Cameron S. White's first book, "Transforming Social Studies Education : A Critical Perspective", is one of the best titles on the academic social studies education market today. Dr. White offers the social studies educator and student a fresh perspective on creative teaching and learning in social studies education. Through a critical theory approach, "Transforming Social Studies Education : A Critical Perspective" provides insights into the transformative process of social studies education. Challenging the "Transmission" theory of social studies education that has been popularized by the "Essentialist" movement of the 1980s and 1990s (Hirsch, Bennett, et al), White offers the reader an alternative to teaching, learning and thinking about social studies education. White's perspective on social studies education offers the reader a "Constructivist" approach to teaching social studies education and a "Critical Theory" approach to analyzing the curricular concepts and content of the social studies. If you appreciate the works of Egan, Aronowitz, and Giroux, you will find Cameron S. White's "Transforming Social Studies Education : A Critical Perspective" to be an insightful and transformative read.

If you like your crime plunked firmly in the gritty environs of East London, triple-glazed with slang, and peopled by a colorful hodge-podge of the petty criminals and a few hard cases, here 'tis. The story is a basic first-person account by a young hustler of his efforts to revenge the killing of his childhood(lum) friend, Vinnie. He's got to hustle to stay alive and put all the pieces together to pull it off, and each chapter alternates between that tale and him writing from behind prison bars. Between the two, we get a good idea of who our hero is and where he comes from. It's a fun romp. If you like this, check out the following: Throwing the House out the Window, Diamond Geezers, A White Merc With Fins, London Noir, and the film Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

Anne Cameron accomplishes the impossible - capturing all the blood and tears of a heart-breakingly disfunctional family with the complexity of Indian shaman legend and good old fashioned urban myth. This author can spin a tale that by turns stands your hair on end and forces out a tear or two of helpless remorse. Regardless of the wild ride, the ending is one of hope and unconditional love with a little help from the gods...I'm waiting for the sequel!

What it is not: A book for teenagers about current teen stars or a critique of current actors/actresses in hollywood. What it is: A 223 page hardcover book with biographies, filmographies and pictures of young actors/actresses. Starts with Patricia Arquette and ends with Billy Zane. I feel that this book is a good addition to the library of people who are interested in the lives of young (20's to early 30's) actors and actresses.

Another kid had this book and i looked at it and i thought "this book isn't bad".Easy instuctions, stickers and stuff,just the only thing bad about it was it was sort of little kiddish.

When their father, a rural vicar dies, sisters Meg and Sybil Smiles move to London's 7 Mayfair Square, home of an unhappy ghost, Sir Spivey. The spirit plans to force the two sibling out of his home by matchmaking the outgoing Meg with a nearby resident.

Meg realizes that the sisters have a financial problem. She applies for employment as a companion to seventeen-year-old Princess Desiree of Mont-Nuages, a tiny country on the Italy-France border. Meg's plan is to net a wealthy spouse while serving as a guide to Desiree. Meg needs to persuade Desiree's older stepbrother Jean-Marc, Count Etranger that she can do the job. Surprisingly, Jean-Marc hires Meg. As Meg works closely with Desiree, she and Jean-Marc fall in love. However, he is the heir to the throne and she would never suit as his queen. Then again, his uncle plans to destroy the only contender to being the next monarch of Mont-Nuages even if it means killing Meg.

ALL SMILES is an entertaining Regency romance that provides a fresh look at Stella Cameron's superb 7 Mayfair series. The story line is crisp and the entry of Jean-Marc and Desiree provides a different perspective of the lives of Europe's early nineteenth century aristocracy. Meg is a wonderful and brave character whose antics adds depth to the fireworks. Sub-genre fans will demand Sybil's story soon.

Harriet Klausner

I rolled with laughter as Sir Spivey, the resident curmugeon ghost, attempts to "help" clear his home of boarders. His wit and comments leave a comic edge to a very sensual novel that twists and turns as we unfold the story of Count Etranger and Meg Smiles, a simple parson's daughter. Unlike some romance novels, Stella Cameron, inserts a real mystery that just begs to be solved and leaves you not wanting to put it down until you are done. It is an all night read for me!

ALL SMILES is the second book in Stella's new Mayfair Square series and it is a worthy successor to MORE AND MORE, the first book in the series. It is 1821 and Jean-Marc, Count Etranger from Mont Nuages, has come to London for his 17-year old sister's debut in society, an onerous task but one he is determined to accomplish. When Meg Smiles, the impoverished daughter of a country parson and resident of #7 Mayfair Square, brazens her way into his home offering to help prepare Princess Desiree for her debut, he readily agrees. Not only does he need help with Desiree but he also finds Meg quite compelling in her own right, even though she is far beneath him socially and completely "unsuitable." Add a meddlesome ghost, delightful secondary characters and a huge gray cat and what follows is a classic British romp with quirky characters, sparkling wit, a whiff of danger to spice things up, and plenty of sensuous romance.

Stella has outdone herself in ALL SMILES. The wry, dry wit was just delightful. Jean-Marc, the hero, is a harmless (but loud) blusterer. Meg, the heroine, is a spunky and eccentric foil for him. They are clearly meant for each other no matter how they struggle against it. I cheered them on as they learned about themselves and each other. And as much as I enjoyed the hero and heroine, the secondary characters just glowed. Princess Desiree is a very precocious 17 year old and sister to Jean-Marc. Verbeux is a sexy but very mysterious valet. Ila Upworth is a "fallen woman" with an agenda of her own. Sibyl Smiles is Meg's sister who watches in horror as Meg becomes closer and closer to the unattainable Jean-Marc. And the troublesome ghost, Sir Septimus Spivey, simply cannot remain quietly in his newel post in the front hall of #7 and stirs things up hilariously. The other residents of #7 also make many appearances and each character continues to grow.

The mythology of #7 Mayfair Square is developing beautifully and I can't wait to find out who Hunter, Adam and Sibyl will fall in love with. What interesting ghosts will Sir Septimus meet next and will he ever have a change of heart about his lodgers? I guess we'll have to wait and see! I, for one, am looking forward to finding out!

Peter Cameron's writing is consistently beautiful, and this novel is no exception - indeed it contains some of his finest writing. I was quickly lost in his Andorran town, and sometimes it took my breath away, because his writing is exquisite - clean, but never spare, simple but never dowdy. However, more than with his other novels, I thought he tried to hard to make the plot more important, and he just didn't need to. All the characters are enveloped in the most tantalising mysteries, but when these are revealed, there's something of an anticlimax, and then again, nothing is revealed of characters who are intriguing to the point of exasperation. It's a fabulous book and I don't want to be as mean as I am being, but I feel he just lets sensation win outover soul in the end, and I expect more of him.

This is a stunning book, and one I don't really recognize in most of the editorial or customer reviews posted here. By purposefully misnaming the book Andorra, the author seems to be telling us that the plot details are secondary...instead the focus is on is the attempts of the main character to maintain strict control over his new life, measuring everything and everyone around him. We slowly come to understand why he has done this, as we see the simplest of encounters cause his life to spin out of control. It's a testament to Cameron's writing that this doesn't quickly get tiring; instead the result is striking, with wonderful insights coming from each encounter. The writing is nimble and spare. A wonderful book...I found myself wanting to reread it as soon as I had finished it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am now reading The Weekend which is quite different. Andorra is wonderful reading, a fairy tale that will appeal to the dreamer and escapist in us all. I love to tell people about the books I read and this book's ending does not allow that at all..so I suggest you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down and you will, I beleive become enchanted and captivated by its characters, setting and mood.Does anyone have a copy of Leap Year which is evidently out of print

I found the story itself to be quite heartbreaking though interesting; yet many a time I had to put the book down breifly when I read about all the trauma and torture that Cameron went through. It is an excellent book; yet I would not reccomend it to the weak-hearted.

The first time I saw this book I just read the title and I knew it would be a excellent book and it was. This is the first book I read where I actually balled my eyes out for hours about just thinking and picturing the storey in my mind. I've never really read any books before, I maybe just be 15 years old but I surely know th** was worth it and it's definintly my favourite book. This book totally changed me and made a difference in my life. And I give all my blessings to Marcia Cameron because she's one hell of a woman to survive all that shit she had to go through

I have read this book, and I must say that not only did I cry, but I also gained a totally new appreciation for the blessings that I have had. Marcia Cameron is not only extremely lucky to have survived her undeserving chidhood, she is a wonderful and beautiful person inside. After finishing her book, I mailed her a handwritten letter to commend her for her strength and courage. To my surprise, SHE took the time to write ME a handwritten thank you note for my comments. God Bless You, Marcia Cameron. -- You are one hell of a lady!

FINDING IAN is different from the contemporary mysteries, the romantic suspense novels and the historicals that Stella Cameron has written in the past years. And different is NOT bad! In fact, it is very very good!

FINDING IAN is a book of the heart. At 21 years of age Byron had it all - an adoring wife, a newborn son - until one was taken by death and the other rejected as Byron launched himself into a downward spiral of grief and pain. Byron believed he made the right decision; in the arms of another couple, his son would find contentment that Byron felt he could not provide. However, fate had a different idea. Thirteen years later, Byron learns his son's adoptive parents have died and the boy has been sent to Cornwall, England to live with unknown relatives. Impulsively, Byron decides to go find his son, Ian, to make certain all is well. It is in this strange land -- at least to Byron and Ian, across an ocean from all that is familiar -- his home, his career, his life -- that Byron finally confronts the decision he made years before, the love he has denied and the pain he suffered.

In Cornwall, Byron finds not only Ian, but a true love with Jade. Spirited and part of a different culture, Jade fights her own past to protect Ian, yet build a new relationship that embraces both her family and her newfound love with Byron. It is the ultimate love story, one that many of us hope to have.

I think that people who are fans of Stella's work will be gifted with a real treat with FINDING IAN, and people who have never read Stella will put 'Stella Cameron' on their auto buy list. Of course, that is just my opinion. But I base it on decades of reading hundreds of books each year.

Byron Frazer made the difficult decision to give his infant son up for adoption after the death of his young wife. Thirteen years later, he finds out through the detective he hired to keep tabs on his son that his sons' adoptive parents have died and is living with relatives. Byron decides to go to Cornwall, England and see if his son is ok and rents a cottage for the summer. While there he meets Jade a woman with a step- daughter she obviously adores and her lovable dog Dog and begins to find love again. I really liked this book alot, you will laugh, cry and feel better after reading Finding Ian. If you havent read Finding Ian yet, get to the bookstore or library and do yourself a favor and read it, you will be glad you did.

Thirteen years ago, when he was twenty-one, Byron Frazier watched his beloved wife Lori die while giving birth to their child. Unable to cope with a newborn, Byron gives his son up for adoption. However, feeling guilty, he hires a private detective to keep tabs on the lad.

The adopted parents of Byron's son recently die. The lad, Ian Spring, has left America to live with his spinster Aunt Muriel in a remote Cornish village. Byron, now a famous family psychiatrist, worries about his son's happiness and decides to see him.. He travels to Fowry and meets his son. He also meets Ian's older cousin Jade Perron, who returns the life that Byron lost when Lori died. As Byron and Jade fall in love, he does not know what to do to help Ian in spite of the media dubbing him as the world's greatest authority on family and children.

Stella Cameron is renowned for her taut romantic suspense novels (see GLASS HOUSE). However, the best-selling author has successfully switched gears, providing her audience with a family relationship drama that will shake the core of the audience. The story line works because the reader will feel Byron's pain and grief as well as his resurrection through Ian and Jade. FINDING IAN proves that Ms. Cameron is a multi-talented author as fans of contemporary relationship drama will testify after reading this powerful book.

Harriet Klausner

At 29, Finch More is considered "on the shelf" in Regency England. She is a spinster whose time for love has come and gone. She has made a life for herself as the co-owner of a shipping firm with her brother, and has rooms in a former glorious mansion located at 7 at Mayfield Square and finding simple pleasure helping him run an import business. As the book opens, however, Finch finds herself in trouble, accosted by a strange man issuing oblique warnings. From the moment Ross forces her to tell him about the encounter, their fate is sealed. Ross's work may have instigated the danger, but Finch and her brother are right in the thick of it, and Ross and Finch will have to work together if they want to keep Finch's brother, and themselves, alive.

Ross, Viscount Kilrood, a mysterious and handsome troubleshooter who takes on commissions for foreign Sultans and the like. He's sworn his allegiance to a cause that allows no room for family or love, no matter how interesting he finds his neighbor's sister. He becomes a customer Finch has no idea how her simple spinster's life will change. Suddenly, mystery, intrigue and a passionate romance are on the horizon.

More and More is a quirky, passionate historical romance which Cameron fans should adore. Ross and Finch are sharp, intelligent and funny. The dialogue is crisp and witty, and the passion is fiery. The addition of a meddlesome ghost is quite funny, as are some of the predicaments in which Fitch finds herself. A charming and funny romance which fans should love.

I thought that this book was pretty good. It had a developed plot and I could easily tell what was going on. The characters also had a visible personality, it's easy to fall for them. I found myself reading the book a couple of times. True, the love scenes are all alike, but there is more to the book than that. I enjoyed the conversations Finch had with her friends at Mayfair 7. They were always worried about Ross taking advantage of her, which she always denied.

This is the best Stella Cameron book I've read so far. I recommend the other books in the Mayfair series.

Ross, Viscount Killrood, is a man with a mission. He's sworn his allegiance to a cause that allows no room for family or love, no matter how interesting he finds his neighbor's sister. Finch More is a spinster whose time for love has come and gone. At 29 she's firmly on the shelf, boarding with her brother in a room at Mayfield Square and finding simple pleasure helping him run an import business. As the book opens, however, Finch finds herself in trouble, accosted by a strange man issuing oblique warnings. From the moment Ross forces her to tell him about the encounter, their fate is sealed. Ross's work may have instigated the danger, but Finch and her brother are right in the thick of it, and Ross and Finch will have to work together if they want to keep Finch's brother--and themselves--alive.

Ross and Finch are a wonderful couple. Sharp and intelligent, funny and lusty. One of the things I like best about this book is that practically from the first confrontation between Ross and Finch, they are together-- physically in each others presence as well as emotionally "a couple," whether they're ready to admit it or not. Their attraction to one another is palpable, and their love scenes are incredible sensual. In fact, this book has some of the steamiest non-consummated love scenes I've ever read. What makes these two really click for me though, is that beyond finding it difficult to keep their hands off each other, they actually like one another. Their friendship is real and fairly leaps off the page. The book also has a nice hook in the form of an arrogant, self-important busybody who we know only through journal entries, and who has determined to get these two together. Part of fun of this book is figuring out just how this person fits into the equation.

Read this book. You'll fall in love with Ross and Finch, and when you're done you'll be left anxiously waiting for the next couple to emerge from Mayfield Square. Just be sure to begin reading with a long stretch of free time ahead of you; you won't want to put it down.