Martha Grimes is one of the most talented writers of our time. Her only weakness, in my opinion, is her blatant homophobia. Of course, most readers will think one of her returning characters, Marshall Trueblood, is gay, but those who have read the first in the series, "Man With a Load of Mischief", will know that he is actually only a flamboyant heterosexual. In "The Old Contemptables", I found some of the most hateful writing I have ever experienced. Even the title, "The Old Contemptables" refers to her feelings about gays and lesbians. Come on, Martha! You're a good writer. Keep your hate to yourself!

This book is a wonderful example of Martha Grimes' intelligence and creativity. A great addition to the Jury series.

I've read every Richard Jury, and this one reaches near the top of my list. I couldn't put it down. Martha is wonderful, she keeps you guessing till the very end. By far my favorite author.

If you like Martha Grimes, you'll most likely find Jill McGowan just as delightful! I recommend checking out her first in a wonderful series, "Perfect Match"

Happy Reading!

This book was quite a handy reference manual while I was attending Ming Chuan Univeristy...quite a different culture than Austrailia!

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being an american, i find the book extremely useful while i was visiting a friend in taipei

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This book has good and bad qualities. It segments various "types" of essays such that you will likely see examples of the type of essay you would like to write. This is helpful if you want to write, say, a "why I got bad grades" type of essay. Also, the authors give good tips about what to hit on, and what not to touch. So, in this regard, it's a helpful guide. However, I am an older student and I found the content of most essays to be very naive and difficult to relate to. It's hard to imagine many of these being considered "good" samples by admissions departments, especially by today's standards (some of the essays are from the 1980's). The tips are disappointing too. For example, they offer feedback from admissions officers, but it's very thin stuff; there's no depth on perceptions and perspectives of these individuals. For example, in "Law School Confidential" by Robert Miller, he conducted a candid interview with a Director of Admissions. This level of depth is missing in this book. You get the surfacy stuff that can spawn ideas for your own essays, but not a lot of perspective. So, it was helpful to me but it lacked the depth I hoped for.

This book was great!! While applying for law school, I found that there was very little information regarding essays (tons of stuff about the LSAT, but what about the essay??). These examples were extremely helpful. I enjoyed reading how successful students had approached the task of presenting themselves in a few short pages. After reading this book I felt that basically anything goes in terms of law school application essays. I was finally ready to tackle writing my own essay(yikes!).

This most popular textbook for radiologist physics training courses (73% of market in 1989 AAPM survey) is excellent for the non-scientist who desires both technical and practical information. Needs to add sections on digital radiography, pulsed fluoroscopy, and CCD cameras, while reducing coverage of some fading technologies. This is one of the better textbooks I have used for any course.

... of the basic principles of x-ray imaging production and generation of x-rays. The book is feasible as a quick reference for fundamental descriptions of x-ray principles and basic technological theory of the operation of x-ray equipment. The book is probably best suited for doctors or nurses. Enginners working with x-ray equipment will find some parts quite basic. Some parts are also starting to feel a little old (the chapter of Xeroradiography for example).

This is one of the better textbooks i've encountered for teaching physics to radiology residents. Other books such as Bushberg are good, but it doesn't quite go into the same detail on some subjects like Christensen does. A new edition updating topics such as MRI, digital imaging and removing some of the chapters like xeroradiography would be nice. I'd also like to see a chapter or two on nuclear medicine imaging, but that might make the book a little too big.

I've read the majority of Grimes' books, including several non-Jury ones and, actually I was quite disappointed with this one. It's long (over 400 pages) and tends to plod meandering between Jury, Plant, Wiggins, the inimitable Cripse family, but to me never really goes anywhere to adding to the story or, importantly, its resolution - more little vignettes of peoples lives rather than mystery tale. Naturally, there's Jury's ongoing personal dilemma of being constantly without female companionship and far too much time wasted on his self-analysis of quitting smoking, while other characters bog down the story with equal non-relevant issues.

The crimes are resolved over the final ten or so pages, with the previous text not really factoring into the story at all. I would have to say, not one of Ms. Grimes better efforts.

This is the second Grimes book I've read (both Richard Jury mysteries). I found the plots, with various twists and turns, to be believable and entertaining. The characters are well defined and easy to relate to, and there is good humor interspersed.

However, what I didn't like at all were the interminable descriptions of landscapes, scenes, even a cat! I also find Ms. Grimes' use of obscure/big words mildly irritating.

If all the excess verbage could be eliminated, I'd say these would be page turners. As they are, it's almost a chore to pick them up.

This is the first book I have read by Martha Grimes. I have to say she is a very good writer. "Rainbow's End" got me hooked from the very beginning to the end. This book has a wonderful plot and the characters are believeable and hilarious! The main character is Richard Jury and he has a suspicious beleif that these three "natural" deaths are connected and they were not "natural causes." He travels from Stonehenge, England to Sante Fe, New Mexico and discovers...well you read it for yourself!!! I reccommend this book for any avid mystery reader. You will love it!

: "Yesterday's Shadow is an engaging, short romantic suspense tale. Partially due to length, the characterization is not terribly strong, but Ms. Curry shows real potential." Romantic Times Magazine

Edna Curry has crafted an incredible little book. Her words are placed as carefully as an artist dabs his brush on canvass. Curry's pen draws magical scenes that softly touch the soul of the readers' imagination. If you want to be wrapped in the glow of a good book, read Circle of Shadows. Sassy Reviewed by Pat Keesey

I have to say that I thought this book would have more review questions in each chapter. Once you get passed chapter 1, you may get 15 to 20 review questions. I had hope to see more questions. The author failed to give an explanation to the questions and answers. Each chapter starts off with review questions. I would have expected to have read about the subjects before seeing the review questions.

In the instructions for students the author says "Pay attention to the key words and objectives". Well I was certainly dispointed because I did not see any key words and objectives.

The book contains unlabeled images and illustrations for every chapter but it failed to identify and describe the parts of the anatomy in the image. They leave up to you to figure out the parts of the image.

I am certainly disappointed.

MCP

THIS BOOK TAKES YOU THROUGH A STEP-BY-STEP PROTOCOL FOR EVERY REGION OF ABDOMINAL SCANNING, IT IS TRULEY A GREAT BOOK TO LEARN BY AND, ONE TO KEEP TO GO BACK TO IN THE FUTURE AS I CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A SONOGRAPHER.

I have made some very good things with this book but others are just flat out awful. The worst example was a recipie that actually called for 2 Tablespoons of cayenne pepper and as a result was absolutely inedible! (Note I have the first edition so hopefully these mistakes have been corrected for this printing).

I borrowed (stole?) this book from a friend, and am slowly working my way through it. Everything so far has been delicious, and I am slowly gaining enough confidence to try substitutions when my spice cupboard is not up to the demands of the recipe (what are curry leaves, anyway?) The recipes are conveniently separated into chapters for dishes with and without meat, plus some side dishes and pickles. For those interested in getting a basic education in Indian cuisine, this is a good place to start. I hope Sudha Koul is planning another, more advanced, cookbook, which, if it has pictures, and recipes of the same reliability, I would give 5 stars...

Most of the recipies are easy enough to prepair, and also contain variety. Written seemingly from a practical stance, even people living on their own with limited resources (like myself) can produce decent dishes. A great gift for college students who like Indian cooking.

Mr German teacher said that this book is very bad like Korean text book. There are many typos and some misunderstanding of grammar(according to my teacher). There are no summary of grammar. This book is just consist of sample test. Also, you have to know that this book's sample test is slicely different from real SAT.

I felt that it was decent overall. There were definitely typos present within the book that need editing. The tests were, however, comparable to my practice AP tests, and I also found that I could gage the abilities of my younger students as well. Most of the explanations after each test make sense, and I could often easily add a review to any of them at anytime. Proofreading this text would definitely help, but I found this to be a good teaching tool in my classes.

If you are doing the SAT 2 German Test, this book is a must. The Questions are a bit old and 2-3 answers are wrong. But its very good for preparing. There are 6 Tests in the book, every day I did one, and all answers are explained at the end of each Test. If you are already pretty good in German it really helps preparing for the SAT especially if you are not used to the this testing method.

This is the first book by Martha Grimes I have read, after a couple of friends recommended her. She has a witty style and is obviously well-read (references to Shakespeare and the Elizabethan world play an important role in the book). Unfotunately the denouement, contrary to a reviewer's blurb on the back cover, is not well conceived and is resolved with the help of a deus ex machina-character flown into England on a Concorde jet liner (really). The main characters, Richard Jury and Melrose Plant, are likable; this book may just be a weak entry in the series.

I am puzzled by Martha Grimes' response to Americans in this novel. As an American, albeit one who is writing British mysteries, she comes up with a whole tour full of unsympathetic American tourists here--even down to what I think are supposed to be humerous names for them. I think this is unfortunate, since it weakens the book, which has a plot that could have held up just as well if the characters were less insistantly annoying.
Martha Grimes is one of my favorite writers, and I don't think this novel holds up anywhere near as well as the others in this wonderful series.

I was taking a few days off work (can you call it vacation if you mostly stay home and drive your kids and their friends around?) so I didn't want to read the stack of business books waiting for me. And I didn't feel ready to get back into Tolkien. I told my wife I wanted a mystery that I could read in a couple of days - nothing as cerebral as Holmes, but not a fluff (vacation shouldn't be a total waste). She hands me The Dirty Duck. Yes another really great Detective Superintendent Richard Jury story. A bucket full of interesting (read: quirky, but loveable) characters in a great setting (Stratford-on Avon) - only one of them has this nasty thing about using a razor in a most unconventional way - and then leaving a bit of poetry on the corpses as a signature. And just to add a twist, a little boy who is related to two of the victims is missing. I put Martha Grimes right up there with Christie for character and plot twists any day. If you haven't sampled Martha Grimes yet, you don't know what you are missing.