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Two women risk their hearts for passion . . .
One treasured story --
and a brand-new favorite!
LOVING EVANGELINE by New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard
How to describe successful tycoon Robert Cannon? "Cool, ruthless and with a hint of cruelty," said his enemies. "Seductive, passionate and charming," claimed the women he dated. But what would Evangeline Shaw think when she became Robert's next target -- in both ways?
ONE MORE CHANCE an original story by Allison Leigh
A night of passion brought Dr. Luke Trahern more than a respite from professional burnout. Upon discovering that Melanie Summerville was carrying his child, he insisted on knowing her motives -- but Melanie wasn't about to listen to his demands!
Customer Reviews:
Average!.......2003-09-02
Usually, I enjoy most all of Linda Howard's books but this story left me unfulfilled, don't get me wrong the story is still doable, it's just missing that Howard "umpth" she is so well-known for. At least in my opinion. I did however, enjoy Allison Leigh's story. I liked it a lot better than Ms. Howards. This was the first story by Allison Leigh, I have read, but it won't be my last. I will go in search of more books by this writer. I liked her a lot!
perfect!!.......2003-08-14
What a read. One of her best. Liked it as much as Lawless by Palmer and Anything, My Love by Simmons. Read 'em all. None should be missed.
Nice Surprise.......2003-03-11
I had already read Linda Howard's book, originally out in 1994, (they got me with the new title and I did not read the copyright dates carefully enough!) but I was pleasantly surprised to read Allison Leigh's book One More Change. She shows great promise and I look forward to other Turnabout Island books.
Two Great Stories.......2003-02-22
I always read Linda Howard and Loving Evangeline was as great as expected. Not expected was the equally enjoyable story by Allison Leigh; now I'll be looking for more stories by her, too!
not too shabby.......2003-01-26
I liked both stories quite well! Howard's was better, i'm a big fan of hers! I've never read a allison leigh book before...she's not half bad!! I'm pretty skeptical about chosing new authors to try out, but her's was worth it. enjoy
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The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth.
With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor Jacob Weisberg offers a must-read compendium and "explanation" of the first term. Read President Bush's eye-popping description of his economic policy:
"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate -- not 'commiserate' -- the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."
Got that? How about this analysis of the weapons proliferation problem, from the man with his finger on the Button:
"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
Or his belief in the importance of staying connected to us all:
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say."
The Deluxe Edition also includes reality checks: coherent Bush statements about major issues that bear no relation to the truth.
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms is essential reading for everyone still wondering what the past four years have all been about.
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The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth. With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor Jacob Weisberg offers a must-read compendium and "explanation" of the first term. Read President Bush's eye-popping description of his economic policy: "See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate -- not 'commiserate' -- the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief." Got that? How about this analysis of the weapons proliferation problem, from the man with his finger on the Button: "Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." Or his belief in the importance of staying connected to us all: "[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say." The Deluxe Edition also includes reality checks: coherent Bush statements about major issues that bear no relation to the truth. The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms is essential reading for everyone still wondering what the past four years have all been about.
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Just try to forget that he's the President..........2005-06-23
The Bushisms herein are hysterically funny, but also fascinating in what they reveal about how Bush thinks, and the things that he apparently does not know. It's certainly worth a read -- you'll find yourself sharing your favorites over and over. For your sense of well-being, though, I suggest you try to forget that he's the guy with the keys to our nuclear arsenal.
From time to time, my friends and I have engaged in imitating our president's, er, style. I recall when Bush finally admitted to having "miscalculated" when planning our post-invasion strategy in Iraq. I imagined he might make a statement like this:
"We may have misunderestimated the responsiveness our troops would receptively experience, which after all was commisserate with the disparaging between a nation guided by the Almighty, and cowardly killers that kill when faced by them, the troops, that is... um, by the Iraqis. Not all Iraqis... it's just that when we set out to do a job -- and I want to be very clear about this -- we did one, and if that means we have to take some militaristic action, I'm all for it, in terms of terror and what's necessary to disabling it combatively. I mean, if errors have to necessitatively be made with respect to our accuracy, then I'm all for it if, in the larger picture, the larger sense, I mean, when the questions of the future are asked about force and those who fought it in the name of peace, I will always, and I mean ALWAYS, say that I did, and I am very proud of every one of you to have representated the fight against it."
Can't get fooled again.......2005-03-16
The intro to this book provides a good background to what is a common and almost played-out joke--almost because Bush continues to break out new ways to use the English language with regularity.
Some of the quotes in here...I just can't understand it, and I would honestly be willing to believe that at this point, Bush is coached on some things, and his 'Bushisms' are not entirely accidental. They may even help him.
There is an effort to craft George W. Bush into another type of Ronald Reagan--a charismatic, amiable but clueless man who can deflect criticism elsewhere. After all, Reagan is a man who barely understood what was happening under his own administration. Bush, as far as vision and policy go, is pretty much irrelevant. He's a perfect choice for the party, acting like a mouthpiece, incapable of remembering what his handlers told him to recite, and yet gaining popular support because he's a 'manager' and a 'leader', etc, all piled on with enough rhetoric to satisfy the many folks who are actuall being shafted by the Prez and those who are really running things in Washington.
By the time Bush II is done, there may well be an encyclopedia set dedicated to his unique brand of English. In the end though, books like this are just novelty, and perhaps these days they are best left alone, so the morbidly curious can just check out websites like Slate that devote much space to cataloguing the wisdom of George W. Bush.
Bush is a dips**t...there is no doubt!.......2004-10-12
Pay no attention to the idiot that left the review "Jealousy is a Horrible Thing, May 31, 2004"...this coward did not even use a real name.
Hey coward...why do we have to use policy to defend this book? This is not made up...these are direct quotes of the Texas Village Idiot himself in action! It is not the author's fault that DUB-YA never learned to read or write!
I still find these quotes hysterical. ONLY THE BOOK THOUGH. The fact that this guy is really our president is discouraging to say the least.
I love the funny quotes but now I want a book that lists his LIES along with the accurate truths/facts right alongside!!
Get this book and let it help you vote for the right man...KERRY!
...they ain't that funny no more.......2004-09-12
I used to laugh at Bush's verbal gaffes too, but seldom is the question asked, is there something wrong with the man? Has he fallen off the wagon? Is his brain fried? Mine would be if I kept up the party-boy lifestyle I had as a college undergrad until I was 40. Think about it, wouldn't your brain be toast too after decades of alcohol and possibly cannibus and poppi abuse? Consider, in the August 2004 timeframe alone, Bush:> stammered some hysterically incomprehensible gibberish about tribal sovereignty to a group of native american journalists. Though it doesn't make for a good Bushism "sound byte" his incomprehensible, rambling, ad hoc answer was funny (there's a Quicktime video of this on the web...) Until you realize how remarkabley unprepared he was. His reply to a straightforward soft ball question also was offensive to native americans, who can actually be heard gasping in the background when his answer implied that native americans were "given" their sovereignty by the US government.> Actually, really, said, "Our enemies will never stop seeking ways to harm our country and its people, AND NEITHER WILL WE!" durning a press conference where he signed a $400 billion plus dollar military appropriation. Doh!> Last but not least, made a mega-freudian-faux pax on the campaing trail in front of thousands when he said something to the effect that... "we must not stop OB/GYN doctors from spreading their love of woman across the country." HA-HA-Huh?!Bear in mind, these >all occured around a one month period<! Also consider that these gaffes come from professionally prepared, written speeches in most cases! All's he has to do is read off a frigg'n sheet of paper! Now, even if Bush was articulate there's a thousand reasons why I wouldn't vote for him. In fact, this will be the first presidential election I absolutely plan to vote in, I embarrassingly admit, ever! This administration has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. However, making its way up the "reasons against" column in terms of relative importance is the concern about the man's mental stability, and past substance abuse issues, as evident in these all too frequent "Bushisms". Is the guy mentally fit to be the leader of the free world? It's not like the list of Bushisms is half-a-dozen. There's enough material here, literally, for a book! These so-called "Bushisms" are symptomatic of far greater problems, at least to me, at this point. In fact, they explain a lot.
Funny book(s), but no substance..........2004-07-25
Anyone of substance who reads the Bushism books will get a laugh and little more. Both President Bush and his father have a funny habit of mangling the English language. This is not a sign of stupidity, it is a sign of an inner battle of right brain vs. left brain dominance. To a lesser extent I have this same problem. For us center thinkers, the left and right half fight for dominance of the chain of thought, especially when speaking. When one half of the brain is allowed to step on the other's chain of thought, the thought get knocked off track. Listen for the brief pauses before the phrase goes awry. If you catch it, you'll start to understand. President George W. Bush has degrees from Harvard and Yale. He is our first President with an MBA in business administration. Unless you are prepared to say these universities are merely diploma mills, I wouldn't berate the degrees he earned (where are yours?). Yes, I know he was an average student, but he still earned a BA from Yale and a MBA from Harvard.
If you want a good chuckle, the entire Bushism series is a very funny read, but don't mistake the gaffs for a lack of intelligence. Remember the midterms two years ago?
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The most famous work by the Australian novelist and poet, For the Term of His Natural Life is a powerful tale of an Australian penal settlement, which originally appeared in serial form in a Melbourne paper.
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So far the appearance of the vessel differed in nowise from that of an ordinary transport. But in the waist a curious sight presented itself. It was as though one had built a cattle-pen there. At the foot of the foremast, and at the quarter-deck, a strong barricade, loop-holed and furnished with doors for ingress and egress, ran across the deck from bulwark to bulwark.
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An Australian Classic.......2006-08-30
For the term of his Natural Life is an Australian classic, a tale of inhumanity and suffering during Australia's early colonial history.
The more I read this, the more I see in it the emerging attitudes that play a very large part of Australian culture today. To start with, there is no significant reference to the Aboriginal people, the actual owners of the land, they seem to barely exist at all and when they do they are dismissed.
The characteristic disrespect for authority is here of course, for there's no attempt to soften the truth of the degradation and cruelty, it's a living, breathing image of the times. It broke my heart as a teenager for the prisons that Clarke describes in Tasmania and Norfolk Island are the prisons where my 12 year old great grandfather was cruelly tormented.
But Clarke doesn't attempt to persuade us with pity. Nor are we persuaded to to censure. Clarke merely portrays the atmosphere and attitudes of the period.
Please don't confuse the book with the fim starring Anthony Perkins. The only similarity is the title.
In the film, the working class Rufus Dawes becomes young aristocrat Richard Devine. The plot dives to the depths as the dashing young gentleman Devine is wrongly accused of murder and shipped off to the penal colony to suffer under the harsh prison conditions where he resolves to escape and restore his good name. Only the help of Sylvia, the prison Commandant's daughter, can save him. A nice, trite sample of maudlin mush.
Marcus Clarke would be spinning in his grave if he knew of this travesty
A MUST READ FOR VISITORS TO TASMANIA.......2003-02-21
This book is a novel that reads like history. It offers interesting insights of the history of Tasmania. This book is an Australian classic. Highly recommended.
An insight into Ausralia's early penal system.......2001-08-16
Clark's writings in this book give you an insight into penal life in Australia's early history. His writing style gives you an empathy with the characters,and his descriptons of the Port Arthur site make you feel as if you are there. Some time later I visited Port Arthur, and Clark's writings came back. When you have been there you realise how good the book is.
A truly inspirational book........1999-09-17
I am planning a trip to Tasmania and it was recommended that I read Clarke's epic tale. It is one of inspiration and great character and describes life, the conditions and environment in which those men and women suffered. I am particularly looking forward to visiting Sarah Island and Port Arthur so I can get a taste of what those people (both innocent and guilty) had to endure. Definately recommended reading for those planning a holiday to Tassie!
Compelling story of tragic period in history.......1997-06-21
I read this book while in and returning from Tasmania. I found it to be a much better insight into the history and mentality of Australia than any tour/travel planner I read. It has survived the test of time because it is so accurate in its portrayal of the penal transportation system. It also serves to show that the recent tragedy at Port Arthur Tasmania is minor and almost insignificant if it is compared to what the "civilized" british empire performed at the same location
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Covering the climax of Jefferson's forty-year career, this fifth and penultimate volume follows Jefferson through his demanding second term as president, when he famously sponsors the Lewis and Clark expedition, confronts the trial of Aaron Burr, and concludes the naval "war" with the Barbary pirates.
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Least enjoyable volume of the series.......2007-07-22
This book is the fifth volume in Dumas Malone's six volume biography called "Jefferson and His Time" covering the period in Jefferson's second term as President (1805-1809)
This volume was, for me, the most difficult of the series so far, especially surprising since I thoroughly enjoyed the fourth volume covering Jefferson's first term as President. This volume is considerably longer than the others, well over 100 pages longer. In my opinion Mr. Malone makes questionable choices regarding the amount of space to devote to topics, most notably the 160 pages he devotes to the Burr conspiracy, which seems much too long given Jefferson's peripheral relationship to the event, and even more so given Mr. Malone's excessively dry presentation. This occurs at the expense of other topics, such as the Lewis and Clark expedition, which in my opinion is shortchanged (in fact, Sacagawea is never even mentioned). Mr. Malone explains that a thorough treatment of the Lewis and Clark expedition is outside the bounds of a Jefferson biography, but the reader is left to wonder why the equally removed, and much less interesting, Burr conspiracy is treated in such detail.
Ultimately, the first 400 pages of this volume are a laborious read, by far the most difficult of the series. The final third of the book, mostly covering the embargo, is much better, but not enough to save this volume from my lowest rating thus far.
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Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life
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People die the way they live, showing the same weaknesses and strengths in illness as they did in health. This is what Joseph Sacco learned when his ailing father died from lung cancer in 1988. A recent Resident in a Bronx hospital, Dr. Sacco was well-versed in the technical aspects of death, but had never personally confronted it. He was, at first, frustrated by his father's refusal to accept lung cancer and impending death. Finally, Dr. Sacco confronted his own sincerity, both as caretaker of his father, and as a doctor. His insight came too late to help his father, but he asks readers to question the popular conception that acceptance is necessary for a good death. The final lesson of the book is that caretakers are responsible for encouraging the dying in their own path, rather than to impose any preconceptions.
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Examining the first four years of Jefferson's presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson's continuing opposition to Hamilton's charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.
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The best volume yet in the series.......2007-07-14
This book is the fourth volume in Dumas Malone's six volume biography called "Jefferson and His Time" covering the period in Jefferson's first term as President (1801-1805)
This volume is, without question, the best yet in the series and the best book of presidential scholarship that I have ever read. Mr. Malone maintains the topic based, in depth analysis, that he developed in the previous two volumes but with a marked improvement in the quality of his prose and presentation that makes this volume every bit as an enjoyable read as the best narrative biographies. The topic based chapters neatly organize related information and analysis, but are written in such a way to nicely flow from one chapter to the next and maintain an overall coherence with a minimum of redundancy. Of particular brilliance are the chapters on the case of Marbury vs. Madison, and the chapters related to the Louisiana purchase.
The only point of criticism of this volume is its treatment of Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemings. We, of course, have the benefit of modern DNA testing which confirms the assertion that it is highly likely, though not entirely conclusive, that Mr. Jefferson fathered most, if not all, of the children borne to Sally Hemings. At the time of the writing of this volume, Mr. Malone did not have benefit of the evidence we have today, but seems to go out of his way, much more than is warranted, in trying to convince the reader that the claims were almost certainly false. In fact, the reader is left with the sense that, if the author believed the claims were indeed true, his personal opinion of Jefferson would have been greatly damaged.
This criticism aside, this volume carries my highest recommendation. My only hope is that the final two volumes maintain the excellence achieved in this volume.
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Difficulties.......2002-12-25
What can be said about this monument to Jefferson scholarship? I am sure that somewhere in universities around the United States there are "scholar squirrels who want to put down this invaluable resource in Jefferson studies. It is always the way that mice attempt to gnaw at lions. This is not a perfect work (and my remarks refer to all of the books in the series as a whole), there are somethings, namely Sally Hemmings references which are wrong and will not sit well with American 21st century mores. There is the issue of slavery which was handled much differently 50 years ago than it is now.
Jefferson is not worthy of our interest because of Sally Hemmings and because he kept slaves. Jefferson is great because of the Declaration of Independence and his fight for the rights of man. While it may have been hypocritical to preach liberty and keep slaves, it is doubtful that slavery ever would have been abolished if Jefferson had never gained the prominence that he did. This book and the others that follow show why we should continue to honor the public man even though his private side may have been wanting.
Jefferson: The President second term 1805 -1809.......2002-04-18
Jefferson: The President second term 1805-1809 is the fifth volume in a series of six, by Dumas Malone and brings us into the last four years of Jefferson's Presidency. I found that the author worked harder to bring out Jefferson the man in this volume... maybe because of the actions of others, (Burr and Marshall), but it is apparent that the author worked hard on this volume.
Jefferson sponsors the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Congress gives Jefferson a little slack, but Arron Burr takes the domestic heat. The Barbary pirates are delt with, but the political views of Jefferson and Marshall heat up to a boiling point. But, Jeferson's second term seems to hit a nadir and he is longing for his Virginia mountain top home where he can finally retire after forty years of service to government.
I found the scholarship to be impeccable, balanced, seemly sympathetic. The overall narrative is detailed and at times engrossing and engaging. Even though we can see Jefferson's excitement with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, we also see heartbreak with Burr and vituperation with Marshall.
Overall, this volume brings us to one of the most interesting times of Jeferson's life... that of retirement. This is one of the most interesting of the volumes so far as we see Jefferson working out the problems that others have wrought upon him.
Superb Research, Stilted Prose.......2001-11-04
Dumas Malone (1892-1986) devoted his academic career to studying Thomas Jefferson, and this superbly researched volume reflects that lifelong scholarship. This book is one in a six-part series examining the life of our third President. I read this book for a college class and immediately grasped the unending pressures that President Jefferson faced in his second term. Malone examines the decision-making options available to Jefferson, usually (and perhaps too often) supporting the eventual route that the President decided upon. This volume's research and analysis is worthy of five stars, not to mention the 1975 Pulitzer Prize the series captured. Unfortunately, Malone's stilted prose - the weakness of most academic historians - produces a rather laborious read. Thus, four stars overall.
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2000 is only a guess; there is no copyright date. One of Australia's greatest historical novels.
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Foundation presentation on his life & civic affairs & interests "in the hope that those who read it will gain a feeling of personal acquaintance with the man who did so much to make his small part of this world a better place to live in."
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