A young girl and her friends thrill seek and jump off a cliff. The girl struggles and lands twisted on the rocks below. Her friends land safely in the roaring ocean below. Her death is mourned greatly but soon after strange notes are found written in her handwriting. They portray her friends death. Her love of astrology is seen in the notes by her star sign at the bottom.The friends die in the ways she tells of.Is she bringing them to her? At first they believe it is her killing them but is it? Who else would be cruel enough to throw a boy up against live wires? With a great plot and twists at every corner the killer isn't known until the very end! Enjoy reading it, I certainly did.

Two years ago, Texas Ranger James A. Taylor died in the line of duty. In spite the passage of time, closure seems beyond the grasp of Jimmy's partner Ty Richardson who still remembers the blood from that nightmarish day. Even more impacted than the officer are Jimmy's spouse and child. Jenna took Jimmy Jr. to her family back East, but the loneliness gnawed at both of them. Feeling stronger than the grief-stricken widow of two years ago, Jenna and Jay (his mother and grandmother cannot call him James or Jimmy any longer) return to Texas.

Ty thinks back his vow to watch over his partner's spouse and kid just before Jimmy Sr. died. Though he appears stoic, Ty knows that he always loved Jenna and Jay as if they were his own. However, the honorable Ty will never act on his feelings because he also loved Jimmy as a brother. As he helps Jenna and Jay readjust, she falls in love with him. He shows no reciprocity of her deep feelings except in little, almost secret ways. Then again, can she really deal with a relationship with a law enforcement official after what happened to her beloved Jimmy?

A RANGER'S WIFE is an emotional police romance that will pull on reader's hearts. The characters dominate the heart-wrenching story line. Through the eyes of his partner, wife, and child, the audience sees Jimmy Sr. as a loving husband, father, and friend, and dedicated officer. Through their relationship with Jimmy Sr. and one another, sub-genre fans observe the sensitivity of Ty, Jenna, and Jay. Readers can count on Lyn Ellis to provide them with a four-box tissue tale.

Harriet Klausner

"In his book, Rational Love, Shibles defends a version of rational situational ethics. The work contains interesting ideas, is smooth and easily readable." J. Janssens Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 1980 "Rational Love" is a revised reprint of part of the author's earlier book, Emotion: The Method of Philosophical Therapy, about which the reviewers wrote: "I have been reading your new book on emotion and I certainly am enjoying it immensely. It is easily the best book on the subject that I have ever read and gives the most adequate presentation of the various cognitive theories of emotion that probably has ever been published." Albert Ellis, Ph.D., Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Study in Rational Psychotherapy, New York. "I find Prof. Shibles Emotion book to be an extremely valuable survey of the broad variety of theories of emotion that are so often neglected by philosophers and psychologists as well." B. Solomon, Philosophy, University of Auckland. "Among the titles which won top popularity accolades at the Eastern and the Midwestern Psychological Association was Emotion". Combined Book Exhibit "The work is excellent and provides interesting insights and philosophical viewpoints into the area of emotionality." David Patrick, Instructor in Psychology and Psychiatry, Northwestern University. "This exceedingly profound and thorough work is especially for professionals. This interesting book stimulates further work on the definition of emotion." Herta Winter, Erfahrungswissenschaftliche Blätter Emotion is cited in A. Rorty, Explaining Emotions, University of California Press 1980, as a general and historical study, rich in bibliographical material. It is also, cited by Albert Ellis in numerous books: (A list of citations of the author's works is available on request.)

With _Reflections on the Academic Life in North Dakota_, Walter Ellis has written a book that all men will want to read and that all women should read. Written from Ellis' own male perspective, _Reflections_ traces the decline and fall of a romantic relationship between two people in the academic profession that seemed to hold great promise, but which really never had a chance. At times hilarious, but ultimately tragic, Reflections is a skillful blend of humor and heartache, written in an engrossing style that is easy to read and sprinkled with clever, yet realistic, dialogue and the wry musings of a very intelligent author.

The story is about David London, a forty-nine year old university history professor, and Tracey Gillespie, his much younger girlfriend, a beautiful graduate student who studies archaeology at another university. From the opening chapters it is clear that the two have a volatile relationship, one which alternates between passionate love-making and trivial disagreements that have a way of simmering until they boil over into curse-laden tirades. David thinks he goes the extra mile to accommodate Tracey's every wish and need. But Tracey thinks that David can do nothing right, is insensitive to her feelings and, worse still, can't even feed her cats properly! Yet some thing or things keeps them together-the fulfillment of his fantasies of a young and dazzlingly beautiful student, her emotionally scarred need for the wisdom, stability, and security of the older professor (or father) type?

Something's got to give and the two decide to take a trip together in a tour group to the Middle East to see and experience the wonders of ancient Israel and Jordan. Surely this will solve all their problems-of course not-but it is always the two people in the relationship who need to see this the most who do not see this. The tour might just as well have been on a rollercoaster track as on the dirt roads of Petra as the trip makes things only worse for the ill-suited lovers. Further complicating matters are the other members of the tour group, a motley crew who range from the saintly Alexandra, an older woman to whom David increasingly finds himself drawn for comfort and wisdom, to the down to earth Joel and his wife, Julie, a thirty-something couple who quickly become David's drinking buddies, to the wretched Berta, a loud, bossy, bloated epitome of the ugly American tourist, to the competent, if somewhat tacky, Yuri, the Israeli tour guide who must cater to the varied and often unreasonable demands of the members of the tour group. These supporting characters are not just window dressing or, worse still, "types," but fully developed human beings who are also skillfully weaved into the plot as essential players in this tragic-comedy.

Ellis doesn't tell us what should be in a relationship, just what all too often is (for many of us, at any rate). David and Tracey are two people, intellectually and emotionally incompatible, yet drawn to each other by physical passion and their own fantasies of what they think they want out of a relationship and out of life, fantasies that end up smashed by the steel hammer of reality. But as the song says, "you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, you just might find, you'll get what you need." For if there is any lesson in Ellis' tale, it comes from the character of Alexandra, who had a long, stable relationship with a husband who was compatible with her in a real way, and not just some figment of her fantasies. One can only hope that the same readers who mutter to themselves, "how true, how true," or, "been there, done that," when reading Ellis' book (and I'm sure there will be many, for this reviewer is among them) also take the lesson to heart and break the cycle of their own failed relationships. Even if they do not, though, at least readers of Walter Ellis' _Reflections on the Academic Life in North Dakota_ will have had a few laughs, a little truth in art, and a darned good read.

The sad story of what happened in Deir Yassin is told through the research of 12 individuals whose papers are joined together here to make this book. It is written in much the same style as "Iraq Under Siege".

The story of the massacre at Deir Yassin lives in infamy, but its history is quickly becoming forgotten as urban development now covers the site... a site that ironically (or not) sits within a stone's throw of the Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, in Israel in somber rememberance of the 6 million Jewish innocents that were massacred by Hitler in WWII.

Chapter 11, "Christianity and the Future of Israeli-Palestinian Relations" is one of the best written in the book. All chapters are thought provoking and written with succinct clarity.

I especially appreciated this book not only for its candor, but because it maintained an essence of ecumenicalism between Christians, Jews, and Muslims that many other books do not afford. This is a must read for EVERYONE!

I agree with the publisher's summary of this compact compendium. I particularly appreciate its lucid explanation of what different levels of research are and aren't--helpful to educators and non-educators alike for deciding perhaps what innovations would best serve the community.

It is particularly good exposing some of the assumptions that are shared in the press about some 'best practices', and about the background of some ideas that have taken the country by storm and become standard without having any research or theoretical base.

I would add that it is a very readable book for being primarily a reference to other works, with a voice that is very conversational without sacrificing any of its scholarly authority. It is even opinionated about forming opinions.

The book does not have as slick a look as some, which kind of adds to its authenticity as an earnest effort to get the facts out there so you can make up your own mind. You will, too, for they actually teach you how to consider the evidence and form a conclusion.

I would think this will be updated every couple years. It should be a standard reference for school board members as well as all those master of education courses.

Especially valuable for anyone invovled in the restructuring of a school or district... so that would be school board members, principals, teachers, and parents. It's a big decision to change a school's paradigm, and this book helps sort out the options.

Like another book by these two professors, Resaerch on Innovations, this one manages to teach the reader about research and what it is and isn't, in addition to giving enough information about the history, philosophy, and results of any of the models in the book.

Just like the title says: this is about the research about restructuring, and doesn't have any particular agenda to persuade the reader to embrace. Other than being informed before you make any decisions.

This book was an extraordinary adventure for me, as I wrote it {and I did write the ENTIRE book} within two years of leaving The New York Times and setting out on a new area, the world of film and film music and rock and rock opera. I was heavily involved for a year working with, advising The Who, Neil Diamond, Rick Nelson, even Lorretta Lynn and Brenda Lee. I had the distinct honor of introducing Elton John to the U.S. in his first appearances in New York and Philadelphia. Then came my time as manager of artist relations for MCA, and meeting Tim Rice, who's been a friend since, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who's been an acquaintance since (I'm sure he has some friends, I just don't know that many of them, as they tend to be royalty or very upper class British). I was there with them from one of their first visits to the U.S., when they had very little money and actually had to stay in my apartment, to the debut of their rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar and on to the movie and their other works, such as Evita, Chess, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, etc.

I consider myself so very blessed to have been in the "right" place at the "right" time and to have participated in their/these lives and careers.

And if it had not been for Loretta, I would never have renewed my interest in Patsy Cline and written so often of her.

Rock Opera:The Creation of Jesus Christ Superstar is worth the price if only for the incredible photo gallery. Of course, I hope you find the writing interesting, too.

I am amazed at how many people still treasure this book and how many colleges use it in their theater courses.

Ellis Nassour, New York, July 2001

For new homeowners or experienced gardeners, this book is filled with simple, ingenious techniques for landscaping with a minimum of sweat, time, and natural resouces. In addition to covering flowers, vegetables, shrubs, trees, and other plant types, the book has a most useful section on lawns and groundcovers. It also includes information on pruning and other techniques. The layout is user-friendly, and the illustrations are plentiful and easy to follow. Nearly everyone who comes to my house asks to borrow this book!

Carol's book was easy reading, but I remember all the stories and the simple lessons they taught about God's touches in our daily lives.