If you can find it. This book will help you understand why you do things the way you do. It will also help you get over feeling guitly for things you have no control over. After reading this book, you can live the rest of your life in peace.

This was a great book. Rachel (an amish girl) starts to mess with the modern world. Merry does some things to help, like take her picture, something forbidden to the Amish. Now, find out if Merry can get her friend out of this mess?

Coming out of RazorBlade Press, Hideous Progeny is one monstrously beautiful anthology that explores the world as it would have been if Dr. Victor Frankenstein's gruesome experiments had not gone awry. Writers such as Tim Lebbon, Peter Crowther, Steven Volk, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Rhys Hughes (to name just a few) each donate a small literary organ to the mix, and everything is skilfully stitched together into a marvellous book by first-time editor Brian Willis.

Cosmetically, the book is a two-face: while cover design by Chris Nurse is nothing short of outstanding, the internal layout is not without blemish. For example, outside margins are too wide, story titles are not always at the same height in the page, and the author's name is italicised in some but not all of the instances. Another gripe I have is that page numbers on the right-hand pages are left-aligned; plus, headers have no indication about the stories presented below them: these will give you a bad time if you want to riffle through the book to look up a specific something. There are a few extra typesetting warts and moles as well, as I noticed some characters showing up in a different size than the rest of the text, uneven spacing between words, typos derived from bad OCR, and so on. I sincerely encourage RazorBlade Press to pay more attention to internal design in the future, and run a few spell checks as well. Still, don't let appearances fool you, because the writing on these pages is top-notch.

In the whole, I was not in the least disappointed by Hideous Progeny while expecting quality work. Many short stories surprised me by their original angles, and all are very well written. The subjects are quite varied too, although some do overlap a little - it seems inevitable given the limitations inherent to their collective premise. I have my favourites, of course: Peter Crowther's piece is shocking yet touching at the same time, and the idea behind "Mad Jack" is a simple but nevertheless brilliant one. "The Banker of Ingolstadt" is perhaps the funniest in the book, and I found Steven Volk's "Blitzenstein" to rank among the best.

Whatever shortcomings the book has, they're quickly overwhelmed by the superb fiction it it, not to mention a downright gorgeous cover. For £6.99, it's well worth getting Hideous Progeny: not only will you be adding a fine specimen of a book to your library, you'll also be helping small press business to thrive. Because I want to see more from RazorBlade Press. Oh yeah.

This book was such a surprise! I love Sinclair Lewis but I never expected such a great young reader's book from him. It's a terrific view of what he thought the future might be: lots of hope in technology and the ultimate triumph of good over evil. I don't know what the original book looked like, but this one is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

This is not a long book yet in it Bernard Lewis discusses history: what is it, why we remember some events and not others and how we use our history (our collective memory) to justify, undermine, or legitimate what we like or don't like about our world.

Most of the examples are drawn from the Middle East; most notably Cyrus and Masada but the French Revolution, the Latin Kingdom, and the Russian Revolution also put in an appearance. And, as is true of all Dr. Lewis' works, this one is painstakingly researched and well thought-out.

But that is not what makes this book so special; that is not why this short little essay almost warrants five stars.

This little book deserves its stars because it is written so clearly and with such gentle humour. I felt, as I turned the pages, as though Dr. Lewis and I were having a little chat--over coffee or tea. I felt as though I had gotten to know him a little bit, as though he told me something quietly wise; something I would have to think about after he had left.

Not many books about a subject as weighty as History can do that... yet this one does. I highly recommend this book a true joy to read.

I am like any other golfer who wants to hit my drives with more distance. I have read other books on golf but nothing like this one.I used to hit my drives around 220 to 230 yards, but after reading this book and following Mike Dunaway's instructions I can consistently drive the ball 270 yards. My golf buddies can't believe it.We all used to drive the ball around the same distance. But not anymore hee-hee! The book starts out fine with stories of Mike winning long drive contest and out driving golfing pro Fred Couples, and a list of other long driving contestants. And having John Daly introducing him as the one man that can out drive him. Wow now that says something. I took my time to read this book, which is very easy to understand. I have taken lessons from 2 golf pro's and they never did tell me or show me how to develope long drive power. Sure I hit it straight but I could never reach the par 5's in two strokes, now I can thanks to Mike Dunaway. I am 43 years old, I have been playing golf for about 4 years. I own the books "Swing like a Pro" by Dr. Ralph Mann and Fred Griffin, and also the book "How to perfect your golf swing" By Jimmy Ballard. Both which are fine books to read. But if you really want to drive the ball far then you can't pass up this book "Hit it Hard"

I took this course in college because it was required for my major. I honestly have to say that this book is extremely thorough. It covers all body systems in great detail it's diagrams are extremely helpful.

This is a great human anatomy book because it explains things very well and it includes great pictures so that you can understand it better. I defenitely recommend this book for people that are interested in the Human Body.

Holly Meredith, 12 going on 13, and her "best friend", Andrea (Andie) Martinez, have been best friends forever. When they were little, they drew up The Loyalty Papers, swore to keep their promise to it, and sealed the deal by trading their dear teddie bears. That was untill they found Jared Wilkins the cool new kid. Holly was desprate to find out exactly what had gon on behind stage when she passed out while singing, on stage, in front of the WHOLE SCHOOL!! But only three people know about what happened. Her "best friend" Andie, her crush Jared, and the worm Tom Sly and all she knows is that someone had or atempted to KISS her! Meanwhile Andie is just soo annoying. Holly knows that Jared likes her and Andie just won't face it. Her fight with Andie and the fight to keep Jared only gets worse. A youth group at church is going to hold auditions to have someone new in the group. Andie has already been promised to get in and is going to accompany Jared's singing on the piano! But Tom Sly fixes Jared up good trying to get in good with the unexpecting Holly Meredith by telling the school principal that Jared and a few other boys where smoking and when that didn't work,he got dirty and didn't catch Jared as he fell off the tampoline and onto the ground breaking his leg. Holly finds out that her most favorite aunt no her dad's side has cancer that eventually kills her. Everything was happening so fast! And after all these years of her divorsed dad's no letters thing she gets one out of the blue inviting her to go and spend the spring break with him and his family. She says yes after not making the group as an attempt to get away from this mess. Everthing seemed hopeless and at lest she get away at her dad's house in California right by the beach.Then she discovers something about Jared. He's been cheating on her and Andie! Her getting in trouble for him didn't seem so worth it right now. So at her birthday, on Valentine's Day, she plots against him at the party which was meant to show Andie that he was such a big cheater. Well, her plan back fires even with her fiends', Billy Hill and Marcia Greene, help. Now Andie is even more mad at her. The only good thing that happens is when a girl from her town Dressel Hills, CO drops out of the youth group and gives her the spot in the group but now she has to tell her dad she see him this spring break because of the trip their going on then. At the trip her dad comes making the night complete. She still can't seem to muster up the courage though to ask The Question about why he left her mom, her sister Carrie, and of course HER! You know when some comes and shows you the way back on the path to God when yo get lost, it feels very good. Her person was the very christion Danny Myers. After quoting a few verses and praying she made it through the rest of the musical. After the play was over they would go on to Disney World. There she got Andie's friendship back when at last she saw Jared with her own eyes, playing footsie with the cutest girl in their class. After telling him off they walked together through the park riding the rides they both wanted to ride on. Holly's nickname was returned to her. Instead of being called Holly-Heartless, her old nickname was back to Holly-Heart. I just love this book!! I really was able to relate to it. I sing, I have a crush, I'm thirteen, and I have had lots of bad experiences with friends. I hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I did.

At first I was a little disappointed when I saw that there were only 94 pages to this book, and even those are loaded with photographs, but this material is so rare that it's worth the price of a regular size book. I had heard about Riker and Holy City back in 1968 from someone who had once visited there, and I have only encountered paragraph sized references since, but eventually one of those spurred me to find about four web pages on this subject.

Once I got the general idea of the Holy City story, and figured out where this place is hidden from the modern world of political correctness, I felt compelled to visit personally. It's mostly an empty crossroads in the woods, and I got lost a couple of times trying to arrive there, but it was worth it to meet Tom of the Holy City Glass Shop and to see the outside of Riker's old house. Tom's very good with the occasional visitor who comes out of curiosity, although his business isn't related to what Riker had there, and he was able to answer every question I posed.

Often denounced as an eccentric cult leader, Riker is still fondly remembered as the most colorful character in the history of the San Carlos, California area. His Utopia was located on this mountainous summit to the west of the downtown area from 1918 until about 1941, between San Jose and the seaside community of Santa Cruz. Riker erected large garish signs and displays to advertise his ideas about religion and the white race, and his commercial buildings provided all manner of roadside attractions to travelers, including a restaurant, gas station, amusement parlor, hotel, soda pop bottling plant, print shop, barber shop, telescope, and radio station.

Adopting the tactic of designating "teachers" for his recruits, much as early Christians did (Although there never was a church built in Holy City), Riker routinely transformed even the homeless into loyal and confident supporters. And it was often they who operated the many Holy City services so appreciated by motorists. During World War 2 his politically contradictory and outspoken passions for both the German and Jewish peoples nearly got him convicted of treason.

The highway cuts through the mountains to connect San Jose to Santa Cruz, but business largely collapsed there when the site was bypassed by the modern highway. All that remains of the original Holy City is a few private buildings and the natural background which appears in some of the old photos; Riker's house, garage, and storage shed are difficult to see from the road as they are partially blocked by the trees which grew up since. Across the street from the Riker house is Tom's glass shop, on part of the property that Riker established for commerical use, and Tom keeps some faded copies of Riker's old newspaper posted on a bulletin board.

Riker's own published materials from Holy City include: The Philosophy of the Nerves; the New Jewish Religion; World Peace & How To Have It, and many smaller publications such as his Enlightener newsletter in 1917; Sheet Music titled "Please Don't Leave Me, Daddy" in 1945; The leaflet "I Will Come Again" in the 1950s; "A 16 Point Program" in the 50s; and "Make Me Your Next President" in the 1950s. Materials such as these rarely pop up even as collectibles, so Betty Lewis's book is the most useful explanation available.

My impression of Riker is probably more positive than the way most people see him today, although I don't agree with everything he said on race. And his religious views look a lot like what was popular in my father's day, but Riker was certainly more eccentric or poetic in the way he expressed himself. My impression is that Riker was very much a product of his time. Anyway, if you buy this book and feel like mulling it over some more, feel free to contact me.