I connected with this book in a way that is uncommon. As I was reading, I became very relaxed and felt as though I was experiencing a rare and unique place. I felt transported to a divine place. I intend to read it again.

This book, written in 1943, relates the episodes of Helen who lapsed into a coma. Her body was functioning, but her consciousness had left her body. She remained in this state for three days, during which time she experienced a guide tour through the planes of Heaven. On this sojourn revelations, of which man has no conception, were witnessed, the most astounding of which was being presented at a lecture in the Medical Research Building. This is relevant information pertinent to today's medical research. Techniques being taught in the Communication Skills Building are of substance to the aspiring communication techniques of today. Of keen interest is the essence of a planetary expedition. "Moina's Heaven and Earth" challenges the reader to pique the encompassing reality of the Universe, past, present and future, as foretold and recorded herein, and marvel at its content.

Moina's Heaven & Earth is an amazing, spiritually uplifting book. It is the story of Helen, who while in a coma, temporarily leaves her earth life and experiences the different planes of heaven. The book was written in 1943 by Moina Morgan Vanderveer, who passed away in 1986. The manuscipt was later typed and taken to the publisher by Moina's good friend, Winona Anderson. The book is well-written and will be appreciated by anyone of any religious background.

Brett Corrigan hired Annie Harper to capture his ranch's runaway horses, not knowing she was the mysterious "Mustang Annie" who disappeared after experiencing a shameful, embarrassing event in her life. Because of it, Annie had decided love had no place in her life. Brett had decided love had no place in his life, either. Though he was determined to save his ranch, there was something about Annie which changed his mind. Rachelle Morgan's writing has improved tremendously since Wild Cat Cait. The juxtapositions between Annie's past and present lives are very nice here. Brett is sympathetic but doesn't have quite as much depth as Annie does. The balance, however, is quite nice, and this book is definitely one for the keeper shelves.

If you like frontier stories of people who overcome hardships, you'll love Brett and Annie as they struggle against their pasts and the attraction they feel toward each other while following a herd of wild horses. Ms Morgan created great characters who tug at the heart strings--an adventure, a romance and a two hanky read. ~ Romance Reviews Today ~ Coming Soon

Brett Corrigan, former gambler, won a horse ranch during a card game and he wants to make is successful. Enter Blue Fire, a wild stallion, who is stealing his mares, a few at the time. Determined to rescue his mares and capture Blue Fire, Brett sets out to find the best mustanger he can find. Enter our heroine, "Mustang Annie" Harper, a former horse thief, who has secrets she is determined to keep. She refuses Brett's offer but due to unforseen circumstances she rides to Brett's ranch, sets our her terms and agrees to find his mares and Blue Fire.

They set out to find the horses with three of his men and a 13 year old boy, Dogie, in tow. One of the men, Wade Henry, has known Annie since she was a child and has ridden with her grandfather. During the trek, Brett decides he wants Annie more than any woman he has desired. Annie rebuffs him at every turn. Along the way secrets are divulged.

The horses are captured, then the unforseen happens, changing their plans. Does Brett know that Annie is a wanted horse thief? What about her past is troubling Annie? What secrets does she hold close to her heart.

This is a well written, interesting story and best of all we have a strong heroine and a really sweet, once you get to know him, hero.

All's well that ends well, but read this story and find out. You will enjoy it.

Due to unforseen circumstances, Annie later agrees to

I really enjoy this book and come back to it for an enjoyable evening read. The book is organized by engine size (and separate chapter for Turbos of all years). The color photos are great. Published in England (printed in Hong Kong) with many photos of rh drive as well as lh drive cars. Does not include as many cosmetic details/differences as Mark Haab's book, but the well-written text covers the major functional changes and then a summary at the end of each chapters lists options, colors, chassis number ids, and the production data for each year and model.

This is one of the best books about classic Porsche 911s available. It provides detailed information and pictures of the specs (incl. interior & exterior trim, engine, available colors, option-lists and many more) of all 911 series. You want to know, which model exactly you are looking at, next time you see a classic 911? Read this book and you'll know.

This book presents a good overview (facts, models, pictures) of the Porsche 911 since its creation until mid 90's. It does include some vehicle numbers and performance data. But it is not a technical manual. I think its a good start from potential 911 restorers, to get acquainted with the 911.

The Ride Down Mt. Morgan is an engaging play, one that provides the reader (or viewer) with as much food for thought, as amusement. Is it a masterpiece? No. Not by any stretch. Death of a Salesman is a masterpiece.

Lyman Felt is certainly a colorful character from whom we can learn much, not just about bigamists, but also about ourselves. He is not, however, a Willy Loman, a character so strongly defined that he's entrenched in the American (if not the world's) psyche. Felt effectively represents and helps us to understand (if not forgive) a specific type of man; Loman effectively represents the sometimes overwhelming frustrations any of us endures in pursuit of the elusive American dream.

Miller does succeed in The Ride Down Mt. Morgan by prompting us to consider what might motivate a man who constructs an elaborate network of lies in an attempt to keep two wives. In his own mind, Felt is justifiably keeping both women happy and (again, in his own mind) he loves them both so much, he couldn't stand to let either one go. For some time, he is quite successful in living these two lives.

After surviving an accident (or was it an accident?), however, both women arrive at the hospital to take care of him. Now that the deception is uncovered, the real damage unfurls; both wives know they can't trust him; both feel they were never truly loved; both are forced to make swift decisions, none of which are surprising or irrational given the circumstances. Although Felt is charming enough to win our affection, we still come away believing he pretty much gets what he deserves. I might be wrong. Maybe Felt does represent us all. Sure, few of us are bigamists; but maybe Felt really represents the very damaging, but human desire we all have to have your cake and eat it, too.

This is essentially the material of Kazan's The Arrangement arranged to formulate a conception of theater derived from After The Fall, and it shows the fruits of having written that monumental play. It takes two thirds of the play's length to get its mechanism functioning, and when it does it's a poetic surrealism of great flexibility and subtlety, capable of shifting planes of thought instantaneously, and provided with a set of cinematic flashbacks and evocations which happen in full view of the mind's eye of characters onstage, in a story of Christ between two thieves.

In Arthur Miller's splendid play, the main character Lyman Felt concludes that if you try to live according to your real desires, you have to end up looking like a s---. That's his explanation for never divorcing his first wife before marrying another. It's when his car crashes traveling down a snow covered Mt. Morgan that his double life is exposed. His two wives meet and the issues of fidelity, true love, deception and honesty are explored. Can a person remain true to himself and still always true to another? Arthur Miller poses wonderful food for thought in this witty, poignant masterpiece.

Much touted "Southern Womanhood" at it's most self-absorbed. You get it all here. Crinolines, silks, swoons, duels, sabres, smiling slaves, dashing officers, horrid yankees laying waste to all that is beautiful and noble, backbiting jealousies, scandal. All of the stuff that made "Gone With the Wind" a bestseller. Tennessee Williams would have had a grand time with this narcissistic young lady. A modern day psychologist could have made a fortune on her. Imagine an egomaniacal preppie girl in a civil war setting and you have Sarah Morgan. She sighs, she weeps, she yearns for death to relieve her imagined sufferings. Gallant Confederate officers lay court to her and her sister, while she denies that they could take an interest in her plain, ordinary, self. This after spending endless pages describing her preparations to meet them, entertain them, etc. She is remarkable for her ability to deceive herself. Other than how it affects herself or her narrow circle, she is oblivious to what's happening around her. Battles that slaughtered thousands are barely, if at all, acknowledged. The slaves are pictured as happy, singing, smiling, non-entities who amaze and anger her when they give up their joyful lives to run off the the horrid yankees. Some of the other reviewers have called her a sort of "pre-feminist". A long, very long, stretch based on her mild yearnings "to be a man", or "being a worthless woman." Hardly Anthony or Stanton, or even Mary Chesnut. For the most part, she accepts, even embraces, the status quo. She describes endlessly and picturesquely her mourning over her brother killed in a duel over an imagined slight, but never questions the idiocy of the "code duello". She blathers about the "gallant grey coats", but ridicules and snickers at the common soldiers. She has no use for the lesser classes and disdains, with horror, any contact with them. There is no high adventure or heroics here. Though she whines a lot, her actual suffering is minimal. She and her family abandon their house in Baton Rouge (because of a threatened Confederate attack) and end up in a 3 story mansion in New Orleans provided by her Unionist brother. Two other brothers die of disease in the war which illicits melodramatic scenes of grief in which she portrays herself as outwardly stoic but suffering in martyred silence. In short, she is a typical adolescent, concerned only with how she looks to her circle.

Having said all that, I liked the book. It gives a vivid portrait of the thinking of what I imagine was common among the upper crust of Southern society during the horrendous slaughter they initiated. Arrogant,self-satisfied, self-righteous, horribly self-absorbed, and ruthless. By the end of the book, I wished Sherman had been less restrained, and reconstruction a lot more successful.

If you would prefer someone who actually thinks about the issues, who reports on the happenings, who questions the icons, try Mary Chesnut. Her attitudes aren't all that much different (with some notable exceptions), but her feelings are real, and, unlike Sarah, she does divorce herself from her mirror.

When reading this superb Civil War diary the reader is immediately struck by two things. One, it is hard to believe that so young a woman could have expressed herself and her feelings so beautifully, and two, it is even more amazing that everything contain in this diary is exactly as Sarah Morgan wrote it originally. That is to say, it was not polished and edited afterwards (as Mary Chestnut intended to do, but was not able). If you want to take a glimpse at what living through four years of war was like for a Southern family and especially a young Southern woman you need look no further.

What an amazing book! To read this book is to take a trip back in
time. Not a politically correct book, but the diaries of a complex
young woman who was haughty and kind, flirtatious and proper,
deferential to men and determined to be an independent spinster. Sarah
Morgan was a rebel in terms of both her Southern heritage and her
pre-feminism beliefs. Her words depict a white world-view that doesn't
recognize its own racism, as well as her personal defiance of
society's expectations of her as a woman. She was a talented writer
with opinions that varied from modern, by today's standards, to
cripplingly in sync with the standards of 1860s Louisiana. As a Civil
War book, as a woman's memoir, and as a journey into one of the United
States' most fascinating and tragic times, this book is truly
outstanding.

A great book for beginners and a quick refernce for the intermediate users. Authors have maintained a good flow with easy to understand examples. The only drawback - the book has not been updated / revised or published after 95. Despite this shortcoming an excellent resource to learn SQL.

I knew little about SQL when I picked up this book, but I have learned exactly what I needed for my project. I am still using it for reference sometimes. A good book to learn about SQL syntax!

Good examples that really worked for me. I really enjoyed the book. The book was well written and structured with all levels of programmers in mind. I reccommend this book

Ten Bears is a really good book telling a great story. Due to the time difference between its writing and the actual events, there are some artistic licenses taken by the author, but I would argue that it adds to the books character. Mr. Silverman and Mr. Harrison have wound the events of the early seventies in Maryland with the creation of college lacrosse team. I appreciated the reality of the individual character's stories and the resisting by the author's to glamorize their antics. Yes, the team skipped practices and was not always honorable about going to school however, against the backdrop of the social times, their accomplishments are unbelievable. If you are a lacrosse fan, this is a must read. If you enjoy stories about real people, this is a good book telling a great story.

Another brilliantly woven masterpiece that tells a story of persistence, teamwork, and spirit. Mr. Silverman and Mr. Harrison take us on a journey through a truly inspiring tale about the only black college lacrosse team to compete in the NCAA. Based on a true story, this piece of sports history is a MUST read.

Fascinating piece of social and sports history. The authors combine humor and heart to create a great story about the only black college lacrosse team to ever compete in NCAA. This would make a GREAT movie!

This book was easy to read and packed with information. If you have an interest in pirates, this book will give you a fantastic overview.

If you are looking for specific, down-and-dirty details about Henry Morgan, however, this book might not be your best pick.

In essence, the author does an admirable job of showing what life, and especially life as a pirate, would have been like during the 1600s. In addition, there are detailed notes and a wonderful section of additional sources at the end of the book.

If you already have a good basic understanding of pirate life and want to know everything about Henry Morgan, however, consider yourself forewarned: I kept waiting for the specifics about Henry Morgan to show up. When they finally did begin to show up half-way through the book I found them to be of the "We don't really know for sure but this is a good guess of what he might have experienced" variety.

To be fair, for such a prominent historical figure, Morgan left few records, especially of his early years. I did find the information about his Uncles new, interesting and thought-provoking but felt the title suggested a more thorough treatment of the man himself.

Change the title and it would be a GREAT pirate book or pack it with EVERY detail you can find about Morgan and this would be the perfect pirate book. However, with Morgan figuring so prominently in the title I was a little disappointed to find the book contained so little new information about him.

I had heard of Henry Morgan and the buccaneers, but did not know much about them before I read this book. "Terror of the Spanish Main" presents a wealth of information in an entertaining and understanding way. Some of the parts that I found most interesting include the following:

1. What was London really like in the 17th century? (Marrin pulls no punches in describing the sights and odors that more sterile histories omit.
2. The democratic way in which the buccaneers and pirates organized their expeditions. The pirates were a "floating democracy."
3. The horrific tortures...described vividly in the book...that were "acceptable" more than 300 years ago.
4. How Morgan's life ended.

Numerous illustrations accompany the well-documented text. The book far exceeded my expectations, and I will read other books by this author.

This is a great book about one of the most famous buccaneers of all time. This is a great book, I couldn't put it down. If you like good books, buccaneers, ineresting information, or all of the above, you will love this book.

This book is a wonderful treatment of the few remaining cattle barons. It provides depth of coverage through interviews with residents of a number of ranches and sends the reader on a journey to the Texas plains.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT GET MY COPY FROM AMAZON.COM. I WAS FORTUNATE HOWEVER, TO GET AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY AT AN ANITQUE STORE. THE BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLISTRATED. A DEFINTE WANT TO BUY!

This book shows the real life of Texas ranchers involved. Wonderful pictures and stories of real families; their dreams and problems that come with owning a ranch in the 21st century. The whole book is a learning tool for anybody interested in a ranchers life.

No doubt, this is the single most important book to own if you are interested in the history of the Spitfire and all its variants. But, it should be mentioned that this is a rather ugly book in the visual sense. The color illustrations are among the worst i have ever seen (artwork varies from terrible to good). An endless number of pages are dedicated to listing serial numbers and the printing quality of the b&w photos is poor. The text is interesting and offers so much more than most Spitfire books. If you buy this volume, i strongly suggest you also get a book like Spitfire:Flying Legend. This way, you will have the definitive text in one volume and great photos of numerous variants in another.
For those (like myself) who are interested in line drawings of the aircraft structure, this book is splendid. Also worth noting that almost all the photos, as so-so as some may be, are of great value because they are not seen in other books. Lots of unique things in this volume. They should take this book to a graphics design bureau and let them put it together. The result wiould be a book costing $80 instead of $...but imagine what it could look like.

"Holy smokes" is what I said when I opened the box that had this book in it. Every once in awhile, a pleasant surprise occurs when ordering by mail. This is definately one of those surprises. A huge value for your money IF you want every nuance of every spitfire ever built. A lot of good, albeit small, B&W pix of the plane, its many varients, 12 pages of color line drawings. Even the forward mentions how much detail is involved in this book, how few are ever going to be able to dispute information portrayed here as a reader is easily overwhelmed by the size of this book. Even the weight makes it difficult to read.

But it is worth it. I have enjoyed every page, learning new things at every turn. Good introduction of the development of 1930's planes & technologies that led up to the Spitfire, how it almost didnt make it into production, and the development of so many varients.

A must have for the serious collector, or anyone who wants a REALLY big book on their shelf.

This is one awesome book for Spitfire lovers. If Spitfires arent an all-consuming passion, then dont buy this book as it is technical overload, hard to read, and simply mind-boggling in its depth. it doesnt have pretty pictures of restored spitfires, nor even many black and white ones of them in action, but you can get those anywhere. What it does have, is the most minute details on every aspect of its construction, history, and even a short history on every spitfire ever made, right through to the development of the Spiteful/Seafang series! Has documents from Supermarine on the troubles with getting the plane built, to the grapples with the Air Ministry. Quite simply, the scope of this book is enormous. You wont be able to read it cover to cover, but you will end up with a book that like mine takes pride of place amongst all other aircraft books.