Strangers in Paradise: Volume 5: Immortal Enemies is the next trade paperback collection of Terry Moore's wonderful comic. This book collects the following issues: Volume 3, Issue 6: The Elephant Graveyard; Volume 3, Issue 7: The Very Thing That Makes Her Rich; Volume 3, Issue 8, I Believe You; Volume 3, Issue 9: The Loneliness of Madmen; Volume 3, Issue 10: Suddenly; Volume 3, Issue 11: Immortal Enemies; and Volume 3, Issue 12: The Danger of the Night. (If you have not read the first four volumes (The Collected Strangers in Paradise, I Dream of You, It's a Good Life, and Love Me Tender), I recommend you do so, or you'll be missing vital backstory.)

What's a girl to do? It seems that no matter what Katchoo does, she can't win. Never one to have many friends, Katchoo realizes that she's lost one of the few people she's ever felt she could trust (slow though that may have been in coming), and, worse, that it was her fault. How can she expect David to open up to her when she never tells him anything about herself? Determined to set things right, Katchoo goes to find David, the only way she can... by asking the dreaded Darcy Parker for a favor.

How far will Katchoo go to find David? How far will Darcy go to bend Katchoo to her whims? How far will David go to save Katchoo? And how far will Francine go just to find out what's going on?

Immortal Enemies continues the stories of Katchoo's attempts (and failures) to escape her past. It seems that there's nothing she can do to get away from mistakes that continue to haunt her, and endangering her friends. As with the rest of the series, the book is rife with emotional conflict and physical violence, and puts our heroes and heroines in any number of impossible situations.

If you've enjoyed the previous volumes of the series, you're sure to love Immortal Enemies.

Strangers in Paradise is about three people (Francine, Katchoo and David) who are constantly in a struggle with their feelings and finding out who loves who in what manner. A big factor is also the past of Katchoo (related to David's past) from which more and more gets out in the open. It is best labelled as "exaggerated action-reality-soap". This collection being the second book of the third volume (previous collection is called "Love me Tender").

In this particular graphic novel:

Katchoo realizes she made a mistake by chasing away David, only David has vanished without a trace so there's no way for here to simply go over to his place and make it up to him (see previous book for details). She goes out to look for him and starts with David's roots, at his sisters place.
Meanwhile Miss Parker (see "I dream of You", the first book of the 2nd volume) is handling some 'big business'. It gets revealed Miss Parker never stopped monitoring katchoo, her ex-lover. When Katchoo learns of this she has but one question, "who's the mole ?". A confrontation seems inevitable.

Like I said in the review-title, I think this is the best volume since "I Dream of You" (the book that I would advise people to start reading this series with). The story that started in the previous volume is further build up here and shows links that have been there all along but that you never saw. The art is like always in the hands of Terry Moore and is still good and consistent (in black-and-white).
Again a very nice graphic novel, but like I said I'd start with "I dream of You' (or at the very least "Love me Tender" which is the first part of this particular story). A constantly good series so far, although the main plan of Moore to keep this series as true-to-reality as possible is slowly beginning to slip.

try it --- love it -- treasure it -- and it refers to the story, the characters, the author...keeps you coming back for more or re-reading until the next issue comes out...

Jeremy Davenant's Uncle Gerald tears a page out of a dictionary and tells the youngster (who is really his girlfriend's son) that here is his destiny. It's a leaf from the S's, which includes Shakespeare, the Hindu play "Shakuntala", and the Ukranian city of Shakhyorsk. What can such disperate fragments have to do with someone's real life? Jeremy finds out.

This is a promising premise for a book, and could have, should have, made "Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain" a lively, brain teasing kind of read. But instead, it's caught up in Jeremy's obsession for the weird and unappealing Milena, and gets stuck in a "boy wins," "boy loses" groove. There are some well-written scenes and an interesting character in Uncle Gerald, but Jeffrey Moore seemed unsure whether to gamble on one of those frisky literary tales or commit to a semi-comic saga of 20-something angst. A writer to watch, but he's not there yet.

At the start of this debut novel we are introduced to Jeremy, a young English boy whose "Uncle" Gerard convinces him that a random page torn from an encyclopedia is his destiny. The page contains entries such as Shaka Zulu, Shakespeare, and most importantly Shakuntala, with Jeremy's belief in the talismanic powers of "The Page" rather warping him. Fastforward to Jeremy as a grownup and fraudulent professor of Shakespeare at a university in Montreal. Having just ended a relationship, he moves into an awful new apartment and becomes immediately obsessed with a local woman. His determined and thickheaded pursuit of ardent feminist, and inconsiderate Milena is more or less the core of the book.

Moore wields an awfully witty pen, and his regular deliveries of clever wordplay manage to hide the shallowness of his characters-for a while. A rather major problem is that neither Jeremy nor Milena are at all likable other than in brief flashes (Jeremy when he talks about his Uncle Gerard, and Milena when she puts a snobbish professor in his place), and both are tremendously shallow and maladjusted adults. Their "courtship"-which is the main plotline-is also not particularly engaging, consisting as it does of her mild on-again, off-again interest, and his pathetic puppy-dog chasing. So, while it's nice writing, it's also squandered writing.

It's a pity really, 'cause Moore is very skilled and clever. He keeps one guessing throughout as to whether apparently manifestations of "The Page" in Jeremy's life are real or simply a series of projected meaning and minor coincidence. There is also a nice subplot of academic satire which is quite funny at times. Throughout the book, individual scenes and conversations can be really engaging, so it's a bit disappointing that things drag on so long and end in a series of rather predictable revelations and semi-reversals. The book did win the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Novel, so clearly some were able to overlook its flaws. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for his next book.

This is sentimental comedy whit more than a dark edge:Hornby's High Fidelity meets Scorsese's After hours,so to speak. Many scenes are immersed in an onirical atmosphere, and the realism whit wich the decaying bohemien neighborhood is descripted makes them even so bizarre. The story, per se, is very linear: Jeremy's obsession for the mysterious Milena, fascinating Dark Lady,and their rather discontinuous relationship. But that's only the canvas for a narrative witty, intelligent,full of intriguing satirical notations,while the story unravels the mystery of Milena's identity. Very nice the invention of the eccentric "uncle" Gerald and his whimsical bibliomancy. This is a book to enjoy,subtly disquieting and funny at the same time. And finally,let me say it:
kudos to a thirtysomething-in-love novel whit a protagonist who doesn't wallow in self-pity for three quarters of the book!

I think the concept of nourishing ones' inner life is important but might better be found in Thomas Moore's Care of the Soul and the existential concepts in Freedom and Accountability at Work, by Peter Koestenbaum.
In this book Thomas Moore takes us through his spiritual journey which may well be interesting for some and I am sure was cathartic for him. He is also an eloquent writer; to that extent I found merit in his pen and leveraged this inspiration into a few poems myself.

I have been on a long and winding spiritual journey for twelve years. Part of those twelve years I attempted to become a minister in an enormous "red tape" denomination. I finally decided to turn the church loose and find out who God truly is.

Since that time I have been trying to define myself (spiritually). This book has truly been a key to that definition. The key authors that have guided me have been Thomas Merton, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Thomas Moore, Thomas Keating, and Harold Kushner. Each of the authors have played a major role in my spiritual development.

I recommend the book, "The Soul's Religion: Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life" by Thomas Moore, to anyone truly wanting to discover ways to the "core of life"!

This is a most luminous, magical, lyrical and compassionate book. There is much wisdom contained in 'Soul's Religion' & its more detailed than 'Care of the Soul'. Moore addreses life's crucial questions and meditates upon them with profound, ritualistic rhythm. He is able to translate, so eloquently and poetically, his finely-tuned sensibility with an understanding of decades of theological scholarship. Moore honours history and integrates it into his work with dazzling finesse. Moore reminds us of the artful philosophies of the Renaissance. Encourages us to revel and rejoice in the mystery of the Church. In divine, holy ignorance.
Solomon 6:'Wisdom is radiant and unfading, and she is easily discerned by those who love her, and is found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her. He who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty, for he will find her sitting at his gates'

I have found her in this book.

I was very impressed with the book. I found many parts of it to be very profound, especially the depth of insight Moore has for the characters in the Old Testament. Moore's ability to understand the human person is outstanding. The way he explains them is similar to how someone would explain a friend or an aquaintance. He can read 1 and 2 Kings and see the heart of each leader in the two books. I also like how Moore includes the theological significance for each story in Kings. This makes Kings very interesting to read, as we see contemporary application for each chapter of the books. Moore includes discussion of important Hebrew concepts, which is important when studying Scripture. Although Moore's book contains high level Biblical scholarship, it is written in a way that the lay level person could understand it as well. The book could be read by both scholars and lay level readers. I think Moore is anointed by the Lord to reveal important truths of part of the inspired word of God, the Old Testament.

"When students begin biblical study, they are understandably inclined to reckon that the Books of Kings are among the most boring parts of the Old Testament. It is important that these events happened, but they have nothing to say to us. In this book Dr Moore demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. With lots of appeal to intertextuality and intratextuality and other approaches to interpretation, he shows that these books represent a series of takes on a number of issues that continue to be of vital importance - matters such as justice, famine, family problems, violence, and international relations. They have lots to say to us" (review received from Dr. John Goldingay).

How can events from the Hebrew Bible possibly have any relevance today with all the education and technology of the 21st century? Dr. Moore's book demonstrates that the more things change, the more they stay the same! Faith is easy when things are going well, but it is only under pressure that faith is grown. The challenges remain the same today as in the time of the kings of Israel. Does one remain faithful even in the midst of injustice? Is it more difficult to keep the faith when things are too good? Faith unchallenged by the pressures of life, the same kind of pressures now as then, may get flabby and flat. It is only under the pressures of life that faith is challenged to grow, and with each challenge is the reward of a higher level, a greater faith. Dr. Moore has made the study of the Old Testament come alive as he shows parallels to the issues and temptations of our current culture. Great reading and even better to discuss with others!

OK, but it would help if the pictures of the plants were real photos.

This book is a good beginning book on edible and medicinal plants of the west. The pictures are excellent and really help in identify species. The only complaint I have with this book is that it is missing some important edible plant sources, and it is also could be more detailed in methods of cooking and eating the plants.

Full color photographs of every plant in the book, along with very complete, if brief, descriptions of characteristics and properties. The book itself is compact and easy to carry with you into the field, which is the ONLY place to truly study the subject matter. Enjoy this gem!

50 bucks for this, I wouldn't have paid 50 bucks for this if I would have known half the book isn't about Flash. I guess that's ok, because it teaches you to build a webisode from all aspects: graphics, sounds, distribution, and gif links. However, I don't have Acid, Fireworks, or the other programs mentioned. I liked the fact that the author gives you fast loading games (actionscrit) to play as your epic webisode is loading. Some nice touches. The cd is good, but for 50 dollars, I wish there were more about Flash.

I really like the fact that this book covers more than just one product. It covers ACID pretty well. some of the samples are funny. The cd-rom has plenty of software and samples (much better than most of the other computer books I've recently purchased). I really liked chapter 18. This is a good book if you have some time to really pick apart the samples. The first three chapters start off slow but the book really picks up the pace towards the end.

I really liked this book/cd-rom. This book not only gives you the nuts and bolts of how to make flash content, it also gives you some basic internet trend information ( how many narrowband users vs. broadband users...). This information helped me pitch my flash content to my department head! The cd-rom has some good samples and software. The loop section is very cool.

My father passed away two years ago after a ten year battle with cancer. While he did receive excellent care during his time in the hospital, he was later moved to a nursing home. Again, the care was adequate, but with such a vast number of residents, there was little time for hand-holding or explanation of what to expect as the disease worsened. While the doctor explained the disease, treatment and possible side effects of treatment, very vaguely I might add, there was little information given on what to expect in the years or months remaining, other than he would be kept "as comfortable as possible." Trying to pin down answers from doctors whose case loads were already stretched far beyond the limit was like trying to catch a feather in a wind storm. I began to wonder how many others were left in this same position.

While this book is not the most extensive one written on the subject, it is a good place to start. It is written in a straight-forward manner by an author who is well qualified in her field. With cancer, it is difficult for the lay person to know and understand what to expect, what symptoms are caused from the cancer itself and what symptoms are caused from the side-effects of treatment and medication. Cancer is not an illness which affects only the patient, it is equally as devastating for the family, particularly when the prognosis is "terminal." "Living with Cancer" answers many questions and concerns expressed by both patient and family. The emotional and physical changes are like taking a ride, blindfolded, on the world's largest roller coaster. You cannot see what is ahead, nor do you know when the highs and lows will hit, and there are generally far more lows than highs - suddenly, in a split second, they hit with relentless force. "Living with Cancer" covers topics from initial diagnosis, medical/natural treatments and side effects to hospice care and living wills. It is a good basic book, but I do wish the topics had been expanded upon in greater detail.

This book is the still the only one that is so easy to read, direct and completely reassuring. It just helps to have a place to look up the symptoms and be able to gauge how bad it is and when to call the oncology nurse. It tells the reader the words to use to describe the problem when making the call so that the problem is heard!

A big plus is the discussion with every symptom of non-conventional remedies.

This book is for anyone with any cancer and even their friends and family to explain what is going on and what to do.

This book is a must have for every survivor!

This is a truly wonderful book. It alphabetically lists every effect & side effect of cancer and cancer treatments, and gives in depth suggestions on how to deal with these effects. It discusses the medical point of view, and goes all the way to holistic ways, and natural herbal remedies. I found that reading this book from cover to cover gave me a fantastic overview about what I could expect to see my Mom go through as she struggled with cancer, and it enabled me to help her with good suggesstions to increase her comfort and appetite. If you don't want to be clueless, you'll probably like this book.

Compared to any of the other books situated in the Dungeons and Dragons universes, I have enjoyed the Spelljammer stories quite thoroughly. I recommend this book highly to anyone that likes Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Darksun, Greyhawk, or Planescape.

I warmly remember The Maelstrom's Eye as one of the best TSR-novels I read as a teen. Roger Moore gave his debut as a novelist, displaying a quite surprising talent for writing, given that he was primarily a game designer. He managed to elevate the up to then solid but not captivating Cloak Master Cycle to new heights, delivering a story as complex as it was intriguing. Elaine Cunningham came close to matching him in this, but after that, the series sadly dropped off. Don't miss the appearance of the dreaded space hamsters!

These are the ONLY novels written before TSR cancelled the Spelljammer AD&D campaign:

In this, the third novel of a 6-part series, the main character (Teldin Moore, a native of Krynn, the Dragonlance world) meets with the Elven Imperial Navy to get help in determining the properties of his mysterious cloak, which is said to have ties to the Spelljammer ship itself.

As the story develops, he is emroiled in a conflict with the elves and the Scro, an intelligent orc race, who both want to obtain his cloak (as does an undead neogi). Along the way, he is reunited with a character from the first book (a hippo-man named Gomja) and is joined by a native of his homeworld, a female half-kender (as he would say, "Great Paladine!").

Well-written and in-depth, this continues the series of novels about the Cloakmaster. Each novel is written by a different TSR-native author. The story, so far, has meshed well and each author well-defines the broad scope of the unique Spelljammer setting.

This entire series must-buy for a fantasy fiction lover tired of the traditional "Earth-style pseudo-medievil world-walker" campaigns.

This is a poorly written book. Kiel's writing style is very flat, and sounds for all the world like a 9th grader's "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" essay. At first, this simplicity is charming, but eventually it runs dry. It is short on feeling and long on flatly presented facts.

Every job he's ever had is detailed. Kiel is long on money, negotiations, and the one that got away. He's short on real behind the scenes stuff, on personalities, and on pulling out the most interesting details. His lengthiest description in the section on The Spy Who Loved Me was of a restaurant he ate at, it read something like a list of food items, followed by "Yum." I kid you not.

Kiel is selling this book based on his Bond experience, which is emphasized in the title (the full title on the cover is: Making It BIG in the Movies: The Autobiography of Richard "Jaws" Kiel, James Bond's Biggest Enemy, the Man with the Steel Teeth"). However, the Bond movies are given no more attention than any of his other film experience, and in fact, are given less wordage than his failed attempt to get a kid's TV series off the ground. This strikes me as misleading almost to the point of dishonesty.

The book has some small interest, especially if you're interested in the details of negotiating with filmmakers and agents.

Ultimately, it is about Kiel's Christianity, and ends with a chapter apparently intended as missionary work. I don't have an objection to the man being religious, but again, it's not what I plunked my money down for.

Not recommended.

Richard Kiel is one of my favorite actors from both Bond and beyond and this book surely doesn't disappoint! It has lots of backscoop of the movie industry, tip on how to break into the industry, lots of photos and dry humor to boot. My only complaint is that he becomes preachy and Billy Graham-ish in the final chapter, but that didn't sour the book one bit. A must for any 007 fan!!!!!!

Richard Kiel has a warm interesting way of sharing his reality of how persistence pays off. This book gives workable insights that will help anyone wanting to improve their lot in life! Richard's giant-size heartfelt sincerity shines through the dozens of stories about how he climbed each rung of the ladder that led him to more and more success - with dry wit and the type of charm that only truth brings. The "insider" knowledge he brings to life will serve to renew any reader's determination to reach his or her own goals. Definitely up there with books by Art Linkletter, Napoleon Hill and others. Don't pass it up!

In the essay in which the author describes her initial encounter with graduate level philosophy, Kathleen Moore gave away a major distinction between herself and myself ... her first paper topic was on Descartes - as a undergraduate philosophy major, I thought Descartes marked the point at which Western philosophy became a waste of time. Admittedly my view has mellowed, but Kathleen Moore's essays lack the almost mystical quality one finds in the essays of Kim Stafford, Annie Dillard etc.

Several of the essays, however, are charming especially her meditations on poking around, on her elderly neighbor, and on the funeral arrangements for her father. From her essays as a whole, one gets a sense of life fully lived in the details.

This is a book I enjoyed, am glad to have read but am unapt to read more than one or two essays again.

Although I first read this collection of essays nearly five years ago, Derrick Jensen's recent interview with Moore in "The Sun" magazine prompted me to get my feet wet in this river again. "I have come to believe that all essays walk in rivers," Moore writes in the Preface. "Essays ask the philosophical question that flows through time--How shall I live my life? The answers drift together through countless converging streams, where they move swiftly below the reflective surface of the natural world and mix in the deep and quiet places of the mind. Tthis is where an essayist must walk, stirring up the mud" (p. xiii).

There are reflections of love, loss, motherhood, and happiness in these twenty river essays, which tend to run deep. We find Moore river-camping on the Willamette, wondering "What will draw our children back home?" (p. 8); contemplating happiness and sorrow on the John Day River; discovering "love can lead people to beauty" (p. 27), while night-skiing along the headwaters of the Rogue River with her husband, Frank; poking around Winter Creek (my favorite essay in the book); contemplating erosion in the Little Stoney River; "keeping house in the woods" (p. 54) while camping near the Smohalla River; identifying plants at the McKenzie River; spending time with her father under a full moon at the headwaters of the Metolius; walking barefoot up Bear Creek; camping among Sonoran Desert arroyos; country-western dancing to songs about rivers; travelling in the jet stream to see her dying father; contemplating motherhood, loss, and aging by the Puget Sound; studying newts at Klickitat Creek; fly-fishing on the Deschutes River; soul searching on the Salish River; encountering a rattlesnake near Alamo Canyon Creek; and looking at the Maclaren River under the midnight sun in Alaska.

RIVERWALKING shows that we can never step in the same river twice, and will appeal to those who have ever had seeds in their socks, or rocks in their pockets (p. 31).

G. Merritt

Writing with clarity and purpose is difficult, but Kathleen Dean Moore has mastered the craft in Riverwalking. Her essays are both simple and complex as they mix her experiences in the natural world with her philosophical questions about life.

She is at her best in the essay, "The John Day River", where she questions a universal balance between happiness and despair. She wonders if the joy of cowboys who park their trucks in wheat fields and turn up their radios "to dance in the headlights" (page 20) enjoy themselves at another's expense. In her casual, but eloquent style she questions the possibility of Nature collecting a debt, payable by sickness or sorrow charged to one (her own father's hospitalization, perhaps) to cover the cost of happiness for another.

Kathleen Dean Moore is a gifted essayist. She has found a beautiful confluence where her philosophical questions empty into the deep ocean of nature writing. She has earned her place as one of the genre's very best.