I love books about the 70's and the bathhouse and gay disco culture. The minute I got this book, I could not put it down and am in fact rereading it so I can relive it again. I rate this up there with some of stephen Kings scariest. I got chills reading it, and it is very heartbreaking when the beast steals children but very well handled. I highly regard this book and it is the number one book on my must read over and over list.

The horror of the AIDS epidemic finally gets its place.

Victor, the "Eater of Souls" takes gay men, children, drug addicts, and anyone infected with the AIDS virus and promises to take them back to the time before the epidemic. He then sucks the very remaining life right out of them.

David and Bobby, two men who have lost lovers to Victor hunt him down to a condemned bath house where Victor plies his sadistic trade on his victims. In the process they learn that they are brothers from an earlier life and have confronted Victor before.

A richly written book of horror that any gay man over 25 can identify with

Stern is perhaps the funniest book i have ever read. it has incredible depth and, at the same time, has remained true to the humerous aspect of the story.

Bruce Jay Friedman wrote the screenplay for several movies including "Splash". His book, "Stern" is the story of a man named Stern who has forsaken New York City for a home in the suburbs with his family. Things in paradise quickly collapse when a neighbor yells a slur at Stern's wife and knocks her down. Stern is overcome with a mixture of guilt, fear, anger and dementia. His attempts to confront the neighbor (as well as his own fears) lead to an endless paranoid mind-game and Stern's eventual physical collapse. Yeah - I guess this sounds sort of sad - BUT I guarantee you this book is HILARIOUS!! As in all of Friedman's books - the world of "Stern" is seemingly normal but filled with ridiculous and comic elements. Stern's attempts to face his neighbor, to convince himself that he can "take him" are really funny. I can not recommend this book highly enough. If you have ever felt persecuted or if you are neurotic AT ALL - this is the book for you.

This is a wonderful little retrospective, with some very creative and funny observations. If you are anywhere between 25 and 45, the memories will come flooding back (and if you're like me, some embarrassment, too). It is also peppered with some great cartoon illustrations, a seventies quiz ("The 70's SATs") and a music anthology. Well worth it!

This book really had my friends and me rolling on the floor with laughter! What a great collection of memories of this stupid decade-- the people, the fads, the TV shows and music. It's great for parties or just to have lying on your coffee table-- but watch out, your friends will try to steal it (unless they're really groovy). Highly recommended!!!

This book is one that should be rated as a classic for all of the people that enjoy really well written war stories of our times. Even though tthe story is not based on true life accounts, this book really impressed me. I bought the book about 2 years ago and have read, and reread it many a time. I feel that this book really represents how a man will react in such a hostile environment. Lt. Baxter learns how to cope with himself in such hellish reality. If you are considering a career in the military, you should really read this book.

This is as close as a person can get to being a SEAL without going through BUD/S! Let the butt-kicking commence as the US Navy SEALs plunge into the Rung-Sat Special Zone in the Delta led by a Maverick XO named Mariacher(pronounced Myokker). The war can be won if the SEALs of Teams 1 and 2 can fight it their way. It's a battle that rages in the jungle between Charlie and the SEALs and at MAC-V and the Pentagon between the SEALs and the REMFs. Who will win? Read it and find one of the best fiction novels ever written about the courage, tenacity, and true ass-kicking strength of the US Navy SEALs

A friend lent this book to my partner and me. We looked through the recipes and couldn't find one we wouldn't make. As cooking afficianados who buy a number of cookbooks a year, this is by far the best resource we've found!

What a great book! I've tried about a dozen recipies so far and they are all superb. The Jerk Chicken Recipe on page 67 is so wonderful we have made it several times. My lips felt like they were blown up to 50 PSI but I couldn't stop eating it. The Island Roasted Chicken with Thyme Mustard Sauce is another unforgettable meal. Ground Nut Stew, Black Bean Soup, and Papaya,Mint,Coconut Soup are also memorable. This is a "Must Have" book.

A great, light and oh-so-pleasurable book that makes acquiring sexpertise fun! A perfect gift for any of your friends who have ever wanted to please a woman! Everyone wins with this gift.

It would be worthwhile if you got one tip that you could use for life, but you are guaranteed to find more than that!

Oh, and there are follow up books for gifts the following years. :-)

Jay Wiseman's series of "Tricks" books have all been entertaining, delightful, and informative. This latest book is a series of 125 "tricks" designed to make your sexual experiences more fun and/or memorable for all involved. These tricks are divided into sections: Basic tricks, safer sex tricks, tool-using tricks, oral, anal, and finally kinky tricks. There's also sections devoted to safer sex practices, toy cleaning, "building the perfect nightstand (yeah!)," and a brief discusion of power exchange play. The book is also pleasing to the reader. Sized smaller than a conventional book, but still beautifully laid out from the cover picture to the easily readable text inside.

If only I'd known about some of these tricks years ago. Ah well, better late than never I suppose. Now I just want to find a way to get my name included among all the others who have contributed ideas to this or Jay's other "Tricks" books!

The recipes in the book are fabulous! They are easy to follow, and very tasty. My husband, family and friends love the recipe for the stuffed green peppers. Warning: if you follow the recipe, you will be able to freeze alot of the stuffing mixture which makes it great for those nights that you don't have alot of preparation time to put together a meal.

I recieved this book as a gift and have enjoyed reading it as much as I have enjoyed cooking with it. Makes Italian night a breeze and entertaining impressive. A must for any Italian's kitchen

This volume is a handy collection of three of the most important books he wrote for general consumption. The translation is clear, and the 19th/early 20th century flavor of the writing comes through without sounding archaic.

Some historical figures are known to all cultured persons. Leo
Tolstoy, Johannes Brahms, Vincent Van Gogh -- these are names of
which most of us would be embarrassed to be ignorant. On the
other hand, few of us would think to add the name of Jules Henri
Poincare to this list; and yet, if we did, it would tower over
all the rest. For Poincare was a mathematician of the very
highest rank, an astonishingly fertile creative genius whose
prescient insight and technical mastery utterly transformed the
art to which he devoted his life. Among his predecessors in the
three-thousand-year history of mathematics, only Archimedes,
Newton, Euler, and Gauss can be said to have equalled or
exceeded him. By any standard, Poincare was one of the truly
great.

If for no other reason than this, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE is well
worth reading. It is, after all, quite rare to find a book that
collects the thoughts of one of the very few genuinely profound
intellects in human history. But what makes THE VALUE OF
SCIENCE truly wonderful is that it is not merely worth reading:
it is, in fact, a joy to read. For in addition to his uncanny
mathematical gifts, Poincare had the knack of expressing
himself beautifully in writing. Even in translation, his prose
has an admirable lucidity and grace, and his aphoristic style
often makes him highly quotable. When he speaks of mathematical
creation, as he does in a celebrated essay of that name, he
offers general readers a fascinating glimpse into the depths
of his own extraordinary mind at the peak of its imaginative
frenzy; his (scrupulously non-technical) account of one of his
greatest mathematical discoveries supplies an unforgettable
intellectual thrill, a sort of electric shock for the soul. For
anyone interested in the psychology of creation, this is simply
irresistible stuff.

A final brief caveat: although Poincare was clearly the greatest
mathematician of his time, he was not the greatest physicist. A
curious wrong-headedness kept him from beating Albert Einstein
to the creation of special relativity, and general relativity
eventually proved Poincare wrong in some of his opinions on the
relation between physics and geometry. So when Poincare speaks
of physics, bear in mind that some of his positions no longer
seem really tenable.

But this is no reason not to read every word of THE VALUE OF
SCIENCE. It's a marvelous book, and its author was a marvelous
man. Get to know them both. You'll be glad you did.

Books surveying anomalous experience have tended to come from the skeptic side of the fence and have leaned toward the debunking end of the spectrum. While they have their uses, there's always the nagging suspicion that they might not be fair to all the evidence. While this book isn't as easy reading as those of the skeptics, it really shoots at being a balanced examination of the evidence, pro and con, with intelligent discussion about where the weight of what we know falls. Each chapter tackles one anomalous phenomenon and follows a consistant structure. First, the experience is clearly defined so that we know what is and is not being addressed. Then, the actual phenomenology of the phenomenon out in the field is surveyed. Since the book is geared toward those in the psychological and helping professions, the emotional, physical, and mental aftereffects of having the experience are then examined. The range of differences between experients is presented,then issues involving psychopathology, clinical assessment, background theories, and methodology of research are shown. Each chapter is written by an authority on that specific phenomenon and they provide a summation conclusion at the end where they render their professional judgment on the topic. If you're looking for a sensational or spooky handling of the subjects, this isn't your book; but if you want a very level headed analysis of what is happening in these fields of research, you need to be familiar with this work. Even better, each chapter provides pages worth of bibliography, pro and con, on each subject, that will keep you going for years.

How fortunate we are to now have in one volume a comprehensive and scholarly review of the scientific evidence for anomalous experiences. The fascinating subject matter of this book includes such diverse phenomena as lucid dreaming, out of body experiences, past life experiences, and alien abduction. What makes this book different from other treatments of some of these topics is that the authors have no hidden agenda or viewpoint that they are trying to put forth. They are not trying to convince you that something does or does not exist. Instead it is an even-handed look at the available data and various competing explanations. And even though it is a scholarly review, it is well written, engaging, and easy-to-read. Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who has an interest in understanding and explaining these unusual phenomena. You won't be disappointed.

Author David Jay Brown does it again - a wild and wicked trip into the secret places of our mind through a delicious fantasyland of science fiction. Or is it? One has the feeling DJB has been there himself. How else could he describe the alien experience in such exquisite detail? Brown has an extraordinary gift for communicating on a verbal, artistic and emotional level simultaneously. Me? I'll read anything Brown writes. You? Read this book only if you're a mental adventurer with a true appreciation for literary genius... and the willingness to jump gleefully over the edge.

Virus is a wonderful escapade through the amazing world of MultiplePersonalities as seen from the eyes of an alien - or is it the world of an alien as seen from the eyes of...Either way, who else could have dreamed up such a phantasmagorical trip through the dimensions of mind?

I'm impressed!