This book had everything in it. It had romance, suspense, humor, & action. I enjoyed reading it a lot.

This was my first by Wilson-Harris. I really enjoyed the book, it has a lot to offer a reader: mystery, lies, secrets, love, misunderstandings, and forgiveness. I loved it!

I enjoyed this book immensely. It was fast-paced and very hard to put down. Clint and Madison were instantly attracted to one another, and even though it seems that they went to bed together way to soon, unfortunately that is the way it happens with a lot of young people today. Who wouldn't want to spend a suspenseful, yet romantic night in the jungle with a man like Clint, or make love to him on a yacht in the middle of the ocean? I hated for the book to end, I wanted more of the suspense and romance. Two thumbs up to Ms. Harris for a great story.

This book was going good until the end. The suspense was good, and actually built on itself to where you stayed very much interested. It did kind of lag in a few places, but stayed rolling. Then the ending..I won't spoil it for anyone..but I, personally, hated it. Not the part about Jason's mask, but there's only one survivor. I think Eric Morse is a great writer. Hope the other Camp Crystal Lake novels are better.

Yes, that is right, a good Friday the 13th book. Now the Carnival is the third installment of Eric Morse's Friday the 13th series which is the follow-up to Jason goes to hell. So the book series actually ties up a lot of the loose ends from Jason goes to hell as well as other parts, like 2 for instance. Now out of the four books in this series I found Carnival to be the best. The Story begins with a carnival (duh!) being built on the Camp Crystal Lake grounds, and murderous fun ensues. I don't want to give too much away because if I don't want to ruin the read for you, especially at the price this book is going for. But if your a Friday the 13th fan, you have to get the entire series, because they are really good! What Eric Morse is able to do with the reader is phenomenal, when I read this book, I swear at the best times I felt I was in the book and at the worst I thought I was watching it on T.V., it's that damn good.

Again this wasn't what I expected from the title "The Carnival". This book was better than "Road Trip". This is another great book by Eric Morse!

This book which claims to be based on fact is just plain silly. It is melodrama and very bad romance novel at best. The characters are shallow. The story itself is self-serving with the author-hero bringing things to a predictable conclusion.

"Children of the Crystal Vision" is more than powerful fiction. It is based on a chilling, suspenseful true story. That is why it's so compelling. It really happened. Father Lee Kaylor, the book's author, was asked to help a teenager get out of a demonic cult. He had to fight the bad guys---the real bad guys. He didn't know how he'd find the strength to fight the unworldly evil tht seeps into our world. He didn't know that the bad guys in this scenario could muster up all the evil from all time.

Father Kaylor writes beautifully about the philosophic counterpoint of good and evil. "...as mankind had abandoned God, that wall of light and love had begun to crumble. The innocence of the young was among the first casualties. Salvation was God's work. But He did give human beings a role to play in the great conflict between good and evil. The good that people strove for and the evil that they did made a difference in time and eternity."

The vivid poetic descriptions hold the reader spellbound. The research into rituals is fascinating. The storytellng makes the reader want to know what's around the corner, however frightening. Faith. Hope. Love. It comes down to these three. Will the demonic Beast strike again? Will the Power be there to fight the evil? Faith. Hope. Love. It does come down to these three.

Based on a true story, this is a highly suspenseful and fast-moving story about Father Mark Ross's extraordinary experiences on the dark side of Carmel, CA. "Children of the Crystal Vision" is a thought-provoking account of the modern-day preoccupation with Satanism and witchcraft. "Harmless"experimentation with Oiji Boards and other fads brought to town by a New Age bookstore, leads teenagers into witches' covens and finally brings them face-to-face with Satanic possession. The book includes powerful descriptions of demonic rituals creeping into a world that refuses to believe in the reality of evil. It includes poetic descriptions of nature--from the beauty of sunsets and flowered landscapes to the ominous spectacles of thundering waves and wildfires. It includes profound insights into contemplative prayer and the constant contest between good and evil, where the victory is never decisive. Recommended reading for teenagers who think the dark arts are their ticket to popularity, power and love, and parents who want to believe that their kids are just "going through a phase".

I would like to know the story behind the gazing ball

This one is one of the best books written on this subject that I have ever read,..it is a very easy book to follow,..especially for some one that is new to this,.as I am,..I highly recommend this one to anyone that is interested in this,...Its very informative,..describing different "veils" & inculsions,...& just is trully amazing for the info you will find in this book,.it is making it very easy for me to get "aquainted" & learn to read & understand the "symbols",...& messages in my beautiful crystal balls,..

i had been doing cyrstal gazing for about 2 weeks when i received this book. My prior attempts had failed, but i had purchased a crystal ball and i didn't want it 2 go 2 waste. the next nite after recieving and readign this book i saw my first image in the crystal. the book in question explained it so well and it was so easy. it turns out i had been doing it wrong. this book really helped i recommand it 2 anyone who is interested in the subject.

There's a lot wrong with Crystal Line. Anne McCaffrey would have done better to have left the Crystal Singer series at two books and not written this at all.
I enjoyed the first two books in this series despite Killashandra, not because of her. She's her usual unpleasant self in this book, only more so. But the problems in this book go far beyond an unsympathetic heroine.
The plot is disjointed. Killashandra and her lover/professional partner Lars travel to an alien planet in a brain&brawn ship to investigate "jewel junk" - a substance that may or may not be a life-form, and may or may not be intelligent. Having successfully completed that assignment, Killashandra and Lars return to Ballybran to resume their crystal-cutting career. It is here that the plot takes a ninety-degree turn. On Ballybran, tragedy strikes when Lanzecki, Guildmaster of the Heptite Guild, dies. Lars takes over the position - and Killashandra can't handle the change in circumstances. The lovers split, both personally and professionally. Killashandra goes off on her own, while Lars struggles to turn around the stuggling Guild. Eventually, they are reconciled - and then help with the "jewel junk" is requested from them once more. Tragedy in a couple of different forms strikes, and then everything is resolved happily. By this time it is clear than the "jewel junk" storyline, which took up so much space initially and promised a different kind of book, is nothing more than a deus ex machina device to manipulate a happy ending.
Characterisation is also a problem. The supposed depth of the supposed love between Killashandra and Lars does not shine through; and given how unpleasant Killashandra is, it's hard to believe that she cares for Lars, or that he could care about her at all. There's no real depth to any of the characters, and the "crises" that each of them face do not come across to the reader with the force with which they are meant to have struck the suffering characters. Then there's McCaffrey's usual propensity for cheap titillation.
McCaffrey seems to have been struck with a disease that is becoming more and more common amongst authors: the desire to control your imaginary world from beginning to end. All the problems of Killashandra, Lars, and the Heptite Guild and all its members are solved by the end of this book, or as good as - no room for more stories, everything closed off with a happy-ever-after ending. If she felt it absolutely necessary to close out this series, rather than leave it open-ended, she could have given us something better than this contrived, shallow effort.
Crystal Line is not up to the standard of The Crystal Singer and Killashandra. Read them instead, and remember how much better this series used to be.

ANNE HAS THIS WAY OF BRINGING THE MOST OUT OF A CHARATER. KILLISHANDRA REE IS THE MOST THAT THE UPWARD WOMAN OF THE 90'S WANTS TO BECOME. THE TRILOGY GIVES A PERSPECTIVE TO THE READER THAT IT IS OK TO STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. THAT IS DEFINETLY NOT WHERE THE READER IS GOING. THE READER OF THIS TRILOGY WILL FIND THEMSELVES "THRALLED" BY THE EVER POWERFUL ANNE McCAFFERY. YOU WON'T LEAVE HOME UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED!

I have read these 3 books many times over a span of several years, and I still enjoy them thoroughly. Killashandra is a strong character and the Crystal League provide the Sci'Fi part, but I must admit that there is a very strong romance line to the plots, so be ready to be swept away by more than just a new and future "world". The stories are fun, the plot line thickens and the final solutions develop the stories in the most convincing terms. I want more... please Anne? Do some more on Killa!

This could have been a very excellent book but the author spends way too much time beating a dead horse. To her "facts" are only what can be measured by machine and everything else is "fallacy". While she is very knowledgable on the stones themselves, her debunking of the myths seems to center around information from questional books proporting to give the history of Atlantis and Mu. Information comming from a time before the discovery of modern medicine are also held up for ridicule. If the author had stuck with what she obviously knows and stayed off the editorial asides, this book would rate 5 stars.

This book has excellent gemological & sociological information. The author does come on rather heavy in her denouncements, but I interpreted it as a zeal for informing us about an area of our education that was lacking at publishing time. Also, there has been a trend in all areas of jewelry/stones to delude the consumer into paying an exorbitant markup. Many books published since this one have started including the mineral information. This is a GOOD thing. We have to be balanced between metaphysical & scientific fields. Having this one scientific view in your library will not hurt! If you appreciate Kunz's Curious Lore of Precious Stones then you'll like this one too.

Thanks for the "closit shaman" review. I would have passed on the book after reading the reviews about her efforts to debunk the higher spiritual properties of stones. As it is, I probably will now purchase a copy. Her view as expressed in you review reminds me of modern science in that they obviously have a great deal of information to offer but are still tied into the delusion of finite reality. I would probably call her a latent New Ager in this midsts of over kill. This personality sort are usually the first ones to step into the otherside and when they get there (suddenly open to the infinite universe) think that they have gone insane. Given that she hanngs out with a massive amount of crystal stones, when this one goes, she is going to go hard and heavy. I hope she has earned the priviledge of having good guides to help her out.

This book was okay, but a grave disappointment from Monica Hughes. It is a story of two children, in a world without water, who walk across the Canadian prairies to find their uncle. The story tells of how thirsty they are, and how exciting it is to put one foot in front of the other.

Hughes depicts a grim but ultimately hopeful future for decent people in the Canadian Rockies. Her story, set in the early 21st century, paints an arid world that has been all but destroyed by mankind's arrogance, ambition and blatant disregard for the balances of Nature:--Mother Earth, racial equilibrium and even the distortion of morality in general. Despite the young protagonists, this is not necessarily a Young Adult novel, for the author develops several mature themes; she urges educated conservation and bio-geo awareness; respect for ancient cultures; recognition of the predatory effects of "Civilization."
When will humanity accept responsibility for preserving the delicate balance among the Earth's ecosystems?

Orpahned Megan (13) and Ian (10) undertake a reluctant quest: to leave their deserted, decaying home after the sudden death of their mother in childbirth; to seek a uptopian society vaguely to the West--established by deliciously alluring Waterfalls. Turning their backs on a parched and eroded wilderness, the plucky youngsters struggle against Nature, human nature at its worst, and their own sibling rivalries. Megan is driven to save herself and protect her brother by locating a rumored uncle--if he is still alive.

The literary style includes much dialogue and some mini backtracking of time (replaying a scene from another character's point of view.) Can two kids make it through a hostile world to a land flowing with sweet water, where enlightened people work to revive the earth? Reminiscent of Terry Nations' futurist old series on PBS, SURVIVORS. We need to establish Connections with our planet. For thoughtful readers of all ages.

In the summer of 2011, the death of their mother sends Megan and her younger brother, Ian, on a dangerous journey across Canada. As they struggle to find their uncle, they cross a country ravaged by drought and chaos.

TWO THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!! A+

Dowsing is bogus, backwoods folk stuff at its best. Explain how I could use a cut wire coat hanger to locate subterranean water? Ugh? Am I missing something or is this just stupid? This book does nothing to educate the public about the myth of dowsing. I am ashamed to admit that I live in the dowsing (and drowzing) capital of the U.S.--Vermont! There's so much water here you'd have to be a fool NOT to find any hidden sources of it. I can do it with a styrofoam coffee cup. Go figure.

Excellent history of dowsing as it evolved in Europe. A very thought provoking overview of the current ideas, concepts and hypotheses of what dowsing is, and why and how it works. There are even simple instructions, usually by way of anecdote, on how to dowse with different dowsing tools. I am a physicist, and find the scientifically designed and conducted tests in the former USSR, and Germany exceptionally interesting. A neutral, observational, experimental attitude is a must for getting the most out of this book

I first read this book in 1992, and I have referred to it so many times since that I now know it's content backwards.

The late Christopher Bird took a documentary view of the whole subject of dowsing, from it's earliest history to the present day, in the fields of water divining, mineral and oil exploration, tunnel and cave location, missing objects, animals and people, geopathic stress, and medical diagnosis, including both physical and remote sensing.

As a Geologist, I found the book quite fascinating, and packed with useful information and guidelines for the would be dowser. Although one does have to cut through a lot of misconcieved mysticism and folklore, and religious and scientific taboo, to get to the core of this subject, the basics and the details of practical dowsing are all there in "The Divining Hand".

There is a long history of water divining in my family, but for many generations there have been no practising diviners. I was inspired by this book to explore the potential of divining in the modern context of the earth sciences, and I found it to be so effective and successful that in 1994 I started in business as a professional diviner or dowser.

Divining is a great asset in geological mapping and in the location and assessment of mineral, oil, and gas resources. For groundwater source location and assessment it can not be equalled even by the latest state-of-the-art geophysics.

I have developed a systematic exploration method called Geodivining, utilising both remote-sensory map-dowsing and field divining techniques, which is successful world-wide. I have found most of the claims made for divining in Christopher Bird's book to be verifiable, and the success of my own work adds a powerful testimony.

Geodivining is so much in demand by drilling contractors and clients in the UK, North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, that I and my trainee Geodiviners are hard pressed to keep up with the work.

Bird's book "The Divining Hand" changed my life for the better; and whilst it may leave some readers cold, for anyone with a genuine interest in learning more about the subject of dowsing, this book is an excellent place to start.

This is a poorly written and edited training manual for Crystal Reports. The coverage on most topics is inadequate and reflects a deep misunderstanding in how Crystal Reports is used. I should have read the publishers description further-- it was only when I recieved the manual I realised it was self-published (with what looks to be a photocopier and a binding machine.) I think that if you have worked with Crystal for more than five minutes, you will surpass the technical content of this title.

I've been running training courses for over six years and have used a variety of training materials in that time. In my opinion, Hammerman materials are as good as they get.

The course follows a clear, logical path and there are plenty of exercises for students to practice with. Perhaps the quality of the bindings is not quite as good as some other manuals but the content certainly is.

Hammerman manuals consistently get better ratings from my students than other leading brands and I can't think of a better compliment than that!

This courseware book is well thought out and keeps you interested. The characters in the story line really keep you going.

Completely disapointing. Don't waste your money or time on this video. Didn't learn anything relevant or helpful that I didn't already know about meditation. A very long diatribe on the benefits of meditation - if you are buying a video to learn how to meditate chances are you don't need to be sold on the benefits of meditation. I'm sorry I didn't pay attention to the reviews now. Live and learn from my mistake.

I liked his explanations, but ever since those severe headaches I got from his guided meditation, I've stopped doing it. Not quite the best book to start with then, I reckon

This is one of the most unique and interesting instructional videos that I have ever seen. Walters begins by giving a great talk on what meditation is, how to do it, and why. He speaks simply, clearly, and practically. I really came away feeling like I could do this!

The second part is a guided visualization, also narrated by Walters. His voice is so soothing and relaxing--its the kind of voice you wish was on every guided meditation tape. Of course, it isn't very easy to create compelling visuals to go with a guided meditation, but I think the video succeeds admirably with its blend of enchanting environmental scenes and images.

I also recently discovered that there is a great companion book for this video also called Meditation for Starters, which I bought. It is the perfect accompaniment and serves as an excellent at-a-glance reference, although the video producers take great pains to emphasize that you do NOT need to buy the book to get a great introduction to meditation from the video alone. They are meant to be separate, stand-alone products. While this is definitely true, if you are really serious about getting a practice going, I would recommend buying the book as well.