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Daring to Dream; Holding the Dream; Finding the Dream: Three Complete Novels (Dream)
Nora Roberts Manufacturer: Putnam Adult ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0399144803 |
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People magazine declared that "[Nora Roberts] is at the top of her game," and there's no greater evidence of that than these three novels. From the horse farms of Virginia to the rugged beauty of Montana to an island off the coast of Georgia, these novels showcase Nora Roberts's talents for intense drama, vivid characters, and fast-paced suspense.Customer Reviews:
Love all of Nora's romance books.......2007-02-25
beware small type.......2007-01-15
Very Good Reads.......2007-01-14
Great vendor.......2006-11-14
True Betrayals/Montana Sky/Sanctuary.......2006-08-31
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Holding Steady: A Novel
Stephen Schwandt Manufacturer: Free Spirit Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0915793946 |
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Holding Steady.......2004-04-24
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Holding Out: A Novel
Anne O. Faulk Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0684846713 |
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"They say that some people are born great," Lauren Fontaine, the protagonist of Faulk's debut novel, says by way of introduction, "some people achieve greatness, and some people have greatness thrust upon them. I am clearly in the third category, and at this point I'd like to thrust it right back."Lauren, a managing partner at an Atlanta investment firm, is hitting her late thirties and beginning to despair of ever finding another man to love. Although she is uncomfortable around other women, she considers herself an avowed feminist and is appalled when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is absolved of any responsibility in the suicide of the wife he had been beating brutally. On the same day that she decides to travel to Washington to join hundreds of thousands of women in protest, she hears the story of Lysistrata, Aristophanes's earthy satire, in which the women of Greece end a war between Athens and Sparta by withholding sex. And thus a plot is set in motion.
But all good plots require complications, and therefore Lauren decides on a life of celibacy just as she meets Jake Ward, the handsome Pulitzer-winning writer she's had a crush on for years. The story plays itself out at a leisurely pace, with frequent anecdotal digressions, but always with a certain simple charm and earnestness.
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In the smartest, funniest, and sharpest novel since Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, the women of America are mad as hell -- and they're not going to DO IT anymore!What would happen if a bold, successful female executive called upon the nation's women to withhold sex until a highly placed spousal abuser was brought to justice? It would rock the country -- and her life -- that's what! Holding Out is so fresh, so funny, and so controversial, it's sure to cause a major stir.
Lauren Fontaine is a thirty-six-year-old financial executive and single mother with a wicked wit and a tenacious sense of right and wrong. Like many, she is outraged when the wife of the chief justice of the Supreme Court commits suicide after years of spousal abuse -- and the "good old boys" in Congress refuse to impeach the offender. Lauren suggests that every woman in America refuse to have sex until the judge is removed from the bench. But when her proposed sex strike becomes the rage of the nation, Lauren finds herself pitted against every man in the country -- and placed unwittingly at the center of the most controversial "happening" in the history of the women's movement.
Through it all, Lauren must come to terms with her own burgeoning (and presently sexless) relationship with a handsome writer, as well as her changing assumptions about women -- all without losing her sense of humor. Combining a sexy, modern heroine with an imaginative and surprisingly poignant plot, this delicious must-listen marks the debut of one of fiction's most sophisticated new talents.
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Good intentions...........2004-07-21
Funny, Steamy, and great for a new Feminist........2004-06-01
intelligent women only.......2004-05-16
Whats it all about........2002-07-31
The book is about a sex strike imposed by American women until a wife-beating Chief Justice is extracted from the Supreme Court. So that is the plot. But what I think the book is really about is why we, and I mean all of us, don't stand up for what we think are our base set of morals more often.
Lauren Fontaine, the protragonist and my new hero, stands up and winds up in prison, chastised by men and women alike, and celibate with only her convictions to accompany her. In other words, OUCH!!!
Once one sets aside the sex strike--and by which I mean accepts it as a protest to gain power (as if it were a boycott of a product for example), I believe that the book appeals to any person who loves reading about a courageous, dedicated person who you can't help but root for. The scene in the church made me cry. Those who have read the book know what I'm talking about. The scene is not more than 40 words long but it snaps you into the world that not only Fontaine lives in but one that we all live in: A world that often punishes those who try to make it better and rewards those who contribute to the denegration of society. If you were not a fan of Lauren Fontaine by that point, you would be afterward.
This book is about a woman, written by a woman, and probably for women but I feel that anybody who puts fourth the effort to read this fast moving, witty, and excellent work will be happy they did. It is time well spent.
Excellent work Ms. Faulk.
A bit trashy for my effort.......2002-03-04
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Harlequin Violet: Holding On To Alex (Harlequin Ginger Blossom Mangas)
Margaret Way , and Margaret Hoshiai Manufacturer: Dark Horse ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1593074611 |
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The Blank Wall: A Novel of Suspense/the Innocent Mrs. Duff : A Novel of Suspense/Two Books in One
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Manufacturer: Academy Chicago Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0897333667 |
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One of the finest modern American novellas (plus an extra).......2003-10-11
THE BLANK WALL is so very fine that the added novella, THE INNOCENT MRS. DUFF, is just frosting on the cake. It isn't nearly at the level of Harding's masterpiece (the main character is too dislikable, and the plot he involves himself in is too farfetched), but it serves as a somewhat fascinating comparison point for other novels told from the point of view of a killer (such as THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY or MALICE AFORETHOUGHT).
classic suspense.......2003-06-12
Suspense by a Master that Stands the Test of Time.......2002-03-29
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The Girl Who Had to Die and The Blank Wall (Giant Double Ace Novel Book)
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Manufacturer: NY: Ace Books, 1947 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000ITS5LY |
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GOLDEN SPIKE, The Ballantine #2 on Front Cover. 1st Printing. Original Novel, About Drug Addiction. Cover: Shows Teenager Holding His Arm in Green Shirt.
Hal, Inner Hinges Starting Ellson Manufacturer: New York: Ballantine Books, Printed in U.S.A. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JD7QDC |
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Holding Out: A Novel
Anne O.; Evans, Joni Faulk Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NUC8DO |
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Holding patterns: A novel
Ellen Roddick Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0312388330 |
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Holding the Yellow Rabbit (Cover-to-Cover Novels: Mystery)
Bonnie Highsmith Taylor Manufacturer: Perfection Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0780767845 |
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THE MOONSHAE TRILOGY - Book One: Darkwalker on Moonshae; Book (2) Two: Black Wizards; Book (3) Three: Darkwell
Douglas Niles Manufacturer: TSR Forgotten Realms ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000NRTRVI |
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Forgotten Realms. The Moonshae Trilogy. Book One. Darkwalker on Moonshae. Book Two. Black Wizards. Book Three. Darkwell. 3 Volume Set (Forgotten Realms)
Douglas Niles Manufacturer: TSR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000JL8WIW |
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Forgotten Realms. The Moonshae Trilogy. Book One. Darkwalker on Moonshae. Book Two. Black Wizards. Book Three. Darkwell. 3 Volume Set (Forgotten Realms)
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Rogue Saucer (Star Trek the Next Generation, No. 39)
John Vornholt Manufacturer: Star Trek ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0671549170 |
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ROUGE SAUCER
While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the U.S.S. Enterprise tests a new experimental saucer. In theory, the new saucer can survive a planetary crash landing, but will it come through intact under genuine test conditions? Riker, Data, Worf, and La Forge risk their lives to find out, and so does Admiral nechayev of Starfleet.
But a dangerous test turns even more deadly when hostile forces seize control of the saucer --and turn it against the Enterprise.
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While its own saucer section receives needed repairs, the U.S.S. Enterprise tests a new experimental saucer. But a dangerous test putting Riker, Data, and Worf in jeopardy turns even more deadly when hostile forces seize control of the saucer--and turn it against the Enterprise.Customer Reviews:
Excellent story........2007-08-03
STNG #39 Rogue Saucer - A truly exceptional numbered novel!.......2003-12-02
As was standard for the time in which this novel was published, the cover art for "Rogue Saucer" is somewhat lackluster but it doesn't detract from the experience of the novel.
The premise:
This novel has some obvious influence from Star Trek "Generations," but it is placed shortly after the events in the seventh season's "Preemptive Strike."
The Enterprise's saucer section is put in "dry dock" for some needed repairs and the crew of the Enterprise is given the opportunity to test an experimental saucer, marrying it up with the primary hull. Before the command crew of the Enterprise, aboard the experimental saucer section, can get hooked up with the engineering hull, it is hijacked by the Maquis, in hopes of hijacking the primary hull of the Enterprise and using her against the Cardassians in the DMZ.
What follows from there is, as stated above, one of the best numbered novels in the STNG novel line. I truly enjoy how John Vornholt can bring in guest characters and use them so well, such as he did with this novel and Admiral Nechayev.
I highly recommend this and any other John Vornholt Star Trek novel as you will most certainly find in your hands, some of the best Star Trek fiction available! {ssintrepid}
ST-TNG: Rogue Saucer.......2003-03-11
As the U.S.S. Enterprise has its saucer section being refitted for damage and upgrading a new improved saucer section is being issued to replace the old section. Adniral Nechayev, Commander Riker, Data, Worf, and LaForge are on the new saucer section taking it out on a shake-down cruise when all of a sudden it's being hijacked by a group of loyal Maquis. The Maquis are a band of rebels that want to drive the Cardassians out of the homeland planets by any means possible.
Now, faced with a dilemma, Captain Jean-Luc Picard must choose between his friends lives aboard the saucer section and his orders from Admiral Nechayev to destroy the hijacked saucer section. This storyline has a lot of action-adventure and will keep the reader on the edge of his/her seat as Picard must resolve this dilemma.
The saucer section being hijacked is a newer model that can survive a re-entry and landing and be reused again. That is why the Maquis are so interested in obtaining this new ship for their on going fight with the Cardassians. Commander Fulton, Blue Moon, and Peacock are the Maquis who take over and hijack the new saucer section.
Picard must solve this and other twists and turns in the plot in order to resolve the situation before it gravely affects the Enterprise in an all out attack.
You won't be disappointed in this novel as there is intrigue, some mystery, but there is a lot of action-adventure as the U.S.S. Enterprise is divided and under attack.
LOVED IT!!!!!.......2002-07-13
twists and turns.......2002-06-01
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STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION ROGUE SAUCER
J. VARNHOLT Manufacturer: POCKET BOOKS ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S3JSAW |
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John Vornholt Manufacturer: Pocket Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000SSYXLG |
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In the Sanctuary of the Soul: A Guide to Effective Prayer
Paramahansa Yogananda Manufacturer: Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0876121717 |
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Speaking Intimately with Divine Power.......2003-08-10
I. Real prayer is a demand of the soul; and the soul has only one need: re-union with its Creator. Wants and wishes are endless... and unreliable. Attuning to and encouraging the need of the soul to realize its immortality, its divinity empowers your prayer. Yogananda urges the reader to cultivate prayer from that depth and explains the vastness of the power you tap thereby.
II. Concentrate the mind's force through yoga. In Shakespeare's HAMLET, even the fratricidal Claudius can see the meaningless of seeming to pray by merely mouthing words -- without the mind and feeling really focusing there [ "My words fly up; my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to Heaven go." ]
III. Know what to pray for. While conceding that you are free to ask for anything from your loving Creator, Yogananda argues persuasively for enabling the Omniscient One to help you pray wisely.
IV. Have a clear conception of God: a conception that you can love, that you can trust, that you can feel intimate with; a God whose essence is love and who is readier to help you than you are to ask.
V. Praying with dynamic will power. Yogananda was a teacher of irrepressible determination to adhere to the highest principles and accomplish the greatest service to humanity. As an Eastern teacher in the conservatively Christian America of the 20's and 30's, the obstacles to his mission were Himalayan. His advice on developing super-human *dynamic* will is based on the principles that he used to establish against all odds a world-wide community of spiritual education that continues vibrantly fifty years after his passing.
VI. Reclaiming your inner sanctuary. The last pages contain some of Yogananda's most beautiful guidance on how to cultivate and sustain your inner peace, your connectedness with omnipresent Spirit -- the state from which prayer becomes natural, intimate, and essentially one with the divine response.
Besides making a superb gift for a friend who may be struggling spiritually, the gems in this collection are excellent to keep at the desk or bedside of a seasoned spiritual aspirant: ideal for random opening to see what encouragement Spirit has for any moment.
THE MOST LASTING GIFT-INSPIRATION !.......1998-09-02
Also be sure to read, " Enter the Quiet Heart" by Daya Mata, and "Autobiography of a Yogi"(by Self-realization Publishers) by Paramahansa Yogananda.
DIRECT AND CLEAR AND INSPIRING!.......1998-06-20
The significance of this short and simple presentation is that it can be used effectively by the followers of all religions. Communing with God is the one true religion at the heart of all faiths. It is the key to mutual harmony connecting all true religions.
Recommended reading:AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI - MAN'S ETERNAL QUEST - JOURNEY TO SELF-REALIZATION - ONLY LOVE -GOD TALKS WITH ARJUNA(BHAGAVAD GITA) - THE DIVINE ROMANCE - FINDING THE JOY WITHIN YOU........
The best reading aviailable for the spiritual enthusiast........1998-04-27
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