Classic B. Collins psychologically deep, intimate style snatches the reader into the story like strong wind steals your breath.

Teenage Jackie Delham has lost her mother to cancer. Now she must be the adolescent Mom to her two younger siblings, somehow holding the household together while searching for her own independence in the rubble of her once secure life.

When Katherine King blows into town, literally in the vanguard of a tornado, even the small semblance of normalcy in the Delham household is torn away. Jackie can hardly believe her dad would be interested in someone as flamboyant and unstable as Katherine King, especially after the perfect love he shared with Jackie's mother.

The wierdness escalates for Jackie when she meets Katherine King's distant relative, the lead singer in an up-and-coming boy band, and they begin to date. How can she trust her feelings for this young man when ancient history revives, and she discovers her parent's romance may not have been all she had believed?

If you missed the first two in the Bradleyville series, you've missed rare treats, but don't let that cause you to miss this one, too. Capture the Wind for Me stands on its own two feet just fine.

I couldn't put this book down! It entangles you in its web of family ties, small-town life, hidden secrets, newfound love, grief and loss.... It's just a delicious book.

The basic gist of the plot is that teen Jackie's mother died a few years ago, and her father has found someone new. While dealing with her feelings of anger and hurt over this knowledge, Jackie meets a famous foreign singer who wins her heart. But she constantly worries that her dad's new love---and for that matter, her own new love---will break promises and leave them. Then a sudden twist in the plot causes all the characters to second-guess themselves and those they formerly trusted.

Granted, some parts seem melodramatic...and even though I'm a sixteen-year-old myself, this book's sixteen-year-old narrator can seem juvenile at times. (Who still calls their dad "daddy" and refers to their mom as "mama"? Maybe it's just the town she grew up in or something.)

The book stresses good morals and keeping God in control of your life---a phenomenal concept in this day and age. I would recommend it to any female (regardless of whether they're a Christian or not) ages 14 and up.

Oh, and F.Y.I.: the author has a talent for employing impressive vocabulary (among her talent as an exquisite story-teller). I'd have a dictionary neraby just in case.

I think this book is great it gave me the knowledge, skills, and the ability to start a business with my father, something I've wanted to since our family's last business was sold in 1976 !

Good Luck to anyone who buys this book much success!!!

I think this book is great it gave me the knowledge, skills, and the ability to start a business with my father, something I've wanted to since our family's last business was sold in 1976 !

Good Luck to anyone who buys this book much success!!!

An excellent historical mystery, with Collin's Nate Heller filling the role of an real-life private detective who investigated the murder of Sir Harry Oaks.

Look for the reference to Dick Tracy that Collins ames at the end: "It hurts."

A fitional novel about an actual event that held my interest better than any other non-fiction books on the Death of Sir Harry Oakes

God has most assuredly given her a gift for writing. She has accomplished a masterful feat in telling Caroline's story. To be able to deal with the past, reliving the experiences and the emotions that accompanied them with such sensitivity and compassion, is indeed remarkable. The story form, the depth of her insights, and the grace with which she has chosen to reveal the truth combine to make this a book that will bless and enable others who have had similiar experiences. I fell blessed to have been given the opportunity to read her story and to experience the beautiful and deeply spiritual person God has created within her.

This is a moving adult Fairy Tale about the blending of the birth and adoptive self of Caroline. The story unfolds to learn the life and feelings of Caroline as an adopted child/person. As the story developes there is blending of Caroline as a birth child and Caroline the searcher as they become one after search and reunion. This book is a delightful writing and a work of art as the reader moves from the young Caroline to her adult self as a while person. This is a MUST read for all touched by adoption.

Collins' book is an outstanding resource for the Christian coach - and for anyone else who works closely with people. His clear writing style and enthusiastic approach to coaching make this volume hard to put down. If you want to know more about coaching, or are considering being coached or becoming a coach, this is a "must read."

The appendices at the end of the book are a great resource for coaches - these forms, tools, and questionnaires are worth the cost of the book alone!

This book provides a long-awaited and much-needed introduction of the field of coaching to the Christian community. It is sure to have great impact!

Being a Christian coach I found this book reflective of the great opportunity that coaching provides. The "return on investment" for most client -- holistically -- is beyond anything we can comprehend! I will be giving this book to all of my clients!

It also provides foundational information that can be applied to whatever opportunities and challenges you are facing -- business, growth, balenace, financial, and others. It also applies if you're a CEO of a billion dollar corporation or a stay-at-home mom (which often has a more difficult job than the CEO).

Thanks Gary for writing such a dynamic book.

In this well-written and important book, Hilbert demonstrates how key themes in classical social theory were lost or 'inverted' by Talcott Parsons. Hilbert goes on to show how Garfinkel's 'Studies in Ethnomethodology' (1967), and related work by other early ethnomethodologists generated a body of knowledge regarding actual social practices that stood Parsons on his head, thereby unintentionally 'recovering' some of the key insights lost to American Sociology through Parson's interpretation of Durkheim and Weber. A thought-provoking book whose insights can fuel further empirical work explicating the actual processes of the social world.

In this well-written and important book, Hilbert demonstrates how key themes in classical social theory were lost or 'inverted' by Talcott Parsons. Hilbert goes on to show how Garfinkel's 'Studies in Ethnomethodology' (1967), and related work by other early ethnomethodologists generated a body of knowledge regarding actual social practices that stood Parsons on his head, thereby unintentionally 'recovering' some of the key insights lost to American Sociology through Parson's interpretation of Durkheim and Weber. A thought-provoking book whose insights can fuel further empirical work explicating the actual processes of the social world.

Excellent book with comprehensive coverage and high quality plates. Book production quality is also high. My edition is small enough in hardback to be a true "Field Guide" although I understand that a new larger edition has been recently published, if plate quality is maintained this edition will be an excellent reference. If you have questions about this text go to amazon.co.uk and read some of the reviews there. This book recieved the British Trust for Ornithology seal of approval so anything an amateur like me might add is probably superfluous. Excellent reference, nice plates and informative and accurate text

This book help me a lot during several bird trips on my first visit to Europe in 1999. I have travelled in several countries. Sometimes with very keen birders, other times alone. It would be impossible for me to be in the field in conditions to identify so many birds, without this valuable book. Excellent pictures. It's my new standard on international field guides.

Why is this book going out of print? It is the most down-to-earth dictionary of English that I have ever seen, with numerous excellent examples to illustrate usage. It is perfect for English language learners. I teach college English and writing, and every student who has seen this has been excited by it. The entries include information necessary for ESL students, such as countable and uncountable nouns, subtle differences in meaning, and idiomatic expressions. I keep it near my desk at all times, and prefer it over the standard Webster's or Random House dictionaries when working with students.

I bought this dictionary in May 1990 in Singapore.

The way the content presented is the best I had ever seen. This dictionary is written in ordinary, everyday English that is easy to understand. It has an excellent Guide to the Use of the Dictionary. Every explanation comes with at least one example that is taken from actual texts wherever possible. The extra column in the dictionary, right beside the explanation of a word, creates a visual attraction to the reader. This extra column is used to give two different types of information: grammar notes and semantic relationships (similar or opposite) for the word that is being explained. I love it.

CoBuild is the appreviation of Collins Birmingham University International Language Database. This dictionary was developed and compiled in the English Department at the University of Birmingham as part of a language research project commissioned by Collins Publishers.

Currently, I am looking for its enriched and/or, if any, CD-ROM version. Unfortunately, it seems that the publisher stopped publishing this great dictionary.

I consider myself extremely lucky when in 1998, while in Norway, I was offered this dictionary by the University of Tromso. I have always been fascinated by words and have collected quite a number of dictionaries, including what I had till then considered the best dictionary: Hornby's. But Collins is better because it offers more words and meanings and because it is also a handy encylopedia, an indispensable reference book you should always keep opened on your desk. (Buy a nice book stand to protect this treasure.) Also, I have always felt more comfortable reading the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), which Collins uses (rather than that used in, e.g. American dictionaries).
Unfortunately, after 5 years of constant use and abuse of this dictionary, I will have to buy a new one. I understand, though, that the 1998 edition has not been replaced with a new one.

Kaz Dziamka, Editor
The American Rationalist

Collins English Dictionary is by far and away the most marvellous dictionary I have ever used. As a Linguistics Major, and an active member of International Training in Communication, I find myself constantly referring to dictionaries - and Collins is the most favoured, of the many that I own.

Its invaluable for general knowledge, crossword puzzles, quizzes and for the sheer joy of reading!

I can't understand why it should be out of print - and I fervently hope that the publishers will see fit to reprint. [The 1979 version I find superior to the Millennium version.]

This book is a treasure. I take it with me everywhere I go, packing it in my bags no matter how light I am traveling. The book is the size of a very small pocket dictionary, yet it contains maps of every country in the world, as well as an index with thousands of entries to help locate even small unknown localities. True, larger atlases show greater detail and may be more accurate, but this one you can actually carry in your pocket. It's helped me out many a time on my travels in trying to communicate where I'm from and where I am going when I share no common language with the people around me. Yeah, it's a little outdated now since it was printed before the demise of the Soviet Union, but I don't know what I would do if I ever lost it.

One of the smallest "atlases" of the world you can possibly get. It's a few inches tall by a few inches wide, about 1000 pages thick. Maps are detailed enough and cover very small sections (Britain, for example, takes up two pages alone). I keep this in my desk all the time and refer to it often. All the major cities in the world are available for look-up in the index reference.