It's unfortunate that many of Kirban's books are either out-of-print or hard to get. Many Christians familiar with Grant Jeffrey's or Hal Lindsey's works would find much familiar ground in Kirban's books. A born-again Arab, Kirban uses many examples from the Bible and then explains what they mean to us today.

Although not as good as Kirban's other books - I'd recommend "Guide to Survival" or "Revelation Visualized" for a starter book, "Satan's Mark Exposed" just how easy it will be to transfer from our current cash system to one that is totally computerized and what that will mean to born-again Christians.

The ATM cards you now use with the famous magnetic stripe are already being phased out in favor of a computer chip based card. This book details how easy it would be to transfer to a computer based cash system and how easy it would be then to deny access to your credit cards, your bank account, and even your government benefits - while still keeping you well under the thumb of a no-longer benevolent Uncle Sam.

We are already slowly making the transition to this now. Who among Americans doesn't have at least one "preferred customer" card that allows you to get discounts at the cash register of a big supermarket chain or department store? Rest assured, Kirban warns us, this will eventually turn into machines that can scan voice print ID, fingerprints (some banks are -already- requiring fingerprints just to cash a check!) and finally the ultimate tool - an electronic implant under the skin that will do all of this and more. Or perhaps you could go for the non-cosmetic mark - a tattoo on your hand (or forehead) that will do the same thing.

Kirban's warnings came long before the similar warnings of Grant Jeffrey and Hal Lindsey, but they're still just as valid (and much closer to reality) than ever. Good effort from Kirban. Well worth trying to find in a used book store.

Like all other Haynes manuals, this book is an indespensible guide for the backyard mechanic. If you don't want to shell out the big bucks for a GM shop manual, this is your best alternative. The one problem I have with this book is that it advertises as a 1991-1996 manaual even though it barely touches on the new engines seen in the 1995 through present model years. If you own a late-model Saturn and are looking for some general information, this is your book. If you're looking for information specific to Saturns built after 1994, you're better off waiting until the folks at Haynes make a book that truly delivers on what it promises.

Very funny play from the comedia del artee series. Worth a read.

I am a college student that has recently started armchair investing. This book really made the process understandable allowing me to open an account at an online brokerage firm. I however fell short of giving the book five stars for the writers political comments ei. His distaste for Merill Lynch for their boycott of investing in South Africa during apartheid.

"Seance on a Wet afternoon" is a pretty short book,.... It is a crime/mystery drama that was written back in 1961 by Mark McShane. The story takes place in England. The two main characters are Myra and Bill Savage. They are married and live off the money Myra makes as a medium. She holds seances at there house, hence the title which I think must have been taken from the climax scene of the story.

I don't want to give away to much, basically they want to get more money and quickly. They cook up a scheme, well, mostly Myra does, to kidnap a well to do fellow's daughter.
Do they get caught? One must read to find out as I will not give away too much of this very intense book.
The two reasons I wanted to read this is.
1. The idea, while I do appreciate the crime drama/mystery from time to time. They get so formulatic after a while. It seems as though there hasn't been many that have interested me lately. This book has been around a while, and it seems to be very obscure. I was surprised to see that no one else had reviewed it. It has some excellent twists and turns in the story that keep the reader guessing as to how things will turn out.
2. The price. ... This is definitely worth much more than that!

McShane writes with great description of everything that goes on, and the dialogue is just divine. He really knows how to bring characters so totally alive and seem as if they are just about to jump off the page. He knows how to keep the reader interested and gripped to the very last page.

There were times where I didn't want to go on with it because Myra is just so unlikable, but the plot kept me going. Her husband, is teetering on bad himself due to the influences that Myra has on him. Besides, while she is the brain behind the operation, Bill does all the grunt work.
The ending is excellent!!! Very creepy!!
This is worth reading!!! Plus, it is only 189 pages so it doesn't take to long to get through it.

Mark tackles a serious but often overlooked imp. Bible topic very well here. Through solid scripture and outline Mark will show you the possibility of an E.U./Mid-east World headquater.

PICKS UP WHERE THE DYNAMIC DOMINION LEAVES OFF - in that it was written later. I still, however found it to be an another excellent accounting of the history of Republican politics in the Commonwealth of Virginia. SECOND COMING goes into great detail about the nomination and candidacy of Lieutenant Gubernatorial hopeful Michael Farris in 1993 and US Senate hopeful Col. Oliver L. North in 1994 through the use of hands on research and interviews with many party activists. Though I liked the book very much, I feel that too much emphasis was placed on the oppinions and feelings of people from Northern Virginia and not enough was said about the oppinions and feelings of people from Richmond and Hampton Roads. The basic feeling that I got from the book is that, although Farris and North ultimately lost their elections, their races were relatively close, proving to me that the Religious Right will be a force to reckoned with in Virginia Politics for many years to come.

70's sport karate female superstar Karyn Turner, with Mark Van Schuyver has produced a good text on the American sport karate scene. Now, I'm not really a fan of American point karate scene, but still found this text interesting about the ins-and- outs of the tournament process and how one can prepare themselves for success in this endeaver.

Though I'm not currently teaching and was never a hugh fan of the point system (I prefer full-contact), I did in my youth and sometimes as an adult compete for fun and comraderie. Since this was not my forte, but I thought it was important for my students to compete just for the fun, I picked up this book in 1991.

She does a good job in interpreting and commuticating some of Bruce Lee's fighting principles and she gives good ideas about some ring saviness. Though I knew the ideas about fighting, she put them in a very articulate way and so I would recommend this book to my students who really wanted to enter into the field of "sport karate."

She covers fighting, katas, and tournament structure. To those individuals who really want to pursue the sport point system and cometition kata arena, this book will be very helpful. For those of us more into full-contact, if nothing else, it may still be an interesting read.

This is the first Star Wars book I've completed. It's good and falls right in place with the rest of the Star Wars trilogy.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Security Protocols held in Cambridge, UK, in April 1996, in the context of the special program on computer security, cryptology, and coding theory at the Isaac Newton Institute. The 17 revised full papers and one abstract included in the book were carefully selected. Among the topics addressed are several types of public key cryptosystems, digital cash, electronic commerce, digital signatures, and visual cryptography. Besides original theoretical results, the collection of papers show a strong applications-oriented component.