Book Description
In New Moon Rising, Eugenia Price gives us a story of faith and courage that follows the struggle of James Gould's son Horace to find his own place in life. Reaching manhood in the tumultuous years before the Civil War, Horace returns to St. Simons and finds himself disheartened by the intolerance on his beloved island. However, he wins the heart of lovely neighbor Deborah Abbott, who adores her "Mr. Gould" and becomes his wife, despite the difference in their years. She is not concerned with his rumored past, but she is saddened by his lack of faith.
Filled with romance, hardship, and adventure, this sequel to Lighthouse vividly portrays the antebellum South while revealing an independent man's search for happiness.
Customer Reviews:
Her Island.......2001-10-20
Another great book for Ms. Price. Read the book in two days. Her story telling has a way of pulling the reader into the story. After reading the St. Simon Trilogy my future visits to her island will have a new meaning for me. I have gone to St Simon's for the last five summers and I always felt so at peace once I got there, I feel that is how she must have felt. It is the most calming and restful place I have ever visited. And after reading her books I can see how she felt. I can hardly want until next summer.
An "ok" book.......2000-10-07
Since I like Civil War history, New Moon Rising was an "ok" book. But you would have to like Civil War history to even pick this book up. Because if your looking for a good romance novel this is not the book to read, because there's not much in the romance department in, New Moon Rising. But like I said, it was a fairly good book if you enjoy Civil War history.
New Moon Rising.......2000-06-17
It was very intriguing, I felt that it gave a lot of information about the time of the Civil War. I liked the series, how it is about the family and continues their lives.
not as a follow-up to Lighthouse.......1999-02-20
As a sequel to Lighthouse, New Moon Rising is not nearly as compelling, but it is still a good story about Horace Gould, James's son, and Deborah, the woman he is in love with. Just not as simple as Lighthouse, and that doesn't work in Moon's favor. The forging of the plantation Black Banks is interesting, but with this book, Price doesn't jump the hurdle of the Civil War with nearly as much interesting storytelling as she did in "Margaret's Story." Read if you liked Lighthouse, but maybe before you read Lighthouse.
Book Description
The best-selling guides to your Sun, Moon and Rising Signs are fully updated and available for the first time in one volume. If you read your stars every day you will know your Sun sign and what it says about your basic personality. But your Rising Sign, and your Moon can reveal far more about the real you, and the three taken together will give you the most accurate self-portrait of all. With this easy-to-read guide you will discover the truth about your personality.
Customer Reviews:
A Must-Have!.......2000-06-21
The book "How to Read Your Star Signs : The Only One-Volume Guide to Your Sun, Moon and Rising Signs" is a great book! It is an easy-to-read informative book that can guide you to discover the truth about your personality. It is a great book and I suggest everyone interested in your star signs should get it!
Product Description
Eugenia Price's unforgettettable story of faith, love, and courage in the old south.
Book Description
Readers will gain the most comprehensive view available on what President Bush's new space vision will do for human exploration of the Solar System-and how nearly everything NASA does will change as a result.
Customer Reviews:
Bad decision by Apogee Books........2006-08-08
The publisher of this book are known for their high quality, very reliably informative space books.
Keith Cowing is known for his highly opinionated and only occasionally accurate web blogs.
In my opinion, Cowing is better suited for the web, where opinions can be debated, discussed - or ignored. By putting some of his rather extreme and one-sided thoughts into print, they've made highly disputed opinion look like fact. And that, I feel, cheapens their entire publishing line.
Still, the book is now completely out of date, so a quiet deletion from their publishing catalog will probably happen soon anyway - we can hope.
I'm disappointed in the publisher..........2006-06-29
I bought this book primarily because the publisher has in the past printed excellent-quality, informative books on space history, and I was expecting the same here.
Instead, I bought a badly-edited, mean-spirited rant about space politics. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but don't waste your money on paying for the ones in this book, especially as they are dishonest. The book claims to be an objective look at recent NASA policies, but is anything but. One administrator is portrayed as the devil himself, another as a knight on white charger, with no effort to truly make any objective analysis. A missed opportunity, and a misstep by an otherwise great publisher.
Interesting insider information--not very objective.......2006-03-18
This book provides some interesting insights into the thinking behind the Bush Administration's new space initiative. Apparently the junior varsity staff at the White House got the ball rolling. That's regretable but reasonable considering the amount of time and energy devoted to the war of terror. The biggest problem with the book is the authors' venom toward former NASA administrator Daniel Goldin. Let's face it, the Shuttle Program was already a disaster before he took over. He's been gone since 2001 and we still can't get the Shuttle into space with any reliability. The book also fails to deal with the enormous obstacles confronting travel within the solar system. It's easy to talk about putting a man on Mars, but it's much more difficult to do it without killing the man. This book is worth your time and money if you're a space nut like me. However, what I would really like to read is a book that focues on future challenges, and doesn't dwell on the mistakes of the past.
Space Personalities and Politics.......2005-09-15
A version of my review appeared in the Huntsville (AL) Times in late 2004.
Our president favors bold strokes in dealing with complex public policy issues, severing their Gordian knots seemingly at will. Perhaps his most laudable though not widely acknowledged decision was, in January 2004, to restructure the nation's efforts in human spaceflight.
Sietzen and Cowing's book chronicling this decision uneasily straddles the border between journalism and history. The authors had early access to a number of the key players, and were behind the first comprehensive news accounts of the new "Vision for Space Exploration". The book is only structured historically in the first few and last chapters; the middle chapters hop around throughout the period from early 2003 to early 2004, following several distinct threads.
The need for change was made clear by the Columbia accident, and the resulting public attention, investigation and report. The authors lay blame for the mess with former administrator Dan Goldin, casting a negative light on his character through anecdotes from his last days at NASA. Blaming things on the previous administration (or their holdovers) isn't unheard of. However the authors rather weaken their case by discussing 2001 and 2003 in such detail, while devoting almost no text to 2002, Administrator Sean O'Keefe's first year on the job.
The complexity of public policy for human spaceflight long predates Dan Goldin. The knot grew simply through the self-sustainment of human space activities without a clear purpose in the 3 decades since Apollo, with a variety of conflicting presidential and congressional directives. We mostly knew what we were doing, and did some things beautifully, but why exactly were we doing it? The Columbia investigation report, echoed by Congress and many others, called for a new statement of purpose for human space exploration.
Sietzen and Cowing highlight the White House groups that worked to create the new vision - evolving from a group of mid-level staff who cared about space exploration to agency deputies and heads and later including Sean O'Keefe's direct involvement. The outcome - moving humans beyond Earth orbit again - was almost inevitable. The emphasis on the Moon in the early stages perhaps less so, but some grassroots organizations had been arguing for the Moon for quite some time. The authors describe the wave of grassroots and industry support that followed.
Support from Congress and the general public, however, has been less forthcoming. One strategic and two tactical errors likely account for this. First, Congress was not consulted, and not even informed after asking questions of White House staff, until January 14, 2004. Second, the unveiling was twice delayed and bits and pieces leaked out, to the extent that well before the president spoke headlines blared about the new trillion-dollar mission to Mars, and it became fodder for late-night comedy.
This was doubly damaging because the call for Mars in the president's statement was sufficiently vague that the cost estimates bandied about could not be instantly refuted, but also because Mars was not the real focus of the new vision. The main immediate impact of the new vision in logically forcing a complete replacement of our human spaceflight activities seems to have been little noticed outside of the space community.
The authors discuss much of this - but unfortunately lack some perspective since, through UPI, they had joined in the fray pre-empting Bush's speech. Did their authoritative UPI report mean fewer people actually paid attention when the president spoke?
The other mistake was the leak immediately following on the cancellation of future Hubble servicing missions, provoking an overwhelming outcry that was blamed on but in fact had little to do with the new vision.
The book includes a rather mundane set of color photo plates, and a DVD with video clips surrounding events of January 14, 2004. The DVD also has NASA simulations of Moon and Mars exploration, fun but not terribly informative.
The text is marred by a leaden style; there are also some glaring typos (for example a silly story of O'Keefe on becoming administrator is repeated twice). Some pages seem merely a data dump - do we really need almost four pages of 10-year-old quotes and votes from John Kerry against the space station?
Nevertheless, skim between the anecdotes and data and you will gain a good feel for some of the personalities at work in space policy. The authors communicate well the excitement the new vision brings, and the transformations under way at NASA, including even information following the recommendations of the June 2004 Aldridge commission report, very shortly before the book came out.
This book is certainly not one for the ages, but we'll have the present administration for 3 more years, so it's interesting to gain insight into how they come to decisions like this - particularly when, as in this case, they mostly did the right thing.
Biased and badly written.......2005-07-09
When this book came out in summer 2004 it was clear that it was a rush job, pushed out the door quickly in order to capitalize on the publicity of the new space policy with little attention to quality. Now, one year later, it is not aging well. The book is poorly-written, poorly-edited, lacking objectivity, and surprisingly devoid of details.
In the poor writing category is the fact that the book is filled with many one-sentence paragraphs that often do not flow together very well. This is common on the internet, where single sentence paragraphs are used to ease eye strain. On the printed page it has the opposite effect. It is the reading equivalent of driving over speed bumps, slowing you down and tiring you out. The writing also occasionally seems like stream-of-consciousness, rather than something that was carefully composed and edited.
The poor editing is evident in the overall flow of the narrative and the fact that there are numerous typos and other printing mistakes throughout the book. At one point several paragraphs are repeated in their entirety. In addition, often opinions or descriptions of people are inserted into the text in ways that an astute editor should have flagged and removed because they're unnecessary or counterproductive. They only have the effect of making the authors themselves look mean-spirited. For instance, several people in the book are referred to as "old" as if the authors have a bias against anybody who is over 55. A good editor helps protect authors from their own worst instincts. But that didn't happen here.
Which leads to another issue: adjectives like "old" or "young" or "enthusiastic" are no substitute for important information, like NAMES. The book suffers from a severe lack of detail about _who_ advocated _what_ in the development of the Bush space policy. For instance, at one point we are told that an "aging academic" visited the White House and offered some advice to the President about space. We are not told who that person was, or what he actually said. So why is it important? This happens again and again--we are told that aides met in the White House or discussed the policy, but are not told who said what or how different viewpoints and positions evolved, transformed, were defeated, or emerged victorious.
In fact, it becomes clear upon a close reading that often what is being reported is one person's second-hand account of what happened. So clearly someone told the authors that a group of people held a meeting on subject X, but the source may not have even been at that meeting. Rather than interview the participants themselves, the authors chose to keep everything vague. And they do this even when their source is clearly taking a swipe at an adversary--i.e. when basic fairness should have compelled the authors to call up the subject of the personal attack and get their side of the story. Instead, they were content to allow themselves to be used to settle other peoples' scores. One wonders why.
As a result of this sloppy, hearsay-based approach to reporting, a lot of information has been lost or distorted. What was NASA's institutional position in all of this? Even more importantly, how did administrator O'Keefe transform from saying that NASA was not going to adopt any major new missions to suddenly arguing in favor of a specific exploration goal in his negotiations with the White House? My own sources indicate that NASA officials made a major argument in favor of a human mission to Mars, but were rebuffed by administration officials who instead selected the moon. But that is not reflected here either, and we don't know who the pro-moon people were or who the pro-Mars people were. A good editor would have forced the writers into providing more detail. "Two anonymous men met in an office and discussed something" does not tell us anything, nor is it a compelling story.
Then there is the issue of bias. According to this book, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin was evil and Sean O'Keefe who replaced him was a saint. Many pages are devoted to pointless attacks on Goldin, such as raising eyebrows about the parties thrown for him upon his departure from NASA (as if retirement parties are rare in Washington, or somehow dirty). There is even a section on his post-NASA travails, despite the fact that it has no relevance at all to the subject of the book (here the German word "schadenfruede" comes to mind--taking pleasure in the misery of others, or at least people you don't like). In comparison, O'Keefe is portrayed in glowing terms, although it is far more likely that he will be best remembered for losing a space shuttle, and failing to fix the financial management problems he was sent to the agency to address. There is little discussion of O'Keefe's most unpopular decision at NASA, the decision to sentence the Hubble Space Telescope to an early demise. One is left wondering why O'Keefe suspiciously seems to be the one person that the authors never criticize while they take cheap shots at virtually everyone else. The authors clearly have an axe to grind, but as another reviewer previously noted, they pretend that they don't.
This is not to say that the book has no redeeming qualities at all. The description of Sean O'Keefe's reaction to both the Columbia accident and the report of the accident investigation board is good. And the DVD has some neat, slightly blurry, CGI animations--although we are provided with almost no context explaining what they are or why NASA prepared them. But overall, this book is disappointing. Those who want to know what really happened with the formulation of the Bush space policy will have to wait for a better, more readable book.
Book Description
Sutcliffe, is back-and better than ever-with a breath-catching, sexy suspense novel about a killer let loose in New Orleans' Red Light District.
Customer Reviews:
Bad Moon Rising.......2006-08-22
I would really give this book a 3 1/2 stars if I could. It is a quick and easy read. Your average murder mystery with some romance thrown in. Not incredible, not horrible.
4.5 stars - GREAT READ!.......2004-11-11
I was so intrigued by the emotionally-damaged, yet strong characters and gut-wrenching plot, I didn't even notice the evening go by. Sutcliffe harnesses her talent in this tightly-plotted, twisted tale with a dash of undeniable attraction between two characters who have suffered great tragedies and come out stronger.
just missed...but still electric read.......2003-12-09
Sutcliffe has been generally on target for many of her books and seems to improve with each one. This one has so much going for it, and yet...
A great locale, done well, New Orleans gives an eerie backdrop without too much of the "party-on-down, Cher". She has a gritty story (maybe a wee bit too gritty for romance) and unfortunately not enough romance to balance it. Everything felt forced, abrupt, not with her usual finesse. Some of the characters were a little trite, overdone. But where the book hurts mosts is the play between the leads. It's just a little too contrived, like forcing that square peg into a round hole. Something are never fully explained...
So this one leaves you with mixed feelings. Just a shame a few of these nagging problems could not have been ironed out for it is still a powerful read despite them.
Could have been a 5 star book,.......2003-08-27
Had, Bad Moon Rising, by Katherine Sutcliffe, been a little more "romantic" and a little less "street," I would have rated this book 5 stars! This is a terrific story and I know most people will think the same after reading it.
Awesome book!.......2003-08-01
Someone is determined to stop the prostitution in the French Quarter, unfortunately, they are going to extremes to do so, killing all the ladies of the night. The serial killer's style makes it apparent that when the state executed a killer, they killed the wrong man. A slayer who years ago terrorized the city is back, giving JD Damascus a new chance to avenge the wife and children he lost in the first spree.
This new rash of slayings also brings Holly Jones to town, determined to rescue her best friend from the night life she herself escaped. Her quest brings her and JD together, in more ways than one. It also threatens to reveal Holly's dangerous secret. She is on the run for her life, and her new lover is the man who can set her free to begin a new life... if she continues to live, that is.
***** From page one, you will be on the very edge of your seat. Thrilling is only a mild word to describle this one. Holly could easily be one of the top ten heroines of all time. Her scars have made her a force to be reckoned with, without detracting from her feminity. JD is the kind of man who makes you think of Harrison Ford or Mel Gibson. If BAD MOON RISING fails to be a best seller, the public will really be missing a bet. Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.
Average customer rating:
- Fluff
- Excellent hard to find stories!
- Great Stories
- Enlighted Reader!!!
- Bought it for 1 of the authors and enjoyed both
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Witch Moon Rising, Witch Moon Waning: Two Novels
Maggie Shayne , and
Lorna Tedder
Manufacturer: Spilled Candy Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1892718332 |
Book Description
In Witch Moon Rising, internationally bestselling author Maggie Shayne delves into the ethics of Wicca: does a Wiccan school teacher defy her administrators, neighbors, and a student's father to teach a lonely student the truth about the religion? Will the peace of mind she can give this student spell disaster for the teacher's career, friends, and even her life? Maggie weaves a wonderful tale of faith, love, and suspense.
In Witch Moon Waning, a young Wiccan falls in love with a college student, who neither understands nor accepts her religion. More than anything, Lydia wishes her lover could understand her faith, and eventually she performs a full moon ritual asking for his understanding. As they say, Be careful what you wish for....
Witch Moon Waning is the prequel to Lorna Tedder's Access.
Customer Reviews:
Fluff.......2007-06-16
It's not Tolstoy but if you like romance novels you might enjoy this book.
Excellent hard to find stories!.......2005-09-17
I am so glad this book was reprinted and is now available for all to enjoy! It was so hard to obtain before this printing! I am a huge fan of Maggie Shayne and have found that this particular book has been difficult to find in the past.
Both stories in this collection are fabulous stand alone books and truly inspirational no matter what your faith. They are both sotries of conflict and hope and have endured the years.
Grab it while it is in this new great printing!
Great Stories.......2004-03-03
These two stories were moving and I enjoyed them both. I am glad that there is more and more Wiccan and Pagan fiction out there!
Enlighted Reader!!!.......2001-10-18
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this book. The stories spirtual and romantic. I believe they will appeal to both pagans and non-pagans alike. Being a non-pagan, (actually a Catholic), I found the book to be informative and entertaining. Both Ms. Shayne and Ms. Tedder did a remarkable job and I recommend it highly.
While you are at Amazon check out Maggie Shayne's Witch Series and Lorna Tedder's Access. They are excellent reads.
Bought it for 1 of the authors and enjoyed both.......2001-08-25
I purchased this book after reading Ms. Tedder's Access and wanting to know more about Lydia's past. I was not disappointed. I have always enjoyed movies and books with time travel in them. I will admit that I did not know much about Wiccans until now. I also was very pleased with my discovery of Ms. Shayne's work. I don't normally read romance novels but would be interested in reading more of her work. As long as the story is as good as this one, I don't mind the romance. Thank you, ladies, for two excellent reads and for educating me on Wiccan belief.
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New Moon Rising
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0553111892 |
Product Description
Not since Gone With The Wind has a book told the South's story in a way than New Moon Rising does.
Average customer rating:
- Unique, action-packed vampire tale
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Dawn of the Blood Moon: New Moon Rising
T.H. Pine
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 141377976X |
Book Description
Andross sat on the dirt floor in front of the two men with his legs crossed, tailor fashion. He reached around behind him and pulled a 9mm automatic from the waistband of his breechcloth, an article of clothing he seldom wore. He rested his arms on his knees, letting the gun dangle between them. "Wait," Puma said, "Are you just going to shoot us? Aren't you a doctor?" "Yes, I am a doctor. But I also have responsibilities. Too many responsibilities." With that, Andross raised the pistol...Having survived a battle for survival on the East Coast, a small group of healed vampires escapes to the vast Southwest in an effort to avoid further conflict. There, they want nothing more than to live in peace and raise their families. They discover new allies-and new dangers. Despite their best efforts to blend in, an ancient enemy-and hired mercenaries-invade their home and shatter their peaceful community. In this sequel to Dawn of the Blood Moon, Andross, son of Justine and Karl, grapples with his supra-normal birthright and his new responsibilities as unofficial leader of this desert community of healed vampires. His only desire is to find a niche for his people between the human and vampire worlds. But soon, he must fight for the very survival of his clan-and make a life-or-death decision.
Customer Reviews:
Unique, action-packed vampire tale.......2007-03-19
This second book of T.H. Pine's vampire trilogy is action-packed and adds a number of interesting characters to the story. Andross has definitely become my favorite character of the trilogy. The twins are also fascinating and I hope to see more of them in the third book. The second book is again a well-written tale and a definite "page-turner!" Mr. Pine's style of writing reminds me somewhat of James Patterson, another author I enjoy. They both move a story along, and I appreciate that. I'm looking forward to book three!
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- Obsession (Alex Delaware Novels)
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- Raising Vegetarian Children : A Guide to Good Health and Family Harmony
- Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion
- Roswell High Series 1 Through 10: The Outsider; The Wild One; The Seeker; The Watcher; The Intruder; The Stowaway; The Vanished; The Rebel; The Dark One; The Salvation
- Schaum's Outline of Heat Transfer
- Seduced by Moonlight (Meredith Gentry, Book 3)
- Sex Magic, Tantra & Tarot: The Way of the Secret Lover
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