I'm glad to see this book come back in print. I will use it in teaching beginning sign language.

An excellent book. Imagine the effect on continental landmasses of ice sheets 10 miles high sitting on top of them! The book has a collection of facts that won't be found in any geological textbook anywhere that I have been able to discover. The question that needs asking is, How come? Of course, anyone familiar with Sagan's and the AAAS's treatment of Velikovsky will understand. The author does not discredit Velikovsky, but does indirectly reinterpret V.'s chronolgy. The book gives a very plausible explanation of eratic boulders found at great distances from accepted ranges of the ice sheets without invoking great tidal waves. Also offers a testable prediction for it major hypothesis: Where oil reserves can reliably be found!

As an FtM transitioning in a workplace of reasonable humans beings, I bought this book looking for something to help them out when I transitioned. When I got it, my supervisor and I looked it over and decided that it, in fact, would make people too nervous, more than they would be otherwise -- bringing up anxiety about restrooms (there's a lot of talk about restrooms), giving permission for coworkers to express inappropriate behavior and ask rude questions, etc.

We decided not to use it, as the trans person then becomes some mystical beast who experiences all sorts of horrible internal conflicts, rather than a mature person who made a choice with his life and wants to be treated just like all the other workers.

I think I owe my seamless transition to the fact that I was _me_ throughout the process and not a pathologized idea of a transsexual. My coworkers and employers know me, understand transitioning as mature choice I made, and respect me as a contributor to the organization. Not as someone, as Walworth suggests, to be pitied and understood and sympathized with.

In all, I found that this book undermined both the transsexual's dignity but also underestimated the coworkers' respect good workers. It was also very MtF-centric. (Restrooms are decidedly less of a big deal to the FtM.)

This is a book I can recommend to our counselors, job developers and employers alike to increase awareness, understanding, and more comfort around issues which may be very new to many people.

The resource guide in the back is excellent for going more indepth with various issues.

Today TS employees have much difiiculties in transition on the job in Japan.This book teaches us a positive aspect of TS as a employee.And this book also shows the employer how to solve the problem very practically.I hope many Japanese employer will read this bookand more TS employees can do transition on the job in our country.

Filled with the usual rich grasp of medieval life, and deep, convoluted plot lines, which she portrayed so well in her previous novels about the Astley family, "The Summer Queen" lacks the passion and romance which make nearly all of Ms. Graham's stories truly intriguing. The Summer Queen is worthwhile to read, but is forgettable by itself. I recommend that fans of historical fiction, first, find copies of her earlier novels, "Shield of Honor" and "The Vows of the Peacock", to find the real love stories behind this rather depressing tale of the direct ancestors of Lady Jane Grey.

"The Summer Queen" gives an insiders view to medieval life in the courts of Edward IV and his controversial Queen, Elizabeth Woodville during the bloody time of the War of the Roses. If the entertainment industry moguls of today were around during Elizabeth Woodville's life they would have made at least 3 movies of the week and a mini-series lasting several nights. Through the centuries she has been portrayed any number of ways but in "The Summer Queen" Ms Graham does an excellent job of telling Elizabeth's tale through the eyes of her daughter-in law Cicely, Marchioness of Dorset. And she also does the reader a kind favor. Cicely is an impartial observer. She neither paints Elizabeth Woodville as a heroine or as a murderous opportunist or the mysterious enchantress that so many think of her as. Rather she shows Elizabeth was a little of all of these things and more. So if you want a somewhat impartial albeit fictionalized version of Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV and the times they lived in you might enjoy "The Summer Queen". I did.

THE HISTORICAL CONTENT OF THIS NOVEL WAS VERY INTERESTING. I HAD SO ENJOYED THE ON-GOING STORY OF THE ASTLEY FAMILY, THAT I HAD TO VISIT ASTLEY CASTLE AND CHURCH. The story of this family has so haunted me, that I continue to research what became of the family beyond this novel.

I liked this story the first time I heard it, that is, when it was presented as the movie Back to the Future. A sadly disappointing knock off, this book offered little in the way of pleasurable reading. And the fact the author would chose to hurt the good name of Clarence Darrow, is outrageous. To reduce a historical figure such as Mr. Darrow into nothing more than a sex toy used to forward a tired plot is just plain wrong.

Burke writes an interesting romantic fantasy story whose setting is close to home. The story takes place around Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and the surrounding McHenry County Illinois area.

The story starts out with Jeremy Sloan, a mid 30-year-old lawyer, riding his bicycle around Lake Geneva. Accidentally, he is hit by a car and flies over his handle bars. He blacks out and when he awakens, finds himself transported back in time to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin circa 1895.

Awkwardly, Jeremy adapts to the life and through the help of several kind people finds a job constructing the Observatory, which is there in reality. Even with the help of his friends, though, his life isn't easy. He must contend with a sheriff who has taken a grudge against him and yet wonder if he'll ever go back to his regular time dimension. Through his adventures, however, he falls in love with his boss's daughter, Lora. Using his knowledge of the future he saves her from certain death when he finds out that she'll be on a boat that will sink in a storm.

I liked the ending on this book tremendously. Burke wrapped up Jeremy's and Lora's relationship in a satisfactory way. However, as far as a time-travel story, the book had a lot of cliches and was predictable in some areas. This book will have special appeal to readers who live in the locale where the story takes place as Burke drops various sites and city names into the story -- giving it more credence. All in all, a half way decent fantasy / romantic novel.

I really enjoyed this book. I cried at the end. I am, however, biased from the standpoint that I grew up in Lake Geneva (the setting of the book) and am an active member of the Lake Geneva Historical Society. Jerome's accuracy of present and past Lake Geneva is right on the money and I could find no fault in it. Add to that a story of romance and I am hooked!!

Walworth's books (now two of them) have the sad tendency to reduce the trans experience to a path of struggle and pain. For lots of us, that's not how it works when we approach the world as active contributors. If a worker is a good worker, well-liked by his/her coworkers, they won't have a problem with the transition. If the worker is so self-indulgent as to demand special consideration (meetings, sensitivity training, books) how can the organization respond positively?

The second book of Janis Walworth is a complement to her firstbook "Transsexual Workers - An Employer's Guide" regardingtranssexuals in the workplace. To better understand transsexuals, it tells the story of Brian's early childhood, his struggle of being a boy but feeling and identifying as a girl, conflicts with his parents, and socially being pressed into a life which was not his at all. His desperate prayers, his secret life as a "woman", his depressions, his wedding plans that ended in a suicide attempt, his seeking counseling that guided him safely through his transitioning from Brian to Brenda and helped him/her to become a valuable employee.

The book has sample letters addressed to friends and coworkers from Brian/Brenda and his/her manager of the Human Resources Department.

Chapter 2 "About Transsexualism" covers a Human Resource Department organized meeting with Brian/Brenda's coworkers, a psychologist, and a female-to-male transsexual to inform about the complex subject of transsexualism.

Chapter 3 and 4 are question and answer sections that give honest answers to questions that might be asked when dealing with a transitioning coworker (e.g., Do all transsexuals have sex change surgery? What is the difference between transsexuals and transvestites? Do the hormones interfere with a transsexual's ability to do their job? Why doesn't the company just replace Brian?).

Chapter 5 describes the first day of Brian, now as Brenda, at work, her anxiety and courage to finally be who she always was deep inside. Chapter 6 shows a picture gallery of transsexuals, male-to-female and female-to-male. This is an excellent closing to show that transsexuals are "real people" with "real jobs" that deserve to be fully integrated into society.

Thank you, Janis Walworth, for addressing such a complex subject in an easy-to-read language and the resource list that offers help and support on this matter!