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"How Do You Know He's Real? God Unplugged," the second book in the successful "He's Real series," shares the profound real life journeys and dramatic encounters with the living God by young celebrities from the worlds of sports and music. The book addresses issues that young people deal with, like insecurity, anger, peer pressure, addiction and self-esteem. Always inspirational and often miraculous, "God Unplugged" is a must-read for those who desire to go deeper in their relationship with God.
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Between the covers of this book are testimonies from Christian role models from the worlds of film, sports, and music. The stories are real and powerful, and are presented in a way that believers and seekers alike will find compelling.
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People teens admire talk about God.......2007-04-13
Author Amy Hammond Hagberg wanted to help teens--her own and others--answer questions about God, including the big question: "How do you know he's real?"
Hagberg wrote to sports stars, recording artists and other celebrities, asking them to reflect on their life experiences and share how the reality of God was making a difference to them personally and professionally. The responses she received--from NBA players, Christian musicians, 'American Idol' contestants and others--are honest, revealing, and often compelling.
The resulting book is a collection of celebrity essays: mini-bios that focus on the reality of God in the midst of media attention, success and failure, and broken relationships. Contributors include Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic basketball team, quarterback David Carr of the Houston Texans, and popular Christian recording artist Clay Crosse.
Some of the interviews are especially helpful for Hagberg's original target readers: teens. Among these, Chrissy Conway of 'Zoe Girl' talks about her parents' divorce, the party scene, and the twists and turns along her personal career path in ways that connect with teens and with anyone who has ever considered attempting a career in music.
Hagberg is a gifted and skilled writer who keeps readers turning the pages as she unpacks celebrity affirmations of the presence of God in their lives. A great gift book for readers from teens through Gen X, but the stories here will interest readers of any age!
Note: Reviewer Dr. David Frisbie is an author and Executive Director of The Center for Marriage & Family Studies in Del Mar, California.
Armchair Interviews says: Anything that can help teens understand their role in living a good life is good.
Celebrities share their faith.......2007-03-11
This is an ideal book to give to people who have questions about becoming a Christian, and who love sports and music celebrities.
44 extreme sports and music celebrities tell their stories in this book, from Jonny Lang (recording artist), to Barlow Girl (rock group), Kimiko Soldati (Olympic diving), CJ Hobgood (surfer), Dwight Howard (NBA player, Orlando Magic), Mick Hannah (downhill mountain bike racer), Jimmie McGuire (professional motocross rider) and more.
They share hard times they faced, how they became Christians and how their paths are more joyful due to their faith. Being a Green Bay Packer fan I turned to Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila's story of growing up in South Central Los Angeles with a tough background, a Muslim dad and a Christian mom, and how his becoming a Christian led to his current happy family life and NFL career. Christian Hosoi, professional skateboarder, after serious drug problems, is now leading a skateboarding ministry.
The two page "God's Road Map" at the end of each celebrity's story contains perceptive questions and Scriptures. Sports and music lovers will enjoy this book, and it can even be a "past watchful dragons book" that will steer doubting people on a new clear path.
god unplugged.......2007-02-02
God Unplugged by Ammy Hagberg was very interesting. It is 403 pages long and was published in 2006 by Destiny Image. In the story top athletes, musicians, and also stars tell how god helped them get where they wanted to be and changed their lives.
In the story there were 44 celebrity reflections on true life experiences with god. Many of these celebrities have been extremely low in their lives and god has pulled them out of them. Also in some cases they have had no luck in there lives and finally achieved their goals after they gave there lives god. All of these people believe that god has either given them opportunities or even the strength to work through where they were to get to where they want to be.
I thought that this was a good book. I enjoyed reading it and seeing how god has changed all of these people's lives. The strengths of this book are that it has top named celebrities that people actually want to read about. The weakness of this book is that there is nothing to find out nest so you don't have a reason to keep reading. I did like how god actually gave them the strength to continue and succeed in life. The writing was very boring to me, but I liked the idea.
The book gave a lasting effect on me because I have a saint Christopher necklace that my grandma gave to me before she passed away and that keeps me safe when I race motorcross. So, I think that god has a great power on us. I would recommend this book, it will make you think.
After reading this, you certainly KNOW he is real!.......2007-01-25
Truly, this, and the book before this, are really awesome books!
** Why?
Because they give some very good insights into other peoples way to God. Not only that, if you don't know the Bible inside and out (and even if you do, actually!), there are quotations from the Bible explaining the why and hows, depending on the story of the person interviewed.
All this, with Amy Hagbergs very nice way of writing (down to earth serious mixed with a nice blend of humor) makes this book a pleasure to read!
Personally, I strongly recommend this book to everyone. It might be those who Seek, or those who have found, it doesn't matter, in my opinion! :)
Fantastic book!.......2007-01-24
What a great book! Amy Hagberg has gathered some of today's biggest sports and music celebs to talk about how they know God is real. This book is in stark contrast to so many of today's depressing, tragedy-focused headlines. And the list of celebrities is impressive! [...]
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- PC is dead!!!!!!
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Anti-Christ: A Satirical End of Days
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What began as a minor dispute between Matthew Ford and Jesus has escalated into a feud that threatens to undermine a Cold War that has existed between Heaven and Hell for two millennia. The question is.what will happen next?
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Give Everyone Something to Talk About.......2007-10-11
I could understand how Christians would loathe this novel. It really slams religion. Well, it escoriates 'organized' religion. I think this book works best as a symbolic journey of the individual trying to find their own way in reality, various choices having to be made in the face of trying situations in order to not only determine who they are but what their place is in reality. This is a story of growth for a slacker (young college kid) who is forced to mature leading to the destruction of the world (his original mindset where he has no authority) and its resurrection as a reality he not only has a place in but helped to create (hence, maturity). Sure the book bashes Christ but if your skin is so thin that you are attacking it on that principle then it is obvious you didn't get the novel and really should sit down and go over your philosophical underpinnings. If your beliefs are so tenuous you want something destroyed because they challenge them then maybe you don't believe as much as you thought you did.
PC is dead!!!!!!.......2007-08-03
God, this is humor I have missed since the 1980s. You know, the type which isn't worried about being politically incorrect. Humor is simply that: humor. It's not meant to be taken seriously. It's supposed to make you laugh. This book is quite offensive but the way it handles the subject matter is hilarious. Come on, it makes the Vatican out to be a quasi-terrorist/organized criminal group. Do you think you'd ever see something like that in print? And the punches this writer delivers to government are brutal, but sadly honest with a simple-minded, easily manipulated president and less than honest political aides. Even funnier is the diet plan proscribed by the "Anti-Christ" for the obese. You'll laugh at the simplicity of it. This book is all about corruption, imperfection, and the power of the individual. Great satire. You should give it a read.
God, are you there? If so, are you laughing as hard as me?.......2007-06-28
The author is clearly angry at society. He rips on the Church, politics, self-help groups, corporations, and even God! Judging by how screwed up the planet is can you blame him? This is a fun read following a guy's journey through Heaven and back.
But come on, Mexicans sneaking into Heaven! That alone makes this story funny beyond belief. It's like South Park on steroids. If you are extremely Christian, sorry. But for everyone else this book puts a funny spin on everything from fat people to politics. Only this book could claim the Catholic Church to be the equivalent of a terrorist organization!
Very Gilliam-esque.......2007-06-03
For anyone who has seen Terry Gilliam's work, Anti-Christ: A Satirical End of Days is squarely in that vein: dark satire mocking the establishment and man's place in it. What begins as light-hearted comedy gradually darkens throughout the tale. I think the best part of this entire book is someone finally having the originality to take the Greek mythologic way of thinking and transplanting it onto Christian theology. These angels, cherubs, Jesus, Satan, and God himself are portrayed as flawed, mortal, and with their own agendas surrounding an Existence which for better or worse they really want no part of save in how it can profit them. The book is clearly a rebuke of the Christian Right in this country as well as American politics/policies and the problems of man's ever increasing individuality which can only lead to isolation. It's a fun book, trust me. I might make it sound dry but the writing is top notch. You should give it a go.
Beyond the veil!!!.......2007-02-12
God in a wheelchair. Angels that belong to a fight club. Hell, the book even has zombies!!! How can you go wrong with zombies!?!?! Ok, so to make a long story short, Matthew Ford gets into a feud with Jesus. Things go crazy leading to the end of the world. This book is wild. If you're Christian I wouldn't suggest buying it unless you have a REAL open mind. It is not very kind to Jesus. But it IS funny. Funnier than most books that deal with religion.
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- An Interesting History With A Little Personal Theology
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- a demonological classic and scholarly opus
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A classic!.......2006-09-04
I have read many books on the devil over the years, and this is by far the best.
It belongs in every library, Christian and Satanist alike!
An Interesting History With A Little Personal Theology.......2004-12-14
The author of this history is an avid proponent of what he regards to be "true religion": in this case, "the religion of science," in which the devil and his legions are regarded as mere symbols and in which belief in literal demons is labeled a base superstition, a sort of primitive dualism, and the springboard for all manner of evil (witch hunts, inquisitions, etc.). The author seems to regard himself as the herald of a new age of scientific objectivism.
The book outlines the history of man's perception of evil, presenting it as a sort of progressive evolution from superstition to reason, assisted by the "divine light of science." In deifying science, however, the author seems to forget that science is likely to be as false as religion (what is held as scientific truth in one generation may be the laughingstock of the next); it can be as dogmatic as religion (take the modern rigid stance on evolution, for example); and it can be a source of as great an evil (consider the Nazi's eugenics program).
The author often asserts as fact matters that would more accurately be termed hypothesis. But whether or not one agrees with his interpretations of religious history, or with his questionable definition of true religion, "The History of the Devil" is a fascinating book. It teaches many interesting--and rarely emphasized--components of Christian history, introducing to us a large cast of historical figures. These men and women the author judges according to their degree of enlightenment, that is, according to how literally they regard the devil. Luther, however, receives much praise, despite his strong belief in a literal devil, because in his lifetime he ensured that none of his followers ever burned a human soul for a witch. Calvin, on the other hand, the instigator of numerous executions, is offered no such kindness.
The book is not solely the story of the Christian view of the devil. It begins with the most primitive views of good and evil, passing through Ancient Egypt, the early Semites, Persian Dualism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions. The book is replete with eye-catching illustrations, and it is spattered with fascinating quotations from literature and historical and theological sources. Whatever your theological objections, The History of the Devil is worth reading.
DISCOURSES ON THE IDEA OF DEVIL FROM PAST TO PRESENT.......2003-02-04
A wonderfully written and illustrated book takes you through the concept of devil from the ancient egypt to modern times. Paul ideas on the demonology of the christendom will keep you on the edge of your seat. A must buy classic!
a demonological classic and scholarly opus.......2001-06-01
Paul Carus's classic treatise, writ and published to great occult acclaim circa 1900, remains a much deserved classic; 350 illustrations carefully chosen alone warrant applause, but it is his highly focused text that deserves scholars' attentions and demands republication. Foremost of importance for current day readers is the extent to which the work delves far beyond the pulpish, tho non-fictive, profit-orientated goals of the majority of the Devil's historians making a buck and a name out there today (Jeffrey B. Russell, whose depictions of the late eliphas Levi as a mere flop Satanist---of which as a devout Catholic Abbe' he was strictly railing against the entirety of his miraculous life---exemplifies such). None such opinionations are within carus's exemplar work. Crucial to this review is coneying the standard of success he reaches in establishing his goal of a thorough, precise and organized historiography mapping and dilineating the crucial developments and differences amidst the varied beliefs and ideas concerning evil and its dominions and servitors, on a level worldwide in conception. Cultural relativity is and remains established throughout; no opinions are broached to instead focus strictly upon orientating the reader with The History Of The Devil And The Idea Of Evil ( the book's subtitle) with little sensationalism besides the already stranger than fiction truth of the matter.
As a Romantic debauchee lusting for poetic description with the kind of wit that bites its object of desire in the middle of the back, my only complaint of such a work as Carus's lies here. Those searching for the blasphemous variety need not turn to necromancy to evoke such animated literature as some precious few remain miraculously in print ( Eliphas Levi, Montague Summers,and Grillot de Givry, respectively, all relative contemporaries of Carus---1860, 1926 & 1931---serve excellent examples). Carus however was unconcerned with novelistic delights and concentrated upon discovering underlying formations of principles and morality within a cultural context; his establishing of historical factual sources, verifiable and in most cases evident, posits him upon a high mount of scholarly regard in the lands of comparative religions.
Carus Drops the Devil Ball.......2000-01-17
Mr Paul Carus comes at the problems of evil in society with a refreshing,albeit strained, neutrality. I think that Mr. Carus seriously digs Satan and this comes through in the background of his writing, especially when he came no longer hold his tongue in the witchcraft sections. He is a mighty scholar, tis true, but I wonder, Mr. Paul Carus, where is the discussion of our present understanding of evil? The Chapter "In Verse and Fable," was a move in the right direction, but sadly, the book dries up before Carus can point to any application of his fine scholarship to our present existance, so it becomes simply a fine reproduction of the endless parade of devil literature...
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Thought Provoking..........2005-06-12
I simply couldn't put this book down once I began reading it. The background of the author gave so much indepth insight to the story in this book. The reader is left with a greater and more solomn realization of the battle on this earth between good and evil and how easily one can be deceived.
mostly a crock.......2003-07-15
mostly factual as to actual events of these horrid crimes. That is until the author starts trying to convince the reader that these women were actually deceived by angels. Those of you who choose this book for interest in the crimes themselves, will not be pleased. There is also a lot to this story left out by the author. He seemed to base his entire book on some fact, and mainly what the convicted criminals told him. Having some knowledge of these women and their crimes, I was very displeased with the direction of the book.
a book all people need to read in these times.......2002-07-17
this book is a true account of a prayer group that was deceived by demons. they were true sincere christians that were visited by angels that told them they wre chosen of God, and all sorts of other things that stroked their ego. they figured that because these beings were beautiful and said they wre from God, that they MUST be from God. long story short, the demons little by little snuck in a little like mixed in a world of truth. kind of like giving a thirsty person a big glass of water with a little drop of cyanide until the person dies.
over a period od time the demons posing as angels from God told them that they had to steal from people who were demon possessed (which the demons called totaled) for the good of mankind. this went on and and the demons told them to do increasingly evil things until they eventually killed people. then they realized they wre being fooled by the demons.
the point is that the prayer group forgot the key thing the Bible says which is Isaiah 8:20 - To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. those angels went agaisnt God's word, but the peopel figured because the angels were real to them that they MUST be telling the truth. everything that seems godly, ISN'T. thats why its important to stay rooted and grounded in God's word. the first thing satan does is attck the Bible. once u dont have your sword u are defenseless agasint satan.
in today's world where u have people like John Edwards talkng to demons posing as loved ones, we need to stay rooted and grounded in the bible. the Bible tells us enver to talk to the dead (Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; 1 Samuel 28:3; Isaiah 8:19; to name a few). we need to know that the devil is out to decive us all. if he cant get u one way, he will get u another. remember everyone, satan is the FATHER of lies.
Thank God that as we abide in Him, love, and obey Him, we have nothing to fear. God has a covering over his children that protects even agasint the strongest strongholds of satan.
peace and God's blessings
Jobita
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Would make a great movie!.......2002-06-21
A sad story about problems caused by misconceptions concerning angels and spirits. Although the author is not a very good writer, the story is spellbinding and would make a great movie.
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- Typical compromising evangelical local flood compromise
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Noah's Flood, Joshua's Long Day, & Lucifer's Fall: What Really Happened?
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Typical compromising evangelical local flood compromise.......2000-03-31
Authors like Woodrow who promote local flood and long age compromises can be summarised as follows:
"'Science' has shown that the earth is billions of years old, therefore the plain meaning of Scripture must be re-interpreted to fit these 'facts'. If we [with our finite understanding] can't explain a clear biblical teaching, it follows that no explanation is possible, so we must re-interpret this also."
However, they fail to realise that science deals with repeatable observations in the *present*, while billions of years ideas are based on assumptions about the unobservable, unrepeatable *past*. Thus science can never show the world is billions of years old. Rather, we should rely on the eye-witness of One who was there, knows everything, and never lies or errs. But Woodrow et al. rely on the testimony of people who weren't there, often err and sometimes lie. So they are using the theories of fallible people to interpret the Word of the infallible God.
We should realise that different biases can result in different *interpretations* of the *same* data. For example, great thicknesses of rock layers could conceivably be produced either by a little water over long periods, or a lot of water over short periods. Because sedimentation usually occurs slowly today, it is assumed that it must have always occurred slowly. If so, then the rock layers must have formed over vast ages. The philosophy that processes have always occurred at roughly constant rates ('the present is the key to the past') is often called uniformitarianism.
I show how presuppositions strongly influence explanations about the past in my book Refuting Evolution, and this also contains a chapter on evidence for a 'young' earth and global Flood.
It's sad to see professing evangelical writers fall into the errors that characterise the 'scoffers' prophesied in 2 Peter 3: 'all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.' Peter reveals the huge flaw of the uniformitarian scoffers: they are 'willingly ignorant' of special creation by God and a cataclysmic globe-covering (and fossil-forming) flood.
To answer some of Woodrow's specific anti-global-flood arguments:
* The word "erets" translated as earth (Gen. 6:17, 7:19-23) sometimes refers to limited land areas.
However, erets is also used in Gen. 1:1-2, where it must refer to the whole earth. It also fits in with 2 Peter 3:6, where the 'world' was deluged (Greek katakluzo, from which we derive the word cataclysm) by water. Here the Flood is described in universal terms, and paralleled with the coming universal judgment. _Erets_ is often used to refer to the entire dry land surface, e.g. Gen. 1:10ff.
*Woodrow says that the phrase in Gen. 7:19,20 "under the whole heavens" is often used in a limited way e.g. Deut. 2:25.
But no one denies that such phrases are sometimes used in a limited way, or that 'all' is sometimes less than universal. But in the Flood account, God is going out of his way to emphasize the universality of the Flood -- from Genesis 7, NIV: 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and *all* the high mountains under the *entire* heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. 21 *Every* living thing that moved on the earth perished -- birds, livestock, wild animals, *all* the creatures that swarm over the earth, and *all* mankind. 22 *Everything* on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 *Every* living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. *Only* Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. Question: just suppose, for the sake of the argument, that God had wanted to teach a global flood -- how could He have said it more clearly than in Gen. 7?
*Woodrow argues that it would require 726 feet of rain per day for 40 days to cover the mountains.
But this assumes that the mountain were at their present height. However, much uplift happened during and shortly after the Flood (Ps. 104:8, 'The mountains rose; the valleys sank down' as the NASB correctly translates it). This is because of the catastrophic earth movements and huge amounts of still-unconsolidated sediments. Woodrow never bothered to find out what creationists actually teach, so set up a straw man, here and many other places. As computer programmers say, 'garbage in, garbage out'.
* Another straw man: cold and thin air above Mt. Everest?
Again, faulty assumption. Also, Woodrow is ignorant of the fact that air pressure depends on the height of the air column over the earth, relative to the main sea level, not altitude as such. Thus even if the Ark was above the mountains, because the sea level was also higher, the pressure would have been almost normal.
*Woodrow has a whole chapter claiming that Ark's crew could not have cared for all the animals.
Woodrow slavishly follows the usual bibliosceptical ploys, assuming that the animals needed to be taken care of, one at a time. But plenty of labour-saving mechanisms would have been available to the crew of eight, for example, long sloping troughs for both food and water that could have been loaded from only a few central filling stations. There are also systems to deal with waste, e.g. sloped or slatted floors; very deep, absorbent bedding; vermicomposting.
Don't waste your money on Woodrow's book -- buy John Woodmorappe's scholarly and comprehensive book _Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study_ for thorough demolition of all attacks on the Ark by atheists and their compromising evangelical lackeys. Woodmorappe shows that only 16,000 land animals would have been needed on board as passengers, and also covers a wide range of topics including rapid post-Flood variation, generation of rare alleles, food for the animals after disembarkation, and much more.
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Ignore the title, please.......2007-04-03
Even for Doctor Who, that's a pretty ridiculous title. It's goofy to the point of being extreme, which may have been the intent of the writers, since it contrasts quite weirdly with the actual contents of the book itself. The early 1970s stories were marked by a Earth-centric focus (partially due to budgetary considerations) and revolved around the UNIT organization and the cast that went along with that crew, as they and the Doctor fought alien invasions nearly every week. While it probably shouldn't be what the show is like all the time, it was fun while it lasted and many fans do fondly remember that era. This book attempts to bring it back and add an extra layer of seriousness to it. It's a Third Doctor story and takes place at the end of the seventh season, so Liz Shaw is still on board. What starts out as a rather conventional "aliens are landing" story winds up becoming something more interesting as the novel develops, as the writers decide to focus more on the espionage aspect of the decade, as UNIT is suddenly besieged by a spy and a conspiracy that appears to go all the way up to the top of the hierarchy. Thus while you have scenes where aliens come down and apparently kill people as part of some bizarre plan, after a while it starts to take a backseat to all the international politics that are winging around, with the Russian version of UNIT appearing to try and kidnap the Doctor, with the Brigadier trying to manuever and manipulate his way to the top in an effort to figure out who the heck has it out for him, while the rest of the cast scrambles around just to stay alive. It makes for oddly tense reading, with a weirdly fatalistic sense of resignation hanging over the proceedings, as people like Benton and the Brigadier almost actively questioning what it means to be a soldier and kill people for their country, often in cold blood. The Doctor is characterized well, by turns arrogant and preening, as well as undoubtably brilliant and moral. Liz Shaw is also handled well, an intellectual match for the Doctor who is questioning her involvement with UNIT even as she likes working around the Doctor (as much as he frustrates her), but by the same token she does not really enjoy the blood and horror that seem to come with working for UNIT, an aspecpt she really can't get used to. The plot does eventually seem to involve the aforementioned Devil Goblins and they do have a plan but it is almost extraneous and it's when the plot does seem to focus on them that the plot seems to lag, with the climatic scenes lacking just a little bit of logic and the solution coming really way out from left field. But it just reminds you how well the rest of the story is told and while it won't convince you it's a replacement for the latest Tom Clancy novel, it's a surprisingly mature and realistic tone for a Past Doctor Adventure, evoking the era while at the same time updating it ever so slightly for contemporary readers.
Stupid title, good story........2005-10-04
This is a great who novel with the third doctor. It really flushes out a lot of Unit history and helps to understand unit's place in the bigger international picture. Russian Unit includes a great women charecter and Liz and the Doctor are written in such a way that I could hear them speaking the dialogue. As usual with Who novels, I felt the ending was just thrown togetheras an after thought, but I have come to expect that. A great page turner, this reads like Terrance Dicks better books, but with the introspection of Mark Gaitiss. Try this novel and you will be happy.
Best Elements of the 3rd Doctor.......2002-08-23
An exciting and intriguing plot told with dialogue and characterizations that ring true to all the beloved early Pertwee years Dr. Who characters: Liz Shaw, Yates, Benton and Lethbridge-Stewart. Pertwee's Doctor was always concerned with social issues that blended into adult plotlines without ever overshadowing the story and characters. Like Pertwee TV stories, this book mixes scifi, espionage, and a taste of horror (which was later exploited fully in the Baker years) and delivers all of these elements with style and vigorous pacing that never allows any single element or character to get in the way of an exciting tale. It is a guilty pleasure that surpasses expectations. Like the early Pertwee stories, it offers a satisfying plot, fully-developed characters and the same sense or reality that made the first seasons of the third Doctor seem so relevant.
Much better than the title suggests.......2000-11-02
This third Doctor novel, set between seasons seven and eight of the TV series, has got to have one of the hokiest names ever forced upon the reading public. But don't judge a book by its title.
An alien object breaks up when entering Earth's atmosphere, and you know that means we're in for alien visitors. The matter is duly reported to the Doctor, but he is having problems of his own. Someone is trying to kidnap him...
This story contains some globe-spanning intrigue as well as a new menace from beyond Earth (from Triton, one of the moons of Neptune, to be precise - the hokey name had to come from somewhere...), and, following on from the more "adult" tone of season seven, UNIT is not the happy family you might have expected from season eight.
A decent read, with quite a few plot twists which may surprise you.
Not too bad at all.......1999-02-25
Wish I could say more than "not bad", and the truth is it ISN'T a bad book, but it isn't quite the Doctor Who we're used to. It almost feels as if Ian Fleming or Ken Follet contributed to this book, lots of "spy stuff" and policital intrigue. It's good to see UNIT back, with Lethbridge- Stewart, Yates, and Benton, but it's all a bit strange, Key to the story are an American spy who infiltrates UNIT for information, leaving a trail of bodies and destruction behind him; and Russian guerillas determined to abduct the Doctor to solve their problems of a mysterious mine in the tundra, from which no human investigators return. Meanwhile, the Doctor is being jumped upon and nibbled on by--you guessed it--Devil Goblins from Neptune. There's a bit too much Spy VS Spy-type activity, and not enough of the Doctor, who seems to be unconscious through quite a bit of the book. Once or twice I began to wonder if the author had forgotten the Doctor altogether. It picks up towards the end when the Doctor becomes more active and prepares to avert a nuclear attack by the Devil Goblins. If you find it a bit hard to start on, as I did, I recommend you keep going, the pace changes frequently enough to keep you interested and hanging on, but not so quickly that you can't keep track of what's happening. I was pleasantly surprised with a book I thought I would end up laying aside, and thoroughly enjoyed as it went on.
Book Description
The first hours and days following the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6th June 1944 have strong claim to be the most crucial in world history.
Spearheading this vast undertaking were crack British and American airborne forces.
Customer Reviews:
Great Airborne book.......2006-12-02
Compared to the many books available on the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, there are unfortunately very few books on the British 6th Airborne Division in Normandy. A notable exception is Mr Barber's fine book on the 9th Battalion Parachute Regiment. Well known for their attack on Merville Battery on D-Day, this excellent book also chronicles the unit's tough encounters in the in Bois de Breville are in the days after D-Day.
The attack on the guns of Merville has never been told in better detail, than in this exciting book and the maps and pictures that accompany the text are very good.
Indeed it is the photographic content that really sets this book apart from others. Thanks to his tireless interviewing of veterans and use of their archives and scrapbooks, virtually every paratrooper referred to in the book is also pictured. To me that is essential, I love to see pictures of the heroes I read about and this book is packed with images.
I urge the many readers about American Airborne troops to read this book, it will not disappoint.
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The Devil's Day
James Blish
Manufacturer: Baen Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FUM5FI |
Product Description
Combination of two books by Blish consisting of Black Easter and The Day After Judgement
Customer Reviews:
A VERY CONVINCING BOOK--Very well reasoned out........2002-07-16
I have read a number of books attempting to explain what certain prophecies are about. Many are over-speculative, a few are good. This one is probably one of the most convincing one out there.
This 20 Chapter book goes step-by-step through the scriptures and words of prophets to show what this evil organization really is. Here are a few of the chapter titles:
-A Satanic World wide Organization foretold
-The universal Problem of deception
-The Lord's Involvement in Political Affairs
-The Lord Judges Men by the Political Laws they Sanction or Oppose
-The Lord's Plan for Free Agency
-Free Agency in Hereafter Determined by Attitude Toward it Here-Satan's Plan to Destroy Free Agency
-Religious History Affirms that Satan has Always Tried to Control
Government
-Identification of Satan's Church by Latter-Day Prophets
-Priestcraft
-Socialized Education and False Doctrines
-The Kingdom of God vs. the Kingdom of the Devil
-The destruction of the Devil's Church
There are also two relevant Appendicies:
-The Constitution of the United States
-Excerpts from The Communist Manifesto
You won't regret buying this book.
--George Stancliffe
The Great and Abominable Church of the Devil.......2000-12-06
In the Scriptures it mentions the Great and Abominable Church of the Devil as being diametrically opposed to the work of the Lord. Satan's goal is to destroy the free agency of man and to "make man miserable like unto himself". Many biblical scholars have attempted to depict ecclesiastical churches as part of the Great and Abominable. However, H. Verlan Andersen proves, in a very convincing way, that the Great and Abominable Church of the Devil is corrupt government. Only corrupted government can unjustly imprison people and confiscate their property. Only corrupt government, such as Hitler's Third Reich, can declare war on other nations and cause endless misery and suffering. Ecclesiastical churches ask you to participate voluntarily and voluntarily worship God and try to do good to your fellow man. Satan's way is force and coercion. Through reading this book you will get a very great appreciation for the freedoms we have guaranteed by the Constitution and you will commit yourself to seeing that our government stands on firm and right principles.
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