I have idolized Deacon Jones all of my life, and this book really made The Deacon out to be everything I thought he was. The reason I liked the book so much was the fact that it not only covered his unrealistically impressive football career, but also covered his entire life from childhood all the way through his retirement from the NFL. It really gave you a real feel of the hard, grueling times he went through back in the days of racism and presidium. I recommend this book for anyone, even those who are not interested in football, fore is a book far from only being about football, but a book of struggle, anger, distress, and overcoming all obstacles in order to succeed greatly in life.

I met Deacon Jones about two months after I read this book. I felt like I had actually known him for a long time and even played with him. The author did a great job in describing the man, especially his youth in Florida, during the fifties. If you like sports and understand the discipline and dedication that a good athlete puts into his profession you will experience it in this documentary that reads like a novel. In some ways, this book is a history of the NFL as seen through the practical eyes of a humble and sincere young man who came from a small town in the "old south" and was never groomed for college or the NFL. This is the first biography that I read completely without getting tired of all the subject's glories. The book is not self-serving. It should be mandatory reading for all high school athletes especially football players and their coaches. Submitted by: Stanley Strychaz West Hills, Californi

I have the honor of meeting and coming to know the three authors of this book. What they have shared in the book is from the heart. A definite must have book!

The sharing of knowledge, love & perserverence touched my mind & heart. I also enjoyed very much the intertwining of languages.

(...) This book doesn't just list single menu items from restaurants you've never heard of, but lists several menu items from numerous well-known restaurants, such as one of my personal favorites, Acapulco. They even show you how to eat healthy at Jack-In-The-Box, which is home of the Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger, a.k.a. The Widowmaker.

The coupon section alone is worth buying the book -- if you're skeptical about trying a restaurant or a menu item, you can rest easy knowing that you're not paying full price like the diners around you. And, unlike the diners around you, you know exactly what you're eating!

Healthy food + discount food = A happy, healthy diner.

If you're like me, and you: live in San Diego, love to eat out, and are concerned about eating healthy, do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK!!!

I thought I knew all there was to know about the nutritional values of the foods I eat. After years of being overweight I finally lost my extra pounds three years ago, so I pride myself in choosing the meals I eat in restaurants carefully. Surprise! This book made me aware of reems of information I didn't know. Going to be good and have plain pasta with a marinara sauce? Did you know that many if not most restaurants toss the cooked pasta in oil or butter to keep it from sticking together? These folks not only let you know how restaurants work, but the full page menus from some of the most popular spots in town will allow you to choose your meal before you are faced with dozens of tempting choices. PLUS...the coupons in the back will save you the cost of the book in 2 meals or less. Get it, you may never overindulge eating out again, and your friends will never be the wiser.

This book does an excelent job of showing how to remove unwanted mineral excess from everyday foods. A great kitchen read for those who want instructions spelled out in as few a pages as possible.

When kidneys fail, minerals build up in the blood. Living with this constant fear can mean the end of eating pleasure. Using the step-by-step instructions for processing various food selections listed in this guide can reduce minerals in foods and help someone return to a more normal eating lifestyle.

There are a few things you can depend on in Chester Himes's great police procedurals featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones : colorful characters, distinctive dialect, a fierce racial sensibility, and plenty of mayhem. Meanwhile, the stories are pleasantly devoid of the kind of self-analysis and interior monologue which clutter up so much of modern fiction, even crime fiction. The Heat's On is something of an exception. Oh, there's more than enough mayhem and what with a giant albino junkie, a hunchback dwarf, a pony-sized attack dog, a faith healer, and various and sundry other folk about, there's certainly adequate local color.

But when, first, the detectives are suspended for treating the dwarf a tad too roughly (for instance, he dies in custody) and then Digger is shot and reported killed, Cotton Ed lets his slip show a little. He becomes a frenzied dynamo of barely contained brutality as he tears a steaming hot Harlem apart searching for the cache of heroin that led to the whole mess. This is a terrific entry in the series and is particularly interesting for Himes's fearsome hostility towards the drug traffic which was blighting the inner-city even then. His attitude makes for an interesting contrast with the permissive modern attitude of many black leaders, who decry harsh prison sentences for drug dealers. It's awfully hard to see Coffin Ed, Grave Digger, or Chester Himes arguing that pushers are victims of an unjust drug war.

GRADE : A

Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones are 2 of strongest characters and 2 of the toughest partners in crime fiction. However in this volume of the Himes series they play an almost secondary role. In spite of this I enjoyed the book as much as Cotton Comes to Harlem. Coffin Ed will go to extremes to revenge his partner as he unravels this mystery.

Herbie Jones is an awesome book. Herbie Jones is about a kid and how he is. He is brave because he snuck off and got a hamburger. Herbie is funny because he is trying to get on honor roll. At the beginning he got a 100 on his spelling test. Raymond bought Mrs. Pinkham a purple magic marker because he likes her as a teacher. At the end of the book Herbie's sister killed his pet spiders because she was cleaning the house. Herbie's mom got a new job. You should try reading this book.

In the same genre as Junie B. Jones, this book is easy to read and funny. My third grader, who has a learning disability, liked it, and we have found very few books that he likes. Example: the boys in the book think that RSVP means "remove shoes very promptly," so they wonder why they're the only two who took their shoes off at a birthday party. Because it's a clever book, I don't mind listening while my son reads it aloud to me.

I didn't have the time to read this book and decided to try to sneak in a chapter at a time, but once started, it was impossible to put down. As always, Rimmer writes from the heart. Warm, interesting, real people that you care about and truly believe belong together. Best of all you believe their happy ending is real.

Loved this book! Sinclair Riker is a man who doesn't believe in love, nor in the goodness of his own soul. Sophie B. Jones is a woman whose philosophy is to look for the good in everyone. She's just exactly what cynical Sin Riker needs and doesn't think he deserves. Against his own judgment, he falls in love with her. But he loves Sophie enough to let her go to save her from himself - the question is: is Sophie a strong enough woman to go after him and claim Sin for her own, and save them both? I love Christine Rimmer's "Jones Gang" stories - can't wait for the next one!

"The book has been well edited, with tables and figures well integrated into the text; the standard of English is also uniformly high. Each chapter is also followed by its own extensive references list... Overall, this book is an invaluable addition to any climatologist's bookshelf, but is best read selectively, depending on your own interests, rather than slavishly from cvoer to cover." - Ian D. Phillips, University of Birmingham, UK.

"Many books have been published on climatology although few are dedicated to the study of climate and history, which makes this book worthy of investigation for those interested in such a subject matter... Overall, the book contains much interesting, useful material that students and researchers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from reading... A flick through the chapters will almost certainly find something that suits your interests, and... it should retain a place in every library where there is an interest in either climate or history, or maybe even both."
-Pete Langdon, University of Exter

W.T. Jones' "History of Western Philosophy" series is the cream of the crop when it comes to philosophical surveys. Dr. Jones covers all the main thinkers of a given time and attempts to present their thoughts from the original author's perspective. He does this by non-judgementally discussing each thinker and by allow the reader to read long excerpts of the original author's work. You get a very good flavor of the thoughts of the time period and of the struggles that went on in between each thinker.

This is true of "Hobbes to Hume" just as it is of all the other books of the series. I appreciate the fact that Dr. Jones presents these incredible thinkers work in a manner that is not derogatory to the educated reader but is not beyond the comprehension of the beginner (there is a superb glossary). The investment in this book (and the rest of those in the series) are well worth it for anyone who wants to understand why we think the way we do.

W.T. Jones' "History of Western Philosophy" series is the cream of the crop when it comes to philosophical surveys. Dr. Jones covers all the main thinkers of a given time and attempts to present their thoughts from the original author's perspective. He does this by non-judgementally discussing each thinker and by allow the reader to read long excerpts of the original author's work. You get a very good flavor of the thoughts of the time period and of the struggles that went on in between each thinker. This is true of "Hobbes to Hume" just as it is of all the other books of the series. I appreciate the fact that Dr. Jones presents these incredible thinkers work in a manner that is not derogatory to the educated reader but is not beyond the comprehension of the beginner (there is a superb glossary). The investment in this book (and the rest of those in the series) are well worth it for anyone who wants to understand why we think the way we do.

Four different stories, four different times ... all set in the Freedom Inn during snowy New England winters. Unlike some other anthologies where one or more of the stories falls behind the others, all four of these stories are strong, with well-drawn characters and steamy romance. Though the weather outside the inn might be snowy and cold, the temperature inside is definitely hot!

Authors: Debra Dier, Linda Jones, Ruth Ryan Langan, & Linda Madl*

The Freedom Inn-Port Freedom, New Hampshire-Across the centuries, the warmth of its hearth brings true hearts together at Christmastime!

1781 When Alexander Stark left his family's inn to join the War for American Independence, lttle did he expect to return to the bleak reality of blindness. He was doomed to embittered darkness, unless the beautiful Medora's bittersweet caress could illuminate his world with Love's Light.

1845 When dashing privateer Eli Whittaker turned businessman, he thought the Freedom Inn would be the perfect place to transact his marriage of convenience. But the fiery Sara Larkfield was determined to fan his pirate's passion into the union of a lifetime-before she could accept his marriage gift of The Christmas Pearls.

1889 Forcing one's sister into a loveless marriage was less than Rachel Stark's idea of chivalry-and yet the virile TS Beauchamp was doing precisely that. The entrepreneur was certainly handsome, but was he valiant enough to prove that he could be not only a breathtaking lover, but also live up to being Rachel's Hero?

1996 When successful novelist Adam Holt returned to the inn owned by his childhood sweetheart, Caroline Stark, he knew that this time he would have to capture her heart forever-for without the fiesty beauty, his heart could never be truly Home for Christmas.

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