Mildred, a heart-broken girl, wants to run away from everything. When a hitchhiking girl killed herself, Mildred takes her identity to live a completely new life.

It is crazy to replace oneself with a complete stranger. It would be an artificial story if Mildred's despair were not convincingly described. And it would be tiresome if her misery were tediously described. Gardner describes her hopeless feeling concisely but convincingly. He is an excellent writer. No more explanation will be needed. Please enjoy how Mason brilliantly rescues Mildred from predicament.

This book is written in 1958. The general public is so strict to an unmarried pregnant woman that she will be driven to suicide. It is interesting how times has changed.

I'm not going to give away the plot like eveyone else does in their reviews. I'll just tell you that the way this book is plotted is awesome. Gardner's Perry Mason novels are almost entirely plot driven. This story moves fast, gets complicated without becoming sloppy, and then is resolved when Mason amazingly figures it all out. This book is better than some of the others I've read in the series because in this one you don't doubt his logic as much as in some of the others. You find yourself surprised but not in disbelief about how Mason puts it all together. In some of the other books it's simply a leap of faith to believe that he was able to deduce the answer from the information given. This one is seamlessly put together. If your looking for sex and violence, don't bother, but if your looking for a well plotted mystery this book will not dissappoint. My only criticism is that Gardner absolutely refuses to hit pause long enough to give good descriptions of the characters and scenery.

This is my favorite Perry Mason Mystery. It has the feel of an Alfred Hitchcock mystery. A woman who is running away from life is in a one car accident in which her passenger, a hitchhiker, is killed and mutilated beyond recognition. So she begins a new life, assuming the identity of the hitchhiker. All goes well until an insurance adjuster figures out her secret and tries to blackmail her.

Weinbaum's writing is as fresh, entertaining, and though-provoking now as it was nearly 70 years ago (not that I was there, mind you :-) ). This book is a 'must have' for anyone who likes the field of science fiction, or enjoys a good yarn.

Stanley G. Weinbaum in his 1 1/2 years as a published author broke new ground in his stories involving real alien aliens. In one of the stories in "The Best of" collection he also predicts the atom bomb being used in the south Pacific. This was in 1934 or 1935. There are 12 of his 23 stories in this collection. If anyone knows of a more complete colection, please let me know

Holbek and Stanley first published their guidebook in 1984. Amazingly, their descriptions have stood the test of time. The format for the guide is pleasantly succinct. More recent guidebooks have used the format provided by Holbek and Stanley (Idaho the WW State, and CO Rivers and Creeks).

The authors get right down to business providing the info necessary to determine flows, arrive at put-in, run shuttle, and proceed down the run. Some might find the info related to running the river a bit sparce. Personally, I appreciate the fact that paddlers are left to figure out a variety of the details related to each run.

In regard to the difficulty ratings for rapids and runs, this is the book that set the standards for contmporary river running in the western states. If Holbek and Stanley give a rapid a V+ rating, hang on!

This guidebook should be placed firmly on the dashboard of every California paddlers beat up truck.

There are a couple of guidebooks that offer more detailed mile-by-mile descriptions of the paddling runs in this book, but none that deliver the feel of what it was like to run them. Lars and Chuck ran first descents on many of these rivers, and they share their stories and the stories of other pioneering paddlers. Their self-deprecating humor keeps the book from turning into a brag-fest. I bought my copy of the 1st edition in 1987 -- now I have copies of the 2nd and 3rd editions as well and can't bring myself to part with any of them!

"Beyond the Labyrinth" is a refreshingly intelligent book for teenagers, offering much to both strong and reluctant readers alike.

Dealing with "the big issues" of environmental disaster, family disharmony, third world poverty, death and sexuality, Rubinstein offers a heady mix of realism and science fiction.

When her teenage protagonists meet an androgynous alien named Cal, they are offered a new, apparently objective view of human life. This encourages the reader to question notions of gender identity as well as bringing racial prejudices and family dynamics to the fore.

"Beyond the Labryinth" allows for an unusual level of reader interaction with the text. In "Choose Your Own Adventure" style, the reader is asked to throw the dice in order to choose one of two seperate endings. This is an engaging tactic which helps to draw the teenage reader in, at the same time allowing for a greater complexity of meaning.

"Beyond the Labyrinth" is a rewarding read from one of Australia's finest writers for young people. It raises interesting questions for teenage readers and their parents alike.

Named 1989 Book of the Year for Older Children by the Australian Children's Book Council.
The author writes an adventurous, fast moving tale of a young man, Brenton Trethewan, who's favorite past time is reading "Choose Your Own Adventure" books --a toss of the dice decides the ending. Brenton tosses the dice to determine all of life's choices. In this story "Fourteen-year-old Brenton learns to question the choices in his life when an alien anthropologist arrives to study an ancient aboriginal tribe that once lived in the area around his home." Toss the dice yourself to discover the ending to this story.

This book is the first reasonably priced nurses drug reference I have purchased. The print is easy on the eyes, the book stays open when you need it, and the information is detailed and includes beneficial alerts in red.

The single reason I did not give it a 5 star is because it does not have the main drug interection complication in bold (I am used to seeing this in other reference books)... Still.. this is, by far, the best drug reference I have found in over three years of nursing.

The publisher's comments are, for once, right on the money on this new book, but they seem to gloss over the big news--the page layout is fantastic and you can actually read the type! I also found it full of very practical information and geared to the nurse rather than the MD. There are a lot of drug handbooks out there (maybe too many, in fact) but this one is the one I'm probably going to use the most often.

These are fun puzzles, challenging enough to be amusing, but not so difficult you want to give up on them. New Englanders may find these particularly enjoyable since many clues and sometimes entire puzzles are Boston-related. The spiralbound books are easy to handle and write in, and all puzzles are "one pagers" so there's no turning back and forth.

When I was in the Peace Corps in Africa, my friend's mom used to clip and send the crossword puzzles from the Boston Globe. I was hooked! They're the best--interesting, just the right level of difficulty to do with the morning coffee. I end up looking up a word or two each and time and learn something, but they're not so hard I can't finish them. I was delighted to find collections of them.

The book I've read consists of several novellas, including the title novel. Perry Mason finds himself with a client who has both intimate articles of clothing and other personal items inside the murdered man's secret apartment. She also had been drugged, as had her roommate; a drug that would have been fatal if her aunt hadn't gotten a doctor in time.

Mason finds himself with a client facing a murder charge, and an attempted murder charge; the death of her supposed boy-friend, and the attempt on that of her roommate. But he does have one clue... the lipstick kiss placed on the decendant's forehead.

The book consists of several short stories reflecting the range of Erle Stanley Gardner's interests. The feature story is a Perry Mason novella, where he finds himself defending a woman accused of murdering the man the police claim was her lover. She claims she doesn't know him, but she has his key on her keyring, nightgowns, lingerie, and even her toothbrush and toothpaste in his apartment.

Other stories revolve around the workings of a private detective working for a Chinese tong, a tale of a beaten man who comes to the desert, a clever jewel thief, and a private detective sharpshooting a case.

The collection is a good read, reflecting the storytelling skills of Gardner in many different ways.

Erle Stanley Garnder's THE SHOPLIFTER'S SHOE is vintage Perry Mason, published in the 30s when Gardner was at the height of his powers. This is a complex tale of sinister gem thieves, blood-stained shoes, phantom bullets, and a double murder. Of course, the most obviously innocent person is immediately determined by the police to be guilty and that propels Perry into action. Perry is more hard-boiled in this story than he is in the 50s and 60s. I don't think audiences were intended to LIKE him as much as we are meant to later in the series. His treatment of Paul Drake (his detective friend who gives constant assistance), for example, is a little more gruff in this tale. And Perry has no time to give to the hysterical Virginia Trant, when a second body almost literally falls in her lap. Gardner, at this stage in his writing, seems to be influenced by his BLACK MASK days, when he was writing his Lester Leith and Phantom Crook tales. But watching Perry in action, whether hard-boiled or not, is always fun.

So the question remains: is THE SHOPLIFTER'S SHOE a good book? Yes, but with some reservations. The mystery itself is very good, with a dazzling defense of the defendant. The entire case hinges on which pocket a policemen uses to store the incriminating evidence. This won't ruin anything because we are not actually shown this event when it occurs in the story. Once again, Perry shows the unreliability of circumstantial evidence, which is a Gardner trademark. However, I don't think the characters were as fully developed as in some of the other books. There is really no one to latch on to emotionally. Also, Della Street takes a back seat in this story, which doesn't help either. In fact, Della doesn't really make her mark until the very last page. But I will say that it is worth the wait...To conclude, the plot is very strong in this book, with interesting clues and a strong trial sequence. Though not one of Gardner's main masterpieces, it is still well worth the three hours it would take to read.

Very well-plotted mystery entangled with two murders and two guns. Events occured one after another from the beginning to the end and I never got bored. Mrs. Breel, the shoplifting old lady, was the most peculiar of all Mason's clients; her attitude was as cold as a cucumber but what she really did were highly irrational. I wouldn't say I liked her, but anyway she was very impressive.

Well written, with a clear language, and the bonus of having the author making references to the relative importance of each section in a delightful way. It goes right to the point and focuses on the minimum amount of information possible without being too concise; it doesn`t spend paper on useless anatomic details, I guarantee you that! There is a good deal of pictures and schemes to accompany the reading and to make it understandable, but that doesn`t always happen and you sometimes can get lost trying to imagine in 3D the details that are being described. Therefore, one should accompany this reading with Netter or a good atlas, and I guess it will suffice for someone who wishes to hold a strong foundation of clinical anatomy. I hope that in a future edition, the author acknowledges this and inserts more pictures and schemes; I would rate it five stars then! Anyway, the book is extremely [priced] for a medical one, which makes it a good buy.
I am a clinical years student, and I reccomend this book to all clinical students who require a fresh and concise brainwash of clinical anatomy without having to consult the big "bibles"..., or that didn`t like their anatomy course and/or the way in which it was taught and are eager to apprehend a modern, different prspective/approach to anatomy versus the classical one.

As a first year medical student, I've browsed through a lot of texts looking for a good middle-ground between excessive detail (with too much trivia) and excessive condensation (with too little explanatory information and ideas). I think Monkhouse, the author, strikes a near perfect balance in this regard. He very clearly points out the differences between need to know structures and nice to know structures, something which all too few books actually do, and which is frustrating to medical students, who are often in a time crunch. I would agree with the previous reviewer that the diagrams are not always sufficient by themselves, but don't let that hold you back. All you need in addition to this book is a good atlas, like Netter or Grant, which most medical students own, anyways. Another plus of this book is that it has a lot of questions, which provide feedback on how you're doing. All in all, this book rocks!

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The authors argue for a broad definition of addiction as "self-induced changes in neurotransmission that result in behavior problems." Addictions are grouped into three major categories: satiety, stimulation, and fantasy. Research demonstrates that the biochemical bases for addictions in each group are similar. Thus compulsive use of depressant drugs involves many of the same neurological mechanisms as activities such as overeating and watching television; a similar relationship is found among stimulant use and other thrill seeking activities, such as skydiving and gambling; use of 'hallucinogenic' drugs is related to other activities of compulsive fantastication, such as religious fanaticism and schizophrenia.

My lay opinion is that some of these parallels may not be quite as strong as they are argued to be in the book; nonetheless the thesis is generally valid, and the broad scope of addiction is a concept worthy of further exploration. Certainly it represented a refreshing and progressive development at the time of the book's publication. It will be interesting to see how the authors incorporate new developments in the field of addictions research and in clinical practice when their new work (Craving for Ecstasy: How Our Passions Become Addictions and What We Can Do About Them) is published.

The work includes a good deal of technical information and many interesting anecdotes from the lives of people whose behaviors have taken over their lives. It also contains a good deal of practical information and advice on recovery for those with more than an academic interest in the subject. Considering that it was written by two people, it also reads quite well.

This book puts the science in how certain personality types are attracted to different drugs because of the nuerotransmitters they produce. Each personality type, such as an adventurous person who likes to jump out of airplanes, would be susseptible to the addiction of cocaine, because both acts enduce the same endorphines in the brain, thus creating the same high. Each drug is addressed and considered for personality types that might become susseptible to that drug. Fascinating look at how nuerotransmitters and personality types come together to create certain types of addictions and preferences for certain drugs.