A Sport and a Pastime: A Novel

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“As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know,” is how Reynolds Price (The New York Times) described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story—part shocking reality, part feverish dream —of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a young French girl. There is the seen and the unseen—and pages that burn with a rare intensity.

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Eloquent and erotic........2007-07-12

The writing is lovely. Salter strings together words in a refreshing and clean style. The story itself didn't grab me the way I had hoped it would after reading previous reviews. It's not so much a love story as it is a lust story and as such it never quite gets off the ground. Perhaps because it was written 40 years ago and nowadays we are so inundated with graphic sex scenes that those in the book failed to titillate as no doubt they were intended, although I still found them somewhat alluring.
The two lovers (Dean and Anne-Marie) characters are never fully realized so I didn't feel any emotional connection to them (and I'm unsure if they felt any emotional connection to each other).
I enjoyed the vagueness of the narrator. Everything is described by him, as though he were imagining what the young lovers were doing, so the line between reality and fantasy was so blurred that the reader is left unsure as to what actually transpired behind closed doors, which is perhaps the point.
Absolutely worth reading thanks to the languorous language.

Objectification as Art.......2006-04-01

Salter has an incredible sensuous style, so I'm giving this three stars because I just like how he puts the words together on the page. But for me this books feels utterly dated. It was apparently written in the 1960's and it shows -- disaffected American (Dean) hangs out in France, has lots of erotic yet completely emotionally unfulfilling sex. No one communicates very deeply with anyone, nothing seems to have a point and of course it all ends badly. I suspect it seems much more meaningful if you are a certain sex (not mine) and beyond a certain age.

The sex (did I mention there's lots of it?) is vividly described yet weirdly depressing. Why? Maybe it's because I'm a woman and the woman in this story is treated as an absolute object. There is no real effort made to get into her head, and she appears to exist solely to be a docile receptacle for Dean's sperm. For all the emotional involvement our hero feels for her, he might as well have just bought an inflatable doll. So yeah, I find that kind of depressing.

A Thrill and a Seduction.......2006-02-23

This book set me spinning in dilemna trying to decide whether to devour or to savor each of leaf of this luscious novel. It's so delicious it drove me crazy wondering if I should have taken it all at once or milked it nice and slow to last me forever. James Salter can do this to a girl. Seductive and poetic prose fills the lines with the most evocative imagery I've seen in a long, long time. Just be ready for that cold shower, if you know what I mean. It's subtly spicy from the start, with language so intriguing it's impossible not to fall in love -- unless you are totally out of touch with your own sensuality -- or unless you hate the French, which is of course a common sentiment in many political climates. But the novel is not about the French, only the language of love that the French so enjoy.

Keep an open mind and be delightfully thrilled and seduced by the world and the characters created here.

Disappointed.......2006-02-20

I bought this book and also Last Night based upon the gushing reviews you see above. Who are they kidding? The main character is a cad. It is far from "a tour de force" in erotic anything. His short stories in Last Night are only marginally better. Your time is better spent with other authors.

Even better the second time around.......2005-11-09

I first read this novel when it was new, in the late sixties, and I liked it because I, too, had been a student in France and had experienced some cross-cultural coupling during those years. I appreciated the evocation of small city life, smoky cafés, dumpy hotels, and all the rest -- and yes, the sex scenes were great.

I've just (autumn 2005) reread the novel again, almost forty years down the line, and I discover a profundity and philosophical depth that escaped me the first time around. I hardly know of a book that better describes the mystery of sexuality, and its connection with the deepest questions of existence. And o yes, the descriptions of smoky cafés and the joys of screwing are still there -- it's just that there's a lot more to Salter's work, which merits the highest praise. The author has attempted to create a transcendent legend from the encounter of two ordinary and even shallow people, and he has succeeded. The influences of Hemingway and Miller are evident, but the true model is classical mythology. Five stars, or ten maybe.

Baseball Tales: Major League Writers on the National Pastime

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Baseball Tales: Major League Writers on the National Pastime

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ASIN: 0670847003

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The Social Event of the Season Has Death on Its Guest List

No one is more popular on London's champagne-and-caviar that charming Lord Gospell. However, on the morning after the year's most glittering ball, someone finds a reason to asphyxiate "Bunchy" Gospell in a taxi headed across town. Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn is called in to find out who killed his old friend, and to cleverly unwind a tangle of murky secrets that began far from the ballroom floor.

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Muddling Marsh.......2005-07-16

Not one of Marsh's best to my way of thinking. Excepting perhaps Detective Alleyn, the book is full of characters that one does not care about, engaged in an uninteresting sequence of events. This is exacerbated by the fact that it is unclear as to which character has what significance. Also there is not much of a sense of atmosphere. Disappointing.

A Society Murder with Plenty of Class.......2002-02-04

Although not in the same league with BLACK AS HE'S PAINTED or DEAD WATER, Ngaio Marsh's DEATH IN A WHITE TIE is a highly satisfying novel that meets the expectations readers have of this particular author: it is literate, witty, peopled with fully rounded characters, and set against an interesting backdrop--in this case the London debutant season.

In this particular novel, Inspector Allen is called upon to investigate rumors of a blackmailer at work in London's high society, and he accordingly recruits Lord "Bunchy," a well known and decidedly fatherly figure. Bunchy is quick to identify the blackmailer--but just as the blackmail plot seems about to unravel murder steps in, and Allen must not only uncover the blackmailer but a killer as well.

As is often the case in a Marsh novel, some readers will spot the killer long before the book's finish--but as typical of Marsh, getting there is most of the fun. A number of favorites return in this novel, including painter Agatha Troy, previously introduced in ARTISTS IN CRIME, and Allen's charming mother; the novel also includes a number of romantic subplots that Marsh handles with considerable effectiveness. Neither newcomers nor old fans will be disappointed; recommended.

A Classic English Mystery.......2000-12-01

Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn enlists the assistance of his well connected society friend Lord Robert 'Bunchy' Gospell to find out who is blackmailing several wealthy ladies. The charming Bunchy makes several interesting discoveries while making the rounds of "the London season," but is quite unfortunately murdered before he can and Alleyn can piece together the whole story.

As usual, Marsh places her clues very fairly but subtly. The backdrop of the debutante parties gives an interesting behind the scenes glimpse of 1930s London society, and if you like your mysteries peopled with lots of peers, this book is for you.

Dame Ngaio's best.......1998-07-07

This is perhaps Ngaio Marsh's best example of an upper-crust English murder mystery. The characters are so finely drawn that it makes you wish they would show up in her other novels. Rory Alleyn is at his youthful best, with a convincing amount of restrained-British angst just to make him more loveable. This is a compelling whodunit, with more than enough great writing and humour along the way to make it look great as a novel, too.

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My own opinions as a high school reader.
A harrowing novel
to widen your scope
Gripping but dated fiction
Political Threat

A Dry White Season
Andre Brink
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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My own opinions as a high school reader........2006-03-30

During the 1970's in South Africa, several protests were happening against the apartheid acts and the education of African natives to speak Afrikaans, instead of their chosen language. In Andre Brink's brilliant novel, A Dry White Season, he presents the brutality of the African struggle for freedom from the white leaders by telling the story of one man's effort to clear his black friend's name. When Gordon Ngubene, a janitor at the local school in Johannesburg, finds his son dead without a clue of what happened, he asks his colleague Ben Dutoit for financial help and support. After certain inquiries were developed on Gordon's behalf for his son, Jonathan, he is arrested by the police and is marked by his own "suicide". However once Ben begins to unfold the evidence that leads to what truly happened, he is caught in a jungle of lies, danger, and an atrocious form of racism.

Ben Dutoit was a simple man content with his mediocre life based on his wife, two daughters, and his teaching. Although the Special Branch had become more involved in the town where he lived, he purely continued throughout his basic routine day in and day out. Once Gordon is told by the Security Police that his son has died of "natural causes" while in a severe detention for publicly protesting, it seems that he will stop at nothing to figure out what had occurred the night of Jonathan's death. "If it was me, all right. But he is my child and I must know. God is my witness today: I cannot stop before I know what happened to him and where they buried him. His body belongs to me. It is my son's body."(Pg.49 A Dry White Season). Throughout this time period, whites naturally assumed themselves superior to that of the African race, and ruthless acts were brought upon the blacks daily. Brink vividly described the numerous cruelties aimed at the "inferior race" due to such instinctive racism. The author conjures the understanding of the reader to see how simple it would be for Ben to turn a blind eye on Gordon's tragedy. Yet after Gordon is accused of strangling himself by tying bits of torn blanket together, Ben is convinced that it was torture that killed the prisoner, and Ben just cannot let the case go with injustice. One can sense just how stubborn Ben truly is regarding the truth of his friend's alleged murder, mainly because of the emotions depicted by Brink that the reader can pick up on. Assembling as much evidence against the Special Branch's summary of Gordon's arrest, with the help of taxi driver and informational guide Stanley, Ben attempts to prove that the police are sadistic liars that have crossed the line of racism and have entered a territory of the highest form of hatred. Publicity of his "Negro loving" efforts have provoked such racists to seek ways to harm Ben and his family, such as sending bombs in the mail and shooting through his windows at night. I simply cannot comprehend the motive of someone to physically or mentally abuse another for their own views. However nothing could frighten him from completing what he had started in the first place, not even the terrifying Captain Stolz who had threatened him many times during the case. The thorough detail Brink constructed to picture the startling police officer was amazing, admitting a very clear idea of just how alarming this character must have been. Aware of his immense caution in his own case, he presented one of his old college friends with pieces of information in order to write a biography of Ben Dutoit. Two weeks later, Ben was killed in a hit and run car accident, but fortunately for him, his story would not be left untold. I personally found myself having to read certain paragraphs repeatedly in order to really grasp what was happening in all of the excitement, which I appreciated from the author. The plot was persistently heart pumping, giving off the effect that South Africa's horrifying and unfair history was not given the deliberate attention it deserved.

Before this misfortune had happened, Ben had been conceived as having a rather introverted personality, spending most of his time alone playing chess in his den. However the demand for real facts about what had definitely taken place seemed to have changed his behavior. Suddenly Ben was actually offering his true opinions back to those that he would not dare before, such as Captain Stolz, no matter how harsh or unsettling. After this unexpected alteration, Ben began to become more aware of his surroundings, more observant of his daily routines that he had developed into over the years. The author made sure to explain Ben's strange emotions in noticing things in his life that seemed unfit to him. "All at once this is what seemed foreign to him: not what he had seen in the course of the long bewildering afternoon, but this. His garden, with the sprinkler on the lawn. His house, with white walls, and orange tiled roof, and windows and rounded stoop. His wife appearing in the front door. As if he'd never seen it before in his life."(Pg.99 A Dry White Season). If you take a considerable amount of time to glance at your own life, as I have done from the direction of this book, you perceive things that might belong to you, though they might seem impossible to be yours. The process is difficult to explain, until you try to complete it yourself. Brink wrote the character as if his own qualities were shifting along to the varied events of Gordon's death case. The author seemed to have used Ben's life as symbolism of how one moment could alter anyone's life as they know it. A calamity such as this could happen to anyone, even I, and this thought makes me wonder. How would the way I act now be changed?

The Soweto protests of the 1970's in South Africa led to many empty lots filled with tear-gas, public shootings, and violent massacres of black citizens. In the novel A Dry White Season, Andre Brink tells the tale of one honorable man that knew too much information for his own good at a time era like his generation, which guided him into a vast land of moral corruption. Ben Dutoit's story has captivated my imagination, gripped my heart, crossed my frustrations, and stirred my tears. This book has taught me, as well as numerous other readers as well, to follow your instincts and never let justice go unserved. "Perhaps all one can really hope for, all I am entitled to, is no more than this: to write it down. To report what I know. So that it will not be possible for any man ever to say again: I knew nothing about it. (Pg.316 A Dry White Season).

A harrowing novel.......2004-08-06

Ben Du Toit teaches history and geography in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the period of the height of the youth riots in the township of Soweto. At Ben's school, Gordon Ngubene, a native, is a cleaner and he occasionally does little chores for Ben. When Ben sees that Jonathan, Gordon's son, is showing signs of intelligence and diligence, he decides to partly finance his education. One day however, Jonathan takes part in a demonstration which ends up in a violent riot and is arrested by the police. A few weeks later, after a harrowing quest through countless offices, Ben and Gordon are informed that Jonathan died "of natural causes" while in detention.
Due to the mystery surrounding his son's death, Gordon gives up his job in order to devote himself entirely to the enquiries which have become an obsession with him. Both the Special Branch and the Security Police are annoyed about Gordon's insistence and soon enough Gordon is arrested. After numerous attempts to try to trace Gordon and speak to him, Ben and Gordon's wife Emily are told by the spokesman of the Security Police that Gordon apparently committed suicide by hanging himself with strips torn from his blanket.
But Ben Du Toit senses that the official explanations for both Jonathan's and Gordon's deaths are just a pretext for poorly disguised murders and so he decides to take matters in his own hands and starts investigating.
Mr Brink's novel is a harrowing account of a solitary man's fight against all the atrocities of the Apartheid. During this dark period in the history of South Africa, a white man had to be a real hero to fight for the right of the Afrikaners. The author beautifully captures the fact that Ben has to fight not only the resentment of the people of the other race, but also that of the people belonging to his own race - his family for a start. The descriptions of the townships of Johannesburg, particularly that of Soweto, are breathtaking in their accuracy and poignancy.

to widen your scope.......2003-04-21

i read this while i was a high school student and i can honestly say it has been one of the few books that have made an impact on the way i view society. read it! you'll love it!

Gripping but dated fiction.......2000-09-26

Brinks sketches the life of a idealistic man - Ben du Toit that lives his life in Apartheid South Africa on the brink of normalcy until the mysterious death of a black American friend and his son points to government involvement. As du Toit becomes obsessed with discovering the truth he becomes the symbol of Afrikaner conscience struggling to cope with the conflict and alienation that this crusade against Apartheid causes. With Apartheid being woven into the Afrikaner concept of nationhood and religion Ben finds himself not only in conflict with his family or the government but with his own history and ultimately with his own identity and even his soul. du Toit becomes a classical Afrikaner in his stubborn steadfast refusal to sway from his course , irrespective of the consequences, that he believes to be the only just and morally acceptable one.

He painfully exposes the moral vacuum of Apartheid and how it alienates not just du Toit from himself and his family but ultimately the Afrikaner from their fellow South Africans, as well as their own ideas of justice and morality.

The original Afrikaans language edition packs a powerful punch and is beautiful to read. English translation loses a bit of impact and fails to capture the finesse of the master writer in his mother tongue but is never the less worth burning the midnight oil for. It should however be noted that the story is dated and not a balanced portrayal of South Africa, Afrikaners or Apartheid.

Good fiction but not a historical treatise of Apartheid as some reviewers seem to think.

Political Threat.......2000-04-24

A heart gripping, eye watering, investigation about two innocent victims tortured and put to death by political powers. This detective story raises many important issues about political abuse and political lies that have been recently common in the United States of America, "the land of the free." One of the most significant issues in the story is about enforcing laws that hurt not only the ones being tortured and killed but also the entire society who becomes captive of its government through fear. This is a very strong and powerful story, complete with excitement, suspense, drama, comedy and love; making it a great combination to facilitate the introduction of important issues and at the same time keep the reader intrigued while using humor and love to lighten-up the tension of the reader.

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Death in a White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

ASIN: 1568657390

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Mystery Guild in Association with Little Brown and Company. Hard cover. 352 p.; 0.94" x 6.78" x 4.17".Innercover:Wealthy, charming bon vivant Sir Robert Gospell was a star of London's champagne-and-caviar circuit. Then on the morning after the most glittering ball of the season, someone finds a reason to asphyxiate Gospell in a taxi headed across town. But who would want to kill "Bunchy" Gospel? Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the murder of his old frined and to uncover a nefarious scheme that began far from the ballroom floor...

The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries (Nursing Home Murder, Death in a White Tie, and Final Curtain)

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The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries (Nursing Home Murder, Death in a White Tie, and Final Curtain)
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: Diamond Books
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Death In A White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: Fontana / Collins
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Binding: Paperback
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Death in a White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: Little, Brown, and Company
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Death in a White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Death in a White Tie
Ngaio Marsh
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Death in a White Tie

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DEATH IN A WHITE TIE

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Lady Of The Two Lands

Great Read!

Lady Of The Two Lands by Elizabeth Delisi

I cannot express how good this one is.

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Lady Of The Two Lands
Elizabeth Delisi
Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
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ASIN: 159279789X
Release Date: 2005-06-16

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A Bloody Dagger Award Winner and a Golden Rose Nominee!

One minute, Hattie Williams is in a museum, sketching a gold necklace that belonged to Hatshepsut, first female Pharaoh of Egypt; and the next, she's lying in a room too archaic to be the museum, with a breathtakingly handsome, half-naked man named Senemut bending over her.

Hattie soon discovers she's been thrust into the body and life of Hatshepsut, with no way back to her own time. Tuthmosis, the heir to the throne, hates her; the High Priest of Amun and the commander of the army want to kill her and Tuthmosis; and the best bathroom facilities in the country are the equivalent of a cat-box.

To make matters more difficult, she's falling helplessly in love with Senemut, and soon, she's not sure she even wants to return home. To protect Tuthmosis from assassination, the lovers arrange to put Hattie on the throne. But, what should she do when she suddenly finds herself, an obscure artist from Chicago, crowned ruler of all Egypt?

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Lady Of The Two Lands.......2007-07-15

Harriet Williams (Hattie) is an artist from Chicago. She gets a job creating illustrations for the Museum's Egyptian curator Thomas Harris' new book about Ancient Egypt. The illustrations are progressing quite well except for the face of Hatshepsut, a female Pharaoh. In order to get her in the right frame of mind Thomas allows Hattie access to an ancient necklace that once belonged to Hatshepsut. However, upon touching the necklace, Hattie is transported to Ancient Egypt where she must pretend she is Hatshepsut in order to save the Pharaoh's stepson and heir apparent to the Egyptian throne from a traitor that threatens to murder the boy.

Lady of Two Lands is a wonderfully entertaining time travel romance. The author does a lovely job of showing contrast in daily life, attitudes towards women, and material possessions between modern day and Ancient Egyptian times by integrating interesting bits and pieces of real history into the story. Moreover, whenever the author deviates from these realities, she explains how these deviations could have occurred. These aspects add an extra aspect of depth and realness to the storyline and add a deeper understanding of the reasons that the romantic relationship is forbidden further increasing the anticipation of the potential romance.

Great Read!.......2005-07-09

Elizabeth Delisi's LADY OF THE TWO LANDS is an interesting time-travel that takes us back to the time of Hatshepsut and her royal architect, Senemut.

The story plays off the true facts of the female pharaoh's reign and the suspected romance between her and Senemut.

Research shows that Hatshepsut did indeed rule the two lands of upper and lower Egypt, and her temple was one of the most beautiful ever created, though after her death, many images of her were destroyed in an apparent attempt to erase her memory from history.

What Ms. Delisi tells is her version of the rule, and concentrates on the relationship between the female pharaoh and the man she trusted more than any other, Senemut. It is a very carefully rendered insight into the lives of both and the relationship that ensues.

LADY OF THE TWO LANDS is a well-researched story that will take you back in time to an ancient Egypt where magic was never doubted and the impossible made possible.

Sheri L. McGathy
~:.*.:~~:.*.:~May the magic always brighten your world~:.*.:~~:.*.:~

Lady Of The Two Lands by Elizabeth Delisi .......2004-08-03

Elizabeth Delisi's LADY OF THE TWO LANDS is rich with details of ancient Egypt through the eyes of a heroine, Hattie Williams, who travels through time to become the Pharaoh of the two lands of Egypt. The story captures the romance and intrigue as Hattie and Senemut uncovers the murderous plot against the Pharaoh and Prince Tuthmosis. When reading the story, I felt drawn to the glory of ancient Egypt. I would recommend this book to those who are fascinated with the lifestyles of great Egyptian rulers. Although the plot was slightly predictable, the story was quite engaging and has inspired me to do more research on Pharaoh, Hatshepsut and Prince Tuthmosis.

Reviewed by CCR's Gracia Mason

I cannot express how good this one is........2003-08-05

Harriet "Hattie" Williams was an artist. She was hired by the Egyptian Curator of a museum to sketch illustrations for his book about Hatshepsut, the first female Pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt.

While holding a necklace that had once belonged to the famous ruler, Hattie's essence was sent backward in time thirty-five hundred years to reside in Queen Hatshepsut's body.

Hatshepsut was poisoned during the funeral of her husband. She searched her relatives through the millennia and selected Hattie to be the one to help her. Hattie was to temporarily BE Hatshepsut. Hattie's duties were to protect the stepson, eight-year-old Prince Tuthmosis, (heir to the throne) and determine the identity of the betrayer. Once done, Hattie would return to her own time and body.

Hattie was not really given a choice. Thus she wanted only to complete her tasks and return home. Hattie found one person she somehow knew she could trust named Senemut. He was the tutor of Hatshepsut's little daughter, Princess Neferure. Promoted a highly honored position and given the title "Steward of Amun", he became not only Hattie's trusted advisor, but also her love.

***** I cannot tell you how WONDERFUL this story is! The author managed to make the story come alive. The characters seemed REAL. The tale is fast paced and the reader will not become bored. It is available in various electronic formats AND in paperback. Highly recommended! *****

Very interesting.......2003-07-06

I just finished reading Elizabeth Delisi's LADY OF THE TWO LANDS. An interesting time-travel that takes us back to the time of Hatshepsut and her royal architect, Senemut.

The story plays off the true facts of the female pharaoh's reign and the suspected romance between her and Senemut.

Research shows that Hatshepsut did indeed rule the two lands of upper and lower Egypt, and her temple was one of the most beautiful ever created, though after her death, many images of her were destroyed in an apparent attempt to erase her memory from history.

What Ms. Delisi tells is her version of the rule, and concentrates on the relationship between the female pharaoh and the man she trusted more than any other, Senemut. It is a very carefully rendered insight into the lives of both and the relationship that ensues.

LADY OF THE TWO LANDS is a well-researched story that will take you back in time to an ancient Egypt where magic was never doubted and the impossible made possible.

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Better books out there.......2005-08-17

Read Christopher Bryson's "The Fluoride Deception" book. It's well researched and will withstand the scrutiny of those like Mr. April 2002 calling it a bunch of conspiracy theories.

Bryson's got the memos and government documentation to back it up (through the Freedom of Information act and the archives of various institutions that participated in the coverup).

It's sobering reading.

Must reading for all Americans-especially dentists.......2005-03-14

This scientific, well researched book reads like a detective story!I couldn't put it down! This book reveals the terrible deception and fraud that heads of state,industry and the scientific community have perpetuated on the innocent public, much to the detriment of the health of the American people. This book should be required reading for every doctor and dentist before their license is granted and for every parent when the birth certificate for their child in issued. This book could bring about real changes in America for the betterment of the health of the people. For your own good, do read it!

Solid Overview Of Research On Fluoride & It's Hazards.......2003-10-05

This book reviews the science and salesmanship involved in the fluoride debate, as there is no clear valid evidence of significant benefits from added fluoride consumption, while there are many independent studies showing a variety of potential negative mental & physical effects. This evidence has been available previously in some other texts and online information collections, and is beyond rational refutation. There are, of course, some really insecure people who just can't accept or admit that the government, medical, & dental authorities are spreading lies and contaminating the public water supplies. One reviewer claims that people who denounce fluoridation are opportunists seeking economic profit and getting paid thousands of dollars per event for speaking against fluoridation. To deny one conspiracy, this reviewer has invented his own conspiracy, based on no evidence. If speaking publicly against fluoride were financially lucrative, where are all the wealthy fluoride opponents and anti-fluoride ads? Of course, all the damning evidence about fluoride is in professional journals and government documents for anyone to see. Then again, maybe consuming so much fluoride made that person dumb enough to think fluoride is good and anyone against fluoride isn't - after all, fluoridation has been correlated with diminished IQs.

Just One More Drain on the Taxpayer ... >.......2003-07-15

in any scientific arguement, the only thing that matters is the available evidence and that is clearly lacking at the CDC. It's been said that when the data doesn't support your arguement you don't have enough data. The gov't is renowned by flubbing its own studies, sponsoring stupid programs with no basis in fact, and draining the taxpayer just to create a jobs program. Enough!! Even WITHOUT all the nobel-leareates against it, I cannot condone the adding of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, fluoride, or green tea to public water at taxpayer expense. I can take care of my own teeth, thank you very much.

Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death.......2003-04-30

This book is outstanding! It documents false claims by fluoride pushers and provides unimpeachable evidence that fluoridation is public health quackery!

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