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Memories of Midnight
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Memories of Midnight.......2007-05-24
Just one of many great books by the author, Sidney Sheldon. A super page turner, fast easy read, great suspense and twists and turns. I highly reccomend this book.
Midnight Madness Revisited.......2007-04-03
Excellent sequel to "The Other Side of Midnight." It is remarkable that Sidney Sheldon could write a sequel every bit as good as the original story. "Memories" picks up with the story of Catherine Alexander Douglas where The Other Side of Midnight left off. Constantin Demiris had Catherine locked away in a convent while he arranged to have the death penalty served to his mistress, Noelle Page and her lover, Larry Douglas, Catherine's husband, for Catherine's supposed murder. Now it is Demiris' head that is on the chopping block as Catherine's memory is slowing returning and anyone discovering that she is alive, must be dealt with as well as Catherine herself. Demiris, being the all rich and powerful leader of the world, has everyone in his pocket and it seems inevitable to escape his wrath. His weakness is the fact that he can't get Noelle out of his system and feels his rightful revenge will only come when he takes Larry's wife to bed in the very same way Noelle betrayed him with Larry. At the same time, the closer Catherine comes to remembering her past, the closer she comes to her execution. Unbeknownst to her, thinking Demiris is a very kind man, he arranges for Catherine to work in one of his London offices where he will keep a close eye on her until the time is right to not only have his way with her but then dispose of the lovely Catherine as well. In London, there is less of a chance of anyone recognizing her. The story goes forth with lots of twists and turns and many new villains as well as some very exciting and surprising plots. I had to really keep myself from skipping to the end to find out what happened. I could not put this book down until it was completed. Does good win over evil? It becomes highly doubtful as Demiris tricks everyone he meets and they end up suffering brutal consequences. It appears that no one, no matter how skillful, is immune to his schemes. Memories of Midnight
Great suspense!.......2005-04-12
You just never know where Sheldon is going next! This is what they call "a page turner." A reviewer sets the scene: " "Memories of Midnight" begins as amnesiac Catherine starts remembering things...like the fact that her husband was killed for her supposed "murder." This could prove dangerous to our villain Constantine Demiris, who sends her to London to work for him. Meanwhile, back in Greece, all the people who know that Catherine is still alive are systematically killed, and, just as Catherine find happiness, someone is sent to kill her."
There are a lot of twists and turns and Sheldon does a good job, as he does in "Windmills of the Gods" in letting you see how innocent people can get caught up in messes created by very corrupt individuals. This is a good and easy read. :)
Sidney Sheldon does it again!.......2004-11-02
This novel continues the exciting story begun in Sheldon's "The Other Side of Midnight." In that novel, mega-rich Constantin Demiris manipulated the Greek court to have his mistress, Noelle, and her lover, Larry, executed for the murder of Larry's wife, Catherine. No body was ever found, and in fact, Catherine was alive and well, under the watchful eyes of Demiris.
"Memories of Midnight" begins as amnesiac Catherine starts remembering things...like the fact that her husband was killed for her supposed "murder." This could prove dangerous to Demiris, who sends her to London to work for him. Meanwhile, back in Greece, all the people who know that Catherine is still alive are systematically killed, and, just as Catherine find happiness, someone is sent to kill her.
This is that rare sequel that is actually better than the wonderful original novel. The plot twists will keep you turning the pages, and the ending is so unexpected and so shocking, you will be left breathless, and very glad you read "Memories of Midnight."
Kona
Memories Best Forgotten.......2004-03-06
Avid fans of Sidney Sheldon will probably enjoy this book. It is indeed as is noted in the editorial reviews a rough-hewn and crudely carved sequel of "The Other Side of Midnight." Sheldon does not deviate from the routine trashy forumla replete with cliche bedroom scenes and a plethora of ruthless characters.
Set in the late 1940s right after WWII, Catherine, wife of pilot Larry whom readers first encountered in "The Other Side of Midnight" regains her memory. She remembers how cruel Larry was to her and how he jilted her for his mistress, Noelle Page. Indeed, Noelle was the kept mistress of one Constantin Demiris who was written to sound like an ersatz Ari Onasis. Demiris, like a magician can make those in his disfavor disappear. Exit Larry and Noelle in the first installment.
In this book, Catherine, the long-lost heroine is restored to glory and is swept off her feet by a man who is loosely based on the cliche Cavalry men.
A psychiatrist and an eclectic mix of patients are thrown into this story; just how they are directly tied into the main plot has never been addressed. One character who is clearly written as an autistic savant displays some of the more prominent autistic behaviors. He is echolalic; he recites long chains of information and he knows the number and type of vehicles he passes in route to the doctor's office. His activities are solitary and few; he does not voluntarily interact with others. I am really tired of stories like this that portray characters with autism as automaton-like savants with isolated abilities that are far removed from the social world. I think stories like this do a grave disservice to those with autism and for others who come across autistic characters because it is just perpetuating a stereotype.
This book does not really contain much of a mystery. It's just ruthless people getting even with each other. Even good old Demiris' wife Melina enters this story after having been relegated to shadow figure status in the original. Same old fare.
An attorney who was directly involved in a trial engineered by Demiris re-enters the picture. Some fancy manuevering, and he runs away with the show. Literally.
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- A Man's Heart, Soul, and Priorities in Life
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Lullabye: Memories, Madness, and Midnight Snacks
Howard Freeman
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Balancing his bipolar disorder, adoption, divorce, father's suicide, and sobriety with changing diapers and learning to use a chain saw as part of suburban life, the author ponders in humorous and touching essays many of today's small challenges alongside the big questions of life and meaning. Growing up on New York City's Upper East Side, the author traces his past from attending private school to living on the southern "country" side of Atlanta to his return following the collapse of his marriage, job and health, and includes reflections on a life lived in view of a God who loves his children. Here you'll meet Ron the cocaine addict, the female co-worker at Burger King who despises back supporters, and a toothless mental hospital patient who sees superheroes, among other notables who made lasting impressions along the way. Life is filled with wonderful people. Here are some of them.
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A Man's Heart, Soul, and Priorities in Life.......2007-06-14
This book is beautifully written, and the author's gift of story-telling draws pictures in your mind that take you personally to the time and place of each encounter described in his life. Honestly and intimately written, this book shows the author's heart and soul. I highly recommend this book and look forward to the author's second offering!
Lullabye: Memories, Madness.......2007-05-24
Howard Freemen has shared everything about his life with emotion, wit and charm - this is a must read for young people and adults who find themselves on "the brink".
Awesome book........2007-05-24
I laughed and I cried and throughly enjoyed this book. Each essay is wonderfully written and very insightful. Howard Freeman is a very talented writer and I could really relate to his style and his stories. Great wit. I highly recommend this book.
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Fresh and original plot idea!.......2006-04-20
This is my favorite of Linda's three Midnight books. I enjoyed Dylan in the first two, the cover is too hot for words, and the premise is so freakin original. Alexandra and Dylan are divorced and it was ugly. Dylan is surprised one day to get a call from the hospital asking him to come get his wife. She was mugged and ends up with amnesia, forgetting the little detail that they aren't married any longer. Someone is stalking her so he stays close to protect her. Very refreshing story.
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- 2nd OF THE McCORD FAMILY COUNTDOWN - GREAT!
- A great story of love and danger!
- MEMORIES AT MIDNIGHT
- Highly entertaining relationship drama and mystery
- Top notch romantic suspense from a master storyteller.
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Memories At Midnight (The Mccord Family Countdown) (Harlequin Intrigue, No. 537)
Wayne
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2nd OF THE McCORD FAMILY COUNTDOWN - GREAT!.......2002-11-18
Sheriff Clint Richards went looking for a woman wandering on the back roads of Vaquaro, Texas.
He sustained a shock when he discovered the blooded, wandering woman turned out to be Darlene Remington, the woman who had broken his heart.
Darlene had escaped a violent attack that had stolen her memory. Through confusion and drug induced sleep she didn't know who to trust. The attack in the hospital frightened her even more, forcing her to accept Sheriff Clint Richards protection. But was she safe?
In trying to discover what happened to Senator James McCord, Clint and FBI agent Darlene Remington was sinking deeper and deeper into the twisted secrets of the Senator.
Were the Senator's war buddies trying to protect him or maybe they didn't know the whole story.
What was Clint's secret that he refused to tell Darlene about?
What was the secret the Senator kept from Clint?
Would Darlene be headed back east again? Maybe for her own protection!
What had brought about the split up between Clint and Darlene six years before?
Who was trying to kill Darlene and the Senator? Would they find out in time? Would the Senator ever reveal his secrets?
To find out the answers to all of the above questions you will have to grab MEMORIES AT MIDNIGHT and spend a little time enjoying following the clues to the story's conclusion.
Darlene turns out to be another wussie [whoops, one time lover of Clint]
Definitely Recommended --M - You should really enjoy this series.
A great story of love and danger!.......1999-12-19
Joanna Wayne never disappoints. Memories at Midnight is a super read with old secrets causing new dangers. I loved the romance between Clint and Darlene. In fact I have loved the entire McCord series! One of the best Intrigue has done.
MEMORIES AT MIDNIGHT.......1999-12-06
Joanna Wayne's books are the best. Great stocking stuffer for this Christmas. If you want a book that's packed with suspense, then this is your book. It's a seat of the pants read you'll really enjoy. Keep up the good work, Joanna. Renee
Highly entertaining relationship drama and mystery.......1999-12-01
Joanna Wayne gives the McCord saga a boost in her latest Intrigue, "Memories at Midnight." An FBI agent has returned to her hometown at the urging of her mentor, only to wind up in the middle of an attack that leaves her with amnesia and her mentor mysteriously missing. She's forced to turn to the town sheriff, with whom she had a relationship she can't remember, and who has more than a few secrets of his own.
A page-turner to keep you up all night, "Memories" is an able blending of past and present, love and danger, that shouldn't fail to capture any reader. Clint and Darlene's previous love affair is intertwined with their current flirtation very effectively, making it clear this is a couple with a future. The tangled web of relationships between everyone involved adds another layer to the tale, although the impact of Wayne's story is diminished somewhat through Harlequin's atrocious decision to spell out the relationship between Clint and McCord in all of the ads for "The McCord Family Countdown," when she keeps it a studied secret through much of the book. Still, there's enough danger and action, as well as a complex mystery, to overshadow that minor annoyance.
Unlike so many books, it's refreshing to see one set in the two weeks before Christmas that barely mentions the holiday. (Not surprisingly, the characters have better things to do). And how's this for a Christmas present: next year will finally bring the sequels to "Family Ties" (still my choice for her best book) when Wayne offers a new trilogy about the Randolph family in the summer. If they're as good as this, her fans will be waiting on pins and needles until they arrive.
Top notch romantic suspense from a master storyteller........1999-11-22
In Memories at Midnight, Joanna Wayne blends thrilling mystery and heart-tugging romance to create another page turner! Her characters are complex and involving. I felt their frustration, shared their pain, and most importantly, fell in love with them! Add this one to your collection!
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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charlie LeDuff gives his incomparable take on the city and its denizens-the bars, the workingmen, the gamblers, the eccentrics, the lonesome, and the wise.
Work and Other Sins is filled to burst with stories of the fascinating, one-of-a-kind characters who populate the modern metropolis. In these pages we meet a Long Island used-car salesman; a professional Santa; the men who change the light bulbs atop the Empire State Building; a Sinatra imitator; a retired Harlem chorus-line girl; a lighthouse keeper; a saloon priest; Latin lovers; a host of barroom regulars; and myriad others-all of whom present their take on working, drinking, gambling, dying, and countless other facts of life. Charlie LeDuff takes us to the watering holes, prisons, veterans' hospitals, firehouses, apartment buildings, baseball fields, and graveyards that make up the landscape of modern life. Also included is LeDuff's acclaimed series of articles on Squad One, the Brooklyn firehouse that suffered devastating losses on September 11, as well as his Pulitzer Prize-winning piece on workers in a North Carolina slaughterhouse.
LeDuff captures the spirit of the people and places he profiles with a dead-on feel for character and idiom and his signature wry wit. But more than that, LeDuff lets his characters speak for themselves. What results is at turns riotous, dirt-under-the-nails, contemplative, salty, joyous, whiskey tinged-an utterly unique vision of life in the Big Apple and beyond.
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a little bit underwhelmed.......2006-11-11
while i am certainly enjoying this book, much of it comes across as underwhelming to some degree. i was a little thrown once i realized that much of the book was simply short vignettes; perhaps i was expecting a something more in-depth and informative along the lines of jim mitchell. the grim, stoic, style of writing seems a bit facile and cliche to me at this point in my life, as frequently are the people leduff profiles; at times i even felt vaguely patronized. regardless, i definitely did enjoy the peeks into the lives of people with whom i will probably only get to wonder about, and for that i thank leduff. basically, a light, entertaining book, but more sweet candy than a full meal. i don't think it will be a permanent addition to my book collection, but it made good reading for the train.
Gritty character sketches.......2005-05-31
LeDuff writes wonderful and insightful sketches of people living and working around NYC in unsual and unexpected circumstances. From native-american iron workers who commute from Canada to work on skyscrapers to fisherman , these are people who are an integral part of city life that can easily be forgotten in the hustle and bustle but LeDuff's portraits bring them into full relief.
A very entertaining book that can be opened almost at random and capture your interest. My only critism is that some of the sketches are too short and don't have enough development. LeDuff reminds me of Joseph Mitchell and continues in that tradition of exposing characters in NY that aren't readily visible.
Portraits From the Edge.......2004-04-19
In his introduction to this collection of essays, this Pulitzer Price-winning reporter lists the "fantastic nobodies" hanging from his family tree: "a pair of heavy-drinking lighthouse keepers, a sleepy morphine addict, a grave robber, a rumrunner, a streetwalker, a numbers maker, a dean of a sham college and a police informant." Mr. LeDuff has sought out similar characters here, most but not all of them nobodies and most but not all of them from New York-- a used-car salesman, a florist, a model for Viagra ads, gravediggers, a Sinatra imitator, workers at Ground Zero, the last civilian light house keeper in the country, midgets, bar owners, a "glittering personality of the Harlem Renaissance" who is murdered in her apartment, a runaway, a retiring doorman. a seventy-three year old still employed as a lifeguard et al. Although many of these people are down and out, few are whiners. They are mildly heroic in that they are able to put their feet on the floor each morning and go to a life-sentence job, if they have one. Some of them are homeless. A few of them have their 15 minutes of glory, an alcoholic bum who catches a child thrown by her mother from a burning building, for instance. Mr. LeDuff's prose is sparse in keeping with his subject matter; he is the master of maximum discription with a minimum of words. John Byrnes who caught the baby is "just back from an extended alcoholiday." Someone in a beer hall drinks beer "greedily, like a nursing kitten." Another character is described as "a conscientious objector to the nine-to-five work world."
Most of the essays here are two to three pages long so you get the essence of the character quickly. This probably works better if you read the essays in the newspaper rather than going through many of these stories at one sitting since if you aren't careful, you may become suicidal reading of person after person living on the edge.
On the other hand, my favorite sections of this fine book are the extended write-ups of the slaughterhouse workers at the Smithfield Packing Company plant in Lumberton, North Carolina and Mr. LeDuff's moving account of the death of Dave Fontana from Squad 1 in Park Slope, Brooklyn on September 11, 2001. There are facts about the slaughterhouse that are mind-boggling. the body and mind numbing repetitive jobs day after day, (you hear people say, they don't kill pigs in the plant, they kill people) the tremendous turnover of personnel, (five thousand quit and five thousand are hired each year) the racial tension in the plant, the racial hierarchy with the best jobs going to white workers, then to the Indians, Mexicans and black workers. Mr. LeDuff writes here about some of the things that happened to people who survived September 11. As he says so well, "the story of death has been well documented in these, the first few weeks following September 1. But there is also the matter of living." He thus takes the reader into how Mr. Fontana's wife and son and his fellow firefighters after September 11 cope as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. There are the difficulties of giving eulogies over empty coffins, the governmental red tape and saddest of all, the little boy who just wants his father to return.
These no-nonsense essays should remind us that we are all in this together.
a brilliant writer.......2004-02-21
I have followed this writer for years in NY. He is one that was sought out by many- each article he wrote- especially the "Bending Elbows" column. I still get excited when I see his byline. What a great job he does! In NY, LA, anywhere... I look forward to more from this utterly talented and important writer of our time.
Powerful and Mesmerizing Stories.......2004-02-08
This collection of powerful and mesmerizing stories from Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charlie LeDuff offers up a paean to the real New York and the seamy, gritty underside that is often hidden from view to the casual observer. "New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies," says LeDuff in the book's introduction, and it is these nobodies that he plucks from obscurity and brings to life in these nervy, punchy vignettes.
Partially drawn from his former column in the New York Times, the pieces collected in WORK AND OTHER SINS provide compelling and contemplative portraits of the laborers, dreamers, hustlers and immigrants from the city's uncelebrated ranks of working stiffs. There's the man who replaces light bulbs at the top of the Empire State Building, the last licensed trapper within city limits, the harbor policemen charged with the grisly task of removing dead bodies from the river, the black Santa Claus at Rockefeller Center, and the last civilian lighthouse keeper on Coney Island.
In his deeply personal style, LeDuff lays bare the hopes, fears and frustrations of these unsung heroes, offering us an intimate chronicle of lives lived quietly in the shadows. The city around them serves as no mere background player, but instead comes alive as a living, breathing organism in its own right. The author evocatively captures the sights and sounds of the urban landscape, authentically rendering the smoky dive bars, dingy street corners and cramped single room occupancy hotels where dreams are born and extinguished, and the city's dramas are played out.
The abbreviated length of the pieces in the collection makes them perfect for reading in short sittings, and LeDuff writes with a keen sense of perceptivity and depth that belies their brevity. In his spare, clipped prose devoid of any false sentiment, he gives us an unvarnished account of real people living real lives, and the result is profoundly moving and compassionate.
While many of the stories and characters seem to nostalgically hark back to a vanishing era, there are also some painfully modern snapshots of a post 9/11 New York, including stories about the rescue efforts and debris removal at Ground Zero and a profile of Squad One, the Brooklyn firehouse that suffered devastating losses during the attack. But even in recording these dark times, LeDuff succeeds in finding moments of beautiful humanity, often in the simplest acts and statements of his subjects.
In addition to the sheer voyeuristic reading pleasure these essays offer up, they also serve as astute works of social and cultural anthropology, much in the vein of Studs Terkel and Luc Sante. While at their core they are a celebration of the individual, taken collectively the stories form a cohesive oral history of the myriad voices residing on the fringe that deserve to be seen and heard.
LeDuff's incomparable take on the city vividly brings to life the culture of the streets and the poetry of the people, leaving us with a newfound admiration and respect for the resiliency and spirit of the common man.
--- Reviewed by Joni Rendon
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Robert of Arbrissel: Sex, Sin, And Salvation in the Middle Ages
Jacques Dalarun
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This book tells the fascinating story of Robert of Arbrissel (ca. 1045-1116). Robert was a parish priest, longtime student, reformer, hermit, wandering preacher, and, most famously, founder of the abbey of Fontevraud. There men and women joined together in a monastic life organized so that women ruled men and men served women, according to the founder's plan. As Jacques Dalarun shows in this biography, however, Fontevraud was for Robert only one stopping point in a restless and lifelong journey in search of salvation that took place in roads, forests, towns, and monasteries across France. Hard as the travel was, the spiritual search was more agonizing still. Consumed with a sense of his own sinfulness, sexual and otherwise, Robert lived out penance however he could. The many women who gathered in his wake became partners in his religious quest, and his frequent contact with them was, paradoxically, a centerpiece of his penitential regime. At Fontevraud, he encouraged others to adopt the practice of intense contact with and indeed subservience to women. This reversal of the standard gender hierarchy in the midst of the ongoing battle with sexual temptation has baffled and even enraged observers during Robert's lifetime and ever since.
Vividly narrating the course of Robert's life and his relationships with others along the way, the author hews closely to medieval sources, in particular two letters to Robert critical of his nonconformity and his relations with women, along with two admiring accounts written within a few years of his death. This translation by Bruce L. Venarde preserves the novelistic character of the original while updating and augmenting it with full notes, a bibliography, and an introduction both to the book and to scholarly interpretations of Robert in the past two decades. A new preface by Jacques Dalarun completes the reworking of the first full-length biography of Robert of Arbrissel available in English.
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When a young woman vanishes without a trace, former special agent Cleo North is hired to find her. But cold trail after cold trail lead to nowhere, until Major Jack Donovan -- special agent with the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations and the on-again, off-again man in Cleo's life -- joins the case.
Soon they are trying to determine why a lowly employee had access to engineering schematics of a ship carrying dangerous cargo. When the evidence leads them to Malta, they uncover a massive threat with international consequences. Absolutely nothing is as it seems -- and time is running out for them to find the key to a terrorist's deeply hidden sins.
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Book two in the Cleo North Trilogy........2006-11-12
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Trish Jackson has disappeared and CEO Marcus Sloan wants her found. Cleopatra Aphrodite North - Cleo - is the Private Investigator he hires to find her. The personal assistant to Marcus Sloan, Diane Walker, has some of the answers and a lot of jealousy. What makes a young office employee especially important that Sloan will spare no cost in finding her intensifies Diane Walker's resentment.
The significance of Trish's disappearance is Sloan Enterprise refits retired military ships to cargo ships that carry tons of equipment around the world and the database to Top Secret Defense Department Afloat Prepositions Program with the engineering specifications and route has been breached; this particular ship's cargo is comprised of high level weaponry. The database is protected by a DNA key that only Marcus Sloan knows; normally a person will use their own DNA, but Sloan has an identical twin, so the DNA used is from someone no longer alive. Intriguing, isn't it. It gets better.
Major Jack Donovan enters the picture. This is the lover Cleo has never forgotten. They nearly died in a South American jungle during their only military work together, and sparks as well as bullets flew then. She worked with him in THE FIRST MISTAKE and there were the promises to keep in touch, but that was months ago and he hasn't called her.
In this second book of the Cleo North trilogy, Merline Lovelace continues with the cast of characters she introduced in book one and brings in more new ones. This is particularly endearing to me as it adds reality to these "people".
Lovelace created an excellent novel; though it is the second in the trilogy, each of her books stand alone with no dangling unanswered questions.
Enjoy all three. It took me just a few days to absorb nearly 1000 pages -truly page turners.
Victoria Tarrani
exhilarating military-industrial complex investigative tale .......2005-05-04
In Charleston, CEO of Sloan Enterprises, Marcus Sloan hires Dallas-based private investigator Cleo North to look into the disappearance of a young office assistant, Trish Jackson. Marcus' personal assistant Diane Walker knows that he met Cleo a few months ago on a case involving his twin and though she turned out to be an excellent sleuth, he probably wants to bed her too.
Cleo, a former Air Force Office of Special Investigations Agent, arrives in town and begins immediately trailing Trish's path to include Weight Watchers where she learns the woman might be pregnant. The next day Air Force Office of Special Investigations Agent Jack Donovan arrives at Sloan Enterprises to interview Marcus, whose prime customer is the military. Jack and Cleo have been lovers whenever the time and place converge. Jack asks Marcus when he last accessed the DNA signature Top Secret Defense Department Afloat Prepositions Program; Marcus responds several weeks ago; Jack states yesterday. Someone perhaps Trish has used Marcus' DNA to attain access and perhaps gained a schematic of a vessel carrying a potentially deadly weapon. Jack and Trish know their cases have converged and work closely to stop a potential calamity.
THE MIDDLE SIN is an exhilarating military-industrial complex investigative tale that starts off at a leisure private detective tracking a missing person through the suburbs, but soon turns into a race against time thriller. Merline Lovelace smoothly transitions the story line while keeping the believability intact due to strong characters and building off of Cleo's first day inquiries. This is a five star billet with a sequel to follow starring the lead couple of this fine tale.
Harriet Klausner
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Original Sins.......2002-09-30
A fine, balanced, insightful, scholarly survey of Zionism and its dark side. This Israeli scholar issues an effective call for readers to take a more enlightened stand on an issue often clouded by ignorance and (anti-Palestinian)racial prejudice. As a former relief worker in the Middle East, I heartily endorse Prof. Beit-Hallahmi's book as an introduction to clear thinking and action about the realities of Palestine/Israel and other, broader, issues. As a professor of social ethics, I find this book well documented and well researched, bringing light to a question which often generates only heat and darkness.
Not Balanced...Just the Truth!.......2002-06-03
This book is remarkable. It ranges widely but is quite incisive! Covering about 200 years of Jewish life with special attention to the Zionist movement and the State of Israel.
Despite the title, it is not the breast beating of a bleeding hear liberal. It just states that facts and examines the arguments and concludes with a way forward.
True, he probably dwells too much on the "failures" of Zionism. (Zionsim failed to work as intended, that doesn't mean necessarily that it failed.) One might want to compare Tom Segev's ELVIS IN JERUSALEM assessment.
The chapter on religion is worth the price alone! He disentangles the groups like Gush Emunim, the Kach party, Agudat Israel, and Neturei Karta, which tend to get lumped together. Along the way the does much to give the lie to Israel Shahak JEWISH HISTORY, JEWISH RELIGION which sought to lay the sins of Zionism at the doorstep of "Classical Judaism." On the contrary, even today, there is an strong negative correlation between orthodoxy and zionism in Israel.
As for anyone who wishes to question his discussion of religious groups, I would like to point out that religion in Israeli life is a Dr. Beit-Hallahmi and his previous book DESPAIR AND DELIVERANCE deals with this very subject.
Well reasoned and disturbing critique of Zionism.......1998-02-06
This Haifa University Israeli scholar credibly demolishes the myths successfully established by a century of Zionist propaganda. He joins Marc Ellis and Meron Benvenisti(CITY OF STONE)as a courageous "voice in the wilderness" in an Israel where few leaders are willing to acknowledge the massive injustice done to the Palestinian people over the past fifty years. That such a devastating critique of the flawed foundation of a society can come from within it's own intelligentia is, oddly enough, a tribute to Israel and a sign of hope.
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Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesapotamia: A Comparative Study (Studia Semitica Neerlandica, No 22)
K. Van Der Toorn
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The Godly Image (Studies in Historical Theology)
Romanus Cessario
Manufacturer: ST. BEDE'S PRESS
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ASIN: 0932506747
Release Date: 2002-01-01 |
Book Description
Hailed as "a vital contribution to Thomistic studies," The Godly Image presents an exhaustive study of St. Thomas' theological delineation of sin, satisfaction, the suffering of Christ, and the fulfillment of God's saving plan in the believer. The argument of based on a close look at all of Aquinas' works and its aim is to show how his teaching developed over the years from a juridical theory of satisfaction to a personalist one.
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Amor Sin Dudas/Love Without Doubts
Stella Cameron
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
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