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Inspired by a true story, one mother's quest for the truth about her baby's injuries from a vaccine, and the unlikely friendship that develops with her small town attorney who has problems of her own. A popular book club selection and an insightful look at life with a vaccine-injured child. This novel offers hope to families who are considering filing a claim with the government's compensation fund.
Customer Reviews:
White Lies: A Tale of Babies, Vaccines, and Deception.......2007-04-11
Well written, fast and easy to read. I could not put it down. Honenberger shows true insight into emotions of a mother who loves her child very much.
Powerful Pen.......2007-03-22
This is an enjoyable and important book. The author has beautifully combined an expose of a tragic national issue with the impact it has on the lives of the protagonist lawyer, her family, and the woman and child she represents. The characters are alive, and the settings of towns and courtrooms are believable because they are drawn with such exacting care. But it is the story itself that is riveting. The struggle to get justice for a child hopelessly damaged by medical incompetance and bad policy is told competently and quietly, and will not fail to engage and enrage the reader. This easy-to-read and hard-to-forget book belongs on every parent's bookshelf.
White Lies .......2007-01-21
This book has an absorbing plot; many interesting characters and character development.
Legal and medical points of view were well presented. AND, it has a happy ending which made me feel good.
Terrific story-telling.......2007-01-18
I loved this story. The book weaves together two tales of mothers and their children - both strong, smart women, fighting for justice. The parallels between their lives, which initially look completely different, is striking by the end of the book. I gave a copy to my mother and several other women I know, because the depiction of working women, fighting for their kids, loving their husbands and making their way in the world, is great, and the writing is engaging. I highly recommend this book!
A mother's must read.......2007-01-02
Beautifully written, White Lies is a story any mother who had a child in the late 60's could have lived. Reading it brought tears to my grateful eyes that my 36-year-old son is a healthy, happy, vibrant member of today's world. We survived, without permanent damage, the DPT vaccinations and fevers that poor Lacy and Danny endured. Then decades later Lacy found Jean, a lawyer who struggling with her own family problems had the compassion and dedication to pursue against the odds of time and government bureaucracy. A wonderful story about two women from two completely different backgrounds that came together through tragedy. This story renewed my faith in motherhood, lawyers, and justice.
Customer Reviews:
Relationship was on the "back burner" for most of the book.......2007-02-27
From the back cover:
True sight...
Mathilda's world changed the day the barn burned, for that day she lost her vision. She could still see what was right, however: continuing to ranch, chasing her murdered parents' dream, here in the Dakota Territory. But she needed someone to help her; someone who would fight the men who'd killed her folks, kidnapped her siblings and aimed to drive her off her land. Whom could she trust? The soft-voiced half-breed who smelled of sage and promised to protect her?
Truer love...
For Reed, the blind woman meant redemption. A terrible mistake had set him on this quest that led to her property, but her hands on his face, the touch of her lips--everything about Mattie felt right. He had to save her. But first he had to prove himself worthy. He had to overcome his past, the hatred he's seen and the hatred inside, to look beyond, beneath, to find what was valuable: not just redemption, but love.
And my review:
There seems to be a glut of Native American romances on the market. Susan Edwards is yet another author who specializies in this popular sub-genre. She obviously has a big following, but I won't be counted among her fans.
First off, there were some things that I liked about this story. For instance, I felt that the author did a good job of writing what life would be like from a blind woman's point of view. She did a good job of portraying what it would be like to lose one's sight, and how frustrating it would be. Not that Mattie, the heroine, was having a pity party (thank goodness), but I felt that this issue was dealt with in a realistic, yet delicate way. Her main frustration was the loss of her independence. So, all the romance readers who are frustrated by weak, wimpy heroines will be glad that there's no problem with that here.
However, I felt that the character development was a bit lacking. Reed, the hero is a misunderstood man who's discriminated against because of his Native blood. He has an old score to settle, and with the loss of his family, he's your typical tortured hero. Yes, but what else? I didn't feel like I ever really got to know him on any other levels. He wasn't someone to swoon over; he was just there. Not a bad guy, but nothing amazing, either.
I also felt that the relationship was never the main focus of the story. The other plotlines, of Reed looking for revenge, of Mattie trying to hold on to her family's land, of the villian getting ever closer to victory...all of these took up way more "screen time" than the relationship ever did. When the romance part did get going, it felt rather rushed (they just start kissing out of nowhere), and the emotions didn't move me or really ring true. Also, I was a little turned off by the heroine for kissing the hero when she's engaged to someone else. And no, just because she doesn't love her fiance "that way" doesn't make it okay. The plot seemed more interesting than the characters or their relationship. I never really connected with the characters, so I had a hard time caring what happened to them.
The bottom line: if you're a fan of the many other authors in this genre, such as Madeline Baker, Cassie Edwards, Bobbi Smith, Karen Kay, or Elaine Barbieri, (and I realize there are a lot of you) then you'll probably like the works of Susan Edwards. If you aren't a fan of the authors I just mentioned, then you probably won't like Susan Edwards' books. That pretty much sums it up.
wonderful action-packed Indian romance.......2004-10-27
In the Dakota Territory, three years have passed since the fatal barn fire killed her spouse of a few hours and left half-breed Mathilda Morning Moon O'Brien blind and unable to see visions. The nightmares that haunted her at first when she realized her husband died trying to rescue her stopped for a while, but have just returned as if the spirits are trying to communicate with her.
The new visions are more like what she used to "see" and quite different from the immediate post fire nightmares. In several of them Mattie observes half breed Reed Robertson, a bounty hunter who has embraced his white side fully. Reed has come to the area seeking to bring to justice the surviving two murderers who killed his wife. Though he wants to refuse to help Mattie save her family ranch from nasty souls, Reed cannot resist her lure. As they work together and their similar situations merge into one case, they fall in love, but the enemy is powerful and has killed their loved ones without regret several times already.
In her latest "White" Indian romance, Susan Edwards provides strong medicine for her readers with a wonderful action-packed version of the classic western theme of good vs. bad. Mattie is an intriguing protagonist who refuses to allow her handicap to keep her from taking care of her siblings (her parents were murdered) while the cynical Reed thinks the intrepid Mattie is his savior and doom. Ms. Edwards' fans will take immense delight in what is one of her best, if not the best, White novel and look forward to a sibling sequel.
Book Description
I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now—which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In ninety years I'll be dead, too, and the age difference won't matter.
Sym is not your average teenage girl. She is obsessed with the Antarctic and the brave, romantic figure of Captain Oates from Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole. In fact, Oates is the secret confidant to whom she spills all her hopes and fears.
But Sym's uncle Victor is even more obsessed—and when he takes her on a dream trip into the bleak Antarctic wilderness, it turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival that will challenge everything she knows and loves.
In her first contemporary young adult novel, Carnegie Medalist and three-time Whitbread Award winner Geraldine McCaughrean delivers a spellbinding journey into the frozen heart of darkness.
Customer Reviews:
wonderful premise, disappointing execution.......2007-10-09
After looking forward to this book for several months, I finally started it...and abandoned it within a day.
The premise, a teenager trapped in Antarctica and facing intrigue and life-or-death situations, was great. The main character's voice at the beginning was great. How's this for a beginning: "I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now--which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In ninety years I'll be dead, too, and then the age difference won't matter."
I was all set to love the book and its main character, Sym. However, by the end of the first chapter it becomes clear that there's something wrong with her uncle, who is clearly the antagonist. He's obviously lying, perhaps crazy, certainly not a very nice person. Yet Sym doesn't catch on to this for most of the book. She's fourteen, old enough to notice and form her own opinions. When she goes blithely on her way, ignoring the obvious approaching plot of the book, I can't help losing respect for her character. It's like she's sleepwalking or just going according to the script.
When the reader has caught on to something and has to wait around for the main character to catch on too, and it doesn't happen despite ample evidence, it's hard to keep caring. I found myself flipping ahead to see if the book had turned the corner yet...nope...nope, not yet. I checked the ending to see how it came out (pretty much as expected), then regretfully put the book down.
I am really sorry that I experienced it this way, as the language and writing were often thoughtful and beautiful.
True to the life of an unpopular kid........2007-09-09
Sym doesn't fit in at school, she's bullied, she imagines conversations with historical people in her head, and she doesn't really get what the fuss is about boys. But she's actually more clear-headed, competent, and able to get through a crisis than most of the other characters in this book. I recommend it for anyone who's had experiences like these-- and it's an exciting adventure tale, too.
Action, mystery and the slightest touch of the supernatural.......2007-06-01
Fourteen-year-old Symone is obsessed with Antarctic exploration. Ever since the death of her father, she has read every book and watched every movie she can find about Antarctica. She is particularly enamored with Capt. Lawrence "Titus" Oates, one of the explorers lost in the doomed Scott expedition. Titus is her companion and confidante, an imaginary friend who fills in for her grieving family and distant friends.
Outside of Titus, the only person to take an interest in Sym's life is her Uncle Victor, a family friend who has cared for the family since her father's death. Uncle Victor feeds Sym's interest in Antarctica and arranges for a trip to the frozen continent. There, Sym must face the White Darkness, a phenomena of the polar summer where the sun never truly sets and the only indication of night is white, unmarred by shadow.
Sym identifies with the purity, isolation and silence of the white continent. She sees herself as particularly suited to a place that others see as dead:
"God sketched Antarctica, then erased most of it again, in the hope a better idea would strike Him." Sym observes, "At the center is a blank whiteness where the planet isn't finished. It's the address for Nowhere...it mesmerized me. The idea of it took me in thrall. It was so empty, so blank, so clean, so dead. Surely, if I was ever to set foot down there, even I might finally exist. Surely, in this Continent of Nothingness, anything --- anyone --- had to be hugely alive by comparison!"
Sym does not know that she is a pawn in a larger conspiracy, subject to the fanatical beliefs of one man. Uncle Victor is obsessed with his own theories about discovery and becomes unhinged. He is less concerned with their ability to survive than in securing his place in history. Nasty secrets start to emerge as they travel across the ice. Sym must choose between trusting her uncle and listening to the inner voice she has always regarded as imaginary.
THE WHITE DARKINESS is told entirely from Sym's point of view, offering her wry observations of the other travelers and sharing her expertise on the subject of the Arctic. Author Geraldine McCaughrean's biggest challenge is convincing the reader that a smart girl like Sym would be taken in by the suspicious circumstances of her trip with Uncle Victor. McCaughrean succeeds by invoking other polar explorers, many of whom might be regarded as madmen, making discovery at the expense of their own lives.
The juxtaposition of Sym's adventure next to the Scott expedition --- which McCaughrean wisely summarizes in an appendix at the end of the book --- asks if death is too high a price to pay for discovery. The irony of the Scott expedition was that, as they chose to push on to discover the South Pole knowing they were unlikely to return, another explorer, Roald Almundsen, already had beaten them to the Pole by two weeks and lived to tell the tale. Had the Scott expedition survived, they would not have been the first to reach the Pole. They found more notoriety through death than they would have in life.
The Arctic regions are ideal for asking the big questions about ethics and morality because one's decisions, which might be regarded as opinions in ordinary life, hinge on life or death in such a harsh environment. Many 19th century writers were fascinated with the Arctic as a place representing the unexplored regions of the human psyche. In FRANKENSTEIN Mary Shelley sets the final showdown between creator and monster on the polar ice. Henry David Thoreau wrote about the Arctic explorers of his time in WALDEN saying, "...explore your own higher latitudes...there are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by him, but that it is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold, storm and cannibals...than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific of one's being alone."
THE WHITE DARKNESS manages to ask some of these big questions without compromising plot or pace. It is a book filled with action, mystery and the slightest touch of the supernatural. Its strange story will be appreciated by readers interested in survival tales and the shadow side of human nature.
--- Reviewed by Sarah A. Wood
Spellbinding surprise.......2007-01-13
Let yourself be surprised by the beauty and terror of Antarctica, and by the heartrending adventures of Symone. Surprises along the road around every corner. I enjoyed every minute of it, especially as it is written in a beautiful style..
Book Description
Technology may have created a 24/7 work culture, but a handful of savvy white-collar cubicle dwellers are standing up to the "the man" and using these very same (de)vices (the PC, World Wide Web, email and portable gadgets) to make it look like they're working when and where they're not.
The White Collar Slacker's Handbook: Tech Tricks to Fool Your Boss teaches you how to get away with slacking off in a corporate world and not just get away with it but even make it look like you're a dedicated, tireless workaholic at the same time. The White Collar Slacker's Handbook: Tech Tricks to Fool Your Boss also features dozens of sneaky tips, tricks and techniques on how to get away with slacking off. And it's all spelled out in plain English, complete with step-by-step instructions and visuals to help you pull it off without a hitch.
Best of all, in learning how to abuse technology to slack off, this handbook will in fact help you learn more about your PC, popular software and portable devices. How's that for irony?
Customer Reviews:
Funny and Clever.......2005-06-17
I have really enjoyed reading this book. It has some really funny, neat and clever ideas in "sticking it to the man" or boss for that matter.
The techno gadgets of today were supposed to make life easier, but what it's done is elongated our work week. Now, we're expected to work all the time. It never ends...
Well this book, takes a very tongue in cheek approach and will teach you how you can make it look like you are spending those hours working away, when you can be really spending time with the family, at the movies or just plain slacking off.
You'll be caught ..................2005-04-12
Firstly, this book is very entertaining and fun to read. That's why it gests five stars - there is nothing that innovative though. I am a systems auditor - these are the sort of things that make going to work entertaining.
Some of the suggestions are a very quick way to get into trouble - PC anywhere in particular is a high risk product in it's own right - if the security settings are scrwed up. Who is monitoring your network traffic? Do you want them to know what's on your home PC? Have you set up PC anywhere securely?
If I discovered an employee routing (confidential)email outside the company network I'd be more disturbed by the security implications than the employee slacking off. Who at the ISP has access to the email?
The ideas in this book are rather similar to spending a sick day at a ball game, which your boss is watching on TV .... fine until the camera picks you out!
Fun book. Make sure you know your companies policies before you start to play ........
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Masters of Deception: The Worldwide White-Collar Crime Crisis and Ways to Protect Yourself
Louis R. Mizell
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0471133558 |
Book Description
"White-collar criminals continue to pick our pockets to the tune of $300 billion every year. These 'socially acceptable' criminals rob more from companies and individuals with a pen or key stroke than a street thug can plunder with a high-powered pistol." —from the Introduction
In Masters of Deception, former special agent and intelligence officer Louis Mizell addresses the growing problem of white-collar crime in America. Using actual cases, Mizell exposes scores of perpetrators and their modus operandi, and offers invaluable advice on what to look for, how to avoid being a victim, and how to fight back.
Praise for Louis Mizell and Masters of Deception
"Mizell stands out as a true expert in crime and terrorism who earned his title fighting the bad guys in back alleys, courts, corporate suites, and the new global economy. No one else out there can match his knowledge of what the bad guys are doing and how." —James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and White Flame
"Masters of Deception exposes little known facts that should be revealed to the unsuspecting public. Mizell may well be the next Ralph Nader in exposing the many ways innocent people are victimized by white-collar crime." —Dr. Richard Ward, Associate Chancellor and Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Chicago at Illinois
White-collar crime is an alarming epidemic that has reached every big city and small town in America. Invading all sectors, from health care and religion to law and education, it claims millions of victims, and bilks taxpayers out of billions of dollars every year. In Masters of Deception, top crime expert Louis Mizell addresses this serious—and costly—problem, exposing some of the most notorious offenders, and providing precautionary measures everyone should take to avoid being "taken to the cleaners."
Leaving no get-rich-quick stone unturned, white-collar criminals strike from every angle. Whether they're doctors overbilling patients, charity workers pocketing donations, or lawyers abusing powers of attorney, their fraudulent practices cost individuals, companies, and institutions billions of dollars. Consider the following:
- Every year an average of $160 million is stolen or embezzled from schools and colleges all over the country
- Insurance fraud—property, casualty, and health—is a $95 billion-a-year scam
- Credit card fraud costs taxpayers nearly $3 billion per year
- Dishonest lawyers pocket more than $14 billion annually
- More than $21 billion is being stolen from charities each year
In Masters of Deception, Mizell explores the full spectrum of white-collar crime and the misuse of power by professionals we trust, including health care, business, education, and religion. He reveals hundreds of actual cases, from local crimes to such highly publicized incidents as the PTL scandal. With his experienced analytical eye, Mizell is able to spot new and emerging trends and pinpoint signs to look for in identifying potential cons. Sharing his expertise and insight as a former special agent and intelligence officer, Mizell also offers proven tips for fighting back—specific to each sector—as well as an extensive list of contacts for receiving further information, getting help, or reporting a crime.
And anyone who believes that white- collar crime is nonviolent will be shocked to learn that crime in the suites causes as much death and injury as crime in the streets.
Masters of Deception is a timely and authoritative book that will not only raise awareness about white-collar crime, but also allow readers "to empower themselves with enough knowledge to never be a victim."
Customer Reviews:
Masters of Deception Deceives the unwary buyer.......1998-03-13
This book is little more than a brief summary of newspaper clippings. The author (Louis Mizell) achieves the same ends as the crooks about whom he writes. The unfortunate person who purchases this book believing that it may contain useful information about white collar crime or solid strategies to combat white collar crime becomes a victim of the author's own deception.
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White House Deception
Bob Buckholz
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General | Mystery | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 142415667X
Release Date: 2006-10-09 |
Book Description
John Simpson has just become the youngest President of the United States. With the help of his family, friends and staff, he overcame the odds and made it to the White House. Everything was looking great until someone inside, and perhaps outside, the new administration decided he wasn't meant to be in the office. Factions inside hire a hit man and enlist some of the administration's Secret Service agents to try to kidnap the new president's eight-year-old daughter. Things go terribly wrong when one of the main conspirators decides to go it on his own, ignoring the plan set forward by the lead man. The plot proves that you need to know your enemies and those you thought were friends. Several twists and turns later have everyone from the President, his family, and the co-conspirators that were supposed to be working together fighting for their life and their freedom.
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Celebrity Lies: Strs, Fibs, Fabrications, Myths and Little White Lies
Boze Hadleigh
Manufacturer: Barricade Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1569802459 |
Book Description
This book will cause rumbles in the world of entertainment. From the headliners of classic television (Lucille Ball, Ed Sullivan, and Bob Hope) to film icons (Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, and John Wayne) to celebrities of today (Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith)-no star is immune to Hadleigh's biting humor and irascible wit.
Entertaining sidebars on such topics as infamous last words and chauvinistic comments about its subjects, it makes saturnine reading. Arranged thematically under such groupings as personal claims, costars and cohorts, and Hollywood myths, Celebrity Lies contains some of the most creative, misguided, and downright dishonest statements made by legendary figures of the past and present.
Book Description
The nation's most successful whitetail hunters share their secrets for attracting this elusive creature. Written for hunters of all skill levels., the book includes 148 black-and-white photographs and five maps outlining various hunting setups.
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Watergate: Deception in the White House (Spotlight on American History)
Daniel Cohen
Manufacturer: Millbrook Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
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ASIN: 0761302719 |
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White Washed
Manufacturer: Life Assurance Ministries
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0962754684 |
Product Description
Here is evidence that Ellen White's writings disagree with the Bible, many of Seventh-day Adventist traditions are nothing but myth, the SDA church knew of her errors and covered them up.
Customer Reviews:
Ellen White Exposed.......2007-05-27
Sydney Cleveland has done one of the best jobs in exposing the myths and deceptions surrounding Ellen G. White and the SDA Church. This book is particularly relevant to members of the SDA Church. Those with the courage to read this book and judge it honestly, will never view EGW and the SDA Church the same way. They will be like The Bereans in the book of Acts, being more noble for searching out the truth. I highly recommend this book.
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- American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate and Beyond
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- Are You My Mother?
- At Home in Mitford/A Light in the Window/These High, Green Hills/Out to Canaan/A New Song/A Common Life (The Mitford Years 1-6)
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