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Bobby Rex's Greatest Hit
Marianne Gingher
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Release Date: 1987-11-12 |
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Beautiful.......2000-05-27
I first read "Bobby Rex" some 12 years ago at the tender age of 12. At that time, it was one of the first non-classic grown-up books I'd read, and I found myself unable to believe that someone could capture such simplicity and depth in single sentences. I loved the book so much I even stole a copy of it from the local library (don't worry, i've more than payed for it in overdue fines throughout the years) because I couldn't stand the thought that someone else would check it out and never return it. But I digress... Why is it such a beautiful book? Because it speaks sweet, insightful and often hilarious volumes without falling all over itself the way so many writers do these days. It's the sort of book you read and then sit back and think, God, I could write that... because it's just like someone relating stories to you. Its the tale of a young girl, Pally Thompson, who over the course of 3 or 4 years discovers the truths and myths about those people with whom she surrounds herself. -- Marianne Gingher does an absolutely brilliant job of painting smalltown lives and loves during the latter part of the 1950's. She treats her characters, all of them (even those who may not deserve it) with respect and dignity. Never sacrificing even a single word, she allows her characters to grow and breathe and, perhaps most importantly, to learn. "Bobby Rex" is a novel of discovery. Rich and honest and oozing with charm.
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very good book.......2002-10-01
This book is a very good book especally for teenagers who like fantasy. however i recommed it to anyone over the age of 13 it has romance,adventure&horror rolled into one. the way it is written is wonderful it catches the reader and takes them away. i would recommend you read The magic and the healing first as that story ends where this story begins
Magic Indeed.......2000-10-11
I first started reading Under the Healing Sign when I was on summer vacation at my god parents' house. They have piles of books at that house. I know that I am glad for that though, because if they did not, I would never had read any of the books in this series. In this book, BJ Vaughan is working as a full time vet in Crossroads, the place where all the worlds meet. She has become acustomed to seeing things she did not even know existed. She tries her best to save everyone and everything, but that is impossible for anyone except for maybe God, or A god. Many things happen including another attack from Morgan and her army of evil. By using strength, courage and wit alone, can this evil be stopped. The theme of the story is that if you use common sense, you can defeat almost any evil in a matter of time. Of course, once you do acomplish this, the evil is not really gone, but only pevented for a little longer. BJ, is in my opinion, the ideal model of a vet. She has to go throught the trauma of puting her werewolf puppy to sleep, right in the middle of a war. She still keeps her cool until there is room and time for her to break down and let out her emotions. Morgan, on the other hand, is cunning but not very emotional. She kills for fun, and does not care whether it is her friend or her enemy. Also, the fact that she can not die is comforting in her fight for all out evil. She is the perfect villain. The only thing that was slightly frustrating was when one of the main characters died. But if it had not happened, one of the most important parts would not have taken place. That many people died is a given, but the few importants that passed were heart renching deaths. I can not say more about that without giving away the story. All in all, I think that this is a first class book. It has just enough reality mixed with the fantasy to make it belevable, but it's not too believable, so you don't get bored. I recomend it to everyone, as long as you have some time to read. I could not put it down.
One of the most engrossing I have read in years.......1999-07-19
This review is short and to the point. This is one hell of a good read
Solid fantasy novel.......1999-06-18
This book is similar to the first in the series (The Magic and the Healing), mixing modern and fantastical elements (both mythological and Mr. O'Donohoe's original ideas) very well. There is some substance here, but mostly it is a fun read. A good page-turner, humor and drama are intermingled well. None of the characters become one-dimensional or (in the cardinal sin in any novel) dull. Recommended for any reader, but make sure to start with book one of the series.
Fantasy at its best! Vibrant and mesmerizing, a real treat!!.......1998-01-13
If it's 3 a.m. and you are trying to figure out how to be a midwife to a centaur,then you've fallen under the spell of Nick O'Donohoe and his many and varied friends at the Crossroads.
This series of books(3 so far)is both factual and fanciful as B.J.Vaughn,the veternarian, must come to terms with bringing both the best and the worst that our world has to offer to the "other Folk of Crossroads". A very good read,indeed.
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Fantasy series set in the magical world of Crossroads. "BJ Vaughan went into veterinary medicine to help all animals. Even ones she never knew existed...."
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- Bought it for the corn flakes, but it is so much more!
- Interesting historical panorama
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The Destroying Angel: Sex, Fitness & Food in the Legacy of Degeneracy Theory, Graham Crackers, Kellogg's Corn Flakes & American Health History
John Money
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Bought it for the corn flakes, but it is so much more!.......2005-06-05
I have to admit that I was attracted to The Destroying Angel initially because I thought it was a history of the health food movement in the US. I had just read The Road to Wellville by T. C. Boyle and was interested in determining the accuracy of this fictional treatment of Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. So I was a bit surprised to discover that this is a book on the history of what the author, a sexologist, calls Degeneracy Theory. Now I feel like I need to read some more history to verify the facts of this book.
Anyway, I found out that Dr. Kellogg was accurately portrayed in the Road to Wellville. Congratulations Mr. Boyle for a job well done! However, while there is a very good treatment on the history of the health food movement in this book, it appears that the founders and major thinkers of this movement also had strong beliefs about sexuality. So while one third of this book is about corn flakes, whole grains and vegetarians, the rest of it is an outline of two pre-20th century mistaken theories on sexuality.
The first of these is that masturbation causes disease. According to the author this came about because, before the germ theory, people felt that the symptoms of syphilis and other sexually contracted diseases, could be traced to "self-abuse" rather than contagious transmission. The second sexual theory treated historically in the book is that sexual excitement and the corresponding sexual release are injurious to the human body and should be avoided as much as possible. The combination of these two is what John Money calls Degeneracy Theory and he claims that their effects inhibit a sexually healthy society to this day.
In an Epilogue called Theory Of Sex, Love, And Health Without Degeneracy, which is the longest chapter in the book, Money provides a wonderfully concise outline of Sexology as it was understood twenty years ago. Thus, while nothing he says is out of date, you will not find Viagra-like drugs mentioned.
This was an important book for me. I have never seen the history of sexuality theory so well portrayed. John Money is at his weakest when, towards the end of the book, he relies on technical terminology which may discourage a general readership that is most in need of this information.
Interesting historical panorama.......1999-07-02
I enjoyed this book a great deal because of the historical focus on a time of our history of unbridled prudishnes. Some of this is very funny. My family had in its possesion records from a mental hospital from around the turn of the century and more than half of the patients were admitted for consequences of masturbation! The rest of the book is interesting although like many sexological texts, somewhat dry. I mean, if you are going to write about sex, let's at least get a little juicy.
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This is the autobiographical account of Bill Hickman, Chief of the Destroying Angels, Head Danite, etc. After Mr. Beadle began to examine the history of the Mormon church; and while all the Mormon people spoke of Bill Hickman as a desperately bad man, and guilty of untold murders, he was struck by two curious and then unexplainable facts. The first was that while everybody, from Brigham Young down, united in calling Hickman a murderer, and while evidence could easily be collected of several of his crimes, not a single attempt has been made by priest or people to bring him to justice. The second point is that long after Hickman was known as a murderer, he was successively promoted to a number of offices; he was Sheriff and Representative of one county, Assessor and Collector of Taxes, and Marshal; and during all this time he was on terms of personal intimacy with Brigham Young.
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Britham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession and Startling Disclosure of the Notorious Bill Hickman, Danite Chief of U.......2007-01-12
Basically simply the story of Bill Hickman in his own words. There is a preface from his lawyer J.H. Beadle which is quite insightful. The issue is, was Mr. Hickman truthful in his account. I would recommend reading a companion book like Hiltons "Wild Bill" Hickman and the Mormon Frontier. It is good to get someone elses views based on their research. I am really glad to have been able to get a copy of this mans most important history in print. It is really a good read. I highly recommend it.
Living the real wild west.......2003-09-19
I really enjoyed reading this book though I did read it with a little grain of salt added. Seeing how Hickman wrote it himself I'm sure the truth and fact was sprinkled with a little sugar.
I was glad Beale didn't do much editing and left the manuscript mostly as Hickman wrote it. I could almost hear the screaming indians, hear the cries of wounded men, hear the horses being lead out of the coral...by thives. I could see the murdered men fall from the saddle, watch the hangings and sit in court watching justice....sort of being served.
If you enjoy non fiction western then this is the book to read, providing you can read a little between the lines.
There's no doubt living in those days of the untamed west was trying and difficult, all of the settlers and emigrants had to be a very tough and hardy bunch.
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Is it a coincidence that humans have met Aliens in the cold reaches of space? Or is there something stitched into the very fabric of the cosmos that explains their inexorable spread through the galaxy? Deep-space rescue specialist Alecto Throop is about to find out that even a fight with the deadly creatures is nothing compared to meeting their masters . . . or the renegade human who has learned their secrets--ancient secrets.
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Aliens: Apocalypse - Destroying Angels.......2006-02-01
It's another story after the first Aliens movie. It tells how the elephant like alien came about the others from the begining. How they became to the planet in the first place and what happen after they were found.
Incredible.......2004-12-12
Not only does APOCALYPSE feature mind-blowingly great art (superior to other entries in the comic series, namely KIDNAPPED and LABYRINTH) and an intelligent story which fits well into line with OUTBREAK, but it holds something that will attract ALIENS fans from across the globe- a *living* Space Jockey and, better yet, a Jockey-grown Alien (which, predictably, is ten times its normal size). With the exception of Keitel most of the characters are believable and somewhat likable. Great graphic novel! Thumbs up!
One of the more well made Aliens comic book........2004-12-06
If you, like me, are a diehard alien fan, I recomend this comic book.At first I had my doubts when I saw it in the comic store. But after I bought it, I enjoyed it very much! I thought the plot was hard to understand at first, you just got to pull through to later on in the book to understand what exactly whats going on.The wierdest parts I thought were, the guy who WANTS a facehugger to play kissface with him, and HE DOES- and the android that blows up in the begining, I didn't understand what exactly what happened to it.
The overall bad /annoying stuff
- the owl, I usually like owls, but for some reason, it really messed around with action and was annoying, at least I think
- didn't have enough human blood, or cursing or blowing aliens to bits
-it messed around with the evolution of the aliens, having a scientific name? wierd.
? why did the scientists call the aliens "angels"?
- worst name you can slap on to a good comic
Overall I loved the comic book,was especially well drawn. If you love those little monsters,and let the lil beasts into your heart, BUY this book. Keep em'chest burstin!
One of the more well made Aliens comic book........2004-12-06
If you, like me, are a diehard alien fan, I recomend this comic book.At first I had my doubts when I saw it in the comic store. But after I bought it, I enjoyed it very much! I thought the plot was hard to understand at first, you just got to pull through to later on in the book to understand what exactly whats going on.The wierdest parts I thought were, the guy who WANTS a facehugger to play kissface with him, and HE DOES- and the android that blows up in the begining, I didn't understand what exactly what happened to it.
The overall bad /annoying stuff
- the owl, I usually like owls, but for some reason, it really messed around with action and was annoying, at least I think
- didn't have enough human blood, or cursing or blowing aliens to bits
-it messed around with the evolution of the aliens, having a scientific name? wierd.
? why did the scientists call the aliens "angels"?
- worst name you can slap on to a good comic
Overall I loved the comic book,was especially well drawn. If you love those little monsters,and let the lil beasts into your heart, BUY this book. Keep em'chest burstin!
One of the more well made Aliens comic book........2004-12-06
If you, like me, are a diehard alien fan, I recomend this comic book.At first I had my doubts when I saw it in the comic store. But after I bought it, I enjoyed it very much! I thought the plot was hard to understand at first, you just got to pull through to later on in the book to understand what exactly whats going on.The wierdest parts I thought were, the guy who WANTS a facehugger to play kissface with him, and HE DOES- and the android that blows up in the begining, I didn't understand what exactly what happened to it.
The overall bad /annoying stuff
- the owl, I usually like owls, but for some reason, it really messed around with action and was annoying, at least I think
- didn't have enough human blood, or cursing or blowing aliens to bits
-it messed around with the evolution of the aliens, having a scientific name? wierd.
? why did the scientists call the aliens "angels"?
- worst name you can slap on to a good comic
Overall I loved the comic book,was especially well drawn. If you love those little monsters,and let the lil beasts into your heart, BUY this book. Keep em'chest burstin!
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ho hum.......2003-11-07
I'm surprised at all the gushing reviews. There's absolutely nothing special about this book, which bears some of the sadly typical flaws of much of the genre, including wooden characters and a plot that's going nowhere. A lot of the "action" revolves around the main character going out to eat, with poorly made coffee as an ongoing theme. If I had a dollar (quarters don't amount to much anymore) for each time one of the main characters utters the following lines--"I don't like it at all. But what the hell else are we going to do?"--I'd have enough to buy something more engaging. Also, while I realize this book was published in 1992, there's nothing to really warrant calling it a "cybershock thriller." It's not even thrilling. The only reason I'm sticking it out is because it's set in my hometown and at 230 pages it's short enough that the time I'm wasting is limited. I apologize to all the Russo fans, but I just couldn't deal with the unchallenged glowing reports. Maybe some of his other stuff is better. I can think of four books off the top of my head that I'd recommend instead: if you're into disaffected youth and futuristic urban decay try Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren. If you're looking for an "exotic" futuristic thriller, try Greg Alec Effinger's Gravity's End or David Mack's Kabuki. And if you want to read a more original suspense thriller set in San Francisco's Tenderloin, try The Magician's Tale by David Hunt.
wow.........2003-01-23
This is such a wonderful series of books. I picked them up at a used bookstore and I can't believe they are out of print. Working in a bookstore myself I read all the time, and these are some of the best novels I've read in a long time.
Excellent Thriller.......2001-11-13
The first novel of the Carlucci trilogy is less about Frank Carlucci than it is about retired officer Louis Tanner, but it shares the same locale, wild thrills, unexpected turns and taut writing. Russo creates a believable near-future, fully fleshed-out with characters who continue on through the rest of the trilogy. Carlucci is introduced and appears, but he plays only a "second banana" role. The story in this book sets up the remaining two novels, and if you read one you'll want to read all three of this excellent set. I only wish I'd been able to read them in proper order.
Let's hope this novel is back in print shortly and becomes easier to find. It deserves it!!!
Love it!!!!.......1999-10-08
A great novel, and a lot of fun. You have to read it
Blade Runner in San Francisco. Loved it!.......1999-09-15
I spotted this book in the book store, and grabbed it because the cover looked interesting. I absolutly could not put it down. It is fast paced and the prose is excellent. I love Russo's sense of what the future could be. This is my favorite of his novels and I highly recommend it. I bought it in 1993, and have read it at least ten times. It is what I consider to be a nearly perfect novel.
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Leigh Girard, a Chicago native, has fled to Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, a remote artist community on the Door County peninsula, to heal from her recent mastectomy. "Cancer does that - yanks you out of your life," she observes with her usual wryness. Determined to start a new life, she has left her troubled marriage and teaching career to take a job as a reporter with the Door County Gazette. Her first assignment: an obituary. While investigating a wrongful death claim by Eva Peck, the widow of a restoration craftsman, Leigh suspects that Carl Peck didn't die of natural causes, but was murdered. When it's discovered that Peck, an amateur naturalist, died from mushroom poisoning, Leigh's suspicions are confirmed. Yet, according to the locals, murder just doesn't happen here. The case turns even more puzzling when Peck's daughter attempts suicide a week after her friend, the local librarian, kills herself. In the process of solving Peck's murder, Leigh uncovers another murder committed twenty years earlier that links the past with the present. Her obsession with finding the connection between these two murders puts her in conflict with the community and eventually jeopardizes her life. Confronted once again with her own mortality, Leigh finally faces the emotional scar left by her mastectomy.
Gail Lukasik was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She lives in Libertyville, Illinois, with her husband and their Shetland sheepdog.
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Great Protagonist.......2006-10-14
The Door County setting is beautiful and an interesting contrast to the sinister plot. The local characters are spicy. Good character development makes the reader care about the protagonist and her feelings about breast cancer survival give added depth. A thoroughly enjoyable read. And if you like it as much as I did, you will be happy to know that there's more ahead -- this is the first in a series.
Loved this book.......2006-05-31
A quiet, steady read with the sublime gentleness of a Door County trail hike through a patch of poisonous mushrooms. Gail Lukasik explores the adventure of breast cancer survival in her appealing protagonist Leigh Girard with authority in a mystery twisting with unpredictable turns of events and poetic writing. Highly Recommended.
Great Read!.......2006-05-17
Loved this book! It is paced well and engaging. Leigh Girard is tough, but likable. The writing is spell-binding, sparse, taut, and powerful. I guarantee that you'll be up all night trying to finish this one. Keeps you guessing until the end.
Pleasant.......2006-05-06
Destroying Angels is kind of a pleasant book in a way. You like the protaganist, and that helps. It had a hard time holding my interest as the pacing was so even that I can't say I found the suspense very compelling. True mystery lovers might like the book better than I did though.
exhilarating and enjoyable who-done-it .......2006-04-14
After fifteen years of marriage and teaching in Chicago, Leah Gerard leaves behind her spouse, job, and home in Libertyville to relocate to Egg Harbor, Wisconsin following a mastectomy in which her hubby was more concerned with plastic surgery than her health. In Egg Harbor, Leah obtains a job with the Door County Gazette. Editor in Chief Jake Stevens assigns Leah to write a column on recently deceased artisan carpenter Carl Peck, a standard practice of the paper to do an article on the recently deceased.
Leah interviews Carl's wife Eva only to learn she is suing Dr. Porter and Bay Hospital for wrongful death and negligence before the widow's daughter Sarah tosses her out. Leah talks with Dr. Porter, who is shocked by the suit as he insists his patient died from a heart attack brought on by a failed liver. Still she keeps digging and soon finds a link to a two decade old murder, making Leah wonder bad liver, bad heart or possible homicide.
Though a paid reporter, Leah's lack of investigative experience makes this fine mystery more an amateur sleuth tale as the intrepid journalist learns her trade on the job. The cast is fascinating because of their different reactions to Leah's inquiries into the death of Carl. Gail Lukasik provides an exciting, exhilarating and enjoyable who-done-it that at first only Leah considers a possible murder disguised as a heart attack though the medical examiner and police quickly join her bandwagon.
Harriet Klausner
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Brigham's Destroying Angel
Bill Hickman
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Scrumptious delights to bake at home.
Cupcake bakeries are a welcome development that is meeting the enthusiastic delight of everyone. The reason is quite simple -
they allow us to indulge in an old-fashioned favorite treat.
Julie Hasson, baker extraordinaire, brings her expertise to the
125 Best Cupcake Recipes. These are the cupcakes of our mothers and grandmothers, but with a modern twist. Easy-to-execute, these recipes are guaranteed to fill your home with tantalizing baking smells and sweet satisfaction.
Recipes include:
- Raspberry Vanilla Cupcakes
- Carrot Zucchini Cupcakes
- Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes
- Malted Espresso Cakes with Malted Milk Icing
- Peanut Butter Cupcakes.
Also included are dozens of icing recipes, from Chocolate Fudge Frosting to Buttercream and White Chocolate Glaze. Invaluable baking tips and techniques will appeal to both the novice and experienced baker. Once served these cupcakes will be in serious demand by the whole family.
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Yummy!.......2007-10-10
This is a beautiful book. Easy to read and easy to follow directions. Lots of recipes that can be mixed and matched to create well over 125 combinations. Excellent. Great, original flavor combinations with beautiful photographs. I highly reccommend it. I can't wait for her pie book to hit the market!
Consistently marvelous results.......2007-07-09
Our whole family loves cupcakes, and the results with recipes from this book have been consistently delicious, both for me and friends who have borrowed the book. The flavors are natural and clear. We have tried everything from coconut to raspberry vanilla (the lemon cream frosting is killer on these) to mocha and chocolate. The only change I make is to substitute melted butter for oil in the recipes because we prefer the butter flavor. To those who say that the cupcakes are too dense: I think you have become too used to the texture of boxed cake mix or commercial bakery products. These are from scratch, homemade cupcakes without a doubt and I love the texture.
Brand New Baker Loves this Book.......2007-06-07
I had never baked in my life prior to 125 Best Cupcake Recipes! I have made Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes, Mini Cheesecakes, and Chocolate Chip Coookie Cupcakes, too. I made them all just by following the easy instructions. Nothing was too difficult, even though it was from scratch!
125 Best Cupcake Recipes.......2007-01-10
I love this book. It has some great recipes for cupcakes. I really like the French Toast Cupcakes!
Fun Cupcake Book!.......2006-08-26
I have been having a good time trying the different recipes in the book. Everything is from scratch, but the recipes are practical and once you have the basic ingredients there are many different recipes that you will be able to try without a trip to the market. This would be a nice book for someone teaching a young person how to cook!
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