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Santa Fe Police Chief Kevin Kerney never solved the disappearance of Anna Maria Montoya 11 years ago. Then her remains are discovered in the ruins of an abandoned fruit stand in Lincoln County, along with the charred corpse of John Humphrey, whose killer set the fire that revealed Montoya's final resting place. The deputy sheriff investigating Humphrey's murder is Clayton Istee, the estranged son Kerney only recently learned he had. Meanwhile Kerney investigates Montoya's possible ties to a modeling agency that may be a front for a prostitution ring catering to VIPs, Istee focuses on the connection between his murder victim and an illegal gambling operation in rural southern New Mexico. By the time the author ties the parallel but seemingly unrelated investigations together in this intricately plotted thriller, the two lawmen--father and son--have begun to develop a personal as well as a professional relationship, which will likely flower in future outings in this popular series. --Jane Adams
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Michael McGarrity's acclaimed Santa Fe police chief, Kevin Kerney is back-with his estranged son. Two bodies have been found in a burned building. One is a missing person from Kerney's cold case files. The other is a more recent homicide. Both will lead father and son into a vast network of crime...and the darkest places of the soul.
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WHOSE YOUR DADDY...........2007-08-23
If you are a fan of Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn novels which regularly serve up a cocktail of assertive storytelling, unusual mysteries, wonderful atmospheric descriptions of Southwestern geography, and accurate portrayals of Native American culture, this offering by Michael McGarrity will not slake your thirst.
Sure, The Big Gamble is set in New Mexico and one of the two protagonists is a Mescalero Apache Deputy Sheriff, but that is about as "Native American" as the story gets. The two protagonists have recently learned that they are father and son, and go to great lengths to avoid communicating with each other as they each investigates one part of the mystery surrounding to discovery of two dead bodies that were disposed of in the same place.....11 years apart. The villain(s) in the mystery are pretty obvious and the final "roundup" of the bad guys unfulfilling, almost like the writer had a certain number of pages he was obligated to complete in order to fulfill his contract and had achieved that number so he wrapped up the entire story in 4 pages.
The thing that keeps the reader engaged is the authenticity of police procedure in the gathering of forensic evidence during the parallel investigations being conducted by the duo as well as the interconnection of the plethora of crimes, ranging from gambling and prostitution to murder, that their diligence unearths.
Not a great book, but not all that bad.......Overall, an okay choice for a lazy afternoon.
I'm beginning to sound like a broken record because.......2007-03-15
all the McGarrity books feel the same. This is my 3rd review, and the 5th or 6th Kevin Kearney book I've read. And I can't add much to my previous reviews:
1) This book like the others are all easy to read and follow, and the characters are easy to like.
2) Like all good crime authors, he does a very good job of showing us how a crime investigation proceeds. I think some other reviewer said he was an ex-police officer or something like that. (You don't have to be an ex-cop because Michael Connolly was an ex-crime reporter and his crime books has a lot of realism too.)
The bad:
1) There is no suspense! We get to see from the criminals' point of view. Bad if you want suspense, and good if you need to put the book down and do something else. I say that because in some books you can't stop reading because you want to find out whodunit. In McGarrity's books you already know, so there is no urgency.
2) The ending, like all the others, are rushed. He literally (no pun intended) wraps up the book in 2-3 pages. Another reviewer said maybe he had a 274 page deadline, because all the books end on page 273.
My conclusion: I'll still keep reading, I think they're fine, just not great.
this one is bit weak and boring.......2006-05-30
i've loyally read all the kevin kerney series from its beginning, it seems to me that this one is weaker than the other, albeit boring sometimes. all the threads seemed to be readily made for woven into a larger piece of boring storyline. i personally don't kerney's bioson, clayton, and think him a bit wimpy, stupid, rigid and too racial conscious almost all the time. he did not qualify as a very sharp detective and his narrow-minded personal feelings wouldn't make him a better person or a better detective. mcgarrity might have created a blocking stone in this series and now it's too late to get rid of this guy. the short and always hopping around with simple scenario of this book also jarred my preference to this specific one. all the characters were just waltzing around without any depth. the protitutes/drug ring also read pretty lame. mr mcgarrity didn't do a better job than what he used to do before and this series has been continuously declining and falling flat one by one. i've lost the exciting feelings i used to have when i started this series and just hope that i won't decide to stop reading it too soon. don't cash in on this series' success and kill it mindlessly, please.
Liked it until the end.......2006-05-01
Here I am, listening to a really good book on tape, when what happens? It wraps everything up and ends in about 30 seconds of time. I fumbled around thinking my iPod had malfunctioned, but no... they were saying "we hope you have enjoyed...blah blah". I've never seen such an abrubt and unsatisfying ending in the hundreds and hundreds of books I've read. If another book is forthcoming, I'll be a little molified, but not much.
Realistic.......2006-01-11
Most murder mysteries end with an "Aha!" and some pleasant words about the future. This book takes you through an abbreviated version of the process of gathering enough evidence to go to trial, and then blissfully spares us the courtroom drama. The characters are wooden, much of the drama staid, and worst of all, the staging of chapter and scene is formulaic, but the action is engrossing and the writing good enough. There is little poetry in it, but a gruff sense of duty and interest in the pursuit of criminals, and then some romance/drama from the main characters to keep our interest despite never fully being resolved. For readers of urban mysteries, the change of setting to rural New Mexico might seem a shock but the basic story and the personalities required to play out its drama remain the same.
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Addressing themes of courage, curiosity, adventure, daring, and good triumphing over bad, this compilation contains the first seven books of the Tashi series in one great big volume. He's brave. He's bold. He's the best! Tashi is too cunning for the warlord and the wicked baron and far too clever for giants, ghosts, witches, and demons. Best of all, Tashi tells the most fantastic stories. Included here are 14 of his daredevil adventures and a map of Tashi's village and its surroundings.
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Katie and her Dad liked this book a lot........2003-03-18
We think Tashi is a excellent book for all ages. Katie is nine and her younger sister is four, and they both liked the book a lot, as did their parents. The stories are not too spooky but exciting. We liked the charming "old country" that Tashi was from, created mostly by the pictures. Tashi has pointy hair and earings and wears a really cool jacket and boots. The houses in the "old country" look Japanese? Chinese? It's hard to say. It looked like a really nice place to live except for the warlords, baron, giants, flying houses, pirates and demons. We got swept up in the magical ride of "The Big Big Big Book of Tashi". We definetly plan to read "Tashi and the Dancing Shoes".
I only wish there were more........2002-09-05
I bought this book to read to my 4 year old son, who is ready for stories with more meat on the bones (a higher word-to-picture ratio and stronger plot) than most picture books. He loved it -- he was so sad the last night when he said "Dad, you forgot to put the bookmark in!" and my husband told him they had read the last story. We'll read it again and again, if his 6 year old sister (who reads at a 3rd grade level) hasn't run off with it -- again! It is great for kids ready for stories with real plot, but not for too-mature themes. Particularly good for boys, just because there are so few for them at this stage; a lot of the other stories in this niche are kind of princessy -- which my daughter loved, but which wasn't right for my son.
Undiscovered Treasure.......2002-08-11
Tashi is a really funny book about a little boy who has adventures like Lord of the Rings, but not as scary. He tells the stories to his best friend Jack, who then tells them to his parents. I really like that at the end of each book, when Jack thinks everyone is safe and happy, Tashi always says, Until the Giant (or Bandit, or Dragon, or Ghost or witch...) comes! I recommend this book to everyone- it's a really good book to read out loud- I read it to my parents and even my bad brother liked it!
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The received wisdom is to try harder, to be more innovative, to take more risk - and almost every company tries. There are only a tiny percentage of management teams who settle for sticking to their core businesses and declining gracefully as the business matures. But the received wisdom is wrong. At least 90% of attempts fail. Even companies that succeed often do so at the expense of long term shareholder value. This book gives managers an alternative. Instead of investing heavily in searching for and experimenting with new growth areas, in developing an innovative culture or in building processes for nurturing new ventures, Campbell advises managers how to be far more selective and to invest in a new business only when the opportunity has a high enough probability of success. A nuts-and-bolts antidote to the received wisdom of "innovation" and a decade of wasted acquisitions and "corporate venturing." The Growth Gamble explains why most companies' strategies for innovation and growth failed despite the fact that their core business had good prospects.
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Highly Recommended!.......2005-09-08
Some senior executives are so eager for growth that they gamble their company's riches on new business initiatives that will probably fail. Researchers estimate that the failure rate for company-spawned business initiatives is as high as 99%. Authors Andrew Campbell and Robert Park tell companies to be selective about which growth opportunities they pursue - even if that means standing pat and accepting low growth. Growth, they say, is simply not possible at all times for all companies. They provide valuable tools, including a "traffic light" evaluation filter and a "confidence check" mechanism, to help you choose and execute new business endeavors. Wall Street has almost no greater profanity than "low growth," but if you take seriously your fiduciary duty to spend shareholders' dollars wisely, we think you should read this book. In the aftermath of the dot-com crash and the subsequent corporate-governance scandals, the time has come for a sober, systematic approach to growth.
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Tashi's life is never dull. In this exciting new quest, Tashi plots with the wife of Chintu the giant to rid the village of his Only Brother-a giant who will eat anything in sight, including the villagers, unless Tashi can stop him. Things go terribly wrong when a stranger appears with a magic flute, but in the face of trouble Tashi acts fast and saves the village from a terrible disaster.
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Addressing themes of courage, curiosity, adventure, and loyalty, this second compendium of the Tashi series contains all 10 stories from books 8–12 of Tashi’s escapades. These stories share Tashi’s brave adventures as he outsmarts evil demons, takes on one-eyed kidnappers and bungling brigades, and confronts wicked ghosts. Tashi always manages to save the day using his quick wit and trickery. Young readers will cheer on Tashi as he combats evil in these 10 enchanting stories.
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The Big Gamble
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The ancient land of Caradore has been conquered by the Magravandian empire and its royal house of Palindrake bound by a potent oath to the invader. The Sea Dragon, Caradore's source of mystic power, has been driven from the world by the triumphant Fire Drake--or so everyone believes, until twins are born to the Palindrakes. Valraven and Pharinet, brother and sister, discover the Sea Dragon has only been hidden--and is dangerous not only to the conquerors but also to Caradore and the world.
Neil Gaiman has described Storm Constantine, author of Sea Dragon Heir, as a "myth-making Gothic queen." It's a perfect description for the provocative, imaginative, genre-blending author of the Grigori trilogy (Stalking Tender Prey, Scenting Hallowed Blood, and Stealing Sacred Fire), the three-novella collection Three Heralds of the Storm, and the gender-bending Wraeththu trilogy. With Sea Dragon Heir, Ms. Constantine turns to what appears at first glimpse to be traditional high fantasy--but the novel (the first of a new trilogy) proves as darkly romantic, stylish, sharp, and twisted as her fans expect, even as it extends the author's appeal to a new readership. --Cynthia Ward
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In a world beyond time, the Palindrake family rules the rocky kingdom of Caradore, their right ordained by their allegiance to the power of the sea. But war came to them, and defeat at the hands of the king of Fire. For generations the Palindrake Lords served the god of Fire.But now, five lifetimes later, the Palindrake heir, Vlraven V, has a twin sister, a woman who embodies their inheritance of power in a way that no wife ever could. The tidal power in their blood draws them to each other, into a forbidden passion that cold sweep away the bonds of fire placed upon the oceanic magic of the sea, and free Caradore from its long imprisonment.
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Twin children, a boy and a girl, learn that they are the legal and magical heirs to the Sea People kingdom and the power of the Sea Dragon. As they discover what their power is capable of, they become pawns of opposing factions of the Sea People and their conquerors, those who worship the Fire God.
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Great style, terrible message.......2005-10-15
In the Sea Dragon Heir I glanced through the book and was quickly seduced by the writing style of the author. The description and language used by Constatine was opulent, it filled every moment of the story and left an atmosphere as thick as a smoking room's interior.
It was to my great disappointment that I found on finishing the book... I really didn't like most of the characters. In fact, some of the ones I enjoyed at first became those I disliked the most. I read on, her wonderful writing style like the sweet nothings of a lover, as I was disappointed again and again by the actions of the characters.
There are books with no "heroes" that are interesting stories in their own right, in which the events themselves intrigue. Then there are stories to which you become apathetic to the drives and whims of the characters themselves, and unfortunately this book falls in that category.
I finished this series, hoping to see some wonderful resolution to the many events that begin in this book. There was none - if anything, purpose and meaning flop about like a fish out of water. However, I did find one constant throughout the course of the series. One message that Storm Constantine seemed to want to convey, and one that I didn't agree on.
"It is only those people who have been emotionally and psychologically scarred in a way that would leave modern people in an institution are strong enough to persevere and in the end become victorious." Now, that's summing it up in my own words, but it's pretty plain that's the author's point. And I just can't swallow that no matter how strong my suspension of disbelief.
Gothic Fantasy - not for me, thanks!.......2005-04-24
Two hundred years ago, Cassilin, king of fire and son of the great Magravandian house of Malagash conquered Caradore and its guardian family, the Palindrakes. He took their land and crippled their heritage by demanding an oath of perpetual fealty from Valraven, the young heir to the throne. Valraven's mother bid him accept this humiliation willingly such that their association with the power of the Sea Dragons could be hidden until the time was right for its revival to aid them in reclaiming their land and their freedom.
Many generations have passed. Valraven, the current eldest son of the Caradorean family, accepts posting to the Magravandian military, part of his ancestor's oath, but his twin sister Pharinet struggles with the realization that the time is coming to reawaken the magic of their country's connection to the sea and the Sea Dragons.
What a shame! That Storm Constantine can write is beyond dispute. Her descriptive passages are moving and brilliant. Her dialogue is lucid, realistic and fast-paced. The magic or dream sequences are eerie, fascinating and compelling. But, in spite of all that, this novel is as fundamentally flawed as its characters. One and all, they are driven by emotions and traits that are either dark and ugly or weak and pathetic - greed, lust, ambition, hunger for power, ambivalence, amorality or moral turpitude, egocentricity, sycophancy and selfishness. Pharinet, for example, comes to realize that her incestuous love for her twin, Valraven, cannot be continued but at no time expresses even the slightest apology or twinge of regret. Even when these characters appear to display strength or courage or unity of purpose, it is not noble and seems to arise only out of their dark side.
The plot, such as it is, develops slowly but it is masked by deep, impenetrable, swirling layers of foggy mysticism, magic and fantastical writing that make the story line all but inscrutable. At no time does the story aspire to anything uplifting. Unrelenting darkness with no interludes of pleasure or lightness makes this novel depressingly difficult to continue. If this is Gothic fantasy, then I'll give the genre a pass. I'm certainly not inspired to continue with the trilogy or seek out anything else by the same author. I repeat - what a shame!
Paul Weiss
Interesting stuff but no depth.......2003-09-22
After reading the trilogy set, I can go back to this first book and safely say that Sea Dragon Heir is my least favorite of the three. I'm tired of being "told" what Valraven is rather being "shown." In fact a great many things are being told and hence the characters are barely flesh and bone and I didn't care about the melodramas going on in their lives. There are too many convenient plot devices that is contrived and tiresome. As for the bed-hopping scenes..... why? They don't seem to serve any other purpose other than to "oh lets be shocking, shocking(!)" and then left at that with no futher insights to the characters themselves. Once again it is the "telling" rather than the "showing" flaw of Constantine's writing that bores me to no end.
I will say that Constantine's writing style is lovely and rather poetic. Too bad she waste it trying to be the next Anne Rice or something.
Taking a standard and twisting it.......2003-04-16
The Magravandias series (starting with this book) is probably the easiest Storm book to get your hands on. Out of all her books, this series is closest to what I always thought regular "fantasy" books would be like -- has a Medieval type setting, castles, dragons, heroes on a "quest" for artifacts, noble ideals, forces of darkness to be overcome, etc. That said, I think Storm turns a lot of the cliches on their heads and makes it all quite twisted :) The books have a big undercurrent of sexuality, notably a strong same sex attachment while at the same time tying in with things like Medieval sagas and German myths. Best of all, the books really lead up and up to a cool conclusion which you don't see coming and which is very satisfying.
Taking the standard and twisting it.......2003-02-07
The Magravandias series (starting with this book) is probably the easiest Storm book to get your hands on. Out of all her books, this series is closest to what I always thought regular "fantasy" books would be like -- has a Medieval type setting, castles, dragons, heroes on a "quest" for artifacts, noble ideals, forces of darkness to be overcome, etc. That said, I think Storm turns a lot of the cliches on their heads and makes it all quite twisted :) The books have a big undercurrent of sexuality, notably a strong same sex attachment while at the same time tying in with things like Medieval sagas and German myths. Best of all, the books really lead up and up to a cool conclusion which you don't see coming and which is very satisfying.
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The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in such conventional outlets as drugstores and even supermarkets. Prescription for Herbal Healing brings to herbal medicine the same in-depth, easy-to-understand information and accessible style that Prescription for Nutritional Healing successfully brought to diet and nutritional supplements.
This book is divided into three parts for easy reference. Part I discusses the basic principles of herbal medicine and outlines the properties and characteristics of some one hundred sixty single herbs and sixty herbal combination formulas. Part II describes more than one hundred fifty common disorders, conveniently arranged in alphabetical order from acne to yeast infection, and names the herbal therapies that can be used in the treatment of those conditions. Part III is a guide to using various kinds of herbal and other alternative therapies. In addition, it includes self-diagnostic tests and boxed insets throughout, which offer detailed information on a wide variety of topics.
Complete coverage of Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs make this volume entirely comprehensive, and thorough scientific references lend it an authority not found in any other herbal book. Prescription for Herbal Healing is the definitive herbal resource and is a necessity for any health-conscious consumer.
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A Must Have Book.......2007-09-24
This book is a valuable resource for anyone who is desiring to find natural healing methods to address various ailments. Tells you WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP YOURSELF. Be your own best Doctor. The author also includes information on herbs which is invaluable. She also lists contraindications where there should be a warning if used with prescription drugs. Her first book, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, was so good that I couldn't resist purchaing the companion volume on healing with herbs. I also purchased a copy of this book for my brother-in-law and had Amazon ship it to him. He has found help through this book also. I would highly recommend this book, as well as, the author's first book.
Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies.......2007-05-15
Easy to read a must for your library.
Recommendation .......2007-02-18
I am a Naturopathy student; this book contains complete and professional index information. The info is well organized.
Herb Bible Companion.......2007-01-16
This is a very good companion book for Prescription fo Nutrional Healing.
a must have.......2007-01-12
To make it short: if you are a therapist who works with phytotherapy, this book is a must for you. It gives you a great foundation of knowledge, that can be your base to heal in a holistic way.
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