This is an awesome book, I'd reccomend it to anyone who is interested in Tudor times or Kathryn Howard. We're all so lucky it came back into print! This book weaves a rich tapestry of romance, polotics in Tudor times, and other such subjects. Read it quickly.

In this, the final novel in her "Queens of England" series of books, the author weaves a tapestry of political intrigue, romance, and historical detail into the story of young Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. A masterful storyteller, the author, who also writes under the name Victoria Holt and has a cavalcade of devoted readers, creates a work of historical fiction that will transport the reader to another time.

The book details the rise and fall of Katherine Howard, a young, impoverished noblewoman of an illustrous family. As a young girl, she was sent to live with her grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk, where she, unfortunately, fell in with a licentious group of retainers and became ensnared in two unsuitable affairs of the heart. Little did she know that they would serve to haunt her a way she could never have imagined.

An opportunity, orchestrated by her Machiavellian and ambitious uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, arises for the beautiful, though foolish, Katherine to go to the Royal Court as Lady -In-Waiting to the fourth wife of Henry VIII, the kindly Anne of Cleves. Katherine obligingly goes. There, she falls in love with her cousin, Thomas Culpepper, a gentleman of the King's Bed Chamber. Her hopes of marriage to her handsome cousin are soon dashed, however, when she catches the wandering eye of the King, who loathes his current wife.

Having charmed the King and having little say in the matter, Katherine becomes his fifth wife, once he divorces Anne of Cleves. Katherine's initial happiness as Queen is cut short, however, when her lurid past comes to light and is brought to the King's attention. This, coupled with her indiscretions with Thomas Culpepper, are enough to abruptly terminate her brief reign over England as its Queen and cause a number of heads, including hers, to roll.

This is an intriguing blend of fact and fiction, which is laced with enough historical detail to satisfy those readers who enjoy historical fiction. It is with good reason that the author has a legion of devoted readers.

This was a completely awesome book! I'd recomend it to anyone.

I read it when I was studying Kathyrn Howard for a report for school. I wasn't expecting much at all, but I got an awesome book.

I plan to buy it next moth when it comes back into print.

The music is amazing, the book is incredible, the story is haunting; these are all things credited to make this musical spectacular. Sweeny Todd tells the story of revenge, love, death, and ofcoarse pies. Sweeny Todd is a Barber who seeks revenge on all man kind. Mrs Lovett is his assistant who hides the evidence, in her delicious meat pies. "Have you seen the Priest?" asked the Judge. "No, I havent." replied the Beadle Bamford smaking his lips. "By the way judge have you tasted this delicious PRIEST PIE."

In 1979, Stephen Sondheim had a long and illustrious career on the Broadway stage, with "Company", "Follies", and "A Little Night Music" to his credit. "Sweeney Todd" capped that career with an extraordinarily inspired score, ably seconded by Hugh Wheeler's insightful and clever book. A triumph on all counts.

Not only does the music book capture many of the aspects of the tale of Sweeney Todd, it captures Stephen Sondheim's brilliance in the world of music as a writer. This music book is well worth the price paid for it.

I found this to be an enjoyable, well-written thriller with unusually strong characterization. Poyer achieves an unusual feat, creating a junior high age girl character who's only annoying some of the time.

As people die mysteriously in the wintry Pennsylvania hills, a mining corporation faces a hostile takeover, and some begin to blame the killings on recently introduced wolves.

The corporate parts of the story are frankly rather boring until you reach the culmination, the reason for them. Poyer must have dealt with corporate vampire types before. The takeover and proposed restructuring ring true.

Believability isn't necessarily this novel's strong point. The twist, the criminal behavior of a character, comes with no foreshadowing whatsoever. Secret mines where trespassers are savaged by attack dogs? Wolves saving children from frozen lakes? (The wolves are described well and mostly accurately, but that bit lost me). Nevertheless, I enjoyed the book. The descriptions of the winter mountains are especially strong. I recommend it.

Wow. I just finished reading this book during a subzero Midwestern winter, and I believe that was the best time to read it. The cold leaps off the pages and gets into your bones, just like it does to the characters in the book. You're reading along very nicely, understanding the plot and the players in it, when WHAM! A startling announcement at a community meeting throws you a curve. An old man and a little girl are lost in the woods. And suddenly you're on a literary roller coaster, flying toward the conclusion of the novel, unable to do anything but finish the darn book. It's great! Now I have to go read the other two episodes in the series.

"Racks" Halvorsen, the old man of the woods in Hemlock County returns to take on corruption in the remnants of the oil business in the home area of the origins of oil production. Masterful writing by a great story teller with a true gift in use of the English language. If you like well developed characters, Pennsylvania, the oil industry, ecology, and a fast paced read; you can not go wrong with this book. If you haven't read the two previous novels in this series, reading this one will send you scrambling to find them. They are entitled: "Winter in the Heart" and "The Dead of Winter". You will find yourself in "Racks" Halvorsen's shoes and almost feel the frostbite.

I picked this book up, thinking it would be more of a mystery than it was. While the story line was based on a missing teenage girl, it was more the story of Noah and Mariel and a love lost many years ago. While I was disappointed that there was less mystery/suspense, it was still a good story and I felt myself rooting for them to get back together. If it's a love story you're looking for, this is it, with the dramatic ending we all dream of. If it's a mystery/suspense, you'll be somewhat disappointed.

I have never written a review before, but I felt I just had to for this one. I have a very busy lifestyle, but try to fit reading in when possible (ya know - trying to show the kids a good past time activity). But this one floored me. For the first time ever, I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! I've always heard people say that, but geesh, I thought they must just have too much time on their hands. Now I know what they mean!Get the book! I can't think of anyone that wouldn't be touched by this.

When she was only eighteen, Rowan gave her child up for adoption. Fifteen years later, when Rowan receives an email from her daughter, the events of that long ago Independence day suddenly resurface -- the signing of the papers relinquishing rights to her daughter, and the loss of the child's father as well. The email provokes her into leaving behind her small town life in Missouri, and flying to New York to meet her past. But when she arrives, Mariel finds a newspaper article that indicates her daughter is missing.

Mariel contacts the child's father, Noah, to clue him in that their daughter might be in trouble. Together they meet the adoptive parents, and begin the quest to find the missing girl. Along the way, they must confront not only the past, but also their still strong feelings for each other. Their time together becomes a journey in self-discovery and an opportunity to heal the wounds of the past. Indeed, if they have the courage, Mariel and Noah have the chance to reclaim all that was lost, as they soon realize that not only have they never stopped loving each other, they've also never stopped loving the child they share.

CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU is one the most emotionally charged, deeply felt novels I have encountered in mainstream fiction. Personal experience gives this novel an added depth and an assertion to the "truth" of the emotions, guilt, and challenges. A novel of shared pain, of growth, of second chances and joy, CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU comes very highly recommended.

I have Oxford dictionaries in other languages and never found any problems with them. My Russian is not very good and perhaps that's why I notice some problems with this dictionary. It has some odd omissions. For instance, I tried looking up the Russian word for 'children' under the entry 'child' in the English-Russian section. The entry does NOT say that 'children' is the plural of child, in fact it doesn't mention the word 'children' anywhere. Nor does the entry include the Russian word for 'children.' And 'children' is not listed anywhere else in the English-Russian section. So some hapless Russian speaker using this dictionary would not learn that 'children' is the plural of 'child,' and would not be able to look up the word 'children' at all. Conversely, an English speaker would also not find the Russian word for 'children' by looking in the English-Russian section. Granted this may be an isolated example, but it does suggest that there may be some editing problems.

I also disliked the explanations in the front about the construction and meaning of dictionary entries. The explanations are a little too terse for those of us not well versed in Russian grammar. It would be nice to have at least a few examples written out in full. And as far as I could make out, a lot of the information about the Russian entries actually appeared under the discussion of English entries.

It would be nice to have a few more notes about pronunciation. As is, you would think that 'yevo' in Russian was pronounced 'yego' (as it is spelled) if all you had to go on was the information in the dictionary. Nor will you find information about consonants that aren't pronounced.

Other than that, the dictionary is nicely produced and well printed. It appears up-to-date, with lots of internet information. I am not able to make any intelligent comparisons of this dictionary with other Russian-English dictionaries. Although this seems to have a few shortcomings, it may well be a good choice for many readers.

One additional note: although another reviewer mentions conjugation tables, my copy of this dictionary has no grammatical tables of any kind (although they would have been useful).

This is an excellent dictionary for students of Russian. It is well-organized, attractive, and I have to not find a word I need. However, it is pretty big. I wouldn't advise buying it as a travel ditionary.

Very comprehensive and an ideal companion to your Russian studies. It appears to have all I need in terms of vocabulary at a beginners/intermediate level, although it could contain more contemporary slang (important I feel when learning a language you will be exposed to on a daily basis)

It is though the heaviest book I carry around daily and sometimes I could wish for a lighter dictionary!

Garner Quinn, true crime writer, is a wonderful neurotic. Her background includes a dead alcoholic mother; rich, neglectful and dead father who had been a successful attorney and sued her over her first book; a Jamaican housekeeper who raised her; a teenaged daughter; an attorney ex-husband; and the Jamaican housekeeper's jealous daughter. There is also the ex-lover, who might have been her mother's ex-lover, who abandoned her.

Then Quinn develops a stalker. It begins with one creepy letter and escalates from there. She hires a high priced security firm to keep her little family safe. But it's not that easy, as circumstances drag in Dane Blackmoor, her expatriated ex-lover.

The really developed relationships in this book though are between Quinn, her daughter, her housekeeper and her housekeeper's daughter. Garner Quinn's life is not just threatened, it's badly in need of being shaken up and set right. Maybe this is the book to do it.

"Dead Letter" is a very good book for kids through pre-teens. Herculea finds a letter in the new coat she buys at a local store. She looks a the letter and is surprised. In the whole book Hurculea tries to figure out the mystery of the Dead Letter...

Garner Quinn has taken a hiatus from her famous career as a true crime writer. However, this is one time in which out of sight does not mean out of mind as the public still endows her with much acclaim. However, one of her fans is making her life a living hell by sending her letters, breaking into her car and leaving threatening notes. Garner takes the threats very seriously and hires Corbin, Inc, a security firm to the rich and famous, to safeguard her. Reed Corbin sets up a trap to capture Garner's nemesis even as he makes sure his client knows that he is very attracted to her. She reciprocates his feelings even though he is not Dane Blakemore.

When the stalker is apprehended, Garner concludes that Dane is never returning from Europe to her and is prepared to pursue a relationship with Reed. However, tragedy strikes, causing Garner to flee to the arms of Dane in Paris. However, Garner is called home because some unknown has posted bond for the stalker. The stalker is killed by the security agent but for Garner the terror has only just begun.

Jane Waterhouse can always be counted on to give her readers the unexpected and her third Quinn novel is no exception. DEAD LETTER is a roller coaster ride of thrills, chills, and unrelenting suspense. There are so many twists and turns coupled with unexpected but believable surprises that the reader will be unable to put the book down until the last page has been turned. Anyone who has tasted a Quinn book will want to read the other two stories as well as future books because they will become addicted to the series.

Harriet Klausner

I am a big G Godwin fan, but a little disappointed with this outing. I just never connected with the characters, never got drawn in by the plot. Maybe I'm prejudiced because I'm a southerner and prefer her southern stories. I'll pass on this one.

"The Good Husband" is the first work I have read by Gail Godwin and will not be the last. I found the book enlightening as well as pertinent. Godwin has a way of taking ordinary events and bringing a fresh, new perspective to them. For me, the novel seemed to be entertaining and at the same time, educational; designed to make a person think. I really appreciated being able to see death from Magda's perspective. I had never thought of death as a final examination. It was a revelation for me as I have had many people in my life die recently. Although some of them may not have viewed death from her perspective, it gave me a new outlook on the process. It also gave me a new perspective on life. I found the part about Francis' misericords very educational and captivating at the same time. I think that while I am in Europe, I will be visiting some cathedrals just to see for myself if they exist. Godwin must have put quite a bit of time and effort into researching the subject for it to be so detailed. I really appreciated being able to "educate" myself while at the same time "entertain" myself. While I enjoyed the entire novel, I think that the speech Hugo Henry gave on writing a novel was my favorite part. It was very clever of Godwin to weave Hugo's views, as an author, on writing a novel into her own novel. I realized how true it was when Hugo said, "If you get the beginning of your story right, it already contains the seed of its own ending. And if the ending's right, it succeeds in making the beginning inevitable"(410). I also loved how Hugo related a novel to a relationship. It seemed the perfect way for him to tell his wife, Alice, that he realized it was over for them. Godwin put the whole novel together so well that I felt like I could empathize with her characters. While I knew what would inevitably happen, I found myself just turning the pages. I cried and got angry with the characters and was sad when the novel ended. As someone once said, though I cannot remember whom, reading a book is like making new friends and when it is done, you leave. If you want to visit them again you have to reread the book. I am sure that I will be revisiting Magda, Francis, Hugo and Alice again. Meanwhile, I think I will check out some of Gail Godwin's other books and make some more new friends.

This book is wise, witty and endearing. Ms. Godwin has great emotional insight. The characters are varied and real: the larger-than-life Magda, awaiting her death from ovarian cancer; her devoted, altruistic mate, the former seminarian, Francis; Alice, searching for her life's meaning after the death of her baby; and Alice's husband, the self-absorbed novelist, Hugo. "The Good Husband" touched a chord within me.

RE: A History of World Societies, Vol. B, by McKay, Hill, and Buckler.The following was taken directly from the pages of this text; chapter 14, page 460, last paragraph, left column:

'The average runner could cover about 50 leagues or 175 miles per day ' a remarkable feat of physical endurance, especially at high altitude ' but the larger the empire became, the greater the distances to be covered.'

I had always supposed that genuine scholars wrote textbooks, and that they were intended as works of non-fiction. Instead, this text is more akin to Paul Bunyan; it's a sort of South American version of American Folktales.

Upon reflection, I don't know whether the appropriate response is outrage at the ignorance of the authors, or amusement at the gullibility of the (what ' apparently sleeping?) editors. Is the ubiquitous filter of political correctness the only scrutiny to which textbooks today are subject?

In my view, this passage calls into question the reliability ' indeed, the credibility ' of the remaining information. If such fundamentally simple information as this is worthless, to what level of factual scrutiny were the socio/political ideas subject?

This extraordinarily well written book contains every essential fact with which we all need to be familiar. No other book on the market offers so much information at such a low price. Furthermore, the structure of the book facilitates reading and also makes it more interesting. Needless to say, many history books nowadays present biased accounts of historic facts (after all, it is a well known fact that winners write history books). This book, on the other hand, provides a relatively unbiased and balanced account of world history. I have read a number of history books but none of them is nearly as well written and well structured as this one. In my view, this book should be a part of every student's book collection. Highly recommended.

The book came in good cond.and on time!... Do business anytime..referred them to other classmates

It's an old saw that writers should write about what they know. There are so many inaccuracies in this book, particularly regarding Native American culture and history, perhaps Eidison should turn his considerable talents to other subject matter. For example, he writes about Zuni Hogans. The Zuni, a Puebloan people, have never used hogans, which are a structure unique to the Dineh, or Navajo, people in the Southwest. In 1885, when the Army had standing orders to shoot any Apache, man woman or child, off the reservation on sight, it is unconceivable that a group of Apache warriors would encumber themselves with a group of captive white women on a journey of several hundred miles through territory full of U.S. Army forts and hostile Hispanic settlements. This book adds to a plethora of damaging misinformation about Native Peoples. Is it any wonder that the suicide rate among Indian teenage males is 300% greater than the rest of this nation?

This is an excellent book. I recommend it to anyone who likes books ealing with Indians or family. It is heart wrenching to think that a father could abandon his family, but if not this story would not have been as good. I do think Maggie could have had different personality. I mean what woman in her right mind lets her 11 year old daughter ride out into the dessert in search of renagade Apaches. Other wise I recommend this book to young and old alike.

I was moved to laughter and tears by this heartwarming and heartwrenching story of a dying old man who pushes himself to the limit to be reunited with his daughter and save his granddaughter from her Apache kidnappers. I was captivated right from the first page to the last, caring deeply about the characters and their predicament.

Styron revisits old themes in this collection subtitled "Three Tales from Youth" and set, two thirds of the way, in Tidewater Virginia in the earlier part of the twentieth century. In it we see three episodes from the life of Styron's autobiographical protagonist Paul Whitehurst at ages twenty, ten, and thirteen.

In "Love Day" Paul, a young Marine lieutenant, experiences intense homesickness in the Pacific Ocean during the waning months of WWII. This is well-written but perhaps the least impressive of the three tales. Next is best. "Shadrach" is a wonderfully affecting, funny, and touching story of a 99-year old former slave who walks all the way from Clay County, Alabama, to Virginia to die and be buried in his homeplace. The title story shows Paul's struggle to accept his mother's approaching death from cancer and pays especial attention to the complex relationship between his parents.

Despite Styron's wonderfully indulgent and rococo style, these stories make for fairly quick reads, as we are carried along on a stream of telling detail and crystalline reminiscence. Not that the work lacks complication. As with his larger-canvased works, Styron deals with issues of race, Southern identity, heterosexual love, courage, cowardice, religion, and art. Here and there the stories are marred by facile liberal pieties and stilted dialogue, but for the most part it is a pleasure to watch this old master cast perhaps one last look at the familiar but still-fertile landscape of his heart and imagination.

Styron raises enough intriguing issues and questions that A Tidewater Morning could have been a full-bodied novel. Instead, we are treated to three short stories that, while somewhat disjointed, do manage to flow with relative ease. There's little new material addressed here: Styron returns to his favorite themes of slavery, war, and death, but he does manage some fresh twists that allow Tidewater to stand memorably on its own merits.

This book is a beautiful intermingling of past memeories and present strife. The war time world of Paul Whitehurst is made apparent; his childhood battles were fought just as passionately as any battle in WWII. Paul is a fictional character full of wit and wisdom. He comes alive in the three separate stories of his life. Your only thought at the end of this (way to short) novel is that you wish there was some kind of continuation or sequel to Paul Whitehurst's story.