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The State of Indiana History 2000: Papers Presented at the Indiana Historical Society's Grand Opening
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The opening of the Indiana Historical Society's new headquarters and the closing of the century presented an opportunity to reflect on the status of Indiana history as it is taught and practiced today. In July 1999 a stellar group of eighteen historians gathered for a conference titled "The State of Indiana History 2000," resulting in this publication. The presenters discussed the evolution of their subject, its major themes and interpretations, the topic in its present guise, and what the future may hold. Academics, public historians, kindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers, and the general public will find these papers interesting and provocative.
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Twelve-year old Brendan tells the story, set in 1944-45, that begins with his parents' decision to buy a run-down grocery store in a tiny Minnesota town. What they discover about small town idealism, bigotry, and good old American values will change them and the town forever....
"A writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction."
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From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews:
Small town life..........2006-09-20
I have many different ways of rating a book; writing style, emotional impact, what it has taught me, etc.
Although I have read quite a few good novels this past year I think Jon Hassler's Grand Opening has been my favorite despite the fact there was really nothing spectacular in the style of writing. There was something very real about this book. It's the perfect portrayal of how certain individuals will just never be accepted into small town life. I have grown up in small towns all my life and have experienced this treatment because my family was never one for participating in small-town politics. It also didn't help matters that my mom was a "big city girl" from Minneapolis, MN. It's hard to be accepted in a small town unless you were born there, but really...even the people who are born there rarely make the cut themselves.
This book is full of bad things happening to good people. It's also full of good people having not-so-good thoughts and being hard on themselves for it. The beauty of Catholic guilt is well reflected in the character of Brendan.
The book had me split the entire time; I loved it for it's realism, yet I hated it because it wasn't an escape for me. People generally read to escape from the issues of daily life, yet this book paralleled the small town behavior I have viewed my entire life.
An Engrossing Look At Small Town Life.......2006-05-10
GRAND OPENING is like taking a step back in time to 1944 and makes the reader both want to return to a simpler place and time while also being glad that times have changed and we don't have to live in Hassler's fictional town. In the book we meet the Foster family: Hank and Catherine and their son Brendan and Catherine's father. The family is staunchly Catholic and moves to the small town of Plum to open a grocery store. They soon discover that the town is evenly split between Catholics and Lutherans, neither of whom will socialize with the other. They also learn that small the politics of small town life are not always easy to navigate and that harsh judgments rarely go away. We see innocence in Brendan who loves his new home, and we see some quirks from the grandfather that can be amusing. We also meet a group of interesting characters: Wallace Flint, a man who is more disturbed than he appears; Dodger Hicks, a young man with few chances or saving graces in his life; Fr. O'Day, the parish priest without the finesse of Bing Crosby's famous Fr. O'Malley; Paul Dimmitburg, the son of the Lutheran minister taking a leave from his seminary studies; and Mrs. Brask, the mayor's wife and the worst kind of snob imaginable.
Hassler has a gift for creating good characters and he presents a slice of life in this novel that is both pleasant and dark. There are conflicts throughout the book, both large and small. Hassler does not immediately throw the reader into controversy as some writers do. Instead he brings the reader into the town itself and sets the reader on firm ground, and then the conflicts and tensions begin. It's almost as if we're being transported back to 1944 and we've moved to Plum. Hassler also doe a good job at creating a small Midwestern town at the end of World War II, keeping the historical circumstances in mind while not allowing World War II to envelope the entire story.
This book will be enjoyed by many of Jon Hassler's fans, and is a great introduction to the works of an enjoyable writer.
1940s Small Town Life.......2005-12-16
I first read this novel some years ago after "Staggerford" and it made me a true-blue Hassler fan. Its rich cast of characters keeps this novel moving along. Though a few of the characters are merely great window-dressing (for example, I wanted to see more done with grandfather), most are fully developed and integral to the plot. Overall, the theme of redemption through action is clear, and, sadly, many negative elements of small town life haven't changed in the 21st century.
"Staggerford (also by Hassler)," "Grand Opening", and "Passing through Paradise" by John Schreiber make a great trio of Minnesota novels. All are highly recommended.
Great Book.......2003-11-03
If you grew up in a small town in America, you will enjoy this book. The best book that Mr. Hassler has written. Hollywood should make a movie!
Thought-provoking and moving novel.......2002-10-01
This is one of those books that will stay with you for a while. I read it two weeks ago, and still find myself thinking about the characters, especially Dodger. Don't be fooled by the blurb, this isn't a cute story about a cozy, friendly town, but has darker undertones. The characters struggle to deal with intolerance, and indifference; Hassler really makes you care about all the characters, and the story. I think he is a wonderful writer, and would recommend this novel as a good start for anyone who wants to discover his works.
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A cloth-bound softback with 438 pages. Has an introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Original copyright date was 1953.
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Word count: 364.
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Cherokee Strip Its History & Grand Opening (Oklahoma Legacies Series)
D. Earl Newsom
Manufacturer: New Forums Press
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The opening of the Cherokee Outlet, popularly known as the Cherokee Strip, on September 16, 1893 was one of the great spectacles of American history. Relive the excitement in this outstanding volume by D. Earl Newsom, which includes:
* 160 historical and present-day photographs
* history of the Cherokee Nation and development of the Outlet
* close looks at the Cherokee Strip towns of Alva, Blackwell, Enid, Newkirk, Perry, Ponca City, and Woodward
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* a look at the present and future, as well as the history of the Strip
* eyewitness accounts of the run from a diary of one landseeker
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Grand master chess games played during the second half of 1988, symbol algebraic notation, illustrated via diagrams. Includes problems, openings, endings, etc.
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Commemorative issue of the opening of Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC
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WHO DO TODAY'S TOP FANTASY WRITERS READ - AND WHY?
This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are seventeen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice.
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Who do today's top fantasy writers read -- and why?
This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer.
Here are seventeen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice.
Here's your chance to enjoy familiar favorites, and perhaps to discover some wonderful new treasures. In each case, you'll have the opportunity to see the story from the perspective of a master of the field.
Customer Reviews:
A very good collection.......2002-12-03
This book has a variety of well chosen stories, with the exception of "Stealing God" which I did not like. The writers have chosen works that are classic yet show a great variety. Must reads include the two Vance stories, the Harrison, and the Zelazny. This book is a good safe bet for the fantasy fan.
stiff fantacy.......2000-12-09
I bought this book because I love fantacy novels. Although, the stories are well written and classics. The book reminded me of assigned literature from english class, a bit dry. I did find a couple of stories cute, but not great. This book is easy to put down. If you wish to know the evolution of fanticy novels then you would enjoy this book.
An Excellent Fantasy Anthology.......2000-09-13
This is a very good fantasy anthology. It's got excellent stories like 'Troll Bridge' by Pratchett, 'Stealing God' by Doyle & Macdonald, 'Liane the Wayfarer' by Vance, 'More Spinned Against' by Wyndham, and the classic 'Unicorn Variations' by Zelazny.
Not all of the stories are excellent. I didn't enjoy the older ones (I always have a difficult time with pre-1900 fantasy) by Ingelow, Dickens, or M.R. James. The Harrison story had so much information in it that it was difficult to follow.
What makes this anthology stand out from others are the short introductions given by other authors in which they explain why they enjoy that particular story. They don't always go into great detail (Marion Zimmer Bradley and Tanya Huff wrote very short pieces, but the intros by Donaldson and George R.R. Martin were particularly interesting.
This anthology brought several good stories to my attention that I likely would never have otherwise read, notably the Wyndham and Doyle/Macdonald pieces. There's a lot of good fiction in here for a low price. Check it out.
A wonderfully eclectic volume of fantasy writing.......2000-08-12
I enjoyed last year's predecessor volume, My Favorite Science Fiction Story, but this volume is even better. The premise is that eighteen bestselling fantasy writers were asked to pick their all-time favorite fantasy story (by another writer). The result is a very eclectic assortment of tales. Most of these stories I had never seen before (even though I had read other stories by the same authors), but the most enjoyable part was reading the introductions, and discovering why each author picked the story he or she did.
I loved M. John Harrison's story "The Dancer from the Dance," but I think I liked it more than I would have otherwise, just because Stephen Donaldson's very evocative introduction sets the stage so well. Also, I have always loved Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" stories, and I loved reading Robert Silverberg and George R. R. Martin each explaining why they chose a different story from that book, and seeing how their opinions closely mirrored my own. Neil Gaiman chose a story by R. A. Lafferty that I had never read before. Not only did I love the story, but it also made me reexamine some of Gaiman's own work, and think about the ways which Lafferty might have influenced his writing.
If you are looking for the fantasy found in endless volumes of Tolkein ripoffs and Jordan wannabes, this is not the book for you. (Even Margaret Weis, who has often been a guilty practitioner of the aforementioned, picks a beautiful story by Charles Dickens to introduce.) But if you are looking for one of the most interesting and well-rounded collections of first-rate fantasy literature to be found in print today, you should buy this book.
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- O.K. But not all that scary.
- Enjoyable and Creepy
- It's okay.
- A MUST-HAVE!
- good collection of influential short horror
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My Favorite Horror Story
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WHO DO TODAY'S TOP HORROR
WRITERS READ-AND WHY?
This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are fifteen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice. Here's your choice to enjoy familiar favorites, and perhaps to discover some wonderful treasures. In each case, you'll have the opportunity to see the story from the perspective of a master of the field.
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In this startling new collection of 19th century horror tales, editor Martin H. Greenberg presents:
* An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce
* Schalken the Painter, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
* The Doom of the Griffiths, by Mrs. Gaskell
* The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, by Rudyard Kipling
* Markheim, by Robert Louis Stevenson
* The Adventure of the German Student, by Washington Irving
* Desiree's Baby, by Kate Chopin
* The Story of the Brazilian Cat, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Customer Reviews:
O.K. But not all that scary........2007-09-25
The scariness to each author is subjective. Barely any of these stories would of ever scared me.
Enjoyable and Creepy.......2005-03-03
I agree with a lot of what the other reviewers said. A few of these stories are heavily anthologized. I think I've been assigned to read "The Tell-Tale Heart" no less than 15 times in my life as a student, and for that, I chide Joyce Carol Oates for her laziness (or maybe she was just being honest).
Some of the author introductions to stories are overblown or surprisingly unrelated to the selection that follows. But for the most part, this was an enlightening collection of stories, and some are extraordinarily creepy and stay with you long after you're done reading.
I think about "The Dog Park" by Dennis Etchison a lot, mainly because I live in L.A. and can see that he got the culture here and found a way to parlay it into a story about lost ideals and the vultures -- real, metaphorical -- who circle above the hopeful artists, waiting to strike.
"The Human Chair" by Edigawa Rampo pops into my head now and again too. A great twist. This was like the most thrilling, most bizarre "Tales from the Darkside" episode you never saw. It has a distinctly Japanese edge to it -- a little mythic, a lot grotesque. This story made me want to seek out more Japanese genre fiction.
I don't want to comment on every story, because I'd be here forever. Many of these (i.e. "The Distributor" by Richard Matheson) are classics I never knew about but see repeated everywhere now that I've read them. It's funny -- ever since reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" in this collection, I see references to it everywhere. Producers want scripts just like it. And if you think about it, that's exactly what half the Hollywood horror stories are like these days -- dealing with that limbo area surrounding death -- "Is he dead, does he know he's dead?," etc.
"The Pattern" by Ramsey Campbell is totally freaky. I mean, seriously. Don't read it in the dark when you're about to go to sleep in an otherwise empty apartment. Make sure someone's there with you. That's the most satisfaction I got from a horror story in 15 years. The only other time I was ever that scared was after I read "Children of the Corn" when I was 9 years old. This story can return you to that level of primal, irrational fear.
It's okay........2004-02-27
The worst thing here is having to read some of the authors' introductions. Not a few wax ABSOLUTELY lyrical about how great the story is that follows. The most laughable is F. Paul Wilson's introduction to The Distributor by Richard Matheson. At the end, Wilson talks again about the story: "Yeah, I know. Pretty damn unsettling." Was it? Was it? Wilson suggests that the story would still work today, if you substitute certain things with contemporary topics like incest/pedophilia -- I beg to differ. Nope, I am not immune to things like incest and/or pedophilia; certainly they are horrible things to happen to anyone. But, my point really is, it wouldn't work because this story, the way it's written is not terrifying at all. "This is one of the most effective uses of minimalist technique you'll ever see" Wilson adds. That's just plain exaggeration. I just found the whole effort by Matheson strained.
With regards to the book itself, there are a few interesting stories, but the rest of them are just not very good. Maybe due to the nature of these being short stories, the reader is often left unsatisfied. As I was with say "Opening the Door" and "The Rats in the Walls".
I don't think I'm some kind of horror genre hater, it's just that, I'd say such stories don't work for me anymore. I mean, I used to rent every tape of Creepshow available from the store, and watched the Twilight Zone more than I did homework. But that was when I was in my early teens. Now, it is rare that I don't find a horror story predictable/laughable/ridiculous.
The stories I've always liked here include "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Human Chair".
A MUST-HAVE!.......2003-01-30
This is a GREAT anthology. The best writers in Horror select their favorite horror stories. The best thing about that is they tell you why. It helps understand what to look for in a horror story, what makes one great, and why so much in horror is just dross. We see just how important Robert Bloch has been and, sadly, much of his work is out-of-print. Richard Matheson is here too, of course, and the story selected is one I wasn't familiar with. The classics are here too: The Tell-Tale Heart, Young Goodman Brown, and two from Lovecraft. The most interesting selection is The Human Chair by Edogawa Rampo, selected by Harlan Ellison.
good collection of influential short horror.......2002-08-27
"My Favorite Horror Story" is exactly what it says it is. A handful of today's better known horror authors, including the omnipresent Stephen King, and the slightly less inevitable Poppy Z. Brite ( I loved her introduction to Ramsey Campbell's "The Pattern." Very funny.) The main drawback to this book is that some of the stories have been very heavily anthologized, such as the two Lovecraft tales and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." And can anyone actually read "Young Goodman Brown" and not suffer horrible high-school flashbacks? That said, let us move on to the high points of the anthology. My three favorites would be the aforementioned "The Pattern," which is among Campbell's best work and is absolutely terrifying. I believe that Mr. Campbell has always done his best work in short fiction (with exceptions such as "The Parasite") and this story serves to reinforce my opinion. Look up his excellent short story collections "Waking Nightmares," and "Ghosts and Grisly Things" if you have an interest in his style. "The Father-Thing" by Philip K. Dick may seem to be out of place in a horror anthology at first, but after you read it, you may never look at your dad in the same way! Chilling. All of the late Mr. Dick's books come VERY highly recommended from me. "The Inner Room" by Robert Aickman may not seem to be as relentlessly horrifying as some of the other stories, but it has a way of nagging at your mind that leads to some very disturbing thoughts. Seek out "Cold Hand in Mine" which is lamentably out of print, for more work by this unsung hero of atmospheric, ghostly horror tales. All in all, this is quite a good collection. Every fan of horror will find something they like here.
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My Favorite Martian (Disney's Junior Novel)
Dona Smith
Manufacturer: Disney Pr (Juv Pap)
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All it takes is one bad night for hunter to become prey. When werewolf hunter Flanna McRae allows a single wolf to escape from her monthly hunt, the last thing she expects is for him to come after her.
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Werewolves & love & laughter - it has it all!.......2007-08-06
Usually it is my husband who reads books about werewolves and battles, but I couldn't put this down! There is lots of suspense. . .not to mention erotic scenes that are SO well written! I am hooked on Vivien Dean's books now - can't read them fast enough!
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Titles in this Volume_ Two-B.......2007-02-22
The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time: Titles as follows: SF Hall of Fame, The: Vol Two B
Asimov, Isaac Martian Way, The
Blish, James Earthman, Come Home
Budrys, Algis Rogue Moon - Psychological thriller
Cogswell, Theodore Spectre General, The
Forster, E.M. Machine Stops, The
Pohl, Frederik Midas Plague, The
Schmitz, James H. Witches of Karres, The
Sherred, T.L. E For Effort
Shiras, Wilmar H. In Hiding
Simak, Clifford D. Big Front Yard, The - a clever tale
Vance, Jack Moon Moth, The
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
A strange alien artifact is found on the moon. It is fascinating, and very, very lethal. It has been going through men's lives at a frightening rate, so a new technology to use facsimiles of people has been created, so they can go in, explore a little, die, and do it again.
One problem with this is those doing the exploring are very likely to go crazy.
A search is on for a man who can deal with the psychological stress of the project.
It also looks at their lives off this experiment and how they deal with that in the meantime.
OK, but not THAT great (but short so that redeems it a little).......2006-03-07
The premise is a phenomenon is found on the moon that is literally deadly to explore. However, the whole moon thing is really just a sidebar / vehicle for the story. The book is REALLY about the interaction of the characters and I found all of that to be a VERY heavy handed and obvious.
The dialog is so well written and the characters speak so well that _I_ don't know anyone that talks that way (so it's a little over the top), but they ARE pretty sentences. But it's not like I spent so much time with the characters to really care about them much.
The important part to me is that it was a short book that introduced a couple of intriguing concepts about the nature of man and what makes him unique.
If it had been a long book, I would have been annoyed that the whole thing on the moon was treated in such an abstract way (I wanted some meat about the device too but it's never delivered - like a book about cars that never actually talks about any cars - but it IS a short book and that's just not what the author wanted to cover). But the idea(s) the author bringings up are kind of interesting and I suspect they will float around in my brain for a while.
The other reviews made this book sound like a GREAT BOOK of classic status... Um maybe it was great stuff _when it was written in 1960_, but lots of good stuff has been written since then too.
For entertainment - 1 star
For future pondering - 3 stars
The answer is - 2 stars
"Time machine message to myself" - read it only since it's so short.
Sci-fi as a character study of men who live dangerously.......2004-07-04
During science fiction's Golden Age, it was almost taken for granted that the characters of sci-fi were the same characters found in fantasy: consummate wizards who could solve any problem, helpless damsels in distress, and intrepid heroes who could slay the toughest dragon. True, the wizard wore a lab coat rather than a pointed hat, and the hero flew a rocket ship instead of riding a white horse, but at essence, they were the same types: flat, flawless, and wholly unbelievable. Budrys explodes the myth in this painfully honest look at what drives the kind of man who would risk his life, and the lives of others, in the name of Science.
Dr Edward Hawks heads a project that, through the miracle of teleportation, puts men on the moon. He does this by transmitting taped copies of human beings across the void, where the men are then reconstructed alive from this data. Communication is handled by an inherent psychic link between the original and his copy. With unique insight, Budrys sees this journey as a one-way trip, since the men so sent are mere duplicates of their earth-side counterparts, with no lives of their very own to come back to. Thus Hawks' machine creates life, but it is life that has no real place in our world.
While exploring the moon, these doomed men have found an inexplicable artifact. Attempts to enter this structure and learn its secrets have always resulted in the demise of the explorer. And staying in constant contact with "themselves" as they die again and again has taken a tragic toll upon even the hardened military men whose avatars are doing the investigating. So Director of Personnel Vincent Connington chooses fearless tough guy adventurer Al Barker for the job. But how will Al react to not just facing death, but actually experiencing it, dying day after day? And what of his beautiful and flirtatious girlfriend Claire, whose coquettish ways threaten to undermine the entire project? If life is this cheap, then how valuable are relationships?
Originally published in the early sixties, perhaps in response to the Nedelin catastrophe in which 126 people were killed on a Soviet launch pad, this short but strangely gripping novel focuses on the people who undertake dangerous ventures, rather than on the science behind this sketchily-drawn quest. The point of view usually lies with Hawks, and his relationships with Al, whom he sends to his death on a daily basis, and Claire, who seems anxious to shatter his inscrutable composure. Fans of whiz-bang science fiction may be disappointed by the fairly weak and dated explanations of the science involved, and the fact that many of the more scientific questions remain unresolved at the end. But despite the outrageousness of the back story, this is a unique, gripping, and very hard-boiled book that takes a hard if somewhat simplistic look at what drives the people who do dangerous work.
Coulda'..Woulda'..Shoulda..'.......2002-06-03
Very, very interesting book. I like very hardboiled mystery books and got turned on to "Rogue Moon" by an intellectual hb mystery chat group I subscribe to. The SciFi premise of this book is highly original and very interesting...and also somewhat underdeveloped in the book. It's really a character study of a number of very unique and interesting characters. Just because I gave it four stars and not five doesn't mean that I don't recommend that you should read this book if you can find it...you definately should. Maybe you will feel like I did....what could have been one of the best books ever...what was is a really stimulating, mind-boggling and ultimately...a very good book. Find it, read it..and think about what could have been.
You may never have heard of this book........2000-10-30
This is a book you may never have heard of, which is a shame; it's an absolute diamond. First of all it's a book about people, the way they manipulate each other and allow themselves to be manipulated. It has a very worldly outlook for a book, which could easily appear to be a simple piece of pulp sci-fi. Most notable is that it is the first book I ever read which explained that a teleportation device is not a means of transport, but a means of killing someone and building a replacement of them in another location. The fact that it is an instrument of death is a theme that pervades the book. It's not quite Heart of Darkness, but it also offers an insight into the less pleasant motivations that can lead our actions. It won't take a long time to read, but I suspect you will want to read it again and again. It may indeed be pulp sci-fi, but I for one like pulp sci-fi, especially not when it is as engaging as this.
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Bess, a 14th century English peasant girl, leads a simple life until a reclusive baron marries her widowed mother, making Bess an unlikely noblewoman, though hardly a lady of leisure. When her stepfather dies, rundown Clarendon Keep becomes her responsibility. Savage mercenaries raid the castle and kidnap her mother, and Bess dons boy’s clothing and narrowly escapes, only to be captured by smugglers. Rhys, their tall, powerful, handsome leader is more man than Bess has ever known, and she falls helplessly in love with the fearsome, violent rogue. He awakens in her a fiery passion, and even his hard slaps to her backside fail to quell her lust. Her virgin body aches for his touch, and she needs his strength and courage to rescue her mother. Will the rogue succumb to youthful charm and help her, or deliver her to the evil lord who ordered the raid on her castle?
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Entertaining and Moving!.......2007-07-17
Set in an age of kings and castles, knights and nobility, peasants and wenches, 'Lady Faulcon's Rogue' is an immensely enjoyable tale of chivalry and adventure, intrigue and betrayal, romance and spanking.
Devlin O'Neill and Georgia Lynd weave a wonderful tale that will transport the reader to 14th century England where beautiful young Lady Bess Faulcon is forced to flee into the night after brigands raid the castle she and her mother now call home. But Lady Bess eludes her would be captors with a cunning and bravery not expected from an 18 year-old girl. Now a fugitive, she falls into the hands of Owen Rhys and his band of men. Is he a rogue who will ransom Lady Bess to the villian who raided her home or is he her savior who will reunite Bess with her mother who was snatched during the raid and is now being held prisoner?
This is the scenario presented by Mr. O'Neill and Ms. Lynd in a most satisfying and enjoyable manner. Adventure and romance will thrill the reader. Colorfully vivid characters will catch your imagination. And the spanking will make your pulse pound. Highly recommended, 'Lady Faulcon's Rogue' will provide the reader with an entertaining and moving experience.
This is the first collaboration between the two authors, who have since written a marvelous second novel, 'A Fine Deceit'. Here's hoping Devlin O'Neill and Georgia Lynd are busy creating a third.
Another great book by this author.......2007-05-25
I sat down a few nights ago and started to read this book. I couldn't put it down until I finished it. IT was a great story and so life like in all phases. I couldn't wait to read the next page to see what was going to happen to the heroine. Devlin has been a favoriate author of mine for a while and this book done with his co author is just another one in my collection. If you want to have a book that keeps you reading until the end buy this one!!! There is romance, fighting, a grand story set in castles and kingdoms. Keep up the great work Dev!!!
Good Co-authors.......2006-11-16
Devlin O'Neill has been one of my favorite authors from the Maid series and I absolutely loved this book that he cowrote with Georgina. With it being her first book it was very good. I couldn't tell what she wrote and what Devlin wrote. They make a good team on bodice rippers and hope they will write more together. They are both good authors and are in sync with each other.
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ROGUE MOON
Algis Budrys
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: B000GRPYWG |
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Rogue Moon
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday
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ASIN: B000HFXL2C |
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Rogue Moon
Manufacturer: Easton Press
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Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000CR4CFU |
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Rogue Moon
Aigis Budrys
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GRG4YI |
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The authors of the national bestseller
The Silver Palate Cookbook now bring their acclaimed gourmet style to graceful entertaining at home. In
The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins make the entire year a celebration of good food, good friends, and good times, as they offer menus, suggestions, and strategies. More than 450 new recipes have been developed especially for this collection.All add to the joyfulness of the rapidly growing Silver Palate legend: there are glorious soups, savory entrees, vegetables, salads, cheese, souffles, and showstopping, just-right desserts.
As warmly inviting as the most rousing party, the pages of
The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook abound with winsome line illustrations, pertinent quotations, unusual ideas—and with dishes including Cajun Chicken Morsels, Duck and Dandelion Green Salad, Pesto Fondue, Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers, and more. The excitement begins in spring and continues right through to winter, with a lavish Christmas Goose accompanied by Scalloped Oysters and Baked Kumquats. The good times are here, with the compliments of The Silver Palate.
Customer Reviews:
Silver palate good times.......2007-06-12
Gives recipes by the season - Recognizes the Holidays in Calender order and gives ideas and recipes for entertaining, picnicing, and general cooking. Makes the most of what is in season at the time.
Retail price on this book was $19.95 in 1985 (1st edition)!!
Anytime is a good time for this food lovers cookbook........2007-03-05
Food is my passion. I love nothing better than thinking about it; shopping for it in big open markets; preparing it; serving it to others; eating it myself; writing about it and reading inspired cookbooks. Alas, too few cookbooks are inspired and fewer still fire my enthusiasm like the first pair written by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins.
The original "Silver Palate" and this "Good Times Cookbook" are my kitchen bibles, along with Mark Bittman's "The Best Recipes In The World."
"Good Times" is an essential culinary reference for anyone who delights in celebrating the seasons with good food, thoughtfully prepared. Long before "eating in season" became the foodie anthem, Rosso and Lukins theme-inspired-menus for "Rainy Day & Sundays;" "Siestas, Sunsets and Stargazing" and "Daffodil Weekend," gamely encouraged us to do just that.
How better to celebrate Halloween than with smoky pumpkin soup and Old Fashion carmelcorn? Mother's Day is the perfect excuse to whip up lemon chicken. Bring in the New Year with a golden caviar soufflé. Mark your favorite winter holiday with Christmas goose, three onion casserole and baked kumquats and parsnips. There are thousands of other holiday cookbooks out there, but none as original, inspiring and downright do-able as "Good Times."
I agree, one of the best cookbooks in print........2005-08-04
Just for three or four of the recipes alone it's worth it, but overall the blueprints of all content for various occasions bring uncomplicated flare and quality to the kitchen. A kitchen must-have.
One of the best cookbooks in print.......2002-12-15
The follow up to the Silver Palate Cookbook in some ways even exceeds its predecessor. All recipes are organized by season, focusing on the best quality ingredients available. Truly a great cookbook.
My favorite cookbook.......2002-12-12
This is the most used book in my kitchen. I love the seasonal approach, and always look at the book for dinner and entertaining ideas at the start of each season.
Some of my favorites are Bobbies Roast Chicken (ginger, mustard, lemon, mmmm!), June's Apple Crisp, some of the unusual and festive winter vegetables dishes (how about Brussels sprouts with maple and walnut vinaigrette or the Ruby Radishes?).
Christmas is very special indeed with the Red and Green Christmas Salad (spinach, avocado and pomegranates) with Warm Champagne Vinegar Dressing.
Buy it, you will feel inspired to be more creative with your cooking!
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