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Release Date: 1997-11-03 |
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Kate Denby is on the run from a cold-blooded killer. A research scientist close to a breakthrough on a project that could revolutionize the health industry, she is unwillingly caught up in a web of danger, intrigue and murder. The stakes are high with her mother-in-law and son's life in jeopardy. Kate is forced to combine her scientific studies with Noah Smith, a scientist whose ideals match her own. But she must place her own safety and that of her son's in the hands of Seth Drakin, a man who incites her heart more than her trust. A suspenseful, well-crafted story.
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She wanted to save lives. The killer wanted to end hers.
The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away. The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood. Now Kate Denby realizes the frightening truth: She is somebody's target.
Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance. And the gifted scientist is awakening to a nightmare world where a ruthless killer is stalking her...where her innocent son is considered expendable...and where the medical research to which she has devoted her life is the same research that could get her killed. Her only hope of protecting her family and making that medical breakthrough is to elude her enemy until she can face him on her own ground, on her own terms—and destroy him.
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She wanted to save lives. The killer wanted to end hers.
The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away. The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood. Now Kate Denby realizes the frightening truth: She is somebody's target.
Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance. And the gifted scientist is awakening to a nightmare world where a ruthless killer is stalking her... where her innocent son is considered expendable... and where the medical research to which she has devoted her life is the same research that could get her killed. Her only hope of protecting her family and making that medical breakthrough is to elude her enemy until she can face him on her own ground, on her own terms -- and destroy him.
"Intense, hold-your-breath suspense. Iris Johansen is incomparable."
TAMI HOAG, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
DARK HORSE AND A THIN DARK LINE
"Long After Midnight is one of the most thrilling, best-written books I have curled up with in a long time. Iris Johansen is clearly at the top of her craft."
MICHAEL PALMER, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SILENT TREATMENT AND CRITICAL JUDGMENT
"You'll be racing through to the last page of Long After Midnight."
CATHERINE COULTER, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
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Excellent end.......2006-02-16
You'll get hooked since the first page and you wouldn't be able to put it down till you finish it. All the time you'll think that Kate is kind of ruthless. But at the unexpected end you'll see all the truth about her and her heart. Six stars for IJ.
Very Suspenseful, Love The Characters So Much I Want More Of Them.......2006-01-11
Long After Midnight is only the second novel by Iris Johansen I have gotten around to reading. I loved everything about this book. Kate was a very likeable character. She was strong but towards the end willing to admit she needed help. Seth was great. At first I thought I wouldn't like him but he turned out to be good guy. Kate ended up with the right guy. Noah was to like herself. Ishmaru was a very creepy bad guy. The whole Indian mysticism was kind of scary coming from him. Some people take things to far. The only thing that wasn't plausible was RU2, it seems kind of unbelieveable. But all and all it was a very suspenseful journey.
Re Audio version of Long After Midnight.......2005-11-06
I found the abridged reading of Long After Midnight to be a tense twisty thriller with plenty of action. The reading by Carolyn McCormick- best known as Dr. Olivet on Law and Order- is right on. She is able to capture the drama of this medical thriller without being over the top.
I liked the main character Kate Denton and found her reactions to be believable, Seth the mercenary who protects her is the typical romance alpha male with the soft spot for the woman he is protecting. I liked Seth - he does not take any guff and barrels along removing all obstacles that come at them.
The underlying storyline is that Kate is approached by a scientific genius who has developed the ultimate drug- RU2 can cure everything. Only problem- he needs a delivery system to make sure it can get to the cells in your body that are diseased. Kate has that system. When they team up the forces of big business, the mafia and the government all come after them. Nobody wants the ultimate cure all on the market- it would destroy the pharmaceutical industry, as an illegal substance it has potential for untold profits.
Great thriller- perfect for a good long car ride!
WHAT HAPPENED TO CLIMAX?.......2005-08-24
This book was really good. It had me considering ways in which the characters were going to "get rid of" the bad guy, but the ending really let me down. There was no swinging-up to a big climax. That's why I gave it only 3 stars. Most times the ending can either make or break a story. This one just shot it right down.
Beach Novel.......2005-08-13
A good book to read on in your spare time. Its one of those romantic thrillers. I started reading a few of her books when I realize they were really a series but I could never figure out which order they came in so I pick them up when I see them. Its a decent book to read and keep you occupied.
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Perfect stories for bedtime scares.......2004-09-22
I thoroughly enjoyed these short stories. They're the perfect length, each about 10 to 15 pages, just enough to build up the story and knock it over with a classic Bradbury twist. My favorite stories for far are "The Burning Man", which asks the reader to reexamine his or her own prejudices in the setting of a typical lone road hitchhiker horror story, and "The Perfect Murder" which shows that time is the ultimate judge and jury.
Treasures of imagination and wonder.......2002-04-29
I must preface this review by stating that I have not read this edition but the original paperback Bantam publication from 1976. Assuming that the contents are the same, I will proceed thusly. . .
This collection of 22 short pieces might prove something of a puzzle for anybody picking it up based on Bradbury's reputation as a science fiction writer. To be sure, there are stories here that fit neatly into that genre due to subject matter (robots, time travel) or setting (Mars) but Bradbury is really not a science fiction writer so much as a storyteller. This is a distinction that seems to be much more clear today than it was back in 1976 when Bradbury seemed to be stuck with the Sci-Fi type despite stories such as those found in "Long After Midnight", which are closer to literary than genre fiction even when employing science fiction devices.
Perhaps a good example of the latter would be "The Messiah". This story simply yet profoundly examines the nature of religious faith via the characters of a missionary priest on Mars and a telepathic, shape changing Martian.
Other pieces defy any easy classification and stand alone as simple revelations of the human condition and the mysteries of life. "Getting Through Sunday Somehow" is such a one. Bradbury's gift for poetic nostalgia is used to brilliant effect here as an American writer in Dublin, facing a gray wall of ennui, is transformed and made aware of his blessings through a bar room philosopher and a street side harp player.
Bradbury, with his seemingly boundless imagination and gift for transcribing the visions of that imagination, is a treasure and these stories are literary jewels shining dark and light.
Great one of Bradbury's best!!.......1997-02-10
Recovering from one or two monotonous bores, "Long After Midnight" is an excellent collection of the best of Bradbury. It offers a wide variety of appeals to all audiences and all of the stories are gripping to the point that you feel like it is taking over your life and making it a part of the story. Some of the stories have such parnormality that they could easily be the storyline for an X-Files episode. Yet some are so ordinary and monotonous that it almost seems that it was an ordinary work of literature. But none of the stories in "Long After Midnight" are ordinary. All of them are written with such painstaking detail which make them spectacular. Being as it is "Long After Midnight" is a must read for almost all readers today
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Long After Midnight at the Nino Bien: The Tango and Argentina
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A square-dancing Texan's investigation into the social and cultural history of one of the world's most improbable art forms, and into the troubled history and magnificent contradictions of the country it embodies.
This is the story of the world's sexiest dance, from its origins among gauchos, pimps and immigrants in the booming 1880s, to its modern-day rebirth in the decadent salons of Buenos Aires. A young American reporter moves to Argentina on a whim and struggles to learn the tango by night, while by day covering a country in the grip of a mysterious crisis of street riots and revolution. In a book that is part travelogue, part history, the author becomes immersed in a dark underworld, visiting old dance salons, brothels and shacks on the dusty Pampa, searching for the tango's shady origins in the hope that understanding may help him dance better. Along the way, he discovers that the tango, with its tales of jealousy, melodrama, and lost glory, may hold the secret to the country that is inexplicably disintegrating before his eyes.
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Long After Midnight
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Great Gryphon!.......2002-08-09
Tom Deitz is one of my favorite authors and the Gryphon king is a great stand alone book. This was the first book I read by Tom Deitz and have gone on to read many of his others. His character always seem real even when faced with not of this world situations. The characters in this book later participate in the last few books of the David Sullivan series. So if you are a fan of the Windmaster's Bane series of books this is a must read if you can find it used.
A minor disappointment........1999-11-21
At their worst, Tom Deitz books feel a little bit like they were written as wish fulfillment for the Society for Creative Anachronists or Southern Fae junkies. Unfortunately, this is not one of his better efforts.
I read the first few books that he wrote with considerable interest and enjoyment, but most of what has followed has seemed stuck in the same old groove. Even though this book is not in the David Sullivan series, it honestly felt as though it might have been. It had similar characters, plot points and emotional issues.
I remained essentially unconvinced by many of the major character moments in the book. The relationships never felt like there was really very much at stake. The Gryphon King (the character) raises some good questions about the relationship of Jay and Dal is one that really holds water. It was a good question, but one that the book never entertains as valid or even worth asking. This is a graduate school where true lovers find true love and hold it, and that is perhaps the most fantastic part about the book.
Character flaws aside, Deitz does his usual credible job of anchoring the book in mythology and folklore (although the roots are not as deep as they are in the early Sullivan books). I enjoyed the work that he did with the miracle plays, although even that was not as well developed as I would have liked. He is a talented author, and it makes me sad to have such a feeling of pastiche from reading this book.
Fans of Dietz might enjoy the outing. People new to his writing should start with the David Sullivan books instead.
Athens.......1999-04-11
I live in Athens, GA. I think it is a great place. I like the way he combines ordinary places I see everyday and things that don't exist. I didn't give it 5 stars just because I save them for my absolute favorites.
great book!.......1998-12-03
I am an avid fan of Tom Dietz, and love every one of his books. This book is easy to identify with. It takes the commonest of settings (college in Georgia) and turns them into a mythical adventure. I highly recomend it.
Another great Tom Deitz novel!.......1998-11-21
This book stands as a solo entry into the tales of the sidhe in Georgia, but is just as evocative as the David Sullivan novels Tom Deitz has written over the years. The characters are powerfully written and easy to identify with, especially to me, as I am both a graduate student and a fan of Irish/Celtic myth and folklore. This book is worth much more than the money you'll pay for it. A worthy addition to any collection.
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Planet big zero: A science fiction novel
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Author and world-renowned chef Paul Bocuse has chosen only simple, classic French recipes that are easy to follow and prepare. According to the chef, "Simple fare is, in my opinion, the best-the kind that I love to prepare at home for my family and my friends," and Bocuse in Your Kitchen teaches even the most inexperienced of cooks how to share his flair for good food. The book is divided into 15 chapters by type of dish; from soups to meats, vegetables, and desserts, each of the 220 recipes is explained step-by-step. Bocuse's carefully chosen dishes-from beef bourguignon, blanquette de veau, and potato-leek soup; olive tapenade and old-style mustard sauce; to rhubarb jam, pears in wine sauce, and tarte Tatin-highlight the flavor of each ingredient, resulting in food that maintains its freshness and integrity. Bocuse in Your Kitchen includes 60 illustrative photos that serve to inspire, as well as a glossary of culinary terms and techniques.Beautifully designed and illustrated, Bocuse in Your Kitchen makes French cuisine simple and easy for the home chef.
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Bocouse stripped to the bone.......2007-09-24
I bought ' In Your Kitchen 'because it had a good review in the LA Times and promised some basic but interesting recipes. I own Bocouse's Regional French Cooking and had expecations that ' In Your Kitchen 'would at least meet, if not exceed, to provide interesting reading and a few recipes I would like to try. It's a re-hash of basic french recipes with "simple" meaning to cut the ingredients to the point that there is no point in trying the recipe. Joanne Harris 'My French Kitchen' would be a far superiour choise
Bocuse in your Kitchen:.......2007-09-01
I really like the book. It is written quite well. I've only tried one of the receipts so far. I made the creme fraiche. I had to go to several markets to get the products needed for the receipt. I gave my copy to my doughter and I ordered another copy for me. It hasn't come yet. Next week some time.
I made the cucumber salad with creme fraiche. I thought It was great. I look forward to getting my copy of Bocues in you Kitchen. When I heard he had tought Julia Child, I ordered the book. I'm not sorry
This is basically a reprint........2007-05-08
This is basically a reprint of 1982's Paul Bocuse in Your Kitchen. I have the earlier book, and I ordered this book by mistake. Because of the slightly different title, I thought it might be different. There's no information on the page to indicate that the material has been published nearly word for word before. The back cover of the book itself does indicate this by implication, but you can't "see into" this book on Amazon like you can others.
Probably doesn't matter to most people, and it's a nice book. Just a warning to those of you who have the earlier version.
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Surprised.......2005-07-11
I was reluctant to buy this book thinking that it was unlikely that I would get to Paris but I did and have enjoyed it again and again as a street guide to Paris,a source for authentic French recipes,and, with the photographs, a good start for imagining that I got there after all.
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Paul Bocuse, one of the world's most influential chefs, takes us on an enchanting culinary journey through France, presenting delicious recipes that evoke the special personality and flavor of each province. Bocuse's selection reveals the remarkable sensitivity of the French to the land and to the preparation of food. He describes the landscape and heritage of each region, as well as the local produce and gourmet traditions that contribute to the unique character of its cuisine. Written in a clear, easy-to-follow style, this is a collection that any cook can master. The recipes demand no complicated techniques or equipment and were carefully adapted to the non-French kitchen under Bocuse's own expert guidance. In the French tradition, the presentation of food is as important as its flavor, and the splendid photographs by Dietmar Frege that accompany the recipes beautifully reveal this aspect of French culinary art. Handsomely designed and illustrated, Bocuse's Regional French Cooking makes the fabulous tastes of France accessible to everyone in a stunning cookbook that is a delight for the eye as well as for the palate.
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Keepsake Book.......2006-01-03
This book epitomizes the very essence of great French cooking. Whilst I cannot purchase most of the ingredients used in the recipes, the recipes themselves are classics!! Us ing the recipe as a guide, an experiened cook can re-create almost the same results. Truly Monsieur Bocuse is a genius in the culinary arts!! A real must have for the serious cook!!!!!
Invite France to your house.......2005-10-14
This wonderful and important book, give you the most authentic recipes and background on many famous dishes from the regions of France.
If you follow the recipes and ingredients exactly you inevitably bring authentic refined flavors of French cuisine to your kitchen.
There is no use of stocks and other base recipes, the sauces are made along the dish preparation, this can take longer but sometimes it's better for home cooks.
Try this book "Basque-style chicken", the "Nice-style Salad", the "Macaroni and Cheese", and you will be surprised to find how these simple recipes capture the delicate nature of French cuisine.
Note: the "Bouillabaisse" recipe has a mistake - add the "soup" fish to the pot after the onion step.
Elegant Treatment of French Classic Dishes. Excellent.......2004-03-31
This book by Paul Bocuse, arguably the most distinguished French chef alive today, translated from the French into English, is akin to Stephen Hawking's writing a popular work on the history of physics. Unlike similarly formatted works by Joel Robuchon, this book aims at presenting relatively straightforward instructions for preparing classic French regional cuisine. What is missing are the details of proper selection and handling of seasonal ingredients. This is replaced by a very high level tour of the major culinary regions of France.
I am surprised that such a distinguished culinary figure would do this kind of book, but I am supremely delighted that he did. The book includes literally every traditional French dish I can think of, with recipes that are quite easy to follow by the average American amateur cook. The book includes recipes for pot-a-feu, cassolet, crepes, coq au vin, salade Nicoise, Vichyssoise, onion soup, stuffed cabbage, Provencal fish stew, Burgundy Beef, tapenade and aioli. The list of recognized classics goes on and on. There is even a gratin recipe for macaroni and cheese and a confession that it was the Romans and not the Lyonnaise who invented macaroni.
I confess that some ingredients, such as the Lyonnaise sausage with pistachio may be a little hard to find, but the author graciously provides several serviceable substitutes for each ingredient not commonly available in American markets. Kielbasa, for example is an acceptable substitute for the saucisson pistache.
I am simply delighted with the simplicity and clarity of the instructions. The potato and sausage salad dish is French to its core yet the author succeeds in making the recipe read like something out of a Martha Stewart book. The instructions are clear, unpreachy, and workable. Aside from the sausage, there are no unusual ingredients and no unusual equipment needed. No trace, for example, of a food mill, china cap, or bain marie. The same can be said of almost all recipes in this book.
This is not to say there are no interesting recipes in the book. While there are so many classic dishes here, many have a special twist which is not due to the invention of the very talented author, but rather due to the author's using a recipe which is closer to the original roots of the dish rather than the dish's most famous incarnations. The recipe for onion soup, for example, is quite unlike the dish I had at Les Halles in Paris at 5 AM. Bocuse's recipe is from the Lyon area where, as he says, they put onions in virtually everything.
There are only two minor complaints about the book. First, this is a book about foods from specific geographic regions, yet there is no map to assist one in visualizing where in France these regions occur. While many foodies may be familiar with the location of Provence, is probably the rare American who knows that the Alsace is in the East, bordering on Germany. This explains similarities between food in the Alsace chapter and common German dishes such as sauerkraut. Second, as the author states himself, there was much Procrustean lumping together of different geographical regions to form a single culinary identity. The author blames this on his editors. I am willing to believe this, and register my complaint to the editors that I am really surprised that they could come up with only six culinary regions (Lyonnais, Provence, Bordelais, Perigord, Brittany-Normandy, and Alsace).
These two complaints aside, this is hands down the very best introduction to French cuisine I have seen for the casual reader. Be sure to read Julia Child and Elizabeth David and Patricia Wells, but read this book first. It will clearly whet your appetite for those other classic authors.
Very highly recommended.
Clear, Exquisite French Cooking Display.......2003-04-19
From the cover one is in for a treat, both to the eye and palate. The photography in this cookbook is simply gorgeous. How can one take a shot of a man holding a rooster in front of a bin of corn and make it look like a million dollars? It's here.
The recipes are the best of the tradition which the French are world famous for. Here are stressed the best in ingredients, cooked lovingly with patience and care and technique to bring out their succulence from French Regions.
Feast on such as "Cod and Vegetables with Garlic Mayonnaise" "Stuffed Breast of Veal" "Lyon Style Onion Soup" "Veal Stew" "Pears in Beaujolais."
Truly Bon Appetit.
Bocuses' Regional French Cooking.......2000-07-06
Bravo Monsieur Bocuse. Finally, an authentic French Cuisine Book. The recipes are simple and truly traditional. The ingredients are available at your corner grocery store and THAT is a refreshing change. The only French Cookbook you will ever need.
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Author Michael Buller introduces you to 38 of the chefs who have made French cuisine so famous. 20 photos illustrate selections of recipes from each of the chefs included in this volume.
Customer Reviews:
nice stories but bad recipes.......2002-05-08
the anecdotes that go with the recipes are nice, but these famous chefs don't give any of their secrets out. The beef bourguignon recipe, for example, is absolutely horrible. Better know what you're doing if you use these recipes, and be prepared to either alter them or eat bad food.
Takes me back to France.......2000-09-22
A wonderful book that reminds the reader of all the great meals they have had in France. The receipes may be a bit complex for the weekend chef such as I, however, the stories will inspire any food lover.
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French Home Cooking
Paul Bocuse , and
Georges Duboeuf
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Good Culinary History, Mediocre Cookbook.......2007-06-08
This book has the most stupid thing to ever appear in a cookbook: `In my opinion one should leave the table feeling a little bit hungry.' (Insert your own clever retort here). It has been sometimes said that one can judge the talent of a chef by the respect that he/she cooks vegetables. By this measure, Bocuse is a bad chef; he is representative of an entire generation of restaurant chefs who are in the regular habit of torturing the vegetables, showing no respect for the flavor or freshness of the vegetables he/she is cooking. It expounds `nouvelle cuisine'; like the current fashion of `slow food', it is (was) an elitist movement primarily of interest to 3 star Guide Michelin restaurants and their well to do customers, and certainly doomed to the dustbin of culinary history. It is not relevant to the typical home cook. The back cover has a quote from a review that states `a new emphasis on freshness and simplicity'. This is way wide of the mark. This book was written in 1976. Perhaps it had more currency then, but today, one fails to see the point of this book.
Despite the rhetoric and the legendary name of the chef/author, the recipes themselves are pretty standard. It is an ordinary, average, and unexceptional collection of French recipes. It is a random mélange of haute cuisine and bistro cooking, with an emphasis on the former. As a sort of encyclopedia of standard French haute cuisine for restaurants or the accomplished home chef, it is acceptable; for the typical home cook, forget it. It is not a learning or educational tool; you better know your French haute cuisine cooking techniques. There are a number of recipe in this book I am rather doubtful of, and it takes a cook already experienced in French Cuisine to be able to detect these recipes.
The author commits the usual assortment of cookbook sins. Some recipes can be done as described, others require sophisticated kitchen skills. Sauces, like demi-glace, that restaurants much less homes are unlikely to have just hanging around, are repeatedly called for. Some recipes call for ingredients that the home cook will never get even if very rich, e.g. various song/game birds and truffles. The procedures can be downright terse and unhelpful. Protein cooked in the oven are only given cooking times with no internal temperature, and protein cooked on the stove have no indication as to when the protein is properly cooked; it assumes you already know these things. Sophisticated, multi-component recipes that require skill and planning to pull off correctly. Only using expensive meat (the beef section for the most part assumes that you have access to the whole tenderloin, more recipes for veal than anything else). The poultry section assumes you have access to a butcher who will freshly kill and dress poultry according to your request. It often calls for meat to be larded, but it does not describe how to do this. If you have a good battery of home kitchen skills or are a foodservice pro and need a reference for French cooking, this book is OK. Otherwise, forget this book and move on.
I also note the frequent, incorrect use of the verb `moisten'; this is probably an attempt to translate tremper or mouille. Either way, it is not a legitimate culinary translation and is a mark of laziness on the part of the translator. The temperatures listed in the `Making Sugar Syrup' section seemed to be totally wrong, whether in Fahrenheit or Centigrade. The English names of some of the recipes and ingredients do not match current usage, but here perhaps we can blame a sloppy translator rather than the author. It is the only cookbook I can recall that specifically recommends cooking meat `a la cuiller' (e.g. soft enough to eat with a spoon). Plate presentations that require the talents of both architect and painter are eschewed; sound familiar?
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