whole family! We enjoy singing and praising God along with the kids. It makes a meaningful gift.

Hemingway, Steinbeck, Tolstoy et al, will always have a place in the pantheon of literature. In this reader's opinion, this novel warrants a little niche in that pantheon for Davis Grubb, whose lean, muscular and evocative prose propels this thrilling story, driving it toward the inevitable conclusion.

Charles Laughton's movie based on this book was an interesting effort and well done, but if one hasn't read the unsentimental, un-varnished novel, then somewhere a potential reader is missing the juice. Like Laughton's screen effort the novel is indeed pregnant, but not at all unwieldly; rather, the book, slender as it is, is bursting with some of the best writing put to paper in any genre and is as good as anything ever written by the more prolific Masters.

Grubb's unpretentious style looms up from the pages like the reek of the bottom waters at river's edge. Subtle by turns, the terrifying game of hide-and-seek between light and shadow jumps at the most unexpected moments, just like the novel's villain with his knife.

Filled with archetypes and certainly many levels of meaning for interpretation by the reader, this is one novel one won't forget soon. It stalks memory and, personally, I find myself still returning to the book from time to time to savor a magnificently rendered mood, and a time, place and story that is as fresh and exciting now as it was almost half a century ago.

Writing true and honest profiles of such diverse characters, let alone children, is no easy thing, and Grubb's work is peopled with wholly believable characters who truly cast shadows, live and breathe, even in the periphery. This is part of the novel's triumph.

I cannot recommend Night of the Hunter too highly. It's simply a "must read" for anyone who loves good literature, fine writing --and isn't predjudiced against genre. In this beautiful, sinister work, Davis Grubb breaks the mold.

I bought this book in Italy, to read on the trains. I expected a routine crime thriller. It is much, much better than that. The Rev. Harry Powell is well known as one of the great villains. A great villain requires a great hero, and Grubb provides two of them. John Harper is very appealing in his devotion to his little sister Pearl, but it is Rachel Cooper that is the character that raises this book to the highest level. She has the capacity to change your life, with her capacity for goodness. She changed mine. What more could you ask for in a book?

The author's year of death was 1980, not 198

I picked this book up as something to read on the plane, not knowing or even hearing of Ms. Kellogg ever before. But, once I started reading it, I just couldn't put it down. I was very impressed with Ms. Kellogg's style--she gives her main character, Lilly Bennett, such insight and wisdom into all the other brilliant characters that inhabit the story, I was enraptured to the end. I love the setting and general feel of the book- the laid-back, yet sophisticated upper-class western that the book is set in was a breath of fresh air from what seems like every other stuffy, old-school murder mystery dealing with the upper class.

I'm working on reading all the rest of Ms. Kellogg's work now, and I have to say that it just keeps getting better. Kudos to you, Marne!

Forget the plot -- read Kellogg's books for her wordsmithing. In this novel, sleuth Lily really comes into her own with her on-target marksmanship rivaled only by her pinpoint accuracy in assessing the world as we know it. Her comments on an indecent exposure case are worth the price of admission. And how refreshing it is to have a protagonist who doesn't cut her own hair with nail scissors but who can still shoot-em-up with the best of 'em.

Heiress, private sleuth and U.S. Marshall, Lilly Bennett, is finally getting married, an event which her mother had almost given up on. After more than a couple decades of trying to find the right man, Lilly is marrying Richard...who is everything a woman could want. She takes on the case of a murdered oil heiress the week of her fabulous wedding and puts not only her life and that of her brother's on the line, but is expected to attend a number of high society pre-marital parties. Can she do it all and still keep the love of her life? Lilly has fun skewering both ends of the political spectrum as well as societal mores. A professional woman sleuth...with a big difference.

Looking for a good read, one that's fast paced, action-packed and totally unpredictable? I've got just the book for you!

First-time author William G. Davis has written a real page-turner! As a young rookie in the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department, Mike Gage makes a gruesome find. The body of his former girlfriend-turned-hooker is found floating face down in the West Palm Canal; her body mutilated, her heart missing. She is not the first such victim nor the last.

Something evil is lurking in the Florida glades; something that preys on young women, something that sacrifices them, then dumps them to be devoured by scavengers or stumbled over by unsuspecting fishermen. Now a seasoned detective, Mike Gage is the only policeman that sees a connection between the many similar slayings that have spanned the South Florida counties over the past twenty years. His investigations always come up blank, until that is a would-be sacrifice escapes and gives him the lead he's been looking for.

This is not your typical detective or crime novel. It's all of that with a twist. If you're a fan of John Sanford or Michael Connelly, you won't want to miss this excellent read!

Mr. Davis, a retired Marine officer, now works in the gaming industry and lives with his wife in Florida. He has written a second book, Pagan Dawn and is working on a third in the series.

Go, read, enjoy!

This book does not fall into any one category. It blends the horror/supernatural, police/mystery, and medical thriller quite effectively. It is also laced a with some historical sub-plots just for interest. This author proves that a book need not be locked into one genre or another in order to be successful. And for a reader like me, who enjoys all three of the above types, this was particularly enjoyable. It reminded somewhat of the Indian Jones series - a tough but lovable protagonist, and some deliciously wicked bad guys, along with some eccentric but fascinating minor characters. The book reads very quickly. The action is swift, punctuated by relatively short chapters. The main part of the book is failry "normal". There is something nefarious going on in the background, but we are not quite sure what. It isn't until the last third or so of the book that all, excuse the expression, hell breaks loose and reality is totally suspended. In this type of book, though, who cares? It's just more exciting reading. This book will make a great movie -it has just the kind of elements that work on the big screen. Lots of action, well etched characters, a beautiful woman, and it practically screams for special effects. I applaud Mr. Davis for his courage in writing a book that transcends being pigeon holed. Book stores may have a hard time figuring out what section to put it in, but the final product works. It is a book to enjoy, not to try and analzye or to think to hard about. You will enjoy the ride!

Pagan Moon is an orphan of a book, in that it has yet to find a publishing house to call home. It is not surprising, if one needs to put this book into a category. It is a mystery; it is a thriller; and it has supernatural aspects to make one's skin tingle. Since the horror market is what those in the industry would refer to as "soft" these days; the publishers might not want to take a chance on this book without some clamor from readers and reviewers.

Consider this a clamor in capital letters. Pagan Moon is a mixture of an excellent cop thriller/mystery. We are introduced to Detective Mike Gage, who is a veteran of the Palm Beach PD. Early in his career, Mike Gage was on the scene of a grisly murder of a girl he had dated:

"If I simply looked at the ears, I would know. My hand trembled, then moved hesitantly toward the damp, auburn hair. Carefully, I drew back a thick strand. I saw pierced ears, but no angel earring. Yet, I'd kissed a tiny ear like the one I was staring at."

Mike's friend's heart had been removed, and Mike had seen more cases similar to this one in his career. A coed's description of two kidnappers who planned her demise at a sacrificial altar spurs Mike to search out the lair of the kidnappers. What they find there defies imagination, as they witness and videotape a Satanic rite involving a powerful businessman named Quentin Van Eck. The airing of this videotape costs Gage his position with the police force, and when he rescues Carolyn Van Eck from an attempted suicide, she hires him as her bodyguard. Gage begins to unravel the origins of the cult and, as he threatens the cult with exposure, his life and Carolyn's become a series of misadventures, which eventually lead to the center of an age-old conspiracy.

Pagan Moon is an extremely well written, entertaining whodunit. It also involves a search for supernatural enlightenment, similar to the Indiana Jones' stories. It would make a wonderful movie, and it is a powerful read. Mr. Davis knows which words to use to send tingles down the spine, even as he instructs the reader on the inner workings of medicine, law, research, money markets, and police work. He has done his research well, and his story fairly leaps off of the page onto the reader's lap. He formulates a conspiracy theory that rivals any out on the literary market today. This book deserves to be published!

Shelley Glodowski, Reviewer

When I was looking for a picture Bible for my kids, I looked at every one that was out at the time. The biggest problem I had was that all the characters looked to Eurpoean. This Bible makes a point of being ethnically accurate. So, Pharoah has darker skin than Joseph, etc. etc. There is a seen of the angels praising God before the shepherds that depicts the heavenly host as made of angels of every different race. Very cool. Theologically it is accurate as well -- it even gets Jonah right. This is the best picture Bible out there!

I'm one of three teachers for 2nd & 3rd graders and I teach the "Christian Youth Praising Christ" class for our church. I just love this Praise Bible, the stories are short, accurate & to the point. The pictures are very colorful (just what children like) and our children are learning to pray with the help of the "praise prayers" shown after each bible story. Our children really enjoyed the bible stories & the pictures. I highly recommend this bible to all children.

First came The Beginner's Bible in 1989 that sold more than 2.5 million copies, also illustrated by Dennas Davis. It was a break through for children with illustrations and fast paced text. Now, The Praise Bible, also illustrated by Dennas Davis, combines a fun illustration style taking kids into the 21st century, with fast paced and biblically accurate story text.

The part we like best, is how each story is summarized at the end in a contemporary scene, that applies the truth of the story in a way that children understand. And, it helps children have a positive attitude about the Bible, since each story is up-beat and ends with a focus on thankfulness to God.

Anyone who opens up The Praise Bible to the story about "The Seed and the Soil" will immediatly see how the illustrator is able to teach the story so well with his fantastic art work - and then when the art is combined with the story - it truly is a master piece.

I highly recommend it for children from ages 3 to 7, and believe it is also simple enough for even college professors to understand!

Myrna Loy's career spanned the late silient films, through the beginning of talkies, then technicolor, and didn't end till the early 1980's. Anyone with an interest in American cinema will probably enjoy this book. If you are interested in gossip, this is not the book you want. Gossip is not her style.

I was a bit overwhelmed by all the names in the book. She has mixed with so many people, that sometimes the famous names became a sort of mental blur as I read.

My favorite thing about this book is that Myrna Loy expresses her Liberal Democrat point-of-view. She was a very politically active person in the second half of her life, and she uses the book to express her political ideals. People get this notion that everyone who lived through World War II ended up as Republicans. Loy makes it clear that her generation was not all conservative.

I couldn't put this book down from the moment I started reading it. It's written from Myrna's own point of view, and it's intresting to get in the mind of Ms. Loy just a few years short from when she died. It has great insight on her relationships with such legends as Clark Gable, William Powell, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Harlow, and even Alfred Hitchcock. It's a great read for anyone who is intrested in the Golden Age of film.

I can't say this about the other actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood, but I can say it about Myrna Loy, she was a Lady, anyone who wants to learn how to be a Lady, look at this woman, learn, watch and observe her movies, and read this book. She tells about her life, you can get a picture on what type of person she is. She doesn't tell every private thing of her life, but she tells just enough to get us to love her and see she's a lady, I wish she would of kids, she needs someone to carry on her name and carry on the legend. I have to say in my book, she consider one of the beautifuliest women in Hollywood, she had that rare, exotic beauty, and maintained it for years well into her 50s and 60s, a lot of actresses from that era drinked their beauty away, not Myrna. Myrna didn't want to be a bombshell, not a society type, not a glamour queen, she wanted to be all of it, be a lady, be tough, speak her mind, but still have class, dignity, and be a bombshell, high society type, glamour queen all together. She knew her limits as an actress, which a lot of actresses don't. I loved how I read about how she helped blacks and miniorities, and did it publicly, she was sick of the way blacks were treated, especially in movies, she once said, "Why Does Every Black Person Has To Be A Servant, Why Can't A Black Person Go Up The Stairs with A Briefcase or Doctor's Bag" she use to argue with the studio about this realizing that it could damage her career. She spoke her mind, She tells how she once was shy but overcame it, she was referring that to Greta Garbo, she didn't like the way Greta acted, and she said there was no reason for that, becuse she was once shy but worked on it. She talks about mostly all the Golden Age of Hollywood actors and actresses, tells the truth and tells what type of people they really were. She proved that you can be a legend and star and still be talked about and be good without scandals, without sleeping around, without heavy partying or falling out drunk to get publicity. She certainly is the Queen of Hollywood, and Lady of Hollywood. Rest in Peace Beautiful

Diagnosed in Oct. '99 with MM, I was devastated, alone, and confused by doctors and information sources. Luckily a friend passed me a copy of this wonderful book and I survived my first surgery and chemo with new strength and resolution. I have recommended this book to members of the clergy and those visiting the sick as the one gift they should come bearing when visiting cancer patients. The book continues to comfort and educate me on the second and third readings. As I enter the transplant phase of my treatment, it will stay with me. The author knows just how to talk to cancer patients, their family, and friends. I consider it a "must have."

The New Cancer Survivors: Living With Grace, Fighting With Spirit focuses on men and women who have survived having cancer and how their illness and its treatment have effected profound changes in their lives and life-perspectives. Herself a survivor of metastatic breast cancer, Natalie Spingarn writes with a meticulous attention to the attitude and humor the experiences she and numerous others have encountered in their fight against cancer included drastically shortened hospital stays in a time of promising developments in genetic and pharmaceutical research, the understanding (and misunderstanding) of family and friends, fighting cancer stigma in the workplace, the hospital, and the insurance marketplace, and communicating with physicians and health care providers. The New Cancer Survivors is a lively and compelling "eyewitness" account of both the public and private contexts of a major and pervasive illness.

The New Cancer Survivors focuses on the modern routines of being a cancer survivor, describing both the gains in treatment and lifestyle and the problems which remain for survivors. The author, herself a cancer survivor, describes a new spirit of living with grace and fighting disease which examines new tools, promising new treatments, and the pros and cons of alternative therapies.

Davis's "Organists Manual" is THE method for beginning organists. It contains repertoire at graded levels of difficulty that can be used all throughout the organist's career, and technical exercises that help with problems contained in the book's repertoire. However, organists who want to advance their technique will probably need to buy another method with more technical exercises--especially pedal exercises.

My teacher uses this book faithfully for organ instruction and after using it in lessons I can see why: it contains basic exercises for warming up and achieving finger coordination and dexterity. It also contains some of the best organ pieces that a person of any experience can play to increase his or her technique. A must have for teachers and students.

I study the organ with Dr.Susan Marchant (Pittsburg State University), who suggested me to afford one for my personal collection. This book is a fine treatise for organists, it's "a must" for any organist to have one. The book had been complied so well and contains a lot of techniques to help you improving your skills precisely. Believe me, it's so worth it.

This is an excellent book. It's sharp and witty like all Didius Falco books, but in this one we see a more vulnerable Falco as he tries to get rid of a lot of preconceived notions about his father. Geminus Falco is a wonderful character, and I certainly hope we see more of him in upcoming books. In this book Falco and his father are working together to try to clear his late brother's name and some very outstanding debts. Falco gets in a lot of scrapes as usual, but this is more of a caper book than the others I've read so far. It's great fun, and hard to put down.

I've been a fan of Lindsey Davis for some time. I am an amateur historian who is especially interested in ancient Rome, so I've read dozens of books on the subject. I am amazed at the wealth of detail contained in this book (and in all of Davis' Falco mysteries, all of which I've read). Such minute attention to detail not only provides an absorbing background to Davis' stories, but also testifies to her admirable efforts at presenting a plausible snapshot of ancient Rome, its geography, its history, and its populace. Davis' novels are both literature and history. This would not be exceptional were it not for the fact that Davis is a hell of a story-teller. Her tantalizing mysteries are spiced with the day-to-day details of life in ancient Rome, and the result is a fascinating read. Highly recommended!!

This was, in my opinion, one of the best Marcus Didius adventures. Marcus's relationship with his father adds great humor to an already wonderful story.

I bought this book on a whim 3yrs ago in the local bookstore where Ms. Davis was book signing, sat it down never opened it until the other day. I picked it up and couldnt put it down. She is a real writer who kept me intrigued. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. Matter of fact Im looking to buy more of her books now. This talent Ms. Davis has is hard to come by nowadays.

What an imaginitive, innovative story line! This book kept me totally absorbed in Ms. Davis' unique ability to incorporate the natural with the supernatural, while cautiously allowing the reader to experience the delicate blend of scientific phenomenon with human emotion! Truly a great read! Tell us, Ms. Davis, when can we expect to see Retsis Part 2 on the shelves? How about the screen version?

Davis, has done it again. Her ability to take her readers by the hand from page one, all the way through to the last page allowing us to see, smell, hear, feel and taste what's going on is incredible. I could not put this book down, and at the end I wanted more. RETSIS left me with a feeling of peace. Davis' talent is one to be commended. Retsis totally different from Momma's Purle prooves her talent, remarkable and creativity diversified. You go Bridget Davis with your bad self. Looking forward to your next work.