This book touched a part of my heart that I did not know existed any more. It is a wonderful story for children of all ages. The writing is well thought out and the illustrations are wonderful. The author should be commended.

The theme of the story is a universal one that subtly teaches us that the golden rule is larger than any one person or any one country. It is thought provoking on many levels, even though its primary audience are elementary aged children. The illustrations were wonderful and the writing flowed marvelously. I highly recommend this book to parents

This book is well writen, well put together, and genuinely enjoyable reading. I was not able to put it down, with one unique plot twist after another. I highly recomend this book.

this is an excellent book, set in Miami, very entertaining and exciting

I can't get over it. Whether it be a stand alone, such as THE DEADLY THORN, or part of her Hawkman series, Ms La Pierre never ceases to amaze me with her talent.

Jimmy and Sally Oliver had been married just three months, and Sally couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. Before they were married, Jimmy had courted her with roses, and had been so gentle. But after they had said their "I do's" things started to go so wrong. He became totally controlling, and hit her for things that she didn't understand. And it was getting worse. But she still loved him, and thought that things would get better.

That was until she received a phone call from a woman who professed to be Jimmy's third wife. Third wife! Sally didn't even know that there had been one previous wife, much less three of them. It seems, according to the woman who called, that two of the previous wives had both died in "accidents". Accidents in which Jimmy collected rather large insurance proceeds. The "wife" on the phone said that she had found an insurance policy taken out on her, while married to Jimmy, and had run away, changing her name, in order to protect her life. She suggested that Sally do the same before it was too late.

Sally searched the house, and found an insurance policy, taken out on her. She didn't waste any time running. She ran to her brother, and he in turn let her close friend, and colleague, Julia Evans, know where Sally was. Sally decided to go to Seattle and inform the insurance company about what was going on, and perhaps find out about the previous wives. Fortunately, Julia insists on going along.

What happens from this point on is so scary. The reason being is that this can, and does happen across America every day. It will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Ms. La Pierre has done a wonderful job in bringing you into the world of domestic violence. A world that most of us cannot comprehend, as we have not lived it. She has shown why a woman would not leave the situation, and stay to be hurt, physically, and/or mentally, and even perhaps killed.

Ms. La Pierre also shows that there is help for women caught up in this cycle of violence. But mostly she shows how important it is to have support, and help, from both family and friends. With this support, the cycle can be broken.

I cannot recommend this book too highly. It is one that has an awesome story, one that will keep you up all night reading it. You will not be able to put this book down even for a minute. The characters are so real. From greasy, egotistical, sick Jimmy, to Eva Lindsay, who has found the strength to help Sally, and perhaps find out what really happened to the first two wives.

Ms. La Pierre does an excellent job exploring what happens to abuse victims, both emotionally and physically. She has woven this very important subject into a gripping story that is both very spellbinding, and at the same time very educational. One that you just have to read.

My only problem with THE DEADLY THORN is the fact that Ms. Sullivan hasn't come up with a new book yet. So I will just have to wait until she does, because believe me I will not miss any book she writes. She is one awesome, talented, author.

I could not put this book down. Just when I thought I was getting to a place where I could put this book down and get some sleep I found another episode of intrigue to keep me going. Take an arrogant short, greasy haired man and a group of beautiful women and you KNOW he has to have hidden charms. He murders his first two wives and his third wife has changed her name and moved to another state to get away from him. The slob, Jimmy, has successfully received hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance policies on his first two wives. He has married the fourth time and after only a few months of marriage is planning to murder his 4th wife and of course, has a huge insurance policy on her. Wife number four and her best friend along with wife number three get in cohoots to outsmart Jimmy and there starts the tale. This is an action packed novel well worth reading. I'm going to read it again.

Here's a book you will definantly want to read! Stephen D. Sullivan is a new author to WoTC (though I believe he's worked as a cartographer) and his debut book couldn't be better. His writing style is diffrent and refreshing (I smiled every time he used the term 'fishy friends' ^_^) and Tripleknot Shellcracker rocks!
If you like Dragonlance I highly recomend this book and I hope to see more from this author in the future.

I don't know whom over at Wizards of the Coast, whether it was editor, publisher, or the author of this novel; but whoever plotted the Dragon Isles out came up with what I would imagine would be an extremely difficult story to write. And working on his first DL novel, Stephen D. Sullivan does an amazing job with that story. This one really surprised me with how good it was, I must admit I wasn't expecting much out of what I thought would be a boring mariner's tale.

Well it was a mariner's tale, all of this novel either takes place on a ship, under the water, or a few brief trips to port cites. However Sullivan nicely pulls this off without making it boring and does not rehash the fact that the characters are under the water, making into a central description device. Instead of tying it like an anchor around the plot-line and the story's development he uses it as a sail into the unknown.

This novel also got back to the core of fantasy and the Dragonlance shared world, with use of an ancient prophecy guiding the treasure finders, and the return of a dragon as our main villain. The sea dragon Tempest is an excellent villain, powerful, different than what we have seen before in other Dragonlance villains, and actually evil, always a plus.

The heroes are well thought out for a 300 pager like this novel as well. You have a roguish sea captain, a beautiful sea elf, a mysterious bronze armored knight, and a kender that all add something to the adventure, plus no complaining, they are always on the up. The Dragon Isles includes amazing location, some humor, plenty of action, a couple different plot-twists that are pretty good, and is even nicely broken into three labeled parts. Each part has a different tone and you can tell the action slowly increases until it is at a very high tempo in part three.

Only downside is that it was really a difficult story and sometimes it strains Sullivan. At a few points he has characters do things that would be almost impossible in water and what not, but other than that I think this is a really good first outing, I hope Wizards of the Coast has Sullivan writing plenty more Dragonlance novels.

Final Thought: Sullivan may be a squire under the sea, but with his legs set firmly upon the ground he'd be a Knight. Pick this one up for your Dragonlance fix!

More high quality psychological astrology with profound depth and insight from Erin Sullivan. Here the emphasis is on how an individual might begin to explore his or her origins, and relationship to family and the collective. "Family" in this context is by no means restricted to an immediate nuclear family.

As with other books by Sullivan, there is insightful treatment of many features of the birth chart that has more general applications other than the specialized subject matter in the book.
There are sections on family systems, the purpose of a family, family trees, repeating astrological patterns in the charts of families, roles such as scapegoats and blacksheep. The chapter on water houses is excellent (speaking as someone with these strong in my own chart). Transits to individual and family charts are also covered.

Sullivan finishes with several case histories that make for fascinating reading. These include a story of autism and another case where a woman carries the whole of her ancestral line as she attempts to reconnect with her roots and ancestors. I found some of this a bit heavy going at times as there is so much depth and detail on many levels, but felt rewarded by the end.

Ms. Sullivan brings awareness of the link between the generations. Familial astrology is an area of great personal drama, that reaches beyond the usual scope of psychology and draws on both the science and the art of astrology. I teach astrology, and I'm recommending that all of my students get this book, and STUDY it.

Having grown up in the "Plat" mentioned in the book, I enjoyed the walk down memory lane. Bill Sullivan's style of writing held my attention from the moment I started reading till I finished and then I was looking for more. Although the people and events are real, a lot of people growing up in the sixties will see themselves as one of the characters and will enjoy reliving their teen years.

A must read for everyone. If you what to know what life was in the 1950's and 1960's. you must read this one. I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to know what was going ot happen next. This book is an American Adventure, and it proved that not everyone was a hippy back then. Mr. Sullivans use of the english language was perfect. Take your mind on a trip with Bill

They've done the research and list many scholorships in an uncluttered format. Scholarships are listed by the geographical location in which the scholarship is to be used. The contact information tends to be out of date, but it is possible to find the current information, albeit with a little work.

Financial Resources for International Study is a must have for anyone wishing to attend school outside of the U.S. Every scholarship and financial aid option imaginable is listed within the book, which if you recieve one of those, could pay for the book itself easily! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who, like me, has to get out and see the world through education but cannot always pay for all of it.

thats Flooty Hobbs and his pals! They're never anything more and usually much less.The only thing that keeps these guys going is our own faer of the dark,but tonight our bedtime monsters are in for a big suprise.It seems someone has turned the tale on Flooty Hobbes and the gang.Look for an unexpected twist when they are confronted by a Jiggling,Jolly Gollywobber who beats them at their own game.

You will enjoy this comical and entertaining story that tells us what we really have to fear when we go to bed...nothing.

This book was well worth the wait for the personalized stickers and has become a family favorite. We love the artwork and the story helped teach a valuable lesson. I can't tell you how many times we've had to read this book over and over again.

If you're like me, and you're a man, you may read this book and wonder, "How could a woman writer understand a man so well -- understand the raw, ugly, visceral feeling of being a man -- understand the wretched, petty things men do and feel?" This is a book about psychological depths, and Evelin Sullivan understands -- and writes about -- these depths astonishingly, even frighteningly, well.

"Games of the Blind" is a brilliant novel narrated by a truly vicious man -- a twisted monster of a man, to be sure, but it is Sullivan's weird triumph that she renders the narrator so true-to-life, so heartbreakingly human that we find ourselves sympathizing with him even as he commits the vilest of acts. It's been a while since I've read "Games of the Blind," but roughly the plot is this: When the story begins, the narrator is a sensitive, intellectual young man who falls in love with an older woman while he is on vacation with his parents. This is a formative experience, the force of which shapes the rest of his life. For some reason (do his parents die?) he is sent to live with an aunt and uncle and their fat, self-loathing daughter. He preys upon his cousin mercilessly -- sexually and emotionally -- and this is rendered even more repellent because she adores him so.

We follow the narrator into adulthood, when he becomes a psychologist and becomes entranced by a female patient who stirs memories of that haunting affair he had as a teenager. This relationship leads to the book's satisfyingly shocking climax. The theory and practice of psychology are central to the book -- the narrator even includes several "theoretical interludes" in which he attempts to analyze himself and the events that overtook him. In a sense, the book becomes a profound meditation on the alienation of gifted teenagers; on the life-shattering powers of love, lust, and infatuation; on the diverse forces that blindside us, shape us, destroy us; and how "free will" can even become an empty concept if you understand the torrents of rage, sorrow, and longing that surge underneath the facade of the "self" that most of us present to others. So in addition to a story that you won't be able to put down, the book is deeply philosophical as well.

I think the best thing I can say about this novel is that, of all the books I have read for pleasure and for "work" (I used to review fiction and poetry for two publications), it shook me up more than any book ever has. I was genuinely depressed for a week after reading it -- I felt I had glimpsed absolute evil in the character of the narrator, and this glimpse sent me reeling. To my way of thinking, in this age of literary fads, slick packaging and stylish posturing, such aesthetic truth is almost old-fashioned, an outdated virtue superseded by cheap, quick, well-paid productions of hacks (most "literary" writers are hacks, in my book). But Evelin Sullivan succeeds in rendering life so truthfully it leaves you shaken by the encounter. Only the highest art could produce such an effect.

Let me end this review by saying that it's a bone-chilling indictment of American literature (readers? editors? reviewers? a vast conspiracy? I'm not sure who to blame) that you haven't heard more about Evelin Sullivan. She is a true genius, who writes exquisite prose and crafts gripping plots, but who has been inexplicably ignored by literary taste-makers, and is hence undiscovered by intelligent readers who would certainly share my belief that she is a writer of world-class talent, if they'd only heard of her! A real shame. But please don't take my words as the meaningless warbling of a fan -- put them to the test. Pick up "Games of the Blind," read the first thirty or forty pages, and see if you have not fallen into the book's dark clutches. I'll wager you a beer at the Showdown Saloon here in Austin that you will not be able to put it down.

(If you enjoy "Games of the Blind" -- and if you're a "good" [meaning literate, astute, attuned to the nuances of language, both its surfaces and depths as careful choices of the author] reader I don't see how you can't enjoy it -- you should also read Sullivan's book "The Correspondence," which is quite different from "Games of the Blind" but every bit as brilliant. A thick and boisterously comic novel, by and large, but very poignant and inflected with similarly dark themes as "Games of the Blind.")

I stumbled upon this book two years ago in the public library. Waiting for my brother to check out, I just pulled it off the shelf, and it grabbed me from the first random lines I read. When I read the summary on the jacket, I checked it out and finished it in three days.

Evelin Sullivan uses incredible imagery and weaves words and word combinations, metephors etc. in such a way that you have to read some sections twice, but you don't mind, because once you comprehend the story she is relaying to you, you are taken aback and in awe of her talent.

I am not a professional writer, so my review is no where near as eloquent and impressive as this book, but do not let my lack of skill keep you from enjoying Ms. Sullivan's WEALTH of skill.

This is a wonderfully written book for young readers. And it has enough plot twists and mystery to keep anyone interested. My kids and I can't wait for the next book in the series.

I have read Ghost Hunter's Club - Case 1 : Elizabeth Sullivan! It was a short, but exciting book to read. I have purchased 5 copies for my grandchildren, nieces & nephews and KNOW they will just love it. I predict this book will be a WINNER with all young people 9 years and up!!!

What an amazing book for young readers! The characters are mulit-dimensional and the way the author describes the small town of Rosewood, Indiana is phenomenal. You really get intertwined with the three main girls, Anna, Lyn & Molly, as well as becoming an honorary member of the club to help solve ths mystery. This is a great story and surely will become a classic!!