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I'm sorry, is it just me..........2007-06-25
I wasn't feeling this book. How is it that other reviewers gave this book 4 and 5 stars? I don't get it. While reading it I was like what is all the hype about?? The only part that held my attention was the ending. I was disappointed and as a result, I am not in that much of a hurry to read Grimey. I hope the story gets better but on the real, Noire's "Thong on Fire" was such a better read than this novel ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MORAL MESSAGE TO TAKE HOME AFTER YOUR READ. I was not satisfied with this read. It was difficult trying to finish it, I wasn't attached to the characters at all. Maybe Williams' books Grimey and Driven will be better reads...i have them both, so we shall see.
What a great Read!.......2007-06-02
Mona Foster and her brother Yatta were raised by their drug addicted mother. Never really have much of anything and watching her mom pimp guys to feed her addiction, Mona learned how to manipulate men using her beauty and body. Tired of being without she set her sites on ballers and heavy hitters in the game. At a concert she sets her sites on a rapper name Controversy but a guy named Cameron aka Cam quickly convinced her he was the man. With all his money and bling she saw stars and jump head in. Blinded by the money, shopping, and diamonds she ends up living with him with out knowing him fully. Once in there she finds out there are two sides of Cam and that side is an abusive side. What can she do she is trapped, can she make it out without becoming another statistic?
I applaud Kashamba this was a very good read. The characters were developed, and the storyline did lose its edge. I was captivated from beginning to end. I recommend this read!
GOOD!.......2007-03-18
BLINDED WAS THE FIRST BOOK I HAVE READ BY KASHAMBA WILLIAMS, I AM GLAD THAT WHEN I BOUGHT BLINDED, I ALSO BOUGHT THE SEQUEL GRIMEY. BLINDED WAS A EASY TO FOLLOW, AND FOR ME I READ IT IN A FEW HOURS, ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, IT IS HARD TO PUT DOWN. SO EASY TO SAY I AM READY TO JUMP STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH GRIMEY, AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES ME.
BLINDED IS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL NAMED MONA. MONA LEADS BY EXAMPLE OF HER MOTHER RHONDA WHO IS A DRUG ADDICT, AND USES THE MEN IN HER LIFE TO FATTEN HER POCKETS, AND NOURISH HER DRUG APPETITE. YATTA IS MONA'S BROTHER WHO IS A KNOWN DRUG DEALER. MONA LIKES THE ATTENTION SHE GETS FROM HER GOOD LOOKS, AND THE MONEY SHE GAINS BECAUSE OF THEM.
MONA IS INFATUATING WITH A RAPPER NAMED CONTROVERY, SHE HAS EVERY INTENTION OF GETTING NEXT TIME HIM. HOWEVER SHE MEETS CAM FROM CONTROVERSY'S CREW, AND STARTS A REALTIONSHIP WITH HIM.
INITIALLY MONA IS FLOURISHED WITH ALL HER WANTS AND NEEDS MET BY CAM, AND HE IS ALL THAT. HOWEVER HE IS IS WICKED. HE ASSURES MONA FROM THE BEGIINING THAT NOBODY WILL EVER HARM HER, BESIDES HIM! HE BECOMES ABUSIVE AND HAS MANY SECRETS TO HIDE FROM HIS PAST. EVERYONE FEARS CAM, BECAUSE EVEN HIS CREW KNOWS THAT IF THEY CROSS HIM THEY WILL PAY WITH THERE LIFE. MONA GROWS TO LOVE CAM, AND LOVES HER LAVISH LIFESTYLE THAT HE PROVIDES HER WITH EVEN MORE.
MONA DIGS INTO THE SECRETS OF CAM'S LIFE AND PAST. SHE DISCOVERS THING'S ABOUT HIM, AND NOW SHE KNOWS THAT HE IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS, BUT THAT SHE IS INVOLVED TO DEEP TO GET IT OUT, SHE HAS TO SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP THROUGH, BUT SHE ALSO KNOWS SHE NEEDS TO SAVE ENOUGH MONEY THAT SHE FINANCE HER FUTURE ALONE, ONCE SHE LEAVES CAM.
MONA MAKES MISTAKES CONCERNING INFEDILITY, AND SHE KNOWS IF CAM FINDS OUT SHE WILL PAY WITH HER LIFE. SHE FINALLY GOT THE COURAGE, THE PLAN, AND THE MONEY TO LEAVE CAM, BUT TIME HAS RUN OUT! MONA CALLS HOME TO FIND OUT HER MOTHER IS AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER AND HAS GIVEN HER SOUL TO GOD. MONA PUTS HER ESCAPE PLAN INTO ACTION BY WRITING HER MOTHER A LETTER AND SENDING THE MONEY SHE HAS TAKEN FROM CAM TO HER MOTHER UPS, ALONG WITH A MESSAGE, SAYING IF I DONT EVER MAKE IT HOME, OR SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME CAM IS THE SUSPECT. MONA'S BROTHER YATTA IS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH CAM THROUGH CAM BEING YATTA'S DRUG SUPPLIER.
THIS BOOK WAS GOOD, THIS BOOK HAD A FEW TWISTS THAT I NEVER SAW COMING!!IT WAS A SIMPLE READ, THIS IS THE JIST OF THE STORY. IT ENDED IN A WAY WHERE YOU ANTICIPATE IMMEDIATELY STARTING TO READ THE SEQUEL GRIMEY. SO BUY BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I DONT WANT TO GO ON AND ON AND GIVE TO MUCH OF THE BOOK AWAY, BUT IT IS A GOOD ONE TIME READ, AND I DONT THINK YOU WILL REGRET BUYING IT OR HAVING IT ON THE BOOKSHELF.
sequel to the rescue.......2006-11-05
Blinded was a generally good read but it definitly needed the sequel Grimey otherwise it would have only got 3 stars from me the plot really dragged out I recommend this book only if you purchase Grimey with it it's the only way to fully understand it.
Simone's Comment.......2006-10-01
I found this book to be very intertaining and would reccomend it to all teenage girls to read. THIS BOOK IS HARD TO PUT DOWN!!!!
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Perfect Title.......2006-11-14
This book was good much better than the first book "Blinded" Cam is the grimiest hands down I also like the HIV saga that takes place in this book It can happen to anyone at anytime we women must be careful what happened to Cam's brother in jail don't just happen in books it happens every where don't be so quick to mess with them men coming outta the joint don't know what or who went down. Book is a good read I'll recommend it.
GRIMEY,GRIMEY.......2006-08-02
I REALLY THOUGHT THAT WHEN I GOT THIS BOOK THAT IT WOULD GIVE A BANGING ENDING TO BLINDED.THE CHARACTER KAMERON WAS NOT AS ILL HEARTED LIKE HE WAS IN BLINDED. THEN YOU ONLY HEAR OF PRINCE AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE BOOK. IT JUST DIDNT GIVE YOU WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
Not sequal material.......2006-06-25
I thought this was supposed to be about Mona and getting revenge? Instead we have a whole new group of characters that tell a different story and focus on something totally different. Of course Camron was still out cold and he got his in the end, but this was not a sequal. This book held it's own and you don't necessarily need to read blinded to get this book. It wasn't as good as blinded and most of the dialogue was unnesessary.
It Could Have Been Better.......2006-06-08
I think this book could have been better. The twist between El'san and sweetie is nice and all, but I dont like how the author kept switching and switching. I mean, in other books it was fine, but it seemed like the book was based only on El'san and Sweetie. I thought it was supposed to be karma for Cam. This book does need to be edited. I'm tired of seeing this [...]. I mean, damn, they dont know how to spell? The funniest thing that needed to be edited was the comment about "Bobby" Brown lipgloss... Hellooooooooo everyone knows Bobbi Brown is a female... come on... that makes no sense. Anyways, this book was alright. Blinded was good, but not the best book. Kashamba needs just a little bit more work.
KUDOS.......2006-06-01
Finally, a good sequel. This book was a good read. If you read and liked Blinded, then you should really pick this one up. REAL TALK. It didn't dwell on Blinded's story. It was a whole new story with even some new characters. Like, Sweetie, the thievin bohemian. It also has more to the stories of the characters from the last book. Yall remember what Mona caught Kenny doing in Blinded. Not to mention her hot friend Nee. Ah yea, this book has some BUTTA to it. Go head Kashamba keep doing your thang. I'll support you.
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Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory hasn't seen former patient Gibbs Storey since she and her husband were in marriage counseling with him almost a decade ago. So when she walks into his office with a startling declaration--that she believes her husband murdered at least one woman, and may be planning to kill more--Gregory finds himself on the horns of a dilemma that's not just professional but personal as well: He can't reveal what his patient has told him, not even to his wife, who's a prosecutor, or his friend Sam, who's a cop. What's more, his feelings for Gibbs may be clouding his judgment about the truth of what she professes. Though he telegraphs the denouement too early, Stephen White once again turns in a thoughtful, well crafted novel full of interesting insights on marriage, friendship, the human condition, and the Colorado landscape. --Jane Adams
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In his latest masterwork of psychological suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of
The Program, Warning Signs, and
The Best Revenge peers into a troubled marriage to craft a shattering tale of secrecy, eroticism, betrayal, and murder.
Psychologist Alan Gregory is juggling his responsibilities as a father, a husband, and doctor when a beautiful woman walks into his office with an astounding admission. Gibbs Storey believes that her husband may have murdered a woman. Then, Gibbs stuns Alan again with another revelation: She thinks there are other victims…and her husband is not finished killing yet.
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In his latest masterwork of psychological suspense, the New York Times bestselling author of The Program, Warning Signs, and The Best Revenge peers into a troubled marriage to craft a shattering tale of secrecy, eroticism, betrayal, and murder.
Psychologist Alan Gregory is juggling his responsibilities as a father, a husband, and doctor when a beautiful woman walks into his office with an astounding admission. Gibbs Storey believes that her husband may have murdered a woman. Then, Gibbs stuns Alan again with another revelation: She thinks there are other victims... and her husband is not finished killing yet.
"Absorbing.... White is known for his surprise endings, and this one is no exception... an engrossing addition to an excellent series."
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White Keeps Getting Better and Better..........2007-10-11
From the beginning, with his novel Privileged Information, I was hooked on the series. Each book has improved and the series shows no signs of growing stale. Perhaps it is the cast of recurring characters and White's ability to let his main character, Alan Gregory, not only share the spotlight with them, but from time to time to give it to them completely. In Blinded, for the first time half of the story is told from Sam Purdy's point of view. We see him as his own person, with his own issues, both personal and medical. I loved it. Some series stagnate when the main couple has children. So far, this one has not.
I started reading the next one, Missing Persons, as soon as I finished Blinded.
Disappointingly predictible.......2007-10-10
What a disappointment! If you don't have this one figured out by the end of the first few chapters, maybe you should try shopping in the young adult section. I liked the characters, so I keep hoping that the ending wouldn't be as obvious as it seemed to be. Unfortunately, it was.
1st Stephen White/Alan Gregory Read.......2006-12-01
A bit disappointing. Not a difficult plot but so many discursions. Every remark or observation seems to require a psychological analysys. Many, I felt, rather sophomoric reflections by both Sam and Alan when meeting various ladies along the way. Laurens MS, Sam's heart attack, his marital problems, etc., etc.. Give me a break!
Not bad but could have been a lot neater. Will try again later.
Triny's review.......2006-06-25
I am now a devoted reader of Stephen White. I have long been a devotee of both Faye and Jonathan Kellerman and now rate Stephen White on a par. I thought 'Blinded' was terrific. One of his best so far and I thoroughly recommend it.
Loved this book.......2006-06-23
I have consistently loved all of Steven White's novels. I knew this was going to be a great read and it was. Now I'm about to read Missing Persons.
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David Brock made his name (and big money) by trashing Anita Hill as "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty." But it was Brock's reporting that was nutty and slutty, he confesses in the riveting memoir Blinded by the Right. He absolves Hill; claims he helped Clarence Thomas threaten another witness into backing down; portrays a ghastly right-wing Clinton-bashing conspiracy of hypocrites, zillionaires, and maniacs; and accuses himself of being "a witting cog in the Republican sleaze machine." Now Brock is sliming his former fellows--everyone from the lawyer who argued the Bush v. Gore case to gonzo pundits Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham ("the only person I knew who didn't appear to own a book or regularly read a newspaper") to Matt Drudge and Tom Wolfe. Brock excoriates the gay hypocrites of the right wing, including himself, and tells how he cleverly spun his own outing. (He calls himself "the only openly gay conservative in the country," evidently forgetting about the far more open and famous Andrew Sullivan.)
If Brock says he was a liar for much of his life, how do we know he's not lying now? Blinded by the Right is less addicted to anonymous and third-hand sources than the madcap character assassinations that made him famous, and it is infinitely more plausible. But that doesn't make it necessarily true. (Anita Hill's lawyer has acidly observed that Brock confessed his Hill-related lies after seven years, when the statute of limitations prevents suing for slander.) Dumped by the right after he wrote a non-hatchet-job book on Hillary Clinton, Brock profits by running to the arms of the center and left. But that doesn't make this book untrue. All I can tell you is you'll have to read it and decide for yourself. And I'll bet you'll admit this mea-culpa memoir has the revolting, irresistible fascination of a bad car wreck. --Tim Appelo
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In a powerful and deeply personal memoir in the tradition of Arthur Koestler’s
The God That Failed, David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it.
David Brock pilloried Anita Hill in a bestseller. His reporting in The American Spectator as part of the infamous “Arkansas Project” triggered the course of events that led to the historic impeachment trial of President Clinton. Brock was at the center of the right-wing dirty tricks operation of the Gingrich era–and a true believer–until he could no longer deny that the political force he was advancing was built on little more than lies, hate, and hypocrisy.
In
Blinded By the Right, Brock, who came out of the closet at the height of his conservative renown, tells his riveting story from the beginning, giving us the first insider’s view of what Hillary Rodham Clinton called “the vast right-wing conspiracy.” Whether dealing with the right-wing press, the richly endowed think tanks, Republican political operatives, or the Paula Jones case, Brock names names from Clarence Thomas on down, uncovers hidden links, and demonstrates how the Republican Right’s zeal for power created the poisonous political climate that culminated in George W. Bush’s election.
Now in paperback and with a new afterword by the author,
Blinded By the Right is a classic political memoir of our times.
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A jaw-dropper and a must read for the 2008 elections.......2007-04-02
There isn't much I can say about this book that hasn't already been said in other favorable reviews here. All I'll add is that even if you allow for the zeal of Brock's re-converson to liberal prinicples and some bitterness towards his former conservative and neocon mentors and paymasters, there is much in this book that rings frighteningly true. Most fascinating is Brock's inside look at the anti-Clinton smear machine of which he was part - and which, no doubt, is warming up for 2008. Arm yourself with knowledge that you'll need if Hillary runs for President. Read this book.
pseudo-conservatives.......2006-09-30
In his 1950 study of the authoritarian personality, Theodor Adorno constructed a political-psychological profile of people he called "pseudo-conservatives." These were people who called themselves conservatives but in truth adhered to political agendas that betrayed the ideals of individual freedom and free markets. Pseudo-conservatives were motivated by hate, fear, and power, not the desire to conserve or guarantee liberty. A few years later, the eminent historian Richard Hofstadter appropriated Adorno's term in describing what he called "the paranoid style in American politics." In Adorno and Hofstadter's day, this paranoid style of pseudo-conservativism was still in its embryonic state, personified by the rantings of Joseph McCarthy but still far from being the game plan for the Republican Party as a whole. David Brock's Blinded by the Right chronicles how this movement slithered its way into power long before anyone had heard of Karl Rove, whose name isn't even listed in the index.
Blinded by the Right amazingly combines the political history of a loathsome political movement with the personal story of a sympathetic individual who found himself at the center of that movement. Always an idealist among opportunists, Brock's entrée to conservatism was admirable enough, as he was a former Kennedy liberal who was turned off by Berkeley protest-ologists who simply shouted down their adversaries, thus betraying the cause of free speech that had galvanized the campus in the glory years of the 1960s. But those ideals quickly dissolved into an us-versus-them battle which was motivated by a hatred for liberal enemies more than anything else. Ironically, Brock and his colleagues had much more in common with late 60s revolutionaries like the Weathermen, with their constantly escalating rhetoric of destroying the establishment, and Stalinists in the Communist Party, who enforced the party line by threatening dissenters with the charge that they were helping "the other team."
Blinded by the Right is an essential chronicle of a political movement and a historical era, but somehow it is even more than that. Its personal narrative of a young person's rise to power and fame, followed by descent into disillusionment and depression, is gripping enough for Hollywood. Brock came out as a homosexual while he was in college but then shoved himself back into the closet as he ascended to celebrity status on the Right, whose agenda became increasingly homophobic after the collapse of communism left them without the enemy they had depended on for so long. Brock now sees his willingness to parrot right-wing ideology as part of his attempt to fit in with the movement when he secretly knew didn't, and he sees the vitriol that he spewed in his writing as a subconscious expression of his own self-hatred. In fact, Brock offers many penetrating insights into the psychology of his right-wing former colleagues, and for the most part they appear to be a miserable bunch prone to textbook cases of projection.
Brock's break from the right corresponded with his personal move toward self-acceptance. It is heroic act of liberation that sometimes made me want to stand up and cheer for him, but it was clearly a journey full of pain. His liberation proceeds in stages, with Brock initially portraying himself as a victim, and then only later coming to grips with his own complicity and eagerness to serve the movement. Changed but not bitter, Brock comes out the other side as a very wise man who can see clearly now only because he is able to accept himself, his past, and his imperfections. I hope we'll see more books like this in the future coming from the current throng of right-wingers, but I'm not holding my breath, because this required a ton of courage and compassion, and that's precisely what this movement lacks most.
Interesting mea culpa.......2006-08-03
After hearing about this book a great deal from many people, I finally had to give it a read. What I got was a mostly well written account about how Brock gave the neo-con movement exactly what they wanted in terms of what can only be called propaganda. Brock does a good job in exposing the oft-ridiculed "vast right-wing conspiracy".
But it makes a boring read at times, what with long lists of people and publications. And it seems just a bit self-serving at times, like he is trying to say, "Oh, how bad I was to do all this, but I was very good at it." And, after all, he does say exactly what I, as a liberal person, want to hear about those on the right who keep insisting that people who believe like me are traitors.
I respect Mr. Brocks conversion to the left, and I like his work with mediamatters.org, but I am not sure I plan to read any more of his books.
There is a constitutional right to hate.......2006-07-27
This book is a terrible exposure of the powers behind the (extreme) right in the US, of their methods, of their foot-folk and their `morals'.
The powers are the fundamentalist Christian Right, extreme wealthy families and corporate interest. Those powers are firmly anchored in the Republican Party.
Their means are disgusting smear campaigns, vulgar attacks on political opponents, totally biased reporting, in one word `whournalism'.
Their working method are `see what you are supposed to see', `turn a blind eye to facts that do not suit your political aims' and `paper over monstrous moral wrongs in the service of the perceived morality of your cause'.
Their foot-folk are members of think-tanks, media men, investigators, journalists, intelligence personnel. The author considered himself as a right-wing hit-man, profiting hugely from his totally biased or completely fabricated scribbles.
This book unveils the raw selfishness, the protection of sinister (Bertrand Russell) interests (`cutting taxes to defund the left') and the blatant hypocrisy and hidden opportunism of many of the members of these groups (`a decadent and hypocritical conservative elite, leading public and private lives that bore little resemblance to each other').
This book exposes relentlessly huge monuments of vulgarity and ghastly political horror stories.
It gives a terrible picture of extremely powerful political groups within the US society.
Not for the faint-hearted.
REDEMPTION FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE TRUTH?.......2006-07-16
David Brock's memoir, Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative, made the New York Times Best Seller list, landing the author on Good Morning America and other prime time television shows. In sixteen chapters with names like "Leninists of the Right," "A Counter-Intelligentsia," and "Strange Lie," the 378-page mea culpa names many familiar right-wing names, enumerating the wicked behavior of Brock's erstwhile politically "conservative" accomplices. His public soul searching caused me to free associate Brock's with a similar fascinating memoir published in Poland by Otto von Hoess in 1947. von Hoess similarly asked his readers for understanding and sought redemption for his wrongdoing -- after the fact. Because of its striking similarity, I'll later get back to the nearly 60 year old mea culpa.
In Blinded by the Right, Brock traces his trajectory from boyhood through a high school youth working for liberal Democrats into the inner sanctum of the most rabid right-wingers of the Republican jihad. He self psychoanalyzes his brief love fest with Kennedy liberals by juxtaposing this with his disapproving and conservative Catholic father and moderate yet secretive mother. His family's big secret is that Brock and his younger sister Regina (who the author loves very much) had been adopted. This secret, plus several others, haunts Brock through adulthood. His other secret which is much more inconvenient to hide from the world is that ever since he was eleven years old, Brock knew that he was a homosexual.
Brock's homosexuality was no problem in college because he attended the University of California at Berkeley where in the 1970s being gay was no big deal. But it was in Berkeley that Brock metamorphosed from a diehard liberal Democrat into an extreme right wing Republican. While Brock was writing for the Berkeley student newspaper, the then new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Jeanne Kirkpatrick had been scheduled to speak. But rowdy anti-Kirkpatrick students kept disrupting her speech and hounded the speaker off the podium (finally, by splashing it and the speaker with fake blood).
Struck by the hypocrisy of liberal Free-Speech-movement promoters denying a platform to a conservative speaker who they didn't like, Brock was prompted to write a scathing denunciation in the student newspaper of the students' hostile intervention. Student backlash for Brock's piece was prompt and violent. He enjoyed the fracas and decided to join the ranks of right-wing writers, repelled by what he had perceived as the phoniness of "politically correct liberalism." Notwithstanding his evolving closet homosexuality, Brock was drawn to the seemingly straightforward simplicity and clearly articulated positions of the political conservatives.
Brock traces the ascendancy of his investigative "journalistic' career through writing for the Rev. Sun Moon-owned Washington Times. While ascending through his writings for the ultra right-wing American Spectator, Brock broke bread with ideologically hardened, prominent right-wing luminaries such as Marvin Liebman, Terry Dolan, Paul Weyrich, Bill Kristol, Grover Norquist, and even gay basher David Horowitz. Because the religious right-wingers condemned all gays, Brock's shadowy lifestyle was a constant source of anxiety for fear of his discovery.
Brock really struck gold at the Spectator right after the now, ultra right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had gone through a very difficult confirmation hearing because of Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment. It was Brock's assignment to write a believable smear book about Anita Hill so that Thomas could appear to have been a victim of a liberal conspiracy. Brock wrote the best selling The Real Anita Hill, which demolished Hill's testimony, credibility, and character. Later, and now in Blinded by the Right, Brock freely admitted making it all up and then neatly packaging this smear literature in an investigative journalistic package.
A similar attack on president Bill Clinton based on rumors and made-up stories of his Arkansas sex scandals started the ball rolling towards the president's eventual impeachment hearings. But at each turn of Brock's right-wing literary fusillades he got deeper into the inner sanctums of radical conservative, rich and powerful movers and shakers. But Brock's Clinton sex scandal writings are what would finally do Brock in.
Clearly, Brock didn't have a sudden epiphany of the harm his writings had done to America or that he had been serving wicked people who call themselves conservatives. Rather on page 180, Brock tells us that the Washington Post's media critic Howard Kurtz phoned him to ask about his sexuality. Presumably, a writer exposing the president's sexual waywardness can similarly be scrutinized. That petty much did it. The rest of this story is about most conservatives, especially the religious right-wingers, turning on Brock after his public outing. That's when he decided to "come clean" and admit that his written trail of smears against Anita Hill and the Clintons were lies.
When a writer like Brock loses his right-wing career, what's left for him to do?: What's left to do -- that can still earn good money -- is writing a best selling revelatory memoir, a mea culpa that names names. But what kind of harm had Brock done to America? His lies had influenced what happened in the Thomas-Hill debate and undermined a constitutional process His lies helped to stage the political assassination of a sitting American president and further divide an already badly divided and, thereby, weakened United States. His lies were extremely useful to the misanthropic ultra conservative crowd that would love to preside -- and are beginning to succeed at it with George W. Bush -- over a tyranny of the Right. After admitting all of this lying, Brock wishes us to believe that Blinded by the Right is the truth. So then concerning Brock's implicit appeal for our understanding and seeking redemption for his wrongdoing, I return to Otto von Hoess.
In 1947, von Hoess penned his bizarrely fascinating memoir "Commandant of Auschwitz" in which he freely acknowledges being responsible for the murder of two and one half million Jews. His memoir is an account of his ascension in the Nazi party first as a competent prison warden for ordinary criminals in Germany to his final post a commandant of Auschwitz. He explains how his background and historical events propelled him into that position. von Hoess pleads with the reader to understand that he is no monster but just an ordinary man placed in extraordinary circumstances.
Now clearly, Brock and von Hoess had committed very different kinds of crimes. The Nazi was hanged for crimes against humanity in Poland, right after completing his, indeed, fascinating self-searching memoir in 1947. After getting outed for being gay, Brock lost all of his right wing connections and then tried to atone for his crimes against journalism by setting the various records straight. But since both von Hoess and Brock had their revelations and admitted their guilt after having been exposed, are they entitled to our understanding and have they earned redemption for their wrongdoing?
Customer Reviews:
My highest recommendation.......2006-03-20
I recently heard Brent Mann interviewed on the radio here in Chicago and he was really informative, insightful and funny, as is his book. Several highlights for me from this book: 1. The section on Peter Gabriel's classic "Solsbury Hill" -- terrific analysis. 2. "Any Major Dude" by Steely Dan -- cool little essay containing inside information I never knew about one of my favorite tunes.
I read Brent Mann's other book "99 Red Balloons" all about one-hit wonders, and it was really good, but I think "Blinded by the Lyrics" is even better.
As for the reviewer who complained about Mann confusing the Sex Pistols with the Clash, in the context of a book that contains literally thousands of facts, that is so minor and inconsequential as to not even be worth mentioning.
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down.......2006-03-20
Thumbs up for filling me in on the meaning behind the "Beds are Burning" lyrics.
Thumbs down for crediting "God Save the Queen" to the Clash. It is by the Sex Pistols, which even the most casual music fan would be able to research easily.
One star deducted for the book's length - not long enough!.......2006-02-11
That "One Hit Wonders" book sounds like a lot of fun! This one certainly was, and loaded with fun factoids.
And according to the book, the mysterious word in the song whose title inspired this book's title is "deuce", not "douche." Yeah, right. lol
Even a rock aficionado will learn a thing or two.......2006-02-04
My wife characterized this, correctly, as a "great bathroom book". The chapters are all about 2-3 pages with a theme of a particular song's most "inscrutable" lyric but with lots of neat bunny trails along the way. For example, a section on Steely Dan's "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" also includes a tidbit on Genesis' "Squonk". Besides the parts on particular songs, there are portions that deal with decades in general from the 1970s to the 1990s.
If you don't know what a "fried out Kombi" is, what part Freddie Mercury's country of origin played in the writing of "Bohemian Rhapsody" or what the "pompitous of love" are, (to say nothing of a "cool water sandwich and a Sunday-go-to-meetin' bun") this book will clue you in.
Perhaps the best part is this book doesn't focus only on the oft analyzed Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, et al., but it also finds time for tunes from Men At Work, The Fixx, Barenaked Ladies and Rickie Lee Jones.
PROS:
Mann's style is breezy and he's unafraid to inject his personal opinion even if he thinks it will be an unpopular one. (He fondly recalls the video for Huey Lewis and the News' "If This is It".)
CONS:
You'd probably not want to refer to this again and again and because of the diversions, it doesn't necessarily make a good "reference" book if you're a DJ or musicologist. It's not always easy to remember WHERE you learned, for example, how the Marshall Tucker Band got its name, since they don't have a chapter dedicated to them..just a bunny trail off the "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" entry. There's no index either.
BOTTOM LINE:
The BIGGEST lyrical mysteries (Who are the Queen and the Jester in "American Pie"? What got thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge?) aren't solved, but I'd be willing to bet 98% of this book's readers will learn at least ONE thing they didn't know about a band or song and the casual rock listener will find it a treasure trove of information.
3 1/2 stars
Very Cool Book with Many Unexpected Treats.......2005-10-15
What makes this book exceptional is that Brent Mann includes dozens of cool songs and artists that almost never get written about -- for example: "Saved by Zero" by The Fixx, "Valotte" by Julian Lennon, "Chuck E.'s in Love" by Rickie Lee Jones, and "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo. Sure, the Beatles, Dylan and Stones are here, but so too are Steely Dan, Mr. Mister, Barenaked Ladies, Cheap Trick, and Midnight Oil.
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Trailblazer Books makes history exciting and relevant for both boys and girls. The power of uniting to stand up against terrorists is vividly demonstrated in this story set in contemporary Peru. A young Quechuan guerrilla learns firsthand the courage and faith of committed Christians when Rmulo Saue, a Christian missionary, dares to turn the local people away from the hate and terror of the Shining Path to the true power found in Jesus.
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Two "insiders" from the religious right explore why the Moral Majority has failed to accomplish its goals despite two decades of aggressive political maneuvering. Although the authors reveal secrets and lies, such as the fact that most of the Moral Majority's so-called "state chapters" are "little more than a separate telephone line in a pastor's office," this is not a tawdry kiss and tell book. In fact, Dobson and Thomas strongly support most of the Christian values behind the organization's political machinery. But they have come to believe that politics is too corrupt and distorted an arena for Christians to use to enact social change.
Ed Dobson, who helped draft the Moral Majority platform and served as personal assistant to Jerry Falwell, offers a particularly compelling chapter in which he compares the U.S. to Northern Ireland, where Dobson grew up as a Protestant. "We have politicized the gospel with our agendas," he writes. "To be part of the Christian right is to be part of the Republican party. For some, this means to be a real Christian, you must be a Republican. That is heresy and is only a short distance from the extremism of my Irish counterparts."
Ultimately, devout Christians and the people they are trying to influence are the most hurt by the corruption of church through politics, according to coauthor Cal Thomas, a former spokesperson for the Moral Majority. For example, by making the Pro-Life movement a political issue, he claims the Christian right has lost sight of more supportive antiabortion tactics, such as focusing on offering homes and finding jobs for destitute single mothers. Ultimately, the duo calls for a change in strategy--hoping to create followers of the Christian agenda through positive example, consistent living, and devout faith rather than brute political force. --Gail Hudson
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Thi account from two insiders explains how and why the religious right failed to transform America.
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Do As We Say - Not As We Did.......2006-12-26
Two men involved in the Moral Majority - columnist Cal Thomas and pastor Ed Dobson (no relation to James Dobson of "Focus on the Family") - tell their story of what its like to have it all in your hands when Ronald Reagan wins - and 12 years later to realize your efforts were wasted pursuing mammon.
Before going further, I want to tell the reader that I am a conservative Christian evangelical who holds to the basic tenets of Reformed theology (for the most part and with a few exceptions). I am pro-life, opposed to gay marriage, and would meet most of the other stereotypes people have of the 'religious right.' It is because of those stereotypes that never have I blocked access to an abortion clinic, never have I once harmed a gay person (or any other person for that matter), and never once have I taken to the television to denounce 'liberals.'
It seems that this is what Cal and Ed are saying - we have become so preoccupied with the GOP that we are forgetting about GOD. I am pained by caricatures of my beliefs in journalistic print and commentary; but can I say that those doing so do not have a point - even if that point is not a very uplifting one?
"Blinded By Right" is an insider's journey from believing salvation can be imposed on the culture to the realization that we are not called to COMMANDEER culture, we are called to INFLUENCE culture toward an eternal relationship with the Eternal One. Thomas acknowledges some not so Christian tactics while Dobson points out that the Republican Party not only does not have a monopoly on the Christian worldview - many in that same party seek to undercut it at every turn. Can any Christian tell me what the difference is between an unbelieving Democrat and an unbelieving Republican? The religious right seems to thinks there is one - though as this book makes clear, that is simply not the case.
What should Christians do? Vote. Be persuasive in the local community. In fact, I think its even good to have Christian leaders - but I'm also deeply concerned that people are so inclined to mistake their own ambitions for godly ones that they not only rock the boat, they often miss it.
The book also takes on the controversial new 'heads' of the religious right, namely, Pat Robertson and James Dobson. I will confess that I used to like Dr. Dobson. His absolutist 'do it my way and now' worldview works in God's kingdom; it will never work in the world, and Dobson is foolish to engage in such. Here is a man who wanted people to vote for Howard Phillips (and thus against Bob Dole) in 1996 because Dole was not staunchly pro-life. Excuse me? So Dobson takes votes - even assuming Dole has a shot - from Dole and ensures the re-election of pro-choice Clinton. Am I missing something here? If Dobson's purpose is to save unborn children, it seems to me he bit off his nose to spite his face.
The highlight of the book, however, was the interviews in the back with figures as diverse as Norman Lear, Jesse Jackson, George McGovern, Pat Robertson and others from all ends of the political spectrum. In those interviews, at least, all sides opted to allow for religious pluralism up to and including Christianity. Ultimately, though, Christians have an agenda that will never be satisfied on this earth.
Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson's book is not without controversy. I was first introduced to it by a pro-life leader in my church class. They disagreed with what seemed to be the disarming of the right. But what is the solution? The Republicans had the White House for TWELEVE years with pro-life Presidents. As Thomas astutely notes, it took Bill Clinton less than 48 hours as President to UNDO the entire accomplishments of twelve years of pro-life activism - he removed the 'gag rule' from family planning clinics that prohibited the mention of abortion.
Twelve years of power and it takes the replacement less than two days to undo it? It sounds to me like Thomas and Dobson have learned their lessons and earned their wings.
Read the book. Critique it. Enjoy it. Debate it. In short, get it.
A masterpiece of Christian rationality and moderation.......2006-11-12
In Blinded by Might, authors Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson--both of whom worked in Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority organization in the eighties--argue very convincingly that organized Christian political action, with the goal of electing godly politicians and getting Christian or Christian-friendly legislation passed, didn't work very well and was doomed to failure. They believe Christians need to concentrate more on living godly lives themselves and giving good witness. If you believed the now-defunct Moral Majority and its also-defunct successor, the Christian Coalition, must have been great things, please read this book. Really, read it anyway. Cal Thomas is my favorite conservative, because he is calm, rational and polite; and if Ed Dobson pastored a church in my area, I'd want to attend.
Moderation.......2006-08-01
Ed Dobson and Cal Thomas hit the nail on the head with this discussion of the intertwining of faith and political activism. The authors provide documentation for their thesis that Christians must remember that their purpose in the world is to make disciples.
However, they also discuss the importance of having people of faith involved in the political process itself. I've read some reviews that suggest otherwise, but the authors do not state or suggest that Christians should not get involved. They remind believers that their primary purpose is not to try to effect the kingdom of God by political maneuvering.
Nothing in this book should be taken to mean that Christians should not be involved in politics. Rather, Christians should realize that while their faith should be an integral part of their lives (including their politics), until Christ's return, the political system will not be what it should be.
Every Born-Again Christian should read this book!!!.......2005-04-29
Although this book was written in late 1990's, it is very relevant today in the current debates over Gay Marriage, internet pornography, and other social issues. Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson openly say how 20 plus years of political activism by Moral Majority, The Christian Coalition, and other groups have not changed the moral climate of America. In fact, it is still going downward. They also point out that many Christian homes are plaqued with adultery, dovorce, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse and other ills that plaque non-Christian homes. Anyone who reads this book will clearly see that efforts to ban Gay marriage will be met with defeat on the Federal level just like efforts to ban abortion and legalize school prayer. The authors also show how the Christian Right's virtual marriage to the Republican party has hurt the image of its movement and the Republican Party.
The authors advocate a return to the things that made Christianity grow in previous generations. These are Preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ, doing missionary and charitable work, and living a Christian lifestyle before the world. This may not be easy for many Evangelical Christians to accept. However, in view the failures of the Religious right and the continual downward spiral of morality with a born-again President in the White House(George W. Bush), it gives some ideas to think and reflect on.
Excellent Book On The Role of Christianity In Politics.......2005-02-21
Some Christians believe their call is to save culture through politics. Political columnist Cal Thomas and Pastor Ed Dobson, both of which were on the Moral Majority staff, show the shortcomings of that view.
Most books that are written by colaboration seem like it is just one person speaking, with the reader unsure who is writing. This book is a nice break from that. Each chapter shows who the author of that chapter is, so you know who is writing.
This book has gotten negative reviews from Dr. James Dobson (no relation to Ed) among others. That is because they hold to a philosphy contrary to Thomas and Ed Dobson.
The best part of this book is a collection of ten interviews Cal Thomas has with various people. These include former Senator George McGovern, then Senator John Ashcroft, Senator Rick Santorum (the first I heard of him), Norman Lear, Rev. Jerry Fallwell, and Pat Robertson. (Only one person who Cal wanted to interview turned him down, and that was the afore mentioned Dr. James Dobson.) Thomas does an excellent job of letting each present their point of view.
Anybody who thinks politics is the best way to achieve a political agenda needs to read this book with an open mind.
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Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict, by Obadiah Shoher, abandons moralizing and ideological hubris to view Israeli-Muslim struggle in terms of raw realpolitik. Terrorism is historically normal mode of war. Israel must respect terrorists as efficient warriors - and kill them. Nuclear terrorism is unavoidable, and it will hit America before Israel. We must learn to tolerate and mitigate its damages. Shoher makes the case that only by shedding liberal idealism the West can win against Islamists. Espousing political rationalism, he deplores both Jewish and Muslim myths, and argues for efficiency and separating politics from moralism.
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A book worth reading.......2007-08-20
Regardless of whether or not one agrees with the mandate of a Jewish Israel with borders that expand into Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, this book is well worth reading. Of particular interest are the many possible solutions the author proposes for establishing Israel as a respected country in the region, and for bringing an end to the terrorist attacks. I found the suggestions regarding the need for a strong economy particularly insightful. Although some of the author's military ideas may seem a bit inhumane--for example, opinions will most certainly differ regarding the idea that civilians are fair game because they vote for the government and pay taxes that help support the war effort--as the author states, "war is not a competition in moral values" but should be pragmatic and swift in order to maintain popular support and prevent even greater future civilian casualties. The author's proposals are bold; however, it is questionable whether the consistent use of military force without regard for diplomacy and civilian lives can have a lasting positive effect. The author provides further interesting insights through the statement that Israelis provoked the war by trying to impose European ideas on an indigenous culture. In light of the Holocaust, however, it is unfortunate that some of the ideas presented in this book seem a bit Nazi-like. For example, the statement that women should not be drafted into combat because "girls should learn to be mothers," is almost verbatim Hitler's idea and does not befit a society that advocates democratic ideals. Another example is the Jews' desire to maintain a separate identity, "to live in an ethnically homogenous state without anyone else." This clannish behavior, for lack of a better word, might be at the heart of the suffering that Jews have had to endure for much of their history. On the other hand, the author does recognize that democracy and liberalism are difficult to come by in societies that do not share similar cultural values. A minor weakness of the book is the references to the Torah and what it dictates. Since virtually all religious people believe that their religion alone has value, religious references intended to justify a behavior tend to lead to dead ends and normally cannot be used successfully in logic argumentation. These references are also the cause of some confusion, since the author paradoxically states that it is "better to admit honestly that the historical parts of the Torah are not factual." The author deserves credit, however, for the analytical rather than emotional approach to the difficulties that Israel faces in the Middle East. The author sheds light on the complexity of many points, such as what constitutes Jewishness: Ethnic traits or religious standards? To whom should the state of Israel belong? The answers to these questions are not immediately apparent and need to undergo a great deal of analytical scrutiny. I would recommend this provocative study to anyone with an interest in conflict resolution and political world issues.
There are these things called editors ..........2007-06-09
Utterly unreadable. This so-called book didn't come within 10 miles of an editor. Picking words at random out of a dictionary would be a much more enjoyable reading experience.
An indispensable companion to the Middle East conflicts.......2007-04-14
This book is an intellectual monster and that is exactly why everyone should read it, particularly Arabs. It reveals, if needs be, the fundamentalist approach some Israelis are developing in their decades-long fight against international principles and the local populations they are manhandling and rejecting away from their own homes. We have met with this political approach in many areas in the world or even in our societies where some leaders advocate the same kind of policy to solve current social problems. It is bound to fail but we must know why, and this book is the perfect demonstration of this perspective: why will such a policy fail? The reference to Machiavelli is in many ways indecent: Indecent because it would politically plunge the world back into the Italian Renaissance which was characterized by all kinds of crimes, murders, assassinations, etc. Killing your enemy was the acme of this political approach. Welcome back Dr Hannibal Lecter. Indecent too because Machiavelli never pretended his approach of politics was worth anything for other people but his own: that was for him the only way to control the political class of his little Italian principality, Florence originally. Welcome back Dr Hannibal Lecter again. Indecent too because of several principles that I would like to point at. It is so deeply anti-Arab that it verges onto absurdity. You may consider them as mentally retarded, but it is absurd to write it down and write down how you could fool them: sooner or later one person will eventually tell them what is in this book. Maybe they don't read but they pay some of their advisers to do it and report. To look down upon your "enemies" or just "contenders" is suicide. Second it is totally unrealistic. To base the future of Israel, or as for that of any state, on the exclusive use of violence and war, conquest and force is the best way to alienate the whole world and to force yourself in a dead end. To envisage, even if only in theory, the possibility for some Israeli fundamentalists or extremists to blow up the mosque on top of Temple Mount is the most outrageous and uncivilized and unjustifiable insult at human consciousness in the world. The idea is that the world will always make do with what they cannot repair any more. Speaking of this mosque the author dares write: "Pagan temples in the holiest place in the Promised Land". How can he dare use this medieval word, pagan! This looks like, sounds like and definitely is a crime against human sanity. We are plunged in a mental world that refers us to the worst possible periods of the Christian era: the killing of James, the first Bishop of Jerusalem, or the creation of the Inquisition, or the very practice of Crusading in Europe, against for instance the Cathars, or finally the mental aberration of declaring any dissenter a heretic. No religion is pagan because pagan is the word used by some religions who consider themselves as superior. How can the Jews consider themselves as superior to the Moslems when we know the Moslem religion is directly derived from the Old Testament and affiliated to the New Testament, even if the New Testament is the victory of the Paulian disciples over the Jamesian zealots who will eventually evolve into the Moslem religion. This runs all along the book. Another example that shows how wrong this approach can be is: "One motivation [for Israel to keep the {occupied} territories] is esteem: a powerful nation is respected." This is pure absurdity and you just have to look at the USA to know it is absurd. The USA are powerful but they are not respected, they are in fact feared and despised all around the world. In other words, this position has nothing to do with esteem from other people but only self-esteem from oneself and oneself only. The political project that is behind this book is as simple as that: to conquer Arab states and make them subservient. "Israel must occupy the capitals of enemy states. To avoid loss of Israeli personnel that should be carried out in two stages. The first is the aerial destruction of economically significant objects and the devastation of the capital itself. [...] Second, a local collaborative government should be installed, supported by a few Israeli mechanized ground troops and the threat of further air assault. [...] After some years of humiliation, Israel might agree to local elections based on a constitution prohibiting major military development." This is not machiavellian at all. It is pure hooliganism, unlawfulness. It does not deal with political inventiveness but only with the good old recipes that have failed over and over again. Why did the Crusades fail? Why did the kingdom of Jerusalem fail? Why did Napoleon fail? Why did Bismarck fail? Why did Hitler fail? Why did Breshnev fail? And the list is long of all those failed tyrants or less tyrannical tyrants or conquerors who failed anyway. There is no hope in such an approach. Look at Iraq. The world has changed and it is because it has changed that Al Qaeda is possible: it needs satellite communication, globalized finance, a globalized weapon black market, etc. So far, will I say, Israel has eaten its best and white bread, if not its brioche, because it has not yet been confronted to Al Qaeda and their type of action. Why are the Talibans resuscitating in Afghanistan? Just because of one single reason: they have an invading enemy that is not minding its own business but is trying to impose onto the Afghanis its solutions. In such a clear-cut situation the Talibans appear as saviors.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine & University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
Politically incorrect; A necessary discussion........2006-05-24
Shoher presents a compelling argument for strengthening Israel's
position in the world through firm and decisive action. While I am
sure that there are relatively few people who will agree with
everything he suggests, he does do an excellent job of reasoning out
his arguments and provides citations and references for all of his
claims. Many parts of this book come off as extreme or racist, but
I think that it is good to get these ideas out in the open and
actually consider them as possibilities for action that could be taken by
Israel. Five stars for this one because I'm glad that someone has
the will to take these "extreme" ideas and put them to paper as well
thought out propositions. This debate has been going on for a long
time, and one way or another, action needs to be taken.. and this
book will surely help people reason out what that action should be.
Among the main premises of the book is that Jews should start
viewing and treating Islamic states as their enemies. This means
that otherwise drastic seeming actions could be carried out and that
Israel shouldn't feel bad about hurting or disabling Arabs. Shoher
proposes taking land by force and then expelling its inhabitants as
well as responding to terrorist attacks by blanket reprisals against
cities and governments. Many very interesting ideas are presented
here, including the selling of Israeli mercenaries to foreign powers
and bribing imams to teach more liberal ideals in order to compete
with Saudi Arabia's promotion of jihad. Also, ideas to promote
conflicts between Muslim states are discussed as well as other ways
to trick and fool the Muslim world into forgetting their common enemy
and focusing on others.
One thing that turned me off about this book personally, was
Shoher's rather European-like cynical view of America and its
reasons for doing things. Claiming that the West basically ignores
the accumulation of WMDs by Muslim states doesn't really hold up
under recent world events. America chose Iraq arbitrarily? I think
not. And it really isn't fair to compare the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq to proposed takeovers of Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, whereas
America has no interest in claiming lands of the Middle East as
their own and will not displace civilians with their own settlers.
But this book isn't about America, and I can understand Shoher's
misunderstanding of the goals and values of that great nation.
Shoher argues compellingly that the political game in Israel has
resulted in a country that cannot act forcefully one way or
another. When one political party acts, another is quick to follow
and reverse that action. Shoher believes that Israel must have a
debate and decide on what their course will be, isolationism or
aggressiveness towards their neighbors. When it is decided, commit
to that decision. Basically, stick with a plan and don't
vacillate. Fight for a clear objective and don't loose sight of
that goal. Weigh the costs and the benefits of actions, and when a
path is chosen, don't waver.
"Conflicts between states cannot be solved by palliatives but
require the credible threat of force."
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- Hank The Cowdog Lost In The Blinded Blizzard
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A terrible winter storm has struck the Texas Panhandle. Down at Slim's place, Hank and Drover listen to the wind howling outside and watch the snow piling up outside the window. Then the phone rings. It is Loper telling Slim that baby Molly has a bad cough and needs some medicine. Can Hank go out into the blizzard and make it all the way to Headquarters with the cough medicine? Or will he be captured and eaten by Rip and Snort?
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Hank The Cowdog Lost In The Blinded Blizzard.......2007-02-15
I suggest this book because, it is funny It all started when Hank the Cowdog was on a mission to get medicine to a Doctor, which was needed to cure kids that were sick. He had to walk into a major blizzard and go through many dangerous events to complete the journey. His sense of humor and determination got him through a pack of mean coyotes with a lot of help from a wise owl and a snake. My favorite part was when a mouse was sitting on a boot and Hank tried to get him. The mouse ran up Hanks' owner's leg, making him run around causing his pants to fall down. In the end, a very cold and tired Hank was able to complete the mission. This is why I suggest this book.
Hank the cowdog lost in the blinded blizzard.......2007-02-15
I suggest this book because, it is funny It all started when Hank the Cowdog was on a mission to get medicine to a Doctor, which was needed to cure kids that were sick. He had to walk into a major blizzard and go through many dangerous events to complete the journey. His sense of humor and determination got him through a pack of mean coyotes with a lot of help from a wise owl and a snake. My favorite part was when a mouse was sitting on a boot and Hank tried to get him. The mouse ran up Hanks' owner's leg, making him run around causing his pants to fall down. In the end, a very cold and tired Hank was able to complete the mission. This is why I suggest this book.
How do you not thing this a funny version of Balto with Hank The Cowdog as Balto?.......2006-03-11
A very good book. You'' laugh out loud!
Hank the Cowdog Lost in the Blinding Blizzard.......2003-02-12
This book is a great book! I think that all Hank the Cowdog books are good! Hank saves the day by taking the medicine to Little Molly. When he runs into a couple friends that try to eat him Madam Moonshine helps him.
the best book in every universe.......1999-11-03
Little Molly is sick, and Hank, Drover, and Slim try to bring her medicine.But they get lost in a blizzard!Will they ever make it back home?Will they get the medicine to the baby?Find out in this exciting adventure of hank the cowdog!!!!!!!
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"Blinded by Love" is a real life account of domestic violence based on the experiences of an actual survivor. The novel depicts how a young woman is drawn into a "dating relationship" and then how she falls in love with the "image" her boyfriend portrays. She allows herself to ignore obvious signs of danger in the hope of finding a true love. The story deftly describes how loneliness and despair can lead a woman to become involved with a man consumed by rage, his charm but a tool to manipulate and confuse. In this case, the affair turns to the violence and a deadly serious game of survival. The only hope left to the woman: to make promises of love even as she plots ways to get out alive...
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How one woman overcame her addictions to a violent man.......2004-06-04
More than just an autobiography of a woman who fell for the wrong man, Blinded By Love is a real-life account of Monique Houde, who explains how she fell into the trap of an abusive relationship, how she allowed herself to ignore danger in hopes of finding real love, and how she handled her abusive situations. Any reader concerned about domestic violence issues will find Blinded By Love a riveting autobiographical account of how one woman overcame her dangerous addictions to a violent man.
Moving and so real..........2004-05-24
I cried with the writer as she justified to stay with her abuser and blame herself, just as I did. I really didn't know my relationship wasn't normal. I wish I would have found this years ago, it would have saved me from so much pain and suffering.
Amazing!!!.......2004-05-24
I couldn't put the book down. I was so drawn into what was going to happen next that I had to keep reading to find out.
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