Change Don't Always Come

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GREAT!!!!

Excellent

BRAVO ENDING!!!

Change Don't Always Come
Brenda, M. Hampton
Manufacturer: Voices Books & Publishing
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ASIN: 0976141027

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African American Fiction-Jaylin Jerome Rogers is back to take his final journey. In Two's Enough Three's A Crowd, he gave the definition of a playa true meaning. In My Way Or No Way, he definitely lived up to his bad boy persona. Now, in Change Don't Always Come, he's got to make some critical changes, or else his playing days are about to get him played. After failing to prove to Scorpio that he's a one woman's man, their relationship continues to revolve around lies, manipulation and electrifying sex. Scorpio's serving it up on demand, until she finds out that Jaylin's lifetime love, Nokea, just might be serving it up as well. Just when he thinks he's got the world eating out of the palms of his hands, "Jaylin's World," slips away. Soon, he's got to wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late. A down right dirty martini, Change Don't Always Come is a tonic that's certain to stir up it's readers.

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Jaylin Jerome Rogers is back to take his final journey. In Two's Enough Three's A Crowd, he gave the definition of a playa true meaning. In My Way Or No Way, he definitely lived up to his bad boy persona. Now, in Change Don't Always Come, he's got to make some critical changes, or else his playing days are about to get him played. After failing to prove to Scorpio that he's a one woman's man, their relationship continues to revolve around lies, manipulation and electrifying sex. Scorpio's serving it up on demand, until she finds out Nokea might be serving it up as well. Just when he think he's got the world eating out of the palm of his hands, Jaylin's World, slips away. No one can save him now, and he's got to wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late.

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Couldn't Put The Book Down .......2007-06-06

I read this book in one day! Jay Baby is off "da chain" with his "plethora" of women! I just wanted to know how they all kept from killing each other because they all knew Jay was doing them all! I had a feeling Nokea was going to win out over them all but Scorpio was a bad "Sista" and had the "Whammy"...Brenda Hampton did her thing with this Book! Definitely for the mature audience. HOT! HOT! HOT

Coast 2 Coast Readers Review.......2007-05-30

"Change Don't Always Come" when you want it to... the saga continues and Jaylin is still playin' games with the women in is life. Will he keep stringin' Scropio along like a puppet or will she wake up and get her self together... Nokea has flipped the game and now she is playin the game that got played on her. Will she be as good at it as Jaylin or will she get played again. The third time is a charm and Brenda M. Hampton has did this series of books well. Avid reader will love all three of this trilogy. [...]

GREAT!!!!.......2006-11-23

Well, Well, Well the last book in this series was off the hook!!! I must say that after i read book two (My way or no way) the ending was so good that I couldn't wait to read part three just to see what happen, and then i sat back and thought about it and was hella mad at jaylin and decided to put the series to rest for a while and picked up something else, and it bothered me that i didn't finsih it so i started reading it last night and couldn't put it down. I stayed up all night long and had to put it to rest, and when i got to the end i was like "AT LAST"!!! I Loved way she brought the two people threw different changes in there lives and it almost made you think that this is it for them and they would never make it happen. And in the end I even cried for them!!....Great book Mrs. Hampton, and i do have the fouth book so i can't wait to start on it today.....THANKS!!!

Excellent.......2006-10-16

I just like to say this was an excellent book. I loved all the drama and could not put this book down. I've read all three of the books and now waiting on Naughty by Nature. Brenda is an excellent writer. I read most of her books and she has not disappointed me. Jaylin was something else and Scorpio all I can say is wow. I did love the ending and like one of the reviewers said, I would also like to know what happened to Stephon. I was reading the introduction of Naughty by Nature and it does not mention Stephon at all and just wondering if he will be in the conclusion also. Oh well, you must read these books of her.

BRAVO ENDING!!!.......2006-09-10

Brenda Hampton truly outdid herself with this last book. It picks up precisely where My way or No way ends. Jaylin is still riding his high high horse until the two loves of his life, Nokea and Scorpio are taken from him. They say you never miss you water until your well runs dry. Jaylin's well was left with nothing but sand and rocks as he tries to come to grips with what he has done. He is still sleeping with different women to ease his pain but he has to choose in the end what is more important; Love or Lust? Scorpio or Nokea? You have to cop this book to find out. I feel like crying!!! Beautiful Ending!!!

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The Strange Case(s) of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.......2002-09-29

The artist Paul Gauguin once said that "life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." In "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream," Dr. Robert Simon explains that all people have "bad dreams"--thoughts of suicide, or revenge, or crime--but only a very few cross the line from bad dream to bad action.

This book explores the nebulous borderline between what people think and what they do. The topics covered include serial killing, workplace violence, multiple personality disorder, killer cults, suicide, sexual misconduct by professional caregivers, rape, stalking and pyschopathic behavior.

In each area, Dr. Simon's analysis shows just how complex and surprising the human mind can be. Even apparently straightforward questions, such as whether a given criminal is likely to be dangerous in the future, or whether a "suicide" is actually an accident, turn out to be very hard to answer.

At times, Dr. Simon's style is a bit academic, but on the whole he writes clearly and does a good job of covering a wide range of complex issues.

Bad men do what good men dream.......2000-09-15

Dr. Robert I Simon's book Bad Med Do What Good Men Dream is an erudite and readable treatment of one of the knottiest questions in the history of humanity: what separates good men from bad men? Dr. Simon has applied his vast experience in clinical and forensic psychiatry to illuminate the similarities and differences between those who demonstrate remarkable psychopathology and "normal" people. He has explored the spectrum of violent and horrifying behavior, from killer cults to serial murderers to workplace violence, and provided a thoughtful discussion of the difficulties of identifying the good and evil inside us and around us. As a forensic psychiatrist, I found this book enlightening, thought provoking and well written. I highly recommend it to any professional or lay student of human nature.

the struggle between good and evil.......2000-08-26

Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream is a fascinating and well researched account of mankind's capacity for evil. Written by a forensic psychiatrist with years of clinical experience examining the human mind, the book not only provides the theoretical underpinnings of the subject, it provides the seasoned observer's inside account of what makes us "tick". In the humanist's tradition, it recognizes that dark thoughts are latent in all of us. Dr. Simon has produced a highly educational and riveting read without ever lapsing into the usual pomposity or sensationalism often found in writings on this topic. Readers will enjoy the many thought provoking discussions not only about why we do the things we do, but about what separates "good" people from "bad".

Pass on this one.......2000-08-15

...[T]his book has four or five chapters of differing criminal
behaviors (the serial murderer, the sexual deviant) told in
sensational stories with little serious discussion of the the
psychological basis or reasoning of why bad men do what good men
dream. In fact, the question of why bad men DO what good men dream is
never seriously examined. In fact, there is little, if any,
illuination of the causes or understanding of psychopathic behavior.
If this is a topic that interests you, you're much better off with
Charles Patrick Ewing's work or Henry Steadman.

Lacking in emperical evidence.......2000-06-23

This is a so/so book. Its main weakness is its reliance on sensational stories rather than on creditable evidence as to why people commit horrific crimes. For those who are facisinated with "criminal profiling" this may be worth a read, but for any serious scholar of forensic psychology, pass on this one.

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Wonderfull !
Lonely vampire seeks Kind Angel
Wish she would write more Vampire Romance.... SOON!
A Classic
a lot better

A Darker Dream (Love Spell Romance)
Amanda Ashley
Manufacturer: Love Spell
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Wonderfull !.......2007-05-14

This one of the Best Vampire romance novels I have read. (and I have read a lot....) Wonderfull!

Lonely vampire seeks Kind Angel.......2006-10-20

When Rayven buys Rhiannia its only to savor some of her life's blood to appease his hunger, or so he thinks. That is until her sweetness and innocence causes his stone heart to break and love for the first time. Rhiannia herself gets caught in Rayven's web of vampire magnetism and when she finds out his dark secert vows to stay with him as long as he allows. But will Rayven's devilish hunger take away the only good in his life? Or will he find a way to keep her with him forever? Read the book to find out!

Wish she would write more Vampire Romance.... SOON!.......2006-07-10

Would love to see more Vampire Romance books by Ms. Ashley.

I read this one twice. It was my favorite of her stories, so far.
I hope she comes up w/another Vampire, Gothic Romance novel soon.

A Classic.......2006-06-26

Amanda Ashley first introduce me to vampire romances,and for that I thank her.

What some of the reviewers are forgetting is when this book was written 1997 (now that doesnt seem to long ago, but it was 9yrs ago) and that at the time this was the style for vampire romances. Now you don't have to like that style of course, but don't forget these are the stories that opened alot of doors for our newer authors.

Amanda Ashley is still one of my favorite authors, she introduced me to the paranormal vampire romance, when I began to think that romances had run their course. I don't read for the reality I read to get away. So don't be to harsh on the oldies they are what they are. Classic!

a lot better.......2005-06-18

I have read three of Amanda Ashley's vampire books and I must say this one is a lot better than the others. Rayven isn't as whiney and is much more likeable than her other vampire guys. After reading this one I will definetly keep reading her novels, apparently there is hope in her vampire series afterall.

extemely pleased with purchasing this novel.

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Darker Dreams
Tessa Valmur
Manufacturer: Silver Moon Books Ltd, Gainsborough
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 1903687314
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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An all-time science fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is also one of Clarke's best novels--it won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula Awards. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called Rama, disappears. The astronauts given the task of exploring the hollow cylindrical ship are able to decipher some, but definitely not all, of the extraterrestrial vehicle's puzzles. From the ubiquitous trilateral symmetry of its structures to its cylindrical sea and machine-island, Rama's secrets are strange evidence of an advanced civilization. But who, and where, are the Ramans, and what do they want with humans? Perhaps the answer lies with the busily working biots, or the sealed-off buildings, or the inaccessible "southern" half of the enormous cylinder. Rama's unsolved mysteries are tantalizing indeed. Rendezvous with Rama is fast moving, fascinating, and a must-read for science fiction fans. Clarke collaborated with Gentry Lee in writing several Rama sequels, beginning with Rama II.

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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind's first encounter with alien intelligence. It will kindle their wildest dreams... and fan their darkest fears. For no one knows who the Ramans are or why they have come. And now the moment of rendezvous awaits -- just behind a Raman airlock door.

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ark or vessel of the alien .......2007-07-05

Soft science fiction tale of man's first encounter with alien life forms. How did it get here and what can we expect? The space vessel, Rama enters the solar system traveling at a great rate of speed; future astronauts explore Rama which appears to be some kind of ark or vessel of the alien lifeforms.

There is certainly some suspenseful areas as well in book besides exploring Rama's mysteries. This book ended with a sequel in mind, certainly one I'll be reading soon

whirlwind tour leads to very little detail.......2007-06-28

Arthur C. Clarke will drive you hard though this book, all the while bombarding you with exotic ideas and profound imagination. It's dizzying and dazzling curious... but wholly lacks juicy details that'll satisfy a sci-fi geeks lust for specifics. That'll sum it up.

A few ideas about the Rama ship were difficult to grasp from his writing. For example, I never pictured the descending stairs very well, and what I did picture didn't seem right. Perhaps another idea should have been explored here. Anothet item I had a hard time dealing with were the squares closer to the south-side pole. Why were radically different squares there and what purpose did they serve? They certainly didn't serve a purpose in the story... it just led me to confusion. More things whihc needed explaining: the deep wells, the entombed "library" and the dismantling of the "sabotage." Most of the above items were mearly grazed upon and left behind in the authors duststorm, which was kicked up by his rapid fire speed of ideas and intelligence. Just wish all of it was conveyed more easily.

Must read.......2007-06-12

If you are after some fast-paced sci-fi action, this is not the book for you. This book is not about events or people, instead, this book is about an exploration into an unknown environment. There are no heroes, people take well calculated risks. If all those events were real, a lengthy but well-written report about the whole exploration might be pretty close to this book. That said, it is a very exciting story. Somewhere after the middle, I just could not stop reading until I felt that all important developments are done, and read well into the early morning hours. Next morning when I picked it up again, I was surprised to see that the story ended within a few pages, and the remaining of the book was excerpts from other Clarke books.

In my opinion, two things make this a must-read: first, the story itself, that is, the environment it describes, the politics, people's behaviors, etc. Second, the way that these are described. None of the characters feel phony (even though they are not fully developed by the story), and the descriptions are so alive that when I saw one of the illustrations of Rama by an artist in Wikipedia, very few things were not as I expected. I believe almost everybody who read this book have very similar mental images of Rama, and can find their ways in it without much difficulty if it really comes this way.

The Rama books are a great series.......2007-06-07

If you like Si Fi you like Arthur C. Clarke!

One of the Best Science Fiction Novels.......2007-05-05

This novel about an encounter with a stupendous alien spaceship inspired in me more daydreams than I can count. Rama is the perfect design for spaceship that can travel between the stars. It's in the shape of a tin can, protected from the harmful radiation of space by thick walls, and rotating to produce artificial gravity. This cylinder world, complete with an ocean, streams, forests, is a mini-Earth. Ah, the dreams!--and so intellectually stimulating.

It is explored by astronauts as it approaches the earth.

Another irresistable story is the "Far Arena," by Richard Ben Sapir. Click here, then scroll down to read by review. The far arena

Rama II: The Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama

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I couldn't stop reading
Underrated, if VERY different, sequel to Rendezvous with Rama
A bit of a let down.
Not as bad as you might think
The Rama II & III books are awful

Rama II: The Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke , and Gentry Lee
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Release Date: 1990-11-01

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Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed -- or had existed -- elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed with everything we know about Raman technology and culture. But nothing can prepare them for what they are about to encounter on board Rama II: cosmic secrets that are startling, sensational -- and perhaps even deadly.

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I couldn't stop reading.......2007-04-19

Several years ago I read Rendezvous with Rama and really enjoyed it. Just last week, I was poking around in my dad's large book collection and found Rama II and decided to give it a try. For the first 100 or so pages I couldn't seem to get into it because it was so different from the orriginal that I remembered. However, once I said to myself "This is a different kind of book", the problem was gone, and I found myself glued. I relised it was a charicter-driven book, unlike most of Clarke's, and I thought it was very well done. You get a selfish, sex-crazed villian Fransesca Sabatini, who you love to hate. You get the unassuming brilliant engineer Richard Wakefield, and most of all you get Nicole. I really loved the charicter of Nicole and enjoyed following her through her adventures. I was delighted when Richard came to find Nicole and they paired up. I remember being on the edge of my seat as I pleaded with Michael O'Toole not to agree to blow up Rama, and was happy when his own moral compass overcame the pressure he was getting from dang near everyone. I rooted for the three of them as they went against the will of their corrupt crew and politicians who left them to die, and was finally happy when they managed to save Rama and in awe as they were left stranded on the ship as it floated out of the solar system. I finished this entire book in two days and immediately went rooting around in the basement for the next book.

I was a bit suprised that well over half of Arthur C. Clarke fans tend to hate this book and the other two. Indeed, Gentry Lee did write the book and Clarke only made minor revisions and suggestions. I very much love Arthur C. Clarke's work and I loved the orriginal very much. But Gentry Lee adds a different dimension to the book. Okay, there are a few stumbling blocks here and there, and there are a few chilches here and there. But he really creates charicters you can fall in love with. Many people also had a problem with the fact that the story centered more around the drama of the charicters than of Rama itself. I understand that can be a turn-off to many, but I thought the humanity of the story over the magnificent backdrop of Rama was a great way of looking at ourselves.

A full five stars for this one. If your interest is in deep, hard science fiction alone then this book isn't for you and you should stick to the orriginal. But if you don't mind drama and humanity, then you will really enjoy this book.

Underrated, if VERY different, sequel to Rendezvous with Rama.......2007-04-04

As a quick survey of the reviews of this book indicate, this book has been panned as a poor sequal to Clarke's classic Rendezvous with Rama. Many of the other reviews contain plot summaries, which I won't repeat. In this review I want to make the case that this book is not as bad as some of the most negative reviewers make it out to be. First, RWR was one of best sci-fi novels ever written, and I think that it would have been nearly impossible for any sequel to have lived up to the first novel. If Rama II seems like a poor second child, this is due, in part, to the unparalleled heights achieved by its elder sibling. Second, and perhaps more importantly, Rama II is very different from its predecessor in two important ways that have turned off many readers. First, Rama II is character driven, whereas RWR was `exploration' driven. In the first novel, each chapter revealed some new and interesting facts about Rama. It was really as if we were exploring the alien artifact for ourselves simply by turning the pages. In Rama II, we learn about the characters, their lives, their thoughts, their dreams. It is almost 2/3 of the way through the book before we really learn anything new about Rama. We learned very little about any of the characters in RWR. Second, Rama II contains significant religious overtones (both Catholic and traditional African). These play a key role in the development of the story, particularly near the end. I suspect that centrality of religion (and its importance to the main characters) is very offputting for many readers of sci-fi, and clearly represents a significant change in tone over RWR. If you are looking for a sequel that is written in the style of RWR, you will be sadly disappointed. Rama II is a decent, if not uniquely outstanding, story, but it is VERY different in style and tone than RWR. This work is probably more comparable to `The Grand Tour` series of Ben Bova in style (with a very different spin on religion, of course) than to other works by Clarke alone. Contrary to one of the most negative reviews, I didn't find the characters to be cliched, and I certainly wasn't expecting a peglegged Pirate or an Eskimo! Finally, don't expect a clean, well-defined conclusion at the end, this book lead right into the next in the series, the Garden of Rama.

A bit of a let down........2006-12-22

I tend to agree with the people putting down this book. Even though it does have it's moments of revelations about Rama, they are just too few.

I bought all 3 Rama sequels expecting more of the great writing from Rendezvous With Rama (RWR). I admit it was a let down. RWR sort of had Rama as the main 'character'. Well, the sequels just plays out in (and around) Rama, but the main characters are the humans now. It's an ok novel with the usual plot of imperfect people, but it isn't an Arthur C. Clarke novel.

If I could I would give it 2½ stars. It's not a great novel, but it does have some reading value. Although I do feel it could have been written in 2 books in stead of 3, with more focus on Rama and less on the humans.

I guess it tries to tell us: Humans still behave like an immature race, no matter what enviroment we are put in.

Not as bad as you might think.......2006-09-19

I just read Rama II. I read the first one back in college in 1990.
I see why people are giving it bad marks because of the characters
but I felt it still held my attention. The excessive character stuff did keep it
from being as good as it could have been but I still recommend it.
Now I going back to re-read the first one.

The Rama II & III books are awful.......2006-08-23

Rama II and Rama III are awful. I'm embarrassed to see Mr. Clarke's name associated with these so-called sequels. They reflect nothing of the science fiction wonder and imagination seen in Rendezvous with Rama and most of his other stories. Rama II & III are completely polluted with political, sociological & religious nonsense and modern emotionalism. Not worth reading. Certainly not worth adding to a fine collection of Clarke books.

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Earth's first brief but close encounter with an interstellar spacecraft

Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Manufacturer: Orbit
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 1857231589

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Earth's first brief but close encounter with an interstellar spacecraft.......2005-08-27

I chose "Rendezvous With Rama" as one of the novels for my first Science Fiction class, specifically as an example of the "hard science" sub-genre of the field even though it is admittedly atypical. The story begins in the early 22nd century with the commonplace of Science Fiction literature where a celestial object enters our solar system and the people of Earth react with great excitement. But Arthur C. Clarke has already done a novel where aliens come to earth with "Childhood's End," and this novel takes a decidedly different turn. The alien vessel, dubbed Rama because the pantheon of Greek and Roman mythological figures has been exhausted, is not coming to Earth. It is just wandering through our neck of the galaxy and the scientists of Earth are going to have one crack at visiting Rama and finding out what they can about the gigantic object before it leaves.

Of course such a mission is hastily mounted and succeeds in not only reaching Rama but actually entering the immense interstellar spacecraft. However, "Rendezvous With Rama" keeps to its track of being an unconventional novel as humanity has its first encounter with alien intelligence. Perhaps the best measure of this novel would be the fact that I enjoyed it although I never took a high school science course above Life Through the Microscope, which effectively puts the realms of biology, chemistry, and physics beyond the scope of my understanding. Clarke succeeds in getting through a series of brief and basic science lessons that allow me to keep up with what is happening. Of course this is helped by the fact that the Earth scientists aboard Rama are constantly talking about the possible meanings and implications of everything they are encountering or see off in the distance inside Rama.

Actually, I like this 1973 novel more when it stands by itself rather than as the opening volume in the four-part Rama series. The other three books were co-written by Clarke with Gentry Lee and essentially they answer the questions raised by "Rendezvous With Rama." However, I liked the way this novel ended, with the explorers convinced the glass was half empty at best because of their inability to understand everything they found inside Rama. Part of that appeal is the reality of it, that unlike the vast majority of Science Fiction novels and movies there was not a point where someone conveniently popped up and explained everything to our collective satisfaction. This novel is about trying to look at an alien world through alien eyes, and the effort is as important as the achievements. Granted, this type of Science Fiction will not appeal to everyone, but as an introduction to the use of "hard science" in the genre this is an excellent choice.

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Rendezvous With Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Manufacturer: Ballantine
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000OUFAXS

RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA (Rendezvous With Rama)

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RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA (Rendezvous With Rama)
Arthur C. Clarke
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. N.Y.
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ASIN: 0739409050

2001 A Space Odyssey / The City And The Stars / The Deep Range / A Fall Of Moondust / Rendezvous With Rama

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2001 A Space Odyssey / The City And The Stars / The Deep Range / A Fall Of Moondust / Rendezvous With Rama
Arthur C Clarke
Manufacturer: Heinemann
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PDHM8A

FOUR GREAT S F NOVELS: THE CITY AND THE STARS, THE DEEP RANGE, A FALL OF MOONLIGHT, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA

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FOUR GREAT S F NOVELS: THE CITY AND THE STARS, THE DEEP RANGE, A FALL OF MOONLIGHT, RENDEZVOUS WITH RAMA
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
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ASIN: B000S52UZU

Galaxy Rendezvous With Rama Pre Publication

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Galaxy Rendezvous With Rama Pre Publication
Arthur C Clarke
Manufacturer: Tandem
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ASIN: B000JWLP5S

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Rama II - The Sequel to Rendezvous with Rama

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Rendezvous With Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Manufacturer: VGSF (Gollancz)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QS191K

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A guide to deliverance ministry explains the biblical record and clarifies what a deliverance ministry is and how it functions in the church of today.

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Deliverance it is!.......2006-11-06

This book is shurely not a teological one, but instead it is one written on experience.

Everyday Deliverance.......2006-09-05

Provides a clear understanding of a very complex subject. Not many people know, believe or want to accept what is actually happening in the spiritual world behind the scenes of day-to-day life. Deliverance will help many understand how to be set free from these prisons.

Has more Bible, less opinion.......2005-12-06

Recommended by my grandfather Chuck Hunt who is a Methodist Minister in Georgia, this book seemed less hocus pocus than a lot of other spiritual warfare books. MacNutt is a decent writer, but he is careful not to get bogged down in the opinions of what he thinks. Because the Bible is incredibly vague on the specifics of demon possession/oppression and excorcism it's very hard to find a person who isn't either totally denying the presence of demons or blaming every little happenstance on demon possession. Whenever MacNutt mentions his own opinion which isn't mentioned in the Bible, he always points out that it is his opinion, unlike many other authors who try to slip theirs in, unbeknownst to the reader. Very imformative book, probably the only spiritual warfare book I would read in a group setting because any others are too far-fetched and people quickly become uncomfortable.

Partly helpful--but some problems.......2005-05-24

Although I'm a fan of all of Macnutt's other books, there is a landmine in the middle of this book that renders it dangerous.

Particularly helpful are the latter chapters of this book, which deal with practical issues of spiritual deliverance (e.g. forming a team, finding a place, how to prepare). Highly recommended.

But then there is chapter 6, a lynchpin chapter for MacNutt, in which he denotes the names of demons. Here, abruptly, he disembarks from the Scriptural foundation on which he's rested his case so far, and depends instead on the highly questionable exegesis found in 'Pigs in the Parlor' (there is not one bible quotation in chapter 6). It is this chapter alone that leads me to give this otherwise good book such a bad review--because naming demons is not a necessary part of deliverance--and it leads to the 'demonization of sin', in which people don't take responsibility for their personal sin, but instead blame it on an evil spirit (i.e. "I didn't lust after that woman, the devil made me do it").

So do read this book, but read also 'Power Encounters' by David Powlison, a book built on classic evangelical exegesis. Powlison rightly understands that power encounters with evil spirits do happen, but puts it in its proper perspective in terms of personal repentance and accountability for sin.

Deliverance and Healing Go Hand in Hand.......2004-11-26

I have had this book in my collection for a long time now, and I have been in the Deliverance and Healing "business" for a long time now. I am always impressed with the personal humbleness and straight-forwardness of Francis, and if he doesn't know something, he will tell you that also. This should be in every person's collection, especially for the ministerial body, but there are other books that may lend additional insight to the relationship between medical illness and spirits of Darkness. Here are a couple that I recommend - The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, and The Power of Divine: A Healer's Guide - Tapping into the Miracle by Tiffany Snow. We are in a warfare like no other, and the Lord provides the right information at the right time for it. And NOW is no better time! Blessings to All, as we fight the fine fight!

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