Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

Book Description

This comprehensive guide can help you administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 effectively in any production environment, no matter how complex or challenging.

Long-time Red Hat insider Tammy Fox brings together today’s best practices for the entire system lifecycle, from planning and deployment through maintenance and troubleshooting. Fox shows how to maximize your efficiency and effectiveness by automating day-to-day maintenance through scripting, deploying security updates via Red Hat Network, implementing central identity management services, and providing shared data with NFS and Samba.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed contains extensive coverage of network and web services, from the Apache HTTP server and Sendmail email services to remote login with OpenSSH. Fox also describes Red Hat’s most valuable tools for monitoring and optimization and presents thorough coverage of securityâincluding a detailed introduction to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

Streamline deployment with Kickstart
Find, install, update, remove, and verify software
Detect, analyze, and manage hardware
Manage storage with LVM, RAID, ACLs, and quotas
Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on 64-bit and multi-core systems
Administer users and groups more efficiently and securely
Ensure trustworthy backup and rapid recovery
Script and schedule tasks to run automatically
Provide unified identity management services
Configure Apache, BIND, Samba, and Sendmail
Monitor and tune the kernel and individual applications
Protect against intruders with SELinux and ExecShield
Set up firewalls with iptables
Enable the Linux Auditing System
Use virtualization to run multiple operating systems concurrently

Part I Installation and Configuration

Chapter 1 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Chapter 2 Post-Installation Configuration

Chapter 3 Operating System Updates

Part II Operating System Core Concepts

Chapter 4 Understanding Linux Concepts

Chapter 5 Working with RPM Software

Chapter 6 Analyzing Hardware

Chapter 7 Managing Storage

Chapter 8 64-Bit, Multi-Core, and Hyper-Threading Technology Processors

Part III System Administration

Chapter 9 Managing Users and Groups

Chapter 10 Techniques for Backup and Recovery

Chapter 11 Automating Tasks with Scripts

Part IV Network Services

Chapter 12 Identity Management

Chapter 13 Network File Sharing

Chapter 14 Granting Network Connectivity with DHCP

Chapter 15 Creating a Web Server with the Apache HTTP Server

Chapter 16 Hostname Resolution with BIND

Chapter 17 Securing Remote Logins with OpenSSH

Chapter 18 Setting Up an Email Server with Sendmail

Chapter 19 Explaining Other Common Network Services

Part V Monitoring and Tuning

Chapter 20 Monitoring System Resources

Chapter 21 Monitoring and Tuning the Kernel

Chapter 22 Monitoring and Tuning Applications

Chapter 23 Protecting Against Intruders with Security-Enhanced Linux

Chapter 24 Configuring a Firewall

Chapter 25 Linux Auditing System

Appendixes

Appendix A Installing Proprietary Kernel Modules

Appendix B Creating Virtual Machines

Appendix C Preventing Security Breaches with ExecShield

Appendix D Troubleshooting

Tammy Fox served as technical leader of Red Hat’s documentation group, where she wrote and revised The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide. She was founding editor of Red Hat Magazine, now an online publication reaching more than 800,000 system administrators and others interested in Linux and open source. She wrote Red Hat’s LogViewer tool and has written and contributed to several Red Hat configuration tools. Fox is also the founding leader of the Fedora Docs Project.

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Category: Linux/Networking

Covers: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

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A range of tips and applications essential to successful Red Hat strategies........2007-07-27

Advanced computer library holdings catering to programmers and professionals need Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed: it provides administrators with keys to using Red Hat in any production environment and comes from the technical leader of Red Hat's documentation group, so it's coming from a creator, not just a programmer. Best practices for the entire system lifecycle covers planning, deployment and troubleshooting and packs in a range of tips and applications essential to successful Red Hat strategies.

Diane C. Donovan
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Not very clean.......2007-07-16

S0me good general info - but watch our for the quality of examples. In my case, I was bitten hard by the "Installing with PXE" section of chapter 1. I found multiple typos in the example commands, file lists, and configuration files. When combined with the fact that error messages for these kinds of configuraitons are sparse - and documentation even mroe so - it was that much more dissapoiinting that the key text wasn't vetted prior to publishing.

Slightly Off but good read.......2007-06-11

I have read about 3/4th of this book so far,most of it is mainly just review for me since the RHEL 5 release. I have noticed so far a few issues mainly with grammar, spelling, and multiple misguided instructions such as the PXE installation method, LDAP setup, and a few other minor things. Overall the book is my favorite linux related book since it gets right to the point and doesnt have all the boring history lessons about 15 years ago when service such and such was developed and how it is completely different etc etc. Any one who's read a linux related book knows what im talking about.

In regards to the misguided instructions, for instance the PXE setup. I have gone through the chapter about 5 times now and slowly stepped through the documentation as it explains but still have yet to be able to get the correct outcome.(a working PXE installation). I have previous experience with PXE so I was able to figure this out on my own with no issue but worry that some new admins to RHEL will have a hard time getting this particular method of installation setup. I'm unfortunetly human so I still may have gotten the steps down wrong and other may find that the instructions are infact correct. If so ... cool. :)

- runlevel -

looking forward..........2007-05-18

This is a RHEL5 book that is looking forward, not back. You really shouldn't be using telnet in 2007 (except maybe to connect to some old equipment); X11 forwarding is covered in the chapter about OpenSSH. What's I'm excited about are the new features: NFSv4 (better security and static ports!), provisioning servers with RHN and kickstart, Oprofile, SELinux, auditd, etc. By the way, the author works for Red Hat and is very active in these technologies. I do wish there was less general linux information in this book since that is heavily covered by other excellect publications.

not worth a buck - terribly lacking.......2007-05-13

I was so excited to see this book come out that I bought it immediately! Then, I read it. Wow. It completely leaves out any detail or mention of major items that are different than the previuos version of Red Hat. For instance, it does not even mention telnet. It doesn't mention XDMCP protocal at all. (So how does one connect to xwindows on Red Hat 5? NO IDEA, because it's different than Red Hat 4, and the author doesn't even mention it in this book.) Hard to believe. I could go on for another 10 pages on what is missing in this book, but then I would have wasted more valuable time, (that I'm trying to recoop from reading this... "book.")

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Saving not-so-maidenly damsels in distress
Possibly the weakest of the Travis McGee novels.
Classic Travis
Like eating potato chips...
Cinematic McGee

Quick Red Fox
John D. Macdonald
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0449224406
Release Date: 1995-06-27

Book Description

From the author of A Purple Place for Dying and The Deep Blue Good-by comes the republication of the bestseller starring Travis McGee, a real American hero. Reissue.

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Saving not-so-maidenly damsels in distress.......2005-07-11

"Suddenly I knew what she reminded me of. A vixen. A quick red fox. I had seen one in heat long ago on an Adirondack morning in spring, pacing along well in front of the dog fox with a very alert and springy movement, tail curled high, turning to see if he still followed, tongue lolling from between her doggy grin."
- McGee's first impression of red-haired sex symbol Lysa Dean

A mutual screenwriter friend in San Francisco, one of two real male friends Lysa has, recommends Travis to her to resolve a very sordid blackmail problem: after wrapping a movie a year and a half before, she'd taken three weeks holiday with a now-departed boyfriend who, apparently out of spontaneous boredom, brought in several casual acquaintances of both sexes for fun and games, which a month later turned up in a series of very candid anonymous photographs.

Lysa paid off the anonymous photographer at the time, her reputation for professional reliability being a little too precarious and her conservative fiancee being *far* too rich for her to risk either by sending hired muscle after the blackmailer. But now a set of copies of the photos have begun turning up in Lysa's mail with threats that suggest a potential sexual predator has gotten hold of a set of prints and created new negatives, and that Lysa's life as well as her reputation may be at stake this time.

Travis' job is to find the blackmailer and account for all the photographs and negatives rather than to protect Lysa, who is *not* the female lead this time out. (Travis has a streak of the prude in him.) Instead, Lysa's confidential secretary/personal assistant, Dana Holtzer, is assigned to accompany Travis, assist, and monitor the situation. Travis misreads Dana at first as a repressed prude not worth his respect and is set firmly straight to his great embarrassment; she knows a *lot* more about some kinds of tragedy than he does.

Yet another fine example of Travis' adventures as a knight in tarnished armour; not only is Ms. Dean a far-from-innocent lady fair, but Dana has some very complicated issues herself, though of a more wholesome variety. Travis comes to respect Dana as being worth at least ten of her employer.

The story is a kind of morality tale, in a way, as Travis tracks down the other players in that orgy in the land of eternal summer and finds a trail of broken relationships and torn-apart lives, each tragedy apparently unrelated to the rest save that the kind of people who'd be involved in that sordid holiday might be expected to come to grief. Each is an interesting and individual problem, apart from the puzzle of how the blackmailer happened upon Lysa's indiscretion and why a second set of photos has now turned up.

Points of interest:
- Lysa turns up years later in FREE FALL IN CRIMSON with a separate problem and further information about how certain events played out.
- MacDonald does *not* turn Travis' cynical insight loose upon the Hollywood culture in general, but there's plenty of philosophical musing along the way.
- Meyer is mentioned in passing, but doesn't actually appear in a book until DARKER THAN AMBER, to the best of my recollection.
- Interesting photographer friend of Travis' is introduced in passing as a consultant.
- Rather negative portrayal of some female homosexual/bisexual characters herein may offend some readers.

Possibly the weakest of the Travis McGee novels........2005-07-03

It's still a fairly good read, lively, suspenseful, generally worthwhile. But there are two major flaws that bring its rating down considerably. One is that the main romantic interest is NOT the "damsel in distress"; that position is occupied by a thoroughly unsympathetic character, one who McGee is manipulated by in ways that we rarely see. The other is that, while it isn't uncommon for some aspect of this series to seem rather outdated these days, generally, the main character's attitudes seem remarkably reasonable if a bit old-fashioned; in one scene in this book, he is demonstrated to be completely clueless and utterly unsympathetic towards lesbians. While I wouldn't have been surprised or offended had he proved somewhat clueless and condescending, his attitude in that scene (and clearly, that of the author) were neolithic and downright hostile enough to really grate on my nerves. Really ruined what otherwise would have been a pretty fair to middling book.

Classic Travis.......2004-08-31

Even though I still find "Flash of Green" to be my favorite MacDonald book, there's something so appealing about the Travis McGee series that keeps me coming back to them. The "Quick Red Fox" is a perfect example is why. It is well-paced and the central mystery is engrossing. The minor characters are all well-drawn and memorable. And, of course, it's Travis!

I hope that MacDonald continues to gain in popularity, as I feel he is horribly overlooked.

Like eating potato chips..........2004-07-31

Reading John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series is like eating potato chips: you can't eat just one. But unlike potato chips, each book tastes better than the last. In The Quick Red Fox, the 4th book in this series, MacDonald really hits his stride.

Film-star Lysa Dean calls in McGee on a top secret and very sensitive job. Dean was at a party with nine other people when some compromising pictures were taken. The actress has been blackmailed once over these photos, and a year after the original blackmail scheme, she receives more photos and a threatening letter. Afraid that the release of these pictures will jeopardize her film career and interfere with her planned marriage to husband number five, she asks McGee to investigate. She also gives McGee her young, beautiful and efficient, but very frosty personal assistant, Dana Holtzer.

McGee and Holtzer crisscross the country trying to interview the other members from that fateful party. Some are scarred, some are missing and some are mysteriously murdered. But despite all the odds and lots of dead ends, McGee is able to assemble the pieces of this intriguing puzzle.

The Travis McGee series continues to get better and this was the best one yet. I can't wait to start number five.

Cinematic McGee.......2004-07-19

Maybe it's because of the Hollywood commentary in this mcGee outing (Trav helps a vain movie star track down photos of her, taken during a drunken beach house sex party) but this jaunt seems like one of the most vivid, cinematic of the books.

Carefully detailed, pleasantly sordid and joltingly violent, "Quick Red Fox" is easy to imagine, on my mental movie screen, as directed by a period late noir helmsman like Robert Rossen ("The Hustler") or Robert Aldrich ("Kiss Me Deadly"), in crisp black-and-white Cinemascope with Paul Newman or Steve McQueen in the lead.

It's not as big in scale as some of the books, but it bobs and weaves in odd directions. Trav's confrontations with a prissy ski instructor; a pair of menacing, trailer park lesbians; and a spookily rendered German trophy wife may not be politically correct but they typify what's best and occasionally worst about MacDonald's style. McGee's warnings about women who kick for the crotch chafe against political correctness but make for one hilarious scene.

Book Description

These seven super–sexy stories tap into every new hot topic. From vampires to historicals, paranormal and suspense, each of these short stories is guaranteed to turn up the heat. This is definitely a hot new addition to the Avon Red line.

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Enjoyed 3 of 6 stories........2007-09-22

I have been following Cathryn Fox's work since starting her Pleasure Games series. I enjoyed her story along with two others: Myla Jackson and Lisa Renee Jones' tales. It's a keeper for me eventhough I only liked 3 of 6 stories. I will reread them from time to time.

Alluring Tales.......2007-03-12

Lover's Locket by Cathryn Fox

Caira has spent years dreaming and fantasizing about the man with long dark hair whose portrait had been passed down in her family for generations. No man she's ever been out with has been able to compare to Zarek, even though she knows he's only a painting. While exploring a strange shop with an even stranger proprietor, Caira finds herself irresistibly drawn to a piece of antique jewelry called The Lovers Locket. The shop proprietor gives her the locket but warns her of the curse associated with it - if you recite the incantation etched into the silver locket, your true love will be revealed to you, but it comes with the price of the awakening of the Keeper of Darkness from his slumber. Disturbed by the similarity to a myth she was told as a child, Ciana decides to recite the incantation anyway.

Lover's Locket is a very hot and sexy story of curses, reincarnation and magic. I loved the personalities of the two main characters and everything they were willing to risk and give up for each other. The enduring theme of love conquering the most fearsome foe is well done in this tale and gives this anthology's theme a great start.

Kili's Ice Man by Delilah Devlin

Kili Wilder has been fascinated by the gladiator called the Ice Man for weeks and then got a chance to meet him when tasked with selling marketing spots. Gunnar Thorsson is instantly attracted to Kili until he overhears her referring to him as dim-witted. Now he thinks she's just another "gladiator groupie" who doesn't care about the man inside the warrior image. Gunnar manages to bribe his way into Kili's virtual reality fantasy and lets her see just what is inside him.

Kili's Ice Man was a great choice to follow the first story. Its science fiction world pulled me away and into the world of Kili and Gunnar. More hot sex and great world building would have been good, but this is a terrific reminder that people are not just what they appear to be on the surface and what you think you want, may only be part of the truth.

The Hottest One Night Stand by Lisa Renee Jones

On a quick trip to visit her family, Jessica Montgomery stops at a bar in Texas in an attempt to use the phone but instead sees a man that entrances her. Just as she puts aside her desire for this Latino man, her car breaks down and the only motel for miles has already rented out their last room. In the midst of a thunderstorm, the man from the bar reappears and offers to share his room with her. This quickly turns passionate as these two strangers become lovers. But what will happen when their brief escape from the world is over?

A richly sensual treatment of the story of the one-night stand that becomes more, The Hottest One Night Stand was also the story of the journey of two people from choosing work and solitude, to them having a chance to choose to be together. Intense emotions and characterizations make this a rich and introspective story at the same time it didn't skimp in the realm of sensuality and sexuality.

Out of the Shadows by Myla Jackson

Houston cop, TJ Evans, is a member of a special task force that is a permanent night shift - killing vampires. But TJ's mind isn't completely on his new job since he's still trying to figure out what went wrong between himself and his sexy next-door neighbor Cassidy Jones. After finally consummating their mutual attraction, she stopped taking his calls with no explanation. Now in the path of a Category 5 hurricane, TJ discovers just why Cassidy refused to see him.

Out of the Shadows was a great paranormal offering and I was really rooting for TJ and Cassidy to overcome the huge odds against them. I appreciated that the paranormal aspects of the story didn't overwhelm the romance as well as the great way the timeline of the slightly future-based world was integrated with some current events. There is a definite "ahhhhhh" moment at the end of the story.

A Familiar Kind of Magic by Sylvia Day

Having gone feral after the death of her prior warlock master, familiar Victoria St. John takes her small measures of revenge by seducing and turning the tables on the warlock that the High Council sends to tame her. She was more than a typical familiar and now Hunter Max Westin has arrived with orders to either tame her or kill her. But just who will be tamed?

A Familiar Kind of Magic had me absolutely engrossed from the first paragraph. The way Sylvia gives life to both the human and animal aspects of Victoria is amazing and I really want to have the abilities Victoria has. Max is a very attractive mix of strength, dominance and sensitivity that makes him irresistible. With hot sex, some BDSM and a wonderful paranormal world, this story is hot!

Tempting Grace by Sasha White

After countless requests for a date, ex-stripper Grace Walters has instead agreed to a one night stand with the handsome defense attorney Lukas Martin. Once he gets over his shock, he realizes something is wrong, Grace isn't behaving normally and she seems to be in some sort of shock. Now Lukas is troubled because he doesn't want to take advantage of Grace if she's vulnerable. But Grace says she needs him - what's a guy to do?

Tempting Grace was an enthralling slice of the lives of Grace and Lukas and speaks to the power of love that's given a chance and allowed to bloom. I always like Sasha's stories and was not surprised that I liked it although I was surprised at how long it made me consider the characters and just what their past history may have been. A very compelling story indeed!

Quick Silver by Vivi Anna

Sangria Silver is a Conveyor, a delivery professional for cargos that shouldn't be too closely questioned. Her latest delivery was a locked metal case that she was to be paid an exorbitant fee to deliver. After picking up the case and a portion of her fee, she was forced off the road by a semi-truck and the case burst open. Sangria breaks her number one rule - she sees what is inside the package. And the contents of that package consist of sex worker Vance Verona.

Quick Silver was a fun end to this anthology. The byplay between Sangria and Vance was a delight to watch and the hot sex and erupting passion was certainly what I was cheering to have happen. I think the futuristic and yet very familiar world only added to my enjoyment - and I've always wondered what anyone would want a Hummer for!

Alluring Tales: Awaken the Fantasy was a terrific set of stories by some of my favorite authors that I would recommend to anyone who wants some great short stories in a variety of sub-genres with hot sex and very engaging characters.

Maura
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Wonderful anthology.......2007-03-07

Lover's Locket by Cathryn Fox

Caira was fascinated by the portrait of a man that is hanging in her living room, what she doesn't know is that it is her lover from a past life, who was banished by a curse into this portrait. Only the incantation on the locket will free him, but his freedom will come with a high prize and a challenge.

Lover's Locket is a fascinating story that really bewitches its reader. Ms. Fox knows how to captivate her readers from the beginning. This story is a good start for the anthology.

Kili's Ice Man by Delilah Devlin

Gunnar was so interested in Kili that he became part of her virtual fantasy, but the big problem was that she chose a very primitive setting and he has to woo her in a very limited way.

Ms. Devlin wrote with Kili's Ice Man a funny, sexy and really interesting story. Just to come up such an idea is really hilarious. One really suffers with Gunnar when he finds out what kind of situation he has landed himself in.

The Hottest One Night Stand by Lisa Renee Jones

Jessica is depressed that her husband left her not only because he has another girlfriend but also because he said that she was sexually suppressed. Will a one-night stand with a sexy stranger awaken the sensual woman in her?

The Hottest One Night Stand is the story of a woman, who finds out that there is a very sensual woman lurking in her and how she finds a way to free this part of her personality. It's a very sexy story.

Out of the Shadows by Myla Jackson

Cassidy hoped that there would be a chance to be with TJ Evans, but one momentous night destroyed all her hopes. TJ would never be able to love a vampire and she feared that she would hurt him or worse.

Out of the Shadows is a wonderful and emotional story. It will keep glued to the pages, because you want to know what happens next to TJ and Cassidy.

A Familiar Kind of Magic by Sylvia Day

Victoria loves nothing more than mischief, so it is no surprise that the High Council assigns Max Westin to collar and tame her. A battle of wills starts and neither Victoria nor Max knows who will become the seducer.

A Familiar Kind of Magic is a wonderful story that is absolutely spell-binding. You will absolutely fall in love with these characters. Ms. Day did a terrific job with this story and it's a real keeper.

Tempting Grace by Sasha White

As a former bad girl, Grace is weary to accept the offer of help from the much younger Lucas, because she fears that she will loose her acceptance. But being bad can be so good?

No one can write better bad girl stories than Sasha White and she proves again with Tempting Grace. It's a great story.

Quick Silver by Vivi Ana

Sangria knows how to do her job as messenger/delivery person, but she is quite shocked when she discovers after an accident that her cargo was a real man, who is sexy as hell.

Ms. Ana delivered with Quick Silver a terrific futuristic story, which is really sexy. It's great end to a terrific anthology which brings seven different fantasies to life.

This reviewer was sorry when she reached the last page of the book; you just want to read more. You really have to keep your eye on those authors, because they write great stories

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5 Klovers! Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques.......2007-03-04

HarperCollins Avon Red has created an anthology of stories guaranteed to warm even the coldest winter night!

Wow! Individually, each of the stories in the anthology Alluring Tales - Awaken the Fantasy more than sizzle, but united in one hot little book, they are downright combustible! The title promises alluring tales, and it definitely delivers!

With some anthologies, you find several stories you like or love, and maybe a story or two that aren't quite up to par. It would be hard to find anyone who could say this about Alluring Tales - Awaken the Fantasy! Each story is just as good as the last one. I personally would be hard pressed to choose a favorite between them, and am very grateful I don't have to!

~ Lover's Locket by Cathryn Fox ~

When an old gypsy presses Caira to accept a mysterious locket, Caira finds love, and risks losing her soul to save his!

This is the first story I've ever read by Cathryn Fox, and I find myself compelled to look for more of her work after reading it. Lover's Locket is a surprisingly complex story of ancient curses, forbidden love, and reincarnation. I use the word complex due to its brevity. Fox has woven an intricate history for her leading lady in this story, proving her skill with the short story format.

~ Kili's Ice Man by Delilah Devlin ~

In a futuristic world, Kili attempts to ease her lust for her celebrity crush, the Ice Man, over her lunch hour with one quick virtual reality session in order to calm her nerves before a business meeting with him that very afternoon. But her VR fantasy man seems all too real...

I confess to a love of Science Fiction and I am always intrigued by Virtual Reality themes. I wasn't disappointed with Devlin's addition to this anthology! Kili programs her Virtual Reality session with what she believes is her dream man, but all bets are off when the Ice Man himself gets wind of her plan! Gunnar proves to be a remarkably sensitive he-man type, taking both Kili and the reader by surprise!

~ The Hottest One Night Stand by Lisa Renee Jones ~

One stormy night and a broken down car bring Jessica the opportunity to find her sexuality with a sexy and compelling stranger. But he soon proves to be something very different from what he seems...

I wanted to read this anthology because of Lisa Renee Jones contribution to it, having thoroughly enjoyed other stories written by her. Even had I not enjoyed any of the other stories in this anthology, Jones' story would still have made this a worthwhile read! She reaches into every woman's fantasy of an anonymous encounter with a dangerous man, and then turns the tables on both the leading lady and the readers when he turns out to be so much more!

~ Out of the Shadows by Myla Jackson ~

What will a Vampire Hunter do when the woman he loves becomes the very thing he hates above all else?

From the very start, Jackson fosters empathy for her hero, with the reader sharing his confusion and frustration for the woman he loves. When we are finally allowed insight as to her reasons for turning TJ away, our heart breaks for both of them.

~ A Familiar Kind of Magic by Sylvia Day ~

Who will really be tamed when a powerful Warlock, Max, tries to collar the rogue Familiar, Victoria?

With A Familiar Kind of Magic, Day proves a woman can find strength and power in letting go. Max proves himself as a gentle and sly Dominant when he sets out to tame Victoria, simultaneously empowering her and allowing her to unleash the needs she has subjugated for years.

~ Tempting Grace by Sasha White ~

Ex-stripper turned Probation Officer Grace isn't looking for love, and especially not with the minister's son, Lukas. But Lukas proves persistent, and persistence has a way of paying off...

Sasha White is also a new author for me, and I will recommend her without reservation to anyone interested in this genre! She has included a wonderful contemporary tale that proves love isn't always where we expect it to be, nor in the form we anticipated.

~ Quick Silver by Vivi Anna ~

Sangria knows this delivery is trouble waiting to happen - a suspicion more than confirmed when an ambush gives her a good look at the merchandise she is transporting!

I'm not quite certain just how Vivi Anna included so much plot in so few words, but she did - and did it well! Sangria's tale is one of loneliness and hardship, but she finds a way out in the most unlikely of places...

entertaining erotic tales .......2007-03-03

"Lover's Locket" by Cathryn Fox. All she needs is love, but Caira has no hope of finding her beloved until she opens up a locket that sends her on a quest to free Zarek.

"Kili's Ice Man" by Delilah Devlin. Kili and the gladiator Ice Man meet, but nothing goes right yet they want to meet again.

"The Hottest One-Night Stand" by Lisa Renee Jones. After a horrific divorce, Jessica vowed never again will she be in a long term relationship again until she meets the stranger Dominic and covets infinite nights and days.

"Out of the Shadows" by Myla Jackson. Vampire hater T.J. covets his neighbor Cassidy until he learns his beloved has quite a bite.

"Tempting Grace" by Sasha White. Feeling depressed and all alone, Grace turns to Luke for warmth and sex while insisting one night is all she desires and one night after that and after that, etc.

"A Familiar Kind of Magic" Sylvia Day. Max the dominant warlock plans to seduce Victoria the temptress into being his submissive, but she supposedly prefers being on top too even as they share telepathically their inner secrets.

"Quick Silver" by Vivi Ana. New States of America Conveyor Sangria is delivering special cargo, Vance the sex worker to Vegas, but they have time for a tryst or three.

These entertaining seven erotic tales cross several genres but share in common heat that make the temperature of Mercury seem more like Neptune.

Harriet Klausner

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Cool, and Educational!
despite the eye strain a book with something to say about perception and creating
Visual fun!
WUNNERFULL, WUNNERFUL
Eric Carles the best!

Hello, Red Fox

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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 068984431X
Release Date: 2001-05-01

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Goethe (1749-1832) is celebrated as a great German poet, novelist, and philosopher. But in his eyes, color theory was his most significant achievement. In 1810 Goethe published Farbenlehre, naming three primary colors--red, blue, and yellow--from which all other colors could be made, and claiming that each color had an opposite, or complementary, color. But how does this relate to well-loved artist Eric Carle's Hello, Red Fox? Well, it's like this. On his special birthday, Little Frog's friends--Red Fox, Purple Butterfly, Orange Cat, and others--begin to arrive at his house for a party. Imagine Mama Frog's surprise when she perceives Red Fox as green, Purple Butterfly as yellow, and so on. Each time, Little Frog gently points out that she simply hasn't stared at each animal long enough to see his or her "true color."

At the beginning of the book, readers are instructed to stare for ten seconds at the boldly colored animal on the left side of the spread, then transfer their unblinking gaze (more like glaze at this point) to the blank white page on the right. If they do that successfully, a shadowy image of the animal appears in its complementary color! Young kids may think this is magic, but actually the phenomenon taking place between the eye and the brain is called "simultaneous contrast after-image." No matter what you call it, it's amazing and fun to behold! The story itself is simple and deliberately repetitive, appealing to very young children, but the optical illusions will be a hit with all ages. Carle's bold collage illustrations are perfect for this playful spin around the color wheel, which ends with the green Little Frog turning red when Mama Frog kisses him in front of all of his friends. (Ages 4 to 8). Karin Snelson

Book Description

It's Little Frog's birthday, and Mama Frog gets a big surprise when the guests show up for his party -- all the animals are the wrong color! Little Frog tells her she's not looking long enough, and he's right.

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Cool, and Educational!.......2007-02-09

I have always loved Eric Carle's books, but this one is a particular favorite. First of all, it involves a fox (which happens to be my last name), but it also handles a subject most children's books don't touch - opposite colors. You could even use it for older kids to teach about the cone cells in your eyes, but for little kids it's a really fun "optical illusion" that helps them see the opposite colors. It's art, it's science, and it capitalizes on a child's curiosity.

despite the eye strain a book with something to say about perception and creating.......2007-01-25

I read this book to my first graders today. Although it feels like yesterday, I actually have read it since 1989, or enough years to have a fairly good working idea about which day to use it and how to use it within the learning environment.I recommend when you have passed the point in the year where you are still pulling for meaning. For me this is January, if I did my work now we are making connection, discussing, respecting others thinking and understand we are in a search for meaning making. Such is my room.

Carle creates books with bits of interactive spark, or a "catch", really for young children with a creative turn. It's obvious that he thinks in new and innovative ways even in the world of children's books which can be a field with innovation. At his best the idea reinforces obvious skills such as days of week or number pattern, and at times exceeds this with connection to understandings at a little bit higher level, a stretch if you will, for those students also listening with you who are divergent or visual, or perhaps learning to think in open ended or visioning ways. It might be said primary instruction is easily built around his work. With the right mind-set his work can push your children to think in dynamic ways.
Although currently in Under-performing schools with restrictive basic skill driven directed Instruction you see his pieces less and less as they aren't part of basal readers...really. It's just very strange. Which brings me to something I really want to say first about this book. I really think it's better to buy the hardback version. As you read you will be exploring the color construct of ghost images and after staring a long while at a color image moving your head to see the after image on a white page, the next page. This is so much more sturdy and easier held and handled in the hardback. It's important to know this going in, if buying this for teaching or working with students or your child. This one I'd spend the money for sure.. I am using it as a piece in After-School arts programming so I thought I should start speaking to practicality.

The book looks at the color wheel. Often as a child I thought about color, liking to draw and finding I had a capacity to make images and respond in this manner to my world. I wondered how the color wheel, which teachers I thought then always dragged out to start the art year was so rather academically and boringly just their lack of insight into what to say...I hold to that.....(then of course they always started hounding in on perspective)...well you sat learning opposites in colors. It's useful in color mixing (often they even forgot to tell you that)but long color wheel dialogs are dull. Kids don't retain it, it's purely "about" rather than 'is'. Carle gives you a taste of what American colorists and physics of light and color classes can bring to you.... science can bring.

Some lessons about how the brain and eye work.Wow. That's cool to do.

Just yesterday my husband spent hours discussing and presenting for me sophisticated material on how the brain perceives relative to light and where the 2.0 web is taking us artistically/perceptually or how it is "envisioned" in the new century...this shows children the 'rightness' and sourcing for these color pairs. How did we create the color wheel. Here is an answer. One having to do with how we work biologically.well at least for the young a start.. As each animal comes to a birthday party they are called by their opposite color name. A dot mid animal is stared at for some ten seconds, eyes are shifted to the opposite page where indeed the animal is now 'seen' as ghost image in the opposite color. It was fascinating to my students and they recalled the pairings after reading which frankly surprised me. At the start of the year after mixing colored waters they did not recall later which two made which color requiring many, many varied and rich experiences to 'get it" and kind of worrying me frankly about what kind of year this was going to be.

I have two things to say. It can really tire the eyes. It causes eye strain. I'd say its a fantastic book and way to do this with a warning you will tire their eyes. And you need to understand this isn't a really natural thing to repeat this many times. I go into this saying after they really do get the point they can stop if their eyes are tired and often they do self select that. We are obviously all different. It's an unusual experience and I think worth it. Magic eye posters used to do this to me, but I never saw those images having vision really just in one eye, so it's kind of like that...

The other thing I wanted to say was that I think this is best presented quietly, calmly and I like to follow it with painting. I have a Picasso project I use which talks of primary and secondary colors, too long for this to describe, but excellent for children to expand the color wheel concept. For me Joseoh Albers really turned me around about the use of color, the process one is using in making. There is often more applied science, more math, more calculation and more logic systems at work in creating than is understood by someone looking at a visual artist who additionally is conveying the "message", there is simply in color alone several physics courses of dialog taking places between the artist image, material and viewer tho I know many prefer to talk of artistic impulses, moods, mental states. Later as art evolves into perspective and into representations of symbolic meaning one again is really seeing as we look at master work such as Picasso the pictorial equivalent of the constructs and conceptions of Einstein. And interestingly as I now understand our medium to move to the images of media-screens in rooms lit in cyberland, as I hear of chips implanted in brains to alter the brains understandings of what's seen, I understand the functioning of light and brain in much richer way...... as taught in my math and science and immediately relate to the artistic implications. Some of us, as Carle does so well, relate idea through this construct. It is actually a thinking tool. Buckminster Fuller understood that very well. I don't think artists then "struggle for their art" except we struggle just exactly like everyone and to pay bills, and to see and create these relationships what they often additionally struggle with is being understood in process of mind and brain....by those without the connection.Those who are in a sense idealizing them, projecting boheme on them. Additionally as Carle relates of his childhood when a teacher told his parent of his talent,changing their world view and changing his understanding of his validity over pathology, the intelligence of the being if found in this form, in a world of few and fewer makers, is needing those who work with, or who surround these individuals to respond with some level of understanding of their gift.And my God the training they will undergo. It's enormous. It really seems to me using his work with students as a body of literature plugged into the school days broadens the experience and for some few students is an essential link to someone who 'sees' a bit differently.

My students were amazed by this and really ready to move into discussion of how the eye and brain work. We then looked at Escher and at Pop art-at the Talking Heads album cover-the red and green one from about 76 that danced perceptually to talk about visual field.Listened to music doing that too. Pretty extraordinary discussions for 6 year olds and much richer than ...this is "red". Thanks to Carle you have an artist teaching you about the science of his world and the practical daily understandings one is applying in rational decision making in work that some often discount as "art" or expression of inner demons or irrational process.

Okay I'm a first grade teacher and artist. If you are just a mom or pop, buy the book. You'll love it with your young child.

Visual fun!.......2006-03-16

This short book is an excellent tool to use in a psychology class, in the area of biopsychology, and study of the brain, sensation, and perception. It is a fun book that engages the students immediately - no matter what age level they may be!

WUNNERFULL, WUNNERFUL.......2005-08-02

IT WAS SO GOOD WE EVEN KEPT THE DUPLICATE SHIPMENT.
GOOD BOOK, GOOD SERVICE.
KEEP IT UP.

Eric Carles the best!.......2004-08-30

This is one of my favorite authors and he never lets me down. This book has an interesting story and is so creative. When we look at the pictures we have lots of fun waiting to see the animals change color but I am also getting my kids to count anywhere from 10 to 20 each time we turn the page which is great for preschoolers. To make it easier to see, we found that once we count to our designated number, we blink quickly and then the new color appears. Buy this for your kids and you won't regret it!

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Pleasure Control
Fluffy, hot - a good beach read
Cooking up some super-hot chemistry
Mixing business with pleasure makes for one sexy little story
Like melted chocolate...hot, sweet and so smooth.

Pleasure Control (Avon Red)
Cathryn Fox
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ASIN: 0060898569
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Book Description

In this, the first of the PLEASURE GAMES series, three full length erotic novels by Cathryn Fox, a most unexpected couple discovers their hidden desires are about to be exposed.

As Laura goes to work each day she wonders why so many women seem to want to curb their husbands' desires? The lab where she works is developing a drug that will calm down the supposedly oversexed men who've overdone the Viagra! But underneath Laura's pristine white labcoat beats the heart of a woman who longs to let her inhibitions go. So when her co–worker Jay decides to be a human guinea pig and test their potion on himself, the most amazing thing happens. The potion does the opposite of what they'd expected: Jay's sexual desire goes through the roof, and Laura becomes a willing participant in the sexual adventures that come next.

Customer Reviews:

Pleasure Control .......2007-07-24

If their new drug doesn't pass muster with the board, scientists Laura Manning and Jay Cutler will not receive the additional funding they need. To prove the libido suppressant works and not just on their lab rats, they decide to test the drug on themselves.

After Jay is injected with the lust-killing drug, it's Laura's job to test its effectiveness. Laura must employ her womanly wiles to arouse Jay. Using romantic music and sexy lingerie, Laura will do her best to entice Jay. If the drug works, Jay's libido will not respond. If the drug fails, Jay promises to more than satisfy!

With Pleasure Control, Cathryn Fox delivers a very lusty tale. But don't worry, there is plenty of romance too! Jay and Laura's love story is very erotic and had me clenching my knees. And wiggling. A lot! I learned my lesson with Pleasure Control, never, ever, read a Cathryn Fox book at work. I thought the day would never end!

Jay and Laura's love story is delicious. I am excited to see that a secondary character, Erin will have her own book in 2007, Pleasure Prolonged. This promises to be a hot and sexy series! For a romance with lots of erotic, pulse pounding sex, I recommend Pleasure Control.

Annmarie
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

Fluffy, hot - a good beach read .......2007-05-28

Laura Manning is a brilliant scientist who sees herself as just a nerd with little sex appeal. She's working with Jay Cutler, her lab partner, on a male libido suppressant. Jay Cutler has a reputation as a playboy - someone who can make a woman happy in bed, but never sticks around longer than a weekend. They've been working together for years, but for the past few months he's been secretly interested in Laura - and not just as his lab partner.

So that they can show results to the board to get more funding, Jay offers to act as the guinea pig and inject himself with the latest version of the drug they've been working on. Will the libido suppressant work - even if Laura wears some sexy lingerie?

This is a good debut novel (though I did like her second novel - Pleasure Prolonged better). Definitely an original premise, it's an easy read - don't expect any big mystery or heavy duty plot, just lots of steamy sex once these two get together. At a little over 220 pages, you can easily finish reading this book in an afternoon. I agree with the other reviewer who remarked that the author could have easily added another 100 pages. But what is there is fun.

Cooking up some super-hot chemistry.......2007-01-04

Whoa, it's hot in the lab when Cathryn Fox starts fooling around in it. Pleasure Control is a really fun and believable story with INCREDIBLE sex scenes. What I loved about it was the characters shared genuine feelings which led to amazing foreplay and very satisfying sex. An added bonus is the inventiveness of her lab plot.

For my money, Cathryn Fox's Pleasure Control was an out-of-control erotic romance read. I can't wait for Pleasure Prolonged!

Mixing business with pleasure makes for one sexy little story.......2006-12-30

Get out your fans! Whew! You'll need it while reading this one!

Brainy lab scientist Laura Manning has got a two big problems 1) she has to present the findings of her lastest project to the broard in a little over one week and 2) that would be easier if she didn't have sexier-than-sin Jay Cutler as her lab partner, all added to the fact that someone is out to get their secret files on the project by any means. So exactly how are they going to test their 'pleasure control' drug without anyone finding out their results before they present them to the board? -on themselves of course! Laura thinks that this is all in the name of science, but Jay has other ideas and after the 'experiments' are over, he's thinking of a more permanent relationship. But, "Wildman" Jay Cutler has really got his work cut out for him because Laura has a hard time believing it's her that he wants and not because he was under the influence of the pleasure drugs.

This is a really good debut. A very hot book. If your looking for lots of scorching hot love scenes in a contemporary then this one is for you. But my biggest gripe is the length, which is a little over 200 hundred pages with large type. I think the author could have added another 100 pages easily (perhaps it's the fault of the editors?). It was just over too fast for me and the overall scenes could have been more descriptive. I did enjoy it though and I'll definitely be getting the sequel. There's lots of room for improvement, but I think that Fox has a good start.

A very good short and heavy-on-the-love-scenes contemporary read.

Like melted chocolate...hot, sweet and so smooth........2006-11-22

If you enjoy the type of spicy romance where pleasure warrants a capital P, do *not* miss this one.

Pleasure Control by Cathryn Fox is a story that will make you laugh, make you sigh and make you wish you'd booked a room at the Ice Hotel! This is one hot read!

Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Classics/Dr. Seuess's Abc/Green Eggs and Ham/Cat in the Hat/One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish/Fox in Socks (I Can Read It)

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My Daughter's Favorite Book by Dr. Seuss
great, fun plot and easy to read

Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Classics/Dr. Seuess's Abc/Green Eggs and Ham/Cat in the Hat/One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish/Fox in Socks (I Can Read It)
Dr. Seuss
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0679838465
Release Date: 1992-09-15

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My Daughter's Favorite Book by Dr. Seuss.......2004-09-08

Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.

To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish was her pick as the best of the books by Dr. Seuss.

One of the appeals of this book is that it is relatively easy to learn to read, yet has much more variety than most other early readers. So your child will feel like she or he has accomplished a lot with reading this book, which is correct.

The title gives the key to why this book works well as an early reader. One word is changed at a time, with a clear illustration next to it. Most children will read the illustrations like a rebus and later associate the words with the sounds of the name for the pictures. At some point, they begin reading from the words. Very nice!

Here's another sequence: "black fish blue fish old fish new fish."

Then, when he moves on, he uses simple rhymes: "This one has a little star. This one has a little car."

Next, he progresses to substituting "some" for "fish" and adding a single verb to make a sentence as in "Some are read . . . . Some are old."

So almost any child can soon begin to read along with few errors in the first 2 or 3 pages. Whenever the child can go no more, you can just keep going. With repetition, more of the book becomes memorized and the process continues.

There is another reward for you and your child: The book also previews many of the wonderful characters and rhyming schemes that appear in other Dr. Seuss books. As a result, it will be easier to get started reading those books. You will feel like you are seeing an old friend again.

You can also use each rhyme to take off on your own speculations. Our daughter used to love to come up with alternative rhymes that fit the pictures.

Books like this one make it great fun to be either a parent or a child. In some cases, this book will be there for you in both roles over 20 to 40 years!

Overcome your mistaken beliefs about how children can start to learn to read by seeing your child start naturally by associating the words with the pictures as you read this wonderful book to him or her!

great, fun plot and easy to read.......1999-04-14

THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE!!!

The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook (Red Fox Picture Books)

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Comforting and cozy
We love you Alfie!
The most wonderful series of books!
A heart-warming collection featuring a loving family.
Some of the most realistic and sweet stories about children.

The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook (Red Fox Picture Books)
Shirley Hughes
Manufacturer: Red Fox
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ASIN: 0099750309

Book Description

This charming collection of nine short stories, poems, and colorful pictures starring Alfie and his baby sister, Annie Rose, celebrate the drama of everyday life.

Customer Reviews:

Comforting and cozy.......1999-12-03

My son, 3, loves this book. The stories have humor, tenderness, and the children are always treated with dignity. I love Shirley Hughes!

We love you Alfie!.......1999-11-23

All the Alfie and Annie Rose books are excellent! My son and I read them over and over, without getting bored. Gentle little stories about everyday life, with likeable characters and lovely illustrations. Often humorous. My favorite children's author.

The most wonderful series of books!.......1999-11-02

We raised all 3 of our children on Shirley Hughes's books ("Dogger" was the all-time favorite) and now I'm giving them to my first grandchild. Absolutely first-rate stories with the most exquisite, fascinating illustrations. Do your children/grandchildren a favor and get them hooked on this series!

A heart-warming collection featuring a loving family........1999-06-15

This book was an all-time favorite with my sons when they were ages 3-7. From unexpected adventures to everyday routine, Alfie meets life with good-natured friendliness, honesty, and quick thinking. The stories emphasize the multi-dimensioned personality of every human, no matter his/her age! I wish there were more books like Hughes writes.

Some of the most realistic and sweet stories about children........1998-09-22

We love Alfie, Rosie and all their family and friends. Bondi especially.

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SEX, SEX, SEX!
Another fluffy read
Romance Junkies review of Pleasure Prolonged
Ms. Fox Is Truly An Author On The Way Up In the Erotic Arena!
5 Klovers! Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques

Pleasure Prolonged (Avon Red)
Cathryn Fox
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ASIN: 0060898550
Release Date: 2006-12-26

Book Description

In PLEASURE PROLONGED, we reunite with Erin Shay, the research assistant from PLEASURE CONTROL. Newly promoted, Erin has been selected to head up the lab's newest project, developing a drug that will make those long nights last even longer. But she can't do it alone...

Enter Kale Alexander. He's filling in at the lab while Jay and Laura are on their honeymoon, which means he and Erin are going to be working together in very close quarters. When these two get together, sparks are sure to fly, and Kale and Erin soon learn that no artificial enhancement is a match for the passion they create all on their own.

Customer Reviews:

SEX, SEX, SEX!.......2007-10-05

This was a great read! HOT! It was tons of sex all the time. If that's what you want this is perfect...I loved it! I immediately ordered the second book and have pre-ordered the third. Only 4 stars because it was too short! Hope this helps!

Another fluffy read.......2007-05-28

With Laura Manning (from Pleasure Control) on her honeymoon, Erin Shays has been promoted to head the research on a new drug designed to prolong a couple's pleasure. She's thrilled to be given the assignment, but isn't sure about working with Kale Alexander, best friend of Jay Cutler (also from Pleasure Control). This man is super sexy and has a reputation as a ladies man. To keep her heart intact, Erin has given everyone the impression that she's a wild girl but in fact, she's had her heart broken in the past. Can she convince Kale that she's a wanton bad-girl wanting a fun fling, but nothing serious?

Kale is glad to be back in his hometown of Iowa. He's missed his family and the playboy life he led in California has started to make him feel empty. Coming home has made him realize what's been missing from his life - he's ready to find that special someone. And after meeting Erin, he knows that he wants her in his life for the long term. Can he convince Erin without making her run away?

Although this novel is shorter than Pleasure Control (only 194 pages here), the characters seemed more fleshed out and interesting. Like her other novel, this is another easy read - don't expect any big mystery or heavy duty plot. Although characters from her first novel, Pleasure Control are mentioned here, you don't need to read that book to enjoy this one. You can easily finish reading this book in an afternoon. It's a fun read - just don't expect much of a plot.

Romance Junkies review of Pleasure Prolonged.......2007-05-20

Erin Shay is thrilled to have been given the chance to head the team of researchers testing a new serum that is made to prolong a couple's sexual pleasure. With her best friends, Laura and Jay, on their honeymoon, Erin is now in charge. Add in the fact that her new assistant, Kale Alexander, is devastatingly handsome and sinfulness personified, and Erin can't wait to get started.

Kale Alexander is happy to be home for a while. Having lived in a large city for the past few years, Kale finds himself longing for more. Seeing Erin at his friend's wedding, he can't help but be intrigued. Though Erin is perceived as a wild wanton, her eyes tell a very different story. While Erin lets Kale know in no uncertain terms that she is the one calling the shots, he sets out to show her exactly what she is missing.

I quickly fell under the spell that was Kale Alexander. His charm and charisma captured my heart from his first interaction with Erin. He more than backed up all those non-verbal promises he made with his sensual, heated stares. Erin epitomized a real woman with realistic thoughts and genuine vulnerabilities. Still feeling the effects of a broken heart, she was cautious, but thankfully not cautious enough. I relished the time when she gave herself to the moment and succumbed to the pleasure.

PLEASURE PROLONGED is book two of the Pleasure Games Series by Cathryn Fox. Having read other stories by Ms. Fox, I jumped at the chance to read PLEASURE PROLONGED. I'm happy to say that I was not disappointed. Full of sexual tension and heated exchanges, this delightful book promised and delivered a great story. While I anxiously await the third book in this series, I plan to go back and re-read Pleasure Control. Hopefully, this will fulfill my need for a Fox "fix" until the next book releases.
***Natasha Smith for Romance Junkies***

Ms. Fox Is Truly An Author On The Way Up In the Erotic Arena!.......2007-04-09

Could you imagine a company designing a drug that would take sex to a whole other level, one that would give your man the ability to have one orgasm after another and an erection for hours to boot? Would that excite you, interest you?

Erin Shay has gotten a promotion at her job from a research assistant to heading an important trial testing of a sexual prolonging drug. What is wrong with this picture you ask? Her new assistant in this search is Mr. Sex on a stick and way too distracting for a woman to function without sexual meltdown occurring every time she is around him.

PLEASURE PROLONGED is by author Cathryn Fox. Ms. Fox is truly becoming a leading contender in the field of erotic romance. Penning one sizzling salacious sexed up tale after another. She knows how to make the pages sing, with vivid characters, lively dialogues and HOT sexual scenes that will have you fanning yourself with the book. Yeah baby! }

Erin is so not interested in men right now after a very nasty breakup with her last man. She is into her job and succeeding. But all that will be thrown to the wind when Kale Alexander enters the picture and create the type of erotic furor that sends Erin straight into his arms and bed. Will she be another notch in his bedpost? Will she be setting herself up for another heartbreak?

For those that like it hot and how, PLEASURE PROLONGED by Cathryn Fox is a do not miss contemporary erotic romance that has a unique premise and truly likable characters that are sexual intense from the first chapter. So picked up a copy today!

Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2007
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5 Klovers! Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques.......2007-03-18

"I'm into simple, casual, uncomplicated sex." Erin Shay should have known that pronouncement would come back to haunt her, but who could have ever expected it to happen immediately? Erin might not be into relationships and commitment anymore, but she's not exactly built for casual sex, either. What's a girl to do? Do without, of course, and talk a big game to your friends. That's always served to keep men at arm's length - until she meets Kale Alexander.

Kale has had more than his share of casual, uncomplicated sex, although no one would use the word simple to describe it. With a long history as a Casanova, Kale is ready for something more, and realizes it the moment he meets the enigmatic Erin. His temporary assignment working with her on the Pleasure Prolonged project gives him the perfect opportunity to get to know her better - much better - and when he does, he realizes she just may be the perfect reason for leaving Los Angeles moving back to his Iowa hometown permanently...

I first discovered Cathryn Fox's work in the recently released anthology from Avon Red, Alluring Tales - Awaken the Fantasy, and went looking for more of her work immediately. When I found her Pleasure Games trilogy, the two books she has currently released for that series were first on my list.

Pleasure Prolonged is the second book of that series, and picks up where the first books leaves off. Our heroine, Erin Shay, had a supporting role in Pleasure Control, and Fox sets up this character's image quite deftly, convincing readers that Erin is footloose and fancy free, flitting from one man to another. We soon learn in Pleasure Prolonged that this is a façade she hides behind after some tragic experience in her romantic past. As the story begins, we find Erin determined to finally live up to the image she has carefully constructed, convinced that Kale Alexander is the perfect man for an uncomplicated fling. How perfectly ironic that the first man she attempts to have casual sex with turns out to be so much more than that!

While Kale is a new character for us in the second book, he is no less interesting. Fox does a wonderful job of engaging the reader with Kale's charm and personality in the very first few pages, and his history unfolds easily as we read further. Honestly, if Kale Alexander were the stuff most scientists were made of, I'd be applying for work in every laboratory I could find until I secured a job next to a hunky Alpha Male scientist type! Who can resist the magnetism of a man who combines wit and hunky good looks with intelligence?

Of course, we have the added bonus of a suspense plot in the story as Kale and Erin attempt to complete work on the Pleasure Prolonged product their lab has invented with a mysterious saboteur attempting to derail the project and steal the formula at every turn. And even while the author includes some tension filled moments of danger, she infuses them with doses of humor that had me laughing out loud!

Pleasure Prolonged is a fun romantic tale that manages to keep you on the edge of your seat with a careful blend of romantic heat and suspenseful plot. I personally can't wait for the next book in the series to be released!

Series Order:
Pleasure Control (Pleasure Games)
Pleasure Prolonged (Avon Red)
Pleasure Exchange (Avon Red)

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confusion
Such Fun!
Avocado babies grow up.
Our two boys loved this book...
Kids love this book

Avocado Baby (Red Fox Picture Books)
John Burningham
Manufacturer: Red Fox
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ASIN: 0099200619
Release Date: 2000-07-25

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confusion.......2007-01-03

This book was pretty obscene. It makes NO sense what so ever! So if your planning on feeling dumb for not being able to comprehend a children's book then go ahead and read it, throw a party while your at it.
The only thing that made it worth while was my friends mexican/fillipino/slur accent to make it funny, you should try it, then maybe if you sound funny doing that voice, then buy this book.

Such Fun!.......2004-08-29

I've been recovering from an illness at home for the last month. Children's books have proven to be the most enjoyable distraction. John Burningham's books are particularly remarkable both for their expressive artwork and the imaginative stories that he tells. Mr. Burningham is guaranteed to make a reader of any age giggle and sometimes, he will bring a tear to your eye (check out "Cannonball Simp"). I laughed out loud this morning when I read "Avocado Baby" for the first time. How I wish I had known of this delightful book when my teenagers were little. I'm purchasing it to save for my future grandchildren and for the child in me!

Avocado babies grow up........2004-05-18

I remember reading this book when I was like 4 or 5 years old. It's stuck with me ever since. I bring it up in conversation like once a month at least. And nobody I ever mention it too, ever read the book. It was great and truly inspired me as a kid to be the superhero I am today.

Our two boys loved this book..........2000-09-13

We discovered this book at a public library in London and hoped to find a copy of it here in the States...Our two boys, ages 3 and 5 (now 4 and 6) LOVED this book. The thought of a really, really strong baby (who was sickly until their mother started feeding him avocado pear) and all the wonderful possibilities (e.g., picking up dad's car, defending big brother and sister against nasty bullies) was very appealing to them. I think that girls would like this book just as well! In general, John Burninghams books are well-liked in our house -- by both the adults and kids. They are easy to read, over and over again.

Kids love this book.......1999-12-12

As a retired children's librarian, I know kids love this book; I've used it many times over the years in storyhours. Now I read to my grandsons, and they find it hilarious. In fact, they ask for it, even though months have passed since the last reading. I wish they'd do another printing!

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It talks about the disappearence and appearence of wolves

Gray Wolf, Red Wolf
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Manufacturer: Clarion Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0899198635

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Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of the two species of wolves found in North America, and the efforts to save them from extinction.

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It talks about the disappearence and appearence of wolves.......1999-05-14

This book talked about how wolves became endangered or extinct in North America, how we can prevent this disater,and their behavior, range, food, and habitat. It even has adresses for more wolf information! If you are a wolf lover or you are willing to know more about it you should get this book! It deserves five stars.

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