Pronto

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In the world of Elmore Leonard novels, cops and criminals get by with a grudging respect for each other's capabilities:

Harry had been arrested by Buck Torres a half-dozen times or so; they knew each other pretty well and were friends. Not socially, Harry had never met Buck's wife, but friends in the way they trusted one another and always had time to talk about other things than what they did for a living.

Right now, 66-year-old Harry Arno's in trouble. In order to get at his boss, Jimmy Cap, the feds told Jimmy that Harry's skimming off the sports book he runs, the idea being that Harry will testify in exchange for protection from Tommy Bucks (a.k.a. the Zip), Jimmy's enforcer. But Harry's got a few tricks up his sleeve. Then when a straight-shooting U.S. Marshall decides to spend his vacation tracking Harry down, all hell breaks loose. Set in Miami, Florida, and Rapallo, Italy, Pronto is another brilliantly executed combination of suspense and black humor from the master of crime fiction. --Ron Hogan

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Harry Arno was grossing six to seven thousand dollars a week running a South Miami Beach gambling operation. To protect his position, he was forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Capotorto (Jimmy Cap to the likes of Harry), an even fifty-fifty split. For years Harry had been padding his own stake by skimming a grand a week off the top. A couple of local detectives wise to sticky fingers try to bag Jimmy the Cap by putting the squeeze on Harry. Now, the dicks suggest, would be a good time for Harry to rat the mobster out.

U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens has his own agenda. He has to deliver Harry to a Federal grand jury to testify at Jimmy's drug-running trial. Even though he's a step slower that he used to be, Harry's no fool. When Jimmy Cap's men are a hair too slow gunning him down and Raylan's surveillance slips, Harry's already two steps ahead of them. Years of preparation pay off and Harry slips out of the country pronto. Being on the lam is no time to get soft, but Harry didn't plan on missing his companion Joyce so much. Sneaking her to his hideout could save him from loneliness but Joyce's quick departure tips off his trackers. Jimmy Cap's men follow Joyce while Raylan stays close behind. The three sides end up in Rapallo, Italy, watching their own backs while keeping abreast of Harry's. But it's not until the chase leads back to Miami that the real winners and losers are revealed. Pronto is classic Elmore Leonard

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E-book extras: "Martin Amis Interviews 'The Dickens of Detroit'"; Elmore Leonard's "If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It"; "All By Elmore: The Crime Novels & The Westerns"; Selected Filmography The feds think bookie Harry Arno will squeal on his wiseguy boss if they put word on the street that he's skimming profits - but Arno's off to Italy. After losing the bookie once, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens wants him back...if he can find the fugitive before he's whacked.

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Gun Fetish.......2006-02-23

Guns and the names of guns, their heft and feel, the damage they could or might do. Elmore Leonard has a theme here. I'm not sure if the title, PRONTO, is only a cowboy term or a gun name or the speed at which a gun can be used.

But the theme is, "NRA types will love these guns."

A corolary: "Poets will love the allusions to poets even if they've never read The Cantos by Pound or stuff by Guest." It's the poetry that counts.

Then, there are some mighty fine women imbedded for romantic effect, even though their intended guys might be a little weird or mobbed-up.

This is not Detroit City, no way. Leonard has us in Miami Beach this time, soaking up food, drink and memories. Oh, and a little side trip to Italy. Nice atmosphere.

And if you like stare-down contests, there's a great one in the last act. Stay for it.

Review by Larry Rochelle, Author of the crime dramas BLUE ICE, GULF GHOST, DEATH AND DEVOTION and BOURBON AND BLISS.

Funniest Leonard Novel.......2005-06-14

"Pronto" while not Leonards best novel could easily be his funniest novel. Leonard is the Quentin Tarantino of books, by that I mean he is best known for his dialogue. The dialogue is Pronto is some of his best and wittiest. The book is about Harry Arno, a sports bookie who works for Jimmy Cap. Unknown to Jimmy, Harry has been skimming from him for a long time and is finally ready to retire and move to Rapallo, Italy where he shot a man during the war. Problem is the feds have set up a way to get Jimmy Cap and by doing this they have convinced him that Harry has been skimming more than he actually has. Now Jimmy wants Tommy Bucks (a.k.a The Zip) to catch Harry, but Harry has already ran off to Rapallo with his girlfriend Joyce (Joy when she was a topless dancer)
But now Harry has cowboy-hat wearing US Marshall Raylan Givens on his tail and he's stuck in a tight spot with both Givens and The Zip after him. B-.

Harry Rides a Roller Coaster.......2002-09-24

PRONTO by Elmore Leonard is a joyride of a story about Harry Arno, an over the hills Miami bookmaker. Harry plans to retire in Italy on money he skimmed from his corpulent mob boss, Jimmy "Cap" Capotorto. The feds want Jimmy Cap so they set up Harry to give information about Cap's activities by putting out the word about his skimming activities. An assassin is sent to get Harry but he's faster with a gun. In a final jab at the law, before he skips town, Harry gives the slip to U. S. Marshal Raylan Givens for the second time since they first met six years ago. In addition, "Zip", another mob affiliate, wants to take over Harry's action, so he tells Cap that he'll take out Harry in Italy. Consequently, Harry has so many people following him that the small village of Rapallo, Italy, becomes inundated with U. S. mobsters and federal agents plus Harry's old girlfriend, ex-stripper, Joyce. During all of these events, the sixty-six year old Harry starts drinking seriously again which causes the situation to deteriorate fast. Harry is in real danger of losing his life, as are several of the other players.

Leonard wrote twenty-three books before being discovered by the bestseller market in l983, the year LA BRAVA was published and won the Edgar Award. In l953, his first novel, THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, was published, but the market for westerns began to dry up. Leonard is best known for his crime novels.

All of the characters in PRONTO are drawn with clarity and colors so vivid the reader would know each one if he or she ran into them on the street. U. S. Marshal Raylan Givens is a fast-draw cowboy of the Old West variety. His cream cowboy hat bobbing aloft alerts readers to his entry in any combat zone. Though Raylan laments his inability to express himself emotionally, readers come to know him and root for his success where Harry is concerned. In addition, the inclusion of the Ezra Pound stories add more spice to the understanding of Harry and his reasons for retiring to Italy. How could anyone resist researching Pound's poetry after reading a line like: "Dinklage, where art thou, with, or without, your von?" (My dictionary says "von" is a German word that indicates nobility or place of origin.) It's a nonsensical and hilarious question. Never mind what Pound meant.

PRONTO is snazzy. It's loaded with notable characters and an enticing plot. The passage where Gloria, Jimmy Caps girlfriend, tells Nick Testa about Jimmy Cap's reason for wanting to visit Butterfly World is funny. The same story is repeated later from Jimmy's viewpoint. It's still funny. But Leonard's prose might be a small problem for some readers. It reads like people talk and think at the same time. His use of the language as a tool for his stories is brilliant. However, high school sophomore English students should probably not read Leonard for a few years as many of them already use sentence fragments and run-ons without his genius.

Leonard's novels are addicitive. Try GET SHORTY which was made into a movie starring John Travolta in l995. BE COOL is the follow-up to GET SHORTY. Some of his other novels are BANDITS, FREAKY DEAKY and KILLSHOT.

So Criminal.......2002-09-23

Harry Arno, a bookie in Miami, quietly lives the good life with a sometime girlfriend, Joyce Patton. He's skimmed money from the top of his operation without the knowledge of his boss, Jimmy "Cap" Capotorto, for years and has managed to salt away nearly a cool million toward his retirement. If everything had gone the way Harry had wanted, he would have retired and moved to Rapallo, Italy, where he once saw and briefly talked to the poet, Ezra Pound. Harry was in the army at the time, and Pound was incarcerated. That was also the first time Harry killed a man. Things go sour for Harry when the Justice Department sets him up by having a snitch tell Jimmy Cap that Harry has been skimming. Everybody knows bookies skim, but nobody's supposed to be able to prove it. The Justice Department figures that Jimmy Cap will try to have Harry killed, which will force Harry to ask for witness protection and turn evidence against Jimmy Cap. Harry remains optimistic about working things out-until he has to kill a gunman sent by Jimmy Cap. United States Marshal Raylan Givens is sent to protect Harry and try to get him to come in. Raylan has a past with Harry: six years ago Raylan was escorting Harry to a court date in Chicago when Harry gave him the slip in the Atlanta airport. Raylan is an old West kind of marshal, the kind who always gets his man, so bringing Harry in this time is kind of a point of honor thing and an attempt to clean his blemished record. So when Harry gives Raylan the slip again and disappears off to Rapallo, Italy, the marshal feels compelled to go after him-even if it means stepping into the line of fire of Tommy Bitonti, Jimmy Cap's main enforcer. Tommy Bitonti-also called Tommy Bucks and the Zip-has his own axe to grind. If Harry ends up dead, the Zip gets to take over the bookie operation, which is going to mean a lot more money. Harry's on the run in Italy, and Raylan and the Zip are on a collision course.

Elmore Leonard is America's premiere crime novelist. With dozens of novels written and more movie and television deals coming every day, Leonard has become a household name. Quentin Tarantino acknowledged Leonard's influence when the young director scripted and directed PULP FICTION, and made Leonard's novel RUM PUNCH into the movie, JACKY BROWN. Early in his long career, Leonard wrote pulp western stories, then moved into the paperback market after the pulps died in the 1950s. His early western novels and pulp novellas, HOMBRE, 3:10 TO YUMA, THE LAW AT RANDADO, LAST STAND AT SABRE RIVER, and VALDEZ IS COMING were all made into movies. He wrote original western scripts for JOE KIDD, HIGH NOON PART II, and DESPERADO. Several of his crime novels, including STICK, 52 PICKUP, GLITZ, CAT CHASER, SPLIT IMAGES, GET SHORTY, PRONTO, GOLD COAST, RUM PUNCH, and OUT OF SIGHT, were made into movies. MAXIMUM BOB was made into a television series. He began his journalism career as a crime reporter in Detroit, where he worked the graveyard shift and got to know both the police officers and the criminals in the city. When his writing career took off, he started writing novels and screenplays full-time, eventually moving down to Florida where he currently lives and works.

PRONTO is a greatly simple and simply great novel. Leonard introduces his three main characters and gets them moving against each other. In the beginning, there are no clear rules or definitions between them. Harry, Raylan, and the Zip will use anyone or anything to achieve the ends each desires. Of them all, Raylan seems to be the more altruistic, but even he is not without his flaws. Joyce Patton, Harry's girlfriend, is well-drawn and carries her own depth even though she is primarily there to move the plot and action along, as well as to bring out different facets of Harry and Raylan. No Elmore Leonard novel would be complete without the cast of extras that make up the team that brings his world to life. Even these extras take on real dimensions, and the reader knows those people well, knows what they will and won't do. The dialogue is amazing, a blend of realistic street and egocentric comments and declarations that bring the characters, the scenes, and the plot to rich, crisp life. Harry, at best, is a gruff, barely likeable guy, but he rings true. Readers have known guys like him, and the fascination of what's going to happen next to a guy like Harry keeps the reader turning pages. Raylan Givens, carrying the hero's task of being the cavalry and straight-shooter, stumbles and falls a little by not stepping fully into the role, but his no-nonsense rawhide cowboy manners are a tip of the hat to the American West that spawned such men. The Zip, although he is the bad guy, carries a lot of the humor by heckling Nicky Testa, Jimmy Cap's right-hand guy, and comes across as a real person because he's only reaching for what he desires that can be his.

The pacing seemed a little off at times in this novel when compared to past Leonard books. Jimmy Cap never quite came across as the awe-inspiring menace he perhaps should have been. And the ending came a little too quickly. Also, seeing more of what happened to Raylan after the final confrontation would have been welcome.

Fans of James Lee Burke, Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, Donald Westlake, and Carl Hiaasen will find a new treasure in Elmore Leonard if they haven't already discovered this author.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.......2002-09-22

Miami Beach bookie Harry Arno is used to playing the odds, skimming money from gangster Jimmy "Cap" Capotorto, and socking away a cool million in a Swiss bank account. The game turns sour, however, when the FBI tips off the mob about Arno's skimming in an attempt to scare and `flip' Harry into becoming a federal witness against Cap. After Cap orders the hit, Harry shoots one of Cap's trigger men and flees to Italy, where he dreams of living an idyllic existence with his girlfriend Joyce in a villa by the sea. Following Harry to Italy is mob enforcer Tommy Bucks and U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens.

Elmore Leonard is the best-selling author of more than three dozen novels. His work is often pipelined straight to Hollywood, where his novels have been adapted for several blockbuster films such as Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Jackie Brown (Rum Punch).

`Pronto' is a strange pot-boiler, the plot driven by three characters: Harry, Tommy, and Raylan. Harry is constantly reminiscing about World War II; Tommy carries a picture of the old crime boss Frank Costello in his wallet; Raylan is a cowboy. All three men are anachronisms, stuck in a world without honor, while pining for a nobler past.

Unfortunately, `Pronto' is primarily the story of Harry Arno, one of the most unlikable protagonists in contemporary fiction. Harry is a self-centered jerk and liar, so lacking in human grace that he seems almost autistic, unable to relate to anyone. Note the following line, after the fortyish, childless Joyce admits to Harry a yearning to be a mother:

"You're not the mommy type, kiddo."

After Joyce's hotel room is trashed by Mafia killers, she mentions Raylan's kindness after he brings her luggage to the villa. Harry replies:

"He's used to picking up suitcases, doing the heavy work. It's the kind of law enforcement he's in."

There's an emotional deadness in Harry that makes the flesh crawl. Leonard has purposely cast Harry this way, perhaps as a literary stunt, yet it ultimately cripples what could have been an excellent thriller. When a reader becomes alienated from the novel's main character, any emotional investment in the story is lost. Readers will also wonder why Raylan and Joyce care so much about Harry, who treats both with condescending disdain. After one hundred pages into `Pronto', most will be rooting for Tommy Bucks, vainly hoping that he will blow Harry's head off.

Nevertheless, Leonard has an uncanny gift for staging dramatic action sequences that keeps the reader turning pages until the final bloody climax. When depicting the dark side of human nature, Leonard is masterful; yet he flounders when depicting noble men and women. Raylan is the sheriff in this spaghetti western, and Joyce is the long-suffering hooker with the heart of gold. Yet neither seems as real as Tommy Bucks, the most compelling character in `Pronto', whose motive and ambition is clear and focused.

`Pronto' is a clever and entertaining novel, yet one senses that a piece is missing, a center to hold everything together. That missing piece is Harry Arno, who is as lifeless and vapid at the end of this novel as he was at the beginning.

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More confusing than inspiring

Ciao Italia Pronto

Ciao Italia Pronto!: 30-Minute Recipes from an Italian Kitchen
Mary Ann Esposito
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
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ASIN: 0312339089
Release Date: 2005-09-22

Book Description

From her Ciao Italia kitchen, Mary Ann Esposito shows people with busy lives and those just starting out in the kitchen how to prepare an authentic Italian meal in thirty minutes, in a book filled with more than seventy mouthwatering recipes from the entire gamut of Italian cuisine: Cibatta toasts with ricotta and salami Zucchini soup with cheese and eggs Quick Chicken Cacciatore Fresh Tuna with Artichokes, Capers and Chickpeas Layered Eggplant and Zucchini Casserole Baked pears with apricots and wine Mary Ann also gives readers tips on maximizing their time in the grocery store, how to love leftovers, and how to create a Ciao Italia Pronto Pantry filled with the necessary ingredients that any busy cook should have on hand for a quick and authentic Italian meal. This is a great new book in a sleek, contemporary package, from one of televisions most beloved personalities.

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More confusing than inspiring .......2007-09-30

"Ciao Italia Pronto!" is a better cookbook in theory than in practice.

Italian food? Check! Thirty minute meals? Check! Sounds like just the thing to make a nice meal and still have some time between getting home from work and bedtime. That would be a false assumption.

American kitchens are certainly more sophisticated since the days when Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee owned the Italian cooking franchise. However, many of the ingredients called for in these recipes are still on the exotic side in my corner grocery. Sure, we have farmers markets, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, even an Italian specialty market or two but, if I have to fight traffic gridlock after work to go destination shopping for ingredients, it defeats the purpose of the Thirty Minute meal. The author recognizes this problem and provides a four page directory of mail order houses to obtain some of the required ingredients. This immediately makes about 40 percent of these recipes more trouble than they're worth.

If you do manage to find the ingredients, know that these recipes are neither simple, nor fast.

The recipe for "Lazy Lasagne" requires eight ingredients, and bakes for 30-35 minutes. That's cooking time only, and does NOT include prep time. Oh, and the tomato sauce for the lasagne is a recipe on a separate page. The sauce requires an additional eight ingredients and 20 minutes of cooking time.

Another main dish, "Fresh Tuna with Artichoke, Capers and Chickpeas," requires 12 ingredient and we're advised to make it early in the day, or a day ahead.

Some of the dishes are unfamiliar and pictures of the prepared food would have been a big help. There are only eight full page color pictures located in the center of the book, one appetizer, one soup, two main dishes, two salads, and two desserts.

If you're interested in this book for quick, convenient recipes, look elsewhere. This is far more complicated and time consuming than the advertised "....30 Minute Recipes from an Italian Kitchen." Not recommended.

Ciao Italia Pronto.......2007-02-09

a nice addition to the library but not as essential as her other books.

Recipes are very easy to follow and to prepare in limited time.

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Una Sombra YA Pronto Seras
Osvaldo Soriano
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Learn Spanish in a Hurry: Grasp the Basics of Espanol Pronto!

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Learn Spanish in a Hurry: Grasp the Basics of Espanol Pronto!
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Is your Spanish vocabulary limited to "Hola" and "Adios"? Don't know the difference between "pero" and "para"? Whether you are traveling to a Spanish-speaking country or just want a jumpstart to learning Spanish for a class, you need to learn how to "hablar espanol"-and fast! Learn Spanish in a Hurry is your ideal pocket-sized primer to learning this essential language, with such quick lessons as:

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No Perdones Demasiado Pronto/ Don't Forgive Too Soon

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No Perdones Demasiado Pronto/ Don't Forgive Too Soon
Dennis Linn , Sheila Fabricant Linn , and Matthew Linn
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Pure Enjoyment
Pronto! Review
A unique and enthusiastically recommended selection
Impressive Storytelling
One Night Stand

Pronto! Writings from Rome

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This is a sensitive yet eclectic mix of stories, essays and poems inspired by Rome and written in Rome by 40 writers on Retreat. Stories deal in great measure with the stuff of Rome: ancient artifacts and their ghosts, the romance that permeates the air, the exquisite food, the Church, the memories of loved ones passed, the stuff of being a writer in such a sensously rich locale. Stories were inspired by the gypsies, nuns, catacombs, pickpockets, the ubiquitous dogs and feral cats, tourists, the open-air markets, the gathering places, the way the ancient ruins coexist side by side with modern architecture. Rome is a place for the imagination to run free. The Invitation: Come to Rome. Leave all expectations behind. Bring only your writing materials, an open mind, and an open heart. The Challenge: To write provocative stories, essays, and poems on demand, on deadline, ready for editing and publication. The Result: Pronto! A smorgasbord of tasty tidbits revolving around an ancient city that breathes life into souls, stirs the emotions, and allows the fanciful to merge with the remarkable. Stories, essays and poems, inspired by Rome, written in Rome, by Elva Adams, Susan Agee, Dorothy Allison, Kathleen Antrim, Olivia Barbee, Mary Ann Brock, Terry Brooks, Joni Brotherton, Carolyn Buchanan, Judith K. Clements, Barbara de Normandie, Phillip Dibble, Robin Gainey, Christopher Haviland, Octavia Hudson, Ann Klein, Adrea Mach, Diana Rowe Martinez, Kathryn Mattingly, Brian Moreland, Larry Mulkerin, Myrna Murdoch, Bill Neugent, David Nutt, John Oglesby, Sandra Loera, Mark E. Prose, Marie E. Reid, Janette Ressue, Sandra Richardson, John Saul and Mike Sack, Jack Smith, Mark Sylvester, Eldon Thompson, Coco Tralla, Leah Tribolo, John Tullius, and Suzanne Tyrpak.

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Pure Enjoyment.......2002-10-27

Pronto! Writings from Rome--This collection of eclectic stories is reading entertainment at its best. From the first page to the last, each story taps into some of today's best writing talent. By the time you finish reading this collection of stories, you will feel like you have been right in Rome. This is a great read.

Pronto! Review.......2002-09-26

Pronto! Writings from Rome is a collection of short stories that make you feel as if you are there ... you can share the romance of the characters, setting, storyline. My favorite is "Steps". It is about a women we can all identify with... too much in a hurry to stop and smell the roses. The lesson she learns from strangers in a far away place speak quietly to her heart, calling out the person she truly is. Each piece is unique to itself; an enjoyable read!

A unique and enthusiastically recommended selection.......2002-09-09

Compiled and edited by John Tullius Pronto!: Writings From Rome is a unique and enthusiastically recommended selection of stories, essays, and poems all written by a gallery of distinguished contributors expressly by special request and on location within the boundaries of Rome. Embodying the ancient city of Rome in verse, majesty, sensory impressions and more, Pronto!: Writings From Rome is an impressive, moving and diverse offering showcasing dozens of literary snapshots into the life and lore of this great center of European and World history. Whether you are an armchair traveler who enjoys well crafted travelogues or are planning your own personal trip to the Eternal City, you will enjoy reading Pronto!: Writings From Rome.

Impressive Storytelling.......2002-08-29

This collection of very short stories from, for the most part, fledgling authors, is really quite impressive. In "Little Jewels," we are shown views of an unhappy marriage and a husband's indiscretion through the eyes of the family dog. A devastated woman tries to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and becomes reacquainted with the beauty in life thanks to an "Angel on a Bicycle." A "One Night Stand" in a hotel in Rome turns out to be a most intriguing experience - one that is both painful and pleasurable for a lonely spinster. In "The Invisible Necklace," angels help a woman rid herself of three self-imposed burdens: Exile, Enslavement, and Exploitation, and her thoughts of suicide, as well. A novice writer takes the criticism of her poem and turns it into one of the most skillfully crafted pieces in this book, which I highly recommend.

One Night Stand.......2002-08-15

Exceptional writing with a combination of reality and fantasy that makes you wonder. I especially enjoyed the ending. The whole story has a "twist" that you never even see coming. Bravo!

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Pasta pronto!
William Edman Massee
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Adelgace pronto, coma mucho. (Get thin, eat a lot )

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EL COMER BIEN NO CUESTA NADA
HASTA QUE ENCONTRÉ ESTAS DIETAS ( QUE TODO
ESTO ES COMO LA ANTIDIETA O LA DEL
The biochemical combination that allows you
THIS IS A DELICIOUS STYLE OF ANTI DIET !

Adelgace pronto, coma mucho. (Get thin, eat a lot )
John Alkinson
Manufacturer: Editorial Libra
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 9706061282

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Se puede apreciar la portada con un fondo de una figura esbelta y un suculento manjar.

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EL COMER BIEN NO CUESTA NADA.......2005-09-28

Lo importante no es subir, sino que comes, ya que el balancear los alimentos esta el secreto. El comer bien ¡baja de peso!

HASTA QUE ENCONTRÉ ESTAS DIETAS ( QUE TODO.......2003-05-04

PARECEN MENOS DIETAS ) CREI QUE ERA IMPOSIBLE BAJAR DE PESO SIN MEDIO MORIRTE DE HAMBRE...
Aqui, y no entiendo bien como, se combinan los alimentos de modo que, entre ellos, hacen una mezcla que te aumenta el ritmo del metabolismo Y BAJAS DE PESO SIN SUFRIR !

ESTO ES COMO LA ANTIDIETA O LA DEL.......2003-05-04

DOCTOR ATKINS, DONDE LOS ALIMENTOS ESTÁN COMINNADOS DE UNA MANERA TAL, que aunque son deliciosos, NO TE ENGORDAN SINO QUE TE BAJAN DE PESO...!
Te lo digo PORQUE PESABA OCHENTA KILOS, SOY TRAGONCITO Y ME CHOCAN LAS DIETAS...PERO ESTA?
YA VOY 20 KILOS ABAJO, MANITO !

The biochemical combination that allows you.......2002-10-22

to eat well and get thin...

A fine book

THIS IS A DELICIOUS STYLE OF ANTI DIET !.......2002-10-02

You can't believe at first sight: The diets don't read like diets!
But the ingredients have been combined in such a way that one sort of anihilate the fattening effect of the other...
WHAT A GREAT DISCOVERY !
You can eat tasty things and loose a lot of weight !

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Anochece pronto
Jesús Taboada Ferrer
Manufacturer: Onagro Ediciones
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A bote pronto (Biblioteca breve)
Camilo Jose Cela
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Enter a world where humans and the supernatural live together in a tenuous co-existence, where neither side trusts the other. As darkness blankets the city, an unknown terror stalks the night searching for human victims. The government funded special police force (Supernatural Unit Investigation Team) better known as the S.U.I.T. division, has assigned two detectives to track down this mysterious threat. The detectives soon discover that this threat may be more than they can handle and they seek outside help from two unlikely candidates. Can the combined forces of four beings be enough to triumph in a deadly race against time? Reader Advisory This novel contains graphic violence, sex, gore and language. Extreme eroticism, definitely for your enjoyment, satisfaction guaranteed.

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First book, great story, a little rough around the edges..........2007-06-18

But damn entertaining! I really enjoyed this book. It's true what others are saying about the punctuation, grammar and spelling, but the good most definitely outweighs the bad in this series. This is D.N.'s first book and it's a little rough around the edges as far as technical style goes, which is forgivable.

What's really important is the story and that grips you from the very beginning to the very end. The characters are all very creative and unlike some authors, they are NOT interchangeable. They are strong, sexy, smart, witty and unapologetic.

As a vampire/shifter fan, I was pleased to finally read a series that was truly dedicated to them. This isn't your average paranormal romance in which the brooding and dashing male lead is longing for a dizzy dame to quench his unquenchable thirst for love, sex and passion. That story is old and over told. This isn't a book about a female vampire hunter falling in love with the master vampire and becoming all powerful.

The Knights of the Darkness series is about strong characters kicking butt. The villains are not comic relief and/or bumbling idiots. the humans aren't trying to be all powerful, but they are very useful, smart and can hold their own. The sex scenes do not dominate the story and are well written, they actually add to the story and are full of love, passion and are very erotic.

This is a great series to get into, especially if you enjoyed the "earlier" LKH books or Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher or Kim Harrison. It's a little bit of everything and that's what makes it stand out IMO.

D.N. brings her own voice to the urban fantasy genre and it's a breath of fresh air.

I've also read on her forum that's she's releasing a re-edited version of the first book, so that's a heads up. I'm currently looking forward to book 4 to come out and I can't wait!

I'm Sorry But This Is The Worst.......2007-06-02

Book I have ever read. I have been reading books for over twenty five years and have very rarely just wanted to throw one in the trash.

I tried to read this book I believe I made it to chapter 12 or 13 and still very little was happening. No real romance, little history, to many people with not enough interaction, almost no crime discussion and even the sex wasn't to hot. The spelling and grammar didn't bother me too much except when a whole sentence didn't make sense due to a word that just didn't belong there.

I have never written a review and normally wouldn't, but I am hoping to save someone from wasting the too large amount of cash for this book. It is definitely not worth it.

She needs an editor!.......2007-01-08

The book is full of poor spelling, bad syntax and random commas. Phrases such as "Marshall law" instead of "martial law" render this book nearly unreadable for anyone literate.

Great novels from a young up and coming author.......2006-11-18

I have 3 of the books in this series, and I found it refreshing compared to some have I've read.

The books are fast paced, the plot(yes there is a plot) moves smoothly.

The descriptions of Chicago takes me back to when I lived there, I can see the places she describes, and only an exceptional writer can do that.

Yes, the supernaturals are beautiful, what supernaturals in what series are not. There are sex scenes in the books, what supernatural novel being written now does not, yet the sex is believable, well writtten and there is no "F**ck me while I'm tight" being screamed at every encounter, and sex is not the energizer bunny powering up everyone within a 10 mile radius. Yes some of the characters are homosexual, and no I do not remember reading that all of them were submissive, they are well written characters. Characters who some can relate to, characters that although are supernatural have problems of life and love and resolve them in the way you woule expect supernaturals to do so.

Yes, there are typos, but once informed of this, Ms. Simmons has promised to correct them in the next release of these books. I applaud and commend her, she is a self-published author, she did not have proofreaders, editors, a husband or reading group to help her along.

I'd gladly pay 25 bucks for her next novel.

Take some notes........2006-11-18

This book was a great addition to the series.
You know what they say if: "If it ain't broke don't fix it."

Yes I agree that there were some grammer, punctuation, editing errors, but given that D.N. Simmons is a self published author, doing her own editing, then I can forgive those things especially since they aren't noticeable unless you go looking for them.

The characters are alive, they evoke true feelings, I want to know if they make it or not, if they are in love or not, if they are going to have sex or not, whether it's for kicks and giggles or because they love each other.

Unlike some authors who have fallen for the trap of "Sex Sells", D.N. Simmons steps over that trap and dares to write the scenes that most authors gloss over, over explain or gloss over.

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