Geronimo Rex

Book Description

Geronimo Rex, Barry Hannah's brilliant first novel, which was nominated for the National Book Award, is full of the rare verve and flawless turns of phrase that have defined his status as an American master. Roiling with love and torment, lunacy and desire, hilarity and tenderness, Geronimo Rex is the bildungsroman of an unlikely hero. Reared in gloomy Dream of Pines, Louisiana, whose pines have long since yielded to paper mills, Harry Monroe is ready to take on the world. Inspired by the great Geronimo's heroic rampage through the Old West, Harry puts on knee boots and a scarf and voyages out into the swamp of adolescence in the South of the 1950s and '60s. Along the way he is attacked by an unruly peacock; discovers women, rock 'n' roll, and jazz; and stalks a pervert white supremacist who fancies himself the next Henry Miller.

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strangely compelling.......2000-12-02

Barry Hannah is the most successful graduate of the English Department at Mississippi College, however, you will be hard-pressed to find his name mentioned there today. The main reason is this book. This book is largely an autobiography of Hannah, and who knows how much of it is true? The college in the book is Mississippi College, and Hannah's criticisms are honest and embellishing, as are the other observations that he makes in this journey of a book. Geronimo Rex is strangely compelling, and Hannah pulled me right into his head as he tells this story of growing up in the world. Good book, and a must read for anyone from Mississippi College.

What a find!.......2000-10-27

I am not a student of fiction (though I am an avid reader), but I have rarely enjoyed a book so much as Hannah's Geronimo Rex. His ability for phrasing is unbelieveable (limp, like a wet shoelace draped over a fence) and his ability to mesmerize you with his characters' thoughts made this book one of the best I've ever picked up.

Barry Hannah's Ham on Rye.......1999-03-09

This is Barry Hannah's coming of age novel and it is quite fine. The prose is more straigtforward, more traditional than most of his other stuff. It was his first novel and should not be missed by anyone who loves his work.

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Geronimo Rex

Manufacturer: Penguin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H1HRUI

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Geronimo Rex
BARRY HANNAH
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIYJ3M

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It all began in 1946, when the bizarre, gene-altering Â³Wild CardsÂ² virus was unleashed in the skies over New York City. A virus that created superpowered Aces and bizarre, disfigured Jokers. Now, thirty years later, the victims face a new nightmare. From the far reaches of space comes The Swarm, a deadly menace that could very well destroy the planet. Putting aside their hatred and mistrust, Aces and Jokers must form an uneasy alliance and prepare for a battle they must not lose. . . .

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Super Reader.......2007-08-01

Aces High is a high class, and high up restaurant catering to the Aces, the Wild Card victims with powers. It is expensive and snooty, run by one of their own, a man named Hiram Worchester, who has the ability to control weight.

The Aces have two serious problems in this book, and the stories all relate to these somehow, the menace of the alien Swarm, and the crazy black magic style power use of the Astronomer, a geeky crazed black magician type.

The other memorable nasty, Demise, with his death gaze and regeneration abilities, also is introduced in "If Looks Could Kill".

Wild Cards 02 : 01 Pennies from Hell - Lewis Shiner
Wild Cards 02 : 02 Jube: One - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 03 Unto the Sixth Generation: Prologue - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 02 : 04 Jube: Two - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 05 Ashes to Ashes - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 02 : 06 Unto the Sixth Generation: Part One - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 02 : 07 Unto the Sixth Generation: Part Two - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 02 : 08 Jube: Three - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 09 If Looks Could Kill - Walton Simons
Wild Cards 02 : 10 Jube: Four - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 11 Unto the Sixth Generation: Epilogue - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 02 : 12 Winter's Chill - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 13 Jube: Five - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 14 Relative Difficulties - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 02 : 15 With a Little Help From His Friends - Victor Milán
Wild Cards 02 : 16 Jube: Six - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 02 : 17 By Lost Ways - Pat Cadigan
Wild Cards 02 : 18 Mr. Koyama's Comet - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 02 : 19 Half Past Dead - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 02 : 20 Jube: Seven - George R. R. Martin

Fortunato meets a nice girl to go along with his geisha collection, but his pursuit of the Masons through rare coins has terrible consequences.

5 out of 5

Walrus boy ain't what he seems.

4 out of 5

An ally makes a desperate teleportation attempt to warn Jube of the Swarm.

4 out of 5

The death of his alien ally and the loss of the singularity shifter and a garbled message of warning distracts Jube from the xmas cheer.

4 out of 5

The death of his alien ally and the loss of the singularity shifter and a garbled message of warning distracts Jube from the xmas cheer.

4 out of 5

Jube hires Croyd to find the alien corpse, and anything with it. Devil John biffo.

4 out of 5

Modular Man made, Swarm invade.

4 out of 5

Singularity shifting. Don't try and mind-control androids.

3.5 out of 5

When Jube realises his ally meant the Swarm, he knows he needs the power of the Singularity Shifter rather more urgently.

3.5 out of 5

Astronomer hires Demise eyes.

4.5 out of 5

Jube enlists the transparent infobroker.

3 out of 5

Punks find Shifter.

2.5 out of 5

Girl shy Turtle.

4.5 out of 5

Astronomer, Swarm, Takisians all prove to be a little overwhelming.

3 out of 5

Captain Trips drops back in, as Tachyon's relatives show bad timing, capture them, Turtle, and others.

5 out of 5

Tachyon and Trips vs Takisians and Swarm for the fate of the world.

5 out of 5

On the Mason trail.

3 out of 5

Astronomer has hostages and Shakhti machine, but the Aces rally for a raid.

4 out of 5

Swarm sighting.

3 out of 5

Yeoman finds the Singularity Shifter while taking out Egrets. When Tachyon learns of this, he has a plan to take the fight to the Swarm.

5 out of 5

Jube tells Red about some aliens and decides his allegiances are local.

3.5 out of 5

A Great Installment.......2006-02-23

A great installment in the Wild Cards universe. An alien swarm is headed on a collision course with earth and the Aces must unite to fight the impending doom of the world. However, "the Astronomer" - a super-villain- is trying to stop the heroes, and employs any devious methods to reach his ends... There are new characters presented such as Demise - who can look in your eyes forcing you to relive his death, and thus die yourself...and Jube, the walrus-like newspaper salesman with bad taste in jokes and equally bad fashion sense... who knows what motives he has?

This is a great story, and I can't help but think that the wild cards would make an excellent series on the sci-fi channel.
I look forward to the next episode!

Relic113

Excellent addition to the series.......2005-11-03

This is the second book in the Wildcards series. This book focuses on the lives of many of the aces of the wildcards universe, with the main unifying plot of the stories being the threat of an alien invasion.

Aces High is a more focused book, dealing with a smaller group of aces and returning to them more often rather than the sampler that the first book was. Many of the favorites return; Fortunato, Dr. Tachyon, The Great and Powerful Turtle, but there are some really nasty villians that appear in this book, as well. The villians are not nice people, so be warned, but they are interesting characters. The leader is pretty much evil to the core, but his hirelings are much more human, each with their own motivations which are explained pretty well in the book. They aren't all evil; many are just looking to get ahead and backing the team that they think will win. Well, and perhaps are a bit more accepting of the "win at any cost" mentality.

I can't think of a story I didn't enjoy in this book, either. All were well written, and were tied together well. I think my favorite story may have been the exploits of Modular Man, but Captain Tripps is a very interesting character as well. I hope to see more of them in future books.

So far, it seems that these books should be read in order, so if you skip Wildcards 1 and start here, you may be lost. Just a word of warning, since I know the books can be hard to find.
I recommend this book to all Wildcards fans and any superhero fan that has not read this series yet is doing themselves a disservice.

Deal out another hand in a fantastic Sci-Fi series..........2004-04-05

The continuing short story collection set in the shared world as introduced in 'Wild Cards,' this is the continuing stories of those Aces and Jokers (and sometimes plain old natural humans) in the fallout of the genetic Wild Card virus. We're in the eighties now, and a new menace looms on the horizon - a dark alien organism is on its way, and the Swarm Mother sends terrible creatures down to attack earth in many places - and who else can stop them but the super-powered Aces?

The nice thing is the story-arc merely starts with the swarm assault, and from there, the weaving in of new and old characters is superb. We revisit some of the best characters from the first volume (The Great and Powerful Turtle is my favourite so far), and the story of the Swarm Mother certainly doesn't end in that single attack. This is solid stuff, and very well organized to say that it's a shared world.

Now I've ordered book three in with the last of my online gift certificates, and hope it arrives soon! Nothing quite like a new literary addiction.

'Nathan

A Royal Flush.......2001-08-28

Over a dozen years ago I received the first two Wild Cards books as a birthday present. I read the first one, enjoyed it, but wasn't so sure about the series. But I already had the second one, so I might as well give it a shot, right? What a difference a second chance made.

Wild Cards Volume 2 (Aces High) is, for me, where the Wild Cards series really began. Unlike the first book, which is a series of introductory and mostly unconnected plots, this one features several central plotlines as the storylines all begin to converge. An alien race known as the Swarm is heading for Earth. The Astronomer, leader of the Masons, is preparing for his own conquest. And when one of your greatest defenders is a pimp whose powers only activate when he engages in tantric sex, well, you're in big trouble.

There's so much great stuff in this book it's hard to leave any of it out. Lewis Shiner's "Pennies from Heaven" establishes the Astronomer as a real threat, setting the stage for both this and the next book. Walter Jon Williams's "Unto the Sixth Generation" is one of the cornerstones of the book, both introducing the Swarm into the Wild Cards universe, as well as Williams's robotic hero Modular Man. Several other stories introduce new, very-long-running characters; Walton Simons's "If Looks Could Kill" brings aboard the very dangerous James Spector (aka Demise). "By Lost Ways" has Pat Cadigan bring aboard Jane Dow, the Water Lily who really would be happy to just slink into the background and whose story is more important than one might think at first... Last but not least, George R.R. Martin's "Jube" story twists and turns its way through the book, uniting the short stories almost effortlessly.

Old favorites still abound, of course. Roger Zelazny's "Ashes to Ashes" is a hysterical romp through Jokertown as the ever-unpredictable Croyd tries to go on a simple seek-and-locate mission with predictably disastrous results. George R.R. Martin's "Winter's Chill" has Tom Tudbury discover that being an Ace doesn't make your life great at all; in fact, sometimes it can downright ruin it. Melinda M. Snodgrass and Victor Milan coordinate their stories "Relative Difficulties" and "With A Little Help From His Friends" as Dr. Tachyon and Dr. Trips have to join forces (not once but twice) to deal with Tachyon's not-very-happy relations. John J. Miller's "Half Past Dead" is both an epilogue to the Swarm story as well as continuing the story of Yeoman.

There are very, very few books in the Wild Cards series where every single story hits a home run, but this is one of them (the next book, Jokers Wild, also manages to do this). If you were on the fence after the first book, trust me--this is the one you definitely can't miss.

Book Description

The third book in an exciting and inspiring new series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Only one girl will be chosen....

In the year since Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel joined Rachel Jackson's church youth group, the four best friends have bonded over boys, pitched in on community projects, and shared their deepest secrets. There's nothing they don't know about each other -- or is there? When a special guest arrives at Rachel's group and announces auditions for a television talk show, the girls will come to know a side of each other they never knew existed. And they may not like what they see.

Will the four friends become enemies?

The race to find the perfect host for KRCP's Teen Talks is heating up -- the competition is fierce, and so are the lies the girlfriends tell about each other in order to win the coveted spot. But more painful than any lies they can concoct is the cold, hard truth: none of them will reach their ultimate dreams if cutting each other down is how they choose to get ahead. Is winning a place in the spotlight worth losing their friendship?

Includes a reader's group guide!

Be sure to read the previous novels in ReShonda Tate Billingsley's fresh and fun series that looks at the Ten Commandments in a whole new light: Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise -- now available!

ReShonda Tate Billingsley is a general assignment reporter for KRIV-TV, the Fox affiliate in Houston, Texas. She is the author of the nonfiction book Help! I've Turned Into My Mother! and three previous adult novels: My Brother's Keeper, for which she received the prestigious Gold Pen Award for Best New Author from the Black Writer's Alliance and the Nova Lee Nation Award from the Greater Dallas Writing Association; the national bestseller Let the Church Say Amen, chosen for Library Journal's Best of 2004 list for Christian fiction; and I Know I've Been Changed, a Main Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club. Her previous Christian teen novels are Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise, both available from Pocket Books. She is also a contributor to the story anthology Have a Little Faith. Visit her website at www.reshondatatebillingsley.com.

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The New and Improved Babysitters Club or SweetValley High.......2007-07-23

APOOO Rating: 4

With Friends Like These is the third book in a series of young adult books by ReShonda Tate Billingsley. Billingsley presents characters Alexis, Camille, Jessica, and Angel that have joined together to create the church youth group, the Good Girlz. When Rachel, the group's founder, introduces a new member to the group, as well as presents the girls with an opportunity for one of them to host the new talk show Teen Talks, trouble is definitely in the future for the girls.

In the midst of the competition for the spot as talk show host, the girls start to realize that they do not know as much about each other as they thought. Issues such as interracial relationships, teenage boosters, and divorce are addressed in this compelling book.

Billingsley does a great job bringing the characters to life. She creates a storyline that is full of insight into what the youth of today are really going through. It is the new and improved Babysitters Club or SweetValley High. I highly recommend this for young girls of today.

Donnica Copeland
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What About Your Friends?.......2007-07-11

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE is the third installment in Reshonda Tate Billingsley's young adult series featuring Camille, Jasmine, Alexis, and Angel. This time around the girls are also joined by Tameka, Rachel's niece. In the novel, the girls are all trying to win a position as the hostess of a new show called Teen Talks. The competition amongst them is fierce and some are willing to do whatever it takes to get the job; even if it means double-crossing their friends. Lying and stealing are only part of the plan to make sure the position belongs to them. Along the way, they are forced to question whether or not the bond they share is real and will last once the contest is over.

Not only does Billingsley address friendship in this novel, she also explores dating relationships. Camille meets a young man with whom she quickly becomes involved. Yet, just when she thinks things are going great she receives opposition from his mother and surprisingly from another source who she thought would always support her. Not only that, someone from Camille's past returns only to escalate the drama in her relationship. Alexis is also involved in a relationship with an unlikely character. When her relationship ends, there is a chance that one of her friendships might come to an end too.

The third installment in Billingsley's series is another well-written novel meant to teach lessons about friendship and loyalty. Once again she brings her characters to life, placing them in situations that allow her to use the Ten Commandments and a biblical background to teach without being preachy. Teens are not the only ones who will enjoy this novel though; it's entertaining for readers of all ages. WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE has a well-developed plot with intriguing twists and turns the reader will not expect. If you enjoy novels that make you laugh, pull you into the characters' lives, make you shake your head in disgust, and teach you a lesson all at the same time, this is the book for you. Also, if you're looking for a book to read with your child, then pick this one up. You might even want to check out the first two books in the series, Nothing But Drama and Blessings in Disguise.

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With Friends Like These...: An Amanda Pepper Mystery

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Designed To Make The Reader Feel Good
A Must Read Book!!!!
Ah, the Amanda Pepper I remember fondly!

With Friends Like These...: An Amanda Pepper Mystery
Gillian Roberts
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Mystery | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0345377834
Release Date: 1993-06-29

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"Gillian Roberts is a mystery reader's dream come true." Lia Matera
By the Anthony Award-winning author of "I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia," another Amanda Pepper mystery. Well-known Broadway playwright and TV producer Lyle Zacharias is throwing himself a lavish birthday party in his hometown of Philadelphia. Guests include his current wife, ex-wives, friends, former partners -- not to mention Amanda Pepper and her own irrepressible mother, Bea. Yet when Lyle drops dead in the middle of a speech, it appears the likely perpetrator is none other than Bea, whose gift was fifty delicious, but apparently poisoned, tarts!
It's up to Amanda to clear her mother's name and find the real murderer . . . before he or she strikes again! But Amanda herself may be the next target! Who says teaching isn't exciting? With any more excitement, Amanda will have to retire before she hits thirty-one . . . if she lives that long!

From the Paperback edition.

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Designed To Make The Reader Feel Good.......2002-07-13

Broadway playwright and TV producer Lyle Zacharias drops dead at his own birthday party. Amanda's mother Bea becomes the prime suspect after the police realize that Bea made the poisoned tarts which caused Lyle's untimely death. Amanda's big task now is to prove her mother's innocence by solving the case. WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE is a mystery story designed to make the reader feel good.

A Must Read Book!!!!.......1999-03-11

This is a truly great book. A little bit of mystery and a whole lot of fun. Amanda Pepper and crew are so funny. The whole series is wonderful and this is one of the best.

Ah, the Amanda Pepper I remember fondly!.......1998-12-11

With Friends Like These is a return to the Amanda Pepper I became enchanted with, the wonderful mystery series, not the heavy handed social commentary of How I Spent My Summer Vacation.

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12 excellent short stories

With Friends Like These...
Alan Dean Foster
Manufacturer: Del Rey
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

General | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

Short Stories | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0345323904
Release Date: 1984-11-12

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Willie Whitehorse could have been just another boozed-up guitarist, if it hadn't been for his songs. Somehow they were different -- they reached out and grabbed people's souls. Now agent Sam Parker wanted a piece of the action. But when he had it, Sam knew he'd made a terrible mistake...a mistake it was much too late to correct...

With Friends Like These...

The aliens had returned to Earth after centuries because they needed allies. But after hundreds of years, they had no idea what they would be getting the universe into...and they soon found out!

Dream Done Green

Pericles was a poet and a genius, who also happened to be a horse!

Why Johnny Can't Speed

A father could teach his son a lot of important things, but combat on the freeways wasn't one of them...not when the kid was eighteen and too full of himself to survive. But revenge did have its compensations!

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12 excellent short stories.......2002-04-11

Few of the stories herein are set in the (currently) known Humanx Commonwealth, and Pip and Flinx do not appear. Don't let that distract you; this is good stuff.

"Dream Done Green" (1974) Far in the future, humanity has spread across the galaxy, dragging other species in its wake. To use another author's term, many (possibly all) of the other surviving animal species once native to Earth have been 'uplifted' to become sapient. The stallion Pericles is not content with the lot of the 'mals', however. He approaches rich, bored young Casperdan on the day before she comes of age, to persuade her to help him make his dream a reality - a life's work. See if you can figure out the details of his dream before the author reveals them.

"The Emoman" (1972) The 'emoman' in question deals in mysterious drugs - the buyer asks for a particular emotion and gets it. Although his full name isn't given in the story, Sawbill the emoman is Sawbill September, brother of Skua September.

"The Empire of T'ang Lang" (1973) A day in the life (and from the perspective) of the warrior T'ang Lang - have fun identifying the various species and objects he encounters. (T'ang Lang himself is a cat, incidentally.)

"He" (1976) A *really* big sea monster (Foster considers Jaws a minnow by comparison). :)

"A Miracle of Small Fishes" (1974) Reminds me of Hemingway's _The Old Man and the Sea_. Josefa prays for her grandfather to make one last good catch of sardines before the cough takes him - but in this day and age, the sardine schools are manipulated by controlled releases of nutrients, and are intercepted far north of Josefa's hometown...

"Polonaise" (1975) An alternate history, in which Poland was not partitioned in 1772, but rose to become a great world power, lending assistance to the American Revolutionary War.

"Some Notes Concerning a Green Box" (1971) Foster's first professional sale, originally just a Lovecraftian fan letter to August Derleth.

"Space Opera" (1973) Captain Cleve has been ordered to take a major newscaster along on the first mission to contact an alien race - and fears that the mission may be jeopardized for the sake of ratings.

"Why Johnny Can't Speed" (1971) What if Congress opted to pay for a nationwide mass transit system by eliminating highway patrols, and the Supreme Court ruled that attempts to regulate interstate highway systems were in violation of the 1st Amendment? Machine guns and rocket launchers built into cars, that's what. Frank Irwin, learning of the death of his only son in a lane change dispute, prepares to exact payback.

"With Friends Like These" (1971) The Yops, who prey on all other species for food, have driven the remaining strength of the united galaxy to violate the Edict forbidding contact with the most feared race in known space, left trapped on their own planet for centuries: the humans of Earth.

IRRELEVANT NOTE: The paperback edition's Michael Whelan cover painting, taken from the title story (introducing the alien visitors to chocolate chip cookies and ice cream), includes a self-portrait of the artist.

"Wolfstroker" (1977) "Sam Parker...was an agent. Not undercover, but theatrical, which was harder on body and soul." After a disastrous incident with a talent who worked with trained dogs, Sam is due for luck - and finds it, in the form of Willie Whitehorse, who can play his audience's emotions as he plays his guitar.

"Ye Who Would Sing" (1976) Caitland, having just killed a man for his employers, crashes in an isolated forest - the only place anywhere on Chee, or anywhere else, that more than four of its priceless chimer trees still sing. But Katie, the solitary woman studying the trees who rescues him from the wreck, must be crazy - she hasn't staked a claim or sold a single seedling.

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"Your destroyers and those who lay you waste shall come forth from your midst."

With Friends Like These: The Jewish Critics of Israel

Manufacturer: S.P.I. Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1561710563

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"Your destroyers and those who lay you waste shall come forth from your midst.".......2007-10-07

Last year during the Israel-Hezbullah War, after Hezbullah had attcked Israel from Lebanon, and while Jewish children were hiding terrified in bomb shelters, something was done in South Africa that really revolted me.

A group of about 40 'South Africans of Jewish descent': mainly academics, media people and partisans of the ruling Marxist-Leninist ANC signed a petition in the country's major newspapers, viciously condemmning Israel, acusing her of war crimes and genocide and muttering dark threats that support for Israel threatened the moral and physical survival of the Jewish people.
The phenomenon of Jews who side with Israel's genocidal enemies has been with us for decades, but these characters have become particularly brazen and vicious since Arafat launched the simultaneous propaganda and terror war against Israel in September, 2000.

This book was first published 7 years before the Rosh ha Shana War that I have mentioned, at a time when fewer Jews where willing to denounce Israel in the vicious and genoicdal terms that we are observing today.

Then it was the PLO that they expressed such overt sympathy and support for. Today it is Hamas, Hezbullah and the Ahmadinejad and Assad regimes in Iran and Syria.

This book deals with both murderous Israel-haters like Noam Chomsky who make their desire for the destruction of Israel and their support for the PLO (now Hamas, Hezbullah, Iran and Syria) quite clear, and also
with Jews like Thomas Friedman and Anthony Lewis who believe that they must be cruel to ber kind to Israel, and that supporting pressure on Israel is a necesary prelude to peace or at least the "purification' of Israel's soul".
As Alexander points out: ' Jews who sympathize with the aimes of the PLO are few in number, but exercise a tyranny over the majority in the prominence they command in public discourse and in their influence on public decisions.
The ease with which such "display Jews" vault to international prominence is not hard to explain. They are like the proverbial dog dancing on hind legs. It is not done well, but people are surprised to find it done at all. Surprise guarantees attention.'
Observing that these so-clled critics aim to play the role of Biblical prophets "it is the aim of thios book to strip away these long robes and reveal the naked hatred and self-love they often feel".
In the introduction the editor refers to the story by the Yiddish writer IL Peretz called "The Shabbos Goy". The story concerns a Chelm Rabbi adept at explaining away the brutality of a non-Jewish servant towards a Jew named Yankele. The Rabbi eventually concludes that Yankele's very existance and preference of living over dying is a provocation to murder. He banishes Yankele from the town and increases the raise and liquor rations of the gentile servant.
Referring to diaspora Jews who say that Israel must dissapear because it is an embarassment to them in their circles (Tony Judt comes to mind) Alexander concludes with reference to "The Shabbos Goy": "We will not consent that Yankele should be asked to leave Zion just so that his co-religionists should be at ease in exile."
In the chapter entitled "anti-Semitism Israeli-style" Edward Alexander refers to the repulsive and evil strategy of transforming, in the popular imagination, "Jews into Nazis and Arabs into Jews".
He refers to the resentment by Palestinian Arabs 'that Jews should monopolize all that beautiful holocaust suffering which they would very much like, ex post facto, to share. Freud spoke of a scikness he called "penis envy". Palestinian Arabs suffer from what might be called "Holocaust envy", a feeling so strong that it prevents them from seeing that their compulsive desire to appropriate a history that is not their own is itself powerful proof of just how contrived and artificial is the Palestinian sense of national identity. A movement that can concieve of itself only as a mirror of it's Jewish enemy is an anti-nation that deserves it's whole purpose and meaning from the desire to destroy a living nation'.
One of the contributors to this digest, David Bar-Illan, demolishes the myths by anti-zionist American journalist and pro-Arab propagandist Milton Viorst., while Werner Cohn reveals in the "The Hidden Alliances of Noam Chomsky", Chomsky's close association with Neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers, in his vicious jihad against Israel. Usually left-wingers are very sensitive about Neo-Nazis, but they will mkake an aception for their idol and ideological mentor Noam Chomsky.
Cohn quotes Chomsky who wrote the following:
"I see no anti-Semitic implications in denial of the gas chambers or even denial of the Holocaust.
The editor even reveals how pro-Arab and anti-Israel Jewish propagandists like Israel Shahak and Michael Lerner have been praised by the USA's top Neo-Nazi and rightwing anti-Semite Pat Buchanan.
The contributors to this book demolish the myths put forward by Jewish anti-Zionists, exposing them as the moral charlatans and hate-mongers that they are, and blow away the covers that tehy use to concela their cowardice.
The editor quotes Isaiah's warning that "Your destroyers and those who lay you waste shall come forth from your midst."

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With Writers Like These ...
Hugely entertaining, savvy thriller.

With Friends Like These
Nicholas Coleridge
Manufacturer: Orion mass market paperback
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0752809474

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With Writers Like These ..........1999-10-16

... who needs books? A complete waste of a novel that stretches the credulity of even the lowliest reader (which I consider myself). Would you believe ... that you can see into the back seats of limos? that the cops would not check the answering machine? ... that the secretary just HAPPENS to be the goddaughter of a suspect? that the hero progressively falls more and more in love with the victim after her death (from afternoon rollerblading dates to "the love of my life)? There's more that left me shaking my head in disbelief, but it's integral for what passes for a a plot in this ego-driven mess. The name-dropping and product-dropping isn't even interesting, effective or even accurate. I only kept reading to see how bad it would get.

Hugely entertaining, savvy thriller........1998-03-05

I thoroughly enjoyed Nicholas Coleridge's literate thriller. It's beautifully written, with rarely a slack section. Coleridge displays awesome insider's knowledge of the publishing and fashion industries, and his action scenes similarly reveal detailed familiarity with locales in Europe, New York and Hong Kong. No wonder. The author is a well-traveled writer whose previous books dealt with the fashion industry, and international publishing tycoons. "With Friends Like These" is an immensely enjoyable book, with enough action and romance, and suspense, to make it a page-turner.

With Friends Like These: A Selective History fo the Ryder Cup

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With Friends Like These: A Selective History fo the Ryder Cup
Martin Vousden
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Book Group
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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE: AN AMANDA PEPPER MYSTERY

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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?

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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
Angela Shelf Medearis
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With Friends Like These...: Marxism and Gay Politics (Listen Up!)

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With Friends Like These...: Marxism and Gay Politics (Listen Up!)
Simon Edge
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5 Titles By Alan Dean Foster : Icerigger - Flinx in Flux- Cachalot - Midworld - With Friends Like These...

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5 Titles By Alan Dean Foster : Icerigger - Flinx in Flux- Cachalot - Midworld - With Friends Like These...
Alan Dean Foster
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Great book

Photos would have been nice...

very good recipes

An average guy

Dana is the best!!

Dana Carpender's Every Calorie Counts Cookbook: 500 Great-Tasting, Sugar-Free, Low-Calorie Recipes that the Whole Family Will Love
Dana Carpender
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Dieters everywhere are realizing that weight loss is a simple equation: You have to burn more calories than you take in. Pretty simple, right? You just eat fewer calories. The problem is, most low-calorie cookbooks cut calories by cutting fat, which also means they cut nutrients and flavor! They also fill you up with unhealthy carbohydrates like sugar and white flour. No more! Dana Carpender comes to the rescue with 500 delicious and healthy low-calorie recipes that include healthy fats like olive oil and nuts and healthy carbs like brown rice and whole-wheat bread. It's the best of both worlds, and the healthiest diet imaginable, because every calorie counts in terms of nutrition. There are no empty calories from fillers with no nutritional value. These recipes are delicious and healthy and will help you lose weight for good.

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Great book.......2007-09-18

Dana writes the most useful cookbooks - no pictures but the recipes are easy and delicious.

Photos would have been nice..........2007-08-26

Its ok. The main reason I got this cookbook, based on the title, is to avoid excessive sugar, or, hopefully, to cut it out completely. The cookbook offers carbs and useable carbs, as a total, but doesn't list sugars specifically. Also, I would have prefered some photos. Its functional, I would go to this book with a mission or a plan. Its not something I will leisurely look through for ideas.

very good recipes.......2007-07-27

I am currently on a super low calorie diet when I get off of that this should be very useful in keeping it off

An average guy.......2007-06-16

While there is some useful nutritional information in this book, I think that the book is misleading in several ways and I don't think it was worth the purchase.

It's misleading to title it "every calorie counts" and then tell the reader she in not counting the calories from sugar alcohols used to replace the sugar in many recipes. She claims there is no reliable way to count those calories yet those calories are routinely listed on food labels and the product labels of the sugar alcohol manufacturers.

It's also misleading to say there are 500 recipes in the book when many are but small moderations of one master recipe. Do readers really need 6 variations of the cauliflower "mashed potatoes" recipe or 11 variations of the cauliflower rice recipe? It also annoys me that she only included a few baked goods recipes when her previous books had more of them.

Further, the book claims that these are recipes "the whole family will love"; yet many of the recipes are not just not mainstream. Do kids really love roasted turnips or cumin mushrooms (or the 6 variations on it)?

If you are a low carber or if you have a family to feed and are looking for ways to replace mainstream recipes with healthier alternatives, I think there are better and more creative mainstream books out there, even some of Dana's previous books. I just wanted to post this review because I want others to be aware of what I consider to be shortcomings in this book. I have returned my copy.

Dana is the best!!.......2007-05-27

Every cookbook author should read her books. She has a down to earth, easy to understand style that makes it seem as if she is just your friend or neighbor sharing her recipes with you. I own nearly every book she has written already and plan to buy the rest as soon as my social security check arrives. I have also purchased them all for my daugher and her husband, avid low carbers as well.

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