The "First Stage" Guitar Chord Chart - Learn How To Play The Most Commonly Played Guitar Chords
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Only for absolute beginners
  • Cool chords
  • Excellent!
  • Good Beginnings
  • buy all books written by Chris Lopez
The "First Stage" Guitar Chord Chart - Learn How To Play The Most Commonly Played Guitar Chords
Chris Lopez
Manufacturer: First Stage Concepts
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0966771915

Book Description

Now you can learn the most commonly played guitar chords! The ideal guitar learning chord chart for anyone who would like to quickly learn to play guitar! Includes lots of practice chord combinations! Learn to play guitar to rock 'n roll, country, blues, popular songs, etc., on an electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and 12 string guitar. Clear, simple, and very easy to understand illustrations. This guitar chord chart is for the beginner who wants a simple and direct method to learn how to play chords on the guitar. There is no note reading or complicated theory to deal with. There are study notes and clearly illustrated fingering diagrams to help you on your way to playing chords to your favorite songs and some great exercises to get you going on your own songs. This guitar chord chart is easy to understand and is presented in a clear and methodical fashion with chord grids and logical explanations. Finally!, a learn to play guitar chord chart that offers you so much more! Includes 6 full chart pages of the most commonly played guitar chords!

Even though this is a great handy guitar chord chart, getting both THE "FIRST STAGE" GUITAR BOOK and THE "NEXT STAGE" GUITAR BOOK would be the perfect choice to building a great foundation in establishing the overall skills to learning how to play a guitar without spending a great deal of time in music theory!

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Only for absolute beginners.......2007-05-07

This booklet (only 8 pages long) is ok for giving you some starting chords to play simple tunes with. In fact, there are only 3 pages of chords and 5 pages of information about guitar tuning, guitar fret notes, common chord combo's, and basic guitar positioning.

You can easily get this info on the internet. I'd suggest getting a more comprehensive book on chords or a guitar method book.

4 out of 5 stars Cool chords.......2006-03-27

This is a great tool for the very beginning guitar learner.
When I have more time to devote to guitar playing I will use this product a great deal.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent!.......2005-12-06

An excellent reference for basic chords!

From Mark John Sternal
Author of "GUITAR: Total Scales Techniques and Applications"
"GUITAR: Probable Chords"
"Complete Guitar By Ear"
and, "The Twelve Notes Of Music"

5 out of 5 stars Good Beginnings.......2004-07-01

Recently got First Stage Guitar Chord Chart by Chris Lopez and Essentials by Bruce Arnold. I'm a weekend geetar picker just getting started. I'm mostly interested in learning chords and scales. I thought both books were good they both gave simple presentations of the most important chords and scales. Essentials has an interesting quark in that you can download videos and mp3 files that go with various parts of the book. I found the mp3 files to be very useful to jam over but I'm over here on a dial up connection so couldn't use the video stuff that much. One thing I did watch though was movies about common problems found with each chord. It showed me all the common problems people have when learning chords and I thought that was pretty cool. Ya really can't go wrong with either book though - they lay everything out very clearly and are enjoyable to work with.

5 out of 5 stars buy all books written by Chris Lopez.......2002-04-10

You can't go wrong his books! They're straight and to the point, but easy enough for the beginners. I play seven different instruments, all self taught and the guitar is the hardest instrument that I have ever tried to master. This man's books have made that goal a lot easier. If you don't to spend a lot of money on lessons, then just buy his books and practice, practice, practice! Did you know that most musicians out there are self taught? It's true and I'm living proof!!!
Play or Be Played: What Every Female Should Know About Men, Dating, and Relationships
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Required Reading for Aspiring Macks
  • So-So
  • Refreshing look at men and women
  • IF YOU WANT TO BE UP ON GAME READ THIS
  • He might be an "ex-pimp" but he's still a misogynist and sexist
Play or Be Played: What Every Female Should Know About Men, Dating, and Relationships
Tariq "K-Flex" Nasheed
Manufacturer: Fireside
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743244923

Book Description

Got Game?

It's a fact. Every woman needs game. Take Oprah, Jada Pinkett-Smith, and Beyoncé Knowles. All three of these women have the one intangible quality that every mack, male or female, must possess: they all have game. In other words, they have intelligence, hustle, and common sense that they apply to every aspect of their lives -- especially in their relationships.

Play or Be Played is an instruction manual for women who are tired of being played by men and who want to be players themselves. Though women may not want to play games, the truth is men often do. So women who hope to win in the game of love must first learn the rules. Bestselling author and true mack, Tariq "K-Flex" Nasheed shares:

Street-smart and straightforward, Play or Be Played will help you get with a king without being a hoochie, groupie, or a chickenhead.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Required Reading for Aspiring Macks.......2007-08-06

What Is It About?

This is Tariq's version of the Art of Mackin for Women. It promises to give women advice about men, dating, and relationships.

What Did I Get Out Of It?

I learned what king flex has to say about dating and seduction and got to hear what he advises women to do.

The Good News

The book is excellent and does deliver. It spells out the problems with men, the problems with women, what women really want, and why they think they want what they say they want. It also details the different type of males / females that exist in the dating world. The book is basically a hand book on dating and relationships and should be required reading for all women and most men.

The Bad News

There is relatively little bad news concerning this book. It is a bit short and I leisurely read it over the course of a weekend but, I consider that a good thing. Tariq is short and to the point and doesn't attempt to sugar coat things or pander to women with this book.

The Bottom Line

Any aspiring Mack man or women should have this book. It breaks down women and men and will help both parties do better with the opposite sex.




3 out of 5 stars So-So.......2007-07-30

While I understand the basis to his philosophy, I feel that in repeating the stereotypes he perpetuates negativity sub-consciously. The laws of yesterday are not the same today. While he gives an overall view there is little uplifting and solution based strategy offered in this book. Does every group have it's faults? Yes, but if you have so much knowledge why not churn out something of higher value. Overall- smart brother, but I think he (and we) can do better.

5 out of 5 stars Refreshing look at men and women.......2007-07-27

This book is a straight-forward and honest approach to man-woman relationships. The author writes in a friendly and frank manner. These words of wisdom are offered in a clear, thoughtful, and real form.

"The word game in strict terms simply means intelligence, hustle, and common sense. And having game means being knowledgable in every endeavor you choose to engage in." This book helps a female who makes bad choices in men, become a sophisticated, interesting, and confident woman who is comfortable with herself.

The reader is offered ten "Play or Be Played" tips, and also is given ten ways a woman can improve herself-in the form of game tips.

My favorite chapter dealt with the types of men:
-player
-professional
-pushover
-parolee
-the urban renaissance man
It was so interesting to find out about the different types of men, and to be made aware of their qualities.

The types of women are also displayed. Tips are also offered for a woman to improve her personality.

This book/guide applies to all aspects of life. It was entertaining and educational.

Here is a link to my book-Dreams in August: Life, Love, and Cerebellar Ataxia

5 out of 5 stars IF YOU WANT TO BE UP ON GAME READ THIS.......2007-06-01

This book broke the laws of physics down. K-Flex begins by letting you know that anything y0u do in life will fail or succeed depending on your game. He is not telling us ladies to play on guys, but just letting us know how guys think and how to overide their plan to get in our panties.

K-Flex goes on to let the ladies know how to up your game so you can be that girl that every every guy wants.

On top of all that he asks that you be real with yourself and tell YOURSELF (not others) what your true agenda is with your relationship. Basically he's saying that if your a gold digger then admit it to yourself, if your a ho admit it to yourself... & so on.

1 out of 5 stars He might be an "ex-pimp" but he's still a misogynist and sexist.......2007-04-06

Do not buy this book unless you want to be insulted. This book is based on the baseless opinions, ridiculous generalities and the WORST of gender stereotypes. He argues that "women are not born to be leaders" and "women are emotional thinkers." This book is inane, illogical and downright offensive to any women or girls who respect themselves. Quite frankly, I am angered that anyone even published this book.
The Games We played: The Golden Age of Board and Table Games
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Overview of Nineteenth Century American History through board games.
  • A perfect gift pick for the Christmas season
  • BOARD GAMES ARE THE STUFF OF LIFE
The Games We played: The Golden Age of Board and Table Games
Margaret K. Hofer
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1568983972

Book Description

As families are rediscovering the joys and virtues of staying and entertaining at home, board games have surged in popularity – indeed, sales doubled in the last year alone. this mirrors a trend in the late nineteenth century – the heyday of American boards and table games – when, fueled by the introduction of games coincided with a growing need for middle-class social entertainment.
Then, like now, the games that best captured players’ imaginations mimicked, and sometimes poked fun at, the culture that produced them Organized around themes such as courtship, commerce, travel, sports, and city life, The Games We Played brings together over one hundred eye-catching examples of America’s rare and popular board games, such as The Game of Playing Department Store, which encourage players to accumulate the greatest quantity of goods while spending their money as economically as possible, and Bulls and Bears: The Great Wall St. Game, in which players try their hand as speculators, bankers, and brokers, yelling each other down as if in a trading pit.
This playful visual survey of its thematic essays will cause board and table game aficionados to share in the revelry of togetherness.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Overview of Nineteenth Century American History through board games........2005-08-22

Board games as we understand them in the 21st century, really began in the early nineteenth. Before then, children were really considered to be junior adults: time not spent in school was for work on the farm, or in a factory. Of course there was chess, checkers (draughts) or games like Go, and Senet. But these were primarily played by adults. With growing prosperity, and corresponding disposable income and spare time, came a realization of the value of play for children. This play could be used for socialization: instill values, increase literacy, and develop dexterity, without the kids knowing it. Since board games had this mission, as well as entertainment they make a unique window into the social history of the Victorian Era.

"The Games We Played" does an excellent job of showing the changes wrought in American society reflected in board games. The rise of urbanization, development of a transportation infrastructure, and the nascent consumerism all are described via the illustrations. This is not an in depth social history, but association of major nineteenth century events, and how they affected games is pointed out. The illustrations alone are almost worth the price of the book, as they are practically works of art (in an era before lithographs, game art was hand painted by factory workers). The only weak areas of the book are the two chapters about travel; neither is more than a few pages, and the narrative is not of the level of the others in this work. Overall, if one has any interest in games, or social history this is worth considering.

5 out of 5 stars A perfect gift pick for the Christmas season.......2003-12-12

Board game have long been a family passtime, and this history of the board game will intrigue any who enjoy games. Bright full-page color photos of vintage board and table games accompany descriptions of their themes and history. Games are organized around themes - chapters survey a surprising one hundred of popular American games, drawn from over five hundred given to the New York Historical Society by Arthur and Ellen Liman, flea market devotees who amassed a large collection. Highly recommended for collectors and game enthusiasts alike: The Games We Played is a perfect gift pick for the Christmas season!

4 out of 5 stars BOARD GAMES ARE THE STUFF OF LIFE.......2003-05-31

Board games seem to have a monopoly on our entertaining
pastimes: Their sales have doubled in the last year alone! And if
your idea of a great game is Chutes & Ladders or Risk, they go to
jail and do not pass go. Margaret K. Hofer's nifty volume brings
together more than 100 eye-popping examples of rare and popular
board games, organized by theme, such as sports, courtship and
travel. The late 19th century and early 20th century games here are drawn from more than 500 such gems from The New York
Historical Society's tremendous collection. What's most fascinating (besides the glorious color photos) is being reminded
that as much as times change, some things (like games) don't. Take "The Elite Conversation Cards," manufactured in 1887. Think of it as a vintage "20 Questions" or a host of other games that can be found at Toys R Us .... courting couples "break the ice" with cards that ask such deep, thought-provoking questions
such as "Are you inclined to boss the house?" and "Have you ever
been in love?" Pass the dice, please.
We Played Marbles
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    We Played Marbles
    Tres Seymour
    Manufacturer: Orchard Books (NY)
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0531300749
    The Games We Played: A Celebration of Childhood and Imagination
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Loss of Imagination
    • The Inner child
    The Games We Played: A Celebration of Childhood and Imagination

    Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0743201663

    Book Description

    If childhood is magic, kids have created its principal enchantment by dreaming up their own games, writing their own rules, inventing endless variations on anything fun. Bottle Cap Soldiers, Kid Crusher, Ring-a-leavio, Chinaberry War -- no one remembers the scores anymore and the rules changed as often as the players, but the strongest and best memories of childhood grow from the games we played.

    With this enchanting volume, Steven A. Cohen shares a collection of childhood memories from a host of stars, public figures, and writers, from President Bill Clinton and Al Roker to Jackie Collins and Rob Reiner. Novelist Brad Meltzer describes an ongoing series of increasingly lunatic dares he and his friends staged to determine the Craziest Kid in the World. Movie star Esther Williams remembers the dollhouse built by her father in the midst of Depression-era poverty, and the endless scenes she acted out with simple paper dolls behind its miniature walls. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss recollects a Wisconsin childhood in which his friends created a version of hardball called Five Hundred -- until they hit the ball into the zoo's elephant cage and the vast gray beast gobbled it down.

    As varied as these tales are, together they create a marvelous picture of childhood freedom and imagination. As Maraniss remembers, "There were no adults acting out fantasies of being major league managers. Childhood was for children." In an age when computers, television, and soccer practice all compete for a child's attention, these stories recall a different time -- when free time was actually free.

    We all have memories of the games we played -- memories so fond and so powerful that the events themselves could have happened yesterday. With this moving and hilarious collection, the simple joy of imagination introduces us again to the genuine magic of childhood.

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars The Loss of Imagination.......2002-03-22

    As an only child, I had plenty of motivation to use my imagination to create different games to amuse myself with. Most often these involved Legos, Matchbox cars, darts, and tennis balls, depending on the weather and location. Editor Cohen seeks to tap into that time in all of us, in this little stocking-stuffer type book which assembles the brief memories of writers and famous folks in (as the subtitle says), "A Celebration of Childhood and Imagination." While some of the entries don't really fit in that well with the overall theme (Jackie Collins and Lou Stovall's come to mind), most do evoke a sense of wistfulness and childhood innocence. The contributors recount in simple prose (and in two cases poems, and another, in illustrated panels) the games of their youth-from paper dolls, to neighborhood Olympics, to Chinaberry wars, and so on. It's the kind of book one wonders if could be done in 50 years now that children have much less unstructured playtime outside the home-something to think about.

    5 out of 5 stars The Inner child.......2001-12-28

    I loved this book. Like many of the contributors to this excellent anthology I played ball games; stood on street corners with a 'gang'and generally tried to mix in. But I had glasses from the age of 6, too much reading under the blankets with a torch so the rougher games were out for me. One pair of spectacles and it had to last! With this in mind, I eagerly read, nay devoured Glen Roven's account of his own childhood. I am, next year, a first time author - published in August 2002, but my first love has always been the theatre. That world of imagination that we all seem to lose sight of in the short-sightedness of growing older. Glen, if he'll excuse the informality, comes over as a cross between Mickey Rooney and George M Cohan, and no doubt the show was put on in the barn! His memories of putting on shows is priceless - the sequence with the glasses is a gem - and far from being reluctantly wheeled out to entertain the grown-ups this was one boy who you didn't dare to hold back. This was a kid born with a baton in is mouth and rhythm in his veins; his career since then has proved that. Childhood is the foundation of adulthood and we should never forget it. In our rush to mature we sometimes lose the inner child, with its imagination and open-eyed wonder on seeing something new, through eyes that are without cynicism and predudices. Short sightedness can be cured! Everyone should be encouraged to read this anthology, to realise what some of us have forgotten, the wonder of being a child, and the impulsivenss, sometimes recklessness of youth. Glen's account speaks to me, personally, on many levels, but chiefly in the world of the imagination of theatre. I urge you to read this book, latch onto the inner child, if needs be rake it forwards from the recesses of your memory, live your youth again and if the spirit moves you to do so go, fly that kite.
    Complete Hoyle;: An encyclopedia of games, including all indoor games played to-day, with suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date
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      Complete Hoyle;: An encyclopedia of games, including all indoor games played to-day, with suggestions for good play, illustrative hands, and all official laws to date
      Robert Frederick Foster
      Manufacturer: Lippincott
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      Binding: Unknown Binding

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      The Day Mama Played
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        The Day Mama Played
        Ingrid Lawrenz
        Manufacturer: Chariot Victor Publishing
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        Foster's Complete Hoyle , an Encyclopedia of Games Revised and Enlarges with Revisions to the Laws of Auction Bridge, Including All Indoor Games Played Today with Suggestions for Good Play, Illustrative Hands and All Official Laws to Date
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          Foster's Complete Hoyle , an Encyclopedia of Games Revised and Enlarges with Revisions to the Laws of Auction Bridge, Including All Indoor Games Played Today with Suggestions for Good Play, Illustrative Hands and All Official Laws to Date
          R. F. Foster
          Manufacturer: Frederick A. Stokes Company
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          Binding: Hardcover

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          Foster's Complete Hoyle, An Encyclopedia of Games - Including All Indoor Games Played Today.  With Suggestions for Good Play, Illustrative Hands & All Official Laws to Date
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            Foster's Complete Hoyle, An Encyclopedia of Games - Including All Indoor Games Played Today. With Suggestions for Good Play, Illustrative Hands & All Official Laws to Date
            R.F., Illustrated with Numerous Diagrams Foster
            Manufacturer: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937
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            Binding: Hardcover

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            ASIN: B000LVA5B2
            Foster's complete Hoyle: An encyclopedia of all the indoor games played at the present day with suggestions for good play, a full code of laws, illustrative ... the doctrine of chances as applied to games
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              Foster's complete Hoyle: An encyclopedia of all the indoor games played at the present day with suggestions for good play, a full code of laws, illustrative ... the doctrine of chances as applied to games
              Robert Frederick Foster
              Manufacturer: Lawrence and Bullen
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              Deryni Rising
              Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
              • Not Free SF Reader
              • First book that I came to love
              • An Alternate Reality, Perhaps Not So Far Removed From Ours ...
              • WONDERFUL MEMORIES
              • I Wish I Had Read This Earlier
              Deryni Rising
              Katherine Kurtz
              Manufacturer: Ace Hardcover
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Hardcover

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              ASIN: 0441011683
              Release Date: 2004-07-06

              Book Description

              For more than 30 years, the Deryni Chronicles have transported readers to a world of secret sorcery and courtly intrigue. Deryni Rising, the first book in the series, launched Katherine Kurtz's phenomenal, bestselling career. Now, with this special edition, including a new introduction by the author, fans of the series can revel anew in the dawning of an epic...

              Customer Reviews:

              3 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

              In a Welsh type fantasy kingdom, magic exists, and, of course, runs in the blood of the nobility, hence they get to be in charge.

              Their version of the Catholic Church is also powerful, so this is a cause for conflict, church versus the royals, and church vs magic.

              This all leads up to a violent ritual confrontation over the right to be in charge, by the end, as a new prince has to establish himself after the dead of his old man.


              5 out of 5 stars First book that I came to love.......2007-08-26

              This was the second book that I ever read. I found it one day in a drawer and I remember asking my mother if I was allowed to read it. Ironically she also was looking for the book so that she could reread it.
              Anyway I started reading and I became enthralled with the fourteen year old boy who suddenly found himself King. This book had (and still does) everything; magic, mystery, a good/bad side,...and so much more. I read this book in fifth grade and I still go boack to reread it (I'm a freshman in college now).
              This book is great for fantasy lovers and middle age time lovers and anyone who just loves a good story. I advise this book to anyone who needs a good book to read.

              5 out of 5 stars An Alternate Reality, Perhaps Not So Far Removed From Ours ..........2006-04-07

              Begin with a world in which there are humans who can do magic! Wonderous things ... healing wounds, teleportation, bringing harmony to discord, reading the truth of a man's words from his own mind and voice. Evil and foul things ... murder from afar without the slightest trace, domination of entire peoples, tortures without the need to get the blood on one's own hands.

              This is a world that is at an equivalent time to approximately 1200 A.D. in our world. The place most concerning us is Gwynned ... an analog to our Britain, though certainly not yet "Great". And the people who are able to utilize "magic" are the Deryni, an enhanced offshoot of humanity.

              Can you imagine what such people, open to the perception of powers beyond our world, might experience in the sacraments of their religion? Or the strength and depth of the bonds that two might share as husband and wife?

              But all is not sunshine and flowers. The Deryni are a race that are constantly observed through eyes of hatred and mistrust. They possess gifts beyond those of general humanity, and for this they are feared. And they will undergo an Inquisition, similar to the one in our history, where the Deryni take the place of the Jews and Moors ... for reasons no more wise than those which drove our inquisitors.

              A haunting line drifts through all of the books in this wonderful series. One that is sadly true of the world we live in today as well as this mythical realm ... "The humans fear what they cannot understand."

              And sometimes that fear drives them to horrific crimes in the name of Christianity.

              This, the first book in the series, starts us with young Prince Kelson, heir to the throne of Gwynned. Kelson is abruptly placed on the short path to his Kingship as his father, Brion, is murdered through magical means. He is guarded and guided by two powerful Deryni, loyal to his father and Kelson ... Alaric Morgan and Father Duncan ... a priest in masquerade, for the Deryni are not accepted as clergy by the same twisted logic that drives the superstitions surrounding the Deryni.

              There is much before our young King-to-be, barriers both magical and mundane ... much which shall show the mettle of the men he will keep his closest counsels with. And we are privileged to see young Kelson grow from the young princve to a King worthy of the respect and loyalty of such men. Toward the end, there is a mystic confrontation that he must surmount, one in which he receives aid from a most-unexpected source.

              There is also an examination of the Right of Kings, a power that is derived from the human soul, but no less magical for that.

              This book is the delightful first step on a truly magical journey. The characters are all well-crafted, both the ones which you will feel privileged to know, and those whom you can do nothing less than despise.

              Prepare to see wonders and to peer into spaces not lit in our world. Prepare to be entranced ...

              5 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL MEMORIES.......2005-09-30

              I HAD BOUGHT THIS BOOK YEARS AGO, AND READ MY COPY TO DEATH.
              IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WHEN KELSON WAS YOUNG, AND STILL UNSURE OF HIMSELF. IT IS ALSO WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE KELSON INTERACT WITH BRION.
              AS USUAL, MS. KURTZ BRINGS ALL OF HER CHARACTERS TO LIFE, AND SHE WRITES SO WELL, THAT YOU COME BACK TO REALITY WITH A START!

              3 out of 5 stars I Wish I Had Read This Earlier.......2005-06-30

              Kelson Haldane is the fourteen-year-old heir to the kingdom of Gwynedd. His father Brion has kept peace in the kingdom for fifteen years, but people still talk about the Deryni insurrection two hundred years ago, which centered around Saint Camber of Culdi.

              Years ago, King Brion killed Marluk, some sort of Deryni bad-guy-sorcerer. Now his daughter Charissa, also a powerful sorcerer, wants revenge and to claim the throne of Gywnedd. Through nefarious means, she kills Brion, leaving young Kelson the unprepared heir to assume the throne. Can Morgan, the half-Deryni Duke of Corwyn, prepare his young ward to defend himself against Charissa in time?

              What are Deryni? They are never formally explained, but Deryni are magical people, not technically human, who can evidently breed with humans, because there are numerous half-Deryni characters in this novel.

              The Church, which I assume to be the Catholic Church of Rome in the 1100s, hates the Deryni and wants to stamp out their magic and influence in England. (I also assume that this is set in England - an alternate history - because Gywnedd is the name of Wales in this time period.)

              I had a friend in junior high school who was a devoted Deryni fan and urged me repeatedly to read this series. I wish I had, because now that I'm older and more skeptical, I was less than captivated by this book - which I'm sure I would have been when I was younger. This is truly a teenager's book, because all the characters are so black-and-white; either all good or all bad. The plot seemed slow, but mainly because the POV shifted between multiple characters and sub-plots. I wish it had been written from the POV of young prince Kelson, and his angst and personality explored more in depth; i.e. - a typical hero quest novel. I felt as if I did not know Kelson, whereas a book with a similarly slow plot, DRAGONSONG by Anne McCaffrey, haunts me to this day because of the deep character development of the heroine Menolly.

              For a good hero quest series, you can't go wrong with David Edding's BELGARIAD.


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