I think this book was so boring! I also think that the summary on the back of the book was a lie. He did not have "devasting" consquences. Please! I mean, you tell me what was so "devasting". I'm all ears. This book was so boring. Who wants to hear about how you brand sheep? Uh, no one! This book all most put me to sleep. El boringo.

Miguel at 12 desperately wants to take his place among the Menfolk of his family, by proving to his father that he is mature enough to be one of the regular hands. For years he has dreamed of accompanying the Chavez men on their annual summer trek up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with their large flock of sheep. Despite his zeal, creativity and real help with the family business, Miguel seems condemned to spend yet another summer at home with the girls.

When the entire village near Taos, New Mexico, turns out to celebrate the feast day of San Ysidro, their local patron, Miguel decides to petition the saint in a touchingly humorous (almost letter like) prayer. He takes it for granted that his wish will be granted, but soon is shocked to discover the harsh conditions. He never meant for his beloved brother, Gabriel, to have to leave home for two years in the military. Is there any way he can take back his wish? This leads to a long, soul-searching discussion on the

efficacy of prayer, the power and limitations of saints, and great fraternal quality time.

This story will apppeal more to boys seeking macho experience, for the role of females is relegated to the superficial. Still the book provides warm, family interactions. Narrated in the first person by Miguel himself, the book reveals the coming-of-age struggle and dreams of a Mexican-American youth. Readers will discover wry humor, simple faith, bi-lingual slang, and uneven pacing. Krumgold indulges in great detail about the sheep raising business, as Miguel blunders his way into adulthood. Wonderful descriptions of the mountains which have been calling him for years.

This Newberry Award winner is a classic that may best be appreciated by readers with patience for a slower lifestyle. This is not for action-adventure junkies waiting for a roller coaster ride of thrills and suspense. I enjoyed this book because I am familiar with the setting in Northern New Mexico around Taos, which is well described in the book. For hundreds of years ranch owners have sent their shepherds and sheep to the green grazing fields in the local mountains during the summer months. The desire to go to the mountains with the sheep would have been a common personal conflict with older children. As a work of realistic fiction, it portrays a real lifestyle with real dreams and conflicts in a time and place before our modern technology, noise, and adrenaline surges of a rushed, stressed based lifestyle. This book is for the sophisticated reader who is looking for a good story in a work of historical fiction.

The highlight of this book is the series of anecdotes about the creation of various high-profile Web sites and the people behind them. Unfortunately, they lacked the depth to prevent them from being mere soundbites - quite the tease.

Enjoyable at first, once the book turns to speculation about the future of the Internet and its role, it becomes apparent that this book was penned by an old-school journalist who at best lacks the experience with the technology necessary to write about it, and at worst could be labled a technophobe.

The end result is a simplistic overview of the Internet as it relates to the media. Written in 1997, the book quickly loses credibility with the section devoted to the Y2K bug which was summarized with a statement to the effect that, no matter what we do to try to avoid it, it would definitely cause massive problems for everyone in every imaginable way, and the flippant comment about the improbability of affordable cable Internet access being made available to the public any time in the near future.

Harper is better off sticking to concrete facts. It's when he starts making unfounded predictions that his credibility - and the book - go down the drain.

I do not need to say that Christopher Harper's And That's the Way It Will Be: News and Information in a Digital World is outdated; any book attempting to forecast internet capabilities in 1997 will inevitably be so by 2002. But I do need to say that this book represents an almost sickening trend in the very field it covers. Harper's hyper-journalistic style of "shorter is better" prose, analysis and famous anecdotes collapses under its fatuity, leaving the reader with the dissatisfaction of accounting for the book's missing substance and the time spent reading it.

That said, Harper does situate the current boom of internet news services within the larger journalistic profession and that entity's concerns for its continuing role in American society. He supplies charts that measure audience interests and recommends how the internet may be tapped to cater to those interests. Through biographies of Bill Gates, Elizabeth Osder and Richard Duncan, Harper suggests tactics for continuing journalistic excellence, including exploitation of internet media capabilities and the possibility for news stories unlimited by traditional print space. Most importantly, if judged by contemporary publications (little in this area, at least in book form, has been published since 1998) he raises the question of internet ethics in relation to the increasing battle between immediacy and accuracy of what's reported, a question not foreign to American news enterprises of the past century, and Harper unfortunately lacks an answer like so many other news writers reflecting on the state of their profession.

Harper is easy to read and offers a simple overview of the "genre" of news websites, and if you can get past the constant prophesies for the collapse of AOL, the annoyance at "herky, jerky" free streaming video clips, descriptions of rounds to the parties of now defunct "dot coms," and the impending apocalypse of Y2K, it is not wholly uninteresting. It is not wholly informative either.

Nothing like any of his other books, and a tremendous dissapointment. The plot was choppy and hard to follow, and I became bored with it from about page 15 on.

A body is found dumped in a California town. The dead woman is prostitute. With the help of LA Detective Donna Wildman, the killer could be caught. The murderer is not who you think

but faltered and lost me. Once the story went to how the Morgan-Stuart rivalry started back in the 1800s, it became way too slow and boring. Why did the author feel the need to rehash the whole thing in such detail? Especially when it didn't involve the main characters? She could've told that part of the story in half or even a quarter of the space and still conveyed the essence of it and how it affected the lives of the main characters. Unfortunately that wasn't the only problem with the book -- the primary reason I'm giving it only 2 stars was the ending. There was a lot of pain in this story -- as another reviewer said, the main characters hurt each other a lot. Throughout it all I kept thinking to the end when they would see the error of their ways and get back together. They got back together but we got less than a chapter of it. I felt jipped...after everything they did to hurt each other, we got a nice tender scene and then the end. These two characters needed to talk...a lot...and we deserved to read about their reconciliation and forgiving each other. I would not have minded the pain if we got a good dose of joy in the end...but I guess this book was more like reality in that sense. No thanks, I read for magic, not reality. I really liked the way the Flame and Chance started out, I wanted to see them like that again -- so in love and head over heals for each other. I wanted to see Flame trust Chance again and him forgive her for everything. I think the author went to far with Flame's hatred for Chance...she really became bitter and vindictive...I didn't like her anymore. And I got sick and tired hearing about the plans for Morgan's Walk...again, way too much detail -- spare us and get back to the heart of the story -- the relationship between the lead characters. Not enough of that. Could've been an excellent book. If we had gotten some real closure and less unnecessary detail, it would've been a 5 star rating.

I felt the 2 main characters did too many hurtful things to each other to even consider getting back together at the end. I don't think I would forgive Flame if I were Chance. She was delibertly hurtful and untrusting, considering she didn't even know the old lady. I was disappointed and didn't have a good feeling at the end of the book.

I really liked the strong beginning started out well and kept the pages turning, but midway through it seemed to lose its momento. It became transparent what was going to happen next. Was worth the read, but definitely not one I would reread a second time.

The format of the Access books is terrific. Unfortunately, this bookis outdated to the point of being DANGEROUS to use. I visited L.A. insummer '99 with my husband and baby son. Beforehand, I carefully wentthrough this guide, using a hiliter marker and making hotel reservations from the recommendations of the author. Let me tell you about that hotel. When we arrived.... it was filthy.... To this day, my skin crawls to think of it. (We left).... For the rest of the trip, my hilighted sites turned out to be long-closed businesses, stores and restaurants. I can't tell you how much money I spent parking to go to places that turned out to have been closed for years. I understand that it's to be expected that 5-9% of the info in a travel guide is out of date by the time it goes to press.... I learned three lessons about travelling: one, call all the phone numbers first to be sure your chosen attractions are still open; two, never go to a "recommended" hotel that AAA ignored; and three, never buy a travel guide by this "expert" again.... Consider yourself warned.

I've been waiting for the 9th edition to come out because of the errors I found in the 8th edition. I've been a user of the Access guides for more than ten years and I have always found them very useful. However when I bought the 8th edition I had to call the publisher because there were many mistakes in the guide map numbering. They thanked me and said they would notifiy me when the next edition came out (naturally they didn't). I was very distressed from the first review on Amazon of the 9th edition. It appears that they don't really have anyone that checks for accuracy. I guess I'll wait for the 10th edition.

This book is phenomenal for architecture, museums, parks, galleries and other interesting sites. The maps help us in using large L.A. map to keep us oriented. Have found some great places to shop by just checking the area around our destinations, like the outdoor mall area of Santa Monica. Have made L.A. trips using the older version and love it.

The late Dr. Kelly is one of my all time favorite authors in the field of Church History (_Dictionary of Popes_, _Golden Mouth_, _Jerome_), but this foray into Biblical Studies, is quite disappointing. Dr. Kelly merely retreads tired interpretations of what are three of the most overlooked but most interesting of the New Testament epistles. The inclusion of 1 Peter with 2 Peter & Jude is highly dubious as well. For really interesting writing on Jude & 2 Peter, I would suggest E. Earle Ellis' or Richard Bauckham's work. There are many excellent commentaries on 1 Peter, too many to list. I guess even brilliant authors have their off days.

If you have no knowledge of calling,calls or the animals you are trying to call,this book will help you very little.A very basic book.

I just picked this book up from the library and was a little disappointed. The better part of this book was a mystery, not a romance. The characters were not well developed and the only part I really liked was the very last scene, and even the romantic comments said in this scene were not believeable. Basically don't read this book if you actually want to read a romance.

Great little book for all Ohio State fans. Uniquely written by an Ohio State fan who befriended long time Ohio State assistant football coach Esco Sarkkinen. Full of great little stories and insights into Ohio State football that I have not read in other Ohio State books. Great stories about Ohio State legend Woody Hayes. Short book, well written, makes for a quick read. I would deffinately recommend.

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