The authors tell the story of Dianne Masters in an interesting prose that will keep you entertained, which is necessary because the book is over 400 pages.

Apparently, this book was the basis for the 4-hour movie that periodically shows up on TV. While the movie presents a one sided view of Dianne Masters as the victim of her husband, Alan Masters, the book does point out some negative aspects of her life.

The biggest drawback of the book is the lack of access to anyone close to Alan Masters. Therefore, the author provides a rather shallow picture of Alan Master's viewpoint.

If you have seen the movie, the book does fill in many blanks left by the film and provides background information filmmakers leave out because of time restaints.

Blood Wood is an excellent support book for the main core rulebook. It has a great deal of information on the interaction of elves and blood elves in the campaign setting, as well as the other name giver races protrayed in EarthDawn.

There are countless books written on watercolor, acrylics, oil paints and even a few on gouache and casein, but the common thread linking all of the painting media has been overlooked . . . until now. Brushes are the most common of all artist's tools, yet the vast majority of artists are woefully uninformed about how to pick out a good brush and, even what the difference is between the good, the bad and the mediocre brushes.

In writing this book, Jacques Turner has drawn from long experience in the brush-making business to provide us with a truly useful manual on what goes into the manufacture of a good artist's brush as well as the reasons and uses for the various shapes and hairs that seem to complicate and confuse our choice.

For me, this book has opened up possibilities that would have been remained closed. My new-found knowledge has certainly proved its worth when buying brushes.

A quick and easy read, Turner writes for the artist, not the research scholar.

Children love to learn about insects and this biography of Charles Henry Turner offers them the opportunity to do that while conducting experiments as they go through the book. As a 2/3 grade teacher I am always looking for books that are interactive. This book offers simple experiments to replicate and is a great example of a children's biography. This book gives information about the history of entomology and the life of a great American scientist.

This book is quite good. It seems to be stylized Scottish history with a major twist. It keeps you interested until the ending and then leaves it just open ended enough that you want her to come back and play in this universe again, without requiring a sequel. If you enjoy fantasy, or historical fantasy I think you will enjoy this book

I regained an interest in navigation as a result of my desire to improve my ability to read technical material. I had graduated from Navy OCS in the mid 60's my initial exposure. My interest has been inspired by Patrick O'Brian novels.

I made little progress with celestial navigation by reading various editions of Duttons and Bowditch. Was surprised HO 214 was obsolete! Made tremendous progress using 'A Star to Steer Her By." But, came to the rapid conclusion that HO 229 sight reductions were tedious, slow, and error prone if you lack sleep or are under pressure. This is despite excellent tools such as the Davis workforms. Maybe Im just error prone!

Knowing that O'Brian era navigators and midshipmen did and learned navigation with use of only an almanac and logarithm tables? I looked for a method to do sight reductions using a scientific calculator. "Celestial for the Cruising Navigator" answers that need.

I also believe texts designed for amateurs (Sail Boat Types) should be enjoyable to read and be easily seen as being practical and useful to you. Merle B. Turner does an excellent job here.

I particularly like the way Turner introduces you to Nautical Astronomy facts and fundamentals - this adds fascination to the subject. Have you ever opened an Elderidge Coastal Pilot and wondered why declination alone is given? Do you know about amplitudes and their uses at sea? Turner sheds more than a little light on these types of applications of celestial navigation.

Finally, I have one complaint - minor, and one final area of praise. The complaint is that Turner occasionally assumes you know more than you do. Keep Bowditch handy and it's no big deal. Finally, The book conveys a lot about the personality of its author. Turner is very intelligent, knowledgeable, occasionally likeably eccentric and entertaining. But, don't use this as your first celestial text. Start with something like "A Star to Steer Her By." This will boost your confidence, de-mystify the subject and whet your appetite for more. Collect a Bowditch and then read this text. The navigation space on a typical sailing cruiser is pretty cramped, the crew is limited, and you will come to appreciate the efficiancy using a calculator. Someday, GPS may fail you.

Not much is known about Henry Hudson, and records are few, but Johnson manages to piece together all of the main elements into one easily-readable book. Johnson also brings his own experience as a sailor to the book, giving it a new facet for readers. Based mostly on Hudson's own journals, this is a concise picture of Hudson's known voyages, with a lot of interesting and informative asides. I recommend this book

This 196 page book contains biographical sketches of ten outstanding men of the Christian faith, written by those who knew them or admired them from afar. Included is a fine chapter on C.S. Lewis by a former pupil (and author) Harry Blamires, another on Dr. Paul Brand by well known author Philip Yancey, and a touching portrait of W. Phillip Keller by his son Otto. Others include J.I. Packer writing about Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Malcolm Muggeridge interviewing Alexander Solzhenitsyn, R.C. Sproul sharing his thoughts on Thomas Aquinas, and Charles Colson sharing some of the travails and achievements in the life of slave abolitionist William Wilberforce. I think the book deserves a 9 on a 10 point scale, or 4 1/2 star rating as all the contributors did a fine job of sharing what their subjects were really like; enjoyable reading.

Mitch Ryan is a rich business executive who spends most of his time working. One thing that is close to Mitch's heart is The Lone Star Social Club. It is an old house that means a lot to Mitch's family so he bought it and turned it into apartments of which his Aunt is in charge. Unfortunately, his Aunt is needed elsewhere so Mitch needs to go to San Antonio to watch over the place. The last thing Mitch expects to find are a woman and two small children trying to move into an apartment to which they have no claim.

Phoebe Smith has just gotten custody of her niece and nephew and now they have kicked her out of her apartment. Phoebe wants the best for her brother's kids because they are all she has left since her brother and his wife died. Phoebe loves the Social Club and jumped at the ad to rent an apartment there. Phoebe had no idea the ad and the man behind it were a scam. To make matters worse, Phoebe just lost her job due to cutbacks. The last that Phoebe expected was to have Mitch come to the rescue. He offers her a temporary job and he lets her and the kids share his Aunt's apartment with him. Phoebe accepts Mitch's offer thinking that she no longer has to panic. Phoebe's hopes are short lived when she finds herself falling for Mitch and the panic sets in again.

Phoebe and Mitch could have a wonderful future together, but first Mitch has to be willing to admit that what he is feeling is love. Mitch has never thought of love as anything more than a four-letter word. Watching the mighty Mitch fall is fun, and he not only falls for Phoebe, but for the kids too.

Working as a cost/commercial manager, project manager and contract administrator in the construction industry, this book has always been a reference source. It covers a wide range of relevant topics without going to deep