Joyce Sullivan is back with "In His Wife's Name." Luke Calder has been searching for the truth about his wife's death ever since her murder more than a year ago. When he receives word that a woman is using her name and identification, he immediately tracks her down. Luke is determined to find out if the woman calling herself Mary Calder is connected to his wife's death. He doesn't expect the attraction he feels for her. But is he attracted to this woman, or to her resemblance to his wife?

The best word I can come up with to describe "In His Wife's Name" is "pleasant." This is a sweet story about nice people. It's not particularly suspenseful, and the tension is rather low, but the characters are likable and the story moves smoothly. I may not have been on the edge of my seat, but I was never bored. The story is somewhat slow in the beginning. Part of the mystery is diluted because we know the truth about "Mary" and who she is from page one. Much of the book is spent watching Luke figure it out. The real mystery surrounding threats against "Mary" and the truth about Luke's wife's death, doesn't really kick in until a good ways into the story. Until then, everything she goes through seems more like silly pranks than anything truly menacing. This contributes to the "lighter" feel of the suspense. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though I'm sure I'm making it sound like it. It's good from a character standpoint, less so for the suspense. It offers a chance for the reader to get to know the characters well. As always, Sullivan's characters are warm and sympathetic, generating strong rooting interest. It just takes some time before the threats against them feel too urgent, despite the fears the heroine expresses. Meanwhile, Sullivan does a good job using the villain's point of view to tease the reader with information, leading to a particularly strong climax and resolution. The romance is sweet and engaging.

Many readers will find this approach appealing. Like "The Mysterious Twin" two months ago, this is a good story for those who like their romantic suspense a little lighter, without too much hard violence, and this book has a better ending. "In His Wife's Name" is a good read.

Shannon Mulligan, hiding from an abusive and obsessed husband, has gone underground and tried to start a new life as a woman named Mary Calder. What Shannon has no way of knowing though is that Mary Calder is dead, brutally murdered, and that the late woman's husband Luke, a police officer, has his wife's accounts flagged for attempted fraud. When Shannon tries for a bank loan using Mary's name and credit history the warning flags go up and Luke sneaks in undercover to see if the woman using his wife's name knows anything about her murder. Things get complicated when these two people with something to hide feel a fierce attraction to one another.

In His Wife's Name is a romantic suspense tale that emphasizes the romance over the suspense for most of the novel's storyline. Not surprising, considering this is a romance novel, but I felt the mystery lacked a certain sizzle, though it did kick into high gear in the last quarter and my hands were as good as glued to the cover until I reached the end, so the book is far from a pedestrian outing. Recommended.

What would you do if your wife was murdered over a year and then you find out that someone was using her identity? This is what happened to Luke Calder. He is a police officer that went searching for his wife's murderer. He finds out that Shannon Mulligan, who is running away from her own history, uses his wife's identity and ends up falling in love for her. I thought that this was a little unrealistic but the romance was very well written and it was a great quick read.

This book could have filled an important niche in the FDTD literature by providing a short, readable introduction to this important computational technique. The book is almost crippled by typographical errors, particularly in the code listings at the end of each chapter. I came upon this book after having read several other books and written a number of FDTD codes from scratch, so I was able to catch most of the errors in the code listings and get them working without too much trouble. It's not clear to me whether or not a neophyte (the presumed target of this book) would be able to catch these errors as easily as I did. A tenacious reader might be able to catch most of them, given enough time and effort. With the elimination of these errors (hopefully there will be a corrected second edition), I would easily give this book a 5 star rating.

Generally the book of Dennis M.Sullivan is a book that is a value for money.It really helps someone who would like to learn electromagnetic simulation with the FDTD method step by step.
The 1st chapter introduces you in 1D-FDTD and helps you understand the basics of 1D-FDTD in free space,simple ABCs,propagation in a dielectric and lossy dielectric medium.
The 2nd chapter continues with more complicated issues of 1-D FDTD such as simulation in frequency-dependent media and calculating the frequency dependent media with Fourier Transform.
The 3rd chapter introduces 2-D FDTD,implementation of the PML ABCs and propagation of a plane wave.
The 4th chapter learns you the 3-D FDTD and implementation of the PML in 3D which is really wonderful.
The 5th chapter gives 2 applications with FDTD(Simulation of microstrip antenna and calculation of the far field of an aperture antenna) and the 6th some other types of simulation.
The problem with the book is that the programs have some mistakes and you must spend a lot of time to find them.Personally i have developed all of them except for the patch antenna.If someone has found the mistakes in it and has the right program please send it tome in the email .......My advice is to buy this book!!!

This book is very good for the people who already have knowledge of FDTD and C language somehow. In other words, beginners will feel difficulty to read this book keeping what the auther is really try to talk about. The last two example cases are very useful. However, readers should find the way to present the data files that can be calculated using the sample codes such as MatLab. If you are a beginner, then use the book written by Hagness & Taflove for deep understanding of FDTD, and use this book for the practice before your specific application.

Brendan Behan was no literary giant, but he deserves better than this -- poorly and pompously written, indifferently edited, riddled with factual errors (outrageous, considering the research), and lacking in perception and depth. In addition, the author's obsession with Behan's supposed homosexuality is wearisome. Behan isn't important enough to be on the receiving end of a top-flight definitive biography, but it's too damned bad that this is as close as he'll come.

The particular achievement of this fine book, is to extractBrendan Behan from the mire of mythology in which he has been sofirmly placed since his death in 1964 at the age of 41. No easy task for any author given Behan's own willful contribution to the process. It deals fairly and honestly with Behan's homosexual leanings and does so in a non judgemental way using the evidence available rather than mere speculation. It is perceptive and the writing is as, Jack Helbig describes it in Booklist, 'graceful and forceful'. Behan was long over due such a biography.

Well researched, the book would make an excellent companion on a walking tour of London. The author knows what buildings are still standing from Gilbert and Sullivan's world, which have been demolished, and which have changed. Gives great descriptions of the theaters, including the Savoy, where the productions were staged, and so forth.

If I have a criticism of the book, it is laid out geographically -- so you might be discussing Gilbert in 1876 at one minute and Arthur Sullivan in 1885 at another, because that is where the next building on the street leads you. The continuity suffers a little because of this.

But if you know a Gilbert and Sullivan fan who is making a pilgrimage to London, this is the perfect book for them.

This is a marvelous book. This is a charming account of the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan (both individually and as collaborators) with London. The author Andrew Goodman (who really knows his stuff) organized this enormous treasure-trove of information by neighborhood. The book gets off to a strong start by reviewing how London developed-it impressed me how much London is a Victorian city, with many famous neighborhoods were all but farmland in the early 19th century. This book is meant not only for lovers of G&S but lovers of London and good travel writing as well.

I'm an active duty soldier and business student. I have experience in the civilian business world, and will re-enter business upon completion of my term. Mr. Sullivan apparently has little experience outside of the military, and it shows. Although much can be learned from the military in terms of structure, team development, and decision making, it must be severely tempered with a dose of good business sense. The Army does not operate for profit, and therefore will never achieve the same level of pursuit of excellence that a highly motivated businessman can. Because the Army lacks both customers and shareholders, underperforming leaders routinely get away with murder in their progress reports, since much of what they do in peacetime is subjectively interpreted. In business, profit and loss are not easily concealed, and underperformers are shown the door. Change is painfully slow in the Army's layered bureacracy, and a modern business this sloth-like soon becomes lunch. The authors obscure any possible connections to civilain business practices by conspicuous absence of examples and analogies, instead substituting "there I was" war stories and abstracts that a civilian will not easily relate to or care about. The introductions to each chapter read more like West Point commencement addresses, and are about as interesting and as long. Overall, the book could be useful if more concise and relevant. However, since it's more likely to be read by Army officers rather than business people, it will still sell. For real business generalship, study Al Dunlap.

I cannot remember a book so well written, so full of business principles, and yet so easy to understand. I am a management consultant in the housing industry, and this book is required reading for every existing client, and I do not take on a new client until this book has been read by the management team. Sullivan and Harper, with pinpoint accuracy, identify the principles which make good companies great, and great companies, untouchable.

This is an average, not too exceptional book with a lot of leitmotifs and common themes. It's not a bad resource to use while writing a paper, but you won't find any revolutionary ideas here. I found reading it to be a dreary bore and frustrated by what seemed like a forced effort to name the Muslim Brotherhood as the vanguard of civil society in Egypt. Being that civil society is a popular catch word in Middle East Studies these days, it is only natural that scholars come along and try to equate civil society with the non-violent Islamist violence. The problem is that the Brotherhood has never been a paragon of tolerance, democracy and pluralism--just look at how the organization is run. Moreover, I found it shocking that the work failed to discuss the Center Party despite the amount of time discussing the Muslim Brotherhood.

Islam in Contemporary Egypt looks at how civil society has been, contrary to popular belief, flourishing in the land known to the West as both a center of tourism and terrorism. The book dispels the common myth that Egypt and the Muslim societies at large do not possess the essential tradition of private voluntarism needed to establish a civil society.

The authors main footing is based on their keen observation of the countless number of civic associations and private organizations that collectively maintain Egypt as one of the most dynamic societies in the Middle East today. It is an important work because it precisely represents the inherent nature of Islam's calling toward civil democratic values. Understandably, such a work is not easy to find here in the other side of the world.

This scholarly effort is crucial as it provides a balanced perspective on how Egyptian Muslims have been striving to overcome government intervention, cooption and repression. It is especially interesting what Sullivan and Abed-Kotob had to say about the societal role played by Ikhwanul Muslimin (Muslim Brotherhood) and how the organization responds to oscillating political dynamics. The notion of "Islam is the solution" employed by many Muslim organizations is also critically analyzed by the authors giving fair and neutral observation without taking it at face value. A particularly strong point of the book, which is often overlooked by other authors in the field, is its elaboration of the Islamic face of Egypt's feminist movement spearheaded by prominent and respectable Muslim Women.

Overall, it is an excellent introductory book for newcomers to the field of Egyptian politics or for anyone who has interest in learning more about Muslim social, cultural and political activism.

This nutty cook book has some dishes I have added to my permanent repetoire of meals, but I haven't 'made them all. Who makes capon anymore??

The real treat is the story line which unfolds with each related recipe. It's not for everyone, it's geared toward burned-out single females. If this is you, prepare to read this in one sitting and laugh your head off.

This book isn't as much about cooking as using attitude toward food. The recipes are so-so to delicious, and the commentary.... roll-on-floor-laugh-one's-ARSE-off funny. Reccommended for highly stressed types.

This book could have been very clever but author chose to include items like beer and K-Y jelly. Author also has Santa farting and burping which I find disgusting. This book is not suiltable for small children. I am from the South so I appreciate good humor but this book was in bad taste. Hats off to illustrator. Good illustrations done in bright bold colors.

This is a very funny and authentic "homage" that captures the hilarious true spirit of the south! The illustrations are great and while Ms. Sullivan pokes gentle fun at redneck icons, she demonstrates an affection for her region and her subject.

This is a short book of quotations by famous (and not-so-famous) people who answer the question about just who Jesus Christ is for them. The point that stands out is that there are common people who answer the question. The realization then is that each of us must answer the Christological question. What do you say about Jesus of Nazareth? There are wonderful depictions of Christ in art throughout the book, my favorite at the end, Caravaggio's Thomas probing the wounded side of the Risen Christ. This makes the reading all the more a pleasureable experience. What's missing? A larger number of people quoted. Why not less Bishop Spong so as to have some Bonhoeffer? Shorter passages from J. D. Crossan so as to include D. Berrigan or the Dali Lama. Less R. Funk and more Gen X personalities like Moby. Less Thomas Keneally and more common folks. High praise for the poetry by baseball pitcher Dan Quisenberry. So, actually I give 3.5 stars. I am a bit tough here. Space could have been left for the buyer to pen in his or her own thoughts to the question we must answer: Who do you say that I am?

The concept behind this book is solid - a mixture of a wide variety of art related to Jesus and quotations. In the art the selection is marvelous Jose Clemente, John August Swanson, Giovanni Battisto, El Greco ... the variety of images of Christ presented is excellent, the printing of them is adequate. Unfortunately, the quotes are less broadly selected - they are biased towards the Jesus Seminar and Bishop Sprong theological threads. However, there are some wonderful selections from individuals such as Sojourner Truth, Corazon Aquino, Tolstoy, Napolean.

This is not a safe volume to give to a conservative Christian unless you know them very well. However, it can be a choice for those who are theologically liberal in today's terminology, who are seekers, or who are interested in religion and Western culture in a more abstract manner.

As a map/guide from Harvard University's Let's Go staff, who are located across the Charles River from Boston, in Cambridge, MA, you'd think that turning out an accurate map and list of sites for their home city would be a piece of cake- however it's first edition was filled with innacuracies, including map errors- an eggregious sin for any travel guide. I have not seen this '98 reprint, I hope that it has been corrected!!! As someone who went to university in Boston and worked in a bookstore frequented by visitors, I was pleased to be able to recommend two map guides that are far superior to this- both by the Professor Pathfinder company. One covers the Harvard University and Environs, and the other covers the MIT campus and Back Bay area, the two hot spots for tourists in Boston. It is accurate and gives extremely detailed maps of neighborhoods, incl. shop names and similar information, which is a great navigational help.

I recently used this guide for a week trip to boston. I am relatively familiar with the city, but this guide made it much easier to navigate. the maps folded out to show Boston in an easy way to understand. The actual text was concise and accurate, as far as I could tell. It gave just the right information that I needed for my trip, such as places to eat, where to see movies, how to get to each place and phone numbers. I used it many many times a day and learned a lot more about the city than i would have, had i explored solely on my own. I highly recommend this guide to anyone who will ever spend time in Boston and hates the big books that give you too much information. The only thing lacking was a guide to art galleries.

This map is great if you are going to be using the T system to get around Boston