I'd heard so many horror stories about OPNQRYF that I was afraid to try to learn it. But this book made it so easy! For a reference book, it was exceptionally readable, and contained numerous examples in an easy-to-follow format. OPNQRY will never be daunting again.

Jeri Howard, private investigator is in Monterey for a restful vacation (or so she hopes)! But she immediately finds herself in the middle of several mysteries -- mutilated pelicans, mysterious accidents at a trendy restaurant and her own cousin accused of murder! This book keeps you interested and moves along at a good pace. Having visited the Monterey/Carmel area, I enjoyed the familiarity of sites mentioned. I am a new reader of female p.i stories but highly recommend this book to others who enjoy this type mystery. I'm glad there are several more Jeri Howard mysteries waiting to be read!!

Jane Dawson is a wonderful Professor and also writer. She explains issues is a very clear manner and at the same time makes it interesting to read. She has personal experience in the Former USSR and she also was able to get access to information that normally isn't released. This book was one of my texts in an environmental class. It was the best class and the book open up a new area of Poli. Sci. and the Environment that isn't expolored much. It's a must have book.

I don't know who wrote that Ingram Review but it's completely innacurate and they obviously didn't read the book. I'm reading the book right now, and that's not what happened at all. A man is murdered in Kit's home during one of his notorious parties, and the widow, Norah, comes the morning after, to see the place where her husband was murdered. Kit is immediately taken with her. At no point does he suspect her of murder, as far as I can tell, and he's not trying to clear his name about it either. He befriends her because he wants her, and practically falls in love (or becomes obsessed, as far as I can tell) with her as soon as he meets her. He also feels guilty that someone died in his own home, and he wants to find the murderer because he's worried the killer will try to hurt Norah too. The book is pretty good. Not as good as some of Smith's other books. The hero, Kit, is awfully sensitive about his Hindu heritage, and takes every insult to heart, which is a little annoying. But i like it, just the same, and have enjoyed it so far.

This book has been quite helpful to us - if you search the net for suppliers for papermaking, only 2 or 3 come up that sell anything more than expensive kits. This book explains the equipment, uses and then lists suppliers - worldwide. Unfortunately, no e-mails or web addresses. But you can get info even on archival supplies, fibres, workshops - an extensive range that you probably wouldn't have thought of yourself. Serious papermakers should get this book.

How connected is the concept of national repentance to any meaningful social and spiritual change? How should the cultural plurality of our country be viewed by a generally white European majority? These are questions that Dawson's book helped me begin to address.

I picked this book up after the O.J. Simpson trial, which for me clearly illustrated a culturally based difference in how races view each other and issues such as justice and equality. That moment troubled me deeply moving me to a time of historical study and contemplation. John Dawson's book came out around the same period offering a spiritual perspective on something every person claiming to follow Christ should consider.

You will not find a comprehensive volume of research on race and racism here (if you want that, try D'Souza's "The End of Racism"), but what you do find is a spiritual message of confession and reconciliation presented by one of America's leading Christian voices.

It is supplemented by some excellent portrayals of little known events surrounding key moments in the past centuries such as the Los Angeles Azusa Street Revival. He emphasizes the chacteristic breaking down of racial barriers in that revival that occured-- only to be reconstructed as two distinct Pentecostal groups were formed, one black and the other white.

Dawson calls us to fulfill our "redemptive purpose" that God has placed in every culture, people and nation. That redemptive purpose is best approached through facing the walls or divisions, identifying with sins-- present and past, confessing them before God and men and then changing how we live. A major sin he deals with is our need to confess the endorsement and support for slavery over America's history.

He concludes the book with a list of common questions and responses such as: Do white people have to ask every black person they see for forgiveness? Aren't all people really the same-- equal? Aren't people responsible for their own actions-- why should we face punishment for something our ancestors did?

I strongly recommend this book as one of several for anyone considering issues of race and racism.

Good characters, swift romantic story plot, delicious ending.

Sir Piers was not the aged aristocractic Cressida expected as her new boss. He was handsome, young and carried a strong frosty personality--too withdrawn for Cressida's tastes, she eventually decided.

This is a fun book! The insights into the lingo and personalities in the game of bowling shared here are priceless. Where else will you learn there are so many different words defining bowling balls? A pumpkin or DOA being balls that are ineffective when the get down to the pins.

So many of the great bowlers profiled by Taylor are colorful and already passing out of the knowledge of the young bowlers of today. As the bowlin host at BellaOnline.com, I'm accumulating a large library of bowling books and this is one of my favorites.

"GURPS: In Nomine", the game that proclaims: "Earth is the battleground for Heaven and Hell", allows players of GURPS to make characters that are Angels and Devils.

The plot is very simple - Angels are real, and so are Devils. God created the Universe with the aid of a Symphony - sort of like music that then controls things that go on in the world. Thus by using their own music, Angels, Demons, and even some people, can control parts of the Symphony and turn it to the cause of good - or evil. I must say, as a music fan, the idea of using music to create and manipulate the world appeals to me. This music is then used to influence events - from simple events like whether or not you go to the store today, to much more complex events such as a war. And =both= can cause a ripple effect that can influence the future.

With their almost magical powers and miraculous songs, both Angels and Devils can attempt to manipulate the events on Earth - possibly bringing about Armageddon. But such manipulation can cause a wrong note in the Symphony that can be detected by higher powers. It is only the efforts of other ArchAngels and ArchDemons that keep Ragnarok from occurring today. But there's always tomorrow.

It's yours to decide - do you want to play a fanatic Angel following the cause of light and good by attempting to keep the Symphony in balance, or do you want to play a fallen angel that is trying to regain their position in Heaven, or do you want to try a Demon that creates havoc wherever they go, or something in between? There are rules for creating several types of Celestials or Angels, and Infernals or Devils. You can even play a Corporeal or human, although they have a smaller part to play in this world.

It's loads of fun for players - they can try to use their powers and abilities to influence current events in the game world while trying not to cause dissonance - which would attract the attention of their bosses. And it's a lot of fun for the Game Master - they can look at current events and try to see how those events might have been caused by Angels and Demons fighting on Earth over humans and territory and then try to put that into campaigns.

If you want to try this game, be prepared. Some of the subject matter is very controversial. Some religious people may find the idea of pretending to be an Angel unusual, and the idea of pretending to be a Demon disturbing. However, having said this, I'd like to give this game four out of a possible five stars. I would have given it five had they included more material from the original sources, but interested game masters and players can purchase standard "In Nomine" books and easily convert that information to GURPS. I'd recommend the "Angelic Players Guide", the "Infernals Players Guide", the "Corporeal Players Guide", the "Game Master Guide", and the "Ethereals Players Guide" at least.

"GURPS: In Nomine" is based on the regular version of "In Nomine", which is also published in the US by Steve Jackson Games. "In Nomine" is, in turn, based on an earlier French RPG called "In Nomine Satanis / Magna Veritas" published by Siroz Productions. Try those if your appetite isn't quenched by "GURPS: In Nomine".

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