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Tears of Pride
Lisa Jackson
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Her legacy has just gone up in flames
Sheila Lindstrom is reeling from the aftermath of the devastating fire that claimed the life of her father and all but destroyed the Cascade Valley Winery, the family's pride and joy. Without the insurance proceeds needed to rebuild the winery, Sheila risks losing everything to corporate monolith Wilder Investments. When she confronts company president Noah Wilder, an undeniable attraction hits both of them with the force of a tidal wave. Will mistrust and deceit undermine this volatile union -- or will love rise from the ashes?
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Obviously an early work.......2005-10-09
I've read a number of books by this author and this seems to be one of her early works, republished now due to her growing popularity. It's not a bad book, just not as developed as later efforts.
Tears of Pride.......2005-08-21
Very good book as all of Lisa Jackson's are. I think her latest books are better. It seems they get better the longer they write.
reprint of a strong character driven contemporary romance.......2005-06-29
The fire killed her father Oliver and destroyed the family's Cascade Valley Winery. Though she knows her beloved dad would want her to rebuild, Sheila Lindstrom cannot finance the project. Instead her lawyer informs her that Wilder Investments President Ben Wilder was Oliver's partner and over the years lent money to keep the winery afloat. The insurance goes to Wilder. However, to Sheila what is worse is her dad's shredded reputation as most people believe Oliver set the deadly inferno and must find a way to tell her daughter.
Unable to sit back idly, Sheila confronts Wilder Investments temporary president Noah Wilder. He has troubles with his teenage son Sean who is missing from school; he also runs the family company that he does not want anything to do while his dad recuperates in Mexico from a heart attack. Feeling like a traitor to her beloved father, Sheila is attracted to a man she considers a pirate. In spite of the angry termagant behaving as if she wants to skin him alive, Noah reciprocates. However, the winery business impairs their potential loving partnership.
This is a rewrite of a strong character driven contemporary romance that holds up quite well even though the plot has a historical feel to it because the investigations into the fire are pre-Internet. Sheila is a terrific protagonist struggling with the loss of her late father's reputation as much as or more so than the family business while delaying her need to grieve and falling in love with the enemy. Noah is an ethical individual who wants to learn the truth, clean up his father's questionable practices, help Sean, and persuade Sheila they belong together. Readers will enjoy this fine character driven tale.
Harriet Klausner
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six mmpb books. 6 Titles By Lisa Jackson : Devil's Gambit With No Regrets The Shadow of Time A is for Always Tears of Pride Obsession
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Pride and a Tear
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Pride and a Tear is an endearing and inspirational story of triumph based on the true story of a woman working through her tumultuous childhood and finding fulfillment after many losses and tragedies. Through her determination and inner strength, she fights to find her way to a better life and overcome her past. You may laugh, cry, and feel comforted from this story that will definitely leave you applauding her strength by overcoming so many obstacles.
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Tears Of Pride
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Baltic pride, Russian tears: the Baltic nations have a special place in the Russian heart. (Cover Story): An article from: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on September 1, 1994. The length of the article is 3725 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: The Baltic nations of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, and the lifestyle and dignity displayed by the citizens were a source of pride to Soviets. The Baltic people however, did all they could to oppose Soviet domination, yet made themselves useful.
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Title: Baltic pride, Russian tears: the Baltic nations have a special place in the Russian heart. (Cover Story)
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9 massmarket paperback Titles By Connie Mason - Tears Like Rain - Lion's Pride - Dragon Lord - Flame - Gypsy Lover - Knight's Honor - Last Rogue - Pirate - Taken By You
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The Barrens: A Novel of Suspense
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In this gripping psychological thriller, Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times best-selling author and one of the most versatile and original voices in contemporary American fiction, delivers a startling, complex tale of a serial killer and the people that his ghastly crimes touch—and transform. People like Matt McBride. Matt was barely out of junior high when the mutilated body of the first victim—a popular, pretty teenager—was uncovered in the desolate New Jersey Pine Barrens. Although he had hardly known the girl, Matt has long felt guilty at not having been able somehow to prevent the atrocity. Now another attractive young woman has disappeared, and Matt knew this victim, too. Just possibly he knew her more intimately than he is prepared to admit. By degrees Matt becomes obsessed with a guilt he can neither comprehend nor assuage. His seemingly happy marriage begins to deteriorate, while his increasingly erratic behavior heightens police suspicions. It also draws official attention away from an artist—a man of limited talent but of fierce, demented vision—who signs his work Name Unknown. Under the spell of the missing woman, Matt follows a path that leads him out of the maze of tortured memory to a confrontation with not only the baleful Name Unknown but also his own long-unacknowledged self. The outcome is shattering. With “murder as an art and the serial killer as an artist,” National Book Award–winner Joyce Carol Oates shows “how a murderer’s savage creations ... transform a man’s life.”—Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times “Oates fans may judge [The Barrens] the best Smith novel yet.”—Boston Herald
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Knowing too much about Name Unknown.......2007-03-26
Joyce Carol Oates's ventures into genre writing often come with a twist. While the subtitle of this book is "A Novel of Suspense," it doesn't fall into the thriller side of the genre; instead, it's more creepy and troubling than suspenseful. (Similarly, her "Middle Age," subtitled "A Romance," is a satire of suburban lives linked by a dead man--hardly the stuff of romance.) In all her novels, Oates shatters our preconceptions about plot and genre and instead worms her way into the minds and lives of her characters.
In "The Barrens," she introduces us to two artists with lethally divergent tastes. Matt McBride doubles as real estate broker (his day job) and as Nighthawk, a photographer of the dark. He gradually realizes that it is his owl-like existence that gives him more satisfaction than his salaried profession or, for that matter, his wife and kids. Joseph Gavin is an artist by day (who goes by the rather silly alias, "Name Unknown"), but the impulse for his horrific "masterpiece" springs from his second career as a serial killer.
McBride's and Gavin's lives cross twice: with Gavin's first victim, a high school student whom McBride knew as a teenager, and with his latest victim, a local artist whom McBride met socially (and perhaps more?). The result is a perverse dance of hunted and hunter, and Oates alternates the perspective between Gavin, whose internal logic belies a poisonous madness, and McBride, who is flirting with the edge of sanity himself. Oates's investigation of McBride's descent into a psychological maelstrom is wholly convincing. The creepiness factor crawls in when McBride's obsessive pursuit turns into a bizarre and unsettling empathy for the murderer.
From the outset, we know who is innocent and who is guilty--of the murders, at least. But guilt is a messed-up emotion. The police, who don't even know about McBride's tenuous connection to the first murder, suspect him of the latest killing--in no small part because McBride becomes infatuated with the lives of the victims as well as of their killer. One of the scenes the author describes pitch-perfectly is McBride's interrogation by the detectives; he is torn by the absoluteness of his innocence, his unreliable memories, his fear of what his family and colleagues might think, and the feeling that he might be guilty of something.
Unfortunately, Oate's portrayal of Gavin borders on eye-rolling caricature; it's an incongruous, cartoonish portrayal right out of one of Thomas Harris's lesser novels. The language in these passages, filtered through the mind of a mad loner, seems often off-kilter: "In exactitude and patience he had taken her one morning." "These words were a girl's uttered in surprise and vexation." (Exactitude? Vexation?) Each of the killer's tirades, filled with biblical allusions and anatomical "exactitude," serves only to interrupt the compelling study of McBride's meltdown. The book would certainly have been much better (and, perhaps, filled with far more "suspense") if Oates had left Gavin's character the mystery.
A serial killer on the loose in NJ.......2006-10-12
Joyce Carol Oates provides a good suspense novel about a serial killer and a man who gets entangled in the investigation as a result of having had an affair with one of the victims. The book is fairly graphic and at times reminiscent of Silence Of The Lambs. The plot is suspenseful enough to hold the reader in it's grip until the outcome. The scene shifts from the investigation to the killer's demented musings in alternate chapters.
Much of the domestic life details of the characters rings true and the book is a certified page -turner.
Shallow Letdown.......2006-05-19
Not a very good novel. The characters were sketches (when Oates---writing here as "Rosamund Smith"---has the demonstrated capacity to bring fictional men and women to life) the plot was flat and far from original, the circumstances about which this book was concerned were uninteresting, the violence was neither repulsively shocking nor mentally interesting, and I felt no kinship for the main character, his plight, his inner demons, or his motivations, artistic and retributive. Since the identity of the killer active in the New Jersey pine barrens was revealed early on, there wasn't even room left for suspense or mystery, so one read The Barrens merely to...well...see what Oates did with this tale. And what she did was drag a potentially fine short story out to nearly three-hundred ultimately unfulfilling pages. It's hard to believe the same person who wrote Zombie only a decade ago could turn out another "murderer on the loose" book so inferior to its predecessor. As I said in my title, this time-killer is a letdown.
Hmmm... .......2005-09-25
This one had its ups and downs... you knew who the killer was from the beginning and parts of the story kept you reading on. Some pages you read just to get to the better parts. I love Joyce Carol Oates though and this one was a must read because of it. No regrets of course but be prepared... this is an ok read.
Real Trash.......2004-01-14
I did not expect great literature from this book, but even for its so called "genre" it is a failure. It is a psycho-thriller that has no pschcological depth and no suspense. You know who the killer is from the beginning, and the main character, Matt, is written in an unconvincing and shallow way. The other characters, such as his wife, are given even worse treatment, if such a thing is possible. Frankly, I just couldn't suumon up enough interest to go on reading...I forced myself to read it through, hoping that it would improve at some point, but it was boring and poorly written to the very end. The tirades of the serial killer are difficult to read through. The description of bodily mutilation is just disgusting.
Why would anyone choose to write such stuff, and why would anyone want to read it?
Why does this stuff sell?
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A chance meeting with giants. A brush with the murderous Varg. A run-in with a treacherous hedge-wizard, complete with socery-twisted henchmen. Conan thought he was just passing through on his way to the wicked delights of fabled Shadizar, but others have different plans, some of which might leave the young Cimmerian dead. He really did not need to attract the attentions of two women at once, and neither of them entirely human. This time he may not survive.
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really 3 1/2 stars.......2007-03-23
This is a very offbeat story for Conan. Taking place over just a few days. And Conan's companions this time around are some of his weirdest, a giant woman and her brother and sister, little dwarfs, a wolf man, a cat woman, and a four armed man. The main villain, Dake, is a want to be wizard/illusionist who has a traveling freak show, that Conan ends up in with the before mentioned companions. As far as Conan villains go, Dake is next to nothing, but Conan falls under his spell by mishap, and even when he discovers he can escape, he will not leave until the others can.
The story starts off good, and has several plots going at once, middle drags a little, but the ending brings the story back to a fast paced ending, and a good morale one too about enemies becoming friends over a common enemy (in the end the children pick up where the fathers failed), and how ones views changed over slavery and torture, when they became the slave.
Not the the most brilliant Conan book written, and better than Perry's last two efforts (Conan the Indomitable, and the Freelance) and as good as his first Conan the Defiant. Over all a good entertaining read
Definitely offbeat, but worthwhile.......2004-05-26
OK, first things first. I am not a Conan purist, but I have purist tendencies. I like the grim, fatalistic atmosphere, the clenched-jaw determination, and all that. That being said, I do enjoy innovation when it comes to Conan...very judicious innovation. Perry pulls it off in my opinion.
At the story's outset, Conan is just moseying along, with a sword, loincloth, a few Shemitish coppers or somesuch and the usual destination of Shadizar or Arenjun or wherever in mind to go steal/kill/get hired as a merc. The usual. He's minding his own business when he encounters a set of circumstances that invlove a race of giants, their mortal enemies the little green jungle dwarves (chiseled teeth, poison speers, etc) and a spell casting travelling showman with his own captive freakshow, to which he adds Conan for a time.
So Conan gets involved in three story lines that all converge in one battle on a barren, rocky plateau. He kills, conquers, hews and cleaves and generally lives true to form. Conan stays in character for the most part, gets lusty thoughts, goes berserk here and there in a crazed barbarian bloodlust and spends an appropriate amount of time brooding gloomily.
As I said, this is offbeat, but serves as an interlude between other, larger stories and is as such entertainingly bizarre. Conan in this story relies on instinct, native cunning, barbarian vitality and undaunted courage. While the backdrop is outlandish even by Howard's standards, it's an enjoyable interruption from the ordinary and the character is true to form. No, not everybody will like it, but not everybody enjoys Conan in the first place. Keep in mind that this is sheer escapist fun and you'll be good to go.
A fair book.......2000-10-14
This book started entertaining enough, but after the part where they join the merchant's caravan, it goes downhill. The beginning with the giant village was pretty cool, and the ensuing action. I also thought it was interesting how there were actually three different stories going on for at least 3 or 4 chapters. But I thought the end was weak-it was just stupid. I wouldn't recommend this book, but its has its good parts. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could.
just a dumb book.......1999-10-28
Conan encouters little green men, giants, a wolfman, a catwoman, a wizard, and a four armed mutant -- all this and less in a story only a juvenile can enjoy. Thankfully, the book was short.
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Conan the Formidable
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Conan, the Formidable
Steve Perry
Manufacturer: New York: TOR, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1991
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ASIN: B000LV9VSK |
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All the cycling world would love to know Lance Armstrong's training techniques and share in his incredible drive and personal will to win. Now, they-and any fan, reader, casual or dedicated cyclist-can learn all the invaluable training tips, state-of-the-art techniques, indispensable nutritional advice, and revelatory goal-setting and mental exercises that Lance and his personal coach have perfected during their four victories in the Tour de France. With photographs and illustrations throughout, Carmichael explains a step-by-step program to get you fit, fast, and on the road to becoming a champion in your own right. This is the must-have fitness/cycling book of the year.
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Better than "Lance Armstrong Performance Program".......2007-01-04
Chris Carmichael did a better job in this book than "Lance Armstrong Performance Program". I think that "The Ultimate Ride" has more details, and does not use the "maximum heart rate" padron of training, but "lactate threshold", as found in Joe Friel's "The Cyclist Training Bible".
However, its much easier to create an anual program with "The Cyclist Training Bible", since the "The Ultimate Ride" is a little bit haphazard in this issue.
The best book of bike training still is "The Cyclist Training Bible"; "The Ultimate Ride" is the second best.
Outstanding.......2006-07-13
Chris Carmichael has shared the knowledge he gained through his life of coaching great cyclists. His presentation makes the whole training process smarter and easier to move on. The build up and all the necessary work is all right there and there are even alternatives.
As a person who studies and writes about motivation and discipline, I found this book a strong influence. Even on the very hard rides, knowing that it works and it works because... makes the whole thing really go smooth.
Thanks Chris, keep them coming.
Great book if you want to be Stronger and Faster on the bike.......2006-03-07
Some people have said this book is too general but if you read it and re-read the relevant sections about your workout focus it's pretty clear what you need to do. Not only does he give a sample workout routine for all of the different training periods but he explains why they're designed the way they are, so you can make your workout YOURS.
Pros:
1) Very clear explanation of each workout and its benefits
2) Emphasis is put on the diet and a reasonably good explanation about eating toward a good recovery.
3) The sample plans are based on 5 or 6 day per week workout regiments so there's some flexibility when it comes to the real work cyclist trying to fit it in his/her weekly schedule.
3) Carmichael is good motivational writer
Cons:
1) Carmichael says "recent studies" a lot but never actually references them. It raises a question on how valid the studies really are.
2) Carmichael emphasizes power as a means of measuring effort. He gives heart rate criteria as well, but he flat out states that power is a better measure of performance. This means you either need an expensive power tap or a trainer with the power data at a given speed or range of speeds.
Great way to learn how to train and ride faster.......2006-02-21
This is a great book for someone looking to improve their performance on a bike. It's different from other cycling training books in that it really shows you how you can get better, not only through workouts, but also through improving the way you ride. I really liked the parts about ways to save energy in pacelines and when climbing hills, what to eat and drink and when, and how to set up your bike so it fits and is comfortable. It's refreshing to see someone who's interested in teaching people how to train, as well as how training works together with nutrition and hydration, recovery and mental preparation to get "100% Ready". I have book shelves full of cycling training books, including Friel's and Juekendroop's, and Burke's, yet I really feel like Carmichael's offers a fresh perspective on training and preparation in cycling. It's easy to read, and speaks to me as a guy who's really into cycling and wants to get better, but isn't going to race the Tour de France anytime soon.
Good but Friel is MUCH better.......2005-10-17
I wish that I had read D. Snell's review before buying. After reading The Ultimate Ride, I learned about the The Cyclist's Training Bible by Joe Friel from my local bike club. I agree wholeheartedly with D. Snell's comments. The Ultimate Ride is good, but it is Friel-Lite and lacks a lot of details found in Friel that are helpful in putting together your own periodization training plan.
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