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A friend has asked working-class mother and housecleaner Lois Meade to help crack a case. It looks like the handsome new choirmaster may have been poisoned. Soon, Lois finds herself untangling a web of secrets, bigotry, and intrigue-and can't let the culprits get away clean.
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lois meade mysteries.......2007-01-12
enjoyed this book. recommend this book to anyone who loves mysteries
Love this series!.......2006-08-19
I love this series. I look forward to each new book and eagerly devour it when it arrives. I do have a penchant for English murder mysteries, and I suppose these remind me of when I first discovered the genre.
Not the best in my opinion.......2005-07-27
I had preordered this book after reading all the other books in the series, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Couldn't wait for "Theft on Thursday" - but I was disappointed. It just didn't hold my interest like the other three. Too disconnected with people jumping from satanism, the KKK, taking old medications and getting sick or dying.
Gran was the best of the lot. Not too many redeeming qualities in most of the other charaters. It's hold no interest to me that the author is trying to somehow romantically connect Inspector Cowgill with Mrs. Meade - it would be just as interesting without that. I like to see young people respecting one another (at least some of them) and not jumping in to bed as if that is the thing to do. I know it's the norm in this world - but in my opinion that doesn't make it right and I don't care to read about it.
I'd much prefer a good "old fashioned" cozy and clean mystery. One I can get lost in reading and feel like I haven't wasted my time waiting for it to get better. Sorry, I hope if there's a next one it's a 5 star. Bascially I like Mrs. Meade and her "New Brooms" brood. Also, this book let too many years go by between events in the village. I was surprised that all the main characters had changed so much.
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Theft on Thursday
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They were the Finest Creations - mystically forged creatures of perfection sent by the creators to aid the Fallen (mankind) during their mortal existence.Though they resemble ordinary horses they are highly intelligent, capable of communicating telepathically and completely moral. They are assigned to bond with individuals of great potential and then protect them from harm while guiding them along a path of virtue.This is as it has been for years unto creation .... but when a young Finest is separated from its mentor before it has been invested with its assignment, the result of an ambush by evil forces bent on corrupting men, the young equine accepts the charge of two orphans to its care not realizing that man's potential may rest in their future...... And that the path forward is already being diverted by an evil mastermind whose manipulation of court politics and affairs of state might instigate a new dark age upon the light of civilization.The Finest Series combines elements of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series with C.S.Lewis's Narnia for an inspiring tale of mystical intrigue and the crucible of morality for mankind.
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I've read better fanfiction..........2005-11-29
I couldn't believe this got published, and then I read who the author's friends were...
Has a HUGE show don't tell problem, flat, unengaging characters, and a boring, predictable plot which is not make fresh or original in any way. It read like an outline of a story. I kept reading in hopes it got better, but had to put it done in despair about half way through.
I gave it two stars because it was a fairly creative idea (that I wish this author could have done more with) and it was readable (in terms of grammar and spelling).
Fun adventures of a young girl & a young horse.......2005-10-20
"The Finest Creating" is intended for young adults. This book is set in the middle ages, with a sprinkling of magic and magical creatures. The plot follows two main characters. The first is an orphaned girl, the king's nephew. She and her brother have gown up in isolation, and at the start of the story are about to travel with their cousin, the prince, to his weding. The second main character is a magical horse, one of "the finest creations". These magical creatures are morally superior to humans. Their purpose is to guide their chosen humans into being better people. This quest is complicated by their other goal, which is to never let anyone know that they are more than simple horses. The mood of this novel is light and enjoyable.
I had three problems with this novel. First, the middle of the novel is a bit slow. Second, I don't see how the magical horses are supposed to provide moral and ethical guidance to people, while being constrained to pretend to be ordinary horses. Apparently the author doesn't know either, because the magical horses choose good people and then simply protect them. Third, it ends rather suddenly, with the plot continuing in the next book, and I prefer stand alone books. If these sound like overly fussy complaints to you, I'm sure you will love "The Finest Creation."
Overall, the author has crafted an enjoyable story, with interesting people and just the right amount of magic. The mood is quite dissimilar from Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar, which has lots of moody sulking and melodramatic complaints. Rabe's people & horses are happier and more concerned with others, so their quandaries build sympathy. I enjoyed watching the young magical horse grow and learn.
Magical Young Adult Adventure.......2005-04-03
Jean Rabe has authored a lot of stories and books in worlds originally established by others and, although she has had a greater impact on many of those worlds than is sometimes realized, it is wonderful to see her create a world that is entirely of her own making. Aimed at a YA audience, The Finest Creation has a magical feel comparable to Harry Potter, but characters who are more innocent (and less bratty) and a less convoluted plotline. Jean has a real affinity for describing the feelings of her young protagonists and for showcasing the natural world, including the equine Finest Creations. Creative and original. Donald J. Bingle, Author of Forced Conversion.
Didn't quite make it for me.......2005-03-18
The cover's nice enough to catch my eye. The review blurbs comparing this book to a cross between Narnia and Valdemar was enough to convince me to pick it up.
Unfortunately, this book lacks the charm of Narnia, and the action of Valdemar. The characters don't develop well at all, the plot was shaky overall and downright unbelievable in places. Of the two big revelations toward the end of the book, one I'd called during the first couple of chapters, the other was improbable enough to be unbelievable.
Sorry, but I won't be picking up the rest of the trilogy.
sorry i disagree............2005-03-01
unlike the previous reviewers, i did not really like book overly much, but it was a read. i found the evil, talking birds a bit corny, and not really all that evil, just dumb. And if you hate books that focus around young children (teenage), this was one of those.
The one good thing about the book, the ending. the last 50 or so pages were quite good, and may have been enough to make me read the next book.
But give this book a go any way, YOU may like it.
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- Strange, clever, witty, and cool
- So good it is unbelievable
- A Victorian Style Sci Fi Book
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Woman Between the Worlds
F. Gwynplaine Macintyre
Manufacturer: Dell
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A female shape-changer, pursued by invisible aliens, escapes to Victorian London. . . where she is aided by Aleister Crowley and the disciples of the Golden Dawn.
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Flawed but entertaining..........2005-07-23
This book is based upon a wonderful premise, but is ultimately spoiled by the author's inaccurate characterizations.
While I agree that it *is* tempting to place historical characters in fictional setting, the author needs to do more homework on the characters themselves, particularly the timelines of their lives in the context of the stories therein.
This pertains particularly to the members of the Order of the Golden Dawn who appear as characters in this book, Crowley in particular. While I enjoyed the author's characterization of Aleister Crowley in this novel, the Crowley he describes is one at least a decade older than the 1898-1899 Victorian setting of the novel, and some of the incidents, mottos and names recounted by the Crowley character didn't take place for 15-20 years after the novel's setting. As a student of Magick for more than a quarter-century, I must take exception with these incongruities, for they ultimately ruined for me the otherwise exquisite storytelling experience presented by Mr. McIntyre herein.
Mr. Crowley has been much better fictionalized elsewhere (not least by some few of his biographers, unfortunately). The other members of the Golden Dawn do not figure as heavily in the book's plot, and are less characterized, and therefore are not as obviously temporally incongruent, but they too seem to have temporal character inconsistancies. Too bad, they flaw what would have otherwise have been one of the best Historical Fiction/Horror/Fantasy novels I've read since Mark Frost's "The List of Seven".
Strange, clever, witty, and cool.......2005-05-14
It is London in the late 1800's when an invisible woman enters the tattoo parlor of the main character (who for some reason or another remains nameless).
This invisible woman calls herself Vanessa, and what she wants is a full body tattoo so that her woman form can be made visible. But is she really what she seems?
Vanessa is really a compassionate, shape shifting alien who has managed to get through a porthole in time and jump from her planet to planet earth. Her planet has been taken over by one who calls himself The DREADFUL EYE and now she is a wanted alien. Taking on the form of a human woman on Earth she wants the tattoo artist to render her form visible to human eyes so that she becomes almost invisible to alien eyes.
But tattooing Vanessa is not going to be an easy task, not while there is continuous battle to be done with the groups of invisible men who arrive on earth to bring her back.
Despite his intentions the main character finds himself falling in love while on the run with the alien woman he tattoos, and when she is captured he finds his way to her planet to get her back, and to do battle with The Dreadful Eye who has his sights on conquering planet Earth next.
With the help of Aleister Crowley, Sir William Crookes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats and others, the main character just might succeed. Set against the a backdrop of Victorian England and an alien planet, it's a fight to the finish for Vanessa...and for Earth.
I really enjoyed this book, it is definitely Science Fiction but the author has a lot of real places woven into the story, places in London England. MacIntyre's writing is smooth and perhaps the biggest surprise was that this book is pretty funny in some places. It's suspense and Sci-Fi mixed with a good dose of bitingly funny English humor. I highly recommend it.
So good it is unbelievable.......2004-05-20
This is a science fiction story set in Victoria England. It involves evil, another dimension, and a love story. A tale of bravery and tragedy, incredibly original and true to the period. ****Warning Spoiler **** The ending is one of the few tragic ones in science fiction.
A Victorian Style Sci Fi Book.......2000-05-14
This book begins diary style by our unknown tatooist author. It quickly goes beyond H-G-Wells sci fi into another dimension.
If you like the archaically exotic, this will appeal to you.
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- Great Read!
- had to put down Hemingway's last for Cheek's latest
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Dance on the Wild Side: A True Story of Love Between Man and Woman and Wilderness
Roland Cheek , and
Jane Cheek
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Phantom Ghost of Harriet Lou, and Other Elk Stories
ASIN: 0918981050 |
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I'm distressed by the idea of Jane wanting to compete in a man's world. That's the way my wife refers to her growing enchantment in outdoors adventure. The idea infuriates me. I understand that anyone who really is anyone must struggle with everday problems and relationships. I realize love must be learned and earned, and that it can be lost through mistakes or choices made or not made during life. Some might applaud the thought of a lady determined to become her "own woman" in a man's world. Not me. What bothers me is not that my petite wife of more than four decades wants to compete in outdoors proficiency, but where in in hell does anyone get the idea that all in nature belongs to men? This book, then, is about two people in love, sharing a life of exciting adventure--and growing in the process. In reality, it's about any couple over forty who lived and loved and shared and struggled to live the kind of life they wanted. What makes this story especially remarkable is how many times this couple fell on their butts while doing it.
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Great Read!.......2007-03-02
Roland Cheek is the ultimate story teller! I have just reread this book.... it is that good! This well-written autobiography gets you from the first hello, and you can't put it down! Roland tells the stories of their lives, the valley and mountain-top experiences, how they went from making a living to building a beautiful life together...... showing others how to get the most out of life.
had to put down Hemingway's last for Cheek's latest.......1999-09-07
Very well written. Lots of humor. An outdoorsman's dream come true, and a product of alot of hard work.
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- A fascinating, captivating book
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Woman between Two Worlds: PORTRAIT OF AN ETHIOPIAN RURAL LEADER
Judith Olmstead
Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press
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A fascinating, captivating book.......1998-02-01
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Judith Olmstead, a graduate student of anthropology from Columbia University, went to the Gamo Highlands of southwestern Ethiopia to do field research for her dissertation on the Dorze weavers and traders. As part of her research, she planned to visit neighboring villages to compare them to the Dorze. When she arrived at Dita, she was surprised to find that the village leader was a woman to whom she gives the pseudonym Chimate Chumbalo. Thirty years later, this is the story of that woman, how she lived her life, how she became a leader, and what made her a successful leader. In the Gamo Highlands, each village has a king who also has the job of being the local balabat, or judge. The balabat mediates disputes among villagers. When she was a teenager, Chimate married the third son of Dita's king. Soon, the king died and, on his deathbed, declared his third son, Chimate's husband, to be his successor king and balabat. Chimate's husband soon died declaring one of their sons to be his heir. Since the heir was still young, Chimate assumed the duties of acting balabat. Meanwhile, one of her husband's older brothers disputed her husband's and son's claim to kingship. It was resolved that her husband's brother became king while Chimate continued her work as balabat. In that area, at that time, it was unheard of for a woman to be balabat. Judith Olmstead has a clarity and simplicity to her writing style that brings to life the day-to-day activities of the Dita people. She tape recorded and then transcibed many of their songs and Chimate's stories. When she includes Chimate's stories in her text, the narration changes so that we hear Chimate's voice in the stories. Olmstead also includes a history of Ethiopia and past and current politics. Olmstead describes in great detail how Gome affects the lives of the people of Dita. Gome is the system of taboos, customs, and traditions that truly govern the Dita people. When something bad happens to somebody, the community looks for some way that person sinned or broke with the traditions. In order for the sinner's luck to change for the better, the sinner must repent, be forgiven, and then maybe pay a fine or sacrifice a sheep. Chimate, in her role as balabat, oversaw this process for the village of Dita. This is a fascinating, well-written book. I recommend it to you if you want to learn about the Dita people, the history and politics of Ethiopia, and a strong, wise woman. I enjoyed learning how she balanced her duties as a woman to raise children, cook and keep house, with her traditionally male duties as a balabat to mediate disagreements among the villagers and to be the village's spokesperson in area-wide issues. The two worlds in the title of the book refer to the world and customs of the local village of Dita and the world of the Ethiopian Empire. Chimate was adept at finding the commonalties between these two worlds. However, she also chose to abide by the traditions of only one of these two worlds when it suited her to do so. _Woman_between_Two_Worlds_ is a book I wish I could keep reading forever.
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Paris France
ASIN: 0813532922 |
Book Description
Between the two world wars, Paris served as the setting for unparalleled freedom for expatriate as well as native-born French women, who enjoyed unprecedented access to education and opportunities to participate in public, artistic and intellectual life. Many of these women--including Colette, Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia Delaunay, Djuna Barnes, Augusta Savage, and Lee Miller--made lasting contributions to art and literature.
In this book, an internationally recognized roster of art historians, literary critics, and other scholars offers a nuanced portrait of what it meant to be a modern woman during this decisive period of modernism's development. Individual essays explore the challenges faced by women in the early decades of the twentieth century, as well as the strategies these women deployed to create their art and to build meaningful lives and careers. The introduction underscores the importance of the contributors' efforts to address larger questions about modernity, sexuality, race, and class.
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On April 7th, 1998, Sunday Times health columnist Hazel Courteney underwent an experience that was to change her life forever. From that day on an incredible drama began to unfold that was to last for more than six months. She became telepathic, began affecting electrical equipment such as televisions, VCRs, radios, and computers and started to pulse a powerful healing energy through her eyes. Most remarkable of all, however, was the realization that she could clearly hear spirits from the higher realms, and found herself receiving direct communication from Diana, Princess of Wales. In this amazing story Hazel shares the events of 1998. Diana became Hazel's guide telling of her new life and perpectives from the higher spirit realms and delivers a number of compelling messages about our possible futures on Earth. By choosing Hazel, a journalist, as her medium, Diana knew her messages of love and hope would reach thousands and empower people throughout the world to fulfill their true potential.
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Review of Divine Intervention by Hazel Courteney.......2004-05-19
Divine Intervention was a read of profound importance to me for various reasons. Having experienced a spiritual awakening myself with all the stages that go with it, it was wonderful to read about Ms Courteneys experiences. The book is written in a way that is easy to identify with, while losing none of the profundity of the messages. I was also particularly touched by the fact that she was not afraid to expose her own fears, insecurities and confusion. She has researched all the different aspects in depth and this for me provided many answers I have been searching for. The heart of the book conveys courage, hope and at the same time emphasises the responsibility that we as individuals and beings have toward each other and the planet. She has not tried to shy away from any part of her experience, but shares it all. I am in the spiritual healing field and have recommended the book to various people, all of whom have been touched on a very deep level by the massages conveyed through Ms Courteneys experience. I can only thank her for her courage and honesty.
Channelling Money from Desperate Suckers.......2000-10-27
Right! Are there actually any people who believe this stuff, or is every copy of this book purchased as a gag gift? I gave it a five star rating in honor of PT Barnum's, er, I mean, Hazel Courteney's, brazen attempt at theft. And she should be charged with theft. That is, if any of the idiots this book was written for were able to break away from their $5.00 a minute psychic hotline phone conversations long enough to buy it. If Diana actually could speak from the grave, she wouldn't be spewing all these bogus messages of hope. She would more likely be commenting on the emergency onsite medical procedures used by the French. This so called author should go back to writing horoscopes for supermarket tabloids, and leave the exploitation for profit of Princess Diana's sad life and death to decent people.
Informative and fascinating!.......2000-03-11
I was greatly impressed with Hazel Courteney's book, "Divine Intervention "
It's almost totally unique to see a book about how channeling works . And there much to learn about it though the study of its physiological /emotional impact .
The book has an amazing balance of mainstream science and new age emotion...usually its one or the other.
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As these pages show, Chon S. Edwards has lef an eventful and meaningful life.
While attending Tong-Guk University in Seoul, Korea, in 1952, Chon S. Edwards married a United States foreign service officer, came to the United States, and became an American citizen. She graduated from the National Academy of Broadcasting in Washington, DC, in 1955, returned to Korea, and graduated from Tong-Guk University in 1958 with a major in English literature.
Edwards worked for the Eighth Army radio station and interviewed many Korean and American dignitaries. She taught the Korean language at the Eighth Army Education Center and helped to establish the Korean Brides School in 1957 to prepare Korean wives of Americans for their new lives in the United States. While she and her husband lived in Khartoum, Sudan, she was the first foreigner in that country to organize a permanent fund-raising committee for the Piastre Technical Institute in 1959.
Wherever she moved, Edwards always checked to see if any Korean women married to Americans living in the area needed help organizing clubs to share friendship and exchange information. She also served as a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services under Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger.
As you will see, this summary barely scratched the surface. And through it all, Chon S. Edwards's motto is: "Forget what you do for others, but never forget what others do for you."
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This digital document is an article from Canada and the World Backgrounder, published by Taylor Publishing Consultants Ltd. on October 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2168 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Redefining family: some say marriage is exclusively between a man and a woman, but others say marriage can be between couples of the same sex and is the logical next step in the battle for equal rights for gays and lesbians.(Minorities--Gays)
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Canada and the World Backgrounder (Magazine/Journal)
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Between two worlds (New woman stories)
Olivia Evans
Manufacturer: Reluctant Press
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Leslie Herbert's Complete Book of Sugar Flowers.......2007-10-03
This is a very lovely book. Full of great information for the more advanced decorator. It is a fine one to add to your permanent library, especially if you really enjoy making fondant/gumpaste flowers. She offers some of the more interesting and unusual flowers. She is from the U.K. so some of the flowers are not ones we get in the U.S.A. Most of these flowers require cutters, but she does include some that do not. There are good step by step directions, provided you do have some knowledge of this medium. The only flower that I can't find a cutter for here is the carnation and it looks as though it would be a great way to make it, too.
Variety.......2007-04-06
I am just starting out with gum paste and sugar flowers. This book has a wide variety of different flowers.
SUGAR FLOWER BOOK REVIEW.......2006-07-27
I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS THE BASICS OF SUGAR FLOWER MAKING AND WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. ITS WELL WRITTEN AND GIVES DETAILED INSTRUCTION AND MANY FLOWERS TO MAKE THAT ARE HARD TO TELL FROM THE REAL THING.
I LOVE IT.
Glorious Sugar Flowers.......2000-05-04
If you have any experience of gum paste flowers you will love this book. Excellent clear step by step colour pictures and good explanatory text. Glorious pictures of finished cakes and flower bouquets. Not for the beginner though as some of the techiniques are quite complex. Buy this book if you are looking for inspiration and a challenge .
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