The Falls: An Inspector Rebus Novel

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Edinburgh police detective John Rebus, Ian Rankin's popular series detective, is a brilliantly realized character, as moody, dark, and melancholy as Edinburgh itself. In The Falls, he's almost certain that missing university student Philippa Balfour is dead, but he's less sure how she died or what her misadventure has to do with the tiny doll in a hand-sized coffin that turns up near a waterfall on the Balfour family estate. It's not the first coffin found near the scene of a crime; could Philippa be the victim of a serial killer? The only other lead the police have is a cryptic e-mail from someone called Quiz Master, inviting Philippa--and then constable Siobhan Clarke, who responds using Philippa's screen name--to join him in a bizarre scavenger hunt that might lead Clarke to Philippa's body, her killer, or her own death.

This time out Rebus has a new boss, who's no happier with his unorthodox style or impolitic attitude toward the Edinburgh establishment than his last one was. But even under department suspension, Rebus manages to tie a number of seemingly disparate and unconnected clues together and deliver a killer in a scene that even the most discerning reader may not see coming until it jumps off the page. A bestseller in the U.K., The Falls is Rankin's best yet. --Jane Adams

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When the privileged daughter of a merchant banker disappears, a search through her e-mails uncovers her secret life-and a bizarre correspondence with an on-line game player who delights in macabre puzzles. The first game was for the girl. The next one is for Inspector John Rebus, a man haunted by the impenetrable riddles of his own troubled past. But the lead is soon complicated by an unexpected twist.

A hand-carved wooden doll in an eight-inch coffin is found on the grounds of the victim's home-a clue that links her vanishing to the deaths of four other women, and to a centuries-old offense that still scars the grisly history of Edinburgh.

From the shadowy world of an Internet stalker to the quicksand of lies in the missing girl's dissolute family, Rebus is led into the soul of evil. And to a shattering crime that only he, a man who treads the fine line between investigative brilliance and personal oblivion, could ever hope to understand.

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Just another great Rankin/Rebus to puzzle over .......2006-08-09

A wealthy young college socialite has gone missing, and a miniture coffin has been found near her home. Rebus is trying to settle in with his new DCS (Gill Templer) while working out how to handle their prior relationship. At the same time he is having his apartment made ship-shape so that he can put it on the market, though he has no idea where he wants to move. He is also becoming involved with Jean, who is a curator (and PhD) at the Scottish Museum.

While reviewing the MisPers (missing persons) computer, Siobhan has found that she was involved in a role playing game. Could this be related to her disappearance? Is her on/off boyfriend involved, and what about his and her parents situations.

As with all Rebus mysteries, there are a lot of 'red herrings' to be eliminated, as well as trying to hold onto the actual clues. When the MisPer turns up dead, the stakes get higher as Rebus guesses that this may be related to a thirty-year murder spree. Typically, the ending is violent, but for a change Rebus only ends up with a sprained ankle.

It's a grand story for laddies and lassies alike. Slainte.

Good story, good telling, somewhat repetitive.......2006-06-23

There are several ways to use repetition in a novel: to show different angles of an object or event, to add detail to an ongoing process, or to create atmosphere. Rankin tries for the latter, giving us the patently effective formula of 1/2 technical mystery and 1/2 cerebral soap opera, but this book goes on a bit long in the second half especially. The mystery itself is reasonably solid but guessable by readers with experience in the UK (Scotland is not England) style of mystery writing. What salvages this as always is the contrast between the insuppressible Rebus and the system of predictability around him, and the details such as the brightly insightful Siobhan Clarke. Still, it is better than most books written in this genre, and its scenes are more artfully constructed to stay in memory, as are its playful indulgences with language.

A Good 'Puzzle' for Rebus!.......2006-05-05

'The Falls' was my introduction to the Rebus book series. I'd seen a few of the TV adapatations, which were OK, but when I realized how many changes were made(The TV version of 'The Falls' is almost unrecognizable), I wanted to see if I could find any of the original material.
I enjoyed getting to know the complex characters, and I didn't feel like I was bagged down by too much of their history from previous books. Rebus has asome very interesting strengths and shortcomings, and both he and Siobhan balance some delicate personal and professional conflicts in this story.
The plot of 'The Falls' was easy enough to follow(Why would anyone who only read three pages bother reviewing it?), and I was intrigued by some of the background info involving the coffins to look up the real-life nineteenth century murder spree mentioned in this story.
Granted, some of the internet references weren't perfect(confusing e-mails with instant messages),and while some have said the 'office politics' of the Edinburgh police were the strength of the book, I couldhave done with slightly less of it in later chapters. Still, it was a good way to mix 'old' and 'new' techniques in crimefighting and crime fiction.
So, while this may not have been the best jumping-on point for a 'Rebus' newbie, I'll be back for more!

You Can Never Get Enough of John Rebus.......2005-01-05

Edinburgh Detective Inspector John Rebus is the kind of anti-hero you hate to love. He's a rule breaking fuse ready to go off at the drop of a dime. He's a loser at love, listens to rock music, drinks too much, worries about getting old, shuns exercise and anything remotely healthy. He's also very, very good at what he does, and that is catching crooks.

Philippa "Flip" Balfour the daughter of a rich investment banker disappears and, of course, her boyfriend is a prime suspect. So also is one of her father's colleagues, but then a weird tiny hadn card doll in a miniture coffin is found and Rebus realises he faces more than an isolated case. And DC Siobhan Clarke volunteers to pursues clues left by an Internet role-playing gamer, by taking on Flip's identity in the game.

The intricate puzzle, masterful pacing and magical description of Edinburhg are guaranteed to keep you flipping through the pages, reading like a ball afire, charging toward the thrilling climax. Rankin is a pro, he never disappoints.

Great Page Turner.......2004-09-28

I picked up The Falls while on a weekend getaway and do not feel sorry about this. The book starts slowly and at the beginning the story sounds like something I've read in other crime fictions. However, I quickly got more than involved with the details in the story - from finding a reality internet game ring leader to solving the mystery of the wooden coffins. Rebus' character is hard not to like - a detective near retirement who has his own principles and vices and who also listens only to his own instincts. If you have free time or just want to read an entertaining book go for the Falls.

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The Falls: An Inspector Rebus Novel (An Inspector Rufus Novel)
Ian Rankin
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Ian Rankin
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Ghostly Tales from a Scholar of Medieval Manuscripts

Truly scary stories

First collected stories of M. R. James

beware of james

Best ghost stories by best reader
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James
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From "The Ash Tree": Everyone who has traveled over Eastern England knows the smaller country-houses with which it is studded -- the rather dank little buildings, usually in the Italian style, surrounded with parks of some eighty to a hundred acres. . . . I have to tell you of a curious series of events which happened in such a house as I have tried to describe. It is Castringham Hall in Suffolk. I think a good deal has been done to the building since the period of my story, but the essential features I have sketched are still there -- Italian portico, square block of white house, older inside than out, park with fringe of woods, and mere. The one feature that marked out the house from a score of others is gone. As you looked at it from the park, you saw on the right a great old ash tree growing within half a dozen yards of the wall, and almost or quite touching the building with its branches. I suppose it had stood there ever since Castringham ceased to be a fortified place, and since the moat was filled in and the Elizabethan dwelling-house built. At any rate, it had well-nigh attained its full dimensions in the year 1690. In that year the district in which the Hall is situated was the scene of a number of witch-trials. * Also includes the classic M.R. James tales, "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," "Lost Hearts," "The Mezzotint," "Number 13," "Count Magnus," "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'," and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas."

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Ghostly Tales from a Scholar of Medieval Manuscripts.......2003-12-02

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), Vice-Chancellor at Cambridge, Director of the prestigious Fitzwilliam Museum, and later Provost of Eton, was possibly the world's greatest authority on medieval manuscripts. He is thought to have studied nearly twenty thousand documents. He also wrote ghost stories.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary was published in a limited edition in 1904 and reprinted nine times in the next decade. He subsequently published three other collections - More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911), A Thin Ghost and Others (1919), and A Warning to the Curious (1926). M. R. James greatly admired the supernatural fiction of J. Sheridan LeFanu and thought of himself as simply a follower in LeFanu's footsteps.

In the interesting introduction to this Dover edition E. F. Bleiler writes that the "evil that dieth not, but lieth in wait" is a common theme in these chilling stories. This evil that dieth not is best left undisturbed. The curious ones, those seekers of forgotten lore, often discover that knowledge comes at a high price. And the reader may find that sleep comes less easy.

I quite enjoyed this short collection and I am sure that it will appeal to any reader of Victorian ghost stories. A few may seem somewhat familiar as undoubtedly the tales of M. R. James have long served as a source of inspiration for later stories and screenplays.

The stories in this collection include Canon Alberic's Scrap-book, Lost Hearts, The Mezzotint, The Ash-tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad, and The Treasure of Abbott Thomas.

Truly scary stories.......2003-09-08

If you don't find "horror" fiction frightening, this is for you. These stories scare everyone. This edition also has a very charming cover.

First collected stories of M. R. James.......2003-07-21

However, you might want to spend a bit more money and buy the "The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James." If you completely succumb to the refined but potent horror of this author's writings, only "A Pleasing Terror" (Ash Tree Press 2001) will then do. This book contains all of MRJ's supernatural literature, including story fragments that were never completed, biographies, bibliographies, commentary, and his fantasy novelette, "The Five Jars."

"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" consists of the following stories:

"Canon Alberic's Scrap-book"--The original title for this story was 'A Curious Book,' and it is one of 'the' classical MRJ invocations of a scholar who unwittingly opens the wrong book and pays horribly for his misadventure. This story and the following "Lost Hearts" were originally read aloud at an 1897 meeting of the Cambridge Chitchat Society, a literary gathering which met for "the promotion of rational conversation."

"Lost Hearts"--This story is unusual for MRJ in that the ghosts participate in an actual physical assault on the villain who had murdered them. It is narrated in the third person by a little boy who is orphaned and goes to live with his elderly cousin at Aswarby Hall (an actual estate in Lincolnshire, now largely demolished). Slowly he begins to realize that there were two other children who had lived with his cousin before him.

"The Mezzotint"--A collector of topographical pictures purchases a mezzotint that shows a view of a manor-house from the early part of the eighteenth century. The picture slowly evolves through a story of murder and revenge from beyond the grave.

"The Ash-tree"--If your Bible falls open to the verse, "Thou shalt seek me in the morning, and I shall not be" do not, I repeat DO NOT sleep in Sir Matthew's old bedroom next to the ancient ash-tree. This story is a unique reworking of the "executed witch's revenge" theme.

"Number 13"--A scholar settles into a Danish hotel to research the town's ecclesiastical history and learns more than he ever wanted to know about a bishop who sold his soul to Satan.

"Count Magnus"--Another story (along with "Number 13") that may have had its origin in MRJ's trips to Scandinavia. Mr. Wraxall, the scholarly hero of this tale dooms himself by reading a forbidden treatise of alchemy and expressing a wish to meet its long-dead (or not so dead) Swedish author. This tale is definitely not for the faint-hearted, especially the scene in the mausoleum of Count Magnus, when the locks start popping off of the sarcophagus.

"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"--A Professor takes a golfing vacation on England's East Coast, and agrees to take a look at the site of an ancient Templars' preceptory for an archeologically-inclined friend of his. He scratches around in the ruins and finds a whistle with a Mediaeval Latin inscription on it that can be translated (according to Jamesian scholar Jacqueline Simpson) as: "O thief, you will polish it, you will blow it twice, you will regret this, you will go mad." I think this is the first M. R. James story I ever read, and it terrified me. I can't remember how long I had to sleep with the lights on after reading it.

"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"--Mr. Somerton deciphers a text from the medieval Latin 'Sertum Steinfeldense Norbertinum,' and an inscription in the painted-glass window of a private chapel, then goes on a treasure hunt to Germany. What he finds, and what throws its arms around his neck while he... All I will further state is that if you should happen upon a German well that has seven eyes carved on one of its stones, under no circumstances should you climb down into that well, most especially not after dark.

beware of james.......2003-04-11

noone could evre make as much out of the traditional ghost story than MRJ. angles, details, objects. by changing one thing, focusing on something else, etc., james shows the potential in the classic elements. he doesn't stretch it too far, and he doesn't have to. he plays around with subtle changes, but his writing is serious. great descriptions, excellent at details, james is considered the ghost story master by a great many. check out how he carries out the details in Canon Alberic with the mysterios book, the descroptions in Ash-tree, the mysterious lurking fear in Count Magnus, or the plot in Oh whistle.....

Best ghost stories by best reader.......2001-04-10

M.R. James is one of the greatest writers of ghost stories ever; we all know that. Add Nigel Lambert as reader. I enjoy audio books almost as much as print, but never have I heard such a perfect combination of voice and material as in this collection. Lambert masters accents and voices of every kind. This--and the companion volume," A Warning to the Curious" are an unending delight, well worth the price.

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M.R. James
Manufacturer: Wildside Press
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Collected here are eight masterful ghost stories by the great Edwardian writer Montague Rhodes James. Includes "Number Thirteen," "The Mezzotint," "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," and more -- all classics of the genre!

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GHOST STORIES OF AN ANTIQUARY
M. R. JAMES
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JAMES
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Rhodes Montague James
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A fine introduction to this chilling, antiquarian author.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James
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ASIN: 1426430302
Release Date: 2006-09-27

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St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagneres-de-Luchon. It was the site of a bishopric until the Revolution, and has a cathedral which is visited by a certain number of tourists.

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A fine introduction to this chilling, antiquarian author........2007-05-13

The ghost stories of M.R. James (MRJ) are widely considered to be the best supernatural literature ever written. "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" was his first collection of short stories to be published (Arnold 1904) and is a fine introduction to this chilling, scholarly author.

However, you might want to spend a bit more money and buy the "The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James." If you completely succumb to the refined but potent horror of this author's writings, only "A Pleasing Terror" (Ash Tree Press 2001) will then do. This book contains all of MRJ's supernatural literature, including story fragments that were never completed, biographies, bibliographies, commentary, and his fantasy novelette, "The Five Jars."

"Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" consists of the following stories:

"Canon Alberic's Scrap-book"--The original title for this story was 'A Curious Book,' and it is one of 'the' classical MRJ invocations of a scholar who unwittingly opens the wrong book and pays horribly for his misadventure. This story and the following "Lost Hearts" were originally read aloud at an 1897 meeting of the Cambridge Chitchat Society, a literary gathering which met for "the promotion of rational conversation."

"Lost Hearts"--This story is unusual for MRJ in that the ghosts participate in an actual physical assault on the villain who had murdered them. It is narrated in the third person by a little boy who is orphaned and goes to live with his elderly cousin at Aswarby Hall (an actual estate in Lincolnshire, now largely demolished). Slowly he begins to realize that there were two other children who had lived with his cousin before him.

"The Mezzotint"--A collector of topographical pictures purchases a mezzotint that shows a view of a manor-house from the early part of the eighteenth century. The picture slowly evolves through a story of murder and revenge from beyond the grave.

"The Ash-tree"--If your Bible falls open to the verse, "Thou shalt seek me in the morning, and I shall not be" do not, I repeat DO NOT sleep in the Sir Matthew's old bedroom next to the ancient ash-tree. This story is a unique reworking of the "executed witch's revenge" theme.

"Number 13"--A scholar settles into a Danish hotel to research the town's ecclesiastical history and learns more than he ever wanted to know about a bishop who sold his soul to Satan.

"Count Magnus"--Another story (along with "Number 13") that may have had its origin in MRJ's trips to Scandinavia. Mr. Wraxall, the scholarly hero of this tale dooms himself by reading a forbidden treatise of alchemy and expressing a wish to meet its long-dead (or not so dead) Swedish author. This tale is definitely not for the faint-hearted, especially the scene in the mausoleum of Count Magnus, when the locks start popping off of the sarcophagus.

"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"--A Professor takes a golfing vacation on England's East Coast, and agrees to take a look at the site of an ancient Templars' preceptory for an archeologically-inclined friend of his. He scratches around in the ruins and finds a whistle with a Mediaeval Latin inscription on it that can be translated (according to Jamesian scholar Jacqueline Simpson) as: "O thief, you will polish it, you will blow it twice, you will regret this, you will go mad." I think this is the first M. R. James story I ever read, and it terrified me. I can't remember how long I had to sleep with the lights on after reading it.

"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"--Mr. Somerton deciphers a text from the medieval Latin 'Sertum Steinfeldense Norbertinum,' and an inscription in the painted-glass window of a private chapel, then goes on a treasure hunt to Germany. What he finds, and what throws its arms around his neck while he... All I will further state is that if you should happen upon a German well that has seven eyes carved on one of its stones, under no circumstances should you climb down into that well, most especially not after dark.

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Original title: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary
M. R. James
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'Well, Mr Garrett,' said Mrs Simpson, who had not yet resumed her work, and was looking at the fire thoughtfully, 'I shall tell you the story. You will please keep it to yourself, if you don't mind? Thank you. Now it is just this. I had an old uncle, a Dr Rant. Perhaps you may have heard of him. Not that he was a distinguished man, but from the odd way he chose to be buried.'

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Original title: More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.......2007-05-13

Please note: this book is actually M.R. James's second volume of ghost stories, not his first. The title is a bit misleading.

The ghost stories of M.R. James (MRJ) are widely considered to be the best supernatural literature ever written. "More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" was his second collection of short stories to be published (1911) and includes seven tales of the supernatural.

However, you might want to spend a bit more money and buy the "The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James." If you completely succumb to the refined but potent horror of this author's writings, only "A Pleasing Terror" (Ash Tree Press 2001) will then do. The latter book contains all of MRJ's supernatural literature, including story fragments that were never completed, biographies, bibliographies, commentary, and his fantasy novelette, "The Five Jars."

"More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" consists of the following stories, plus a brief preface by the author:

"A School Story"--MRJ was a dean at King's College, Cambridge and he supposedly wrote this story to entertain the King's College Choir. I believe it is one of his shortest complete stories and it contains several ideas for further tales of the supernatural which were never followed up by MRJ himself. In this tale two middle-aged men are reminiscing about ghosts at boys' schools, and one relates a story of a schoolboy's revenge on a murderous master.

"The Rose Garden"--Features one of MRJ's less sympathetic female characters. The overbearing Mrs. Anstruther gets her supernatural comeuppance when she insists upon the removal of an old oak post in the rose garden.

"The Tractate Middoth"--The young Mr. Garrett is asked to find a copy of the "Tractate Middoth" in a "certain famous library" and stumbles upon a cobwebby mystery. Find yourself a quiet, unpopulated corner in the stacks of an old library and see if you can read this story without looking behind you. This is MRJ at his antiquarian best.

"Casting the Runes"--One of MRJ's most collected stories along with "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad." The villain of tale is sometimes assumed to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. He and MRJ might have crossed paths at Cambridge University although there seems to be no proof that the scholarly Dean ever met the so-called 'wickedest man in the world.' At any rate, this is a tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer.

"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"--This story begins with the obituary of the Venerable John Benwell Haynes, Archdeacon of Sowerbridge and Rector of Pickhill and Candley. He succeeded to his position upon the rather mysterious demise of Archdeacon Pulteney in 1810, but does not find much enjoyment in his new job. In fact, the archideacon's stall with its carvings of a cat, the King of Hell, and Death becomes a particularly haunting spot for the new prelate.

"Martin's Close"--The bit of land referred to in the story's title is "one of the smallest enclosures you are likely to see." It consists of a pond that is hedged all around with no gate or entrance. The tale of its haunting is told primarily through a court record from the time of Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys, he of the infamous 'Bloody Assize' that followed the Monmouth Rebellion. In spite of this rather awkward structure, it is a very frightening tale of supernatural revenge.

"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance"--Once installed as the new master of his deceased uncle's estate, Mr. Humphreys discovers the plan to an overgrown maze on his property. He decides to investigate the old landscaping feature, which was erected by one of his most notorious ancestors. Mr. Humphreys also discovers a set of stone blocks that were once part of the maze. He reconstructs the inscription on them to read: "Penetrans Ad Interior Mortis."

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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Montague Rhodes James
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
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The Best Excercise and Eating Plan for Health and Weight Loss.......2006-10-18

I've been working at a national cooking magazine for 13 years and I thought I knew what kinds of food was good for my health. This book has been an eye opener! I'd been suffering from lots of food cravings and was eating all the time, even when I wasn't hungry. Needless to say, I was packing on the pounds. After reading the book, I switched to whole grain pasta and bread and consciously ate more whole foods like vegetables, potatoes, legumes, and lean meats. I don't worry about portion control because whole foods fill you up more quickly and takes longer to digest, so you don't get hungry as quickly. I sourced out local, organic vegetables and pasture-raised, natural meats and switched to organic milk. Combined with the easy-to-do, low-impact excercise plan (40 minutes, two or three times a week. All you need is a step up bench and five-pound hand weights), I've lost 14 pounds in a few months and went from a size 12 to size 6 (I also started doing yoga, which I love). I don't have any of the diseases mentioned in the book, but I think this lifestyle change is really helping to keep me healthy.

The Gold Coast Cure REALLY Works!.......2006-08-02

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This book is a must if you want to improve your life!.......2006-03-24

This book explains how your body uses food - both good and bad food. It makes it easy and clear why weight loss diets you have tried in the past have not worked. It replaces weight loss diets with healthy eating habits that will last the rest of your life and make the rest of your life better. It teaches you how to read product labels and understand what they mean and what they don't mean. Following this way of eating helps you with chronic medical conditions you have and others that you may be in line for developing in the future. I have more energy, I have less pain, and even though I didn't really do this to lose weight, I have lost 10 pounds. My food cravings are gone - I don't snack all the time anymore - I feel better about myself and I feel great! Thank you Dr. & Mrs Larson for a book that has changed my life.

Makes a lotta sense!.......2006-03-18

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The Gold Coast Cure.......2006-03-15

Very good book. Lots of information on lifestyle change and Body Makeover tips. The receipt ideas are very tasty and easy to use.

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Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen
Peggy Katalinich , and Susan Mcquillan
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Weight Loss | Diets | Diets & Weight Loss | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0060597224
Release Date: 2004-12-14

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When the test-kitchen crew at Family Circle decided to lose weight, they needed a plan that let them keep their jobs--eight hours a day testing and tasting recipes--and continue to enjoy food. "It's all about the calories," nutritionist Susan McQuillan told them. She designed the "Eat What You Love & Lose" plan: a sensible, healthy way to limit portions and average 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss a week.

The key: eat about 1500 calories a day through moderate--rather than supersize--portions, and substitute lower-calorie foods that satisfy the same taste requirement as high-calorie food cravings. If you're eating less, each food has to be tasty, so the 225 recipes are designed to be flavorful and satisfying: Orange Chicken and Peanut Salad, Pasta with Spicy Red-Pepper Cream Sauce, Shrimp-Gazpacho Soup, Fish Burgers with Caper Mayonnaise, and Caribbean Chicken Curry, for example. A selection of 100- to 200-calorie sweets include Berry Shortcake, One-Crust Fresh Peach Pie, Choco-Mocha Angel Food Cake, and Cinnamon Coffee Custard. All recipes include nutrient values.

Eat What You Love and Lose gets back to sensible dieting--the kind that helps you lose weight steadily and keep it off because you have no need to return to your earlier way of eating. --Joan Price

Book Description

What happens when six dedicated foodies who are paid to eat need to lose weight? After years of cooking and tasting as many as ten different dishes a day, the staff of the test kitchen joined that majority of Americans who want to lose anywhere from 10 to 30 pounds. So the test-kitchen team went on a 15-week diet and the results were amazing: Every single team member met or exceeded her or his weight-loss goal. Now, on the Eat What You Love & Lose plan, you'll benefit from their experience and wisdom with a sensible 14-day program and more than 250 fast and fabulous recipes that get the best flavor out of every calorie.

Because the plan is so flexible, it's easy to follow. And because the recipes are so delicious, you'll never feel deprived. All of the main dishes weigh in with fewer than 350 calories -- most with substantially less -- and all of the desserts contain fewer than 200 calories. Enjoy these and many other tasty dishes and watch the pounds melt away!

Customer Reviews:

Tasty and Easy.......2006-11-16

I cook from this book several times a week and I've yet to find something that I wouldn't cook again or that I wouldn't serve to guests. I'm not the best or most patient cook, so I really appreciate the quick and easy aspect. A couple of things to consider - one of the ways they reduce calories is by using veggies such as peppers and zucchini to stretch normally high calorie meals. Also, many of the recipes are very flavorful, not necessarily spicy, but lots of strong sauces and spicing. If you don't like those things, this might not be the book for you....luckily we do.

Good recipes but inconvenient number of servings.......2005-07-07

I got this book as I'm always on a lookout for great tasting healthy recipes. I have made a few dishes from the book and all of them turned out well (blueberry cottage cheese pancakes were especially good). So I have no complaint about the quality of the meals. However, our family consists of two people and I usually cook for two nights - read 4 servings. The MAJORITY of the recipes are for 6 servings. It is highly inconvenient as 6 doesn't adjust easily to 4, and I don't like freezing leftovers.
Because of this issue, I rarely look in the book when I'm searching for a recipe.
If you have a big family or don't mind freezing leftovers then I would reccomend the book, as the recipes are good. But if you're single or have two people in your household, you might want to look elsewhere for your everyday cookbook.

Great Recipes!.......2004-10-26

I am the very definition of a foodie. I'm also health conscious.

WOW! I've had this book for a few months, and I got it used figuring if I didn't like it, no big deal. This week so far I've made the chicken pot pie, sugar cookies, and pumpkin spice muffins. They all have come out wonderfully and you cannot tell they are low-cal!! Tonight I'm making the mustard dill pork chops with pumpnickel stuffing and tomorrow onion & pepper braciole! I bet you didn't think you could eat that stuff and have it come in at under 400 calories!!!

I'm not even a reader of family circle, but this book is probably one of my most used cookbooks :)

Great Book.......2003-09-16

I have never enjoyed diet books and have always felt that diets really only promote unhealthy eating. But this book is different. The recipes were delicious. (I have a difficult time believing that each serving falls within the calorie requirement...they're that good.) It also emphasizes portion control with food variety which actually gave me a more balanced and healthy way of eating. I don't alternate between starving and overstuffed. I even do better at restaurants. I don't know if I've lost weight yet but I feel better and that was my goal in the first place.

Get this book for the cooks in your family.......2003-09-08

I got this book from the library and tried several receipes before I decided to order several copies for my family and friends. I hate to count (or even think about) calories, and this book does it for you. You do not have to be on a diet to use this book. The receipes have lots of flavor and variety.

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