Out of curiosity one day, I ordered The Lady of Pembrook. I wondered if the wait would be worth my while. Little did I know what an absolute treat was in store for me. To say I was hooked from the very first page is a gross understatement. The author has woven a finely crafted tapestry of character and story as beautiful and haunting as the estate the setting takes place on. I found myself caring what happened to Anna and Nathan. My interest was held bound and would not end until the very last page as I held my breath time and again as the twists and turns of events catapulted them and myself into situations only the author could have envisioned. Finally a book I did not wany to end. I can only hope that M.E. Greenwood writes another soon.

This is My now favorite book. I got locked into the world of Nathen and Anna. I could not put it down once i started reading it. I took it from room to room with me. I loved this book, and i'm sure if you read it yourself, you would love it as well.

The Lady of Pembrook is probably one of the most mysterious mysteries I have ever read. It kept me guessing until the very end. This is an excellent book for anyone who enjoys a good mystery but hates figuring it out before the end, or dislikes the usual blood and sex of most novels today. Each page intrigues you to the next, I could hardly put it down at times. I hope to see more books by M.E. Greenwood in the near future.

Just returned from a trip to Ireland using this book and most of the information was seriously out-of-date. Tourist offices there actually know that the bad information you received is from this book. Also, pretty sketchy on the details. Stick to the Internet for better info.

Ireland might seem a simple place, but it isn't. During a month in Ireland, Cadogan's "Ireland" by Catharina Day (Globe Pequot Press, ......)was my constant travel companion, and I'd highly recommend the newest edition to anyone traveling in the Emerald Isle.

The book contains excellent maps, historical perspectives, a guide to the politics, historic chronology, Gaelic language, geology, myths and legends, and religious complexities of this beautiful country. It also has a fairly hefty section on practical travel advice tailored specifically to the Irish traveler.

The book is divided into very logical sections, and information is generally easy to find in its rather comprehensive index. Best of all, the island is divided naturally in this guide into its four regions -- Munster, Connacht, Ulster and Leinster -- so the traveler needn't thumb through the whole book to find things that might be one mile apart. It is further divided county by county, and travel is laid out very nicely and clearly, in the order you would see it by car. I found only minor errors, none that would have significantly changed my travel plans for the day and none that might not have been the effect of changing markets and seasons.

I often would read this guide in bed at night, it's so well-written, entertaining and informative. I would highly recommend this book to the American traveler in Ireland. It's complete, funny and quite educational.

There's a new edition of this great guide available, as of March 1999. This is definitely the one to go for.

I have been waiting months for a new book by Mr. Greenwood and was excited when this book was finally published; but alas, I was extremely disappointed in 'Texas Homecoming'. The story is slow, boring, very little action, and all gibberish. The two main characters, Cade and Pilar, had nothing in common except old family feuds. They just didn't click with their boring personalities, which I contribute, in part, to Mr. Greenwood not providing his usual character buildup/background. The bickering between grandparents and Cade and Pilar started to annoy me about a third way through the book.
I can normally finish one of his books in less than two days; this one required a lot of determination to finish.
I loved and kept the Bride and Cowboy series, but this one just isn't worth keeping. However, I will try to give Mr. Greenwood the benefit of the doubt and will await the second book of this series, and hope that it rates at least a three.

The story held my interest. All 6-7 pf Cade's friends has a personality of his own and could be worthy sequels. The heroine became more enjoyable as she broke thru the bounds of her staid ecultural upbringing and became her own person. The "old feud"
dialogue got redundant and boring. It's alwasy interesting to see how people tried to pick up the pieces of their broken lives after the civil war which made the slow parts tolerable.

favorite scene with pilar-
finally having the sense to tell her brother off and stand up to her grandma.

favorite scene with cade-
willing to compromise with pilar on her brother.

favorite scene with pilar and cade together-
the fiesta they go to in san antonio.

Even in lowbrow fantasy, there are some ground rules: you need to like the good guys, dislike the bad guys, and enjoy reading about the heroes using their strength, cleverness and/or innate goodness to triumph in the end. It also helps if there's a finite number of evil schemes going on--say, five. And if you're going to have over forty characters, you need to make sure they're very distinctive so that readers don't get confused and overwhelmed. In this book, on the other hand, the good guys are annoying, the bad guys are annoying, and the heroes go through each fight looking like Bill Gates in the boxing ring with Mike Tyson. It's hard to believe they could rescue a barn from an upset cow, let alone restore a kingdom...and apart from the fact that they're snarky with each other, why should we care about them at all? Maybe if we had more time to get to know them we'd care more, but the 'Dramatis Personae' (at the end of the book, and full of information and backstory that would've made this book less confusing if it'd been placed better) lists 96 characters. In a 319-page book, that works out to a new character every 3.32 pages. Why, why, why??? Oh, and the word 'whelm'? Get used to seeing it a LOT. It's as if the author gets a check from the Whelm Boosters of America every time he slips it in. This author's done better work--maybe it was because of a different editor, or maybe it was because he actually cared about the characters. This book feels to me like someone sitting down with the old notes of a D&D campaign he never actually took part in, and trying to make a book out of it.

This is a great novel. very suspenceful and adventurous. One of the best band of four novels that he has written. This one is defonetly better then the Kingless Land. It is solid combination of horror,suspence,and fantisy. A very good novel if you love fantisy.

I thought the Vacant Throne was a outstanding book. The way it picked up from the Kingless Land was most impressive. It even brought back old foes that made it even harder to put down. It became more darker in it's plot and showed a closer view of the barons in the land that made really interesting. The way the he had Embra and Hawkril coming closer together really got me excited. After all i would have to say this was a great sequel.

Don't mistake with the title. I really enjoy reading this book, but it isn't as good as others Greenwood novels. The plot is great, and it keep you reading the book. It plays with an ancient race that is no longer on Faerun, but in other "dimension", and that gives more interest on the book. The treath that they made is very dangerous to Fareun, but Elminster could easilly kill all of them. Thus, Greenwood keep him busy, with the Times of Troubles, the Zentharim, Mystra and all of that. Then, the responsability to save Faerun from the Maulagrym lies in others foes, that make it good :). I enjoy really this book, and it's worth to buy it.

"The Great Foe", a name that sent shudders down the amorphous spines of the shadowmasters, an odd clan of shapeshifting sorcerers living in the demi-plane of Shadows. Such was the name given to Elminster of Shadowdale. Greenwood returns in the sequel to "Shadows of Doom", and the fifth in the line of novels dealing with the Godswar, also called the Avatar Crisis. Ed's humor is once again a huge part in this novel, as is the setting of the stage for the Maulagrym to steal into the magic depleated realms and wreak havok en route to total domination. Ithar, Belkram Sharantyr, along with the ghost of Sylune must battle the horrid creatures, or all Fearun will be lost. Over all a solid book, the best way I can place it is, Entertaining.

Greenwod pulls you into the world of Faerun. If you like the mystic side of fantasy; this is a series for you. Other favs: Salvatore's : Crimson Shadow Series, Drow Series.

The Ruins of Myth Drannor is another one of those Forgotten Realms products which features more on suspense, thrill of adventure, hack and slash than role playing. Despite that, it has one rich history, and one scenario to either get rich quick, or die quick. I was rather pleased with the Ruins of Myth Drannor product, mostly because it had a lot of information about the elves (which is my favorite race), and gave a lot of background information of their lives before their retreat to Evermeet. The downfall of the product would be that any low level adventurers would find this product too challenging and too mind boggling to play. This is not just like any dungeon above ground setting. It is one of the only settings where you can encounter baatezu and tan'ari. Heck, if your DM is familiar with various Forgotten Realms novels, you just might encounter the "Knights of Myth Drannor", allies of Elminster.

This product does feature some good monsters (like Baelnorn - undead elves), and has more than one adventure, all done well.

Not recommended for roleplaying, recommended for a lot of combat, and a lot of wealth!! If you get this product, make sure you get out your dice and start practicing your rolls!!

Next to the first Ruins of Undermountain boxed set, this is the finest "dungeon crawl" in existence. Centuries ago, the great city of the elves was the heart of civilization - then, evil forces from around the world (and beyond) gathered together to throw the lovely Myth Drannor into ruin. No one has ever managed to delve deep enough to discover what truly happened, or what untold wealth and magics await in the depths below. Until now... you get 4 giant map posters, 8 sheets of new monsters, 8 cardsheets, 160 pages of adventures, and a lot of dead PCs - this one is for thinking, veteran players only.

If you have ever wanted a more beneficial boxed set when it comes to the Elven Forest well here it is. This boxed set will provide you the DM with several hours of wonderful torture for your pc's. I recomend that if you can get your hands on it don't let go. The maps are excellent also.

The author sees Hamlet in a completely different light than I do - I disagreed with just about every statement he made. If you want a definitive analysis of Hamlet, I recommend J. Dover Wilson's "What Happens in Hamlet"

corum is amazing. truly outstanding insight into shakespeare

This book presents Hamlet as Shakespeare's Everest, and Corum is your experienced serpa. I used this book to teach Hamlet to 9th graders and to expand my personal understanding of the play. The peak of the play is a crucial plea against tortured youth turing to violence; Corum's work is essential for your journey.

I purchased Lean Bodies, Swimsuit Lean, and Lean Bodies Cookbook all at the same time. Swimsuit Lean had no new information, it's more like cliff notes for the Lean Bodies book. The only difference besides having a lot less information is that it has lots of before and after pictures that aren't even very convincing. The pictures take up almost 1/3 of the already short book. If you have money burning a hole in your pocket and aren't going to read it anyway, this is the book for you.

Here I am again on the plan. Two years ago, I lost 10 pounds and one size on the 30 day plan. But I went back to my old habits, became sedentary, and gained back that weight plus some. I started a couple of months ago with exercise, no dietary modifications. No luck! I have been on this plan again for a week and I can feel it working already. This is the only plan that works for me, personally. I just hope I can stick with it for longer than 30 days!

I did the book, the first leanbodies book, back when it was very new and I lost 10 pds in the first 3 weeks. I was very excited, yes, the prep-arations are time consuming, but if you pre-cook, soups and stews, and chicken, fish etc, and freeze, you do save the hassle of last minute preparation, as cliff does suggest. I know i have tried numerous other programs without this quick success.I would like to hear from some more positive e-mails. You can contact me personally.

Probably the strongest impression this book left me with is that it's great for ogling fitness models, if that's what you're looking for. Being a long-time reader of "Shape" magazine, I expected something much more geared toward women who are interested in their overall fitness and health. This book seemed more like a men's "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue" with a little bit of fitness advice tossed in as an afterthought. There are far too many books of substance on this topic to bother with this one. Even a subscription to "Shape" magazine would be a better use of your money.

There are so few serious fitness books geared toward women! This book, however, addresses the women who are serious about getting in shape. After years of home fitness videos and nautilus machines, I wanted to get back into lifting weights for definition. This book is the only one so far that addresses different body shapes and gives individual workouts aimed at your fitness goals (including weight loss). Although many of the exercises involved machines, free weight options for the home gym were also given. I thought the women were beautiful and an inspiration (after seeing all those sticks in magazines day after day.) There was also a good introduction to basic free weights and why weight lifting is an excellent fitness routine for women. Highly recommended.

I have been following this book exactly as it says for about 4 weeks now. I was seeing and feeling results within the first two weeks. It is the best. The women in it are very real and aren;t at all manly looking. It shows that any body type can achieve what those women have.

I like that it gives examples of the certain women that were size 14's and up that got into shape training and are now in the best shape imaginable. I reccomend this book above any others.

I recommend berkeley physics course and Symon's mechanics rather than this. And lecture on physics, Feynman. If you are upper class.

This book is an excellent read, and it explains concepts with unusual clarity. I wouldn't suggest it as a main text, but it is an excellent supplement to others, such as Goldstein or Jose and Saletan. I found this little book explained many concepts far better than these "standards" that are used in most graduate mechanics courses. It includes many nice examples. It also includes the answers to the problems in the back. How often do you see that in a graduate level book? I also think it is an excellent read for physics graduate students, who are just trying to get through the comprehensive exam rather than master the details of classical mechanics.

Chronologically, "Classical Dynamics" was Donald Greewood's second major publication on Analytical Dynamics, covering more advanced topics than the ones in "Principles of Dynamics," whose first edition preceded "Classical Dynamics" by some 12 years.

"Classical Dynamics" is a somewhat more readable text, but just like its companion book, it fails to address issues like how one can use Lagrange's equations (or Hamilton's, for that matter) to correctly account for the effects of nonlinear dissipative forces. Also, its treatment of velocity-dependent potentials could be substantially extended, as could the chapter on Relativity.

On the other hand, the chapters on variational principles, the Pprinciple of Least Action, Hamilton's mechanics, and, above all, canonical transformations are an absolute "must-read"!

An updated, extended second edition would be most welcome now.