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Fuel-Injected Dreams: A Novel
James Robert Baker
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Book Description
Here is the cult classic whose central character is based on the legend of Phil Spector. So there’s this record producer Dennis Contrelle who was huge in the early 1960s, creating epic trash masterpieces from girl groups and surf bands, a veritable Wagner of pop, but he retired at the end of the decade and disappeared into his mansion of tack somewhere in L.A. He’s still there, still married to the singer with his biggest group, a woman effectively held prisoner by the drug-damaged Svengali who can’t let her go ... But remember: “This novel is a work of fiction ... any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.” Our narrator is a hip late-night DJ, Scott Cochrane, who grew up on the music of Dennis Contrelle, and had a teenage crush on Sharlene, the singer for the Stingrays, whose classic ’60s pop album, Fuel Injected Dreams, is tied up in his mind with his first girlfriend, Cheryl, who mysteriously disappeared the summer of the album’s release. When the DJ belittles one of his tunes, the producer phones in a complaint, and Cochrane is soon lured into the Contrelles’ world of sadomasochistic sexual intrigue.
Customer Reviews:
A book you will pick up and read bits of long after you have finished it.......2005-11-21
This is a fabulous read. I picked it up because I loved the cover (not the one pictured on the Amazon site). A beautiful girl with 60's style beehive and a perfect body leans against a mint electric blue stingray; if you look very closely her eyes are the same shade of blue.
The book swings between Scott's teenage years with Cheryl and adulthood twenty years later without her. His love affair with Cheryl came to an abrupt halt when she announced her pregnancy and he reacted in a typically 16 year old way...
Move forward 20 or so years and Scott is a graveyard-shift radio DJ. He doesn't think of Cheryl as much as he used to, but she still haunts his dreams. Strangely, she looks just like the girl on the album cover of his favourite band, the Contrelles. The album came out the same summer Cheryl disappeared.
One day he plays some Contrelle music on his show and then criticises it, and Dennis, the musical genius behind the band, rings in to complain. Scott consequently meets up with him, and even garners an invitation to his house. That's when he sets eyes on Sharlene (the lead singer), still as gorgeous as she was on the album cover, still looking exactly like Cheryl (why?), and completely unattainable by Scott, as she is Dennis' wife. Dennis is a drug-fuelled schizophrenic maniac and given to shooting people that piss him off.
The book is so descriptive, from the sex (there's lots), to the descriptions of the 60's teenage beach scene to Dennis and his maniacal mood swings. Completely unlike anything I have ever read, this book has given me a taste for more of James Robert Baker -his writing style is absolutely original and fun to read.
Enjoyed this book a lot!.......2005-04-30
I think anyone who likes a book to snug up with with enjoy this book as much as I did.
The best book ever!.......2004-12-08
I thought this was the best book ever! Just reading the first page, then the next...standing in the bookstore. I love the sarcasm, the sex, the detailed descriptions. I was laughing out loud! I could picture everything he was talking about, it was very vivid. I just can't find anything that could compare to it. Nothing. I need to find a book with twisting personalities. More sick and disturbubed people. With some sane ones on the side, all with humor. I need more raunch, honesty, sex, sarcasm, dark sides, lies, swearing, a total twist at the end...I miss this author, he did it for me. Let me know if there is another book for me, that comes close to this one.
Pure Brain Candy.......2002-11-18
Somehow I found a copy of this book sitting on my parent's coffee table. I picked it up and read it at the tender age of 13. I have never let it leave my side since. This book is pure brain candy. The storyline is absolutely thrilling, the characters are well thought out, and the suspense is incredible. I certainly wouldn't call it "modern literature" but it rates in the same category as "Bright Lights Big City" and "Story of My Life".
If you can find it, READ it!.......2002-10-17
I searched for a copy of this book for almost 15 years after reading it as a college student! And it was well worth the wait. "Fuel-Injected Dreams" and "Boy Wonder" (the latter I found at Amazon's UK site) are both unlike anything you'll find in the bookstores -- probably why they're so hard to find and known only to a discerning few.
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On opposite sides of the Seven Kingdoms, Davian, a talented sculptor, and the princess Avelessa weave their separate tales of loss. Avelessa's father, King Perivale, has fallen prey to the evil power of the throne. In a rage he causes the death of her first love, scars her ravishing face, and confines her to her room with only her music as solace. Meanwhile, Davian loses his heart to a fortune-seeking barmaid, thereafter relinquishing all but his art. When the paths of Davian and Avelessa finally cross, they can't imagine what perilous choices are in store for them--or the redemption that will follow. Just as Davian brings life to his sculpted stone, Williams brings life to these unforgettable characters in their enchanting, mythical world.
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Good Book!.......2007-05-14
This is Thomas Williams third book in the series. It's a good story and you won't be able to put it down.
excellent.......2006-10-17
Once again, Thomas Williams has delivered a beautiful story. He explores in a captivating manner the nature of beauty, the purpose of art, and the power of greed to corrupt and of selfless love to heal. A must read for fantasy lovers in any walk of life.
Excellent Book!.......2004-12-31
This was my first time reading Thomas Williams' work - and it will not be the last! I had trouble putting it down, but also didn't want to hurry through it! I found the book incredibly satisfying - and I highly recommend it!
Another fascinating medieval story by Tom Williams! .......2004-12-07
This story, a prequel to The Crown of Eden, is set in Williams' seven kingdoms, and is a marvelous addition to the series, which also includes The Devil's Mouth. All of them are mesmerizing novels which you will find difficult to put down. "Just a few more pages," I told myself again and again, "and I'll get up and do those chores that are calling for me." You may find parallels to quandaries you have faced in your life as you read the story of a young sculptor whose bitter experience brings him to shun the beauty and love of any woman, a princess whose royal existence is tragically spoiled, and the ruin of a good man by the multiplied ill effects of an unchecked destructive force within himself. The story is rich with lessons for life, yet not in a way that detracts from the story. This is highly recommended reading - and watch for Tom Williams' upcoming book about C. S. Lewis' Narnia!
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The Knight's Bride.......2001-01-22
This story was one of the best I had ever read for its humor, story development and mix of characters -- all within a historical romance. Alan the True, newly knighted, heads to his fallen friend's hidden medieval keep to inform the lady Honor that she is now a widow. The pair of them find themselves caught up in events that they did not expect but thoroughly enjoyed.
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Can love, romance, and marriage really be better the second time around? That’s what four best friends are about to find out in Jean Stone’s sexy, smart, and poignantly funny new novel about saying “I do” all over again.
It’s an idea just crazy enough to work–a wedding-planning business tailored for second weddings run by four single best friends who’ve loved, who’ve lost, and who are ready to start again. A successful Boston publicist, Jo Lyons has returned to West Hope after a devastating breakup left her career and her heart broken. Now she’ll try to pick up the pieces among the three women she knows best. Lily, the fun-loving, free-spirited eternal optimist. Sarah, the strong-willed unconventional artist. Elaine, the would-be domestic diva. It’s Elaine’s upcoming second marriage that will be the inspiration and test model for their new business, Second Chances. For Jo it just may be an unexpected second chance of a different, far more romantic kind, but only if she’s willing to give love–and life–another try.
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Jean Stone ran her own award-winning advertising agency for fifteen years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews:
curiosity .......2007-01-04
I had to read to complete the trilogy. Author captured my attention and allowed a couple of hours of carefree reading for pleasure
Major Disappointment.......2006-08-17
I was intrigued with the possibility of this book, and its series. The idea of four women in their forties starting a company to plan second weddings coupled with the location of the Berkshires of Massachusets, in my backyard, drew me to the books and author. I have NEVER been so disappointed in not only a book, but the possibility of a book. None of the characters were really even likable. You are not really given the chance to understand who they are before you are asked to care about them. The main character is described as a successful woman in her early forties who allows herself to fall back into a relationship with a man she hasn't seen in over twenty years who abandoned her at a vulnerable point in her life. We are led to believe that this 'successful, stong' woman would not only fully let him back into her life, but trust him to the point where in less than six months time he has bankrupted her and left her again. Then there is another man who insinuates himself into these women's lives based on a lie so that he can reveal what 'real' women think as part of a column in a national men's magazine who only compounds his lie, and the women's vulnerability, with his actions. In addtion, we are asked to believe that he has a huge attraction to one of the women, but it is rarely played upon, or described with any detail or reality and in one jarring chapter there is a rather graphic sexual scene that is essentially on it's own with nothing leading to it or from it. Finally, the last few chapters 'tie' up the loose ends in an unconvincing manner that not only doesn't make sense in some aspects, some of it is predicated on lies told from the beginning! I am afraid that after purchasing the entire series initially, I returned the last three unread.
delightful middle age women's fiction .......2005-01-26
The four women are getting together because Elaine is marrying for the second time and wants her college pals (Jo, Sarah, and Lily) as her bridesmaids. The trio detests the wedding dress that might look great on a teen bride, but horrendous on a forty-three year old mom. As they continue to discuss the woeful selections for a mature second time bride, the quartet form a wedding planner partnership Second Chances to insure that older brides obtain a first class reception.
At the same time that the four women meet, Buzz magazine editor John Benson assigns writer turned Professor Arthur Kennedy to do a column called Real Women. Arthur reluctantly agrees only because his friend John needs his help to save the magazine.
As Second Chances gets off the ground, the intelligent Jo struggles to hide her hurt and embarrassment from the deception of her lover Brian, who cost her the upper crust Boston lifestyle she had grown accustomed to living. Arthur meets Jo and is immediately attracted to her. As they fall in love, Arthur realizes hiding his column from her could prove costly since male deceit haunts Jo.
ONCE UPON A BRIDE is a delightful middle age women's fiction story that stars a fabulous cast that insist life is still exciting in your forties. The story line contains several subplots involving the four female friends, but mostly centers on Jo, a deep and hurting protagonist with trust troubles following her father's desertion as a child and her lover's betrayal as an adult. Jean Stone provides a wonderful contemporary tale starring mature characters looking to regain the magic.
Harriet Klausner
Average customer rating:
- hopefully, things have changed for the better
- You missed the point of the book.
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- This book is so WRONG!
- YIKES!!! Inaccurate and ridiculous!
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Uncle Sam's Brides: The World of Military Wives
Bonnie Domrose Stone , and
Betty Sowers Alt
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0802710999 |
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hopefully, things have changed for the better.......2005-07-20
This book is a real eye-opener. The stats and studies cited by the authors are mainly from the 1970s-'80s, and I sincerely hope conditions for US military dependents have improved. (With the latest round of budgets cuts and BRAC, I shudder to think of how on-base facilities will be affected, including daycare and family medical services.) And I also hope that attitudes toward working spouses have changed -- surely it's in the military's best interest to recognize that a dependent wife with a college degree and established profession may contribute substantially to her family's budget, thereby lessening the need for extra support from the government (e.g., food stamps). Such a lady is more deserving of the title, "independent"!
In the first chapter, the authors give a brief overview of living conditions at frontier army posts during the 19th century. Interested readers can learn more from such books as, "Glittering Misery: Dependents of the Indian-Fighting Army" by Patricia Y. Stallard (Univ. of OK Press, 1991/2), and, "Vanished Arizona" by Martha Summerhayes, who braved the Arizona Territory with her soldier husband in the 1870s [Bison Books (reprint), 1979].
You missed the point of the book........2005-01-28
I believe the others who wrote these reviews failed to notice a few points to this book. First, the book was written by officers wives, and though the military may not be the same today, it was as they said, 15 years ago. Don't turn a blind eye to this sociologically sound item, it may just open your eyes to how life really was for military wives, particularly those of the soldiers drafted in the 60's and 70's. One more point, those of you judging the book by today's military standards have missed the fact that this book speaks of a different military. Don't judge the book by an all volunteer force, as it is today. The era between 1950 and 1990 was much different than it is today. Think while you read.
Very Sad.......2004-02-08
I only got through a few chapters of this silly book! It came highly recommend from a lady I respect.........HOWEVER, it does not accuratly portray today's miltary. Rather that of the 1800's! Enlisted men, thier wives and families are often better educated then those who are in command and are not only intrested in making babies! Rank has no place between wives........it's not yours! Military life is about the whole family but unless you are dealing drugs you can't make or break his career just cause you and the CO's wife don't see eye to eye!Rather we have the privilege of helping our husband's keep our country free and make a stand for freedom all aroudn the world.
Thankfully after 15 years in the military I can say that while the life/attitudes portrayed in this book were commonplace more than 100 years ago it is not the way it is today! Except perhaps by women who have read this book or been schooled by someone who is clueless!
If you are new to the military/or looking for an accurate portrayal of military life today.........save this for later! Heroes at Home by Ellie Kay or When Duty calls is a much better choice! If you want a portrayl of life as it was try Military/Army Wives on the Frontier!!
Skip this.
This book is so WRONG!.......2003-12-30
I am also prior active duty and now an Air Force spouse. Like the previous reviewer, I am a college student and will have my B.A. this June. This book is so OLD SCHOOL considering it was published in 1990!
First of all, the book's only focus is officer's wives. In the first chapter the authors alienated all enlisted wives. How can you write a book about military wives and then only mention enlisted wives when illustrating how much officer's wives looked down on them or how little money the enlisted force makes?
Second, as I have only been associated with the military since '96, I can't say that officer's wives didn't used to act so superior. However, in today's military, unless I am blind as a bat, you just DO NOT see that kind of ignorant discrimination towards the enlisted troops and their spouses. They paint this picture of OW's as shallow witches living vicariously through their husbands and EW's as uneducated trailer trash.
The authors then attempted to address the discrimination that foriegn-wives face, but not w/out making some nasty comments about how enlisted men marry Asian women b/c they have low self-esteem after being ordered around all day at work and needed to be the boss at home!
OH yeah, and I really LMAO when I read the part about an officer's wife giving her husband's rank at the clinic to alert "the medical staff to her position of power." Give me a break.
What a shame if anyone unfamiliar with the military were to read this book and believe any of it to be truth. Today's military is nothing like this. And God knows when I was enlisted, I respected my commanding officers b/c of THEIR rank, THEIR hard work, THEIR knowledge and experience, NOT b/c their wife knew how to throw a good dinner party and was a smart dresser.
Don't waste your time on this book unless you're looking for a good laugh at a has been's reminiscence of living in la-la land.
YIKES!!! Inaccurate and ridiculous!.......2003-12-30
I am prior active duty, and currently the spouse of an active duty military member. This book is off the charts goofy, discriminative, false, and just plain worthless to anyone wanting REAL insight into the life of a military spouse. I can't even begin to list the contradictions between the claims of the author and the military spouse.
Yes, being a military spouse is tough... and NOT for the average person, but the battles between enlisted and officer's wives and the social structure conflict is NOT as it is explained in this book. My husband holds two bachelor's degree's, and I hold an associate's with two more years left to get my bachelors; however, my husband is enlisted and we have friends who are both enlisted and officer. I do not walk around informing others of my husband's rank, unless asked for official reasons. I am not my husband, nor does my life revolve around his rank. I am who I am. I have my own education. I have my own goals. I have my own identity. I have my own brain. I am blessed to share my life with a soldier and he is blessed to share his life with me, but I do not define myself completely off of him. I am proud of him for who he is, just as I am proud of myself NOT for who my husband is, but for who I am and what I have become.
Customer Reviews:
An Intelligently Written Story..........2006-03-13
Bride of Trouville was a refreshing change from the usual romance drivel. No purple prose here! The characters think and act realistically; I liked the way the story unfolded naturally, there seemed to be no gratuitous scenes. If I had any criticsm it would only be that I would have liked the loves scenes to be more detailed. That is the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars. However, it is a minor quibble in view of how much I liked this book. I definitely recommend it.
I only wish it was longer.......1999-09-27
Perfectionist Edouard Gillet has angered King Phillip so hedecides to lay low for a while in Scotland. He takes his young sonwith him who needs a mother figure to teach him the more genteel facets of life. Anne is for from perfect and she has a son many would view as 'the son of the devil' because he is deaf. Through a series of events they are married and fall in love, with Edouard admitting his love early and Anne holding off because she hasn't told him her son is deaf. Its nice to read a story where the hero and heroine are not the usual young and naive. Anne is in her late 20's and Edwouard is a little older. Of course both have their secrets and each is hurt when they discover that the other has been holding back on the other.
Reluctant groom for reluctant bride who's protecting her son.......1999-07-11
Edouard Gillett, the Comte of Trouville, is leaving France before King Philip decides to take more than his lands away. He is going to Scotland. Dairmid Hume is travelling with him, and while on the journey sells Edouard on the idea of taking a bride. Hume has a widowed niece holding an estate in trust for her ten-year-old son. He agrees to meet her, but will not marry her unless it is what she desires. She doesn't want to marry any man, but when Hume threatens to take away her son Robert, if she doesn't marry Trouville, she agrees. She'll simply have to hide Robert's deafness from Edouard. Anne soon finds her heart stolen by Edouard, but each time she decides to tell him about her son, the comte acts in a way that reveals that he dislikes imperfection. Lyn Stone has written a wonderful tale of love, trust and acceptance. The story is not predictable in the least and is full of lots of twists and turns. Don't miss this winner!
Customer Reviews:
Mixed Review.......2006-12-09
Lyn Stone-A Bouquet of Thistles- ***
This was an okay story with a decent plot. Alys was a great girl, and the hero, John, was honorable and handsome, (he was the best thing about this story). But I wouldn't have minded if someone had throttled Alys' bratty brother. The boy was just too vindictive for my taste.
Gail Ranstrom-Paying the Piper-**
A very predictable, boring tale. And I like this author! The hero, Anthony had great potential, his good looks, a war hero, and wealthy to boot, but the author somehow succeeded in making him a very boring guy.
Anne O'Brien- Battle-Torn Bride- *****
The Best of the lot. Great characters in war-torn 15th century England. Richard was the perfect hero and the love between him and Beatrice came through very well. The story, based on fact, held my interest to the last page.
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The Trapper's Bride, And White Stone Canoe
Percy B. St. John
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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