I wish I had listened to the 1st review which showed 1 star! What a disappointment! As a matter of fact one third of the way through I couldn't bear to read anymore and tossed it out. In trying to provide an adventure filled story, the writer sacrified the depth and flow needed to make this an interesting read. From the beginning, I was unable to develop any real feeing for either of the main characters. I am an avid reader of romance novels - historical and scottish being particular favorites of mine. I can honestly say that this was perhaps the worst book I ever purchased. Sorry Ms. Cameron, please try again.

A pretty good romance. In this the herorine (Rebecca) escapes her marriage bed to a brutal man by striking him with a sword but as she escapes she finds someone is breaking in the kidnap her... Edward now Laird of his clan and her childhood friend (and love) and sparing partner... But they have been estranged due to a rif between the two clans when Edwards father is murdered. Then the battle of wills starts. It is interesting to see how the rest of the story unfolds. Two very strong characters with very stron wills!

I so strongly disagree with the two one-star ratings this wonderful book received. Wild Highland Rose is a refreshing read, full of emotion and intrigue. What a pleasure to read this fresh new voice and I hope to see many more books written by Christine Cameron. Thank you for the heartfelt journey your book afforded me.

Robert Cameron is undoubtedly one of the best urban aerial photographers in the country. However, the landscape of Washington has changed so dramatically in the twenty years since this book was released that anyone with a lot of knowledge about the area will be disappointed by what's missing.
It does contain a wide breadth of pictures, some which are definitely extraordinary. However, the book needs to be updated in order to capture the modernization in architecture and planning that has proliferated in Washington D.C. and the surrounding area since its initial publication.

Above Washington, - like all of Robert Cameron's Above books - is a superb collection of historical to present day comparison photographs. The picture quality and composition is bar-none, especially for aerial photography. Any city planning or Washington D.C. buff will enjoy this book immensely. Please be advised, though: this book has not been updated in quite a while eventhough it has been reprinted many times. The most recent photographs are late 1970-'80s era pictures. Above Washington could definitely use an update. Nevertheless, it's a great D.C. history lesson and has many unique photographs of places such as the U.S. Naval Observatory where the Vice President lives, as well as an aerial view of Marine Ones parked like ducks in a row. Need good pictures for a project - Cameron's Above Washington is the way to go. Want a current picture or coffee table book - you better reevaluate.

Washington, DC is an unique capital city and Robert Cameron shares his birdeye's view with us in this marvelous volume. For residents and vistors alike, this is extraordinary record of the city, particularly the juxtaposition of old and contemporary photographs. Others try to emulate Cameron in this genre, but he is the master who makes it look easy.

I was extremely disappointed by this book. I expected a book full of ideas about what to do for my artist's date which is described in The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. An example of a sample page in this book is Day 52. 1/3 of the page has a cute picture of a dog doing the hula. 9 lines for a person to write on. The bottom inch of the book says, "Cha Cha." There is also a check box that says morning pages done. The book does have cute cartoons and sayings. I think that if all of the content could fit in 10 typed pages. (except for the cartoons). Don't waste your money on this book.

A great addition to The Artist's Way. This has suggestions for Artist's Dates, inspirational drawings by Julia Cameron's sister, a place to check your morning pages as done and a few lines to comment on whatever, the drawing on the page, what you did on your artist date. This is not meant to take the place of the morning pages but to complement the whole process. Worth the money.

The Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron has developed a devoted following among people searching for ways to develop, unblock, or discover their art. The keys to the success of this program are the Morning Pages, Artist's Dates, and the creative exercises outlined in the original book. This companion book provides a useful and fun way to monitor your progress and to keep on track.

Elizabeth Cameron Evans (whom I suspect is Julia's daughter) playfully illustrates each page of the book with ideas for Artist Dates as well as a checkbox for the days Morning Pages and room for notes.

As someone who has benefited greatly from Ms. Cameron's work, but has more than once 'fallen off the wagon', I find the Artist's Date Book to be an excellent, fun way to keep on track.

Dave

Interesting because it's a true story, and for Canadians some recognizable names, but oh does it ramble. This story could have and should have been told in 100 pages not 373.

The Blue Trust chronicles the rise and fall of two highly ambitious people, Bruce and Lynne Verchere. For those of us who worked at Manac Systems in the mid-eighties there is some grim sense of satisfaction with respect to the destiny of Lynne Verchere. The author avoids the darker side of Vercheres personality, but for those of us who knew her, any sense of pity that the story elicits is mitigated by the reality of having dealt with her on a day to day basis. Lynne Verchere was not a victim. The final tragedy of Bruce Verchere is a metaphor for the gaping hole in her own psyche. Notwithstanding the mess he had made of his life, Bruce Vercheres last desperate act was undoubtedly triggered by her final "victory" over him.

This book demonstrates how reality is stranger then fiction.Wonderfully researched, this story illustrates the folly of deciet and selfishness.

How the wildest successes can end in tragedy because of weakness in character.

This true story chronicles the life of a tax lawyer, his wife, a successful software entrepreneur, and includes among other household names, the Arthur Hailey family.

This story unfolds like a classic Greek tragedy set in contemporary western times,I look forward to reading it again for all the important lessons it holds.

No way could I sympathize, never mind identify with a supposedly professional woman whose first action upon arriving on a private island officially to interview a well-known millionaire, is to go swimming at night, at sea, stark naked! She should have drowned and saved us from reading misery. I don't much like Ms. Cameron's choppy writing style and the presence, in all the novels I've tried from this author, of the slut "de service" to provide an excuse for smutty, brutal sex scenes.

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Breathless is another out of print of Ms Cameron that published in 1994. Like the other romantic suspense of Ms Cameron, this book is intriguing and full of suspense, mysteries and excitement. There are a lot of suspects of Sin's attempted killer but readers won't be able to find out until the end of the book. Another fast pace page-turner of Ms Cameron that should not be missed!

I really enjoyed reading "Breathless."When I first picked up the book I thought that it maybe a bit dull.But I was very wrong it is a wonderful book that you will not want to put down. I recommand this book to anyone who is a fan of romance.

Justine is a spinster, well on the shelf at thirty-five. Nevertheless, she decides to write a book for young women telling them what to expect in courtship and marriage--to the smallest intimate detail. She asks her old friend Struan to help her learn what she needs to know to put in the book; she'd also like to help him raise his two children. Justine has lusted in her heart after Struan, but knowing that he does not reciprocate, she feels she will be able to control her actions if not her thoughts.

Struan has been receiving threats concerning a mysterious past... and now Justine shows up, unescorted, at his doorstep and wants him to teach her--purely for research, of course--the ways of love.

I *loved* Justine and her book. She does not allow herself to be pushed around, but is charming and caring, and her book and "research" are wonderfully hilarious. She considers herself a cripple due to a childhood accident; Struan tries to downplay this and show her she is a whole woman--the developement of this aspect is wonderful. The love scenes between the two were as good as I was expecting from what I'd heard of Stella's writing--yum!

Sometimes I felt that the secret past subplot overshadowed the romance and I wanted to get on with things, but overall this story and these marvelous characters are well worth it. This is the third book in the Rossmara quartet (I've been badgering Stella to make it a quintet), but you certainly don't have to read the books in the order they were written--they stand alone very well.

Kimberly Borrowdale, Under the Covers Book Reviews

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Bride is the third book in the Rosmara Quartet featuring Justine Grivin and Straun Rosmara. Lady Justine is the spinster sister of Duke of Franchot and lives her life in Cornwall with her grandmother. She is an elegantly slender, tall, and feminine in her quiet, self-contained manner. Straun Rosmara has never been married. But he has two children, Ella and Max. He rescues Ella from a London brothel and Max from being a pickpocket in Convent Garden.

Bride is a well-written story full of love, mysteries and suspense. Ms Cameron has created an unforgettable hero and heroine. Both are admirable and respectful in their own ways. The plots are interesting and full of passionate and exciting moments. The mysteries and suspense keeps you thinking and guessing all the time. If you love Stella Cameron and suspenseful romance, it is one of her series that you must not miss. The other books in the Rosmara Quartet in serial are Fascination, Charmed, Beloved and The Wish Club and I recommend all of them to you.

Wow, Stella's done it again! This is the 3rd book in Stella's "Rossmara" series and easily stands alone (I haven't yet read Charmed & Fascination but am going searching for them today!). Justine decides it is her duty to enlighted woman on what they can expect from men, during courtship all the way to the marriage bed. Being a spinster she needs to do some research before she can begin her book. She travels to Scotland with the intention of taking care of Struan's two motherless children in exchange for his help with her book. They both end up with more than they bargained for. Justine's passages into her book had me laughing out loud, I could *see* Struan cringing as she wrote them!

What I love most about Stella's writing is her characterization, these people really come alive whether I love them or hate them (and I absolutely despised Grandmama, what a selfish woman!).

This is a fantastic read. Funny, tender, suspenseful and very sexy. The identity of the nutcase who was making Struan's life miserable was also a major shocker! I can't wait to dig into Arran & Calum's stories!

I BOUGHT THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT TELLS THE STORY OF CALUM INNES, WHO WAS FEATURED IN THE BEAUTIFUL AND SENSUAL "FASCINATION." UNFORTUNATELY, THE 'MAGIC' HERE SEEMS TO BE MISSING. IT REALLY DRAGGED A LOT--I STUCK WITH IT AS LONG AS I COULD AND ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY, I GAVE UP.

Stella Cameron is wonderful!"CHARMED"was brilliant.The storyline was great the characters,exciting and diverse.The only problem i had with "CHARMED" was Saber!I was so intrigued by his character that i couldn't get him out of my head.I loved Justine too!I can't wait to read the books written about them,"BELOVED" and "BRIDE".I am deffinately going to give her modern romances a go!Her books are very hot!

This second book in the Rossmara series was wonderful. I could not put it down. I read the other review and then checked with my friends. They all loved it as much as I did.

Maybe something got lost in the translation.

Natalie comes across a little better than Julia, who still has a lot of "issues" with ego and cliches.

I was forunate to initially rent this audiobook on a cross-country trip. I listened to it 5 times in that week. I don't think, "I need to do my morning pages." I hear Ms. Cameron say, "Morning pages are mandatory". I hear the change of inflection when Ms. Goldberg says "Writng Down the Bones". You could read the instruction that finding a safe, functional place to write is a necessity or you can listen to the story about the cafe with the bad coffee and hear from the tones how important this factor was in the success of "Bones". Ms. Cameron tells a story about a walk in a dreary northern concrete and asphalt city and the inspiration she found in a single flower forcing its way through the cracks, one tiny and colorful thing living in a block of massive gray inanimate objects. Just reading the words would make this another self-help writing manual. The voices are haunting, inspirational and comforting.

Yes, I bought the audiobook.

Yes, I listen to it still.

"Artists are the antennae of the race." (Ezra Pound).. so quote the authors interviewed on this tape. Both Natalie Goldberg and Julia Cameron stress that writing is "a form of listening, a conduit that connects you to everything within yourself as well as to everything outside of youself." Therefore, writing is about receptivity. It's not always about the finished product but about the process.

On this two tape set Natalie Goldberg and Julia Cameron talk about the writing process: What to do with the critical voice, specificity in writing, character development, criticism, jealousy, the use of morning pages, persistence and the willingness to show up.

What qualifies these two authors to teach is not only their love for writing but the fact that they actually write. They are engaged in the writing process. They speak from experience not theory. The authors advise, "find someone who is in love with writing and they will help you!" Follow that advise and it will lead you to this set of tapes.

I was looking for a book that would teach me VBscript. (I have some programming experience.) Though I learned quite a bit from this book, many explanations needed to be more complete and left me to figure them out by experimenting. Not a good reference - no index of commands (most, but not all, are covered in general index in back).

The book doesn't cover any of the added features of VBScript v2 and above. The book covers the VBScript that came out with Internet Explorer 3.0. Although the VBScript 1.0 features that are covered are covered well, the many added functions added in VBScript v2 are missing, such as constants, private and public variables, automatic string joining and splitting into arrays, and much more. The features not covered work in Internet Explorer v4.0+ and Outlook 98 (which come with VBScript v3.0+)

I thought this was a pretty good introduction to VBScript. It had several good examples and explanations. It was a lot more practical and informative than most of the other books I looked at.

The pictures are beautiful but the book is put together very sloppily and is falling apart before it even comes out of the box

This book has the best photos of scenes around China that I have ever seen. I love the photos, but have been very disappointed in the quality of the binding. It is not strong enough to support such large, heavy pages. The first book arrived with the binding already torn away and the second one has to be handled VERY gently to prevent the same thing from happening. As a coffee table book it is meant to be looked at and I don't like having to ask people to be careful with it. I don't know if I got a couple of bad copies or if they're all so delicate. Maybe future editions will be more hardy.

The photos in this book are beyond spectacular! If you are interested in China, this is the ultimate coffee table photograph collection. Highly recommended.