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Dr. Thompson made the list of inspirational scribes when I polled in a recent writing workshop, and why not? Back in a spiffy Modern Library edition, replete with additional essays, I find in this iconographic work that HST both invoked--and provoked--an era that was not so much the '60s proper, but rather the mean, shadow-filled death of that time, which is still playing out. Thank God Thompson was there to explode the myth of "objective" journalism and help pave the way for the pens and voices that followed.
Book Description
First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and "check it out." The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in The New York Times, it has "a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out."
This Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings and three companion pieces selected by Dr. Thompson: "Jacket Copy for Fear and Loath-
ing in Las Vegas," "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan," and "The Kentucky Derby Is Deca-
dent and Depraved."
Customer Reviews:
One of the great books.......2007-01-12
This is one of the great books. This Modern Library hardcover edition is beautifully made - good paper, clear font.
You Had To Be There.......2006-12-10
Disclaimer: I am now in my mid 50's and realize what Thompson writes about and some of us lived probably isn't the best thing for society. That said every time I read this (at least 15 times in the past 35 years) I laugh until the tears pour down my face. Is this Pulitzer Prize material? Hardly. If you are looking for heavy plots good character development etc. look elsewhere. A warning, if you are so anal you can't see the humour in serious drug crazed humor don't read this (and why in God's name would you pooh?). I've also found that it doesn't cross generations all that well maybe because youngsters can't believe there was ever such a time. I have given this book to many friends, the young ones don't seem to get it. In closing this is a hilariously funny light book that will always be on my favorites list, but don't bother if you think drug humour should be banned. Just join the DEA and kill some innocent 88 year old black woman in the name of saving us from our selves
When the bats appeared.......2006-09-15
I first read this book after finding it on the bargain table at my college bookstore. I have read it several times since then, and have shared it with friends and students. From the first bizarre line to the last, it was hard to stop laughing. It is one of the unusual class of novels that truly enables you too look through another man's eyes, distorted as that vision may be. Admittedly, this is perhaps not for those who have never enjoyed being not sober. Still, if you are open minded, it is an amusing and enjoyable read.
A book written for those who were too afraid to take the drugs themselves.......2006-04-22
I can't believe they actually made this into a movie. What crap!
Okay, I bought this just to see what the fuss was about. Stories of a guy getting doped up and drunk is not entertaining. Maybe because I've been around enough drunks and druggies growing up that I fail to see the humor. The fact that he was allowed to write books and have them published is shocking. Thompson was laughing all the way to the bank, or drug dealer, in his case. I've seen people do drugs to write better songs or paint better paintings, but to do drugs and then write about doing drugs, geez where's the talent in that? His talent was actually living to write about his trips and then getting some publishing house to give him money for writting his stories.
I believe people read it because of one of two reasons: 1) Like me, curious about why everyone finds him so interesting and talented; or 2) To experience what it is like to be drugged out without taking the actual drugs.
On Drugs and Driving.......2006-02-24
That title's not just the kickoff of the book but the state of the book itself. It's fast... really fast. I'm a slow reader and I cleared it in a couple sittings. That also suggests how engaging it is. There's something utterly captivating about what a shameless romp through Vegas these men have and I loved every sentence of it. Part of me is jealous of the drug addled adventure, part of me is revolted. In any case, I'm glad someone did it and they one upped that by sharing their story with the world. Thanks, Dr. Thompson.
Book Description
Tales of mystery, mayhem and murder from fifteen of the Chesapeake Bay region's most talented crime writers. Includes the Agatha and Anthony award-winning story, "Wedding Knife" by Elaine Viets and a foreword by Laura Lippman.
Customer Reviews:
only a few.......2006-06-25
(Night Shades by Donna Andrews, Grave Ends by Elizabeth Foxwell, Wedding Knife by Elaine Viets)
Once again, another anthology in which I read stories that I chose out of all of them. I love Andrews' Meg Lanslow series, (the reason I sought out the book) and NIGHT SHADES didn't disappoint me. Neither did GRAVE ENDS by Elizabeth Foxwell, or Elaine Viets WEDDING KNIFE. But Viets' sense of humor makes all of her work worth the read!
Mystery At It's Best.......2004-10-25
If you are a follower of my reviews, you know how much I enjoy short stories. I was excited to be reviewing such as work from a publisher that I know turns out the finest in mystery novels.
Chesapeake Crimes is compiled of short stories packed full of mystery, intrigue and suspense. In this work, you get a delightful taste of numerous authors styles in writing, and perhaps a tad of their 'darker' side as they pen a carload of nail-biting tales, mystery with humor, and real to life characters that grab your attention from beginning to end. I loved the story, "The Butler Didn't Do It." I never saw that ending coming. Great job!
Everyone of the stories is unique, superb in the writers own flare, making each tale fresh and alive, satisfying that hunger for different twists and turns that loom inside the reader. This work is a gift to all mystery lovers. Pick this one up and good luck in being able to put it down. A winner from start to finish.
Shirley Johnson
Senior Reviewer
MidWest Book Review
Stunning.......2004-06-29
A great book of fabulous mysteries! It gives us a glance into the future of literary arts - Knowing that authors like Elaine Viets, Ellen Rawlings and Debbi Mack (all featured with stuning pieces), will move on to be literary masters.
Chesapeake Crimes.......2004-04-16
Great, fun reading by a bunch of talented writters.
Very intriguing stories.......2004-03-31
This book is a great compilation of short mystery stories. Each of the stories kept me going until the end. Most books you can tell by the end "who done it," but in Chesapeake Crimes, I was on edge to the very end of every story. My favorite story was by Maria Y. Lima, The Butler Didn't Do It. It was very creative and she has a wonderful imagination. I thought the butler did it right until the end! This book is wonderful and the Sisters in Crime deserve a BIG round of applause for this work.
Average customer rating:
- Not for the true True Crime readers.
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Deadly Whispers
Ted Schwarz
Manufacturer: St Martins Mass Market Paper
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0312924895 |
Customer Reviews:
Not for the true True Crime readers........1999-01-15
I was dissappointed by this book. It's very slow and the author goes into too much detail about the hynosis the suspect goes through and the various thoughts on multiple personalities by doctors and lawyers. This book is really more about multiple personalities then about a murder. I was interested in finding out more about Tom Bonney's childhood and why these personalities came about to begin with. Author is too vague and doesn't describe the years leading up to the murder. What went on in that house for years living with this multiple? I was expecting a little more action and instead I got a boring medical journal.
Average customer rating:
- Another outstanding anthology by the Chesapeake Sisters!
- A Great Read!
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Chesapeake Crimes II
Manufacturer: Tidewater Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
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Chesapeake Crimes
ASIN: 0870335820 |
Customer Reviews:
Another outstanding anthology by the Chesapeake Sisters!.......2007-01-02
After reading Chesapeake Crimes I, I immediately looked for a follow-up, and here it is. It's somewhat surprising one might think that a by limiting themselves to a relatively small number of contributors, the editors would have to let in second rate stories, but once again, they have produced an unusually fine anthology with a great variety of stories: dead serious, droll, laugh-out-loud funny; gritty to whimsical. Obviously, the Chespeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime is a talented bunch.
A number of the authors were in the first anthology, but most are not. I don't whether to be sorry not to see some of the previous authors, or glad to meet so many good new writiers. I found the first volume to be a great source for finding interesting series. I hope there will be many more collections.
A Great Read!.......2005-08-03
I love a good mystery, one you can curl-up with at night and immerse yourself in; I truly found more than my cup of tea in this work.
We don't just have one mystery to solve, but fifteen, as some top-notch writers take us from one dark corner to the next in reverting tales of murder, mayhem and mystery.
My favorite was,"A Senior Discount On Death." I loved the two main characters, Kate and Marlene and the twist that the story took. At first I felt sorry for them, until I realized it was the 'bad guys,' who needed my pity. I had to chuckle!
However, each story in this book works its own magic, as every author pens their style and talent with excellence. Each story unique, yet brimming with the familiar mystery you anticipated, you will find yourself turning the pages in anticipation and delight. Believe me, you will not be disappointed.
More than a great read, many great reads all wrapped up in one. Outstanding, thank you authors for sharing your talent with a hungry audience that will devour every morsel with joy.
Shirley Johnson
Senior Reviewer
MidWest Book Review
Average customer rating:
- A great historical survey of Prohibition in Chesapeake Bay.
- A Lively Jaunt Through a Bygone Era
- Another Splendid Effort By Mills
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Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties
Eric Mills
Manufacturer: Tidewater Publishers
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Crossing the Line: Mobsters and Rumrunners (Legend Series)
ASIN: 0870335189 |
Customer Reviews:
A great historical survey of Prohibition in Chesapeake Bay........2000-05-04
In Chesapeake Rumrunners Of The Roaring Twenties, Eric Mills tells the story of Prohibition in Chesapeake Bay country with a memorable cast the includes watermen and steamer captains, mob racketeers, and "legitimate" businessmen who took advantage of a nation's thirst for alcohol to make their fortunes smuggling booze into the country. The saga also had Billy Sunday and an army of temperance crusaders campaigning to encourage Prohibition, federal agents and Coast Guardsmen burdened with the impossible task of holding back the tide of alcohol from coming into the country. In a maze of Bay waters, smuggler boats played a key role in the illicit traffic, and were built for speed and the ability to out-maneuver the law while being disguised as ordinary work boats. Chesapeake Rumrunners Of The Roaring Twenties is a vivid, highly recommended history drawing on news reports, government records, and local lore to recreate an incredible time where some men sought to change human nature and before through the force of an unpopular law, and others sought to make their fortunes in defiance of that same law.
A Lively Jaunt Through a Bygone Era.......2000-05-03
This fast-paced, readable chronicle of an almost forgotten era in American history fills a longstanding void. The fact that it is immensely entertaining, as well as informative, makes it doubly valuable. It provides a thorough, understandable history of the social forces at play in the nation which led to the passage of the 18th Amendment and to the inevitability of its Repeal.
The author has done it again with this fine companion to his superb CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE CIVIL WAR. Bravo, Eric Mills!
Another Splendid Effort By Mills.......2000-04-18
Eric Mills has mastered the rare ability to bring back the past through skillful and imaginative writing. A terrific book.
Book Description
Book 1 in The Million Dollar Mysteries
A CBA Bestselling Author
Investigator Callie Webber finds herself looking into the death of an old family friend for her employer. Almost immediately, Callie realizes she has put herself in serious danger. Her only hope is that God will use her investigative skills to discover the identity of the killer before she becomes the next victim.
Customer Reviews:
A penny well spent.......2007-04-10
Callie Webber works for the J.O.S.H.U.A. Foundation, checking out charities to make sure they are practicing what they preach. If she finds them to be in good standing, she awards them with a check for their hard work. Her boss is a man named Tom, who Callie knows very little about. As she prepares to take a well earned vacation, Tom asks her to do a favor for an old friend of his and check out his charity. Callie obliges and postpones her trip, only to visit the guy and have him turn up dead minutes after she arrives. As a former PI, it's in her nature to find out who the murderer is and also as a favor to Tom. There are many suspects with many motives making this a challenge for Callie while also testing her relationship with Tom.
I had enjoyed Mindy's SmartChick series so I wanted to go back and read the rest of her books. I had heard really good things about this series, and boy I was not not disappointed. This was a top-notch mystery with a strong, hard to put down storyline. I love Callie's character, she is strong and very resourceful. She's good at noticing the tiny details which is probably why she was a PI. The reader also feels for her as she is a young widow after losing her husband only recently. Tom is a mysterious guy and if I had been in Callie's shoes I would have done some inspecting on him! The idea of the company is very cool, giving to those who deserve it but don't ask for it. I also found it very interesting about what was said about the exploiting of sponsoring children. It is true that most people do not find water irrigation very attractive to spend money on, but they will spend money to help a cute kid, so thus pictures of the kid is reused to attract people. So the people's money goes towards water irrigation but they think it's helping the kid. Is it deceiving for companies to do this, especially if they are Christian based? Why do people feel good if they help a kid, but they think it's wasteful to help an entire community? Very good stuff to think about.
Overall this was an excellent mystery story with twists I didn't see coming and likable characters making this book a great start to the series. I'm hooked.
Sometimes costs more than a penny.......2006-12-15
Mindy Starns Clark premiers her "Million Dollar Series" with a winner. Just put yourself in Callie's shoes. You've been trusted to run down the backgrounds of numerous non-profit organizations to see if they're legit. You have the respect of your boss, although you've never met him. Yet now, seemingly out of the blue your boss wants you to present a check for $250,000 without doing the standard background check. This goes against the grain a bit, but hey, you never know. They guy's a friend of your boss. Still it's hard to give that money to a dead man, and even harder to get out of town when your boss insists you take an active roll in the investigation. First the means of death, then a list of suspects, and gee, she's living in the house WITH all of the suspects. Clark handles a brand new mystery with the same elegance of "Ten Little Indians" and leaves you guessing all the way. Truly remarkable work. (I only give 5 stars for extraordinary work, so a 4 star from me is like a 5 star from most other reviewers). If you're a mystery buff this book should definitely be on your shelf.
Great Start to a Promising New Series.......2004-10-29
Callie Webber is looking forward to a week's rest as soon as she drops off one last check for her boss Tom. But when Wendell Smythe says that it's only a loan to Feed the Need and not a gift, Callie finds herself with an hour's paperwork to do. Returning to his office with the proper forms all filled out, she finds Wendell dead. The police quickly rule it a murder and ask Callie to stay in town as a material witness. Then Tom asks Callie to investigate. And how can she turn her boss down?
Staying with the Smythes gives Callie easy access to her prime suspects. But beneath the surface of a seemingly happy family lurks some sinister secrets. Who is leaving threatening messages for Sidra? What drove Sidra and Derek apart? What was going on at the company? And does this have anything to do with the murder?
Meanwhile, Callie is finding her own emotions hard to deal with. Being around this much sadness and death is reminding her too much of the death of her own husband. Can God help her deal with her own renewed emotions and solve the case?
The titles of this series really intrigued me, so I decided to give the first a try. It was certainly worth it. Callie was a very human character and I found myself chocking up on more then one occasion with the hurt she was going through. She's also strong and fun to hang out with. While the story started a little slow, it gained speed quickly. The twists came so fast in the final 100 pages I stayed up much later then was wise to finish. I never saw the ending coming, either.
If the rest of the series is this good, I can't wait to read it. The author has won herself a new fan.
It made me carsick and my husband complained..........2003-06-13
I started reading "Pennies" on a plane trip to Bermuda. I couldn't put it down.I tried to continue to read it during the extremely curvy taxi ride to our hotel. I picked it up again, after aspirins and a nap, and my husband complained that we were there for our 25th anniversary and not for a reading marathon!
When we got back, I lent it to my mother. She complained to me, too. She couldn't put it down, either. She read it in one day, didn't get anything else done, and didn't go to sleep until she finished it. She was tired and cranky the next morning.
We both thought it was fabulous and well worth the pain.
Thanks to Mindy and Callie and friends for a wonderful book!
(We can't wait to read about the rest of Callie's adventures).
Excellent!.......2002-10-20
This book is a page turner as well as unpredictable. The characters are well developed. Can't wait to read the next one!
Book Description
Discover the books that are delighting readers all across the country! This is the second book in the Ruin Mist Tales--an alternate history for best-selling author Robert Stanek's Keeper Martin's Tales. For every fantastic story you'll ever find, there are often other stories that retell the adventures from different points of view--so why should it be any different in Ruin Mist?
Join us now as we walk the dark path through the chronicles of Ruin Mist. Discover new secrets, new dangers, new visions and new realities!
Praise for Ruin Mist Tales:
"At first you are whisked away to the land of the elves then the story goes to the Kingdoms where you learn about Princess Adrina and the would-be mage Vilmos." Cynthia West
"At once innovative and yet has the texture of legends of the past. Wonderful! Don't miss out, you won't be disappointed." Kim Patterson
"Hooked instantly! ... a memorable world with terrific characters." Reader
"Wonderful is definitely what this book is about! I was enchanted from the start" Greg Kimball
"My sons, 10 and 12, are the ones who got me hooked! They enjoyed reading the story and so did I." Martin St. Lawrence
Customer Reviews:
Sequel to the Elf Queen and the King.......2006-04-24
The Elf Queen and the King is a good book, perhaps even great. However, it shouldn't be the first Robert Stanek book you read. The Elf Queen offers an alternate history/telling of the story of Ruin Mist (which is the name of the world the story takes place in the common language of men but from an ancient saying for "the Lost Ages"). The best starting place for reading the books is The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches #1. After reading books 2, 3, and 4, the next series is In the Service of Dragons. Then The Elf Queen and the King, but all the fan sites and even the publisher site says it is meant for only the truest fans of the books.
better.......2006-01-04
i liked it the first one but the second one was better. im going to read it again too
Very good.......2005-12-27
If you like fantasy and magic this is the book for you! The Seventh Tower is good too.
Good alternate view.......2005-12-25
The second in the Ruin Mist Tales series is the follow up to the first one. It is very good.
Fascinating.......2005-11-02
As a fan of The Kingdoms and the Elves books, I enjoyed this alternate telling of Ruin Mist's history. I just wish Book 3 and 4 would hurry up and come out already.
Customer Reviews:
When will I receive the book?.......2007-01-09
I cannot type my review because, after 3 months, I have not receive it yet.
And I don't know if I'll receive it in the future because Amazon ever delays the shipping.
Ezio
Something fishy about these ratings.......2005-05-28
There is lots of hype about light therapy, and lots of books on it too. I wonder about these glowing reviews, though. They are all 5 stars, all by "readers," and all say nothing! The major asset of this book seems to be its cover art. This shows you how you can publish a book, get five friends to review it, and voila, you have a well-reviewed book.
The Art is as Great as the Book.......2000-07-29
The cover is terriffic art and definitely represents the quality of the content of this book. I bought the book for the cover to frame and put on my wall. Then I read it. Love the illustrations I would like to see more of this artist's work in other books like this - well worth the read.
Holy Cow !! You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover!!!!.......2000-07-19
This is a wonderful collection of pioneering work in the field. I bought the book just for the incredible cover. Then I became curious and read it. Well worth the read. The quality of the work inside matched the cover. (By the way the illustrations are outstanding as well.)
Read.......1997-10-12
This is an eye opening book. Best book that I have read this year. The light that enters your eyes travels by way of the optic nerve to the visual cortex of the brain to be further interpreted but the optic nerve also branches off into.......the hypothalmus, the pineal gland, the pituitary gland. Light,sunlight,phototherapy can change the function of all endocrine glands [chakras]
Have you thought lately about the sun.....
and that the sunlight entering your eyes
randomly or intentionally could change your
outlook or better your health?
Thanks
Dan Holly
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