Although, the story is a good romance and has good character layout, I think Seth's daughter, Patch stole the center stage! I was more interested in learning about Patch and Ethan - The Outlaw, then the main characters. I think I'll pick up The Outlaw's Bride and find out what happens between the two...wink.

Michelle Harris, Author of Moonlight Midnight Glory, ISBN: 0595000355

This is one of my favorite of Joan's books, and i have read many. I'm definately in love with her Hawk's Way series and can't wait for more. This was the first historical of hers that i read and i absolutely loved it. I am a big fan of historical novels and but this one was one of the best. I love the western themes and i thought the family situation in this novel was great i laughed so much i was in tears. Patch was definately a favorite character and i loved the novel about her also. I wish i could give such high recomendations about some of joan's other historicals but i can't stand the ones about Earls and Dukes, i guess they're just not my thing. But this book is great for anyone who loves historicals, the old west,or joan johnston, or all of the above, Happy reading

This was my first western by Joan Johnston. It was good reading. The characters were so real. You could not help but feel Patches pain at the new family. She was a great charcter I can not wait for pay day so I can buy her story. Joan is now one of my top five authors.

With all new essays, lists, and quotes, the average beer drinker doesn't stand a chance of getting to work on time in the morning with this book lying around. Next should be, "Beer Games 3: Recovering from 'Beer Games 2.'"

The definitive encyclopedia of bacchanalian fun. I didn't think anything could top the first one - I was wrong. No library, or liquor cabinet, should be without this book. Put it up there on the shelf right next to the dictionary.

If you enjoyed "The Complete Book of Beer Drinking Games," you'll love the sequel. With 40 new games, new essays and lists, and the hilarious Beer Catalog, it's a must for party animals and fans of beer-sodden humor

Students at my school library are always asking for scary books, but appropriate stories are few and far between. This will satisfy many of them. Set in Colonial Massachusetts, the story, in which a dog digs up a bone from the body of Nicholas Greebe begins an incredible, hundred-year journey for that bone. Greebe's ghost waits and haunts his former home until the bone miraculously returns. The illustrations add just the right detail and mood to the story.

I wish I would have written this book! The language is amazing and fun to read over and over. My boys, 6 and 3, love this book, and so do I (which is great since I'm the one reading it). I'm sad that this book is out of print because it's a gem.

To all Parents,grandparents, of whatever stripe: this book is the Quintessence of a Children's Book!!!!! Since my Husband found this Volume: I let him compleat the Review.
Quite by chance, I found this Book on a Sale Table and was 1st struck by the Quality of the Artwork. A quick review of the contents was then in order. The Text was so well written, that I found the nearest chair, and read the entire (unnumbered)15pages!
I am also an amateur historian: and the fellow you might see at Colonial Williamsburg(VA) in a cocked hat and kneebreeches: so I was also interested in the details of the Artwork. In brief, they are superb,and add immensley to the value of the story line.
If you but buy just One Book for the Child in your Life: MAke it this One Book"The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe". You and the children will be most satisfied with it. I cannot rate it highly enough, in this day of 'computer english' and the Degredation of the English Tongue.
Mrs. Harriett Anthony& "Squire" Charles Anthony

I've read Wordsworth my whole life, and my hunched posture, bland disposition, and general resentment of other people's successes are testament to what happens when one gives oneself- like a prom queen- to the WORDSWORTHer. Johnstone does admirable work here, giving us the dirt on the man and the truth about his years in Hollywood. Who knew that Wordsworth was a spy, or that he was the basis of the famous spy vrs spy strip? Johnson's fine research helped me appreciate that strip much more than i had.

Excellent book! I liked the textual innuendo here, that our most bucolic and turgid of romantic poets was indeed a spy, mostly in the house of love, macking on Dorothea, his sister later of Oz fame, as well as many French Aristocrats and poetesses. This book displays brilliant research and impressive critical girth. The tale of Johnson provides a rich and yeasty reading of Wordsworth's "Prelude" as a love poem to Coleridge, what Johnson calls the foreplay to romanticism itself. Read this book for the rich critical ideas and the saucy details about how, where, and how often the poet hides himself.

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Terry Johnston's "Lay the Mountains Low" is a must for the avid fan of western history. Part of the Plainsmen series, we are not gifted with the rugged Irishman Sheamus Donnegan, as he is on duty miles away trying to quell a different Indian uprising (this makes Johnston's writing less fictionalized)instead we fall in love with numerous characters both Native American and European. This is the second part to a trilogy about the Nez Perce War of 1877, focusing on the drama which occurred after the Battle of White Bird Canyon and culminating with the tragic Big Hole Battle. Johnston takes you to the campsite, the fort, the trail ride, the battle ridge, and makes you consider how you would stand up against the elements, enemy and morality. Without a doubt, this is Johnston's best piece of work and is a must read for all fans of the Great American West. Make special note to read the afterword as Johnston provides information on his fact-finding trips thoroughout the West. Johnston provides valuable information and insight to battle sites, cemeteries, forts and historical road-side stops...again, Johnston gives the reader a seat on the fifty yard line to some of our nation's most famous locations.

Terry Johnston writes like a man who was there as events unfolded. He leaves no doubt that he was there--not during the events, but at the locations. Weaving contemporary newspaper articles and original letters throughout the text firmly roots this novel in time and space. This, plus occasional historical footnotes quenches a historian's thirst for authenticity. It made me want to go and visit these places for myself, equipped with Johnton's literary visual aids.

As always with Terry, a great book, an excellent way to learn about the history of the American West. If you are looking for a typical shootem up western this is not the book for you. This book is not for the faint hearted, there are few heros here, just a people fighting for their freedom and their lives against impossible odds. There is a lot of pain and and heart break here for both the Nez Perce and the whites, but mostly for the Nez Perce. This book really got to me, it was heart breaking reading what happened to the innocents on both sides. My family,s history goes back over 150 years in the west, so Terry,s books have special meaning for me. Read this book and you will never forget it.

Barth is a fine writer who does a marvelous job in creating believable and likable characters. it was fun to sail with him and his yuppy friends in the Chesapeake. (A non-sailer would miss much of the action and pleasure of this novel) The story of the couple and the boat would make a fine but smaller novel. Barth's politics are those of aca- deme and perhaps intrude too much into what is supposed to be only a story...not an effort to convert those who are not PC already. But he sure

can write and OH, I do love KISS just as he does.

Of the maybe five novels of Barth I've read so far in my young life, this is probably my favorite of them all (Sot-Weed Factor does run a close second, however) if only due to the laziness factor since I didn't feel I needed a doctorate in English literature or mythology to understand everything that was going on. All told, on the surface this is probably one of the lighter books he's done . . . it's basically about a couple (teh wife's eight months pregnant) going out sailing in Cheaspeake Bay and to pass time they start telling stories. Except it's about everything else too and slowly the novel starts to incorporate local history, the knots of the characters' lives, mythology, plays, short stories . . . you name it. For someone not of Barth's skill this would come off as a tedious academic exercise merely to show the author's genre bending abilities. Once in a while it teeters toward that but manages to stay on the right side of the line. What helps is the sheer exuburance of the book, the people all seem to like each other (not that there isn't conflict), folks are happy with their lives, never before has Barth managed to create a more three dimensional set of people or given them a more realistic world to inhabit. It's just genuinely enjoyable to read, especially as the stories and stories-within-stories start to bounce off each othere. There are echoes of several of Barth's earlier works here, I spotted definitely Lost in the Funhouse and Chimera (and the Sot-Weed Factor is mentioned) so for long time readers it's a bit of a revisit with old friends. Is the book probably longer than it needs to be? Yeah, but if long books are your problem than you shouldn't be reading Barth. The main couple Peter and Katherine are sometimes a bit too precious for words (the constant renaming of the babies got annoying real fast) and in spurts there is just too much love going around but I can't really level that as a flaw now, can I? Politics does threaten to creep in every so often but it's dated eighties style politics now so I didn't pay much attention to it. Overall, it doesn't break any vibrant new ground for Barth but serves as a fine summing up of his strengths and his skills, the man can tell a decent story and he can write the pants off just about anybody (and no, those aren't the same thing) so if you want a fun "literary" novel that won't overwhelm you with all those nasty post-modern tricks those oh so erudite authors love to pull on unsuspecting readers, this might just be what you're looking for. Just stay away if you're allergic to mythology, if you want to read Barth it's not something you can easily escape from. But I like it anyway.

I'm 5 pages from the end of this book, but I'm postponing reading them because I just don't want it to end. Like The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor, this book is escapism at its most extreme.

The framing is phenomenal, mirror images abound, pairs proliferate, and while things constantly remain at the edge of confusion, Barth always reins you in just before you teeter off into chaos. So deft with words, and even more so with their meanings, Barth has written what is quite possibly my favorite book of all time.

We all know the tragedy from World War II when Atomic bomb was exploded over Hirochima nd Nagasaki. It leaded to a indescribable loss. People loss their lives and suffer from many illness.
This is the very book that is written by the one who was really in the event.. Mr. Takashi Nagai is one of the doctors who try to save the survivors and cure the patiences. It is a very tough loss for all Japanease people. So this is a book that is so toughing and very insightful.
Why this book get only 3 stars !!!
My reason to rate this book only 3 because the writhing style. This book is too emotional. It is really too much. The fact of the event isn't combined with the feeling in a very proper ratios and it leads to be a too depressive book.
But rather than this, I still recommend this book to anyone. If U leave the too-emotional part out. U will get the very true story about a group of people who fight the unfightable, who try to do their best to help other injured. On top of that, this is the story that will remind us that "No Moer War" please.

a Japanese friend of mine was born in nagasaki and her birth was just after the war her mother has suffered alot from the after affects of this terrible tragidy of nuclear bombing and my friend gave me this story to read. I was moved to tearsseveral times from the accounts in the book.

The author's friends, colleagues and wife were killed instantly by the atomic bomb and he died of injuries after a few years leaving his children orphans. He was a Christian, a part of the Nagasaki Christian community which had experienced persecution from the time the Portuguese brought Christianity to the city. His view of God's provision as it relates to the horror of the bomb is very profound. I wish the book had provided supplementary information regarding the author's life and the Christian community in Nagasaki.

Certain dual-meaning tracts, or those with multiple possible translations, especially in the Acts and Gospels, are trimmed often and unneccessarily. If one is to understand the Word, it must not be edited for him.

The quality of sound is good. But a few words is cut by the end of every chapter. The read speed of Old Testament is little bit faster.

I have no idea what that reviewer from Canada is talking about! This audio Bible has been read word-for-word from the King James Version. I have listened and read along and there are no omissions or translation problems. It has been beautifully narrated and is a joy to have and listen to. You will love it!

I enjoyed reading this book, and would suggest it to others looking for a good romantic novel . . .If you want to read a book that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A gift to be cherished forever

...Just a short note to say that this was a good book -- well worth the cost. I love what happened to Millicent (the Fairy God Mother) in the end!

A real cute Cinderella story. The fairy godmother was a real laugh. It was very captivating. I read it in only 2 day. The main character are chaming and delightful.

That Gunther Fraschka is a hero worshipper, not a biographer and certainly not a scholar, is painfully evident in this collection of sketches purporting to commemorate the deeds of Hitler's greatest heroes. Worse, his writing style is atrocious (or Johnston's translation is), consisting of prose more appropriate to a high-school essay than a serious study of the essence of heroism, and the 27 men considered here certainly qualify as subjects for any such investigation. I invite the reader to consider Fraschka's essay on Genraloberst der Waffen SS Joseph ("Sepp") Dietrich. Fraschka completely glosses over Dietrich's involvement in the "Roehm Putsch" of 1934 and the Malmedy massacre in 1944. I would not expect him to pillory Dietrich for whatever real responsibility he had in these events, but I hoped for an honest appraisal, not the gloss he gives us here. I would like to believe too that Dietrich stood up to Hitler, but Fraschka cites no sources for writing that he did, nor does he give a shred of evidence that he approved of the July 1944 assassination plot. It would be nice to know that this man was as brave in front of Der Fuhrer as he was in front of the Russians. But I give this book 3 stars anyway. In this age of "leaders" who've never worn a uniform much less placed their sacred persons in harm's way for a cause larger than themselves, men who have made careers out of living off the public interest, men who order others to do what they'd never dare themselves, men who cannot even control their base animal instincts, the deeds of the 27 Knights whose stories appear in this flawed book nevertheless shine brightly. Read it, but with caution.

This book consists of 27 short biographies of the men who won the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves Swords, and Diamonds.

Many of the men are quite famous, but unless you are an expert on the subject, I am sure several of these mens histories will be quite new to most readers.

One reviewer criticized the book for not discussing Peipers evil doings. That is not the point of the book, it was written to tell of the deeds that these men performed to earn the award.

I do agree with the other reviewers that the translation is quite bad, but it does not take away from the book.

I am well read on the German army, and have been a WWII reenactor for several years, I am well versed on the subject, but there was still much to learn from reading this book.

I'm not an expert so I can't vouch for the details but only 27 of Germany's heroes won the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. Their's was a war of skill, courage, and sheer will against an endless, unremitting tide of the Allies' personnel and machinery.

All 27 are covered in Knights: Panzer commanders, U-boat captains, combat generals, Hans Rudel (the Stuka pilot), and fighter pilots. Fighter pilots included Adolf Galland, Werner Mölders, Gordon Gollob, Hermann Graf (200 kills in 13 months), Erich Hartmann (353 kills in 30 months), and Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer. Called the "Night Ghost" by the British bomber crews, Schnaufer shot down 4 bombers a night for 5 consecutive nights and once destroyed 5 bombers in 14 minutes.

Hans-Joachim Marseille was known by his friends as the "Southern Star." This lone fighter preferred to attack an entire squadron of Spitfires (at least 5) with his single aircraft. He never completed a sortie without a kill and often got all five enemies. The British had standing orders not to engage the wild but chivalrous warrior they called the "Eagle of Africa." He died in a 1942 aircraft accident with 158 kills. He was 22. Knights of the Reich is truly an exhilarating and inspiring book that tells of war time heroics and the sad tale of the heroes treatment by their cruel victors.