Disappointing Photo-Erotica has reached its peak. You can get this sort of photo excess from mosty general 'mens' publications. Tired and dated are my best assesments. Sorry Tony. Try harder next time. buyer beware.... Mitchell57

This is an amazing book. Tony Ward is one of the only artists out there who has the courage to make his own rules, blending portraiture, fashion, beauty and erotica in a way that is visually stunning. The book is also beautifully bound and printed. As a professional photographer, this book is an inspiration and a challenge. Once you see it, there will be no more excuse for mediocrity.

This is the real thing! Do you like women? Do you like black & white photography? Do you like grain? If you do, this book is for you. I love this stuff.

Just go look at the food guide pyramid if you want a summary of this book. It will save you money and time. Anyone who says that drinking cokes and juice is a GOOD way to replete glycogen stores has not studied human nutrition thoroughly. Dumping liquid sugar like juice, colas and sports drinks down your throat is not a healthy way of repleting glycogen stores.Mixing sugar with water decreases the amount of water absorbed in the gut. The human body does not deal well with massive amounts of sugar coming in without fiber and all the essential nutrients it takes to process it. I could go on and on. So many sports nutritionists don't seem to understand how stressful exercise is to the body. Exercise increases the demand for all vitamins and minerals as well as protein, fat and carbohydrates. Breads and other starches are always recommended for athletes because as Ellen puts it,"Starches are nutrient dense foods." Bread has a few B vitamins and a couple of poorly absorbed minerals to go along with the carbohydrates. That's it. Not only does it not have many nutrients, bread also contains phytic acid, lectins, alkylresorcinols, and other ANTI-nutrients that cause problems for the human body. Nutrition is far more complex than Ellen Coleman seems to think. Don't waste your time.

I took a Sports Nutrition class in college and "The Ultimate Sports Nutrition Handbook" was our textbook for class. It is a well-organized, neat, and complete book.

I found this book to be a very good introduction to sports nutrition. It covers a wide range of topics, it presents a good deal of useful information, but it is not so technical that one gets bogged down in details. It will not outline a specific and detailed diet plan, nor will you find every little chemical reaction which occurs in your muscles when you exercise, but you will find general guiding principles to exercise and nutrition. If this is what you are looking for, then this is your book.

JD Coleman has attempted to illustrate how the battles around Wonju were the high-water mark for the Chinese, much as Gettysburg was the beginning of the end for the Confederates. There is an interesting account of a task force all but wiped out in what became known as "massacre valley" but most of the book has been recounted elsewhere, in greater depth. The author spends a substatial amount of time on the 187th Airborne RCT (his old outfit) and while this is interesting in its detail, the author tends to dwell a little too long on it. Most of these accounts revolve around one or two companies and this gives a disjointed perspective which magnifies things out of proportion to what's going on elsewhere.

This is a fascinating first-person account of the brutality of the Forgotten War. It's equally fascinating to us today how America and China both paid dearly to defend the two Koreas, with Red China losing 10-20 times as many men as the U.S., and 50 years later, neither country is appreciated (or liked) by their respective protege. Wars, indeed, are silly and futile, especially when you die for others.

The book details the bloody battles around Wonju in early 1951. While the major phases of the Korean War had ended by Christmas 1950, the Chinese, under the leadership of the psychotic general Peng Te-hwai (Peng Dehuai), only began to launch their massive human wave attacks in 1951, pretty much all of which ended in failures and cost the Chinese half a million lives but also inflicted heavy losses on U.S./UN forces. Wonju is a prominent example of the insanity of war, especially at an individual level. The accounts here are a little too lengthy and confusing at times, but Coleman makes an attempt to provide a comprehensive story. The bravery of the young American soldiers fighting for a people unappreciative of their actions (even the Rhee gov't resented American intervention, despite the fact it came very close to being swallowed by their North brothers who had no love for them) comes out alive in the pages, but you can also feel for the peasant "volunteer" soldiers of Red China who died like ants rushing into a fire, so their comrades behind could march on.

A worthy read for everyone interested in military history... and the history of human suffering.

It's really GOOD and I can't believe it!
Also it was very resonable price.
I'm fully satisfied with my purchase this book.
Wow!

recipes sound very appealing however the description at each step leaves you to experiment as to Amy's intent.

Inventive cuisine covering a host of multi-ethnic styles made accessible by Amy's unique blend of story telling through the cultural heritage of her guest cooks along with the technical steps needed to create the wonderful recipes found within.

Hi, I am new to gaming and i have to say that this book is poor quality and was rushed. It has added nothing to my understanding of the game. It has no index to find anything. It misses so many bugs, Bradygames should get an update for it, it is so bad.

With the skill of adequate manual writing falling, strategy guides are icreasingly important. CTP 2 owners are fortunate that two veteran and literate gamers have had a chance to dissect the game to give us insights.

Basic city building concepts are not only explained clearly but the math behind them is provided. Units and wonders are described in depth while being put in historical context. Strategies are laid out in a way that explains but not condescends. Hints and tips are useful if the player is really in a bind.

The multi-player section explains more about logging in and using cheats rather than giving strategies. Given the nature of human opponents, this weakness is unavoidable.

Some readers might say the contents can be picked up for free on the 'Net. Perhaps but it would take some time and much printing and gathering of print-outs to get this information in one place, not to mention organized. Spend the money and save time.

Let's not start with the spelling errors that are consistent enough that they can't be editorial mistakes. Let's not start with the subject matter, which wavers over the line of political polemic once too often. Let's not start with the scareligious procedure of putting lines above the poem that explain it. Instead, let's start with the definition of poetry itself and the basic idea, always there even if not stated, that one of the primary functions of poetry is to elevate the language in some way, that indefinable something that makes you realize a poem is a poem and not just random thoughts brokwn up into lines.

There are times, more times than can be coincidence, that Wanda Coleman's work strays over that line of language elevation. The woman obviously has a command of the language that she is capable of unfolding and wielding with scalpel-like precision when she wants to:

when god passed out the baby fat she was first in line she wasn't pretty [enough] to be a j.a.p. lost her virginity in the back seat of a cadillac her shrink diagnosed her as manic repressive

anorexia as goddess words so think you're hungry again an hour after you eat them

but unfortunately such moments are all too rare in this eighteen-year two-hundred-twenty page compendium of work. Most of it sounds more like it came from the freely-flowing pen of those too drunk, or too tired, to do anything but automatic writing. While there are some poets who worked at their best that way-- Desnos, Bukowski, and a handful of others come to mind-- the majority who try to do it fail miserably.

she walks walking walked all through life walks restless like her people waiting to see what happens knowing it will never happen until after she's dead

...and the walking shall continue until we can walk no more.

Now, I'm all too willing to kick a lot of swine out of the way to find a few pearls, but there are some things that will make it an annoying process, like an inability to spell "enough" and "come" correctly for two hundred twenty pages-- especially when your command and grasp of the English language is at least at the college level. By the time I got to the end of it, I was skimming pretty hard.

I respect Robert P. Beveridge's review, but I don't see the distinction he's making between Coleman's "scalpel" poems and her "automatic writing" poems. The "walking" quote he singled out for criticism comes from one of the more-effective pieces, in my opinion. This may come down to a matter of taste. I wonder if Wanda Coleman herself would agree that poetry is supposed to elevate the language. She doesn't seem to be trying to "elevate" anything. She seems to be groping at the limits of language to express the kind of pain that usually shocks people mute.

If you have never read any of Coleman's poetry before, dive on in. She is a gifted writer with one foot in the black oral tradition and the other firmly rooted in the American experience. A previous review of this book complained about Coleman's inability to spell certain words, such as come and enough, correctly. Obviously, this reviewer has his head buried in the Ivory Tower. It seems fairly remedial to have to point out that Coleman purposely misspells these and other words: she is trying to make a poetic point! I suggest reading the poem "Essay on Language" (a version of which also appears in her "Hand Dance" collection) for a further understanding of why she chooses to write in a style that reflects her life and her experience. Standard English is nothing but a dialect, you know.

If you are looking for gripping, emotional, passionate poetry that tells a woman's side of the story, pick up Heavy Daughter Blues. You won't be disappointed.

I couldn't get past the first two books in this set. The first seemed really dumb and contrived...we knew what was going to happen, the characters seemed flat, and it didn't really keep my attention. Book two further convinced me that this series was NOT worth reading and was more of the same mechanical writing and contrived plot. Disappointing. If you enjoy this type of book, I would recommend "Dakota" by Lauraine Snelling and "Colorado Wings" by Tracie Peterson.

My love of lighthouses drew me to this story. Though I was only able to read When Love Awaits, it's characters and description peak my curiosity to read the remaining story and the others in the book. If the other stories are similar to Lynn Coleman's work, then I will not be disappointed

This gem of a book tells four stories of women lighthouse keepers. The tapestry of characters with the blend in different writing styles was heightened by the beautiful backdrops.

In "When Love Awaits", a woman named Fiona falls for the persistant, Scottish Ian. In "A Beacon in the Storm", Amanda's one wish is to remain the lighthouse keeper - until she becomes sidetracked. With "Whispers Across the Blue" one feels the emotions of lovesick Jule praying for her fiancee who is out to sea. Lastly, in "A Time to Love", Eden has given up on love- but love has not given up on her.

A delightful, cozy read filled with inspiration and romance in the Lord's hand. This book is highly recommended!

Many of us are born naked. But Mr. Graffenried shows us once again how nakedness can sell a book, or can it?

I just jumped in and read the review to this book on this page, and I have to say if you think the photographs in 'Naked in Paradise' are simply silly, then you really don't know anything about art. These photos are not made to sell, I'm very sorry for the reviewer who thinks so... Michael von Graffenried is a very fine photographer!

I've recently seen an exposition of some of Graffenried's photographies taken in the Swiss cantone of Jura and in Algeria. The pictures are amazing and so are those in the book 'Naked in Paradise'. By the way, I do not condemn an artist's ability to combine art and commerce but appreciate it.

If I had wanted Bible thumping, I'd have bought a Bible. I thought I was getting a fairy tale, but was instead getting a good Christian book produced by a Bible company full of scriptures.
Not what I thought I was buying. There's a place for everything and I'd rather people be more up front in their advertising.

The four love stories in this book are all enjoyable. The authors did a great job in a short space. How creative to make modern stories that follow the story of fairy tales!

ONCE UPON A TIME is a wonderful success as Barbour Publishing authors tackle old time fairytales with contemporary plots and settings. I have really enjoyed reading all four novellas in this book and know that if you try them, you'll be "enchanted" as well! A great read and a wonderful time if inspirational romances are your favorites!

This book is atrocious. The "voices of Wounded Knee," represented in the eyewitness accounts that the editor claims to have spent thirty years gathering (remarkably inefficent work, considering the many sources he missed),are heard in a disjointed fashion. The typeset constantly alternates between normal face and italics - one of many aggravating features of the book. The Wounded Knee tragdy deserves far better than this.

I thoroughly appreciated Coleman's technique of piecing actual historical record (interviews & letters) with a minimal of commentary - While hardly a dry presentation, Coleman's technique recreates the atmosphere of the time, and made me feel like I was "living" the events of the time as if I was recieving real-time press reports and actually listening to interviews of the participants. Coleman also reminds the reader of the importance of studying "unfiltered" historical material - His organization of such material into a comprehensive chronolgy is what makes this book truly unique.
From a historical perspective - the book is also a must-read and should be REQUIRED READING in ALL US HISTORY COURSES. As usuall, our national crimes and shame in mistreating the American Indians - particulary the Lakotas - continues to be white-washed. Reading actual writings from many of the key individuals of the time (Red Cloud, McLaughlin, Short Bull, Nelson Miles, Sherman, and various newspaper editorials) provides a shocking view of America's virulent racism, the press's penchant for creating panic and militaristic feeling, political greed and ambition, Indian despiration and hoplessness. If reparations are due anyone - its these people.

A very informative, well written book. It shows the injustice that the "white man" did to the Native Ameican. It is a Must Read for all. Am glad that the author had first hand information from someone that was there at the time.