Ford: Tempo/Topaz 1984-94 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual)

Book Description

The Chilton Total Car Care series continues to lead all other do-it-yourself automotive repair manuals. These manuals offer do-it-yourselfers of all levels TOTAL maintenance, service and repair information in an easy-to-use format. Each title covers all makes and models, unless otherwise indicated.

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NO MORE CHILTONS!!!!!!!!.......2004-06-11

I had hoped that with the take-over of Chiltons by Haynes, that the manuals would get better. This one is still a piece of garbage! I'm replacing a water pump, and this manual is simply of no help to me! If I could get my money back for it, I would!

I never liked Chiltons manual, in that they were too general, illustrations are very poor, and their layout is a virtual disaster. Half of the information I need to perform the work I'm doing is not even in the manual.

I wouldn't buy another Chilton's manual again......period!

Not much help........2003-01-22

We were trying to replace the heater core, the instructions were foggy to say the least. Further repairs or maintenance just as foggy, its a good book if you have a lot of experience with repairing the vehicle and don't need a how to. Amazingly the "Ford Tempo Mercury Topaz 1984-94" book by Mark Christman, which is by the same company, was a lot better for repairs and maintenance. But neither book helped with replacing the heater core, we eventually used other resources for more ideas on how to actually get to the heater core to get it out.

Limited scope, sometimes wrong........2002-09-05

I've used this book for nearly three years now, and keep wondering why I go back to it. (Actually, it's because it's the only Tempo/Topaz book I own.) I have found several major errors in the illustrations, usually due to showing a 2.0 engine setup as a 2.3 or vice versa. Some instructions, like how to change a water pump, are just plain wrong. Electrical schematics, particularly of the instrument cluster are sketchy to the point of being useless when troubleshooting anything other than a hard failure. I suspect that much of the text in this book was a quickie cut-and-paste job of info that pertained to these same components as installed in other Ford products. It really doesn't do justice to the model-specific problems of navigating the limited space of the engine compartment or tracing an intermittent electrical circuit. Proofreading was spotty at best. It's better than doing a repair job blind, but not by much.

Disappointed.......2002-08-14

Chilton's Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz Repair Manual 1984-94 is not for the average car owner. It is probably not even for the average mechanic. It is written in difficult language and at times seems to display unnecessarily complicated methods of performing simple tasks. From beginning to index it offers low quality information and instruction. There are too many diagrams and not enough photos. The photos available are poor. Overall this book was not very useful to me. I have used the Haynes manual for the same car and found it much more useful.

Help after the fact?.......2002-06-05

Spent good money for advise on repairs by purchasing and following outlined details in the Chilton's Ford Tempo/Topaz 1984-94 repair Manual -- ran into a major problem. I find that there is no way to contact Chiltons for direction!
Guess, I'll have to pull the engine in order to replace the water pump! Why did they not tell me this to begin with?
Their publications of yesteryear are far superior.
An Unhappy consumer,

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Bailey R`s Review.......2007-08-08

Journey to Topaz was an interesting book. It was sad and very touching. The main character was a sweet girl who was determined to help make things right for her loved ones. She and her family faced painful separations from their friends and even each other. It is a great book that shows you what Japanese familys had to go through during World War II.

Journey to Topaz.......2007-03-22

Journey to topaz is a story that takes place during world war II. The main characters are a japanese-american family that is sent to an internment camp.
They are put through many trials testing their will.

I think this book is a wonderful story because it shows the reader what life was like at that time from the view of a person put into the camp.

A girl named Yuki is sent to an internment camp with her family, but her father is sent to a different camp. They were sent to this camp after the Pearl harbor bombing. In the camp, Yuki meets Emi, a girl that becomes her friend. When the family is released, Ken, Yuki's brother, wants to join the army and fight for the U.S.A.

Great!.......2007-01-16

Books arrived in a timely manner (even though it was during the holidays!) and are in perfect condition.

Journey to Topaz.......2006-12-03

Journey to Topaz was a great book. I think that this book was a very gripping and touching story. It taught me a lot of lessons, i.e. don't always complain that I don't have everything that I want because there are people in the world that aren't as fortunate as me. I've also learned that people should be treated equally, even if we don't have the same skin colour or the same hight, we are still the same on the inside. Now I know how hard it is to let someone, that you love, go. I can imagine how Yuki felt when her dad left her and when she had to let of Pepper. I also like the way the author added in Japanese words to make the book more interesting. This book showed that not only the Jews were effected in World War II, but the Japanese were just as scared and threatened as the Jews. I would recommend this book to everyone that thinks that Japanese people are spiolt and get whatever they want. I would also recommend this book to people that think their parents aren't getting them everything they want. All I want to say is that this was an excellent book and it taught many teachings.

Internment from a child's point of view.......2005-11-09

This was interesting to me since my mother was about Yuki's age when she went to "camp". My mother doesn't talk much about that time, maybe because some things you just want to forget. It helped me understand some of the fear and prejudice towards Japanese Americans during the war. I have mixed feelings about the internment. It was horrible how so many people lost their livelihoods, but on the other hand, in camp, they were sheltered from the hatred and hostility they may have experienced at home. This was wartime, so everyone was feeling some kind of unhappiness. I give this book 4 stars and 5 stars to Uchida's "Journey Home", the story which follows Yuki's family out of camp.

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Topaz
AWESOME !!!!
One of Beverly Jenkins best!
Beautiful Story
What a Man! What a Man! What a Mighty Good Man!!!

Topaz
Beverly Jenkins
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ASIN: 0061173045
Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Newspaper reporter Katherine Love goes undercover in order to investigate, and ultimately expose, suspected Chicago stock-swindler Rupert Samuels. As she moves closer to uncovering Samuels's schemes, Katherine very nearly becomes his bride. But fate has other plans, as Katherine finds out when Dixon Wildhorse, a black Seminole marshal, literally snatches her from the altar. It seems that Katherine's father offered her hand in marriage to Dixon as payment for a long-standing debt. Can the two find happiness together despite their differences? Beverly Jenkins skillfully blends romance, black history, and life in the Wild West to create a lively, tender love story, which is sure to find its way into the hearts of readers everywhere.

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A Perilous Pursuit

Kate Love is an ambitious reporter on the trail of a swindler who has been preying on elderly blacks. But when her investigation leads her into danger, she is snatched from by Dix Wildhorse, a Black Seminole Marshal from Oklahoman's Indian country. Kate has no choice but to flee with the daring knight her father sent to rescue her. Determined to hold on to her independence despite the warm simmering fire Dix's bronzed, muscled embrace ignites, she challenges him at every turn. Yet even as their battle of wills intensifies, the heat of their passion blazes with unmatched fury...a wildfire of love that can only be answered in the sweet ecstasy of surrender.

Customer Reviews:

Topaz.......2007-07-16

I loved this book and can't get enough of her writings. Her books are always a learning adventure as well as great reads and the history tidbits that she inserts is priceless.

AWESOME !!!!.......2007-04-02

I tell you just when I think Beverly Jenkins can't write a better story she does. After just finishing Indigo, I thought she totally out-did her self, but NO she just keeps getting better and better. I could not put this book down. I enjoyed Dix and Kate and the supporting characters in this story so very much. It was like watching a movie for me. The story just came alive and leapt off the pages for me to view. Dix and Katherine are such a wonderful, exciting couple. How could anyone not fall in love with Dix? He's definitely everything a woman would want in a man. And Kate, was a good match for him. There was never a dull moment between them throughout the story. I enjoyed their sharp wits and the way they made eachother LOL. It was a STEAMY, sweet, romantic story with a mix of western and black history, and also a little mystery. Throughout I found myself LOL, at times I cried, and I always turned each page with great anticipation of what would come next. Beverly Jenkins is truly a gifted storyteller. A Definite MUST Read!

One of Beverly Jenkins best!.......2007-03-14

I really loved this book. Dixon Wild horse was something else. Beverly Jenkins has the uncanny ability to incorporate American/African American History into some of the most outrageous plots and thus create a historical but often witty love story. Unlike her other books such as 'Night Song' and 'Indigo', which were anchored in pre-Civil War or post-Civil War African American history, 'Topaz' opens with a reporter breaking into her fiancé's safe in order to retrieve evidence of his wrong doings. Of course she is caught, dressed as a man and the fiancé plays the ever more deceitful ogre that he is. But then along comes Dixon Wild horse, her Black Knight in silky dark brown muscled armor. Of course, she's grateful for the rescue until she discovers she's promised in marriage to Mr. Wild horse in order to save her father from a federal prison sentence. And thus begins to fight, the humor and the romance.

Dix and Katherine are such a wonderful, exciting couple. How can anyone not fall in love with Dix? He is everything a woman wants in a man. Katherine is great too. She is ambitious, independent, and beautiful. This book combined all of my interests in westerns, mysteries, black history, and romance. Kate Love's independence and sharp wit was wonderfully tempered by the magnanimous Marshall Dix Wild horse. "Topaz" reminds me of "The Taming of the Shrew", but with more sass and flare. I laughed out loud, cried at times, and turned each page with my breath bated in anticipation. I learned so much about the lesser-known people of the western frontier of the late 1800's. Beverly Jenkins is truly a scholar and a gifted storyteller. There are even historical references at the back as well. I would recommend this to any reader!

Beautiful Story.......2007-02-21

Topaz is a great book!!! I was not into the historical romances until in the bookstore I was discussing Bev's newer books with another customer. She encouraged me to try a historical romance and I did.!! I went back and purchased them all. Topaz is my favorite I have read it over and over again!! That Dixon Wildhorse is all kinds of sexy!! (And I just love a man in uniform). If you are not familiar with Bev's Historical romances please please give them a read. You will not be disappointed and you will definitely learn something too!!! Topaz, Indigo, and Vivid are my favorites. I have them all but these top the list.

What a Man! What a Man! What a Mighty Good Man!!!.......2007-02-05

This is the 10th Annivesary edition of Topaz.. if you have read it before, it is worth reading again, and again. Katherine Love, independant newspaper woman, is out to catch Rupert Samuels, who has been selling phoney railroad stocks, to elderly blacks in the east. She wasn't counting on her father arranging for her to marry in order to keep him out of jail. Katherine comes face to face with Dixon Wildhorse, tall, handsome, Black Seminole Deputy Marshall from Oklahoma's Indian Territory. Sparks begin to ignite as Katherine had never expected them to. Dixon is faced with marrying a woman with the spirit and beauty that challenges him in every way.

This is my FAVORITE love story by Beverly Jenkins. My heart skips a beat every time I read this novel. The anniversary novel has an additional chapter that simply makes you love Dixon even more. The new cover is AWESOME!!

Peace and Blessings!!

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Rainbow Fairies, etc

Chloe The Topaz Fairy (Jewel Fairies)
Daisy Meadows
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
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ASIN: 0439935318

Book Description

Jack Frost is up to no good again! This time, he's stolen the seven jewels from Queen Titania's crown. Without them, the Jewel Fairies can't do their jobs. The magic in Fairyland is fading fast!

The magical topaz can change girls into fairies, goblins into teddy bears, and pumpkins into pineapples. But when it falls into the wrong hands, it means big trouble for Chloe the Topaz Fairy!

Find the sparkly jewel in each book and help bring the magic back to Fairyland!

Customer Reviews:

Rainbow Fairies, etc .......2007-08-02

My daughter , now six, started reading these fairy books about a year ago. Starting with the Rainbow Fairies series, I would read a few chapters at bed time. She loved them from the very beginning. The story line is simply enough but full of adventures and so sweet. I would have her try and guess what would happen the next night. She loves the characters of Kirsty and Rachel and all the fairies. We now own every book in every series and she can not wait for the next book.

I love how the stories keep her attention when I am reading. She also tries to read them herself but they are well above her at this time. But she knows the stories and she will add lib as she pretends to read them. I can see her imagination grow whenever she plays with these books.

I recomend these book very highly. The adventures and sense of friendship that my daughter feels as we read the books show on her face. I have used these as gifts for ages 5 and older.

White Heather (Topaz Historical Romance)

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A beautiful love story with plenty of mystery
Exceptionally good book
A Rare Page Turner
EXCELLENT SERIES
Charming combination of mystery, murder, romance & legend.

White Heather (Topaz Historical Romance)
Jaclyn Reding
Manufacturer: Topaz
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A beautiful love story with plenty of mystery.......2005-04-27

After a brief hiatus from reading, I came across this book in my library. Now, I can't wait to find the rest of the series. This story has great plot and characters, with an abundance of tragedy and a great hero and heroine that were made for each other. White Heather is the story of Catriona MacBryan and Robert, Lord Devonbrook, who after a fire killed his entire family became the Duke Of DevonBrook. The struggle that the hero goes through with his blindness from the fire is heartwrenching at times. Catriona is determined to make him love and enjoy life again. She teaches him that even though he can't see, he can still do the same things he always have if he sees with his heart. I really liked the fact that they became friends first and remained that way throughout all the things that befell them. That is what a real relationship is based on..friendship. I cried when something horrible happened, and I laughed when she pushed him in the water. Just a good time all around. One of the best Scottish romances around.

Exceptionally good book.......2004-08-02

White Heather is a very good book indeed, with interesting and likeable leads, a riveting bit of intrigue, and a delightful love story. One of the most remarkable things about the book is how skillfully the intrigue is woven into the rest of the story. Reding manages to keep the reader just slightly guessing until the very end. Yes, we're pretty sure we know who, but are they in league together? Is one a red herring? Is Robert mistaken in any of it? Perhaps the best mix of intrigue and romance I have read in historical romance. Superbly done.

Robert is quite a hero: different and yet embodying all the necessary elements. Catriona is a compelling heroine as well--both smart and idealistic--and so very suited to this man. They truly bring out the best in each other. I am, however, more inclined to agree with Robert than with Catriona about Ian. You knew that was coming, but Reding managed to embue it with power and surprise none the less. That's a hallmark of this book, in fact; Reding takes the usual elements and makes them seem fresh.

There are a couple of minor questions left over, but the vast majority is neatly wrapped up, and the reader is left feeling well satisfied. I'll be reading more from this author.

A Rare Page Turner.......2001-02-20

Absolutely one of the best books I have read in a very long time. I love the setting, the writing, the flow, the character relationships, everything. People seemed so REAL in this book. I read many books, and most of them I can just put down and pick back up later. This one, I stayed up reading it until I was exhausted, just so I wouldn't have to stop. I also enjoyed how neither one of them got really stupid and started hating or avoiding one another over some stupid argument, like happens in most every book I read. These two belonged together from the start, and they knew it--they just couldn't admit it at first. Wonderful book. I have only two questions--How did Angus get out, and how did the Colonel know where to find Catriona?

EXCELLENT SERIES.......2001-02-19

I wanted to start out with the first book of the series, White Heather, White Magic, White Knight, White Mist, what excellent stories about family and friends and bringing them together. I love everything about the plots and the setting of Regency London to The Scottish Hill of the Highlands and back again. This is a must reads of all the books. Jaclyn Reding great job and I can not wait to read what you have for us readers next.

Charming combination of mystery, murder, romance & legend........2000-08-07

Jaclyn Reding's White Heather proves the magic that comes from Scottish moonlight and a rare sprig of white heather is not merely a fable, but a powerful rune. Robert Edenhall, Duke of Devonbrook, has lost all as a result of a deadly fire of unknown origin--his estate, his family, his fortune, his fiancée, even his sight. His friends and colleagues speak of murder, and point their fingers right at Robert! Attempting to escape the hell that has become his life, Robert leaves London for the solitude of Rosmorigh, one of his father's secret holdings in the West Highlands of Scotland. There, Robert vows to discover the murderer who stole his family from him, as well as the mystery of this hidden inheritance. In residence at Rosmorigh is a mysterious, trespassing ghost with silky skin that carries a handkerchief with the letter "C," and more secrets than any one person could solve. It seems that the ghost called Catriona MacBryan is not really who she thinks she is, there are murderers closer than one would expect, and the key to finding Bonnie Prince Charlie's hidden treasure is right under his nose. When it seems that he is all alone in the dark, a moonlit dip in a nearby loch with Catriona and love-sworn sprinkles of white heather helps Robert see the truth and bring back the light to a life that he thought was over. Jaclyn Reding's White Heather captivated me from the start--With a child being spirited away from its intended life to save it from a villainous relative and a man losing the lifestyle to which he was accustomed. Ms. Reding brings these two together in the most charming of ways, and lets us delight in the relationship that blossoms between them. This book was a charming combination of mystery, murder, romance, intrigue and legend. This book's merits include a teasingly clever plot with fascinating characters and provided a magical journey to romance that all will enjoy.

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Two misfits find a home together.......2007-07-22

Mary Balogh is, in my opinion, the best writer of historical romances today. "Longing" is one of her older novels and out of print but if you can get hold of a copy you should as it's an excellent read and definitely a keeper.

"Longing" explores how two people can try to fit into a society in different ways and yet always know they are not quite part of the community. Sian Jones is the illegitimate daughter of an English Lord and Welsh mother and has been well educated in England; now she's a widow in the Welsh valley Cwmbran, living with her grandparents and aching to fit in with the other people around her. Her first husband was a man in the village and she is now being courted by Owen Parry, one of the most important people in the village, who would be a good match for her. However she can't quite bring herself to agree to marry him - yet.

Alexander, Marquis of Craille, is widowed and has brought his young daughter Verity to his property, Glanrhyd Castle, in Cwmbran to get away from the outside world for a while. The property is well run and his coal mine and iron foundries are making a good profit. However when he arrives he starts to observe the villagers and discovers their poverty and that they are supporting the Chartist movement. He also discovers Sian Jones and eventually hires her as governess to his daughter in order to teach her Welsh.

Sian and Alexander are drawn to each other but the differences in their stations are huge, plus the cultural difference between the Welsh people and the English aristocracy. Sian's principles are sorely tested when she is assumed to be a spy for Alexander and people that she thought she can trust may not be as trusting of her. Is her dream of fitting in to the community a possible goal or is it hopeless? Will Alexander ever be able to understand or really communicate with his people?

This is a masterfully written story with the Welsh scenery and people beautifully described. Mary Balogh often includes music in her stories and this is another of those with the Welsh choirs performing at an Eisteddford. Once again there's a minor villain (and, as I've discovered in her stories, you can usually tell the villain even when initially presented as a 'goodie' because he's described as 'balding' - rather a slur on nice balding men out there!) and a side love-interest but the meat of the story is the growing relationship between Alexander and Sian and their knowledge of the huge gap between them socially. There's possibly a rather facile reconciliation between Sian and her father but overall the story is very touching and the Welsh setting (like Balogh's other book "Truly") adds to the charm and magic of this story as Alexander is taken from his milieu of London and forced to understand the lives of some of his workers.

One of my favorites from Mary Balogh.......2007-05-29

This book made me cry and that almost never happens when I read. The possibility of real social change when an enlightened aristocrat and mine owner manages to change the villagers brutal lives and create a sort of Welsh Utopia moved me deeply. I'm not sure this would have been historically possible but its a wonderful fantasy! Of course, there is a lovely romance between our goodhearted hero and his Welsh governess and plenty of real social history and depictions of the struggles of the miners. I love books about class issues that show individuals working it all out through love, understanding, compassion and their own growing vision of a better world. Even if that change takes place on a very small scale and extends only to ones own home or neighborhood. Also,I love books and movies that produce a good, enjoyable cry. Mary Balogh is a wonderful storyteller.

Wonderful.......2007-05-29

I LOVED this book. I LOVE Mary Balogh. She is my all-time favorite historical romance writer. I think this could be a great movie in the right director's hands. Takes place in the mines in Whales. Very sexy and romantic story. The heroine is very stoic, strong, and brave. Definite keeper.

Phenomenal.......2004-08-24

While the premise of this story is similar to Truly, which I also recommend, there was something about this book that seemed to have even more depth & emotion & richness. I have read several of Balogh's books and, so far, I would put this one at the top of the heap. It's not often I am taken to tears by a story but, boy, a couple scenes in this one certainly did it.

I saw nothing bloodless in Sian & Alex...anything BUT. They are decent, passionate people, not even beginning to try to deny their feelings, but caught in the social mores of their time. I thought they were very real & believable...and Oh God please find me a man like Alex. He's one of the best I have ever 'met'.

The only thing I found odd at all was that there was really no mention or thought to Alex's deceased wife or their relationship...but then it's not their story. The plot does not rely on the tortured hero syndrome nor does it need it...and how refreshing to have a gentle, kind hero...NOT to be confused with boring!

This book, at 375 or so pages, seemed longer than it was; I think because the story is so rich and has so many interesting issues occurring that it is like Haagen-Daz to low fat ice cream. At one point I couldn't believe (happily) that I was only halfway through and there was so much more story to go. Maybe this is also partly due to the author not making us wait until the last 2 chapters for the H\H to come together. Regardless, there is a lot of bang for the buck in this novel...memorable characters, sizzling passion, interesting and active storyline, tension, drama...they just don't get much better than this.

I'm bucking the 5-stars trend here!.......2004-05-21

First let me say that I DO recommend this novel. But...I have some definite reservations and/or opinions on it...It was odd that, while reading it, I wanted to know more of the backstories of minor characters such as, Angharad, Emrys and Owen. These characters, as written, were more "alive" to me than the noble, somewhat bloodless, Alexander and Sian. The H/H just seemed to "be there", not "live" there. Even Alexander's little daughter didn't seem "real" -- she FELT like a plot device to bring Alexander & Sian together. I can't imagine a little girl wanting to learn Welsh, and expressing all her feelings so clearly, at age 6. She conveniently ran around & amused herself while the H/H got to know each other better...bah. (...)

I thought the resolution of Sian's conflict with her father was too quick. He'd been a non-participant or an irritant in her life for most of her life; you have the major factor of Sian's illegitimacy and her longing to belong somewhere all her life, and then boom, during the last 25 pages of the novel, she's able to accept his help & they're able to establish a courteous, LOVING relationship?

Also, I didn't care for the way all the plotlines and character's conflicts were tidily resolved by the end of the book, each with a happy-ever-after feel. The resolution of each character's conflicts (with the exception of Owen's) had the "flavor" of realism, but not the reality of lives being lived!

Harsh words? Probably. But oddly enough, I don't dislike this book. In fact, I HAD to keep reading it, couldn't put it down. It's written with too much feeling to be put aside; you do want to know what happens, even if it's all a bit too tidy in the end. And if the two main characters are a bit too good & noble to be true, well, I could overlook that, because the rest of the book: the historical background; the setting in Wales; characterizations of all the minor characters with the exception of the unreal little daughter, are all so very good.

Book Description

Chiura Obata was one of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans forcefully relocated in 1942 from their homes and communities to the stark barracks of desert internment camps. As an artist faithfully recording the world around him, Obatas work from this period gives us a view into the camps that is at once honest in the details of austerity and hardship, and strikingly lyrical in its portrayal of hope and beauty even in incarceration.

Topaz Moon presents more than 100 of Obatas sketches, sumi paintings, and watercolors from the internment period. Lovingly collected and edited by his granddaughter, Obatas work gives testament to his artistic genius and a spirit undefeated by adversity.

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"Topaz Moon": The Great Nature of Chiura Obata.......2005-03-16

"Topaz Moon" is a slim little book that is filled with a selection of the interment imagery of Chiura Obata. The imagery is both in his writings and in his art. And both make lasting impressions.

The images range from simple line drawing to watercolors executed while a victim of Executive Order 9066 in which all West Coast Japanese Americans were rounded up and placed in interment camps. It is amazing what he was able to accomplish in the face of circumstances beyond his control. Obata's work is excellent.

"Topaz Moon", "Obata's Yosemite" and "Nature Art With Chiura Obata" are the only three books currently in print about the remarkable artist and human being that was Chiura Obata. The three books present different facets of his life and all are worth reading and seeing. Highly recommended.

Great art and great social history.......2000-06-07

This is a wonderful book. I bought it for the artwork which is fresh, inventive, and very skillful but the social history is equally engrossing. The text is clearly written and generous with quotes.

At 8.25" square it's smaller than your average coffee table book, but the pages are rich with intelligence, beauty and invention.

Great for educating children about Executive Order 9066........2000-04-04

Most of the artwork are done in black ink on white paper. It makes for a stark and bleak testament to the difficulties faced and endured by the internees. The book is a great teaching tool for children and adults, not only to learn about the internment, but to study the artwork.

A compelling and fascinating work.......2000-03-22

Topaz Moon is a testament to the power of art, not simply as a mechanism for creating beauty, but also as a method of documenting history. Faced with the social disruption and indignity of relocation and internment in WWII, Professor Chiura Obata of the University of California at Berkeley chose to use his considerable artistic gifts to create what amounts to a visual diary of his internment experience. Seemingly hundreds of drawings, pen and ink paintings and watercolors (too many to count) document Professor Obata and his families experiences from the start of the war, through relocation to Tanforan, internment at Topaz, and beyond, in stark terms, quiet dignity and haunting beauty.

Unlike photography which can only memorialize the actual events of a moment, painting and sketching allows the artist to document his or her own emotional reaction to those events. Dorothea Lange, herself an admirer of Professor Obata, took photographs of the Tanforan relocation center, including Professor Obata's art classes, some of which are reproduced in Topaz Moon. However, compared to Professor Obata's own first hand sketches of the internment process, Lange's photos appear emotionless. This is because Professor Obata infuses his documentary sketches, which are remeniscent of Van Gogh's figural drawings, with the powerful emotional reactions he felt in witnessing scenes in which he too was a victim.

But Topaz Moon is a text which is more about creating community than casting blame. Kimi Kodani Hill, Professor Obata's granddaughter, has framed her grandfather's art with an insightful, succinct and compelling history of Professor Obata's life and the events of the time. The anectdotes relayed by Ms. Hill emphasize the support, assistance and sympathy given to the Obata's by their many freinds outside of the camps. I was struck by the fact the President of U.C. Berkeley, Robert Gordon Sproul, who himself was vocally opposed to the internment, personally rescued Professor Obata's life's work of art and stored that art in his official U.C. residence for the duration of the war.

While Topaz Moon is more than an art book, the art itself is more than merely documentary. Professor Obata's finished paintings and sumi-e works represent some of the best American artwork of the 20th Century. Works such as Moonlight Over Topaz (commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt while Professor Obata was still interred), Hospital Topaz, and Silent Moonlight at Tanforan Relocation Center would stand out in any museum. In their own way, these images are every bit as beautiful as his earlier Yosemite woodblock prints.

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Not as good as expected..........2003-12-29

While I totally love Heather Graham, and this series inparticular, there was something missing in this book. I thought she could have explored Julian and Rhiannon's relationship better. It sort of felt like the book was written because she had to put something in with Julian to continue the series. I just think it could have been way better. There were parts of this book that explained a few things from other books in the series for me (I didn't manage to read them in order of course!) , it still did not draw me in the way that Rebel and Triumph, and basically the rest of the series, did. I do however love the way she describes the scenes as if you were there. She is probably one of the best authors regarding Civil War Romance. Just not this particular book.

Rebel and Glory are must read books.......2003-01-24

I first read Glory and then read Rebel. I loved both of them. I can't wait to start from the first and read to Heather Grahams latest of the MacKenzie family "Triumph". Each are so accurate in history detail during the civil war. The detail of events make you feel as if you are standing right there while it happens. And the romance just make you want to swoon. Lordy me!

You have to read these books!

"Glory" is splendid!!.......2001-09-05

This time, the doctor and the psychic meet. "Glory" is Julian McKenzie's story. Julian is Ian's brother, Jerome's cousin, James' nephew, and Jarrett's son. Oh hhh, the McKenzie men are fine!!

"Glory" is about Julian and the woman he falls in love with, Rhiannon Tremaine. There story is delightful and romantic. Julian certainly equals the standard of the McKenzies.

the man with to much arogance and the witch doctor.......2000-07-02

Glory is yet another of the books I could read two or three times. Heather Graham puts out a terrific performance about the love of the rebel doctor Julian McKenzie and a woman branded a witch becuase of her healing powers and her ability to see. It also starts out the good parts of Sydney & Jesse, and Brent & mary. I like the fact that she uses the battle of Gettysburg as the peak of the book. I live a few minutes from Gettysburg and it was neat to compare the book with the information I could find there. I suggest everyone read the McKenzie saga and the Cameron saga, both are about the Civil War and the Seminole War.

Glory by Heather Graham - A disappointment!.......2000-02-04

Disappointing is a very gracious word! Heather Graham usually pens a more vibrant heroine and hero. Yet for some reason I could not come to terms with Rhiannon. She was 'bland', depicted as etheral, mysterious, yet, nothing about her character exemplified those traits in the novel. She constantly wore mourning black even while married to a very live and viral man. The way Graham describes her, I always seem to picture 'Morticia' of the 'Adams Family', particualy when Angelica Huston portrayed the character 'Morticia' in the movie. It was very difficult for me to 'like' Rhiannon. There were several other heroines of Graham writing 'Shannon Drake' that I didn't particularly enjoy, however, Graham's 'McKenzies' normally married sensuous Rebel or Yankee 'spitfires', and Rhiannon failed to fit into this catergory. The novel itself was a combination of several novels. There were too many stories combined to make up 'Glory'. The story of Jesse and Sydney, which was introduced in 'Surrender', was fiery enough to create a novel of their own tumultuous affair. And Jesse's character changed in 'Glory'. In 'Surrender', Jesse was a 'a typical' hero, strong, possessive, reckless with his own life, but protective of those he cared for. In 'Glory', Jesse seemed 'too young', too soft in my opinion. I kept expecting him to say to someone that he assisted putting Sydney in 'Old Capitol' prison to keep her safe during the war and that is where she should have remained. Yet he claimed he had an undying love for her, but where did it develop? If I was the author of 'Glory', Sydney and Jesse's affair would have began the moment he kidnapped her in 'Surrender' and of course, a spin off of their own novel, commencing with Jesse forcing Sydney to leave Jerome and her later awaking on his couch after being kidnapped. I failed to see how sending Brent McKenzie to a veneral disease research center could be considered interesting enough to the readers. It failed to interest me. Yes, I'm aware that veneral disease killed many soldiers during the Civil War and it is still running rampant today, however, a valuable talented physician wasted his talent being sarcastic to a woman whom was just as sarcastic to him, while caring for very ill patients, one of whom was her father! If Brent and Mary are going to be the next major characters in the McKenzie saga, I can't see where his experience in an 1860s CDC will spin off a romantic sequel. And where is Jennifer? Has she recovered from grieving for her spouse, or was she on the verge of becoming slightly mentally unstable - or will she ever experience love and friendship with a male again. On the positive side, Heather Graham gave graphic details of the medical units responsibilities and the conditions that existed during the Civil War. The military strategic maneuvers of both Generals Lee and Meade were outstanding. And Julien was a likeable hero, even though he was portrayed harder and colder than either Ian or Jerome. All and all, 'Glory' lacked the excitement and sensuality of both 'Rebel' and 'Surrender', but again, gave valuable historical insight into the daily lives of medical units under fire. My favorite line from the book is where Ian questioned Julian's position as a physician under fire and Julian responded, "they shoot at me, I shoot back"!

The Raven's Wish (Topaz Historical Romances)

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A Great 2nd book from a First Class Author
An exciting love/adventure novel
Original, but marred by doom plot

The Raven's Wish (Topaz Historical Romances)
Susan King
Manufacturer: Topaz
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0451405455

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A Great 2nd book from a First Class Author.......1999-04-20

After the battle Blar-na-Le'ine (historically accurate), when only five Fraser warriors remained, a legend was born. Eighty Fraser widows are with child and legend prophesies all will give birth to fatherless sons: a new generation of Fraser warriors. However the legend also produces a welcome gift, a wee lassie, Elspeth Fraser. Raised with her male cousins at Castle Glenran, Elspeth is as wild and as free as her beloved Highlands and male cousins. She adds to the legend the gift of second sight. In a vision she sees a man in black riding a black horse circled by ravens (death). Soon after, she and her cousins confront their enemies, the MacDonalds. As luck would have it, they are observed by Duncan Macrae, dressed in black riding a black horse. Duncan is the lawyer (a lawyer you will love) sent from Queen Mary's court to present Clan Fraser with a "bond of caution" as a means to stop the feuding between the neighboring clans. Because of this mission he intervenes between Elspeth and the MacDonalds. When he touches her, Elspeth and Duncan's fate is sealed in this vision. A vision that reveals his death at the heading block and her role in it.

Duncan, absent Laird of Dulsie, begins to feel the pull of his native Highlands as well as his growing desire for the wee lass, Elspeth. In an effort to protect Elspeth, her cousins suggest she marry Duncan and in turn the Fraser Clan will sign the "bond of caution." Elspeth refuses, despite having feelings for him, because of the vision. Duncan agrees to marry her. Their marriage ceremony is one of the most humorous scenes in the book thanks to the antics of the cousins. From here Ms King takes the reader on exciting twists and turns through the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland as Duncan and Elspeth triumph over evil to discover love and loyalty. Yet it is this love and loyalty that brings them face to face with the reality of Elspeth's vision.

Ms. King has done what few writers have tried to do. She has told an intriguing story about Scots: blending the historic character of Highlander and Lowlander. BRAVA!! This book is a must for anyone who loves a story with intrigue, magic and lasting love. It's time to dust off a space on your keeper shelf because THE RAVEN'S WISH deserves a place there but save a place for her delightful story in the Anthology A STOCKINGFUL OF JOY where she returns to the wonderfully sexy Fraser men. The story is called "The Snow Rose" and is not to be missed. It is a wonderful sequel that shows eloquently the talent that Ms King has in creating charcters that stay with a reader well after the last page.

An exciting love/adventure novel.......1998-10-08

An exciting story, quite appropriate for a movie, including love, adventure, action and a touch of magic, but I would like it better if the bad boys were a bit harder, rougher, I found them rather soft... Oh, by the way-- I am the translator into Spanish language for this novel. I've had a lot of fun!

Original, but marred by doom plot.......1998-07-08

This is a well-written, interesting novel, but I found it difficult to truly enjoy. The heroine spends much of the book pushing the hero away and predicting his doom, a great START to the novel, but it is carried on far too long and you never really feel the heady emotions that Susan King usually writes. The first sex scene feels contrived, and they all seem to degenerate into "love metaphors". King's Raven's Moon, Lady Miracle, and The Angel Knight are far superior.

Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz 1984-1994 (Haynes Manuals)

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The best book about Tempo/Topaz
Excellent Books
with this book, even your wife can fix the car!

Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz 1984-1994 (Haynes Manuals)
John Haynes
Manufacturer: Haynes Manuals, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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Hundreds of photographs
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ASIN: 1563921286

Product Description

All Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz models 2.3L HSC 4-cyl engine (84 - 94) Each manual is written and photographed from "hands-on" experience gained by a complete teardown and rebuild of the vehicle. The first Haynes manual was written this way 40 years ago and all the manuals continue to be produced this way making Haynes the world leader in automotive repair information.

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The best book about Tempo/Topaz.......2003-10-25

This one is an excelent book, makes itself clear on every repair and mainteinance task. It worths from cover to back cover.

Excellent Books.......2001-11-16

...It's VERY worthwhile buying seeing that it tells you EVERYTHING about your car, and how to repair them inc. sensors, brakes, lights, replacing transmission gears, head gaskets ect...

It's the only book you need. I have one for my Sunbird, Topaz GS, Topaz L and my 2001 Malibu LS

with this book, even your wife can fix the car!.......1999-11-17

the book is great, I bought the book,and left it on the table, when i got back, my wife had the car in pieces, and starting to put it back together, she fixed it, and I didnt have to get greasy,

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