Book Description
When Legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked sports columnist Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, Posnanski had to think about it. From that question was born the idea behind BASEBALL AND JAZZ. Posnanski and the 94 year old O'Neil decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country in hopes of stirring up the love that first drew them to the game. This book is just as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. In a time when disillusioned, steroid–shooting, money hungry athletes define the sport, Buck O'Neil stands out as a man that truly played for the love of the game. Posnanski writes about that love and the one thing that O'Neil loved almost as much as baseball: jazz. BASEBALL AND JAZZ is an endearing step back in time to the days when the crack of a bat and the smoky notes of a midnight jam session were the sounds that brought the most joy to a man's heart.
Customer Reviews:
Buck: Almost too good to be true.......2007-09-23
Like many baseball followers, my admiration for Buck O'Neil can be traced to Ken Burns' documentary on baseball. How a black man could live through the era in which Buck lived with the attitudes he has is beyond me. (I am white, not American but lived in the US in the 60s and 70s.) Mr Posnanski's book is is a little too sugary, uncritical and unprobing for my liking. I cannot but help to think that with a little probing there is probably bit more to Buck's attitudes than is presented. However, if you want a feel-good book about this topic, this is the dream book.
On the road with Buck.......2007-09-10
A splendid collection of stories, told by one of our most valuable citizens, and conveyed by a very talented listener and writer.
I Knew Buck O'Neil.......2007-08-24
A great read of a great human being, and baseball man. I would see Buck several times a year in the '80s at the Detroit Tigers, Joker Marchant Stadium, when he was a scout with the Kansas City Royals. He was a pleasant a man you could ever meet. I am pleased to have known the man, even if only those brief moments I was able see and to talk to him.
Buy this book, and read a great tribute of this man and to the Negro Leagues of the past.
A year in the life of Buck O'Neil.......2007-08-23
I found the book very readable and never really got bored with it. I would have liked more in depth stories from when Buck played and managed. Most of the reminisces were short and sweet versions. All and all, I did enjoy the book and consider it a good book, not a great book.
Hmmm..........2007-08-08
I can't help but wonder if the 22 reviews -- all giving this book 5 stars -- are some of the author's closest friends. I am not saying I didn't like the book, but the writing was drab. Through the first few chapters, I got it, Buck O'neal was a good man. So, I'm just saying that the stories were not told in a way that made me connect with Mr. O'Neal --he was just a nice guy and then he died. There are a few editing errors as well, which made it confusing. I am by no means a critic of writing, but I just don't see the amazing book everyone else here did -- anyone agree with me?
Book Description
For kindergartners and first graders who need extra work on their early literacy skills, this proven plan for teaching phonemic awareness and letter-sound correspondence is a teacher's best friend. Expert researchers created this developmentally sequenced, 11-week program in order to give students repeated opportunities to practice and enhance their beginning reading and spelling abilities. Each of the 44, 15 to 20 minute lessons features a "say-it-and-move-it" activity, a letter name and sound instruction exercise, and phonological awareness practice.
Perfect for small groups or individual instruction, this program is easy for teachers to use and understand because detailed scripted instructions and reproducible materials - such as picture cards, letter cards, and games - are provided. And teachers have the flexibility to shorten or extend the amount of time it takes for a student to complete the program. With this all-in-one resource, educators will have everything they need to get their students off to a great start in reading.
Customer Reviews:
Perfect condition.......2007-06-11
The book cam quickly in the mail and was exactly as described. Thank you!
Great organized program.......2007-05-19
I am impressed by the organization of this phonological awareness program. I have just started using it with Kindergarten children who need more help developing PA. They love the game-like, quick exercises and are learning the difference between a sound and a letter name. I use a dolphin puppet for Fix-it which the children look forward to seeing every time we meet.
Crack the Code.......2006-03-12
Road to the Code is just loaded with information and ideas for use in the classroom. Begins at the beginning with phonological awareness activities and prodeeds forward. Great source for instruction and differentiation. Super !!!
Road to the Code.......2006-03-01
I think this is a great program for teaching phonemic awareness. It has almost everything that you need. I would recommend it to anyone working with young children or those with special needs that are struggling with reading readiness.
outstanding.......2006-02-28
Rode to the Code gave me a great program on how to help my struggling students with phonemic awareness. Over time, these students began to understand the big picture of what reading is all about. We are matching letters and sounds and recognizing rhyming words and rhyming word parts. Thank you Rode to the Code!
Book Description
An extraordinary young writer's search for authenticity among the various communities of identity-black, Latino, techno-utopian, Ivy League, activist-competing for her allegiance, each with its distinct allures and perils.
California saved Caille Millner's parents, or at least saved them from lives of poverty and oppression as black Americans growing up in racially benighted backwaters. It provided them with a free education and opportunities for advancement into the solid middle class and even beyond. But it did its damage too, and to the young Caille Millner as well, growing up in a Latino neighborhood in San Jose, relocating to more affluent but quietly hostile white-bread Silicon Valley suburbs being transformed out of all recognition by boom times, and then fleeing to a succession of utopian communities that in the end proved to be no less messy than the places she left behind. The Golden Road is Caille Millner's frankly wonderful memoir of coming of age in a world in which the need for a stable identity and the need to embrace radical change all too often collide, with consequences at times hilarious and at times devastating.
Caille Millner is equally familiar with the high-stress world of teenage strivers' gaming the system, obsessed with college choice, and the world-nearby geographically but impossibly far away by any other measure-of kids trapped in an entrenched underclass who don't have the first idea what that game even is or how one gets on the playing field. Throughout The Golden Road, Millner navigates from one world to the other with breathtaking ease, always the outsider but always genuinely struggling for empathy and connection. The result is a book that tours the landscapes of possibility carved by race, class, and culture for young Americans, and reckons with the prevailing fantasies and realities of internal immigration and gentrification, through the prism of her own experiences, with electrifying freshness and lucidity. This is that rare thing, a memoir that transcends its author's personal experiences to say something important and new about the broader culture without losing traction with the human story that gives it its astonishing power.
Customer Reviews:
Complete waste of my time..........2007-07-30
This was my book club's choice and in the beginning I was lured into the book by the beautiful quality of its author's use of words. She certainly writes poetically. Unfortunately, she has nothing to say. The entire piece seems like a creative writing exercise. This book rambles all over the place and not one person in my book club--all black women of a wide range of ages, educational backgrounds, and national origins--could discern anything that we could take away from these ramblings that made any sense to any of us. I frankly don't see how this entire project progressed through all the phases of editorial production without someone recognizing that there was no "there" there. I had to write this to warn all future readers to be cautious about the praise given by other reviewers. Yes; it is beautifully written and if you want to read beautiful prose that takes you on a journey to nowhere, this book is for you. If you want coherence and some semblance of insightful analysis, look elsewhere.
Well Written Notes.......2007-05-13
I am currently reading Notes on My Gentrification and I am impressed with the writer's style.I am most intriqued with the manner in which she weaves her thoughts.Thank you Ms. Millner for sharing your thoughts with me.
gorgeous, deeply reflective . . ........2007-03-11
Caille Millner's memoir, The Golden Road; Notes on My Gentrification is the sort of book you sit down with, read a few paragraphs, and then decide you need to hole up without interruption until you have devoured every page. It hooked me on several levels. The first element that drew me in was her writing -- it is just plain gorgeous. Many times I sat with the book in my lap after reading a passage, recalling the sheer beauty of her words. The next thing that drew me in was the story itself. She tells of her experiences growing up in suburban California as a black child in first a working class Latino neighborhood and then an upper class primarily white neighborhood. The reader follows her through childhood into adolescence and on to her college years at Harvard and then, as a young woman, out in the world. So, the writing and the story itself were both engaging. But thing that I find most striking about this book is Ms. Millner's deeply observant and reflective nature. She seems to go through life in a heightened state of awareness which allows her to illuminate her experiences and by extension, the reader's experiences. One cannot read this book without better understanding oneself and our modern world. Perhaps this is the true measure of her genius, that she can take us along with her and we see all she sees and feels and understands as she does through her exceptional ability to reveal the inner workings of race and class and self. This book is sometimes painful to read, but always, always a thing of beauty. What a gift Ms. Millner is to the world.
A new Joan Didion in the making? .......2007-03-06
Much like Joan Didion did before her, Caille Millner uses autobiography to explore larger social issues with keen insight and startling accessibility.
This is a moving and beautifully written book. A must-read from a great new writer.
The Golden Road:Notes on My Gentrification.......2007-03-05
Golden Road by Caille Millner an exceptionally crafted piece of literature that informed me of the trails and tribulations of our youth-especially those of color. I was enthralled and moved by the events in her life. There were places in the book, I wanted to cry and others where I sadly chuckled. Her writing does more than paint a picture of the times; her vivid descriptions jump out at me and remain with me while I reflect and connect with her words.
My connections are not only with my own life or lives of friends, but with other great literary works. When she described the scene where Santiago made his speech at a Harvard rally it touched me in the same way as similar scenes in The invisible Man. I couldn't help but think of Azar Nafisi and her work Reading Lolita in Tehran. Both are accounts of coming of age with the authors feeling like outsiders.
I recommend this book especially to book clubs. It will lend itself to deep discussions and new enlightenment. My only regret is that after I read this book, I had no one to discuss it with.
Book Description
CAPITALIST NIGGER excels as an explosive and jarring indictment of the Black Race. Capitalist Nigger: The Road to Success (Timbuktu Publishers, September 17, 2000) asserts that the Black Race, is a consumer race and not a productive race. Says the author, Chika Onyeani, "We are a conquered race and it is utterly foolish for us to believe that we are independent. The Black Race depends on other communities for its culture, its language, its feeding, and its clothing." "Despite enormous natural resources," according to the author, "Blacks are economic slaves because they lack the "killer-instinct" and "devil-may-care" attitude of the Caucausian, as well as the "spider web economic mentality" of the Asian." The author is not afriad to use the most hated word, the 'N' word as a title of his book. He says, "It is not what you call me, but what I answer to, that matters most." The further asserts that "Blacks are economic slaves. We are owned lock stock and barrel by people of European-origin ... I am tired of hearing Blacks always blaming others for their lack of progress in this world; I am tired of the whining and victim-mentality. I am tired of listening to the same complaint, day in day out - racism this, racism that. It's getting us nowhere." "Africans have a stance, 'live for today, let tomorrow take care of itself and be damned' attitude," the author says. "We've become a sheep-like consumer race that depends on other communities for our culture, language, feeding, and clothing. We've become economic slaves in Western society." CAPITALIST NIGGER reserves its harshest criticism for African leaders, who according to Onyeani, have allowed Europeans and others to pillage and plunder Africa's wealth, without anything to show for it, other than more starvation, disease, and dictatorships. "We have as little today than when most of the African countries received independence from their colonial masters," Onyeani says. CAPITALIST NIGGER is an anguished cry to the Black race to wake up, stand up and move on." "We must abandon the victim mentality baggage that we've carried for so long: the notion that somebody owes us something," the author says. "We've got to stop whining and stop begging. The Black race needs to wake up and stand on it's own feet." Says Onyeani, "We need to recognize and learn from others what it takes to succeed. We need to adopt the "devil-may-care" attitude and the "killer-instinct and whatever-it-takes attitude" of the white Caucasian, and the "spider web economic mentality" of the Asian."
Customer Reviews:
Review from an Angolan in the Diaspora.......2007-06-24
This book is the ultimate insult coming from one of its own. But history has shown that these traitors have always existed for its own self gain. A scribe that attempts to motivate its own peole by the negative, therefore insulting. It is an insult to the people that fought for the dignity of Africa and its peoples: Patrice Lumumba, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, Agostinho Neto, Samora Machel, Amilcar Cabral, Robert Mugabe and others that fought against the powerfull colonialists Portuguese, French, Belgians, Spanish supported by the American imperialism.
To add insult to injury he does not acknowldge any credits to Africans that reconquered independence and dignity, he rather accepts that Africans received independence from its masters. He mixes inteligence with unscrupulous copying of intelectual property by suporting those who have no respect for innovation of any sort. Africans are artistically innovative, no copists.
The handful of people he admires were pirates called navigators by their supporters; they were rapists, slaves traders but called evangelists spreading christianity by force, Bible in one hand spade in the other, against Christ own words and denegretating indigenous believes. They were without the shadow of a doubt superior in technology, organisation skills, germs and guns but not in inteligence. There is enough research and literature available to demonstrate that the reason for dominance was a set of circunstances not inteligence, but I abstain from letting this person know where that published information is. It would be useless. It would be like asking Hitler to read the Communist Manifesto. It was a set of circunstances that gave them superior advantage called by the author "killer instints". The author is calling us to become barbarians.
It is no surprise that he receives support from self interested groups of people that see in this individual a support for their racist theories. The book is not supported by any historical investigation and its is a load of garbage.
We as people have existed for thousands of years of which the last 500 have been under foreign dominance. 500 years is little time by comparision with our remote brilliant past and by comparison with what the future promises. It will probably after our time on earth that we regain full dignity but if I see the author in the other world I will simply walk past with disdain.
Another Perspective.......2006-12-28
Had this book been written by a white person,he would have been crucified.I'm a South African and I experience what Onyeani is writing about on a daily basis.Athough I'm white,this book is painful to read.
The book came to my knowledge about two months ago and I do not know what kind of a stir(if any)it caused when it was first published.The danger inherent to this book is that it may be abused by militant right-wingers,but anyone doing that would loose sight of the fact that the book was written by an Afro-American and that it is an outcry aimed at Afro-People everywhere to get off their duffs and to be Capitalist Niggers-you have to read the book to understand this expression-and to stop being passive,waiting with cupped hands for the seemingly endless hand-outs.
If one looks at Africa:where are the success stories,the lasting democracies?(Except,hopefully and perhaps,South Africa)I agree with Onyeani-Africa is a beautiful and bountiful continent and it's high time that all its people manage it to its full potential and not run it into the ground as is the case currently,eg,Zimbabwe which became a pathetic,sad,broke and broken country run by a madman 20 years after the 'colonialists' left.
White or not,it's my fervent wish that Oyeani's call to Afro-People everywhere to become Capitalist Niggers,is heeded-it will be to the ultimate benefit of all the people of all races.
About race,race relations and what's wrong with the world in general and Britain in particular,check out THE LIGHT'S ON AT SIGNPOST by GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER,the chapters titled 'Angry Old Man'.Compulsive reading.
Interesting Read.......2006-08-25
This is an interesting book on the economic and social situation of Africans in Africa and the diaspora. The author is very critical of the economic underdevelopment and dependence of African peoples on other races. He ascribes this to inferiority complex and lack of self-confidence and self-discipline in the ability of African peoples to be world-renowned successful entrepreneurs, industrialists, scientists and engineers. He cites several examples of ineptitude by African leaders with the resource rich African continent being heavily debt-ridden with nothing to show where the money went.
Onyeani believes that by following the capitalist path and doing so aggressively, resolutely, persistently and with confidence, it should be possible to uplift the African race from the bottom layers of society where it is largely settled.
It is easy to dismiss Onyeani's ideas as just rantings of a frustrated African but this introspection is a critical first step towards the mental and economic emancipation of the African race. One can accuse the author of advocating a system of "capitalism" which is inherently oppressive and exploitative and is a creation by the Caucasian race which tends to contradict his basic message. However, such thinking misses the basic point that African needs to catch up or surpass the other races in building a better community characterized by prosperity, progress, mutual assistance and support and unity.
Required Reading For All African American Teenagers.......2006-07-19
I went to the store to purchase "White Guilt" but they were out. I purchased this book instead and I cannot tell you how happy I was to read it. It took me 2 days to read it and then I read it again just to let it all soak in. This book uncovers the secret (at least the secret from African Americans) to be succesful. It should be required reading of all AFrican American teenagers age 16 and up. He explains how India and Koren immigrants to this country have acheived more than blacks have and they we should not whine about White People holding us back because by doing so, you CANNOT be focused on becoming an Economic Warrior, i.e., a Capitalist Nigger.
Buy this book for yourself and instead of money or pen sets for graduation gifts for high school and college graduates, make this your standard gift to them. They will appreciate it for years to come.
I would also suggest reading "Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery" by Na'im Akbar. It is the perfect book to accompany "Capitalist Nigger." Really, they both should be required reading for African American teenagers.
He's right on it.......2006-07-05
I thought the book gave a raw and uncut truth about africans,etc. Onyeani shot straight from the hip in regards to how we view and approach wealth. We need to become more aggressive, not to the point where we become blinded by wealth, but as far as being more proactive when it comes to wealth. I am an entrepeneur, and I am going to implement some the theories and concepts he mentioned so I can make my community a better place.
Book Description
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.
Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor education, and low wages locked most black workers into poverty. Then two sanitation workers were chewed up like garbage in the back of a faulty truck, igniting a public employee strike that brought to a boil long-simmering issues of racial injustice.
With novelistic drama and rich scholarly detail, Michael Honey brings to life the magnetic characters who clashed on the Memphis battlefield: stalwart black workers; fiery black ministers; volatile, young, black-power advocates; idealistic organizers and tough-talking unionists; the first black members of the Memphis city council; the white upper crust who sought to prevent change or conflagration; and, finally, the magisterial Martin Luther King Jr., undertaking a Poor People's Campaign at the crossroads of his life, vilified as a subversive, hounded by the FBI, and seeing in the working poor of Memphis his hopes for a better America. 16 pages of illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Recalling memories.......2007-07-13
As one who lived through the history recalled in this book,I found it excellent.It is great to read a book in which you personally knew all the people written about and recall all the events.Michael Honey has done an excelllent job.I highly recommend this book to all students of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King jr. Especially I recommend it to all residents of Memphis and Tennessee.May we never allow this history to repeat itself
A Measure of the Men.......2007-01-06
This might be the finest book written on Martin Luther King: it certainly is the best one that I have read about him. Honey is a splendid writer, with a style that I find more accessible than Taylor Branch's. No doubt that Branch has written the seminal history of King and his times, but his writing can become tedious due to too much detail and meandering sentences.
Honey is an award-winning historian who has written two previous excellent books that demonstrate his skill as an oral historian. The outstanding feature of this book is the numerous interviews he conducted with important figures, which keep the book always absorbing.
King receives much attention, but Honey shows that the Memphis strike was led by local workers and union officials who were fighting to escape the living hell of dangerous working conditions (the strike grew out of the deaths of two sanitation workers who were mangled in a malfunctioning garbage truck when they sought shelter from a rainstorm).
In addition to the stories about the local workers and organizers, King is portrayed as an important influence who was struggling with internal fighting among black civil rights groups, includng the NAACP, the Urban League, SCLC, and SNCC, the FBI, Lyndon Johnson, who was angered by King's anti-war proclamations, and most whites who thought King was moving too fast. Any reader who questions King's leadership and selflessness, needs to read this book to have those views dispelled.
Ultimately, the Memphis strike paved the way for labor improvements throughout the South.
This superb book should be considered for all major book prizes. For King scholars, it is essential and for all other informed readers, it is an excellent narrative of King and his times.
Book Description
This book is about the development of white women's liberation, black feminism and Chicana feminism in the 1960s and 1970s, the era known as the "second wave" of U.S. feminist protest. Benita Roth explores the ways that feminist movements emerged from the Civil Rights/Black Liberation movement, the Chicano movement, and the white left, and the processes that supported political organizing decisions made by feminists. She traces the effects that inequality had on the possibilities for feminist unity and explores how ideas common to the left influenced feminist organizing.
Average customer rating:
- good, but....
- I Rushed Home to Read It!
- A bit cheesy, but overall enjoyable read
- Too Oprah-ish!
- Seamless Integration
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Rush Home Road: A Novel
Lori Lansens
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
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Sharla Cody is only five, but has already lived a troubled life- only to find herself dumped on an elderly neighbor's doorstep when her mother takes off for the summer. Although Sharla is not the angelic child Addy Shadd had pictured when she agreed to look after her, the two soon forge a deep bond. To Addy's surprise, Sharla's presence brings back memories of her own childhood in Rusholme, a town settled by fugitive slaves in the mid-1800s. She reminisces about her family, her first love, and the painful experience that drove her away from home. Brilliantly structured-and achingly lyrical, this is a story about the redeeming power of love and memory, and about two unlikely people who transform each other's lives forever.
Customer Reviews:
good, but...........2007-03-29
I enjoyed the novel with a few critiques. I found that Addy had way too many tragedies in her life. The death of her husband and daughter seemed to happen just to add drama to her life. I didn't enjoy it as much as "The Girls" but found it easy to read but not memorable.
I Rushed Home to Read It!.......2006-08-09
If you are looking at these reviews in 2006, it may be because you have just read Lori Lansens latest novel, "The Girls" and found it to be so enthralling that you want more more more. That's why I picked up "Rush Home Road", and am I ever glad I did because it is every bit as enthralling, page-turning, heart-wrenching and endearing as "The Girls". This woman can write a story! Maybe it's her experience as a screenplay writer that makes her able to keep you interested, to teach you something you didn't know, and to make you want to know what happens next. I can't wait for her next novel! Brava!
A bit cheesy, but overall enjoyable read.......2006-05-05
Addy, an elderly black woman, suddenly finds herself the guardian of Sharla, a biracial five-year-old, after Sharla's trashy mother abandons her. Although initially unwilling to take on the job, Addy soon discovers how much she needs Sharla, and quickly transforms her into a healthy, loving child -- a necessary task, as Addy knows that the two won't have much longer together. The story gets kind of hokey in spots, and Lansens bogs it down with a lot of flashbacks (Addy's lived through a lot in her 70-odd years) but overall, it's hard to put this book down.
Too Oprah-ish!.......2005-08-28
What started off as an interesting story turned into an Oprah-ish type novel where the characters faced extreme drama at every turn and are faced with unbelievably unrealistic coincidences. I thought that the book would cover an interesting topic of the Underground Railroad as part of the novel took place in Chatham, Ontario, but it did not. I really wanted to enjoy this book, but it left me unfulfilled. I was surprised that the author didn't reunite her main character with her first love, although she DID literally stumble upon his grave. Bad writing, but I give it a "3" because some of the characters had potential.
Seamless Integration .......2005-05-08
The book is soul-enhancing; a story of an elderly black woman wonderfully revealed when she has to take care of a young girl. Seamlessly integrated as the author reveals the past through the present and the feelings oppressed by various persons are skilfully portrayed.
A book that convinces me to pass up on tv series and reach for soul-enhancing rather than soul-reducing activity.
Average customer rating:
- A Decent Story
- Twas nothing special
- No Armor is the Best
- This book was ok, but not the best.
- pretty good
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The Black Road (Diablo, Book 2)
Mel Odom
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Book Description
Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm...and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed....
Darrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a soldier of fortune and champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick?and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation.
The Black Road
An original tale of space warfare set in the world of the bestselling computer game!
Customer Reviews:
A Decent Story.......2006-08-26
Diablo: The Legacy of Blood (Book 2 in the Series)
By: Mel Odom
Another good book in the Diablo series that is based on the popular video game. This is a totally different story, with totally different characters, and yes totally different locations. In this book, an evil priest tracks down the doorway to unleashing a powerful demon into the world of man. But at the same time an unwitting sailor is on his way to the island to rescue a member of the royal family and gets tangled up in the whole matter as he witnesses the coming of the evil demon. Now, after tragedy and hardship, he must bring his life together, to try and destroy the demon that took his best friend and rid the world of its evil influence.
I liked this story, there were some pretty good action scenes, the only thing that I don't like is the ease where time just totally skips in several months and even in years. But it is still a great story, much like the first book, this has more fight scenes to it than the first, they have lengthy gaps between them, that's the only bad thing other then a few spelling errors throughout the book, gotta give it an 9.1/10.
Twas nothing special.......2006-01-29
I've read most of the Diablo novels. By most I mean the only one that I didn't finish was this one. For reason I could not, for the life of me, get into it. Got to chapter 6 and couldn't go on. The writing style of Odom just simply didn't captivate me as Knaak did with novel's 1,3, and Moon of the Spider.
The book may have picked up from chapter 6 on, however; I didn't feel like finding out. A good book should grab you by the end of the first chapter. A great book should grab you by the end of the first page. This novel did neither. Though the 5 chapters I read were well written, just not captivating. IMHO.
Myself being a hardcore Diablo fan, it pains me to say that the only people I would recommend this to is truly hardcore fans yearning for more tales of Sanctuary.
No Armor is the Best.......2005-12-05
Strotyabout a soldier named Norrec who finds ancient armor and gets possed by it. overall good book awith many twist and turns the downside is too many tow people long talks between them . But still a good read to check out.
This book was ok, but not the best........2005-09-30
I liked this book because theres alot of fighting and adventure in most of the book. But in the spots in the book that there wasnt adventure or fighting or action it was kind of boring like when Buyard Cholik talked about Dien-Ap-Sten and the prophet of light which is the demon Kabraxis but he has changed his name so no one will know he's acually a demon. There are very few boring parts of this book, because there is so much action and adventure that it kept me reading. Darrick was'nt always fun to read about either like when after his best friend Mat died from being pushed off a cliff by a skeliton. Because Darrick was always drunk after seeing his best friend fall off a cliff and dying, he was also discharged from the navy after missing his ship when it set sail. Then he just did some small jobs and spending whatever money he got from those jobs on alcohol and enough food to keep him alive. But after he met up with Taramis who is a sorcerer that kills demons and is now after kabraxis. After Darrick trusted Taramis once he got some information about kabraxis he joined Taramis to fight kabraxis and Buyard Cholik. Then he left town with Taramis and a group of mercinaries looking for a sword called stormfury that is an enchanted weapon that will be able to kill kabraxis.
Darrick Lang is following a pirate ship holding the kings nephew hostage. Once Darrick and his crew climb the cliff the pirates are on, they attacked 2 pirates but most of them are in the boats so they set the two ships on the sides of the middles boat on fire and Darrick and Mat jump down onto the middle ship and find the kings nephew already onto the deck. Mat and Darrick are now running to there own ship with the kings nephew but the boy tells them to go look for a demon but after they argue a little they do and they find him so they run away from him but they are followed by summoned skelitons from the demon kabraxis and once they all get to the ship which is at the bottom of a cliff Darrick and other crew jump but Mat is unlucky and is pushed down the cliff by a skeliton and hits rocks at the bottom instead of water and is killed instantly. Darrick is discharged from the navy because he is always drunk and misses his ship when it leaves town. After three years he meets a guy named Taramis and goes with him to hunt a demon Kabraxis. once they get an enchanted sword called stormfury that is able to kill the demon. They go to where the demom is hiding and soon attack the building Kabraxis and Buyard Cholik the guy who let the demon loose is in. once the mercinaries and Taramis and Darrick are in the big building they find and kill Buyard Cholik. but Darrick has to enter the black road to get to Kabraxis which is in a giant snake. Darrick kills Kabraxis by stabbing Kabraxis severel times with stormfury after a few minutes of fighting, but is only able to stab him becouse he trips after almost getting his head cut off by stormfury, but Darrick also had an advantage because the demon is very tired after using magic to heal Buyard Cholik after being shot with an arrow. once the demon is dead Darrick and Taramis continue there hunt for demons. And that ends the story.
pretty good.......2005-09-29
im really over 13 but im just using this,ok first of all the three diablo books in the series hace NOTHING to do with each other, second of all ive read 1 and 2 i liked 1 much better and 2 was ok.it was good cause it had a lot of action but it wasnt the best books in the world.I love diablo and play it everyday and so i know a lot about it, this book didnt have a lot to do with diablo a couple names but thats all, plus in diablo you never fight pirates or anything like that so it was good but not my favorite i suggest the first one in this series.
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A day-by-day journal from the journals of the ever-volatile Henry Rollins on tour from 1981 to 1986 that captures the irrationality and violence of punk specifically, and the stresses of being on the road in a rock band generally.
Book Description
As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form the basis of Get in the Van. Rollins's observations range from the wry to the raucous in this blistering account of a six-year career with the band - a time marked by crazed fans, vicious cops, near-starvation, substance abuse, and mind numbing all-night drives. Rollins decided to revise this edition by adding a wealth of new photographs, a new foreword, and an afterword to include some "where-are-they-now" information on the people featured in the book. This new edition includes 40 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs from Rollins's private collection and show flyers by artist Raymond Pettibon. Called "a soul-frying experience not to be undertaken by lightweights" by Wired magazine, Get in the Van perfectly embodies what one critic called the "secular gospel" of one of punk and post-punk's most respected and controversial figures.
Customer Reviews:
The best thing that Rollins ever did?.......2007-09-20
In my opinion Henry Rollins isn't terribly bright, wasn't the best Black Flag singer, the Rollins band sucked and his other books are unreadable. But this book is great. The cover is great, the content is great, the photos are great. He's totally egocentric although he often feigns modesty. He's still interesting and this book is a nice doument of Black Flag.
Started strong - .......2007-03-08
This book sucks - Rollins seems like an ok guy at the beginning but you get so tired of his constant loner meets crybaby attitude. Everything seems like a struggle to him. This book is comprised of pictures and journal entries, I love Black Flag but this book is boring. Rollins is self centered and boring constantly seeking the spotlight and then acting as if it is not what he wants, listen to him talk on his cd's or read any of his books, it seems as though his attitude towards others is poor - almost like ---I Just want to be left alone - - if that is the case then why is he performing on saturday night live - acting in movies- going on MTV????? lets not forget the Gap ads.. I used to really like Rolins and I still listen to his music but sometimes I just don't get it. if you do buy this be sure to buy the second edition as it has way more pics and pettibone art.
Oh, The Pain! (of trying to read this!).......2006-11-27
Wow. Henry Rollins is kind of an idiot. That actually surprised me. I was really looking forward to reading this. I was severely disappointed. It'd be sad to read about the never ending misery of his chosen life as the singer of one of the most esteemed punk bands ever (yeah, tough life pal), if it weren't so apparent that he brings it all upon himself with a tunnel vision that ignores anything outside his head (yeah, that's a song). We don't hear much at all about his bandmates, the bands Black Flag played with, interesting people he met or uh ... stories. The pearls revealed are things like, "People hurt. Things hurt. It just hurts. Alone doesn't always work ... together doesn't work well either." or "I died. Not much going on.(?!)" Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie a break! Hey! There are other people in the world besides Henry Rollins! Try talking to some! The self-love/hate this guy has for himself is just ridiculous. It really becomes funny after a while to see how into himself he is while ignoring everyone around him. It's like reading a typical teenage diary or the journal of a confused caveman. Everything is redundant and lacking in any insight. Boring. Stupid. I'm all for self-exploration and trying to come to terms with the human condition, etc., but I can't find any sympathy for Mr. Rollin's pain. Some people just love being a Martyr. Ha ha.
he might not like this but..........2006-07-09
i cannot believe how addicted i am to the entries in this book.
get in the van gets me through every redundant hour at work while i'm on break. i can't wait to read some of his other work.
Brilliant.......2006-03-16
This book is amazing. It is very thorough and entertaining. The stories told within chronicle the life of a touring musician in brilliant detail. Some parts are hilarious, others sad. It shows what touring is like, and is an entertaining read at the same time. One thing is for sure though. After reading this book, I kind of thought twice about my dream to be a touring musician. This book does not glorify touring at all, but instead, shows it from a more realistic point of view, instead of the sex, drugs and groupies fantasy that so many bands put forth. Touring is more than that, and this book highlights that fact in great detail.
Book Description
From Ptolemy's projection of the world--still the basic map after 13 centuries--to Tolkien's cartography of Middle Earth (the most printed guide to a non-existent place ever), each of these maps has its own fascinating story to tell.
Escape maps, military maps, cartographic breakthroughs, and follies and forgeries: these 100 maps, organized chronologically, are the most important, dramatic, and breathtakingly beautiful ever created. They show not only the art and science of the form, but also its power. Some had devastating consequences, such the 1885 map of Africa that carved up the continent to Europeans desires. But others are simply exquisite to look at or mysterious, like the Aborginal "Dreamtime" painting and the Siberian rock maps. And some maps capture places that exist only in the imagination. Finding out about each one is an adventure all its own, whether it be with Lewis and Clark across America or the British as they uncovered India.
Customer Reviews:
not as well edited as I'd like.......2006-05-21
I was disappointed with this book. Certainly it contains many nice maps, but even the potential inherent in its large square size has been squandered.
The very first map inside the book [of the Soviet Union] is neither explained well nor presented in a comprehensible way. It's not especially handsome. Even the authors express surprise that they included it, and their purported explanation for including it [Stalin killed kulaks] is kinda stupefying.
Then there is the lousy proofreading. I just have to scratch my head in amazement when the very second word of text (after the introduction) is misspelled: "As Pofessor Black has pointed out..." Ouch!
I would recommend instead "The Image of the World: 20 Centuries of World Maps" by Peter Whitfield. That Pomegranite book is everything this is not -- focussed, handsomely presented and well-edited. True, Whitfield deals only with a subset of cartography (the Map of the World) but an important and wide-ranging subset indeed. In any event, this book overreaches in pompously presenting itself as an overview of the "Science, Art and Politics of Cartography Throughout History" --presumably, history recorded and not!
Designed for the coffee table, "100 Maps" won't fit on your shelf, and you won't want it there in any event. I'm giving mine away.
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