Hit And Run by R.L Stine is a good book. It's pretty much about four friends who decide to take a ride to help their friend Eddie, pass his drivers test. Then they hit someone and killed him. Since none of the kids had their license they decided to just leave. The first three chapters made me think of the movie, I know what you did last summer, but it's not the same.It's totally different but just as good.I really would recommend this book to poeple who enjoy suspensful books.

This is a great book by RL Stine. It is about 4 friends named Eddi,Winks(which i short for his last name Winkelman),Cassie,and scott. One night they decided to take Scott's parents' car out driving and they hit a man. Neither one of them had their drivers licence so they just left. Couple of days later two of them had recieved letters from the dead courpse. Wasn't he?

Hit and run was the first book i have ever read by R.L.STINE and since that first day 6 years ago i can't get enough currently i am reading the FEAR STREET SAGAS and i highly recommend his books to anyone ready for a good scare...it just keeps getting better and better

Thsi book is awesome! Stuck in a family that have been lawyers for generations, Ivy Breeedlove feels out of place. How couldn't she? For insted of wanting to be a lawyer, Ivy has a passion for history and wants more then anything to become a historian. When her Great Aunt asks her to complete the family history, Ivy jumps for her chance at finally starting to become a historian. Soon Ivy realizes that there is an aunt that no one talks about, another person who broke the mold of lawyers. An aunt who's missing a few screws and is stuck in the "backwater." It is then that Ivy, determined to find her aunt, sets out for a journey through the mountains and finds her aunt, as well as wolves, love, birds, and the danger that the mountain can bring. Read this book and become sucked in with the vivid descriptions and great dialouge.

I really enjoyed this book. I could relate to both the story and the character of Ivy Breedlove. We all feel out of place in the our families sometimes, but not everyone gets the chance to prove themselves. That was what was so great about reading about Ivy's adventures. She got the chance to reunite her secluded aunt and the rest of her family while also having a life-changing experience. Everyone should read this book because we all want the chance to prove ourselves.

Ivy's living in a family full of lawyers, and they all want her to become a lawyer too. She doesn't want that. She wants to become a historian. She's making a family tree of the Breedlove family and she finds a missing aunt, Josephine. Nobody in her family will talk about Josephine except for Tib. Her whole family says that Jo is "stuck in the Backwater." Ivy wants to talk to her aunt so she goes on a hunt into the mountains to find her with some help from Mountain Mama. It's a very good story and it has humor, adventure, and a little romance. Joan Bauer writes another great story!!!

Whilst Loretta Young unquestionably lead an interesting life, you would not know it from this whitewashed, saintly version. This book would have been far better promoted as a commentary on Loretta Young and her relationship with god. Certainly those readers wanting to know about her experiences in Hollywood in the 1930s would be disappointed. Her screen career was largely glossed over - we are talking about a woman who worked with pioneers such as Lon Chaney - you'd barely know it from this book. Similarly, there was little on her relationship with her sisters or any comments of substance about their lives or careers. Even the more 'scandalous' elements of her life were only worth a couple of pages - the rest of the book was more like a conversion exercise. Whilst the religious element was obviously something that influenced who she was as a person, the author did not delve beyond this. It is an injustice if this is the best that can be offered in her memory.

I read this book primarily to learn more about Loretta Young the actress (as the cover states "A Hollywood Legend"), but found myself instead reading the story of a woman and her deep faith. While this is inspiring, and Young was indeed known and loved for her christianity, it isn't much of a movie star biography. It's obvious that Young chose Anderson knowing that the focus of her book would be religion and not really the story of her life. I think a better format would have been serialization in a magazine, rather than published as a biography.

While the author does relate the truth about Loretta's daughter with Clark Gable (Judy Lewis), she also makes backhanded assertions, like Spencer Tracy's daughter Susan telling Loretta, "There were only two women in my father's life. My mother, and you," in essence an attempt at de-legitimizing Tracy's long association with Katharine Hepburn.

I've never read this author's work before, but it does seem to me that she's got her own agenda going with stories of angels and miracles and spirituality. I really wanted more about Young's life in Hollywood and less about the religion, but this is not the book for that (and the cover is a bit misleading).

Bottom line: if you are a Loretta Young fan who wants to know more about her deep faith, this is the book for you. Hollywood fans, look elsewhere.

When Loretta Young went shopping for an author to pen her life story, she wisely chose one who delivered angels and miracles to the New York Times bestseller list. Once again, Joan Wester Anderson researches her subject with a journalist's eye for accuracy, and writes in her signature storyteller's fluid style. Her replay of the life of Loretta "Gretch" Young is a page-turning saga, from the star's refusal to compromise her Catholic values even when movie studio "suits" make good on their career-terminating threats,to her break-up with Spencer Tracy, her struggle to raise her daughter by Clark Gable, and her fierce fidelity to her mother and sisters. Anyone who has a craving for deep exploration into the stuff that makes strong women tick, will find this book a great read--and an even better reread.

An Army of Angels is an extremly well written book. After reading 22 books on Jehanne's life I can honestly say Pam, unlike many authors, revield the true St. Jehanne. Pam has not made Jehanne a perfect saint but has showen her flaws, like her quick temper and her self doubt.

However, I find great fault with the rape scene. For me it was very unsettling. Yes, Jehanne was abused, hassled and had great heartache in prison, I do not doubt that. But rape? I do not think so. And while I think the rest of the book was well written I must protest against this scene. Some people may say I am being picky, and maybe for them I am. But that is ok.

I close with words I believed Pam left out of her book.

"Alas! Am I so horribly and cruelly used, that my clean body NEVER yet defiled, must this day be burnt and turned to ashes!"

It's not every day that a book like this comes along. Historical fiction can be dreadfully dull. Ms. Marcantel, however, has created a fascinating, page-turning, lively, visceral, unforgettable historical fiction book with her "Army of Angels".

Everyone THINKS they know about Joan of Arc, and they focus on the fact that she was burned at the stake. However, there is much, much more to her story than what most people know. Her bravery, her mystic visions, her humanity, the [issues] she put up with from men, her charisma -- why not buy this book and get the REAL story?

You will wish the book was longer after you have finished the last page and closed the cover. Take a journey back in time ... buy this book and give yourself the fun of getting to know the real Joan of Arc.

I read two to three books a week and it is rare for me to find a book as brutally honest as this one. The pull of the characters were so subtle that I had no idea how emotionally involved I was until near the end of the book. I have bought An Army of Angels twice because it has worn out from how many people I insist read it. Definitely worth the time and emotional involvement.

Bobby Flay really puts together a great cookbook this time out with all of his grill favorites. As usual with Flay, the recipes are easy to follow, and really maximizes the use of common kitchen ingredients.

What I found most impressive is that Flay keeps it simple with hamburgers, pizzas (yes pizza on the grill), chicken, and seafood recipes that anyone can make. Sometimes some extra effort is needed to create the homemade sauces, but its worth it in the end. Of particular interest to me was the way he uses various fruits and fruit juices in the dish.

The instructions are quite clear and he covers many basic questions about the grill. If you never tried any of Bobby's recipes or seen his show, you're missing out.

Can't wait for the next book.

This man knows how to cook! My husband took his hamburger tip and now he cooks GREAT hamburgers every time! He has so many delicious recipes in this book.

Great cookbook, nothing bad in it. Highly reccomend the morrocon rubbed lamb with apricot chutney, It was a big hit at a party we gave. If you are bored with the same old things, try this book. Some recipies are labors of love, but well worth the time and most coplex dishes can be prepared ahead.

This book was such a pleasure to read with the most endearing characters ever. People on the subway must have thought I was strange when I was snickering to myself over this book. I just fell in love with Trim! Don't read this with the idea that everything will make perfect sense, let it take control of you and you will fall in love with the nonsensical writing in about 50 pages or so. As I was reading along, I just couldn't wait for Shandy to change the subject again, make more phallic references or tell another funny story.
I docked one star off because starting in volume seven some of the chapters really get off track (to the point where I didn't know what he was talking about at all) as if Sterne wasn't sure where he wanted to take the book at that point and the reader has to read his thoughts as he tries to sort it out. It soon gets back on track again and moves along nicely until the end (or was it?).

I'm so glad I didn't do English Lit at college. I've just read the customer reviews of this wonderful book and seen how being forced to read something you wouldn't normally read makes you bitter, twisted and intent on ensuring no-one else gets pleasure out of it. It also makes you cemented in your opinion that if you don't like it, it must have no redeeming feature (after, all "I did a degree in Eng Lit, so I must know what I'm talking about"). All great difficult books suffer from this -- Ulysses, At Swim-Two-Birds, Lanark, The Trial, and that's just the 20th century. Oh well. People should read what they want, when they want: they should also accept that there is little out there with no value, it's taste that causes us to like different things.

That said, what do I think of it? I think it's one of the most fun reads there is, once you get yourself back into an 18thC mode of reading (MTV has so much to answer for with our attention spans). Also, forget all this bunk about it being postmodern or deliberately experimenting with the novel. When this was written, there WAS no novel, that came in the 19thC. Before this there was Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe and little else that could be called a novel. All Sterne was doing was writing to entertain, and that he does marvelously. He had no boundaries to push - they weren't there - so he made his own (and they just happened to be a long way away from where he originally sat).

Anyway -- if you like the idea of a book that coined the phrase "cock and bull story", includes blank pages to show discretion when two characters make love, that draws wiggling lines indicating the authors impression of the amount of digression in the previous pages, you'll love it. But just stop if you don't like it, instead of perseveering and then taking it out on everyone.

Tristram Shandy is all too often dismissed as rambling or merely eccentric--and many of the reviews posted here thus far prove no exception. First, let me address some common objections to the novel. Q: It's not about anything. A: That's because it's about everything: body and sensorium, knotting and mapping, blankness and plenum, apocryphal origins, the dangers of solipsism, a crisis in historical continuity. It's also about noses, petticoats, breeches, love, wounds, and auxiliary verbs. Perhaps above all it is a novel about pain--where language fails. Q: It's too long and erratic. A: Be patient. The prose takes some getting used to, but past the first 50 pages or so the reading experience can become incredibly addictive, offering many immediate pleasures. The narrator's digressions, staccatos, elisions are of the essence; he is grappling honestly with problems of narration and temporality. Q: It's incomprehensible without historical background. A: Actually, what amazed me about the book was how timeless its interests and insights are. It's entirely possible to read through without any footnotes and still get everything out of it Sterne had intended to put in.

That being said, I'd also like to note for the record that this book is not simply some forerunner to "postmodernism." Yes--it's clearly the ideal 18th-century example for talking about hypertext, reflexivity, bricolage, metonymic slippage, etc., but to take the text as a merely textual experiment is certainly not the most interesting way to read it. Sterne is not reveling in play so much as he deeply understands the affinity between the tragic and the absurd. I sincerely encourage everyone to try this novel. It's really one of the most original and poignant fictions I have ever read--right up there with Shakespeare, George Eliot, Joyce, Beckett, and Nabokov.

- this book fell into the "I wish I had not bought this" category. It is not particularly badly written, but I found the hero's actions to be less than romantic and the whole scenario somewhat unbelievable. Furthermore, although the story is set in Regency-era London and then in Scotland, there was very little detail provided to make me feel that I was really in the period. Yes, there was a derelict castle, there were the usual retainers. But the story could have been set in Scotland in any year, in any century, apart from the occasional reference to transportation . There were no references to what was happening elsewhere in politics, society or even in Scotland itself. I find this kind of a narrative, torn from history, rather hard to take. Where was the history in this historical romance?

I *am* picky about such things, and this review is for people who care about the use of history as more than wallpaper or a generic label. If you are a Joan Johnston fan (or the author herself), ignore this review. If you don't particularly care that the historical setting be somewhat close to real history, again, this review is not for you.

This book is related to AFTER THE KISS, although I suspect I am missing a book in between. Very briefly put, between AFTER THE KISS and this book THE BRIDEGROOM, the daughters - of a British duke have grown up. One of them, Rebecca, is unhappily married, and comes to love a man whom she cannot marry since he is so low in rank. [Her story and his forms the backdrop to the major story, that of her sister and a man out for revenge].

The hero Clay is a peer who has been disgraced by her father's actions (however well-intentioned). Since he lost his family, his title, his estates, and then his freedom, he bears a grudge against her entire family. Althouh the heroine, Regina (Lady Regina Blackthorne) knows this, she forms a friendship with him, believing his grudge to be a matter of the past. He has her kidnapped, thrown into a brothel from where he pretends to rescue her. He then persuades her to marry him, before springing the series of revelations - he hates her and her family, he wants to be revenged on her father, and so forth. He keeps his promises by preventing Regina from meeting her father, and vice versa. There is some mystery generated by the fact the hero has been wrongly accused, of course, and that the real villain is at large and in an unexpected position to strike again. There is however no reason given for the villain to want to hurt the hero in particular.

Part of my problems with this book was that I could not believe in the whole revenge scenario. I could believe that the hero would want to be revenged for his sufferings, and that he could present himself falsely to a gullible female. But could the heroine have been that gullible - to believe in the good faith of someone with cause for grievance, and to do some other stupid things? While a convicted felon lost his estates, removing a title even from a convicted peer was not easy. There is a complicated process of attainder. Furthermore, Rebecca's marriage could not be annulled so easily, and certainly not on the whim of her husband alone. All this rather detracted from the story. I won't even go into the problems with Mick's real identity.

I had problems with the characterization as well. Clay's desire to seek "compensation" for the loss of his title and estates (for several years) as well as the hardship he suffered is understandable. But he seemed too much like a stock character, the wronged hero out for revenge [think Edmond Dantes of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO]. He shows very little growth in the course of the story, although he recognizes - before the real villain is unmasked - that it is wrong to keep Regina and her father apart. Regina is amazingly quick to forgive Clay for putting her in danger and for tricking her into marriage, not to mention keeping her from her family.

On the other hand, Rebecca and Mick were well-drawn, and I wished the book had been about them, even though Mick's good fortune is almost unbelievable.

The minor characters tended to fade quickly and made little impression on me or even on the hero or heroine (since Regina forgot about the orphans so quickly, for example).

If you like a good tightly constructed plot, with a real sense of living in the Regency period, I really cannot recommend this book. If you want your Regency lite, this book might satisfy, but again it might not, depending on how credible you find the romance between Clay and Regina.

Joan Johnston's four book series -- The Captive, After the Kiss, The Bodyguard, and The Bridegroom -- are fun, romantic and steamy. The woman is always a bit too smart for her own good and winds up in an amusing yet dangerous situation... and this book is no exception.

This book was recommended to me by a friend after I became interested in reading romances; my requirements for a romance include it be historical, have a sassy female, and an English or Scottish setting. This has all three, and was a wonderful read.

"The Bridegroom" hooked me from the first page and never let me down. I stayed up all night reading it and was sorry to see it end. The twins, especially Reggie, who delighted us in the earlier Captive Heart books, take the reader on a whirlwind ride. Ms. Johnston has provided the reader with a sensual, thrilling, exciting read to conclude the Captive Heart series. Its no wonder "The Bridegroom" has been on the bestseller lists since its debut. Ms. Johnston's books keep getting better and better. She never lets her readers down.

This book is deeply moving because it deals so closely with issues close to the human heart. The prose is simple and uplifting, the story just an excuse to reveal to us universal truths that we all know but refuse to acknowledge. Critical and cynical people might brush this book aside but I feel that one really has to look very deeply into it to really discover its true worth. This must be read with an open mind and I feel that the ending is particularly apt because there is none. This situation could be so easily applied to our daily lives and the author is telling us in simple gracious terms that patience and undersanding should be the forefront of our relationship with our family. Despite the somewhat muddled use of the flashback technique and several narratives that are a little to rambling, this is a jewel that teaches love, in a world where there is little to be found.

I first found this book while studying Italian in Florence, Italy the summer of 1996. This book has become a reminder of where I lived and what I learned. No other book has kept me as intrigued as FOLLOW YOUR HEART, and no other book has had to endure as much marking up and underlining. This book speaks eloquently and hauntingly about what our family of origin has created us to be and how the choices we eventually come to make will either keep us bound or set us free. Not only does this book remind us and inspire us to choose ourselves and our hearts, but it also shares the beauty and the history of Italy. I have been fortunate enough to find this treasure while still in its beautiful homeland, and nothing will ever compare to the time I spent riding the train through the Italian countryside while imagining myself to be the pupil of such a wise and loving grandmother. Who doesn't come away from this book desiring the opportunity to spend just a few days with this imaginary character? My life has never been the same, and on days when I need a little inspiration, I open up my book and read it all over again. What a wonderful gift Susan Tamaro has given me.

As a reader of Plato, Seneca and Hume, it was by accident that I stumbled with this book,in Rome's airport 5 years ago. Many have spoken about the stereothypes allegedly contained in this work by Tamaro. However, I believe that hardly any book can present, in such a simple manner, an intimate journey into the realities of real life (as opposed to the ideal perception of it and the future as a projection of expectations) and the complexity of choices we are compelled to make in our existence, from the moral standpoint. A refreshing exploration about the reconciliating and liberating effect that truth, and the revelation of one's defects, can have upon others that are struggling to mark their own path, but find themselves paralized by the fear to act and, mostly, to err. A very ligth reading, but with profound impact upon those with sensibility enough to value poetry in prose form. It recalls intimate thoughts about one's relationship with its parents and grandparents in a moving and sometimes disturbing dimension. A MUST READ

"The Body Project" is a quick study of the plights, lives and loves of adolescent girls throughout the years. Stories are split up into sections, inviting the reader to re-experience their own teenage and early adult lives. The information is presented clear, unoffensive and well written. The author obviously went through several sources, such as diaries to collect different opinions on certain subjects. All of the subjects discussed are essential discussions in today's society, and one would hope that the candor and open ways of budding sexuality will remain with us over the years. People tend to protect their daughters for too long of a time, not acknowledging their fears, hopes and dreams. Is it better to ignore the problems, ("The less I know the better"), rather than face them before embarrassment turns to resentment? A good book for all ages to explore the psyche of young women through a historical and contemporary perspective.

This is one of those all-too-rare precious books that makes a complex, carefully-researched historical argument accessible and contemporarily relevant. As a history professor at Rollins College, I used THE BODY PROJECT in my "Women in the Modern U.S." course in Spring of 1999. The book was a stunning success; it really hit home with our young women, far too many of whom, I discovered, are struggling with eating disorders, sexual pressures, and all kinds of insecurities about their appearance. Young men commented that reading and discussing the book was an eye-opening experience that helped them better understand and empathize with their female friends. Brumberg's historical analysis of girls' body issues and their roots is brilliant and useful. It opens up conversations that we really need to have--throughout society but perhaps on college campuses in particular. History instructors will be especially pleased at students' response to Brumberg's use of diaries as primary sources. Because students can relate to these sources--indeed, most have created such sources themselves--Brumberg's book helps them understand and appreciate historical methodology and historical actors. I especially value the elegance with which Brumberg upsets the progressive, "you've-come-a-long-way-baby" preconceptions about women's history. In the end, she makes us all think more critically about the fantastic and inspirational!...Interesting and more importantly HELPFUL in understanding why girls do certain things...Offers a unique perspective on women that people do not often hear...I was so captivated by the research she's done...Brumberg has compelling ideas and theories behind our society's socialization process. The issues that she addresses are quite relevant to concerns of many students on this campus."

Thirty years after the Second Sexual Revolution we face still face the challenge of reconciling a woman's familial duty with her professional goals. We are realizing more and more that there are no easy answers. Brumberg's The Body Project chronicles the lives and feelings of adolescent girls (a frequently ignored segment of the population). She does not claim to have all the answers, but rather asks all the right questions -- a necessary first step in a dialogue. The Body Project is a necessary read for anyone who has (or will have) contact with adolescents. Brumberg guides us to the conclusion that discussion of sex and sexual attitudes is essential to the health and well-being of women in the future.

Okay, reading these reviews, I am frustrated... but, of course that is to be expected. Heidegger, more than most philosophers, lends himself to a multiplicity of interpretations.

Rather than add my own semi-detailed interpretation of this work and its historical importance to this list [which would just further frustrate others, I am sure], I would just like to recommend to anyone approaching this book for the first time that they keep in mind the central inquiry that Heidegger is engaging in: the meaning of Being... and, as he explicitly states, this book is a preparation for further exploration, and not to be read as a completed "system" in itself. While the influence of Kierkegaard is obvious, relating this work to Dostoevsky (as another reviewer has) I think misses the point entirely. For all of the talk of "authenticity" and the "psychologizing" of this work that later commentators have engaged in, Heidegger is intersted in re-grounding all philosophical inquiry... not in explicating some mere existential-humanistic outlook. Whether he suceeds or not is, to say the least, debatable.

I would also recommend giving a _very_ close and thorough reading to his essay "What is Metaphysics" before approaching _Being and Time_.

A final note on this translation-- I had already wrestled with the previous translation from beginning to end before purchasing this one. This translation was more than worth the price of purchasing the book again. Stambaugh's translation is simply masterful.

Ms. Stambaugh does a fine job converting Heidegger's hectic German into an equally hectic English. That doesn't mean this is easy reading, a smoothly flowing text, but hey, it's not meant to be. Heidegger is difficult. He's difficult in the German (even for me, and German is my first language) and he ought to remain difficult, the prickly contrarian that he was.

Read Being and Time and skip Sartre, whose dumbed-down appropriation of Heidegger's ideas is one of modern philosophy's most egregious mistakes.