I will have to say that this is the most thorough book on the Hatfield & McCoy feud that I've read; and it also gives a wonderful description of the family patriarch, Devil Anse. It describes the rugged, whooly hills of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky and makes you feel like you are living in the days of clanish behavior and family tension. In my opinion, this book is well written, along with end notes. I recommend it highly.

I have read this book and I'll have to say that it is meticulously researched and exciting to dig into. In spite of the tales I've always heard of a hillbillly feud that included senseless murders and underhanded behavior, this book tells the human side of the story, free of exaggeration, of a man born in the frontier of Appalachia. I liked this hardback!

This book is really interesting, but I am amazed at the killings that surrounded this frontier family, and the lawlessness of southern West Virginia. Devil Anse, and his son, Cap Hatfield, were extremely dangerous men at a time when families stood up for themselves. For the most part the area was void of professional law enforceent, and clanish people relied on settling skirmishes their own way. I suggest that folks who like history give this book a try. I know you won't be dissappointed. I wasn't!

Terminal Games begins a bit slow, progressing in pace as the story progresses. I, personally, am not an avid reader. I found it difficult to put the book down, wanting to know what happens next.

I also found myself speculating the end, as well as the possible perpetraitor. I began to suspect everyone's involvement.

Overall, I think this book was good, there were areas that obviously were more fantastic than real, but the author kindly explains this in his Acknowledgements.

Good job, "Mr. Perriman."

Augie is Augie!

I really loved reading Terminal Games. It was a suggestion of a friend and I could not stop reading it. It is absolutly thrilling although I haven't had any cyberexperiences at that time. It is one of my favorite books and I can just suggest to read it.

if you spend more than 4 hours a day surfing the chatrooms you know this book is not fiction but will become real in future years...

When someone's work is usually referred to as visceral, the person doing the name-calling is usually referring to something ravagingly daring and unapologetic in the wor or the author's voice. In no other case is this more clear than in the work of Coleman. She strangles a common story's possible endings and finds the one most compelling one for her voice until it screams, and does so in fewer pages than most lauded authors. Her poems do this all the time, but her stories are gut-punches of the highest, most unforgiving literary tradition. The most astounding thing about her abilities is that she does so while not making the work trashy or for mere effect. Not for the meek of mind.

Wanda Coleman's "A War of Eyes and Other Stories" plunges the reader into some really sordid and/or tragic tales from urban African-American life. There is a lot of sex, profanity, and violence (with an emphasis on black-on-black violence). She also deals with such topics as gambling, illegal drugs, racial tension, and sexual dysfunction. The stories range from short 1- or 2-page character studies to the longest story, which is about 20 pages long. Throughout the book Coleman masterfully captures the rhythms of black vernacular English.

Some of the most vivid selections in the book are as follows: "Ladies," about an encounter between two black women, a professional counselor and a woman mired in poverty; "The Scream," a subtly horrific tale; "The Friday Night Shift at the Taco House Blues (Wah-Wah)," which is basically a slice from the life of an urban fast-food restaurant; and "Word Monkey," a richly ironic story about a black writer of the pimp-and-junky genre. But the most stunning story is the longest one, "Big Dreams," an intense study of a woman pursuing a dream.

With her raw, unapologetic style and subject matter, Coleman reminds me somewhat of Charles Bukowski, but her work is very much rooted in African-American female experience. But another author I would compare her to is Poe: many of Coleman's stories are truly horror stories. But her horror is not supernatural; rather, it is firmly rooted in urban reality, with its violence and socioeconomic pressure. Coleman is a writer from the edge whose work has real power.

This book came out a while ago. I read it and I thought, here's a writer as pure as James Purdy, as hip and relevant as Mary Gaitskill or Gary Indiana. Why haven't I heard of her? I thought she just did poetry. Many authors write books of short stories that are great, yet never have I read an author that has covered as much ground as Coleman in War of Eyes. I read it and I thought, how did she not lose her mind? What I love the most about her short stories is how they have many beats. So many things happen in one story you wonder how she gets from A to Z so flawlessly and so beautifully without any self consciousness. I hesitate to compare her to other black writers like Toni Morrison and Jamaica Kinkaid because she trancends their P.C. conceits so ferociously that she should only be compared to the greatest writers of all time, regardless of race. Wanda Coleman is FIERCE.

Wanda Coleman is quickly becoming my favorite American poet. This collection, which I'm reading at the same time with her latest book MERCUROCRHOME, only reinforces my stance. As a young white male I shied away from Coleman's writing for quite some time, thinking, however ignorant this may seem, that I'd find nothing in common with her, nothing to relate to. When you're wrong you're wrong, and when I finally did dive into her work (her first book MAD DOG, BLACK LADY) I felt like I did when I first read Bukowski: I had found something special. Some have deemed Coleman as the "Black, female Bukowski," but of course this is too simple a comparison. They both hailed from the underbelly of LA, and both can't seem to get the city out of their blood. Coleman's poetry does share something with Bukowski's early lyricism, but beyond that there is no real comparison (the only other thing I can think of is that Black Sparrow has published nearly all of their books). Coleman's work is more studied and stylized, more diverse in technique and scope. I have had the great pleasure and honor now of actually publishing some of Coleman's work, and her power continues to blow me away. I look forward to every new piece she puts out there.

Bathwater Wine by Wanda Coleman is a book of poetry that everyone can relate to on one level or another. The poetry in this book is easy to read, realistic, and down to earth. Coleman writes about life events that many people can relate to. She has poured her heart and soul on the pages and the reader can easily see stages of her life in the poems. The book showcases all forms of poetry including sonnets and songs. Among the poems are "Jazz Whine," which is a dedication to Jazz music, but also a look at life lessons, "Levels of Meaning," which looks at what it means to be a woman and the many images it partakes, and "Firesong 1964," which is a dedication to the monk in Viet Nam who showed the world what he believed in. This book is a must for anyone who is discovering modern poetry for the first time. It is deep, but easy. It is Coleman, but it is also you and me. It is an All American book as portrayed by both the poems inside and the patriotic red, white, and blue cover. It is an excellent collection of poems from one of today's most profound poets.

This was the first time that I've read a book by Lonnie Coleman. I picked it up because it was a story about the southern states and slavery before the war between the states. I liked the book. The characters were believable and the story line was good. It was fun to read.

The series of Beulah Land books are better than gone
with the wind. They are more realistic and historical.
I highly recommend these books by Lonnie Coleman!

While the previous reviewer is correct, that Strauss's "history of political philosophy" is more in-depth, one benefit of this book is its lack of a Straussian angle. Not that Strauss's views are bad or wrong, but it is a bias.

This work's sheer amount of entries is very useful. While some articles are somewhat brief, it is a good starting point for students of political philosophy. Done by among the best minds in the field, any political philosopher who wants to have a handy reference to terms and authors should order a copy of this book.

Very useful book for the students of political philosophy, together with Strauss' _History of Political Philosophy_, which is richer in content (but less entries). (^^;

This book is great if you want to know how the airmobile division got started and was used, but it doesn't tell much about what it was like to be in the helicopters.

This book was just what i was expecting.J.D. & E.C. did an exceptional job of telling what it was like to be in Choppers in Nam. Many of our young men owe their lives to these brave men.

This is a great reference book to accompany the manual. Not much in strategy, but great information about the details of the game. Every CTP gamer should get one!

The Civ: Call to Power Strategy Guide is very informative. My favorite section of the book is where it tells you the pro's and con's of all of the government types.

Twenty-five years ago, Josh's father was unjustly blamed for starting a fire in Abbey School's technology block. Convinced of his innocence, Josh, Tamsyn and Rob begin looking for evidence to clear Mr Allen's name. An internet search leads them to ex-pupils around the world, but somehow someone always seems to be a few steps ahead of them. Just as Josh and the others start finding the proof they need, Josh is accused of destroying one of the school's computers. It is up to Tamsyn and Rob and their contacts around the world to discover who is making history repeat itself and why.

"Cyber Feud" is the fourth title in the eight book internet detective series. Like the others in the series, it is fast-paced and both entertaining and interesting. Although this wasn't one of my favourite I.D. books, it is still fully deserves four stars and is brilliant for encouraging children to use the internet. I would recommend it to eight to twelve year olds.

If you enjoyed this, I would suggest reading the other Internet Detective books, especially #2 Escape Key, and #7 Virus Attack, which I think to be the best of the ID books.

I finally got to read this book and it was just what i expected. It was great as of all of the Internet Detective books are. I even checked out the Web site after I saw it on the back of the book. The Web site is great. Cyber Feud was about Josh's father being blamed for a crime he didn't commit. Josh, Tamsyn, and Rob set out to clear Mr. Allan's name. But someone is always a step ahead of them. Then Josh is also accused of wrecking the computer class. I was very surprised when I found out that Ben Quinnlan and Paul Barrett ( Councilman Barrett ) started the fire.Now I'm waiting for " System Crash to come out.Keep up the good work, Michael! Your #1 fan, Deryck K.

Dixie Spirits is a collection of ghost stories from the American south. Some of the stories in this book are hauntings that are very familiar to anyone who likes to read this type of books. The gray man, the Brown Mountain lights, and the Myrtles plantation are found within the pages of this book and just about any book about southern ghosts that one chooses to read. However, there are also some hauntings to be found in this book that I was not familiar with. For example the Sloss Furnaces, the Athens haunted pillar, and the Hornet ghost light. Also, the ghosts of some of the Lee homes in Virginia were completely new to me. I suppose that anyone writing a book of this sort would have to assume that his or her readers hadn't read about the Myrtles and would feel as if they had to include such a famous haunt. I guess that those of us who frequent these books will just have to learn to live with that fact.

The only other problems I found in this book were an over abundance of Indian legends and a last second rush of UFO stories. Coleman tries to explain his use of the UFO tales but I bought a ghost book, not a UFO book and had no real desire to find UFO stories haunting this book's pages. There are also numerous typos, which are somewhat irritating.

On the other hand, the writing style of the author is very pleasing and the stories in this book seem to just fly by. I assume that he has done a fair amount of research but there is no bibliography so I can't be sure. Overall, this is a well-written and interesting book. A little off target in places but still rather good and well worth the price. Read it on a cool October evening but don't get too lost in its pages or the mothman might get you.

Dixie Spirits is a very good collection of well known and not so well known regional ghost stories. Christopher Coleman is a talented writer who tells the tales with a fresh new spin. I particularly appreciated the sympathetic treatment of African Americans and Indians in his version of the classic ghost stories. The best thing about these "true tales" is that you can visit every single place in the book. My only complaint is the way the book abruptly ends. There should have been an author's note or an index.

This was a great book about hauntings in the Southern States. This ranks up there with Katherine Tucker Windham (pardon the spelling) books. I really enjoyed it a lot. Some of the stories in this book are also in others that I have read and they match VERY closely. Get it, read it and you will love it!