Farley Mills has started a new discount dry cleaners which begins to undermine Mandy Dyer's business. Mandy doesn't mind fair competition, but Farley is passing out coupons to his establishment right on Mandy's doorstep. As Mandy is pondering what to do about it, Farley's body is found on the premises of Dyer's Cleaners. Mandy has an obvious motive and one which the police seize on immediately. In self-defense, she decides to start her own investigation. After some checking around, Mandy discovers that several of her employees have motives for the murder. One by one, she tries to investigate each of the suspects until she discovers the guilty party, only in time for her own life to be threatened. Johnson is a good writer and this second book is a good addition to the series.

I thoroughly enjoyed her second book. She seems to be getting better with each book. I look forward to her next.

After reading this book, I went out and got as many Mandy Dyermysteries as I could find. Characters are likeable and humorous, and theplot was intriguing. As a fan of Sue Grafton's style of realistic characters and interesting plot twists, I'm looking forward to reading more by this author.

This is another solid effort by Dolores Johnson. It's not, by the way, a "sink your teeth into", heavy suspense kind of book. Like all the others in this series, it is a fast-paced and light mystery involving an amateur sleuth/dry cleaner owner who keeps running into murder victims one way or the other. Who knew the dry cleaning business could be so adventurous? The thing that I like about this series is that Mandy and her friends are quirky, but likeable. In fact, I like this cast of characters better than most other mystery series out there. The thing that I do not like is there is a tendency for predictability. This particular book and Mandy's detective work just got way too predictable and the ending . . . well, I won't go into the ending, but anyway, still a worthy read if you enjoy "cozy" mysteries. Not much explicit language in this series, which I appreciate, but there are a few occurrences of it in this book.

If you have not read any books from Dolores Johnson, I highly recommend starting from the beginning of this series - "Taken to the Cleaners" is a great book.

This is the first book I've read by this author, and while I enjoyed it, like another reviewer, I thought the ending fizzled. I would have liked to have seen how some of the relationships that were formed in the book were settled. I will, however, read more of her books. I enjoy murder mysteries that aren't heavy and scary and full of foul language, and this one fit the bill.

I enjoyed this book so much I will buy the rest of hers.

He leido casi todos los libros de este escritor , pero este libro , no me gusto mucho como otros , porque en el Capitulo de la Independencia menciona que la mujer tiene que ser Independiente , y nunca depender de nadie y trabajar , EL SE CONTRADICE SOLO , porque el esta casado y tiene 7 Hijos , De que mujeres esta hablando ya que su esposa con 7 hijos no es esposa sino esclava ....

This book tought to me a lot about me and the other people

I read this book and I learned to think about my actions and behavior with the others. I am more open with others about myself and about other, because all need to be lintening.

Books on infant baptism are common. Ones on the baptism of believers by immersion are harder to find. Dyer's book falls into the latter category. Those who have serious questions about what the Bible has to say about baptism will value Dyer's helpful book. Without becoming excessively technical, Dyer, a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, answers common questions about baptism in sufficient depth to satisfy most readers. He tackles different uses of the word "baptism" in the Bible, answers common objections to baptism, and has helpful and practical hints to offer those participating in a baptism. Readers will appreciate his willingness to discuss opposing views and to analyze some of the harder verses in the Bible that are related to the subject.

Dr. Dyer's book on baptism is a good book, if you hold that baptism is a mere ceremony in the life of the believer. I found the book to be simple to read and Dr. Dyer deals with the mode, subjects, and purpose of baptism quite well.

My only problems with this book was Dr. Dyer's insistence that while baptism should be the believers first act of obedience to Christ, he never tells us why. He defends believers' baptism but then attacks baptismal regeneration by insisting that a believer need not be baptized to be saved yet if they truly are saved, writes Dyer, then they will be baptized. This is confusing to me since the NT knows nothing of an unbaptized Christian, which Dyer would agree with, but then he claims you can still be a Christian without baptism.

I do recommend this book but I do also recommend that you read this with your Bible open and ready to test all things by the inspired Scriptures (1 Thess. 5:21).

Dr. Dyer has done the church a service by publishing this fine little volume on baptism. He explains, in simple language, what baptism means and why the believer should be baptized. Along the way, he explains the mode of baptism and some helpful hints for both the one being baptized and the baptizer. This is an excellent book to hand to candidates for baptism to explain clearly this important doctrine.

For the more technical minded, the author deals with a number of issues that have divided the church:

1. He defends the immersion mode of baptism.
2. He rejects infant baptism, promoting only believer's baptism
3. He explains the true meaning of the major passages used to support baptismal regeneration.

My only disagreement with Dyer would be in his understanding of modern day Lutheran theology being in opposition with Martin Luther's view (p.33). Unfortunately, Luther, who did teach that salvation was on the basis of grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, never broke from infant baptism as a component of salvation. The contradiction lies with Luther himself, who believed so strongly in sola fide while still subscribing to baptismal regeneration (see Luther's Shorter Catechism), not with Luther and Lutheran theology.

Baptism, the Believer's First Obedience is an excellent tool that I will use on a regular basis with those interested in baptism.

If you are a collector this may interest you. The book is primarily photographs of beautiful collectible ties. There is some history of the tie and labels to look for. All in all is is a pretty book. I had hoped for more information on values but was disappointed in that respect.

This is a charming, but ultimately shallow, book. It's something I like to look at when I'm looking for inspiration on vintge style, but there's not much context here. I'd love a bit of socio-history to give it some substance.

Well, if you're into ties, this is a great book! Not only it is fun to look at, but it serves as a useful guide for dating and categorizing old ties. This book has quite a bit of good info, as well, especially about labels and designers. Worth a look!

I had been wanting to dye yarn for a long time and I finally ran into this book. It explains everything clearly and warns you multiple times of this not being a science, but rather to expect variations. The book is intended for dyers in the east coast of Canada / NE U.S., where the plants she mentions can be easily found. Nevertheless, anyone can benefit from the technique and general principles explained by the author.

I tried her instructions for the onion dye and it worked like a charm. I got colors very similar to those on the book's cover. Luckily I just pruned my apple trees and plan to use the bark and twigs as dyestuff next.

The book was written before the age of Martha-Stewart detailed instructional photography, so the only thing I wish is that it had included more pictures. But this book should be on every dyer's bookshelf.

The only problem with this book is that it lacks colour photos that would enhance the reading of this book. However, this book is full of information on how to dye wool and other fibers from plants and lichens. The book goes over all the techniques of dying different fibers. It also has a huge section on different plants and what colours you would expect to get when combined with a moderant. The book also contains a section on where to get and how to identify plants and moderants as well as other books that are useful. There are many helpful tables on dyebaths, measurements for moderants and the effects of weak, medium and strong dyebaths. This is a wonderful book for the beginning dyer and an excellent resource, it is easy to read and understand eventhough I think it could have more pictures of the plants, moderants and different colours you may get.

This book is a penetrating look into the world of an intelligent, emotional boy trying to make sense of a world of adult hypocrisy. Although the book is wickedly funny and irreverent in parts, it never strays far from its serious (and very worthwhile) central theme - how to be a decent human being in a false and callous world. As is the case in real life, the young hero finds that there are few, if any, reliable guides to help him in this, and he is forced to find his own way. Although there are some passages that could have been improved by a good editor, the writing style is excellent and the story moves. I recommend this book highly, and watch for more books from this author!

Not quite Catcher in the Rye but if you felt an affinity with Holden Caulfield then the character of Harry Taft might just win you over. There is a story in all this but it's more of a character study that a padded out plot. The characters are pretty well fleshed out - even many of the minor characters - and the caricatures are kept just the right side of believable. Put it this way, this is the first book in weeks that I've read right through to the end and it says a lot for any author that they can hold my interest and not have me skipping paragraphs let alone pages. Americans will obviously pick up on all the subtle nuances that a Briton like me might miss if he didn't have an American wife to consult but that's a minor gripe.

I reviewed this book for Learning A Living; A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia. Here is what was in the Annotated Bibliograpy

A comprehensive book on searching for vacancies rather than creating a job.Exercises to determine career interests, networking, interviews, and handling offers. Recommends that you contact people to review your plan for marketing your career. Suggests win-win negotiating techniques for salary negotiating. Most forms do not work for people who have dyslexia or learning disabilities.

Dyer guides you step by step through the job search process. With exercises that help you find your marketable job skills and interests, this book will show you where to look for the perfect job for you. I highly reccommend The Ultimate Job Search Survival Guide for people at any stage in their career.

Overall this book is a good overview of the american political system. The structures of the beurocracy, executive, congressional, and judicial branches are covered very thoroughly. However, I found that the author inserted a bit too much of his own Republican biases in it. There is a whole section devoted to "government waste" - a common election tactic by Republicans. While it is true that the government is wasteful- all beurocracies are to some extent- a recent survey showed the US gov't to be the 3rd most efficient in the world. Also, sprinkled throughout the book are convinient three paragraph long and very shallow "Counterpoints" which try to convince readers of republican principles from the flat tax to the abolition of affirmative action. The most egragrious offenses come in various profiles "people in polics" of various leaders in politics. Invariably, the Republicans profiled have their personal strengths asserted with a folksy charm, while the Democrats are given a far away overview as well as mention of some trivial personal faults (Barbara Boxer's overdrafts from the House banks- a trivial issue in the big picture of things- is in her bio). And of course there are also the "Liberal ratings" in it- with the late Paul Wellstone topping the list. In addition to all of this, the general wording of the book and word choice used betrays the clearly Republican biases of the author. Overall the book is not a bad book, it does a good and thorough job at outlining the structure of the federal government, however, reader beware of the biases of the author.

I just finished taking a class called "Introduction to American Politics" and this was our only textbook. I found the textbook to be easy to read, clearly written, and factually accurate. I fear that many students, like myself, who have already studied some in this area may find the book to be too simplified, and will get bored reading about the basics of material which is already familiar to them. The book is great for the novice, but is definitely not upperclassmen material.

Okay, The Roads to Dot was very different from the first book in the series. The author continued on his path of making realistic characters live in fairly realistic situations. However, I found that the characters frustrated me more than the first book. The three main couples and two of the couple's sexual relationships I found to be upsetting; they where highly complex and involved. The love between the main characters in the first book just wasn't felt as much in this book. In the end you do feel the love between Jan and Jake, but the relationship of Rita and Betty I find to have almost a false note. It just doesn't ring of true love. Oh, there is lust, and alot of like, but I find it hard to believe that there is love in the relationship. Betty just doesn't appear to me to be the type of person mentally capable of real love at this point in her life. I think that she substitutes sex for love. This book did leave me with a taste for the third. I want to find out what happens to these people and their relationships. I wonder if they are going to last, if they are going to work out, and if they are going to be meaningful. This book is a definite must if you have read the first in the series, A Dot on the Map. It expands the relationships of people you met in the first book and brings you several new characters. This is a very good series so far, and I will definitely continue reading it.

In "The Roads to Dot", David O. Dyer, Sr. continues to tell the engaging stories about the residents in the small town of Dot, North Carolina that is hard to put down once you start reading. His characters are average people, each with their own strengths and flaws, and the reader is allowed to follow along to see how their lives play out. The stories of many of the original characters are blended in well with new characters providing continuity for fans of the first book while still being able to stand-alone for first time readers.