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Pete Greig, the acclaimed author of Red Moon Rising, has written his most intensely personal and honest account yet in God on Mute, a book born out of his wife Samie s fight for her life and diagnosis of a debilitating brain tumor. Greig asks the timeless questions of what it means to suffer and to pray and to suffer through the silence because your prayers seem unanswered. This silence, Greig relates, is the hardest thing. The world collapses. Then all goes quiet. Words can t explain, don t fit, won t work. People avoid you and don t know what to say. So you turn to Him and you pray. You need Him more than ever before. But somehow...even God Himself seems on mute. In this heart-searching, honest and deeply profound book, Pete Greig looks at the hard side of prayer, how to respond when there seem to be no answers and how to cope with those who seek to interpret our experience for us. Here is a story of faith, hope and love beyond all understanding.
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Is God on mute?.......2007-09-23
At Hope College, I train ministry students in Effective Prayer Skills. Does God answer every prayer? The author outlines times when it appears as if God is on mute, when we feel as if our prayers are simply bouncing off the ceiling, yet God is still listening and God is still on the job. With scripture, experience and obvious painful insight the author provides a needed balanced to applying the biblical approach to prayer. Highly recommended!
A better view on who God is.......2007-07-30
I've read quite a few books about prayer. I'm always one that wants a stronger prayer life and I think that is true of those who honestly are seeking the Lord. But sometimes, we get stuck and it feels like our prayers are hitting the ceiling and bouncing right back to us, making us stumble back and fall flat on our backs. That's ok for it to happen if we have a realistic outlook on who God is and what He desires.
With having read so many books on prayer, even by highly esteemed believers and authors like Andrew Murray and Elmer Towns, I always walked away from their books on prayer feeling like there was something really missing in their message and their outlook on Biblical prayer. It would aggravate me, because I couldn't put my finger on it at all of what was missing.
I've been following Pete Greig and the 24/7 prayer movement for about 5 years and I've read the books that he's written. Each time I've been encouraged by his books, but would walk away knowing that something was still missing.
When I saw "God On Mute" in the store, it's subtitle intrigued me and after 3 weeks of fighting it, I gave into buying it and let it sit in my place for about 2 months. I picked it about 4 weeks ago and read it and finally that "missing something" that had been so nagging my mind was filled.
Pete wrote straight from the gut and heart and laid his heart out for all to see even with his struggle in praying to God. He pulls no punches and just tells it like it is and is very realistic in giving reasons why God may not answer prayers. And amazingly, they all make sense. He's speaking from experience, and man, this book is really refreshing.
Anyone who is struggling with the concept of prayer should get ahold of a copy of this book. I think you'll find a great deal to chew on and even find peace about situations that you are going through. I know I did and so I highly recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with the heartache of unanswered prayer.
This is the first book I've ever read that really dealt with the most diffult topic of engaging the silence of unanswered prayer. Too many want to skim over it and not face it head on, but Pete Greig took hold of it and grappled with it and wrote a great book right from his heart.
Asking The Questions People Rarely Ask About Prayer.......2007-04-22
From Maundy Thursday to Good Friday to Silent Saturday and then Easter Sunday, Pete and Samie Greig use the blessing of their Life's story to share the same with the reader. God on Mute - Engaging The Silence of Unanswered Prayer is a very important topic, relevant to our times as people seek the precarious and shallow certainty in various forms of fundamentalism --- in a number of faith persuasions that populate this planet...not only the Christian faith. Thus, this is a book I would recommend to Muslims, Hindus, Jews -- whatever the favor of your faith is today.
Been "burned" by "unanswered prayer? Be honest. Have questions about unanswered prayer? Buy this book and savor the reality of the life story of two people who's feet are planted firmly in the earth of the reality of daily living --- no matter what country or culture you might presently reside in.
Listen to Samie and Pete in a few quotes below:
Samie - p. 260 "I don't always understand God's ways in my life, but I'm absolutely certain that He can be trusted."
Pete - p. 23 - "It seems to me thst those of us who spend our time encouraging people to pray and share the amazing stories of unanswered prayer also have a sworn duty to care for those whose prayers appear not to be working."
Pete - p.211 "Life's great trials invariably make us bitter or make us better. They never leave us unchanged."
Pete - p. 67 "It is ultimately not comforting to abandon all hope of miracles by shrinking our view of God's power to the size of our own pain."
Pete p. 19 - "Christians are quick to spread glory stories, but disappointments tend to be brushed under the carpet because we don't want to discourage anyone at church or be a bad commercial at work. But God isn't like us. He doesn't get insecure about His performance, and He never asks us to cover up for Him."
Pete p.55 - "The God of the cosmos thinks you are amazing. You! Not just some heavenly, idealized version you might one day become. You --- the person who does such stupid things. You --- thje one with bad hair, bad breath and bad desires."
Finally, Pete p. 125 - "In spite of all the increases in technology and increased life expectancy, there is an extraordinary fragility to our generation. We collapse easily, our marriages fall apart, and we are quick to take offence. In our celebrity obsessed world that is cosseted away from death and anesthesized against pain, we need to be reminded that it's normal to have problems, get sick, experience financial challenges and face relational breakdown. Jesus promises us, "You will have trouble" (John 16:33), but not many of us stick that verse on the fridge."
I adored this book. It's a lesson that can only be taught by those who have lived it and had the courage and disciplne to share it with us. Read it. You'll be sorry if you don't.
Thank you very much Pete and Samie.
Bill Dahl
Thumbs-up!.......2007-04-21
Fabulous book! Very real, very raw... really helpful. -The sort you'd like to give to everyone you know because everyone can relate to the topic of unanswered prayer. Thanks Pete Greig for avoiding cliche, for digging deep and sharing some real treasures. It's the sort of book that makes you cry and gives you hope at the same time. It's about time someone wrote something for this generation on suffering.
Eye opening!.......2007-03-30
God on Mute is an eye-opener book! recomended to everyone no mater what their religious views are.
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Peel back the made-for-TV-movie premise of Dave King's The Ha-Ha and you'll find a shrewd, engrossing, and occasionally gritty first novel in the tradition of Jane Smiley. Howard is a brain-damaged Vietnam vet who can't speak or write, but who has managed to establish a reasonably good life in his small Midwestern hometown. In fact, Howard's chief limitation isn't his silence but his lingering romantic attachment to his high school girlfriend, Sylvia, now the drug-addicted single mother of a nine-year-old boy named Ryan (not Howard's child). Accustomed to Howard's devotion--and equally accustomed to rejecting his love, like a campfire she pees on again and again--Sylvia more or less dumps Ryan on him when she is forced to enter rehab. Yes, the handicapped vet must forge a relationship with the sullen fatherless boy. With material as Hallmark-tinged like this, it's only through vivid, honest, and far from syrupy characterization that King keeps sentimentality at bay. You can predict what happens when the gruff Howard begins to coach Little League (aw, shucks), but not his ferocious reaction to Sylvia's eventual betrayal. A skillful debut with several surprises. --Regina Marler
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Peel back the made-for-TV-movie premise of Dave King's The Ha-Ha and you'll find a shrewd, engrossing, and occasionally gritty first novel in the tradition of Jane Smiley. Howard is a brain-damaged Vietnam vet who can't speak or write, but who has managed to establish a reasonably good life in his small Midwestern hometown. In fact, Howard's chief limitation isn't his silence but his lingering romantic attachment to his high school girlfriend, Sylvia, now the drug-addicted single mother of a nine-year-old boy named Ryan (not Howard's child). Accustomed to Howard's devotion--and equally accustomed to rejecting his love, like a campfire she pees on again and again--Sylvia more or less dumps Ryan on him when she is forced to enter rehab. Yes, the handicapped vet must forge a relationship with the sullen fatherless boy. With material as Hallmark-tinged like this, it's only through vivid, honest, and far from syrupy characterization that King keeps sentimentality at bay.You can predict what happens when the gruff Howard begins to coach Little League (aw, shucks), but not his ferocious reaction to Sylvia's eventual betrayal.A skillful debut with several surprises. --Regina Marler
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Good description of human character.......2007-10-02
I think the beauty of this book is that we can all find a little of ourselves in the Characters. I loved this book!
Not a haha, but a winner.......2007-07-21
This is an incredibly powerful story. I loved it! The irony of such a strong voice for a character without a voice!
At times I became so entwined with Howard's life that I felt as if I myself could not speak.
I was disappointed to find, after finishing The Ha-Ha, that this is a first. Now I have to wait for what Dave King comes up with next.
Listened to it on ebook.......2007-04-22
I listened to this book on ebooks from my library. There was a great depth to the main character and I enjoyed the story. It was paced well and ended to my satisfaction. For me this was a perfect read! I may have felt differently had I read it rather than listened to it.
Exposition Overload.......2007-01-15
This book never grabbed a hold of me. It's premise is a good one, but the writing style of exposition only bogged me down and forced me to skim a lot in the middle. I didn't miss a thing.
I think this book suffers from trying too hard to be meaningful, and so instead of being meaningful and engaging, it just grinds. This would have been a much much better book if we were shown the interesting beginning part of Howard's recovery, instead of only recieving hints and glimpses from where he now stands, embittered.
Dave King's HA HA.......2006-08-28
The novel is engrossing and finally moving. He writes with a very clear and sometimes beautiful prose style. However, I never was fully convinced by the narrative voice of the central character and this kept me from fully surrendering to the book.
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Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's Guide, "The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child" is a wonderfully informative guidebook that will provide parents, teachers, and treating professionals with the advice necessary to help prepare the 'ideal class setting for the Selectively Mute child.'
This practical guide is informative and entertaining and goes into detail as to tactics that can be done in the school to benefit and accommodate the needs of the Selectively Mute child. Recommendations on testing, IEP development and multiple methods to help lower anxiety, build self esteem and increase communication comfort within the school are emphasized throughout this book.
This guide book is easy to read, graphically attractive and is a necessary reference for all those involved with a Selectively Mute child within the school environment.
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Review from a special education teacher.......2004-08-30
I am a special education teacher and I have searched high and low for a book that would be beneficial for me, my student, and the parents. After reading this book, I realized that this book is a necessity for anyone who comes in contact with a selective mute child/person/student/relative... ECT... I have gained many techniques and information from this book. Prior to this book, could not find any decent books relating to the selective mute except this one. Not only is this book "decent" it should be mandatory! If you do not purchased this book you will be missing out valuable information that the doctors don't even know!
Something practical and useful at last!.......2003-10-17
After struggling for two years, trying to teach my son's school how to help him, I found this book and gave them a copy. It is like the clouds have cleared! The school finally feel that they have direction from a professional, and we are already seeing a difference in our son.
Definitely worth buying!
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Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's Guide, "The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child" is a wonderfully informative guidebook that will provide parents, teachers, and treating professionals with the advice necessary to help prepare the 'ideal class setting for the Selectively Mute child.' This practical guide is informative and entertaining and goes into detail as to tactics that can be done in the school to benefit and accommodate the needs of the Selectively Mute child. Recommendations on testing, IEP development and multiple methods to help lower anxiety, build self esteem and increase communication comfort within the school are emphasized throughout this book. This guide book is easy to read, graphically attractive and is a necessary reference for all those involved with a Selectively Mute child within the school environment.
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share this with your child's teacher.......2007-03-20
excellent and specific ideas for reducing classroom anxiety...short enough to share with your child's classroom teacher...
Some good tips, but overpriced.......2007-01-02
This particular booklet has some good tips and was the most useful of the 4 I purchased by this author. Still, for the price I would recommend investing in Maggie Johnson's The Selective Mutism Resource Manual instead. It is also pricey, but worth every penny.
I also highly recommend Helping Your Child With Selective Mutism: Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking which is very useful and reasonably priced.
Perfect Explanation.......2005-12-16
This book is excellent in defining what a 'Selectively Mute Child' is and goes through. Because of this book, I understand what my child is feeling when he becomes anxious. I not only learned that my child is 'Selectively Mute', but I also learned that I have been all of my life when I thought I was just 'painfully shy.' A reviewer made the comment that this book was overpriced. Maybe when they wrote the review they forgot that there is no set price on what parents pay to help the children that need us. Besides, part of the proceeds goes to a foundation called "Speak Out for Our Children."
The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child.......2005-09-06
Excellent resource book! If you have a child with SM, buy one for each teacher! This was a great book for getting people to understand what my SM child is going through in simple, easy to understand terms...excellent investment for your child's academic progress!
Overpriced booklet.......2005-05-22
This 28 page booklet filled with large text and graphics leaves a lot to be desired. Most of what is written is already information posted throughout the internet. The author's other books rate about the same "overpriced booklets". All can be read in about 3 minutes. Save your money!
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Mute Witnesses: Trace Evidence Analysis
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Trace evidence is small, even microscopic remnants of materials found at a crime scene or on a victim. The term "mute witnesses" is commonly used to refer to these small bits of evidence such as paint smears, fibers, hair strands, dirt particles, glass fragments, and other items.
Trace evidence can be used to tell the story of how a crime was committed and to identify and convict suspects. Recent improvements in the techniques used to collect and analyze trace evidence have played a key role in solving many cases that might have gone unsolved just a few years ago.
Mute Witnesses: Trace Evidence Analysis presents intriguing case studies from well-recognized experts and bright young stars in the field. Each chapter presents the facts of one or more prominent cases (particularly cases where DNA evidence was not available or was inconclusive), follows the progress of the investigation and how trace evidence assisted, and highlights important aspects for teaching. The cases cover carpet "nubs," hair and wig fibers, plastics in automobiles, glass, feathers, cross-transfer evidence, and more.
This unique book shows how the latest analysis techniques can provide new leads, detect evidence that has been transferred from one place to another, and closely link suspects, victims, and crime scenes. Numerous photographs and illustrations are included throughout the text. The material is written in a style that is accessible to trace analysts, crime scene specialists, police officers, lawyers, and students. This book is ideal for training, review, or general interest.
* Real case studies show how trace evidence was used to help solve difficult cases
* Written by top investigators from the FBI, crime labs, state police, etc.
* Outlines how the latest analysis techniques can provide new leads and closely link suspects, victims, and crime scenes
* Includes numerous color photographs and illustrations
* Designed for training, reference, or general interest
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This first novel by Australian writer Cecilia Dart-Thornton begins the Bitterbynde series, the saga of a young woman's search for her past as well as her destiny. An orphaned refugee taken in as a servant of powerful Isse Tower, a prominent Relay Station in the world's communications network, the main character is a nameless, badly scarred mute with little hope for better--until he escapes by stowing away on a magical Windship and is befriended by cheerful Sianadh, a self-professed madman and adventurer. Sianadh gives his companion two precious gifts: a name, Imrhien, and the knowledge that he is really she, raised as a boy to protect her from even worse treatment. Together, the two journey into the deep green heart of a great forest, defeat the tricky magics of various eldritch wights, and discover a vast treasure that will change their lives forever. When Imrhien learns of Maeve One-Eye, a healer who may be able to repair her scars and restore her memory, the girl is determined to seek her out. On the dangerous trip west, Imrhien meets and falls in love with the Dainnan ranger Thorn, but doubts he could ever return her affections. While this novel doesn't stand well alone, readers who crave long and detailed journeys through fantastic lands filled with magical creatures will enjoy Imrhien's travels. Dart-Thornton's world takes many traditional elements of epic fantasy and manages to stir them into something charming and new. --Charlene Brusso
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This first novel by Australian writer Cecilia Dart-Thornton begins the Bitterbynde series, the saga of a young woman's search for her past as well as her destiny. An orphaned refugee taken in as a servant of powerful Isse Tower, a prominent Relay Station in the world's communications network, the main character is a nameless, badly scarred mute with little hope for better--until he escapes by stowing away on a magical Windship and is befriended by cheerful Sianadh, a self-professed madman and adventurer. Sianadh gives his companion two precious gifts: a name, Imrhien, and the knowledge that he is really she, raised as a boy to protect her from even worse treatment.Together, the two journey into the deep green heart of a great forest, defeat the tricky magics of various eldritch wights, and discover a vast treasure that will change their lives forever.When Imrhien learns of Maeve One-Eye, a healer who may be able to repair her scars and restore her memory, the girl is determined to seek her out.On the dangerous trip west, Imrhien meets and falls in love with the Dainnan ranger Thorn, but doubts he could ever return her affections.While this novel doesn't stand well alone, readers who crave long and detailed journeys through fantastic lands filled with magical creatures will enjoy Imrhien's travels.Dart-Thornton's world takes many traditional elements of epic fantasy and manages to stir them into something charming and new. --Charlene Brusso
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The Stormriders land their splendid winged stallions on the airy battlements of Isse Tower. Far below, the superstitious servants who dwell in the fortress's lower depths tell ghastly tales of evil creatures inhabiting the world outside, a world they have only glimpsed. Yet it is the least of the lowly--a mute, scarred, and utterly despised foundling--who dares to scale the Tower, sneak aboard a Windship, and then dive from the sky. The fugitive is rescued by a kindhearted adventurer who gives it a name, the gift of communicating by handspeak, and an amazing truth it had never guessed. Now the girl Imrhien begins a journey to distant Caermelor, to seek a wise woman whose skills may change her life. Along the way, Imrhien must survive a wilderness of endless danger. For the hearthside tales are all true. The unhuman wights are real in all their legions. They haunt every pool, every turn in the road, and threaten and torment all travelers. Lost and pursued by these monsters, Imrhien is saved by Thorn, a mysterious Dainnan ranger whose gallantry and courage are matched only by his martial skills. He becomes the girl's constant protector, steadfast and unstoppable. But, unknown to them, a deadly plot is unfolding, as a dark force summons the malignant hordes of Unseelie, and foul things amass in the night. And as the journey grows longer, as the challenges grow more deadly, Imrhien discovers something more terrifying than all the evil eldritch wights combined: The girl with an angel's soul and a gargoyle's face is falling in love with Thorn.
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Australian SF Reader.......2007-08-01
I could not make myself finish this. Horribly twee, with too much forced floweryness. You could give it a rating of 5 florids out of 5, perhaps! Anyway, it is possible younger girls may enjoy this, but for a fantasy of kid hidden away, must escape and do great things after being a servant, then it is pretty easy to find dozens of more worthwhile books, whether for young people or adults.
Not good.. not good at all.......2007-06-20
I am shaking my head in bewilderment at all the rave reviews here. I have never had such a hard time reading a book. I felt like I was forcing myself through never-ending sludge. The author certainly proves she has an expansive vocabulary and a wild imagination, but her style is anything but engrossing. After 100 pages I couldn't care less about the characters or storyline. I do not recommend buying this book. It was not what I expected at all.
Hard to rate..........2007-05-21
The Ill-Made Mute is the first book in the Bitterbynde trilogy (before The Lady of Sorrows and The Battle of Evernight).
The story starts on the lower floors of Isse Tower, the huge, black relay fortress of the Stormriders and their winged steeds. Down in the servants' quarters, an ugly, deformed and mute foundling is raised by an old crone.
Hearing terrifying stories about the evil creatures that dwell in the outside world, but constantly bullied not only by the lordly inhabitants of the upper levels but even by the other menials, the child one day scales the walls of the tower and escapes aboard a Windship.
Soon the flying vessel is attacked by pirates though, and crashes in the forest. The youth is rescued by and Ertishman called Sianadh, taught hand-speak and given a name: "Imrhien". Together they start a journey through the woods, and face the attacks of numerous monsters, one looking for treasure, the other for a wise woman who could heal those disfiguring scars.
This book is actually hard to rate... Cecilia Dart-Thorton's style is elaborate, alas sometimes to such an extent as to be difficult to read. Her use of clever words, mostly for the purpose of lovely alliterations, is somewhat hindering (at least for an non-native English speaker like me).
Same thing about the plot... The first chapters in Isse Tower have descriptions that can really make your head spin from vertigo. Then the story seems to stall: the companions meet so many wights, often grostesque or simply annoying, in the forest, they barely make any progress (those familiar with the Final Fantasy game franchise probably know what I mean). Thankfully, the story eventually picks up again in the last chapters, when Imrhien and Sianadh's nephew, Diarmid, meet a Dainnan warrior, Thorn. Now I'm eager to go on with the next book!
Story line hard to find but worth the hunt.......2007-03-09
If you're looking for a different twist on your run of the mill fantasy than you'll want to read this book. WARNING, do not read the book summary, it completely spoils a couple of the best plot twists! Ok first of all, as many others have said, there's a lot of crap to drudge through but the story line is so amazing that it's definately worth it. You know how JRR Tolkien can go on and on for pages about what seems like every tree in the forest? Well Cecilia is like that with rooms. She'll tell you all kinds of stuff that you don't really care about and has nothing to do with the storyline. Sometimes I don't think she's satified until she's told you what every item in the room is, where it is, what it looks like, what it contains, how long it's been there, what it's used for, and let's not forget how it's feeling at the moment. Also Cecilia has a tendency to go on quite a few simile rampages. In reading this book it quickly become obvious that Cecilia's vocabulary is absolutey immense; so why she chooses to drastically over use "like" and "as" is beyond me.
Now after all this you may wonder why I gave it [....] Well like I said before the story line is worth it. Plus it's really not so bad once you've mastered the fine art of skipping past long unnecessary descriptions. Although, do read all the folk tales being told at the beginning. They seem pointless and aren't overly interesting, but they are important to the story line later on, especially if you continue reading the series.
Snooze Alert.......2006-10-21
I was unable to finish this book. I trudged through the first 120 pages,
then, which I have never done with a book before, threw it aside and never looked back at it again.
I understand it takes time to get a story set-up and rolling, and it looked like it was in the very beginning. It seemed somewhat intriguing, but then it suddenly stopped, and aside from 2 actual incidents of something happening, the rest was a bunch of people telling tales of folklore, which are old stories we have heard before, told just slightly different.
I have read Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time series, and as long winded and sometimes boring as it gets, it had nothing to compare to this.
In all fairness, I should have been fore-warned by the title...The Ill-made Mute pretty much tells you the main character has no voice, and though the author uses many words, has no actual voice either.
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Catherine Coulter's sensational contemporary suspense novels The Cove and The Maze were gripping enough to establish Coulter firmly in the genre, hailed Publishers Weekly. Now, with The Target, Coulter again lays claim to the territory where romance and terror intersect. Hoping to escape unwanted celebrity in the aftermath of a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt settles in the Rockies, determined to bury himself in the safety of a solitary existence. But his isolation is shattered when he stumbles upon a small girl unconscious in the high-altitude forest. When strangers pursue Ramsey to his private meadow in an attempt to kill him and the girl, he's mystified that anyone would wish her harm. And the child can't shed any light on the subject: she's mute. Molly Santana, the girl's mother, catches up with Ramsey and her daughter, mistaking her daughter's savior for a kidnapper. But soon Ramsey's real role becomes clear. With the strangers in pursuit, the trio flee to Chicago for sanctuary. Even there, however, the child's enemies prove as relentless as their motives are baffling. With an unexpected assist from FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock (last seen in The Maze), Molly and Ramsey begin to unravel the clues, and in the process they make an astonishing discovery as to the true nature of the target.
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'In a secluded cabin high in the Rockies, Ramsey Hunt rescues a small girl unconscious in the forest and is mistaken for a kidnapper by the girl's mother. By the time she finally discovers Ramsey has saved the girl, Ramsey and the mother must flee pursuing strangers with the intent to kill. Facing constant danger, the pair ultimately discovers why they're at the center of the target.
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An Okay Read.......2007-07-06
I have read several of the reviews and everyone has their own thoughts but I liked the book but not as much as The Maze. I think I liked the humor and romance between Sherlock and Savage more than the characters in The Target. One Reviewer talked about Ramsey being obsessed with Emma and even said he touched her too much and etc. I didn't see that. He saw her at the worse time right after she had been beaten and abused by this horrible person. I thought he handled it well, gaining her trust and protecting her. If police and therapists had been brought into it at the beginning, she would probably have been more terrified. Ramsey and Molly did seek professional help later. I thought the author's idea for Ramsey was a sensitive caring man and he was devastated by the ordeal of Emma. He indeed did love her and was protective of this little girl who had been wonded physically and mentally. I think Ramsey did love Molly but the author leaves you thinking he marries her just to get Emma, but still think he was in love with her and she him. I have noticed in Catherine Coulter books, she seldom has the romantic characters say "I love you". I kept looking for it in "The Maze" and believe I saw it once from Sherlock. The characters have other ways of dipicting they love the other person but kept wondering why they doen't just say it. Interesting! If I had a problem with the book was a Federal Judge being able to accept the Crime Lord's way of killing and getting away with it. I'm sure that is the way of real life but I had a hard time dealing with that. However, I found the book a "Thriller" and kept my attention from the beginning to the end.
Good book.......2007-01-16
This book had a refreashing plot. It keep you thinking. But,I really don't think men are that mesmerised by a woman that easily. I give them more credit than that. I received it in great shape.
Touching.......2006-10-10
I just finished the hardback version of this novel (and because it is the only Catherine Coulter book that I have ever read) I thought I would check out what she has going on Amazon. Admitted, I cannot compare it to her other "better" works, but I must say that I found this book to be very touching. I'm actually very surprised at some of the reviews that I have read of this book.
I won't rewrite a synopsis as this has already been done below but I do have several issues in support of this book to point out to other readers.
There is a tad of the unbelievable in the fact that Ramsey didn't immediately take the child that he found to a hospital; but that is a sign of our too cynical hearts. The reason that it is unbelievable is because most people would be afraid of the consequences of being blamed for molesting her themselves and would therefore have immediately turned her over to the nearest "authorities", felt sorry for her and been done with it. But that is not the nature of the "hero" of this story.
What makes this understandable is the fact that Ramsey is a federal judge who knows very well the system that Emma would be going into once he turned her over. As a federal judge he IS one of the "authority figures" and immediately takes responsibility of a child whose situation has touched his heart. He feels that he is more capable of being sensitive to her situation and caring for her than would male complete strangers in some podunk town in the Rockies. [I don't know about any of you readers - but have you ever had to deal with sheriffs in small rural towns on sensitive sexual issues of rape involving children? Guarantied that most of the people involved would be men, and loud, and insensitive to the fear they inspire in the child just by being men. Just imagine how much more trauma could be caused by this to a child.]
Now, you may then bring up the point that as a federal judge he would know about things like destroying bodily evidence from the child when he bathed her, etc. instead of taking her directly to a medical facility. Remember another thing, they were in a very rural, very isolated location with no phone and Ramsey Hunt was in seclusion over what he claimed was the paparazzi chasing him after having to kill some drug dealers in his courtroom. But in reality he is having nightmares, etc. of guilt over having taken a life and doesn't feel good about being considered a hero because he lost it to his anger and killed someone. He was also having feelings of impotence over the fact that because the system was so overcrowded criminals would walk free in too short of a time period anyway. Emma's situation was one he had control over. He felt that he could do a better job than the local authorities who would hurt her feelings and didn't want to turn over the responsibility of her too quickly.
As for the comments about him being almost as sickly obsessed with Emma as the pedophile - again I must point to too cynical hearts. Have any of you ever been exposed to a truly caring male? Not a homosexual with feminine tendencies but a heterosexual man with a caring soft heart? I feel sorry for our society if you haven't. I have. I was raised by one. I was married to one. I have uncles and cousins who are just as family oriented and nurturing - who take on half the care of the kids especially if their wife is pregnant again. Who would be just as outraged to their souls by what happened to that child as Ramsey Hunt's character is. Who may be just as deadly and want to take care of it on their own. (my late husband was a professional martial artist)
Especially if it's a male Cancerian and Ramsey Hunt's character reads like a male cancerian. A male cancerian would be capable of taking a look at a poor, beautiful, abused baby and adopting her. He'd want to be her father and take her in, want to care for her, "mother" her in a male fashion, feel responsible and think that no one would be able to do the job as well as he would himself. He'd take over her life and would then extend that love to her mother. (I remember a male friend telling me once that the way some men find their mates is that they see a beautiful child and then want to meet its mother because the woman who produced such beauty had to "fine" herself.)
So he never says "I love you" to Molly but he does admit, as far as he is capable, that he more than likes her. He comes to appreciate her qualities as a unique person and begins to picture them as a family. He shows her how he feels in his actions towards Emma and Molly. He takes them in and takes them over and nurtures them and lets himself be mothered by the women in his life at the same time. It's typical cancerian.
As for Molly, she comes to appreciate him and his strength and his love for her daughter. He's a handsome, caring, successful, strong, man who will care for her and protect her without patronizing or smothering her. What sane woman would pass that up? She doesn't need money she's rich. What she needed he provided. It's a formula for successful marriage more enduring than the raw "passion" of most romance novels. It's a love story of a family who comes together and of love that grows between them after they have come to appreciate one another, their strengths, and their weaknesses.
I found this book to be very touching. It left me with a bittersweet smile on my face for them as a new family and for the road that Emma would have to travel in life in order to be whole again. The mystery surrounding who was really behind the plots, them on the run, and the chase for the child molester, etc. was pretty good and kept the pages turning. Other commentators were right - it wasn't the most suspenseful book that I've read but it was a very good read. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Any other comments I make would be spoilers - and I hate spoilers. So I will leave you with a strong recommendation for this book as I really enjoyed it. The male character is not the typical stubborn, brooding Alpha man but caring and sensitive while still being strong and decisive. I will definitely be looking into more of Catherine Coulter's books. Ciao.
Yeah . . . not even gonna finish this one.......2006-08-28
I haven't read the two preceding books, but I sincerely hope that they are better than this one. I'd like to think that a federal judge would have better sense than to keep an obviously raped 6 year old in the woods for a week "until she learns to trust him." Meanwhile, her poor mother is searching town after town with no indication from him that she is even alive. I feel very doubtful that said mother, on discovery of the man with her suddenly verbal child, would say to him, "I would have done the same thing in your shoes." Even knowing that he wasn't the original kidnapper, I'm pretty sure I would have sent my daughter out of the room and shot him anyway.
No thanks to Ramsey, the kid hasn't died from internal injuries, and now that the mother (who is far, far more clever than every incompetent law enforcement agent in Colorado) followed the only solid lead that the police "blew off" and is back with her daughter, I think I'll leave them to go on the run without me.
Lazy writing -- it wouldn't have been hard to create a situation where Ramsey and the child together made sense.
Target Is Right On Target.......2006-07-23
It has been several years since I read this in hardcover edition but I have always thought it was one of Coulter's best. I'll admit it is not as suspenseful as The Maze but then what book is. I think some of the tender scenes between the child and the adult characters in this book give us an intimacy and a very admirable picture of the love and generosity of the main characters. So what if the last 50 to 100 pages was not as suspenseful as some would like.
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- A Wonderful Story Especially for the Young Adult.
- A joy to read.
- I loved it and so did our children :)
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Baronet's Song
George MacDonald
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A Wonderful Story Especially for the Young Adult........1999-06-16
George MacDonald is the master when it comes to communicating the beauty and power of Nature. He has a deep appreciation for the transcendant meaning and purpose which God infuses into Nature by His very character which is ever-present Love. And because man is made in God's image, he is able to experience in the deepest way possible the all-present Love of God. A God who is always seeking to sympathize with and redeem the men and women He created.
This is the story of an orhan who cannot speak who flees the city and manages to find friendship and love in the midst of a simple country family. In the end his life leads him back to the city and to places he never could have imagined.
If you are interested in finding out what life is all about and where true happiness lies this story is an exellent guide-book.
A joy to read........1998-06-08
A young boy with no advantages, as this world counts them, in seeking goodness, went on to discover that doing right, as God counts right, is the best reward. A wonderful book.
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- Brilliant hard-boiled crime fiction at a furious pace
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The Wheelman
Duane Swierczynski
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Book Description
Meet Lennon, a mute Irish getaway driver who has fallen in with the wrong heist team on the wrong day at the wrong bank. Betrayed, his money stolen and his battered carcass left for dead, Lennon is on a one-way mission to find out who is responsibleand to get back his loot. But the robbery has sent a violent ripple-effect through the streets of Philadelphia as a dirty cop, the Russian and Italian mobs, the Mayors hired gun and a keyboard player in a college rock band maneuver for position as this adrenaline-fueled novel twists and turns its way toward its explosive conclusion. One things for sure: this cast of characters wakes up in a much different world by novels endif they wake up at all.
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Brilliant hard-boiled crime fiction at a furious pace.......2007-09-12
Hard-boiled crime fiction, by which I mean crime fiction from the perspective of law-breakers, from the perspective of people for whom legality is profoundly unimportant, has become very difficult to find. Classic contributions to the genre have dropped out of print, as parlor detective fiction clogs the shelves. "The Wheelman" is not only a welcome hard-boiled novel, but a brilliant one at that. The pace is extremely fast, but, at the same time, Swierczynski manages to find each character's unique voice, and those voices are often hilarious.
The Best Crime Thriller Debut Since...Well, Ever!!.......2007-05-14
I had the privilege of reading Duane Swierczynski's This Here's a Stick-Up: The Big Bad Book of American Bank Robbery, his non-fiction tome of bank robbery facts and figures, a few years back when it first came out. In THE WHEELMAN, Mr. Swierczynski takes fact, mixes it up with a whole lot of fiction, and comes up with a thrilling crime debut that's well worth the read!
We first meet Lennon, a wheelman or get-away driver, waiting outside a Wachovia bank in Philadelphia as his two associates, Bling and Holden, get caught on their way out of the bank with the $650,000 take. Somehow, Lennon, a mute Irishman who knows nothing more about robbery than how to get away, manages to retrieve his buddies and hightail it out of the city. Unfortunately, someone--in the form of a black SUV--manages to stop Lennon and the get-away car in its tracks.
Cue to Lennon, supposedly dead, in the process of being dumped into a pipe at a Philadelphia Children's Museum construction site. Thankfully, Lennon's not as dead as he looks, and he manages to outsmart his two body-dumpers. Not so fortunate for them when they realize what a pissed-off Irish mute can do for revenge.
Suddenly, getting out of Philadephia isn't as easy a trick as it was supposed to be. Bling and Holden appear to be dead at the bottom of said pipe, the $650,000 is missing, there's a few retired ex-cops on his butt, and both the Russian Mafiya and some old-time Philadephia mobsters are after him--and everyone wants a piece of the bank take.
As things go from bad to worse, with blown-up buildings, lots of gunfire, knife torture, and some really cool close calls, THE WHEELMAN leads us on a chase to find the money from the bank heist and get the heck out of dodge.
Besides being an action-packed, edge-of-your-seat crime thriller, THE WHEELMAN is just pure fun. With interesting facts thrown in--I hadn't realized that it was DilLINger, not DillinGER--and some laugh-out-loud moments--trademark "Scratch-Your-Balls-Until-The-Feds-Arrive"--this is one book you really don't want to miss.
Strong Crime Novel With A Distinctive Voice.......2007-01-26
I thought this was a strong crime novel written by a new writer with a very distinctive voice. I didn't pick this out for myself, it was a gift from a friend, and I appreciated it very much. I can't wait to read other books by the same author!
A silent Parker.......2006-12-20
For those of you familiar with Richard Stark's anti-hero thief Parker, Philadelphia writer Duane Swierczynski's Irish mute Lennon may strike a familiar chord. Lennon might not be a riff off of Stark's original, but in many ways he's certainly cut from similar cloth, and that certainly makes him interesting.
Vying with Lennon for top billing in a field stuffed with memorable characters, is the City of Brotherly Love herself. She is a setting lovingly (if unblinkingly) rendered by the Phildelphia native Swierczynski. I love books where the setting comes alive so much so that it is yet another character in its own right. Swierczynski does precisely this in "The Wheelman."
The pace on the novel is good, the supporting characters vividly drawn. I defy anyone who reads this to forget either the college student keyboardist, the corrupt ex-cop, or the Russian don who are all involved to varying degrees in this plot. My only reason for giving it four stars instead of five was that the violence was so over-the-top (and perhaps that was the author's point) that I was not able to suspend belief all the way through it. It seemed to me that Lennon ought to have been either dead or in a coma long before the novel's explosive climax.
That said, this is a terrific book, a tour-de-force first offering, and I can't wait to dive into Swierczynski's next book, "The Blonde."
Great until the End.......2006-12-15
As noted by other reviewers, reading this book is the literary equivalent of being shot out of a cannon. Only Lee Child and Ken Bruen write prose this sparse.
There is an amazing array of low lifes, mobsters, and gang members populating this tale. Their dialogue is captured richly. The action is non stop and the plot twists would make a Slinky look like stright copper wire.
The author did seem to get fatigued at the end and wrapped the book up too soon. I liked the way he used news clippings to tie down several points in the plot that were hanging. But some of those 'hangings' were only there because he rushed the end.
Still, The Wheelman is a cracking good read and I look forward to the author's next work.
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