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After Walter Wilkins, a bank president, commits suicide, his wife, Suzanne, donates his favorite jacket to a used clothing store. Dave Monaco, a suspended cop, buys it and finds a key sewn into the lining. Dave decides to investigate. His trail leads to a locker and to a bag full of money. So - did Walter Wilkins really commit suicide or is this a homocide? Teaming up with Suzanne, Dave
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.......2004-11-01
Mary Baxter's second book is as good as her first, Erasing Mrs. Loomis. The story revolves around the death of a bank president. The police call it suicide, but the widow can't accept that, and when a bag of money is found in his tennis locker, she realizes that something is amiss.
Mary has developed a good, believable plot with likeable characters, except for one bad guy, of course. The story moves along at a fast pace; once I began reading, I did not want to stop.
I highly recommend Dearly Departed. It is written well, with excellent sentence structure; it does not have the grammatical errors that are found so often in today's novels.
Dearly Departed...a really intriguing story.......2004-10-03
Mary Baxter is exceptionally gifted at character development. Her plot has interesting and surprising twists and turns, leaving the reader wanting more.
A great new novelist.
Baxter's Second.......2004-09-29
I like trying out new authors and was delighted with Mary Baxter's second novel, "Dearly Departed" following her first work, "Erasing Mrs. Loomis." The turn to mystery writing seems a natural for Mrs. Baxter as search for a murderer is accomplished with good conversation, well-delineated characters and a surprise twist in the plot. I look forward to the author's next work. Harriet Davidson
Fort Gratiot, MI
Another gem from Mary K. Baxter.......2004-09-16
A wonderful story with down-to-earth (not so young anymore) people and a great story line. The characters are believable and fleshed out so that you feel it's something that could happen. I loved it!
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St. Paul private eye Holland Taylor is back in Edgar Award-winning author David Housewright's third lively tale. Private investigator Holland Taylor has a low opinion of sleazy lawyer Hunter Truman and listens reluctantly to Truman's plea to help him find the missing Alison Emerton, whom the police suspect has been murdered. But when Truman plays the tape Alison left and shows Taylor her photograph, the elusive woman captures his curiosity. Could it be that Alison is not dead but has disappeared to start life under a new identity? If so, why? As Taylor investigates, he meets people who loved her, or hated her--sometimes both. They include her secretive parents; her handsome, angry ex-husband; a wary former lover; her very loyal women friends; and the man the police had once held as the chief suspect. Taylor's investigation leads him to a rural Wisconsin town, where he meets two men very much involved in Alison's life and uncovers big-money plans involving a resort and proposed gambling casino: schemes with stakes high enough that they will cost not only fortunes but lives. As Taylor exposes the motives of the players and untangles Alison's strange story, events come together in an explosive finale.
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A bit convoluted, but fun.......2006-11-18
I like David Housewright's writing. He's a careful, easygoing voice with a dry wit and memorable characters, and his protagonists are fun and engaging. In this current installment, Holland Taylor, Housewright's first protagonist, is hired by an old nemesis. The nemesis is a particularly sleazy lawyer named Howard Truman. Howard wants Holland to discover who killed his client's wife, or failing that at least find the body of the deceased.
Holland wanders off investigating, and runs across several interesting characters. The action moves to a small town outside of the big city, and from there things get very interesting and pretty amusing. The plot gets a bit complicated, but overall it's about what a detective novel like this should have. I enjoyed this book a great deal, and would recommend it.
Well worth reading........2005-06-06
Housewright is a very recent addition to my collection and am I glad found him. His books have great characters, dialogue and sense of place. Truman isn't the biggest, strongest or best-looking detective of the genre. But he is smart, determined and ethical, which personally appeals to me. This book has twists I didn't expect, right up to the very end. Housewright is well worth reading.
An excellent whodunit.......2002-06-14
This the third novel in the author's series about private investigator Holland Taylor, and the best so far. While some people prefer to read a series in order, these can be read as stand alone novels. Like Sherlock Holmes and other good series, each is an entirely separate case. This novel is a fast paced mystery that is hard to put down. It kept me up late.
Holland is hired to investigate the disappearance of a woman seven months earlier. The door to their house was standing open when her husband arrived, and she was gone with nothing but the clothes on her back. Foul play is suspected. There is a list of suspects including her husband (who is trying to collect on a life insurance policy) and former co-workers. She was young, pretty, and extremely intelligent.
As the investigation proceeds, it goes through twists and turns, right up to the last page. Every time you think you know the solution, there is another twist. I was reminded of an old song refrain, "Never, never trust a woman. You'll be sorry if you do." There are a lot of sleazy people involved. One has to wonder at the end if everyone really got what they deserved.
great plotting.......2001-06-18
This is the first of the series that i read, and I thought it was exceptional. (I agree, however, with the reviewer who disliked the virulent anti-marijuana preaching). The best feature is a plot that keeps moving and twisting. The characters held my interest. Looking forward to more.
Another Winner.......2000-12-26
David Housewright has yet to take a false step in this series. Dearly Departed is every bit as convoluted and entertaining as the previous two books. First-person narratives are always tricky, but Housewright manages to make Holland Taylor sensitive but not maudlin, droll, and very human.
This search for a supposedly dead woman takes the reader to some very interesting places and introduces us to a cast of entirely believable characters. The reader's curiosity equals that of the hero, as Housewright's Holland becomes fascinated by the missing woman and seeks to unravel the mystery of what became of her.
A first-rate book in a fine series.
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A play revisited.......2007-10-05
I was in a production of Dearly Departed several years ago and revisited it by purchasing the play.
The humor is well structured for such a simple story. Despite the numerous characters in the play, it all seems to fit nicely.
The characters come alive while reading it and it contains many choices of great scenes and monologues to work with for both men and women.
HILLARIOUS.......2001-04-05
This show is hillarious. The community theatre group i am in jsut did this to sold out crowds. It is now being made in to a motion picture starin woopi goldberg , ll cool j andjada smith
Delightful and thoroughly enjoyable!.......2000-08-24
This is a hilarious look at the life through the lives of a quirky Southern family who just can't seem to come to grips with the passing of "Daddy Bud", the patriarch of the family. The characters are full of spunk and vigor, not to mention the dialogue, which abounds with true laugh-out-loud humor. From the holier-than-thou Aunt Marguerite to the above-it-all widow Raynelle, this play is a definate winner!
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When amateur actress Margaret Batten and her lover Miles Finn are found dead in Margaret's ramshackle gray bungalow, all of King George, New Hampshire, is abuzz. Is it foul play? (No, carbon monoxide poisoning.) Were they engaged? (Yes, if you believe the cleaning lady.) And why do Margaret's daughter Sunny and Miles's son Fletcher have the same kind of wispy, shiny, prematurely gray hair? (They're brother and sister, or so suggests Fletcher, annoyingly and at length.) Meeting one's possible half brother for the first time is jolting enough. But for Sunny Batten, the shock is compounded by finding out that her shy, sweet-faced mother was evidently not the "little mouse"--or even the "late bloomer"--Sunny had always assumed her to be. In other words, when the eulogists praise Margaret's vaunted generosity and her "open door," they aren't necessarily talking about the time she asked the Girl Scouts in for lemonade.
But then King George is full of surprises. Home for the first time since high school, Sunny finds herself reassessing the place. She has ample reason to regret her teenage years--she was poor, had no father, was the only girl on the golf team, found a dead carp in her golf bag one time. But how far can a grudge take you in life? Can we ever really know the truth about our parents? What state of mind does it take to shoot par? Lipman addresses such questions with her customary lighthearted touch, sketching out her ensemble cast with rapid and comical strokes. Witness, for example, anorexic congressional candidate Emily Ann Grandjean's most characteristic tic: "constant sips from a large bottle of brand-name water, then the ceremonial screwing of its cap back on once, twice, full-body twists as if volatile and poisonous gases would escape without her intervention." In the end, all loose ends are neatly tied up and all single characters are suitably paired--in other words, the author once again produces the kind of visceral satisfaction readers associate with her work. It's hard not to devour an Elinor Lipman novel in one sitting; put this one away for a time when you won't have to put it down. --Mary Park
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With her trademark humor and warmth, the beloved author of The Ladies' Man and The Inn at Lake Devine explores going home again; about finding light in the dark corners of one's inhospitable past; about love, golf, and DNA.
Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now-distant daughter, Sunny. But accidents happen. The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiancé, brings Sunny back to the scene of the unhappy adolescence she thought she’d left behind. Reentry is to be dreaded; there’s no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel. Yet allies surface; even high school tormentors have grown up in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Just possibly, Sunny begins to think, she wasn’t as beleaguered as she felt she was. And maybe her mother’s life was richer than anyone suspected. Add to the mix a chief of police whose interest in Sunny exceeds his civic duty, and you have the makings of an irresistibly beguiling tale from an author who writes with all the wit and wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen.
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Everyone in King George, New Hampshire, loved Margaret Batten, part-time amateur actress, full-time wallflower, and single mother to a now distant daughter, Sunny.
But accidents happen.
The death of Margaret, side by side with her putative fiance, brings Sunny back to the scene of her unhappy adolescence, to the community that remembers her solely, nervously, as "the girl who golfed." Reentry is to be dreaded; there's no hiding in a town with one diner, one doctor, one stop sign, one motel.
Yet allies surface: The country club opens its doors to its former Orphan Annie caddie. High school classmates, even the tormenters, have grown up nicely, matured in unforeseen and gratifying ways. Maybe, Sunny begins to think, she wasn't as beleaguered as she felt she was; maybe her mother's life was richer than anyone suspected; and maybe the man at the funeral -- the one with her face, her flyaway hair, her golf swing -- is the halfbrother she doesn't know she needs.
Elinor Lipman writes with the wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen. The Dearly Departed is another perfect blend of social comedy, pointed wit, and precise pacing from our last urbane romantic.
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An enjoyable read.......2007-07-06
I enjoyed Lipman's The Dearly Departed. Sunny, Fletcher and Joey are all interesting characters. I chuckled a few times. I would recommend this book.
An interesting and pleasant read.......2007-02-08
The Dearly Departed is an interesting novel and a pleasant enough read. As the book opens, Sunny receives word that her mother and a male companion have died, so she heads back to the small town where she grew up. It's a town where everyone knows everyone, and so she ends up having to deal with people she knew (some for the better, some for the worse) and seeing how they've changed. She also meets the half-brother she never knew she had, as their shared father is the one who died with her mother.
The writing in this book is superb. Scenes transition flawlessly from one point of view to the next, and everyone's history and backstory is given, making you truly understand what motivates each individual and why they turned out the way they did. Because of this, the novel is more like a character study than a plot-driven work of fiction.
While this wasn't the best book I've ever read, I found it fascinating to read about so many characters whose lives collided at different points in time, all in this one small town. There is not a whole lot of action in the book, as the plot is fairly weak, and the ending is not the most satisfying (it sort of leaves you wondering what the point of the novel was), but I would definitely recommend this novel to those seeking out a character study or are interested in small town life.
I Sincerely Hope Lipman's Other Books Are Better Than This One........2005-12-30
I'll make this review short and sweet: Got it on tape which, as another reviewer pointed out, is a worse mistake than acquiring the written text. Jen Taylor is the worst audio book reader I've ever had the misfortune of listening to. She did all the women's voices like whiny 5th graders and her male voices were cringe inducing. She did the doctor's voice like she was reading the dialogue for the first time, but her slurring drunken bum voice for Fletcher really drove me bonkers!
The book on its own merits would have had me falling asleep if I weren't at work listening to it. There was no murder like we were hoping, there were too many characters so that you didn't have any idea what was going on until 3/4 of the way through--by which time you coincidentally no longer cared--lead character Sunny Batten had all the personality of a dead bee in the back window of my car for 3 years, and all because her mommy was the town skank. So what? This book was pointless, lame, and served no other purpose than to waste a few unfortunate trees. I hope other reviewers were right about Lipman's preceding books because I can assure you that, this having been my first one, The Dearly Departed may also be my last.
not the great elinor lipman i know.......2003-07-27
I agree totally with the review of my fellow new yorker below. I love Elinor Lipman, but even the one other book of hers I didnt care for was better than this. It's as though she got another good idea, but wasnt really paying attention when writing the story. There are too many bit players in too many subplots that go nowhere. The main character is almost a complete blank. All we really know about her is she plays golf and seemed to have a rough time socially in high school. The main plot is also neglected. About halfway through I was asking myself, where is this going? What's the point? The usual snappy dialogue and feisty characters seemed to be watered down also. This is NOT typical Lipman. I found five of her other books to be excellent. If this is the first one you read, try one of the others. Even if you think this book is good, youll see how much better she can be. I'll try for better luck with her next one.
Interesting story: but the book on tape reader was HORRIBLE.......2003-07-22
Do NOT get this book on tape---the Reader, Jen Taylor, is the worst I have ever heard. She thinks all women speak like babies or little girls, and all men speak VERY SLOWLY.
I was tortured as I listened to it---in fact the ONLY reason I stuck it out was due tothe storyline, which was good.
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Dearly Departed
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Ever Since Buddy Galon was four years old, he has had a curious fascination with that ritual of death, the funeral. The funeral march, the casket, the music, the flowers, the eulogy, the dress and behavior of the mourners all came together to illuminate the life of the deceased individual. In the Introduction the writer reveals how funerals influenced the stages of his own life. In this selection of forty-four funeral vignettes, the author presents his own personal views of the funerals and the lives that preceded the services. In both, the line between comedy and tragedy often appears blurred.
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Dearly departed: A comedy
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In the eight decades that have passed since prolific pulp writer Robert E. Howard created his seminal Sword and Sorcery adventurer, Conan, many other scribes have tried to recreate the passion and energy Howard infused into his stories. Few have come as close as comics writer Roy Thomas did during his long and influential run on Marvel's monthly Conan the Barbarian series back in the 1970s. Collaborating with the most acclaimed and talented artists of the time, Thomas wove a narrative tapestry of action, intrigue, and heroism that's as powerful today as it was when it was published nearly 30 years ago.
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CRUSH YEH ENEMEHS!!!.......2006-10-16
Dark Horse continues with their reprints of the classic Marvel Comics series CONAN THE BARBARIAN with the trade paperback THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 6: THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN SKULL, reprinting issues 35-42. These stories are written by Roy Thomas, with art by John Buscema and one issue each by Neal Adams and Rich Buckler. They primarily feature Conan's adventures in Turan as a member of King Yildiz' Turanian army, in spite of the fact that Yildiz' son Yezdigerd, who is off conquering new lands to the east, wants Conan's head. Animated statues, wizards encased in gold, and palace intrigue are just a few of the challenges facing our favorite Cimmerian as he makes his way in the lands of so-called "civilized" men in the Hyborian Age.
After a questionable start with earlier volumes, the re-coloring finally serves to make the artwork look even better than originally presented. Some of that could be due to the fact that Barry Smith's art on the early Conan comics were either just too detailed or reprinted directly from pencils. In those cases, the colors completely overwhelmed Smith's art and made it almost ugly at times. In contrast, Buscema's heavier lines work much better with the re-coloring; however, his style is more generic. In any case, the wonderful art is unfortunately countered by careless re-lettering which often transposes letters or entire words, or omits them altogether. It's difficult to understand just why Dark Horse is having these kinds of quality control problems this far into the series.
Anyway, Roy Thomas' detailed notes in the back of the book provide interesting information on the creation of these stories, as well as some hilarious insights (Neal Adams is a sneaky guy). Dark Horse is providing all types of comic fans with a great service by putting these original Conan comics back in print... they just need to proofread them more carefully.
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Graham McNeill narrowly escaped a career in surveying to work for Games Workshop as a games designer. He has a strong following with his novels Nightbringer, Warriors of Ultramar, Dead Sky, Black Sun and Storm of Iron.
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Fantastic series........2007-09-21
I have read scores and scores of 40k books, and I have to say that the three books that make up this Omnibus are some of the best I've ever read. Graham McNeill really shows he can keep up with some of the best authors writing 40k today. I would place him as an equal along side Dan Abnett.
Each books really takes you on vacation to somewhere entirely different from the other. Every problem they face is unique and never becomes dull.
The the first book, we see a lot of how Imperial worlds are run. We learn a lot of background on the Arbites who enforce the Emperors laws as a world is being torn apart at the seams. We get to see a whole line of chain of command come into focus, each person always one upping the other with power and control. Some moments are written out so well, that you get goose bumps and a huge grin on your face. There is a lot of political intrigue, backstabbing, and of course Space Marines crushing various enemies you always wanted to read about. Dark Eldar and Necrons make some appearances here.
The second book I didn't think I would like. At the time I wasn't a big fan of the 'Nids, nor the IG. By the end of the book, I was hooked and have a whole heck of a lot more respect for the 'Nids in the 40k universe. They are a force to be reckoned with. Lots of IG, Lots of SPace Marines, and lots of fleet battles in this book.
The third is probably exactly what I would image a Chaos world to be like. Think Hellraiser, but on steroids. Gore everywhere. Quite a few pretty detailed Chaos characters as well. We learn how some Iron Warriors are being made. We also learn that, yes, even in the middle of the warp, on a Chaos planet, that the Emperor still has reach. Titans, Dreadnaughts, Chaos spawn, Daemons of impossible power, this book is filled with them.
Descending order of good.......2007-09-12
When I bought this book, I did so because I like the concept of space marines. I did not know it was a Warhammer40k tie in, and I knew nothing about the game's universe. When I realized what I had bought, I figured I'd give it a shot anyway.
The leading short story is pretty good. It's actually a pretty classic senario of small force fighting off a greater. Quite a bit of it comes off as over the top, like how thirty men fought off hundreds over many hours. Not great, but a good set up for the characters and their basic motivations.
The first book, "Nightbringer", surprised me. The political intrigue around the attempted raising of a sleeping being of ancient powers worked quite well for me. I thought that the characters worked well and the interactions were believable. I was quite pleased, actually. But this is the best of the three books contained in this omnibus.
The second book, "Warriors of Ultamar", was more of a straight "blow everything up and move towards a goal" story. There was some small intrigue and several new characters, but they both seemed flat and stale. One group of minor characters, a selfish street gang, never showed any development at all over the story which begged the question why they were included at all. This is not a horrible book, and the alien menace is quite clever, but it isn't something that would bring me back.
The third book, "Dead Sky, Black Sun", was the same sort of linear tale as the second one, but just nasty. On the "Eye of Terror", an outcast planet of horrors, the author unleashes all the disgust of a bad splatter movie. I felt queasy reading parts of it and the plot didn't help distract from the gore. At times, this book was just a protracted bloodbath of nastiness. The characters became even more flat, right down to the recycled dialog from "Star Wars". It ends with a touch of cliffhanger, one that I will never have resolved as I plan to read no more of these works.
The first book is worth reading, wheather you are interested in the game or not. The second is poor, but definitly for the gamers. And avoid the third. And after reading these, I have no intrest in trying out the game.
exciting background but dull writing.......2007-06-05
The WH40K world is an exciting and fascinating setting for fiction, and some authors for the BL stable exploit its potential to the maximum, adding new ideas and concepts and hence surprising the readers. I'm thinking of Abnett, of course, but also Counter and Goto. The problem with McNeill is that he seems to be so wrapped up in the integrity of the background that his Ultramarines end up being little more than cardboard cutouts. They're thin, uninteresting characters, albeit very well situated within the 40K universe. You can almost hear the dice been rolled in the background before anyone fights. In some ways, I suppose, the fact that he is writing about the Ultras is perfect, since they are the most 'conventional' of the Space Marine chapters. By far the most interesting of the books assembled into this omnibus is the last one, in which some of the Ultras' conventionality is challenged, but this is done in an overly forced and affected manner, which makes reading it hard work and actually quite unpleasant. It's great that McNeill tried to address some of his critics in that book, but he's still not there. In general, if you're a gamer interested in seeing how the game can be unpacked as a novel, read this. If you're not a gamer or if you just want to read an interesting sci-fi novel, you might avoid this book
Enjoy the ride with the Sons of Guilliman.......2007-05-09
An advantage of being a relative newcomer to the Warhammer 40K world is you get to read the Omnibus editions of some of the best books from the Black Library. The new covers are very pleasing to see and you get 3 books for the price of 1. And more importantly, the ones I have read thus far have been awesome, the Ultramarines Omnibus is no exception, I did not hesitate to give it a full 5 stars.
The Ultramarines Omnibus follows the story of Uriel Ventris who has recently become the Captain of Ultramarines Chapter 4th company. The author does a good job of making Uriel's character exactly how one might expect a Space Marine of the Imperium to be...traits like his fanatical loyalty to the emperor, burning hatred of his enemies, willingness to kill and die for his emperor and chapter.
But Uriel isn't just that, we see a very nice representation of his other emotions that most people in the Warhammer Universe may not notice or might even be shocked to know a Space marine can have. His genuine concern for the common people of the Imperium, his doubts about his ability to command, his worries about diverging from the Codex Astartes - the code of war that the Space Marine must follow, and his anger and sometimes despair at the actions of some of his allies, particularly the Inquisition.
The books themselves have great plots and fast paced action that are well written and will not disappoint.
The first book Nightbringer's plot is an interesting mix of action and politics in a world of the Imperium and has one of the most interesting characters I have read about in the Warhammer Universe (Ario Barzano - can't say more than revealing the characters name to avoid any spoilers).
The second book is my favorite. Warriors of Ultramar is one of the best War novels I have read...its about a desperate attempt by the Imperium to defeat an unimaginably huge Tyranid invasion at an Imperial World Tarsis Ultra, which the Ultramarines are oath bound to defend.
The Ultramarines together with the Mortificators Chapter space marines, Ordo Xenos arm of the Inquisition and their associated Deathwatch space marines, 2 Imperial Guard regiments and the defenders of Tarsis Ultra, and the Imperial navy stuggle to fight the Tyranids. You get immersed into the action you could almost feel like you are in it, whether in a huge space fleet action or in the trenches and the walls of the defenders.
The 3rd book, Dead Sky, Black Sun, is set in a world deep in the Chaos held Eye of Terror. Its a brilliant portrayal of a world in the hands of Chaos, with Uriel trying desperately to do his duty and keep his sanity amidst the horrors around him, which include daemons, renegade space marines and factions of the Chaos Space marines of the Iron Warriors chapter battling each other for power.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
One of black libraries less impressive authors.......2007-04-19
Im only part way through this book, but right from the get go things are a little to over-the-top for me. Mcneill is one of those authors that is more geared for comic books. For example; the very first encounter in the book has the main character and his unit causing 10 times amount of causulties on his opposition (which includes space marines of its own)then they take on their side.
This wouldnt bother me as a last stand type schene but the main character KILLS several enemy space marines with his bear hands with single punches, while on the other hand he brushs off las fire, bolter rounds, close combat attacks, and various shrapnel explosions without effort. The unit the main character is with does eventually get over-run and mostly whiped out, but not after one of those 100 to 1 odds type situations where the enemy (who was supposed to be much more then equivelent) takes horrendus loses for using primative ww1 style tactics reminicent of old school 40k style thinking. Its terrible at first but gets less painless the further down the book these schenes get because the damage gets more colateral. Still not quite enough, but at least they do start taking hits.
The second issue i have is that Mcneill also has difficulty bailing his characters out of trouble. For example; on this begining schene the captian of the unit takes off to go on a suicide mission by himself. He uses a jump pack to get underneath a bridge but is attacked by several raptor marines. Somehow Mcneill thought it would be realistic to save his character by using a newly arrived thunderhawk who makes an attack which kills several of the raptors, but my problem lies in the fact that both the captain and the raptors were all suposed to be located UNDER the bridge meaning line of sight would be nigh impossible for an overhead aerial craft. He also went to the trouble of sending his character to the center of the bridges underside as to avoid his oppositions line of sight as much as possible, so even in the unlikely event that the craft was coming from below the bridge somehow its still a little hard to take in.
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Gems of insight from the life of Charles Spurgeon on confidence, depression, anxiety, loneliness, change, and transition provide encouragement toward emotional wholeness.
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a great help.......2005-10-27
Spurgeon is one of the best encouragers and an easy read. He's my favorite!
Wonderful, must read book, especially for pastors.......2002-10-26
This book can really help anyone who struggles with depression. I never knew Spurgeon was so wise, but you better believe I'll be reading more of him. Last saturday I got so fired up about this book that I bought every used or new copy on Amazon that netted out under 10$ (I'm on a budget, afterall) to give away to friends.
This book will help you if you struggle personally with depression, and it will help you if you care for people who do.
A very rich, worthwhile read.......2001-10-21
A close friend of mine who has wrestled with depression for some time confided to me how deeply this book had touched his life. Indeed, while every page reflected in some measure the life of my friend, each page also touched on issues common to us all. What a comfort it is to know that so many in the body of Christ have traveled before us, traversed the same valleys, felt the same anxieties, trusted in the same God, and found Him to be absolutely true to His promises. Spurgeon himself, regarded by so many as one of the greatest preachers having lived, speaks with such frankness about his own internal and emotional struggles that he is likely strikes a common chord with all of us. Spurgeon's writing is uncommonly rich and filled with keen observations, anecdotes, and gems of wisdom based on the truth of Scripture. In one such anecdote, Spurgeon comments on the nature of death for the Christian as simply a transition to a more glorious life hereafter: "At Stratford-on-Bow," Spurgeon notes, "in the days of Queen Mary, there was once a stake erected for the burning of two martyrs, one of them a lame man, the other a blind man. Just when the fire was lit, the lame man hurled away his staff, and turning round said to the blind man, 'Courage, brother, this fire will cure us both.'" Although this book is composed almost exclusively of Spurgeon's writings and sermons, it does contain a modest amount of Skoglund's observations as well. In fact it seems that Skoglund has so saturated herself with the writings of Spurgeon that the styles of the two are at times nearly indistinguishable. Perhaps because of the denseness of Spurgeon's writings, this book can be slow going at times. However, as a relative newcomer to Spurgeon, I have the sense that Skoglund has done a wonderful job of piecing together many of Spurgeon's writings on emotional struggle and the encouragement which is to be found in Christ.
Spiritual Tonic.......2000-10-19
This is a wonderful little book. Elizabeth Skoglund has done a fine job of weaving together the writings of Charles Spurgeon on topics dealing with emotional pain and suffering. Each of the chapters are broken up into short segments. The book is best read "devotionally"; a little at a time. It has been a great help to me as a supplement to regular prayer and Scripture reading. Chapters are titled "Confidence", "Depression", "Anxiety", "Loneliness", "Change", and "Transition" (dying). Spurgeon, having suffered from these emotional problems himself, was ahead of his time in recognizing their more common sources and in dispelling some of the easy answers that are still common in evangelical Christian circles today. The first chapter, "Body, Mind and Spirit" offers a good foundation. It recognizes that we are whole persons, not separable into neat compartments. Emotional problems often stem from physical as well as spiritual causes. This book offers strength and courage from a great man who has been through plenty of dark times himself
Going On without Guilt.......2000-05-25
Bright Days, Dark Nights is for anyone 'Going On without Guilt.' It is a great book for daily reading.
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