Do you want to see your children converted? Are you tired of books for children that ignore the seriousness of life and the importance of receiving Christ as Lord and Savior? If so, this book is for you. It presents the Gospel to children in a compelling yet interesting way. Get it and give it or read it to your children!

Understanding Hypermedia 2,000 is a wonderful read. It takes you on a journey tracing the origins of hypermedia from its very early beginings way back in the 1700's with the birth of print, all the way through to the modern new media revolution. It charts the developments in technology, culture, science and the arts to give you a very broad understanding of just what hypermedia is and where it came from.

Looking to the future, Understanding Hypermedia looks at the components of hypermedia - interface design, typography, text, animation, video, vrml, etc -, the processes of designing and building new media projects - including examples from the web, cdrom and kiosks - and the future of the medium. From the hypermedia innovators to the visionaries of cyberspace.

This book is a wonderful, rich and fasinating source of information and inspiration for anyone interested in or working with new media today.

This book is a delightful mixture of beautiful artwork, well edited and written historical facts, fanciful story, and compelling insight. It's rare to find a book so richly textured that is also easy and fun to read! The author's voice, a voice passionate about her work and the buidlings she draws, really comes through. And her descriptions and stories are entertaining and eloquently written. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in beautiful art, historical architecture, Oregon history, or in a fun, enjoyable read.

Caroline Harden is the sole survivor of a vicious attack that left the rest of her family dead. With the help of a charsismatic senator, one obsessed with finding the man who killed not only Caroline's family, but his own son also, she reinvents herself. The coming months are a grueling time of healing and growth, during which Caroline is transformed into Cara Jones, a woman prepared to deal with the man who stole her life.

Years pass, during which she is constantly on the run from the killer. However, Cara finds time to become the head of a charity that helps others put their lives back together again, and also finds a new love with the detective dedicated to protecting her life. Yet, despite this, she can not be completely safe or happy until the inevitable confrontation with her nemesis comes to pass.

***** Blending suspense with women's fiction skillfully, Ms. Cotton has created a novel to rival the best of Danielle Steele. Cara becomes a role model for the modern woman, and the men with whom she is involved are powerful figures who you will want to curl up with on a rainy night.

I am a Louis Lamour fan.. Ralph Compton is just as good.. I Have read "DEATH RIDES A CHESTNUT MARE" and "THE SHADOW OF A NOOSE".. I can't wait to get the third in the triology..

This book was as good as all the outhers i have read by Ralph Compton. Mystery,adventer, and realism of what it was like to live in the mid 1800,s. I have lost count on just how many of his books i have read. But i have never been disapponted with any of them. Only wish he could write a lot faster. I have also read Death rides a chestnut mare. Can not wait for the third book to come out. Demon,s pass is also wounderful.

In The Shadow of a Noose,Ralph Cotton entrails us with saloon scenes and trail drive scenes so vivid they are are more like looking at old Remington paintings than reading words on a page. Danielle and her twin brothers are the kind of young people you actually worry about from page to page until you see they have found safety at least for awhile. Old western dialogue and old time pride and honor keep these charactors always in the thick of things. Yet, as rough and tough as these people are, you still see them as vulnurable children and want give them advice. Interaction between brother and sister over their mother's death are touching and deep, and scenes of violence and vengence are breathtaking. Bravo Mr. Cotton. I look forward to Misery Express. You and Mr. Compton Write the kind of western we all grew up on. Please don't change.

Just finished reading Brothers of the Gun and had to tell how much I enjoyed it. I read a lot of westerns and historical fiction -- and this book really grabbed me and wouldn't let go. It was moving and tense. John Checker, the hero, goes through a tremendous physical and emotional trial, one that almost does in his friends. When you see him at his sister's burned-out homestead, standing beside her, it hurts deep within you. Memorable characters that I want to read about, again and again. Plenty of action -- but just as important, twists in the plot that kept me reading far in the night. This is the first book of Cotton Smith's that I've read -- and now I'm going back to read the others. Terrific stuff.

Get ready to saddle up for one amazing western! Brothers Of The Gun is a continuation of Cotton Smith's, Dark Trail To Dodge. This is a fabulous story of revenge, friendship and the complexity of family. The people seem so real and well drawn, creating a startling clarity to the reader. Cotton Smith is a wizard with the written word. Brothers Of The Gun is highly recommended.

I absolutely loved this book. I generally read a western a month and Brothers of the Gun is the best so far. I like the pyschological edge Cotton Smith gives to his characters. They are real people, not stereotypes. I think he is one of the new breed of authors that is truly breathing fresh air into the West. I'm hoping there's another John Checker book coming. Got to find out what happens to Sonny Jones, his outlaw friend, and John's sister.

I really had mixed feelings about this book. I started several times to just quit and go on to something else. It is about Jeston Nash, his leaving home and joining Jesse and Frank James and the "Boys." He kills many, gets shot several times, and all the good things men did at that time. I think his best friend is Quiet Jack Smith. You can feel the characters some times but the book just never got to me like othes of Cotton's have.I think there are five more books in the Jeston Nash Adventure series but this one takes him all the way, at least it looks that way to me. I wonder if the others are just flashbacks to previous times. Don't think I will try any more.

I have just got into Westerns and where I live, there are no bookstores that sell them. It was when I was visiting my friends up in Canada when I found this book in a used bookstore. At first I wasn't so sure about it. I like factual books and wasn't into historical fiction sorts. This book changed my mind. I loved the adventures and the vivid images of the characters and their personalities make the book come to life and make it believable. There were several times when I had to remind myself that these were fictional events. This book is a keeper and I'm even thinking of getting the rest of the series :)

Jesse James had a twin brother: his cousin, Jeston Nash.

Jesse James? Even today the name rings with excitement. Ralph Cotton brings that excitement roaring to life in his romantic first novel: WHILE ANGELS DANCE published by St Martin's Press.

One thing about Jesse James, everybody has an opinion, and nobody else agrees with it.
With a subject this volatile, you open the book with a ready sneer, ready to pounce on all the facts sure to be a little awry. But there is a delightful surprise in store. This writing is so good the sneer is immediately transformed into a grin of sheer delight.
Who cares about chasing down facts when you can go chasing down the old owlhoot trail with the 'real' Jesse James that Mr. Cotton has dreamed up?

A writer's job is to raise that curtain of the mind and create a reality the reader can actually see, hear, touch and smell. Ralph Cotton jumps right in, and pulls the reader in after him. In just a matter of minutes the smoke is boiling and outlaws with the bark on stand in the shimmering light with guns blazing.
There's no turning back, from the first page to the last, you will be anxiously watching the shadows to see what happens next.

"You could stumble into more trouble in two minutes than you could crawl out of in a hundred years." in those days.
Jeston Nash killed a Yankee soldier over a horse trade in Kentucky and the only place he could run to was the home of his Aunt Zeralda Samuel, the mother of Frank and Jesse James.

"Look here," she said to Doc Samuel. "He looks enough like Jesse to be his brother."

Frank and Jesse were off riding under the black flag of Quantrill's guerillas. The rumors of Nash's presence bring them back, leery of a trap. "I'd been drawing a fresh bucket of water from the well; the only sound in the stillness of morning was the squeaking crank handle and the clucking of chickens scratching in the dirt. Then all at once behind me, a horse nickered low, and the single heavy thud of a hoof jarred the ground. I froze, felt the skin ripple on my neck, and wondered in that split second how the hell a rider could've slipped in without them chickens raising a fuss."
It was Frank. "Frank could lock on to your eyes like a coiled viper, and though I learned to overcome it in time, that day at the well, off guard, I just stood there staring, dumbfounded by the sudden appearance of this stranger with a friendly smile and a voice like gravel wrapped in silk. And behind him ... less than fifteen feet ... not one rider ... but six! They'd slipped in as quiet as smoke, and sat there atop their horses, looking hard eyed and evil."

WHILE ANGELS DANCE has two things going for it: The characters are so real you dread finding out what might happen to them next, and the outlaw humor has your face laughing before you realize your belly is shaking.
For example, Quiet Jack had been living with a widow for some time when Jeston came to call. "You know, she killed her husband," Jack said casually the day we dug up the bank money.
He smiled affectionately. "Yep, stabbed him in the heart while he was asleep."
"Does that bother you when you go to bed of a night?" I asked.
"Why should it?" he laughed. "We ain't married!"
However, the token sex scenes are much too toxic even for a professional reader like me. Is all this trysting really that necessary?
The first one is more than a chapter long and could easily have been cut in half without the novel suffering any serious trauma. The blue language is almost black in places, but so naturally used that it doesn't actually ruin the story.

Only two, very brief scenes, jar the jaded senses. Both are deep into the novel and this reader probably only noticed them because discovering any less-than-perfect writing was a shock by that time.
A movie from this effort is almost unavoidable. Unfortunately, like Hondo, not even another John Wayne could make it as good as the original.

This is a little perfect gem. The author has mastered the art of fine Regency romance writing, and though the hero and heroine are both flawed, we believe their happily ever after ending.

He is a decent man for all of his shortcomings in the social sense, and she, whilst behaving foolishly enough to compromise herself, is not the shrew everyone thinks her to be.

(I didn't give this a 5 only because I think she should not have helped her family, and when she did, she should have told hubby the truth and saved everyone a lot of bother).

Though it would have been a lot less dramatic if she had!

Some really clever moments like the opera and dinner table incident and the ball and the conclusion made this book one of the best things I have read for a long time.

Certainly better than what a lot of established romance writers from the big houses are churning out these days. I loved it so much I read it in one sitting. I am very much looking forward to the sequels. Well done!

I read THE WEAVER TAKES A WIFE in just a few hours, mostly because I just couldn't put this delightful, charming book down. There was a neat twist in that the hero was not an aristocrat and the heroine was quite the shrew. However, I came to love them equally and felt that nothing was contrived. The hero of the book, Ethan Brundy, reminds me a lot of Derek Craven of Lisa Kleypas' DREAMING OF YOU. Except, Ethan keeps his charming Cockney accent and is all the more adorable. If you are looking for a "feel-good" book with wonderful characters, this one is for you.

Love at first sight is a really old convention of literature; the weaver's instant recognition of his true soul-mate requires only that he convince her to recognize his worth in turn. Mr. Brundy, the weaver of the title, is admirably suited to this delicate task, and succeeds beautifully. A charming book and a real Regency "keeper". Brava, Ms. Cobb!

Once I started reading Riders of Judgment I couldn't put it down. I found myself reading into the wee hours of morning. Ralph Cotton puts the main characters in situations that are so suspenseful, you remain glued to the book. I didn't want to fall asleep without knowing what happened to Danny Duggin, Tim, Jed, and Marshal McCord.

I know Ralph Compton would be very proud of the work Ralph Cotton has done on his behalf. Thanks Ralph Cotton for carrying on the great work of Mr. Compton.

Ralph Cotton writes what hopefully won't be the last book about Danille Strange and her twin brothers Jed and Ted. In doing so, Cotton has carried on the works started by Ralph Compton while not missing a hoofbeat. Compton must be smiling from his writing desk in the sky at the magnificiant job Ralph Cotton has done carring on his(Compton's) work. RIDERS OF JUDGEMENT is a must read for any western fan.

tHIS STORY IS A VERY GOOD READ. i FOUND IT TO BE INTERTAINING AND FUN. yES AS ONE READER MENTIONED THE AUTHOR DID ALWAYS SPELL OUT THE ENTIRE NAME EVERY TIME A CHACTER WAS MENTIONED AND YES IT SEEMED AS IF THE AUTHOR MR. SMITH WAS JUST TRYING TO FULLFILL HIS OBLIGATION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF WORDS, BUT THE STORY IS GOOD. aFTER ALL DON'T WE READ FICTION FOR FUN, i DO.

Decades ago, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring permanently changed the way I thought about the environment. Never Be Sick Again has just permanently changed the way I think about health. This book obsoletes most of our existing approach to medicine. An enjoyable, informative, and must-read book. Truly paradigm shifting and highly recommended.

Never Be Sick Again shatters all preconceptions about what health is and how we may attain it. Before I read this book, I thought that "health" was an ephemeral concept that was mostly in the hands of fate. Raymond showed me that this is not so in a very profound way. After reading this book I not only have a clear picture of what is at stake, but an understanding of how to make healthful choices every day.

The difference between this book and other diet, weight loss, or get-well books that I've read is that it fundamentally breaks new ground on what health is and what causes disease. I truly think that Raymond's new model for health will revolutionize the way we all think about health, and will knock the current medical establishment for a loop. There are only a few books that I've read that permanently alter my thinking on a subject, and this was one of them. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

I read in my newspaper that the publishing industry had selected Never Be Sick Again as one of the six best health books of 2002. Based on this recommendation, the intriguing title, and my interest in health, I bought a copy. I was not disappointed. I couldn't put it down. It's what I call a page turner. I read the whole book in one day staying up past 2 am. This is the best health book I have ever read. It has permanently changed the way I think about health. Never Be Sick Again is revolutionary, comprehenhive, and easy to read. In my opinion it is not only one of the six best of 2002, but one of the six best health books ever published. I am recommending it to everyone I know, and this is the first book that has ever prompted me to do that.