You don't have to be married to a Veterinarian who also owns a kennel, or be a Boston Terrier enthusiast as I am to enjoy this poingnant "tale" about human nature, love, understanding and the wonderful human/animal bonding experience.

A refreshing read for anyone who loves to "get inside" a family and actually feel the emotions of the charachters and a new special friend. The title became a paw print on a petal in my heart at the end of the book - truly touching - written as though the "friend" was actually telling me the story sitting by a warm and cozy fireplace.

The fact that it is a true story makes it even more remarkable. Once you read it, you will never look at a rose the same. It uplifted my spirit and made me feel wonderful to experience the integrated family live life and learn things that only people who are lucky enough to become close to someone much unlike themselves.

Love of animals and the true beauty of the human condition and a few little dogs makes for an unforgetable love story. I have loaned it to many friends, and it has been returned quickly because it's one of those books you devour quickly and don't want to end. I wish there was a sequel. I hunger for the knowledge of how their lives are going. Absolutely a perfect book for anyone who believes in promises - and it may even make a cynic a little softer hearted. If you're lucky, you may even experience the scent of a rose at the end - I think I did!

Don't let this book get by you. A timeless story for teens and adults and even a great story to read to your children.

This book is a must have for anyone with interest in the Big South Fork area. The historical value contained in the pages takes one back through time to the earlist people to inhabit the region. Strong documented evidence along with local oral history leaves you wanting more.
Great Job Sam

"Southern Women's Writing" is the most comprehensive collection of works by Southern women that has ever hit the shelves!

Steve Eltinge and company have put together the finest book (or dare I say, bible)of Staffords in exsistance. The photography perfectly illustrates the brilliance of this breed only to be complemented by equally crafty writing. I recommend scratching and clawing to get your hands on a copy. It is priceless!

A great culmination to almost a dozen prior titles in the DS9 relaunch, Unity greatly exceeded my already great expectations. Without spoiling the book, I can say that it features the return of at least one returning character from the television series, a formal alliance between two peoples that has been long in coming (Though perhaps not the two peoples one would expect), and the beginnings of a resolution to Bajor's recent religious strife. We also see a regular character make an unexpected personal decision that will have a great affect on the course of future Deep Space Nine books.

Though far from the most major event to occur in this hardcover, the highlight of the book for me came when the ever-silent Morn burst into a song and dance number called "Silent No More". While this would have come off better had we been actually able to see and hear Morn, it was an unexpected twist and something long-time DS9 fans have been waiting a long time for. And who would have thought his first words would profess that he has a homosexual crush on Quark? Here I was thinking he just hung around the bar all the time because he liked to drink. I would have never have guessed what his true feelings were! And wait until you see how Quark and Ro Lauren react to the news! Let's just say you'll be surprised.

That's not the only surprise of a personal nature that takes place in this book. The long awaited birth of "Captain Sisko's child" takes place and let's just say that the baby has a few ridges too many on his forehead to be human! For an infant, it also seems to have a very strong fasination with prune juice. Bajor's populace is not happy and soon Kassidy and Worf, Jr are on the run from an angry mob!

What other surprising twists and turns take place in this exciting novel? You'll just have to buy it and find out for yourself.

The holocaust was a historical event beyond comprehension, not only because it was the largest planned genocide in recorded history. After reading the historical studies dealing with the holocaust, one must arrive at a very disturbing, pessimistic, and hopeless conclusion about humanity: If the whole world actively participated with the Nazis in the execution of the "final solution" for the Jews, the Nazis could not have done a better jon than what they did. The main event that stopped the extermination of the Jews was the military victory over Germany and its allies (Hungary, Rumania, etc). But this was a byproduct of the war, not a mission. With few exceptions (one such exception is the topic of SHAKE HEAVEN AND HELL), Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union not only refused to consider any plan to save the doomed Jews, but they did their best to hinder efforts of rescue. This included not only the leaders of the Allies during the war such as Franklin Roosevelt and the State Department, Winston Churchill and the Foreign Office, and the Soviet leaders, but also most of the Zionist-socialist Jewish leaders in the U.S. such as Stephen wise and Nahum Goldman. Louis Rapoport made a major contribution in SHAKE HEAVEN AND HELL, which is a tribute to an unsung hero, Hiller Kook (alias Peter Bergson). With a small band of young Palestinian Jews (loosely affiliated with the Irgun) Bergson managed to enlist the support of wide segments of the American public to put pressure on Roosevelt to do something about the Nazi massacres. This included congressmen, senators, various organizations, writers, and others. Some of the above individuals were household names in the 1940's such as Ben Hecht, Guy Gillette, Randolph Hearst, LaGuardia, Herbert Hoover, and Will Rogers Jr. Their public relations campaigns finally pair off in early 1944 (too little, too late) with the creation of the War Refugee Board which has been credited with the saving of approximately 200,000 Jews from the German ovens. Much of the above activities of Bergson and his group have been described in several books, such as David Wyman's THE ABANDONMENT OF THE JEWS, and in David Morrison's HEROES, UNTIHEROES AND THE HOLOCAUST. The unique contribution of Rapoport is that SHAKE HEAVEN AND HELL presents a chronological account of Peter Bergson activities, and the humiliations that he and his friends had to endure, mainly from the "recognized" Jewish leaders of the time such as Stephen Wise, Nahum Goldman, and Abba Silver. These individuals, in cohorts with Chaim Weizmann, Ben Gurion, Moshe shertok and other fanatical labor Zionists did everything they could to discredit Bergson and his activities due to their timidity and ghetto mentality. During the darkest period in human history, when most of the world collaborated in the torture and murder of six million innocent people, Peter Bergson and those who helped him should stand out as reminders that leaders and governments are not to be trusted. Unfortunately, this has not happened yet, and Rapoport laments on the overwhelming acceptance of Roosevelt, Wise, Weizmann, and others as historical heroes, while the historical research has shown that they were Nazi collaborators. We can add to this list Ben Gurion, shertok, Golda Meyerson, and their heirs. It is disheartening that despite more than half a century of major revelations about the holocaust, such as the Kastner Affair in the l950's (see Ben Hecht's PERFIDY), Eichmann's trial in 1960, and numerous books exposing the labor Zionists and their supporters' shameful betrayal of the European Jews, they are still considered as respected leaders. Roosevelt has been worshiped as a God, and Ben Gurion's heirs have been elected as leaders of Israel for almost 40 years, leading this country to one disaster after another. The six million murdered Jews did not simply end up as fertilizers in German fields. they are ghosts who will exact their revenge on man, as long as he persists in worshipping leaders and governments who have always turned against him in times of need.

'Street People,' comprising Paul Perry's award-winning short stories in an arresting collection, is a poignant look at folks whose homes are wherever they are. The stories are not maudlin or oversympathetic, nor are they unnecessarily aesthetic. They are simply presented. And they are teeming with life. People blessed with four walls and a roof, count your blessings. Perry brings to absolute life the stark, matter of fact existences of the homeless, the wanderer, the seeker, the down-and-out. He's a good writer and his subject matter is compelling, but most of all, he's a great storyteller. From the homeless pair whose frustration is laid bare when their dead acquaintance's body lies ignored by the side of the highway for days, to the prostitute who carries her pimp's baby, to the simple act of sheltering in an abandoned automobile on a cold night, these stories touched a deep chord in me. I deeply appreciated that Perry gives these folks, through 'Street People,' credible and legitimate voice. Three cheers for Pocol Press of Virginia, which has begun to anthologize the work of some very talented emerging writers. Support this press and pick up Paul Perry's book -- you'll be pleased on a number of levels that you did.

I absolutely love the entire Payton Skky Series. I am 17 years old and I attend a residential high school for the academically gifted in LA, and I live with 200 females in a dorm so I could relate to Payton. Out of all of the books, Surrendered Heart definitly has to be my favorite. I was so excited when I found that Tad had forgiven Payton at the end, I felt as if I was right there with her. I have recommended the entire series to friends and family all over the country and they too have read the series and loved it. I pray that Surrendered Heart is not the end of Payton's journey, but if it is, it was a great way to end the series. Keep up the good work!

"the problems with teens today is that they do not" care.Mostly Ithink that it's the parents fault for not telling them about sex and then sitting down talking to them about it.this way things like what happend in this book dont happen to you. alot of parents say that wont happen to my kids i ttaought them about sex,but the question is now is did you teach them everything or just what you thaought they need to know?Think about it.Do you even know if your kid/kids are sexually active?You may think that they will tell you but it takes alot for a kid to tell there parents that they are having sex and that is what most parents dont think about. maybe you should.Make the difference talk to your kids about sex and tell them everything.

I had some initial misgivings about the text that were quickly replaced by a suffusive sense of mirth >and< a quiet appreciation of the laconic undercurrent of parody and satire found in the text and its peerless footnotes.

My own quirky sensibilities were burnished by the authors' mastery of the esoteric, arcane, and the literary. Dickinson scholarship will certainly never be the same after the adumbration of certain of her key poems in the chapter devoted to her.

But what propels this book to a "must read" is the humor which can be side splitting. The advice offered to elders is especially on target. Anyone interested in sex and/or weight loss [and the dynamic fusion of the two] will revel in the insights.

Good satire is rare; I salute the accomplishment of the authors. They've managed to 'send up' two topics that fill bookshelves but, when combined, form a rare alchemy. High marks all 'round!

Not incidentally, I lost 11 pounds and have never smiled as much.