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In "Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge" Dr. Greer provides his own personal disclosure based on years of high-level meetings with over 450 military and government-connected insiders and whistle-blowers and briefings with senior government officials, such as former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, members of the US Senate and senior UN officials.
In addition to these disclosures, "Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge" unveils the actual contact experiences Dr. Greer has had with UFOs and Extraterrestrial Civilizations, beginning as a young child. In one of the most amazing and moving personal stories ever shared, he explains how after a prolonged near-death experience at age 17, he experienced cosmic consciousness and found the Rosetta Stone of ET contact: the power of the unbounded mind within each of us. Later this led to numerous Close Encounters of the 5th Kind: contact with ETs initiated by Dr. Greer and later by larger groups of people through the CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project.
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Hidden and still Hidden !.......2007-10-01
What a disappointment ! I thought a medical person would use the scientific method ? No way, Dr. Greer leads us on a rambling journey to nowhere. For someone who says he can make contact with ET whenever he wants, there is startling little evidence to support his case. If you could make contact with ET on a daily basis, don't you think you would ask them for a souvenir just to prove you had been there ? His narrative is clumsey and disjointed and he keeps repeating things over and over. It was all I could do to finish the book. Don't waste your time.
The UFO Coverup: Who Benefits and Who Loses.......2007-09-24
Over the years, I have read much about UFOs and have found much of that material contradictory and confusing. How does one separate errors and incompetence from deliberate lies and obfuscation? Before I read this book, I already knew that UFOs were real and navigated by intelligent life forms, but I also knew that there must be much more to the full, truthful story. I accepted (falsely, it turns out) that our Federal Government, and the other national governments of the world, wanted to prevent disclosure of the UFO information they had. The standard excuse was that the public would be too frightened to handle the truth well and could not integrate this knowledge with the cultural norms without "culture collapse." Dr. Steven Greer makes an amazingly complete disclosure of the scope of extra-terrestrial (ET) presence, technology, and motives. The cover-up is orchestrated by the managers of major corporations (high government officials are NOT informed) to hide the high technology that they have acquired from retro-engineering equipment from UFOs that have been shot down periodically since 1947. Greer describes in great detail the web of "shadow government" (corporate organizations) doing R & D on an amazing array of advanced technologies in highly compartmented secret organizations (black ops). The secrecy is mercilessly imposed and maintained, but Greer has gathered and organized a comprehensive overeview of the secret technologies from a large number of informers. He claims that the ET technology, if disclosed and used, would transform our current life of energy and material shortages into a new world of superabundance. I urge anyone with enough courage to deal with real politics to read this book. The author claims to be a member of the Baha'i Faith, and his treatment of the important spiritual dimensions of his material is highly tailored to that world view. He also claims to be a man of awesome spiritual gifts, on the order one would expect for a man intending to start a new religion or important spiritual movement. That being said, I find him credible and his material deeply challenging and disturbing. The five stars I give the book were well earned.
Eye opening.......2007-09-24
I've met some people who claim to have been abducted by aliens and subjected to physical exams. Most of the sources I have read seem to depict aliens as dark overlords, who experiment on us as lab rats. That may not be the truth. This book offers new hope and a view of a possible future where universal cooperation and peace could be the desirable hope and future of our planet. If you are into conspiracy theories or curious about alien interaction, this is the book you should read. It could change not only your life, but the fate of the planet.
Very true.......2007-09-23
This book is written by a man or truth and great courage. I know he is telling the truth and it gives me hope that mankind will pull through all this and awaken to the realities so clearly shared in Dr Greer's book. I have not before read such a truthful and descriptive, and comprehensive, overview of the current reality we face as a people. I my prayer is that those in power and who continue on their insane course have a sudden awakening and stop the current insanity and entropy. There is much to look forward to.
Ridiculous.......2007-09-20
I naively purchased and read Hidden Truth after reading the numerous glowing reviews found on this page. I can't be sure of it, but after reading the book I would wager a large sum of money that the author and his family wrote many of these absurd rave reviews. There is absolutely no reason to believe anything the author says in this book other than the fact that many will simply WANT to believe it...and this is where he takes advantage of his readers. Sure, there are interesting things he says- he can call UFO's to appear whenever he wants, he communicated with Bill Clinton, he has been attacked by `electromagnetic weaponry', the Mormons are behind UFO's. Does he give any evidence for any of this? No. He stops just short of saying he is the coolest guy ever to walk the earth. He quite literally makes himself out to be a Christ-like figure when he describes how he deflected a lethal attack on him by telepathically communicating with his attacker and expressing forgiveness. I swear this is what he says!
Throughout the book the author consistently knocks Christianity, big business, and the use of weapons in space, possibly shedding light on his real agenda. I noticed he reminds the reader that he is a doctor at every chance he gets- a way for him to say "I got a medical degree...I'm smart...just accept what I say." Doctor or not, I'm convinced he is either a completely delusional man or a pathological liar...possibly a combination of the two. This guy was on radio several years ago with George Noory and he claimed his group had come up with a "free energy" device which would be released to the public within months. Has anybody seen it around?
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History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Anatoly Fomenko
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.
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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03
Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.
Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19
Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.
Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
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A super-steamy page-turner.......2007-10-05
Mac has resigned from the FBI after marrying the virginal, sensual Keiley. He's left D.C. and returned with his wife to his home town, where they live in a beautiful, serene farm. He's also resigned his D.C. membership in the Club - a unique gathering place for men who want to share their lovers with another man ("a third"); as well as left behind his closest friend and regular "third", FBI agent Jethro Riggs.
The story begins three years into Mac and Keiley's marriage. Mac's insides are in turmoil. Though he loves the hell out of Keiley, he feels something is missing. His wife isn't getting the whole of him, and he knows he could give her so much more pleasure, passion, sensation, if Jethro joined their bed as their third. What's more important, his gut tells him Keiley wants it, too, though she's afraid to face her own evolving sexuality, her own emotions. As Mac invites Jethro to the farm for a visit, we get to ride a roller-coaster of raging emotions and hot sex escalating in its wanton sensuality from one scene to the next.
As an old FBI case of Mac's follows him to his home town and a stalker targets Keiley and him, the stakes go even higher.
This was my first "Bound Hearts" book, as well as my first Lora Leigh. Having read through the introductory paragraphs, from the moment I plunged into Mac and Keiley's life, I couldn't stop turning the pages. The characters were wonderful, the sex super-hot. When Jethro, Mac's best friend, joined in, my core temperature bounced about a thousand degrees higher. The subplot of a stalker added just the right kind of spice. If you're in the mood for a super-steamy contemporary/suspense read, and don't mind three making a whole, pick up this book.
Forbidden.......2007-10-04
Lora Leigh is incomparable when it comes to Romantica. I don't even read the synopsis anymore. If her name is on it, I want the book. I was not disappointed. Great, strong characters, intriguing plot and the sex, well, to die for.
Wonderful series.......2007-09-29
I had to wait quite awhile to get all the books in this series, I am glad I persevered, This was not my normal love stories,but I soon became quite tied up in their lives. Its not an easy subject to make into love stories but this writer has the knack.
Repeat.......2007-09-28
This book could have definitely been cut down to size. It seems like the characters just kept repeating and repeating themselves. Also the story moved slow and kinda boring the first half. Towards the end the action finally picked up and you can wrap it up, otherwise I was skipping lines and paragraphs just to get through it. Not one of her best. She needs to stick with the 2 stories in one book and keep it spicy.
HOT EROTIC,SEXY BOOK........2007-09-24
MY WIFE AND I BOTH REALLY LIKED THIS BOOK. WE COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN.
WONDERFUL STORY LINE ALONG WITH THE HOT SEX.EROTIC,SEX STIMULATING.
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK.
Book Description
In the 1970s and 1980s, before he earned national acclaim for his award-winning novels, Pete Dexter was a newspaper columnist. Every week, in a few hundred words, Dexter cut directly to the heart of the American character at a time of national turmoil and crucial change. With haunting urgency, his columns laid bare the violence, hypocrisy, and desperation he saw on the streets of Philadelphia and in the places he visited across the country. But he reveled, too, in the lighter side of his own life, sharing scenes with the indefatigable Mrs. Dexter, their young daughter, and a series of unforgettable creatures who strayed into their lives. No matter what caught Dexter's eye, it was illuminated by his dark, brilliant humor.
Collected here for the first time are eighty-two of the best of those spellbinding, finely wrought pieces—with a new introduction by the author—assembled by Rob Fleder, editor of the bestselling Sports Illustrated 50th Anniversary Book. Paper Trails is searing, heart-breaking, and irresistibly funny, sometimes all at once. As Pete Hamill says in his foreword, these essays "are as good as it ever gets."
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Pete Dexter can WRITE!.......2007-04-06
Boy is Pete Dexter a good writer. This collection of his columns from, among others, the Sacramento Bee and the Philadelphia Inquirer are occasionally a little dark, but never boring, and cover a wide array of subjects. If you've never read Pete Dexter, you should, and this is a good way to get your feet wet; that being said, his novels are not to be missed.
Biting.......2007-04-05
Dexter's stories about life in America may be the most inciteful observations being written today. Spellbinding prose.
Brilliant, fun, sad, poignant ..........2007-03-15
Dexter is truly one of America's greatest writers ... this collection is impossible to put down. If the first piece doesn't grab your heart, you don't have one. This is every bit as good as his novels ... and those are masterpieces.
PETE DEXTER'S UNIQUE STORIES OF LIFE.......2007-02-13
Four FASCINATING Stars! National Book Award-winning writer Pete Dexter wrote kaleidoscopic newspaper columns and magazine articles on his observations of life, love, marriage, death, and everything in between in preceding decades. These 82 vignettes are unique and engrossing, coming from multiple sources Iike Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Redbook, Inside Sports, Philadelphia Daily News, and the Sacramento Bee, focusing on many locations around the country. Although somewhat dated, this book proves the timeless phrase "The more things change, the more they remain the same": case in point, Dexter's 'O. J. Simpson vs the press' viewpoint is right on the money, as O. J. once again regretably rises to the attention of the world.
In the great tradition of writers like Jimmy Breslin, Mr Dexter writes with a keen eye, sardonic wit, and a gift for detail and opinion in rough-edged, highly-descriptive, and presumptive prose. The stories keep coming, letting the reader sometimes read between the lines and fill in missing details: here's how he describes how he rushed from Florida to Philadelphia in mid-winter to accept a much-needed new job: "I arrived three days later with one pair of boots, no coat, running as close to empty as I've ever been", a whale of a winter image in 21 words. You fill in the rest; unshaven, dirty laundry in the back seat? The book is loaded with these.
The specific stories are varied: a salute to a TV newsman murdered on his knees in a foreign country (no, not that newsman and not that country!), the escapades of two friends nicknamed Low Gear and Minus (no kidding!), a mother cat in a dangerous world, a beer throwing contest (seriously!), police stories, courtroom stories, stereotypical views on race but with an underlying fairness and fondness for all men, a paper bag that should have been left alone, murders that could and should have been avoided, an old boxer one should stay away from, and the Brian Spencer-involved murder case that he peels back like an onion. The stories run from the truly interesting to the mundane, but things are never boring based on the grittiness and uniqueness of Mr Dexter's vignettes of life. It may take a couple of stories to get your bearings, but by then he's pulled you into his world. Definitely Recommended!! Four INCISIVE Stars!
(Note: this review is based on an eBook digital download in secure eReader format.)
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Chocolate Covered Forbidden Fruit
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Thalia, a 25 yr. old wild girl gone good, moves back to her old neighborhood after a failed engagement and manages to catch the eye of the town's most wanted man… the middle aged, incredibly sexy, single, devoted, and charismatic Reverend of Mount Pleasant. To add insult to injury Rev. Isaac Flack happens to be the father of, Madison, her best friend since Junior High, who isn't trying to deal with her father dating anyone after her mother's death.
Since Thalia was a teenager visiting his house to do math homework with his daughter she was intrigued by him, and now that she is a woman he wants her beyond reason. Thalia asks Isaac to remain her secret, but he wants the world to know. However, when tragedy strikes their love is exposed to her family, his colleagues, his congregation, and her best friend… his daughter. And when the holier than thou older church sisters gets this gossip in the wind, after years of schooling their daughters in Pastor's Wifeolgy, the Holy Ghost just won't move in Mount Pleasant.
The word is out but that's not all they had to overcome, there is still a secret behind door number three. A former lover rears his ugly head and forces their relationship to change for the absolute worst.
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Excellent book.......2007-10-08
I really rooted for this couple, did not think I would considering the age gap of 25 year old woman and 45 year old man, thought it would be sleazy but it was a beautiful love story. Good read, sexy, funny and sensual.
Would love to read a sequel about some of the other characters.
Tmoegoody .......2007-10-05
A little discouraging in the beginning because I really did not want to read about another spring break fling, but the only reason I kept reading is because my girl Trista be putting it down and once again it was a great read.
she did it again............2007-09-23
She did it again. Another EXCELLENT book. I loved this book from beginning to end. Only upset about her books is when it ends. You always want more. What i love the most is that each story is different and each story gets better and better. I cannot wait to see what Trista Russell has next. God has bless you with a talent......
"If loving you is wrong ...who cares".......2007-09-12
i really enjoyed the story of Thadia's and her friends and the Rev. Issac. I was completely wrong about this book, when I first read the back cover of this book I thought I was going to be reading a drama filled book about this young girl messing around with the Rev. I was completely wrong!!! This is truly a Romeo & Juliet story about 2 adults who are looking for love and find it in each other, but at the cost of possibly a friendship and a close father & daughter relationship. I have enjoyed all the books that have been written by this author. I am now reading going broke, and really enjoyed Fly on the Wall!!
Thanks Mrs. Russell.......2007-08-20
This book has really given me hope for a better day. If only everyone could find the happiness that Thalia found the world be a better place.
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- Forbidden City
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Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape.
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Customer Reviews:
Forbidden City.......2006-03-17
Alex and his dad are going to China! Alex is home when his dad get home. His dad tells them that they are going to China. They go and they are picked up from the airport by Lao Xu. They go to the Beijing Hotel and meet Eddie. A few days later a protest broke out. A few days later, the army comes. Lots of people were killed. Lao Xu was one of them. Alex runs for his life and gets shot in the lead. He hits the ground and passes out. He wakes in a Chineese civilions home. After he is healed, his friend Xin-hua takes him to the airport to find his dad. When they get to the airport, the Chineese soldiers take Xin-hua and kill her. Alex finds his dad in the airport and they go home. There is a lot of adventure, death, and happiness in Forbidden City.
There's a bit a adventure in Forbidden City. Alex and his dad get to go to China, which is an adventure in itself. Alex does a lot of exploring in the city of Beijing. Xin-hua and Alex have the adventure of trying to get to the airport without the soldiers figuring out that Alex is Canadian.
A lot of people die in this book. Many students, who are the ones that are protesting, were killed. Many civilions were killed. Lao Xu was killed. Xin-hua was killed. They were all killed by Chineese soldiers.
Alex is mostly the only one who is happy. He is happy when he gets to go to China. His dad is happy when he gets to go too China with Alex. Alex is happy when he gets home from China. So is his dad.
Happiness, death, and adventure are diffenently in Forbidden City. If there hadn't been as many people die, it would have been happier, but I guess the people dieing made it a better book. If you like book that are based on true events and you like stuff about China history, this is the book for you.
Forbidden City by William Bell.......2005-11-29
Forbidden City is a novel based on the events that swept Beijing in 1989 and the impact of this on one person's life.
The main character, a 17-year-old war history fanatic, Alex Jackson, traveled to the Chinese capital with his father, a CBC cameraman, to cover the Russian premier Gorbachev's visit. During this event, Alex experienced the excitement of being a reporter and of recording the events of the protest, but was apprehensive as the protest became more violent. When martial law was declared in Beijing, soldiers swept in, completely surrounding Tianamen Square with the help of AK47s and even tanks. The students and civilians who were part of the demonstrations were shot down without mercy.
Alex lived out this horror as he was shot by a soldier while carrying illegal videotapes of the demonstrations. At this point, his future was bleak until university student, Xinhua rescued him, and tried to help him smuggle the tapes out of China. Alex managed to get to the airport with the tapes and escaped with his father. Sadly, Xinhua was not so lucky, gunned down by a soldier as she tried to help Alex. After the massacre and finally back in his comfy home in Toronto, Alex destroyed all his military models, realizing war wasn't a game to him anymore.
Young people interested in modern Chinese history or modern international political events will be captivated by this book. Even those with no particular interest in modern Chinese history will find the pace and excitement of this novel quite compelling. This book shares same idea as The Red Scarf by Ji Li Jiang and The Power of Tianamen by Dingxin Zhao.
I personally chose this book for this assignment because it was short but punchy. I read reviews, which recommended this book as exciting to read, and I certainly found it so. The best parts of the book were when his best friend Lao Xu was shot down while trying to stop the killings and when Alex finally gets back home to Toronto with the smuggled tapes. These were the highlights for me because they were particularly thrilling but also moving because they showed much bravery and sacrifice.
I would definitely recommend this book. If you want a fast moving and gripping story, you too will enjoy this novel.
Vivid details and engrossing story wow reader. By JMM.......2005-04-04
This book is a vivid description of the "events" at Tian An Men Square that fateful spring in 1989. This novel is about a seventeen year old boy named Alex who travels with his cameraman father to China, and witnesses the Tian An Men Square massacre.
In this book the author pays good attention to the facts while weaving a story around them. He used a journal format; from the point of view of the protagonist, Alex. William Bell (the author) paints a vivid picture of the horrendous tragedy in Beijing, and brings a realistic quality to his fiction. The characters develop well during the story, but the secondary characters are very one-dimensional.
The author brings a real and personal quality that to many of us is simply a far-off event that happened to a bunch of people we don't know. Although it is realistic, it is not a historian's account. Overall, it is a good, compelling, and vividly detailed novel.
what to Exspect.......2003-11-13
well the story I read, I thought was great. This book is called Forbidden City.This book is about these two people that is going to film an event. well two of the character named Alexander Jackson and his dad goes to Beijing to do a report on the event. His dad does this and is risking his life as well as his son. Alex was a history freak, he collected soldiers in his basement.well they traveled to where they were going and it didn't turn out the way they expected. When they got there it was ok until the event was going on. They took out tanks and killed people. While this happened alex witness his chinese friend's death. well through this event he recorded it and when it was over his father didn't know his son recorded it. Well one month after the incident chen xi tong the mayor of Beijing submitted his report to the politburo of the communist party of china.
Forbidden City, quick must-read for all highschool students!.......2003-05-08
Overall, William S. Bell does a good job putting a human face on the tragedies that took place in Tiananmen Square. He is refreshingly accurate with regard to factual information. The diary format is easy to read yet leaves the book open to interpretation and discussion. The story of the fictional characters Alex, Ted, Lao Xu, Eddie and Xin hua was created as a way to explain what happened to all sides involved in this tragic event. Bell combines a mixture of powerful emotions and dynamic characters to create a true must read for all highschool students. If highschoolers get anything out of this book at all, it will be that there are people out there who will stand up for what they believe in and that violence shouldn't be used as the answer to every problem our world faces.
Book Description
Born into a middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980, Latifa had a conventional childhood. Then, Taliban soldiers seized power in Kabul. And from that moment, Latifa, just sixteen, became a prisoner in her own home. The simplest and most basic freedoms were forbidden. She was forced to put on a chadri, the state-mandated uniform that covered her entire body. Disbelief at having to hide herself was soon replaced by fear, the fear of being whipped or stoned like women she'd seen. My Forbidden Face provides a moving and highly personal account of life under the Taliban regime. With painful honesty and clarity, Latifa describes her ordered world falling apart, in the name of a fanaticism that she could not comprehend, and replaced by a world where terror and oppression reign.
Customer Reviews:
When Home Becomes Prison.......2007-10-02
Home became prison for women when the Taliban arrived. And I don't think Taliban rule was a picnic for most men either. "Latifah" did a great job of describing the deep depression of women whose lives suddenly became worth nothing with no hope and no dreams allowed.
This book was mentioned in a reader review of the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns". A reviewer implied that that the author plagiarized "Latifah's" book. I was curious so I bought "My Forbidden Face". I see no signs of any plagiarism at all. Can't imagine what the reviewer was thinking.
Another reviewer of "My Forbidden Face" wanted to know the reasoning behind the Taliban rules so that she could understand better. The Taliban wanted to demoralize and subjugate the people for complete control. That was the reason behind every crazy pronouncement.
I have to agree that the editing was poor and the timelines confusing. I had to re-read some portions of the book because I thought I missed segments. Turns out I didn't miss anything--what I was looking for wasn't there.
Definitely worth reading for the young woman's account of what life was like in Afghanistan during that time period. Scary and heartbreaking.
A Non-Muslim American Woman's Comments.......2007-04-17
I was eager to read this book because I wanted to learn about women's experiences in Afganistan at the hands of the Taliban. The title, "My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban, etc", indicated to me that this would be a personal, information-packed book on the subject. But as others have already said, the book was quite sketchy regarding the information it supposedly covered. Most of the Taliban decrees that Fatima listed were shocking to me, a western woman, and I wanted to understand her plight in greater detail. But instead I ended up with more questions than answers. Why was whistling forbidden (including ridiculously, even teakettles)? Why were photographs and paintings forbidden? Why were no books except the Quran allowed (that one would kill me for sure!)? What did she and her sisters do to pass the time living basically under house arrest for 3 years (besides lay on their bed, and listen clandestinely to the BBC in the evenings)? When she taught school, what did she teach and how did she teach it? How did the children respond? I would have loved to get a more personal account of her situation than I can get reading news stories. How do the Taliban's version of Islamic rule differ from non-Taliban rule? Why would the Taliban want to get rid of women, as she stated? These questions perplex me. I want to know the truth, I want to understand more.
When she said the United States' policies in the Middle East were mistakes and mishandled, I would like to know specifically what she was referring to. I don't doubt for a minute that the U.S. has bungled things in that region, probably on a grand scale, but I truly wanted to know what she thought first hand. Instead I think maybe she was superficially stating other people's views that she may not have been old enough to process yet.
As a non-Muslim American woman, Fatima's life and religion could not have been more opposite to mine than if she lived on another planet. Maybe Fatima will write another book after she has matured a bit so that she will add a more thorough account of her experiences to help those of us living in a far different world to understand the clash between our two cultures. Because I do believe that with knowledge and understanding of the other side, a way can come to get through this mess.
Could have used a competent editor, but good effort.......2007-03-17
This book jumps around a lot. The author could have used a better editor. Since this book deals with a lot of historical aspects of growing up in Afghanistan, a linear format would have worked better than the back and forth the author uses. One day her brother's fighting the Soviets. Then he's married in another country, then he's fighting the Soviets. You get the idea. It's a little hard to keep track of who's doing what.
As to the descriptions of the author's life, however, it was pretty good, but I don't feel she adequately captured the horrors of what was going on, at least not compared to other books I've read on the subject. More detail and expansion would have been good.
However, the book was very good, especially from one so young. I do recommend it.
My Forbidden Face : Growing Up Under the Taliban - A Young Woman's Story.......2006-03-27
My Forbidden Face : Growing Up Under the Taliban - A Young Woman's Story, is a firsthand account of a young girl under the Taliban. The Book begins as 16 year old Latifa, and ends when she is twenty one. I thought this book was very well written, and very enjoyable. I thought the book was kind of fluffy, meaning that, though it gave us information about the Taliban, and what it was like living under it, it was still not giving us a lot of detail. Sure, she talks about the rights they took away from women, and the depression it caused her and millions other women in the country, but I think she could have been a bit more focused on her life before the Taliban took over Afghanistan, as it is a biography.
I do recommend this book to people who are interested in Human Rights, women in the Middle East, but I think that people who have read other books about Women's rights issues wouldn't like this book as much as someone who has just begun to take an interest in the subjects.
I highy recommend The Princess Series, by Jean Sasson, and Nine Parts of Desire, by Geraldine Brooks.
What a story!.......2006-01-14
This book provides a first-hand account of daily life in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Latifa (a pseudonym made necessary by death threats to the author and her family members) lived with her family in a middle-class area of Kabul. Her country had been at war her entire life. Over the years, Latifa and her family members struggled to be apolitical just so they could survive the frequent regime changes. One of her brothers served in the army under the Soviets, only to become a political prisoner under the regime; another was sent to university in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on a Soviet scholarship. When the Taliban took over Kabul, Latifa found herself virtually imprisoned in her apartment, forbidden by the Taliban from attending the university where she had just passed her entrance exams. Her sister had been an airline stewardess and her mother a doctor, but both were forbidden from continuing their professions. Her father was a businessman, whose Kabul warehouses were being continually destroyed in battle.
In this book, Latifa describes daily life for her family after the Taliban took control. She describes listening to edicts on the radio, forbidding women from working and girls from going to school. Women and girls were also not allowed to be treated by male doctors, and since women doctors were forbidden from practicing, this effectively shut half the population out from being able to receive any kind of health care. Women had to be covered from head to toe if they were to go out in public, and they had to be escorted by a male relative. On one of the few times Latifa dared go out of her apartment for a walk, she witnessed a horrific beating of women whose feet were covered but who had committed the apparently reprehensible crime of wearing the wrong color shoes.
At the beginning of her story, Latifa is an ordinary teenager, excited with fancy dresses and movie stars. But as the years go by, and she finds herself and all other women that she knows forbidden from participating in society in any, Latifa becomes more and more concerned with women's issues-indeed she becomes a feminist, although she had most likely never heard the term before. It's fascinating to read in her descriptions of childhood in Kabul of what a relatively normal life her family had been able to lead, despite the wars and political upheavals. This contrasts sharply with the changes brought in by the Taliban, when marriages could no longer be celebrated, and teachers could be beaten for providing lessons to little girls.
Latifa's occasional references to Dubai kept bringing back my own memories of the young Emirati women I taught there at about the same time Latifa was stuck in her apartment. In class one day at the height of Taliban power, I asked the students to construct an argument for why women should be educated. "But why?" they asked in shock. "Everyone knows women should be educated. No one would say otherwise-it's in the Q'uran." When I tried to tell them that the Taliban had forbidden women or girls from getting any kind of education in the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, they vociferously denied that this could be so. If only this book had been available then-perhaps the students might have believed Latifa's word, coming from a fellow Muslim girl, if they wouldn't believe mine. (Has it been translated into Arabic? Is it on the list of banned books for the Emirates?) This is a very-well written, gripping account of Afghani life from the point of view of an ordinary citizen, and highly recommended to anyone who wants to further their understanding of the Afghan society and attitudes towards the Taliban.
Book Description
Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology
• Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternative science and history, including Christopher Dunn, Frank Joseph, Will Hart, Rand Flem-Ath, and Moira Timmes
• Edited by
Atlantis Rising publisher, J. Douglas Kenyon
In
Forbidden History writer and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal
Atlantis Rising to provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history. The 17 contributors include among others, Rand Flem-Ath, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn, and Will Hart, all of whom challenge the scientific establishment to reexamine its underlying premises in understanding ancient civilizations and open up to the possibility of meaningful debate around alternative theories of humanity's true past.
Each of the essays builds upon the work of the other contributors. Kenyon has carefully crafted his vision and selected writings in six areas: Darwinism Under Fire, Earth Changes--Sudden or Gradual, Civilization's Greater Antiquity, Ancestors from Space, Ancient High Tech, and The Search for Lost Origins. He explores the most current ideas in the Atlantis debate, the origins of the Pyramids, and many other controversial themes.
The book serves as an excellent introduction to hitherto suppressed and alternative accounts of history as contributors raise questions about the origins of civilization and humanity, catastrophism, and ancient technology. The collection also includes several articles that introduce, compare, contrast, and complement the theories of other notable authors in these fields, such as Zecharia Sitchin, Paul LaViolette, John Michell, and John Anthony West.
Customer Reviews:
Title that sells.......2007-06-14
Earth>4.5 bln, humanoids>5 mln yrs. S.Sapiens
<150.000 yrs old, civilization as system consisting of state+army+ideology+writing goes as far back as AD 800, scarce information about 8-10 cy AD events, most historical events took place in 10-15th cy AD. JC: 1153-1186 AD. Old Testament compiled in 12-16 cy AD, AFTER New One, it renders events of that period. Methods of dating of artefacts, including c14 are non-exact and contradictory, there are no written ORIGINALS datable earlier than the XI century.
You don't have to believe..........2007-06-01
This book is a compilation of articles and stories reprinted from the journal Atlantis Rising. I wish the individual chapters went into more depth on the various subjects but this book is a very good starting point for those who no longer believe the status quo. Important scientific discoveries have long been hidden from the general public for fear of social or religious upheaval and this book goes a long way towards breaching the barriers of ignorance. You'll read this book and want to do more investigation into it's claims and that's a good thing.
Interesting, but very limited.......2007-05-25
If you are not already aware of the fact that this book is a collection of articles, you need to know that going in. It makes a big difference in how you can approach this book. By that I mean you don't have a consistent reading experience or point of view, making it a bit uneven. Some of the articles are well written and easy to read. Others are hard to get through. Furthermore, since the book is composed of articles, many of the topics discussed don't get fully fleshed out. In several cases statements of fact are made with no evidence or reference provided where if they'd been posed in a book more may have been provided to back them up. I thought there were too many essentially repetitive articles in some areas (especially Dunn's). While there are a number of things presented to make you think about what you've been taught over the years, I would only call this book average at best.
Maverick Ideas.......2007-05-02
Forbidden History is a series of short magazine articles from the alternative science magazine Atlantis Rising that all question the orthodox and mainstream explanations of what the past was like that come from academia. It is rather hostile to mainstream thought and frustrated that the more outlandish theories do not get more respect, even when legitimate questions and evidence are given for these views. Sometimes I thought the articles were too short to cover the subjects properly, but other times I was grateful that they were short if my interest in the article was only casual. Some of the explanations about how the pyramids were engineered were hard to explain without pictures and a demonstration.
Several theories are under fire in the book. For instance, it is suggested that neither the Creationists nor the Darwinists have correct explanation of our past. Earth has been here for millions of years and there are no "missing links" to prove that we evolved gradually from apes. However, a cataclysm such as a flood may have occurred around -11,000. Darwinists and other scientists have been loath to pursue a theory that would suggest a cataclysm because they were scared that it would prove the Bible right and the religion would win and science would lose in their various political battles. Before this cataclysm during the days of Atlantis and Lemuria, civilization was in its golden age that is far greater than our civilization today. It is suggested that in our collective unconscious we fear mentioning past cataclysms because it is too painful to remember and talk about and so catastrophic theories are an anathema. Mainstream scientists are also hostile to supernatural explanations for anything and are firmly committed to the materialism that states that the material is all there is. On the contrary, the book suggests mystics that have declared that everything that exists is all one are right and the new physics is coming to that conclusion.
The book covers some racial topics peripherally. It questions the Aryan invasion theory of ancient India, attributing such a theory to Western scholars "West is Best" ethnocentrism. The great civilization of ancient India is created solely by the Indians, according to the book. On the other hand, it is claimed that red-haired people were the first people to live on Hawaii and there is evidence of an advanced civilization there that was created by them. The story about them in Forbidden History claims that they were unwilling to mix with the newcomers of a different race and left the island. There is also the strange case of huge sculpted Olmec heads in Central America that have Negroid characteristics. As we all know, people usually make statues of their own ethnic group's heroes. Blacks may have had a high civilization before the cataclysm.
I particularly enjoyed the section that dealt with how the pyramids were built and the authors do a pretty good job at making mainstream Egyptologists look silly with their explanation that the pyramids were built with ropes, pulleys, sledges, and a colossal amount of good, old-fashioned manpower. It is suggested that the older pyramids such as Cheops never were grave sites and were built using advanced technological tools with electricity. Egypt was a more advanced society than any modern society because we cannot build such a pyramid with such precision to this day. Chris Dunn, a high tech engineer, gives us this new perspective on how they were built that historians may miss because they do not have his training. He suggests that pyramid at Giza was a power plant.
It is suggested that the book called Temple of Man by Schwaller Lubicz is a great, but difficult read that will enlighten readers who prove themselves worthy by having patience enough to keep reading it until they understand it. It is a book about the pyramids and its symbols and their multi-meanings that are continually shifting in meaning.
Questions Please!!!!!!.......2007-03-19
Many years ago, in my youth mind you, I asked several questions of my archeaology and history professor that gave them headaches. I was the kid who would ask why or why not, followed by how come?
This book focus on those questions, and the idea of thinking out side of the box. Its refreshing to find that there is evidence that many others outside of the norm have begun to put the puzzle of our world and its history together. That those "myths" indeed have clues, that answers are not just because someone has an alphebet soup after their names say it is true.
Let this series of essays rock your notions of "what is" and "should be" to the possiblities of why not?
Book Description
For over 400 years, Taiwan has suffered at the hands of multiple colonial powers,nbsp;but itnbsp;has now entered the decade when its independence will be won or lost. At the heart of Taiwan's story is the curse of geography that placed the island on the strategic cusp between the Far East and Southeast Asia and made it the guardian of some of the world's most lucrative trade routes. It is the story of the dogged determination of a courageous people to overcome every obstacle thrown in their path. It is a saga full of outlandish characters: pirates and warriors, artists and scholars, men of principle and men of none, cowards and a few heroes. Forbidden Nation tells the dramatic story of the island, its people, and what brought them to this moment when their future will be decided.
Customer Reviews:
Concise History of Taiwan.......2007-06-08
Manthorpe has filled a vital need, writing a concise, highly readable history of Taiwan and its Chinese inhabitants. Although he does discuss the aboriginal tribes in the early chapters and touches upon their interactions with the various settlers, invaders and would-be exploiters, be they Chinese, Japanese or Westerners, the main focus of the book is Chinese people who started moving to Taiwan 400+ years ago and their relationship with mainland China. Manthorpe begins the book with the 2004 assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian, and then moves back in time to the first peoples traveling to Taiwan in prehistoric times. The book quickly jumps to the seventeenth century and progresses through Dutch Rule, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, the Japanese occupation, return to Nationalist Chinese rule, and bringing up to the present and the blossoming of Taiwan's democracy. It is a roller coaster of events, and Manthorpe ties in the happenings on Taiwan with the relevant activities in the rest of the world. Although written for a popular audience, the author has included a comprehensive bibliography and footnotes for someone who wants to explore any part of the history in greater detail. There are only 2 aspects that detract from the story. Manthorpe strongly supports Taiwan's independence. Although there are many arguments for independence (as well as many against), they tortured logic that he sometimes employs greatly weakens the argument. For example, because the Qing dynasty only ruled over the western plains, and ignored the mountainous aboriginal tribes and their territory, he argues that this part of the island was not ever part of Imperial China. They may have been left alone, but these tribes were not exactly treated as a sovereign kingdom either. Another minus is that this is the typical great men and wars view of history. The reader does not get much perspective of what it would be like as a common person to be around during these times. Nevertheless, Manthorpe has produced a book that reveals the history of Taiwan and illuminates the complexity of the political issues surrounding Taiwan's relationship to mainland China and, indeed, the rest of the world.
Inconsistent focus but enjoyable read.......2007-02-22
As someone who plans on spending some time in Taiwan in the near future, I was interested to learn more about its history. I found this book to be a good overview, and it held my attention much more closely than I had expected. I learned some things that I had never suspected about Taiwan's influential history as a focal point of East Asian sea trade (and piracy!).
Some reviewers have noted that this book tends to be selective in its focus, giving much more time to ancient history than to modern events (especially recent). This is a valid criticism, perhaps, but personally I enjoyed the historical narrative of pirate kings, wars, and the mysterious mountainous interior, as opposed to the endless modern political debates.
-The bottom line:
For someone seeking an in-depth analysis of Taiwan's modern status as a nation (or not) and relationship to China, there are other works that focus on that specifically. But if you want a good comprehensive understanding of the forces and events that have shaped Taiwan and its people throughout the ages, I can't think of a better read.
Excellent book.......2006-07-13
This is a great book about Taiwan history. The author has sharp observation and indepth knowledge of the history of Taiwan. A valuable reference.
Brisk History of Taiwan.......2006-06-14
Forbidden Nation, by Manthorpe offers a condensed look at the history of the Taiwan, ranging from its physical formation and theories over how it was originally peopled, up to the modern day political landscape.
Within 300 pages, Manthorpe paints a rich guide to highly politicized issue of Taiwanese identity, weaving together aboriginal, Chinese, and Japanese cultures. The bias in Manthorpe's writing is fairly evident, heavily in favor of the DPP over the KMT in modern era politics, and refusing to pull any punches regarding how the KMT establishes itself in Taiwan.
Inevitably, such a brief guide to such an extensive history will suffer from glossing over some important subjects, and it seems that Manthorpe spends little too much time in ancient history, and chooses to focus on episodes of significance (such as the leadup to 1985 Japanese occupation, 1949 KMT retreat, and 2004 election). Additionally, each chapter appears as if it was written independently of the others, and Manthorpe often repeats facts. Whether this is design or flaw, I do not know, but each chapter of the book can be pulled out and read fairly well on its own.
Overall, the book offers a concise yet effective overview of the complicated history of a little yet important island in the Pacific.
Solid History.......2006-02-27
Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan, by Jonathan Manthorpe, is an insightful study not only of a country, but the peculiar circumstances leading up to its peculiar contemporary existence. The author starts with a look at Taiwan's March 2004 election, examining the fallout from the assassination attempt on President Chen Shuibian. Chen's injury was a violent exclamation point to what had been a very contentious campaign. Perhaps the author chose to focus on this episode as a means of showing how passionate the Taiwanese are about politics. While an attempted assassination far exceeds the bounds of proper decorum when politicking, the act may have been emblematic of Taiwanese perceptions of what was at stake in their society. Add that pivotable moment to a host of others and what unfolds is a comprehensive history of strife, survival, prosperity and ambiguity. Manthorpe backtracks from the travails of present Taiwanese events, providing in subsequent chapters a history of the island from its prehistoric settlement by early humans to the 2004 elections.
In relating the history of Taiwan, Manthorpe shows how China's claim to the island holds as much substance as its claim (if it has one)to the officially recognized sovereign nations of Southeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula. What is clarified in the book is Taiwan's role as a convergence point for an intersecting host of people, interests and ideologies. Cold War imperatives produced a dichotomous world view among American policy makers. The world was split between Communist and the so-called Free World. That dichotomy extended to China and Taiwan, with the repressive and corrupt Kuomintang in Taiwan standing vigilant against the Totalitarian hordes of mainland China.
Manthorpe highlights the looming threat of an increasingly assertive China. However, he understands that the Kuomintang, dominated by mainlanders, was little more than a colonial master lording it over the native Taiwanese population. It is the native population that Manthorpe brings attention to, driving home the point that native Taiwanese were oppressed or threatened by all parties, Ming and Manchu dynasts, Japanese, Communist and Kuomintang. He also covers America's schizophrenic relations with the island; on one hand, supporting it with rhetoric and weapons, on the other, courting China at the expense of Taiwan's status as a UN recognized nation.
Very recently has Taiwan become a true democracy. However aggressive its politics may be, however many vestigial shackles from its martial law days it must shed, it will be a tragedy of monumental proportions if the shining light of Taiwan's democracy were to be blotted out beneath the shadow of mainland tyranny. Manthorpe presents the Chinese threat in stark relief. China's military buildup shows no sign of abating, niether will it likely soften its position on Taiwan, which it considers to be a wayward province.
For China, Taiwan's submission to its authority is non-negotiable. For Taiwan, unification is equally out of the question. For now, the United States is committed to protecting Taiwan. But, Manthorpe's view of U.S. protection is pessimistic. How long will that commitment remain in place? As long as it is in America's interest, he suggests. Manthorpe offers no prospects for a happy ending in Taiwan's ongoing saga. Of course, he does not does not offer a sad one either. Taiwan still has a rough road to travel as it navigates between an enemy that wishes it snuffed out of existence and "friends" that keep it from taking its place in the community of nations. Forbidden Nation is as much an indictment of Taiwan's treatment on the world stage as it is a well laid out history.
Book Description
Taboo presents erotic stories of people who confess forbidden desires, act upon naughty impulses, or have their secret fantasies come true. Taboo is the perfect collection for couples who want to take more risks and add a bit of playfulness or intensity to their sex lives. Contributors include Alison Tyler, Dante Davidson, Erica Dumas, Emilie Paris, Thomas Roche, and N. T. Morley.
Customer Reviews:
EXCELLENT, EROTIC READING.......2007-07-30
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK. STIMULATING READING.MY WIFE AND I FOUND THIS BOOK EASY TO READ AND SEXUALLY STIMULATING. WE HIGHLY RECOMENDTHIS BOOK AND THIS AUTHOR.
Hot!.......2007-07-23
Extremely erotic. I was pleasantly surprised by how explicitly the scenes were written. Has been fodder for many a fantasy for my husband and me.
very good.......2006-05-03
this is a very good book. my wife loved it. just like the title says taboo stuff in every story. to the people that gave it negitive reviews what did you expect from something that said taboo clearly on the front cover. pretty long book to. more stories than we expected.
Not worth it.......2006-01-09
I bought this book because of all of the good reviews. I was NOT impressed. First of all, the writing is mediocre at best. The stories offer little in the way of meaningful character development and delve right into poorly worded sex scenes. The first three stories I read were about anal sex, watching your wife give another man oral sex and humiliating your husband by tying him up and ball-gagging him then penetrating him with a strap on. To be honest these stories turned me OFF and I'll be returning the book. Save your money this is not good.
Taboo: Forbidden Fantasies for Couples.......2005-08-03
My husband and I love this book! It took him a couple of stories before he warmed up to the idea now I read them too him all the time!!
Books:
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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