The first nottice I had about Burney's book was in a radio program in a spanish station exclusively devoted to classical music. This program was emited on saturday's morning about ten years ago and, during several weeks, all the text as well as music of that time was its content. I remember that in those days I was working in a photographic project and it was a true delight to be developing my pictures listening those wondering memories and music. Now, many years after, I,ve found the book again and I'll try to retake all those sensations.

Grant Jeffrey has become one of the more respected authors dealing with Christian religious prophecy, and with this work, it's easy to see why. Included in this volume are over 300 pages of fine details about the coming war in the Middle East and the road we must travel to Armageddon. It shows why Russia and the powers of the north are interested in Israel's land and resources, the coming of the final Anti-Christ, where Jesus can be found in the Quran (Koran), whether the land being fought over is really Israel's or Palestine's, more about Solomon;s Temple and the third attempt to rebuild it, and many former secrets of the Jews, including the "copper scrolls". If you've read any of Jeffrey's other works and enjoyed them, then I'd sugest reading this one too.

This book is a goldmine of wonderful, not-too-difficult recipes that make the home cooking I loved and remembered best when I was growing up. When I asked my Texan grandmother to write down my favorite recipes from her collection, she just smiled and told me that Michael Grant's cookbook is all I need. That is a true compliment from a fantastic cook. This is true Texas cooking at its very best! And by the way, Mr. Grant, your wonderful daily columns are very much missed in San Diego! :)

Growing up on a Texas plantation, the son of the overseer Bowie Beckett loved the owner's daughter Maria Taylor. However, though she followed him around the spread, he knew she was out of reach.

During the Civil War Bowie runs the northern blockade that enables him to bring cotton to the market and in turn finance the Confederacy. His father feels Bowie is a coward for not joining the military and makes it clear publicly how he feels about his son.

By 1863, Maria is no longer a pampered belle of the south as she keeps the books and even works in the fields. When he learns of the plot that Lance Webster has for Maria to further his own well being, Bowie intercedes. However, the rescue has just begun as the Union Army, Confederate bandits, and their families seek the fleeing duo, who allow their love for one another to surface.

MIDNIGHT SILK is a solid Civil War romance that brings to life the diverse opinions that further divided the Confederate side of the conflict. Bowie's dad Sam cannot see how courageous his son is by supporting the effort in as dangerous an occupation as soldiering. The story line is fast-paced and action packed, but it is the star-crossed lead protagonists that turn on the romance inside a vivid historical tale.

Harriet Klausner

What can I say? Everything that was wrong with Might & Magic VII's Strategy Guide has been remedied in this one.

1. Quest Walkthroughs have been separated into Main, Promotion, and Secondary (according to region) sections so you can get to the walkthrough you want with a minimum of page flipping, in contrast to that annoying jumble of quests in each region provided in the previous strategy guide.

2. A serious flaw of the previous strategy guide was the lack of a Skill table. This guide not only provides a Skill table, which is nicely divided into Armor&Weapons, Magic, and Miscellaneous Skills, it even mentions them again in the Region Location tables, resulting in (u guessed it) a minimum of page flipping.

3. The Walkthroughs in the previous guide were written in long winded paragraphs that mentioned too much useless information. When I'm playing a game and get stuck in a quest, I don't want to spend time reading a bunch of paragraphs, I want to find out the exact sequence of steps required to finish the quest, as in: (A) go talk to this guy who is in such and such a place to receive the quest. (B) go do THIS over THERE to THOSE people (C) go back to that guy and collect your reward. Quick and painless just like this guide.

4. In general the guide hasn't forgotten anything. It provides ALL the stats on EVERYTHING: Spells, Items, Ores, Maps, Travel Schedules, Monsters, etc. The Maps are clearer, and the tips provided are very useful and great time savers.

Could this guide have been better? Maybe, anything is possible. Still, I couldn't find a single thing to complian about, and thats something.

Grant Underwood had done an outstanding job of depicting 19th century LDS thought and world views. This scholarly work is a must for anyone trying to get an accurate picture of the early Saints beliefs, attitudes, and motivation.

Mr. Grant's analysis and insight into market inconsistencies, anomalies, and absurdities is refreshing in this age of me too financial journalism. The articles, taken from Grant's Interest Rate Observer, are as original in thought as they are uncompromising in their logic. I am a finance professional and feel that this book is a must read for any young entrant into the field. This perennial bear can teach even the most ardent bull to reflect before they leap. Beware if you've been nurtured on Money Magazine!

This is a totally awesome book! I loved it!

This book takes over where "Commonly Used Conventions" leaves off. It covers negative and other types of conventional doubles, overcalls - including Unusual NT and Michaels, slam bidding - including Blackwood and Gerber (with appendix coverage of Roman Key Card Blackwood) and two-over-one game force. There is an excellent chapter on defensive leads and signals.
For the newer bridge player, I recommend that you get all five of the ACBL Bridge Series books by Audrey Grant. They are used extensively by bridge teachers world-wide.
If you have a reasonable amount of bridge experience with modern (not just Goren) bidding concepts (e.g. "limit bids") and playing and defending techniques, skip the Club Series (recently retitled "Bidding") and go right to this book and "Commonly Used Conventions" as the sources of your next step forward in bidding and playing bridge.

I am a first gade teacher who is always looking for new approaches to teaching, especially topics that can be dry--sorry folks--like phonics. This book, "More Phonics Through Poetry," like the first book, "Phonics Through Poetry" affords me some great materials for shared reading which stress specific sounds (and also endings, contractions, and prefixes and suffixes) by repeating them in delightful poetry. The sounds in this book are more difficult than in the first and include consonant digraphs, blends, diphthongs, etc. While some of the poems were obviously written for this purpose, most of them can be applied to a theme as well as to a targeted sound. In addition to the two to three poems per sound, there are other ideas for uses for the poems, blackline masters for use with them, and the cross-references to help you use the poems with themes. This book will definitely help you "work smarter, not harder."