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wonderful !.......2007-03-12
I just finished reading your book and it is one of the best memoirs I've read. The book was gritty at times but the honesty was wholesome and refreshing. I was especially pleased with the way you tied everything together at the end, making it clear that there is much to be said for acquiring clarity in finding value in everyone for who they are,regardless of their convictions...a deeper sense of learning how you came to evolve and achieve inner peace with your journey.
Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star.......2007-01-13
Actually, a pretty interesting memoir. There's some sex in it, of course, but not that much. Mostly it's the story of this guy's life, and his coming to terms with being gay. I enjoyed it.
I hope his movies were better.......2006-11-29
If your a conflicted Christian or military read this book. And it seems that this is the base most of the amazon reviewers are coming from. I being neither simply wanted a book that lived up to it's salacious title. And on those terms this isn't a book, it's a pamphlet. Thank God, I didn't shell out of this sucker. And to save other readers the expense, I have a suggestion. Go to one of those mega-booksellers where you can sit and read. Open to the chapter entitled "Making Porn", pages 219-237. 20 minutes max. Now go take the money you saved and buy something worth while.
A Brave and Courageous Memoir!.......2006-11-22
I picked this one up after having it sit on my shelf for several months. I am not one to read non-fiction, but I must admit this account of one man's struggle with his life steeped in Christianity, was a real page turner. Rick Merritt has a terrific story to tell and I highly recommend you read it. It's amazing how much he has dealt with in his life thus far and how well he has come through it all ~ definitely an inspiration to readers who are facing some of the same struggles. "Thanks for your honesty and for sharing your story with us Mr. Merritt." Although as a gay man, I haven't had to deal with half of what he has dealt with, I still find his story an inspiration and greatly appreciate his willingness to share it with us all.
Story of a Survivor.......2006-10-18
I bought this book because of the similarites between the author's life and my own. Both of us came out of repressive, abusive Fundamentalist Christianity, both of us served in the military, both of us battled substance abuse, and both of us are gay. This is one man's story, and it's the story of a survivor...in short, it's my story, and the story of countless others as well. There, but for the grace of God, go all of us. Rich Merritt came through the fire, as have so many of us. Well done, Rich! This is a helluva read.
Book Description
By the New Year of 1940 the War Office had agreed in principle to (a) the enhancement of officers' badges of rank with cloth in the colour of the arm-of-service; (b) strips of cloth in the same colours to be worn at the top of the sleeves by all ranks; and (c) the wearing of regimental flashes on Battledress. And so the rules for the wearing of battle insignia throughout the British Army were established. How far they were obeyed and how often they were ignored will become obvious to anyone reading Mike Chappell's splendid companion work to Men-At-Arms 182.
Customer Reviews:
An Interesting Book on a little visited subject.......2005-05-07
RSM Chappell has done an excellent job on a subject that is not well known or covered over here in the States.Altogether considering the complex subject of the rampant Tribalism of the British Army especially during WWII. This book is an excellent effort and deserves a place in any good library covering the Fight against the Axis or one that is interested in the British Army.
Completely useful.......2004-07-26
The only thing this book lacks is a battalion by battalion survey of insignia, but since no one else - not even Bouchery - has yet provided that, perhaps it is up to some webmaster somewhere to synthesize the information from many sources for that.
What this book does do is firstly give a comprehensive history of battle insignia up to and including World War Two, and then very elegantly go division by division and describe their service in general, their insignia, how likely it was to be worn (in the jungle, generally speaking, not often) and general notes on history, design, etc.
Supported by very nice photos, and of course excellent plates by Chappell himself.
Sidebar illustrations not as good as they could have been, and would have benefitted from a more organized chart showing all the divisions in black and white sketches. "Colour value shadings" on black and white drawings not an effective use of space either, a seperate colour plate or simple list would have sufficed.
Best book on the subject out there, however, and very well done. Finding info on any one particular battalion will be hit or miss unfortunately, so if researching a favourite or pet unit, best to physically look at a copy of this book in advance of purchasing it.
Book Description
The British soldiers who marched off to war in 1914 wore only regimental insignia, yet by the time of the armistice in November 1918, insignia in the British Army had undergone a considerable change. Now visible was a bewildering display of coloured devices on uniforms, helmets, vehicles, guns, signboards and flags. Regimental badges remained but were joined by divisional insignia. These were rarely seen in the front line. Instead the 'battle patch' had appeared for combat use. In this beautifully illustrated book Mike Chappell looks at the colourful variety of insignia used by the British Army during the Great War.
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The scope of Britain's wartime Middle East Command stretched far beyond the Libyan desert where the 8th Army's most famous battles were fought - from Gibraltar and Tunisia in the west, to Iraq and Persia in the east, and from Greece south to the Gulf of Aden. In 1940-43 this was the only arena where the British Army could take the ground war to the German Wehrmacht; it saw a succession of setbacks and triumphs, until spring 1945 found the 8th Army victorious in northern Italy. A summary of these campaigns is illustrated by photographs, and detailed colour plates of the wide range of uniforms worn in the varied conditions of this huge theatre of war.
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A great book with great illustrtations.......2005-06-07
The RSM has done his usual outstanding job showing Tommy Atkins with his various forms of equipment!
Terrific.......2004-07-26
I see Carter Rila has spammed his generic comments into this review as well. (Refers to review of volume 1)
The colour plates in this book seem a bit washed out, but that may be the nature of all these figures in khaki. That is the only real criticism of this volume.
What the book presents is a nice overview of the history of the British Army in Northwest Europe, both in 1939-40 and the French campaign, in the UK, and in Overlord and beyond on the continent. Additionally, a history of battle dress uniforms is sketched out and a brief survey of infantry equipment is given. Just enough for the average modeller to follow the directions on his 1:35 scale kit or 1/6 action figure, but beyond that obviously the reader will need to look elsewhere - such as Chappell's volume on British infantry equipment, or David Gordon's excellent books, or even Bouchery (though he does not specialize in equipment). Of course, the TOMMY and JUNGLE GREEN books would be a good bet for equipment also.
The sidebars are interesting; inclusion of 21 Army Group HQ is an interesting touch. Very nice detail sketch of the workings of the No. 4 Mk 1 (T) sniper rifle - one wishes these sketches were more prevalent in all the MAA titles.
Interesting tables on production figures, and a nice thumbnail sketch of the supporting corps and services and what they did.
Photos are, in the main, well above average and some look like they could have been taken yesterday the quality and clarity is so great. Others are not as good, but most are unique and not the "stock" photos that grace so many generic volumes on British soldiers.
Overall a good introduction to the subject, and reflects the current high state of the art of the MAA titles.
Comments above are for Volume 1; I see my review is crossposted to Volume 2. I also own Volume 2 and find it just as useful as Volume 1. Sidebar info includes diagram of battledress insignia placement, and good map of the Middle East. Sadly, still no chart of rank, responsibilities and appointments. This is sadly lacking in most British Army references - the differences between rank and appointment were very real, and a good source of info on the difference betwen a Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, Quartermaster Senior Instructor, and Regimental Sergeant Major would be a nice touch.
Colour plates also seem a bit washed out, but poses are terrific and details are top notch.
Very Useful Overview.......2001-12-23
This work is a splendid example of the new emphasis of the publisher on producing comprehensive works in a handy cheap format compared with the earlier broad brush treatments which covered too much in too little detail.
The new emphasis is on sets covering various national armed forces in as much detail as is available, consistent with the current purpose of the works in the series, which have evolved from an original emphasis on serving the military miniature maker market into works intended to enlighten the general reader in enough detail to satisfy the merely curious and to point the way to further reading.
Most of us, including myself, have little need for, or the patience to read, voluminous studies, often in foreign languages, covering many eras and nations. My main interest is in the US forces, their allies and their enemies in the twentieth century.
That said, these works should be purchased as presented, in sets within the series. Since they are produced as a set, the volumes cover only relevent parts of the general history and the clothing and individual equipment is covered as it appears in each period. The French Army, US Army, British Army, and Italian Army series all have three volumes, covering the major theatres and time periods of the war. The German set has five.
This should be read along with the volumes on Battle Dress and British Infantry Equipments in this series.
If you want an introduction to the fascinating variety of clothing and equipment of the forces covered, this set is for you.
Quite Useful Study of An Important Force.......2001-12-23
This work is a splendid example of the new emphasis of the publisher on producing comprehensive works in a handy cheap format compared with the earlier broad brush treatments which covered too much in too little detail.
The new emphasis is on sets covering various national armed forces in as much detail as is available, consistent with the current purpose of the works in the series, which have evolved from an original emphasis on serving the military miniature maker market into works intended to enlighten the general reader in enough detail to satisfy the merely curious and to point the way to further reading.
Most of us, including myself, have little need for, or the patience to read, voluminous studies, often in foreign languages, covering many eras and nations. My main interest is in the US forces, their allies and their enemies in the twentieth century.
That said, these works should be purchased as presented, in sets within the series. Since they are produced as a set, the volumes cover only relevent parts of the general history and the clothing and individual equipment is covered as it appears in each period. The French Army, US Army, British Army, and Italian Army series all have three volumes, covering the major theatres and time periods of the war. The German set has five.
The British Army set should be read in conjunction with Mike Chappell's work on British Infantry equipment and the volume on Battle Dress.
If you want an introduction to the fascinating variety of clothing and equipment of the forces covered, this set is for you.
Highly Useful and Detailed Study.......2001-12-23
This work is a splendid example of the new emphasis of the publisher on producing comprehensive works in a handy cheap format compared with the earlier broad brush treatments which covered too much in too little detail.
The new emphasis is on sets covering various national armed forces in as much detail as is available, consistent with the current purpose of the works in the series, which have evolved from an original emphasis on serving the military miniature maker market into works intended to enlighten the general reader in enough detail to satisfy the merely curious and to point the way to further reading.
Most of us, including myself, have little need for, or the patience to read, voluminous studies, often in foreign languages, covering many eras and nations. My main interest is in the US forces, their allies and their enemies in the twentieth century.
That said, these works should be purchased as presented, in sets within the series. Since they are produced as a set, the volumes cover only relevent parts of the general history and the clothing and individual equipment is covered as it appears in each period. The French Army, US Army, British Army, and Italian Army series all have three volumes, covering the major theatres and time periods of the war. The German set has five.
The German Army set should be read in conjunction with many other individual volumes covering their allies and opponents and the other German fighting forces such as the Waffen SS, and the Parachute units, which were part of the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.
If you want an introduction to the fascinating variety of clothing and equipment of the forces covered, this set is for you.
Book Description
In 1916, Britain was finally forced to introduce universal conscription to replace the terrible casualties suffered by the pre-war Regulars, the Territorials and the eager but unprepared volunteers of the 'New Armies'. In 1917 and 1918, the vastly expanded British Expeditionary Force became the most effective of all the combatant armies in France, its improved weapons and tactics forged in the furnaces of the Somme and the Ypres Salient. Shaken but resilient under Germany's last desperate offensive in spring 1918, it swept forward to final victory. This second of three titles charts its changing appearance in colourful detail.
Customer Reviews:
Another Fine Piece of Work.......2006-01-24
It is hard to undersrand why this has yet to be reviewed as it has been out for a while. So here goes.
There is no need to rehash the contents of the publisher's blurb above. Chappel's name is enough to recommend serious consideration of acquiring it.
For those of us who see Mike Chappell's name on a publication know there is not much more to say. He is one of the finest and most respected illustrators working in modern times. His precision of detail is superb, yet there is no stiffness in his figures.
So when I see that Mike Chappell is both writer and illustrator of a work in my fields of interest, I do not hesitate to order it, for I know that I am in for an even more pleasurable hour of good reading of a most reliable work in prose and picture. His prose is just as vigorous as is his art work.
Just as I have with most other works to which he has contributed as either writer (too seldom) or as illustrator, I will put it on the reference shelf and consult it again.
So if you want a book worth reading repeatedly get those he wrote and seriously consider those others to which he has contributed.
At one time, Chappell published a self produced magaxine format series concerning the British Army in the Twentieth Century. Unfortunately they are no longer in print.
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Ian Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his reporting on China for the Wall Street Journal, has found the small pockets of resistance that dot the vast landscape of Chinese society and may become the initial fissures that will someday bring down the seemingly indestructible façade of the Communist Party. In
Wild Grass, he recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves fighting oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even
death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant legal clerk are the unlikely heroes of these stories, private citizens cast by unexpected circumstances into surprising roles.
As he accompanies them on their journeys through the impenetrable bureaucratic maze of Communist China, vividly depicting village meetings and Beijing police stations, spontaneous protests and secret networks, Johnson reveals
the contradiction at the heart of modern China. It is a nation intent on pursuing economic reform, creating an open-market economy, raising living standards, improving education, and giving its citizens more time to travel, to think, and to determine their own lives. But at the same time, it refuses to alter the monopoly of power exercised by the Communist Party, and it willfully—often brutally—suppresses the emerging civil society that exists outside the party. From the humble lives that Johnson shares with us may come the revolution that will change China once and for all.
Customer Reviews:
How to make reading a pleasure!.......2006-11-06
I'm glad I found this book. These three stories are very well written and, hence, smooth reading. Each includes information about the "big picture" (historical background, explanation about what's happening in the rest of the country, etc.), as well as the little details, such as clothing styles. These stories are about what to me are normal or understandable ebbs and flows of real human endeavors (involving politics, greed, stubbornness, altruism, learning to deal with the system, and so forth), making China much less the usual mysterious caricature.
Beijing and Prairie grasses.......2006-09-07
Books on China can often grow stale and out of date only a handful of years after they are written, given the pace of change in the Middle Kingdom. With this in mind I was slightly hesitant to pick up Johnson's book, even though it was a mere two years old! However, the poignant topics and character-development in each of these three stories ensures that Wild Grass will remain relevant up through the coming Olympics and beyond.
Although he won the Pulitzer for his reportage on Falun Gong, my favorite segment of the book was the section dealing with the destruction of Beijing...especially the ancient walled neighborhoods known as hutongs. These centuries-old dwelling, so difinitive of Chinese culture, and the city of Beijing, could easily have been upgraded and preserved as viable living spaces for Chinese citizens; however, nonexistent planning and massive corruption has destroyed all but a small percentage of these communities, and a way of life.
Johnson' narrative of this travesty reminded me of the overall destruction of the prairie grasses of the American Midwest, now "preserved" in nearly insignificant scattered acreages sprinkled across the landscape...a fraction of one percent of what once was. With the loss of the hutongs, Beijing has similarly lost it's identity.
I highly recommend Wild Grass for anyone interested in reading about this nation in a more focused, human level, rather than the numerous, awe inspired accounts that seem to concentrate China's staggering economies of scale.
Another book reflecting the "dark side"?.......2005-01-08
I have not read this book yet and I do not intend to after reading almost all the reviews on Amazon. One major reason is that it is jsut another book that depicts the dark side of the country. Don't we feel that we've already had too many of them? No matter how well they are written and how informative they are, no readers will be able to get an accurate picture of the country when only the dark side is presented. In China, especially big cities, there are so many successful stories that worth mentioning. Yet, not a single book I know of cares about it. Maybe it is just a marketing strategy to satisfy ordinary readers' curiosity. Certainly It is another feel-better book. "How lucky we are! We can enjoy all the democracy we have here in US while people from other countries have to suffer. Oh, okay. Maybe we can help them a bit, just like we did in somewhere else, to return our so-treasured democracy to them." Now as a Chinese, I will tell you the truth: People there do not care, they are enjoying their lives too much to care. They have learnt that you have to be indifferent to be able to enjoy. That is to be indifferent to all the unfortunes happening around them and to be indifferent from all the sympathies that foreigners have towards them.
An excellent book about my homeland.......2004-09-11
I've lived in China since 1999, and I often read stories about
China in the Western media that I simply don't believe. Others
report on abuses that do occur here without giving a reader any
understanding of why. So, China remains "inscrutable." (I'm
rolling my eyes...)
China is a complex subject. How can a Westerner who has never
been here know what's happening? China is so far away and
shrouded in a bit of mystery, some due to the sheer length of
its history and some due to the power of the Party. In my
case, I don't speak Chinese, so getting past the public face is
impossible.
Ian Johnson of the Wall Street Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for
his reporting on China. He speaks the language. And, he's one
heck of a fine journalist. In WILD GRASS, he recounts the
stories of three ordinary Chinese citizens who find themselves
fighting the repression of the system, risking imprisonment
and even death.
Johnson understands "the big picture," and after reading this
book, so will you. A nation is not just a single entity. It's
made of people. All nations, not just the one you live in. So
what are the people in China like? Read this book, and you'll
feel like you've met some of them. A peasant lawyer, a young
architectural student, a bereaved daughter. Poor farmers in
Yulin and Party officials in Beijing.
Johnson also brings the scenery to life, makes the unfamiliar
familiar, and captures many little details and episodes and
ironies. A compelling subject in the hands of a masterful
author.
China is experiencing unprecented economic development. What
effect will this ultimately have on its social and political
system? I don't agree with all of the author's conclusions --
it surprises me how much I agree with the Party -- but it
doesn't matter. That's part of the beauty of this book. To
bandy about phrases like "evil empire" is the simplistic
idiocy that will (I hope) eventually doom morons like Dubya.
Can we please move past that and try to genuinely understand?
There can be no doubt that what Johnson reports in this book
is factually accurate. If you want to learn about China, this
is a good place to start. And then, form your own conclusions.
There's plenty of room for you to do that here. Which, in the
end, is what journalism is all about.
I'm quite glad that I read this book. This is literature, same
as George Orwell, who I also don't always agree with. And
agreement does not matter. Spurring a reader to think is what
matters. Johnson can do that with the best of them.
Great Choice!.......2004-08-24
If you're looking for an inside look into China, this is your book! It's not often that one thinks of a non-fiction book as a "page turner," yet I found myself speeding through the book, disappointed when I came to the last page. Cheering for the many underdogs depicted, Mr. Johnson's light and lively writing style helps to paint a clear picture of the social inequities found in modern day China. I particularly enjoyed the second story about the demolition of the old hutongs to make way for new construction. Johnson's prose paints a vivid picture of the beauty that is now forever lost and the fight the long-time residents have sadly lost.
I've travelled to China twice and never felt as connected to the people as I do now. China seems to be struggling with its identity, working on cleaning up its image as the 2008 Olympics approach. Wild Grass is an invaluable depiction of the fight that is carried on daily by ordinary people simply trying to live what we accept to be a normal life.
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Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Honor-winning debut is now available as a Dragonfly paperback. It is at once a wordless time-travel adventure and a meditation on the scientific theory that dinosaurs were the evolutionary ancestors of birds.
Time Flies , a wordless picture book, is inspired by the theory that birds are the modern relatives of dinosaurs. This story conveys the tale of a bird trapped in a dinosaur exhibit at a natural history museum. Through Eric's use of color, readers can actually see the bird enter into a mouth of a dinosaur, and then escape unscathed.
The New York Times Book Review called Time Flies "a work of informed imagination and masterly storytelling unobtrusively underpinned by good science...an entirely absorbing narrative made all the more rich by its wordlessness." Kirkus Reviews hailed it as "a splendid debut."
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When you're having fun.......2006-01-13
I wonder what the process is behind author/illustrators of picture books making their very first wordless title. Is it something they all secretly want to do but only a few dare to? Does everyone make one and then publishers get scared and refuse to publish them? Why are there only a few on the market today? Obviously when Eric Rohmann's, "Time Flies" won the Caldecott Honor it probably raised the status of wordless picture books everywhere. I'm not suggesting that it was the first book of its kind or even the best but since its publication we've enjoyed other wordless titles like fellow Honor, "The Red Book" by Barbara Lehman and "The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, and the Bard" by Gregory Rogers. Eric Rohmann would later go on to garner the full Caldecott Award for, "My Friend Rabbit", a book done in a style entirely different from that of most of his work. By and large Rohmann feels more comfortable with gentle surrealism as in, "Cinder-Eyed Cats" and "Clara and Asha", though he's not afraid to go off and make a "Pumpkinhead" for the heck of it. In "Time Flies" we are taken on a wordless trip back and forth through time with a creature that may well be visiting his own ancestors.
On a dark and stormy orange-skied night, a small bird flies into a natural history museum of some sort. As the bird glides, perches, and looks about the hall full of bones, things begin to change around it. A bolt of lightning lights up the scene and before you know it the bird has been sent back in time to when dinosaurs weren't macabre displays but living breathing creatures. The bird flaps about brontosaurus, flies just in front of pterodactyls, and finally (in a surprise move on Rohmann's part) is snapped up by the T-Rex. Don't fret for the birdy, though. Suddenly we're with it, flying down the T-Rex's throat. An increasingly bony throat. The bird flies out of the back of the skeleton and into a half-past half-present world. As it escapes into the night a pterodactyl statue views it keenly from its perch.
Though the book makes no reference to this, I did like the juxtaposition of a bird with dinosaurs. The theory that birds are descended from the dinos is more than convincing and it would have been nice if Rohmann had slipped in a clever allusion here or there. To be fair though, this book came out in 1994 and the theory was hardly as widespread then as it is now. Rohmann plays with light and shadow in this book, conjuring up horror films and dark noirs with his use of dark tones and flickers. I give him great kudos for the moment in which the bird gets snapped up. One minute it's there. The next a T¬-Rex is looking mighty pleased with itself as some feathers float gently to the forest floor. The thrill of shock kids will feel will be immediately alleviated by the safe n' sound feathered one booking it to the back of the monster's throat. Still, it's the moment that counts. And it's lovely.
The book bears some slight similarities to "Fledgling" by Robert J. Blake in that both books offer lush views of a small bird flying through unbelievable perils. A pairing of the two together would make for an excellent bird-centric private storytime. Of course the obvious pairing here is with anything made by David Wiesner. "Sector 7" or "Tuesday" (both wordless) perfected this kind of realistic surrealism in mute picture books. Rohmann does a nice enough job, but "Time Flies" lacks Wiesner's panache and oomph. It's just an awfully nice title with dinosaurs for the ancient-reptile-centric. All in all, I would not hesitate in the least to recommend this book to every kiddie that clamors for it. A great book and an enjoyable ride.
A LANDMARK DEBUT IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.......2004-04-04
Eric Rohmann has made numrous contributions to the annals of children's literature since his estimable debut "Time Flies." I think often of and return to "The Cinder-Eyed Cat" for pure enjoyment.
However, "Time Flies" was the beginning - when our eyes were first arrested by the boldness of his vision as he took readers on an imaginary journey to prehistoric times.
As exciting today as it was when first published "Time flies" would be a most welcome gift for any child.
Imaginations will flow!.......2001-01-15
I often use this beautifully illustrated book in my classroom of 3-5 year olds. As the children view the pictures they begin talking about what they see happening without any facillitation from me. This is an excellent book to use in the classroom to promote language! Everytime we read it our plot changes a little bit! This book should be in every classroom library!
Images of dinosaurs-Time Flies.......2000-03-08
In this magical wordless picture book, Rohmann does a great job of setting the scene in a history museum. When a bird flies through the area with the dinosaur skeletons, The area suddenly comes to life. The walls become trees and beautiful landscapes. The bird is swallowed by one of the now living dinosaurs and as he escapes Rohmann takes us back to reality of the dinosaur skeletons and fossils. The pictures are amazing! I can see why he won the Caldecott award.
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In time travel theory, there is an unknown aspect of the grandfather paradox. If a person does anything that will affect the future, some force in nature will stop them. In The Time Travelers Academy, this force comes within a hair's breadth of destroying humanity when a comet brings a new and unstoppable plague to Earth. The President makes a choice that will either save Earth's inhabitants or annihilate them. At a secret military academy, ten cadets are selected to travel to the future of Earth's sister planet, in the hope that planet has found a cure for the plague. The mission's leader, John Richards, knows that past time travel risks encountering time eliminators: entities that will absorb him and his crew out of existence before their actions can literally reset the universal timeline. But when Richards learns that his fiancé was killed in a contract hit, he's determined to go back in time and prevent her death, even if it risks the destruction of the current Earth.
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I love time travel books.......2007-05-02
Wow!!! I purchased and read the book in its entirety and loved it!!! Before I purchased the book I read the synopsis and utilized the search inside option... Just what I was looking for in a time travel book. This book is perfect for young adults or those who just love a good time travel book. Its a mixture of romance, action and adventure.
The story line is very easy to follow from start to finish. Professionally written and professionally edited. A great book that would make a great movie.
"The Time Travelers Academy"
A secret training academy that teaches time travel. The hero challenges the grandfather paradox to go back in time and save his fiancé from a tragedy but an unknown aspect of the grandfather paradox stipulates: Something in nature will stop the time traveler from changing the past.
I loved the story line about the "eliminators" entities that will stop a time travelers from changing the past. The hit movie called the Langoliers had similar but very different entities. The Langoliers' job is to erase moments in time that have already passed into history very different from the "eliminators" but a very good concept.
You'll love the characters they are very believable. Each character was out to achieve something. I cant tell you how it ends all I can say is you will not be disappointed...I highly recommend this book.
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The Adventures of Roopster Roux: Surfing the Net (Adventures of Roopster Roux)
Lavaille Lavette
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1565543610 |
Book Description
In the second book of this new series, Roopster Roux visits the library on his way to basketball practice before a big game. Once there, Roopster notices that the library is extremely quiet . . . too quiet, even for a library. As he investigates, he discovers that his teammates and Mr. Figby the librarian have all been trapped in cyberspace by the devious Tegore. Even worse, Roopster himself becomes trapped. Tegore cackles as he sends Roopster and his friends through cyberspace to the time of the dinosaurs. Roopster has stopped Tegore in the past, but can he defeat Tegore and the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex? Using teamwork, Roopster and his pals devise a plan to defeat Tegore and escape. Who knows, they might even get in a little basketball practice in the process. NBA iron man A. C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks narrates this exciting adventure. Green knows the true value of teamwork, for it was only with the help of his teammates that he was able to break the record for most consecutive games by an NBA player.
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Ask Me! Set 12 Hardcover Books: (Plants, Dinosaurs, Space, People Places, Ancient Times, Mammels, Creepy - Crawlies, History, Body, Science, Reptiles Birds, Earth)
Elysa Jacobs ,
Ruth Miller ,
MI Biol ,
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Anita Ganeri ,
Chris Oxlade , and
Sally Morgan
Manufacturer: Southwestern
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PFPIDE |
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Ask Me?
Set of 12 HARDCOVER Books!
Planet Earth: Do Rivers End?
Reptiles & Birds: Can Lizards Disappear?
Science: Who is in the Mirror?
Human Body: Are My Bones Bendy?
Highlights in History: Who Lived in Castles?
Creepy-Crawlies: Which Bug Uses a Torch?
Mammals: Who Has A Trumpet Nose?
Ancient Times: Who Hid Inside a Horse?
People & Places: Who Dances with Dragons?
Space: Can Astronauts See Me?
Dinosaurs & Other Prehistoric Animals: Did Dinosaurs Baby-Sit?
Plants: Do Plants Eat Meat?
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The Science Times Book of Birds (Science Times)
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 1558216057 |
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Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Times of Charlie Parker.(Book review): An article from: Notes
Anna Harwell Celenza
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
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ASIN: B000O59RRS
Release Date: 2007-03-08 |
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1131 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: Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Times of Charlie Parker.(Book review)
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
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Notes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 63
Issue: 3
Page: 637(2)
Article Type: Book review
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