An entertaining, honest and balanced account by a woman who not only teaches tolerance via the telling of her life story, but lives it every day.

I felt uplifted as I read about Sherman-Jones' experiences, even by the parts that must have been difficult for her to live through, and surely difficult to write about so bravely. Because of her willingness to share her life so openly in the pages of this book, at times I felt that I was right there, in story with her.

Well, perhaps not while she was wrestling the midget in the pool of Jell-O. :-) But the ability to connect with the reader, and make the story seem, at times, like the reader's own, is the mark of an excellent writer. Sherman-Jones' mastery of this important benchmark makes me eager to see the next book by this first-time author.

My Life as a Gay Man in a Straight Woman's Body is much more than the entertaining slice of life history of Carol Sherman-Jones. Carol, one of Cincinnati's most energetic and in your face personalities is also one of our finest non-gay allies. She takes the reader through her life, thus far, both troubled and triumphant. She offers an honest assessment of both her gifts and difficult life struggles. Carol invites the reader into interesting vignettes of her history, well written and presented in her own colorful descriptions and charming but blunt style. While her writing style is entertaining, the reader will come away feeling priviledged to have been included on the painful road of a woman whose life journey toward recovery has a message of hope and joyful inclusion for all--gay, straight or, well, whatever. Cincinnatians who frequented either or both of Carol's wonderful restaurants will sit back to remember how it felt to be a part of Carol's social family. Romances started and ended there. Friendships were developed and our communtities learned the news of one another while intersecting with fellow travelers and partyers. Carol learned to make a place for herself in the world and then opened the door to the rest of us to join the celebration. Thanks, Carol! Cheryl Eagleson Co-Producer of Alternating Currents, Cincinnati's GLBT Public Affairs Radio Producer

"I found My Life as a Gay Man in a Straight Woman's Body uplifting and fun-clearly it was written from the heart. Carol Sherman-Jones is a woman I have to meet."
Jill Duval
Publisher, New Mexico WOMAN

Set in Cincinnati during the summer of 1942, Roger Karshner's splendidly crafted novel, Getting Sentimental Over You, is a nostalgic story of a love found on the top deck of the "Island Queen," an old boat chugging slowly down the Ohio River. Getting Sentimental Over You is a highly recommended and original work of innocence, growth, and unrequited love set against a background of World War II's earliest days.

I couldn't find "Getting Sentimental Over You" in my local bookstores, so I had to order it. It was worth the wait.
The book is a marvellous portrait of a bygone time and the feelings experienced by those who lived it. Not only did the author awaken memories from my very young childhood, but he also created pleasurable experiences for me that might have been. The book is wonderfully "old timey," in the sense that the writing appears to be contemporaneous with the period about which it is written. Every description - music, clothing, behavior, personal insights about well known personalities - seem to be observed in the course of real life experiences.
When "Getting Sentimental Over You" is made into a movie, the filmmakers will have an easy time of it because the author has already created all the images for them.

A beautifully written love story that will take you back to the Big Band days of Tommy Dorsey. This book is a quick read that will fill your heart and soul. I truly enjoyed it and recommend it highly for the romantic in all of us!

this cookbook has a wonderful variety of great, elegant, and easy recipes for casual entertaining with friends and families. i happen to love cookbooks, and this is a wonderful addition to my collection.

As a collector of cookbooks (more than 600 titles) with an emphasis on the "Junior League" books, this is one of my all-time favorites. I have tried many, many recipes and they are all great. I found lots of "different" recipes that were simple to make and tasted great. Definitely add this one to your collection.

The cookbook has never failed me. I have given it to several people as a gift and they also raved about it. Has both simple and complex recipes. Also need tidbits about Cincinnati in the margins.

I happened to be in kevin graces baseball class.This book is wonderful for all UC fans.I would recommend you buy it.

One of the longest and greatest university basketball tradition. Read the remarkable stories of the ealier years of college basketball. Review the story of great players like Oscar Robinson and great coaches like Ed Jucker and Bobby Huggins. A classic collector's item for any lover of the game at a most reasonable price.

I liked this book a lot-- I thought the pictures were very beautiful, very fluid, not tight or rigid. The work here is similar to another Cincinnati artist, Caroline Williams, but Mr. Orlemann is much more relaxed and his subject matter a little more contemporary. A lot of city scenes, busy streets, skyscapers, bridges and such. The use of the watercolor on some of the sketches is very nice also, but there are more sketches than there are actual "paintings." I also liked reading the text under the pictures-- I actually learned a thing or two! Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Cincinnati, or that is familiar with Mr. Orlemann's work.

I found this book for my girlfriend for her birthday-- she LOVED it! It had all of the sites she loved to visit while growing up in Cincinnati-- it was a nice trip down memory lane for her. She liked it so much, she's getting one for her mom and dad for their anniversary! Very nice book-- thumbs up!

Howard Rahtz has made community policing accessible for the beat cop. His handbook cites real-world examples of how community policing works. He also cites research to back the examples, but he doesn't get bogged down in statistics or academics. This is a primer. Every new cop should read this in the police academy. Every veteran cop should too. And supervisors should refer to it regularly.
I've taught community policing classes for years. This handbook does in less than 150 pages what I've tried to get done in hours and hours of classes. This handbook explains in simple terms that community policing is a philosphy of action. It makes the SARA model of problem solving easy to understand. Howard Rahtz obviously knows his topic and he writes in easy to read, street cop language.
This book doesn't belong on the shelf. It should be on your desk, in your briefcase, or in your hands. And it should be read by every community leader, from the elected officials to those volunteers who are so vital to making community policing work.

As a reader who is not a policeman, I enjoyed Lt. Rahtz's book from a police story perspective. The anecdotes of the force were entertaining as well as instructive. In my humble opinion, the description of the community oriented police work probably is what most recruits believe their job will be like. Every recruit enters the force with a great attitude - gung ho and wanting to make a difference. What happens next - chasing radio and 911 calls - wears down many cops until the reasons they joined the force are forgotten.

With the recent unrest in Cincinnati, maybe the city will listen to one of its own and expand community policing.

P.I. Harry Stoner is a fine addition to the literary tradition of Phillip Marlowe, Travis McGee and Lew Archer. He inhabits the street of Cincinnati like a second skin. This story is one of the better ones in the series and it is also one of the darker ones. Stoner's adventures are nevr pretty, but they are well worth the ride for fans of P.I. fiction.

Jonathin Valin is one of the legitimate heirs of Ross MacDonald and detective Harry Stoner is very much in the mold of Lew Archer. Stoner rides the streets on Cincinnati in his Pinto, looking for runaways, armed with nothing but his righteous indignation and his Colt Gold Cup revolver.

Harry's been hired by Mildred Segal to find her 14 year old daughter, Robbie, who has run away from their placid suburban home. Harry, who grew up in just such a place, knows all too well why kids flee Eastlawn Drive & mothers like Mildred. But then, while looking for Robbie's boyfriend Booby Caldwell, he finds the boy's corpse & suddenly, Robbie's disappearance looks more ominous.

He backtracks the kids to a local guitar god/guru named Theo Clinger and a degenerate socialite, Irene Croft. But Croft is protected by a gangster, albeit a hyper-polite one, and Clinger has a Manson family style farm in Kentucky with armed guards. So getting Robbie back is not going to be easy.

Valin hits all the right notes here & with similes like this one, the farm was "a fenced in field with a lumpy dirt access road cutting through it like a keloid scar", you know you're in the hands of a pro. Personally, I believe that this is the best of the modern private eye series.

GRADE: A

When I first started reading DRIVING WHILE BLACK: COVERUP,
I expected the book to be about the experience of one person.
I was surprised to find information about racial profilling
in great detail that covered the entire United States. I had no idea racial profilling existed in the U.S. Customs Service. People in hotels and airports are paid as informants to point
out minorities for searches by law enforcement.
Greedy police departments have tried to seize the assets of
dead people. Congress has made laws allowing law enforcement to
take money from citizens without proof that a criminal offense
has occurred. This book is a wake up call that our rights as Americans are under attack. Well researched with citations.
Well worth reading!

Cincinnati is now and has been in a state of racial hatred from the police department for many years (since the 1800's). Mr. Kelvin Davis has exposed just a few of the many overlapping protective systems utilized by the Hamilton County and the Greater Cincinnati Law enforcement agencies. While covering up the terroristic methods used to protect officers who don their badges as weapons of personal racial hate on people of color a search for a inkling of justice remains elusive. Truth be known, there is no justice in Cincinnati for people who challenge the County's practices of racial profiling and the cover up that soon follows! Many people from Cincinnati hate what black citizens are forced to endure in the year 2002! Great job Mr. Davis.

...this book was a welcome gift in the midst of the hormonally-charged, so-called "teen romance" books girls my age are usually exposed to. The characters are realistic, and the plot has multiple stories woven into it. It was also really neat to see Christian values in the midst of such an enthralling, romantic tale! I highly recommend it. I gave it a carefully thought-out and very serious five stars. 1 Corinthians 13 ;-).

God bless anyone who is reading this, and thank you, Annie Jones, for being a role model for Christ!

Julia and Cameron have a deep love for God, but discover they can grow closer to Him as they grow closer to each other. Fast paced and romantic. Great read!

Is this science fiction? It is science fiction in that If I Never Get Back is a time travel book like you have never read before. This book takes Sam Fowler from modern San Francisco back to the early days of baseball (post-Civil War) and the newly formed Cincinnati Red Stockings. What makes this book so interesting is the description of how baseball was played in 1869 - so different than what it is today even as to the way pitchers pitched.

Sam Fowler begins riding the rails with the fledgling Cincinnati Red Stockings and their trip around the U.S. to play other early baseball teams. It also goes into the atmosphere of the time, as in the description when the team played in New York City in a park that now is no more in these modern times.

Ah, but then it is also a love story. But is it unrequited love? Is it a lost love? And does Sam ever find her again?

Great baseball book and would make a great movie also.

Brock won me over with the many layers of his fine novel. I enjoyed baseball as it was played by "real people," and I'm not even a current day fan. I enjoyed the well-drawn characters as much as I delighted in the curiosities of 19th century America. I loved the "exotic" locales of Troy and Elmira and Cincinnati, as well as the more standard San Francisco and NYC of 1869---not the stuff of average tales, and all the better. But mostly I enjoyed the ending, because this was above all else a love story, the love of life and the love of a woman, and the ending has to carry it. I approached it as a reader, drawn along by events and circumstances, but Darryl Brock was wiser than that. He approached it as a writer who knew better. The more I think about it, the more I admire the author's skill in crafting it just so. It was perfect. My thanks to Amazon.com for making this "Out of Print" volume available through their excellent search service. And thanks to other online reviewers for bringing this book to my attention in the first place!

I first read this book when I was in college and I really haven't stopped. It is simply one of my favorites books period, and I've read it many times and will continue to do so. Even if you aren't a baseball fan, there is plenty for you to enjoy; Mark Twain as a major character, romance, adventure, grave robbing, treasure hunting, and much much more. Brock does a great job of making the reader care about the major characters and hate the bad guys. The mark of a good author. If I Never Get Back is a great book, especially in the summer.