The book is well-written and I quite enjoyed it -- I read it in two days so it is also easy reading. However, there was one area I think the author needed to explain a little better because I did not understand it. How can a person live two lives in the same time period as this person reveals under hypnosis? He had an explanation that involved quantum physics but I'm much afraid that his explanation went zooming over my head like a fighter jet bound for Afghanistan.

This was a compelling read! In "The Search for Grace," Dr. Bruce Goldberg presents an absolutely convincing case for the transmigration of the soul. Documentation is superb and, at the same time, very haunting! Grace's Birth Certificate, her Death Certificate, archived contemporary newspaper articles, and precise details that only the true Grace Doze could have known add powerful credibility to the concept of reincarnation.

What we see right now in our lives may be just a shallow perception where, in actuality, this life may be but a small piece on a string of our "past lives" and our "future lives." How does this work? Dr. Golberg suggests that our souls may be connected to us through mechanisms available via concepts explained in quantum physics. Indeed, physicists have recently been saying that in quantum physics there may be what are known as parallel universes. The idea that we exist in more ways than one is not far-fetched. Could this be where science and metaphysics meet?

As soon as I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Is Grace's spirit really reincarnated over thousands of years? Judge for yourself!

The hero spends most of his time having sex with his fiancee , which incidentally, he does not love. Says quite a lot for his morals!!!

This is a wonderful book. Very funny at times! Not only is the story about April, Dr. Gray and Grace good, but the subplot of April's friend's search for love is touching too. I definately recommend it.

All the characters is this book are heart warming. April and Dr. Gray have a great chemistry together. Grace is a nice little bit of spice thrown in and made it all the more interesting. I loved this book and couldn't put it down. I would and do suggest this book to all who adore romance as much as I

Why the devotion in both reviews to knocking other historical romances as a way of praising this one? I took them to heart and bought the e-book, wishing (now) that I'd perused the sampler first. The dialogue is so beyond stilted that I found it practically unreadable. Not for a minute do I believe people ever talked that way. It struck me as wholly inauthentic, the author's imagination working solo, her idea that people used 4 times as many words back then to convey the simplest message. The narration was better, but the love scenes gave new meaning to the word STOCK. Where in this book is the stupendous authenticity I heard about? Nothing jumped out at me as "Wow, that is so authentic!" I'm an old fan of Sergeanne Golon, Anya Seton, Lolah Burford, Fiona Harrowe and Marilyn Harris, still searching for jump-off-the-page historical authenticity in any new romance I've read. Many current authors manage it. This author seems in no way exceptional, so don't be fooled unless you want to be. Much more than authenticity, I'm still in search of a great plot (read "adventure") and believable characters. This hero, with his pathological need of a virtuous virgin (not just any virgin), is so old hat and boring that I nearly quit reading. Pathological is too exciting a word to fit him, really. What DID I like? His looks, the author's way of putting that unshyly and succinctly instead of pretending it's an incidental thing to a woman, even a drawback. Also, the heroine's sexuality (for a change). That was refreshing.

I devoured this book. Desperate Distractions is a fast-paced romantic novel that is moving and inspiring. Where is my Sir Robert? This wonderful read stands way out in the pack of mindless and historically inaccurate published in the category of historical romance. Let's see more. Go Rachel Grace!

Desperate Distractions- the new romance novel by Rachael Grace- was a real stay-up-til-two-in-the-morning page-turner! Even more fascinating was the historically accurate detail. As someone who has taught both medieval and early modern England at the college level, I am more sensitive than most to ahistorical details and anachronisms. This book never trips up! It is extremely well-researched and yet never feels dry or dusty. The characters come alive and leap off of the page. Unlike some romance writers, Grace seems just as comfortable writing from a male perspective as she does a female one. This makes for much more believeable characters and dialogue than one usually sees in a historical romance. She also allows her characters to be sexual without straining the bounds of possibility given the period. An A+ first effort from a rising new star!

When I ordered this book I was looking for an answer to my six-year-old question "where do babies come from?" From the title I thought this book would help with the uncomfortable topic of sex at a six-year-old level. The only thing this book did was preach about morals and values which I mostly agree with but are not completely true to this day and age with combined families and single parent families being more common. Plus I know how to teach morals and values I wanted something to explain the new baby in my tummy to my daughter. This book did not do that at all.

This book is not for educating your child about sex, it is to teach your child values about when sex is appropriate. It seems a little wordy and not as forthright as I might have liked, but the message is a very valuable one.

I recently purchased this book for my niece and was absolutely delighted by it. The main character, Jenny had parents who explained to her what must come before making babies: deep love and marital commitment. The negative effects of not waiting for true love and marriage were emphasized also. There is nothing inappropriate or offensive about this book. It is a good stepping stone for talking to your child more in depth about sexuality. You must buy this book!

I was hoping for something informative and was disappointed to find that this is simply a short pattern book with a few good patterns and virtually no historical or contemporary text on feedsacks (less than one-half page total). In fairness, the cover states that it is a pattern book, but I bought it on the web and apparently glossed over that detail, in my joy at finding something on this sparsely covered topic! Although the feedsack fabrics the 14 quilts are made from make charming quilt pictures, you very likely already own half of the patterns if you have quilted for more than a year or two. For those who like me are looking for history, antique quilt pictures and stories about the women who made them, Barbara Brackman's "Soft Covers For Hard Times" has more of the information you seek.

I love old quilts - they take me back years ago when I would watch my Granny quilting on a frame she hung from her ceiling. The newer quilts today aren't the same to me...but the ones in this book come close to the ones I remember her making. She always made her quilts with thin cotton batting - I wish I could find a book that explained different batting choices and the pros and cons of each.

This book is a must have for people who love quilts from the 30's and 40's. It's definately one of my favorites!!!! Buy it!!

I bought this book after reading some some positive reviews. No doubt it is a good book BUT it is targeted for paper based TOEFL test. Although it has 6 complete tests it does not come with the audio casset to take the listening comprehension part of the test. Further the audio casset cannot be purchased seperately as [it has been]... discontinued [from] print.

It give a good review on question type of CBT TOEFL but the pratice questions are still in PBT format. I will give it 5 stars if the 6 sample exams are in CBT format.

Much better then "Barron's" TOEFL book; * The most current preparation for Computer-Based TOEFL; * Reviews of all subject areas; * Examples and comprehansive answer explanations for each testing point in every topic; * A vocabulary list for the TOEFL Test; * Strategies and analyses of each subject area tested on the exam, including listening, reading comprehension, grammar, structure, and writing; * 6 full-lenth sample exams; * This is the only book you need! Don't even think - buy it now!

The book may be cute but I was truly expecting something with a little more content. It isn't worth the money you'll spend on it. Trust me, you know everything that is in this book already and you won't be missing anything. I was very disappointed.

It's an adorable book, and would make a cute little gift for someone you like cuddling with. It's very nicely laid out and the paper, printing, and binding are attractive. Yet I can't help but feel that it contains very little actual content. It seems like more of a gift item than something to buy for yourself.

What can I say? I loved it. Warm, witty, hilarious at moments. A great book for your "spoonee"...

In "Growing Up Fundamentalist", Stefan Ulstein has collected a series of interviews which cover many problems and positives (though fewer of these) in growing up in a fundamentalist tradition. The interviews are sensitive, interesting and well-conducted. Ulstein seems, however, to shy away from drawing conclusions based on his data, or from offering solutions to these problems. He also appears to have a bit of a religious agenda of his own, in that he included many interviews with those who are still practicing Christians, and fewer with those atheists or agnostics. It would be interesting to do a statistical survey to see how accurate the percentage really is. A good and interesting, if not great, book.

This book of interviews with former fundamentalists does a reasonable job of portraying the difficulties that many of us have had to wrestle with in coming to terms with our fundamentalist past. The interviews are done sensitively and one feels as if the author has allowed his subjects to speak rather than trying to put words into their mouths. Many of the individuals interviewed still consider themselves to be Christians. Some do not. However, I found this book more uplifting than some of the "anti testimonies" I have read by fundamentalists who have become "born again atheists." This book is probably most useful for ex fundamentalists trying to figure out a new Christian direction than it is a sociological study of the species.

The Preface to the book gives an excellent history of fundamentalism in America. It is very important to have knowledge of the history in order to have understanding of the experience of growing up fundamentalist.

The interviews selected for inclusion in the book were insightful, honest, and, yes, heartbreaking. I applaud Ulstein's willingness to honestly present the fundamentalist experience. However, it is clear that while he may not consider himself a fundamentalist, he is still a member of "the fold" as an evangelical. Thus, I feel the interviews selected for publication are a reflection of this. While he certainly includes some interviews of people who are no longer involved in fundamentalist or evangelical churches, the majority of interviews are with people who are. I do not think this is an accurate reflection of ex-fundamentalists. I think, quite frankly, that most of us have abandoned the fundamentalist and evangelical brand of Christianity. As an evangelical, I think Ulstein has not dealt with some of his own underlying assumptions.....one of which is that most people who are brought up in fundamentalist churches "resolve" their issues by becoming "liberal" evangelicals (an oxymoron if I ever heard one). I think Ulstein is just too threatened by those of us who have become Roman Catholics or Buddhists or Episcopalians or atheists to include many of us (other than a few tokens) in his book. I think a sentence on the back of the book says it all, "Stefan Ulstein's probing interviews will help you learn how your friends, your children--and maybe those you hope to evangelize--perceive the complicated way of life often called fundamentalism."

I bought and read this book for my biotechnology class and I really did not like it very much. There are certain parts that are understandable. But much of the book was just blah, blah, blah. If you have to take a class on biotechnology, or just want to read a biotechnology book, this fits you. If you really don't want to read these kind of books, I would not recommend it.

After seeing so much in the news about biotechnology, I was in search of an introductory book that would explain the basics of genetic manipulation. This book starts from the very basics--how are genes related to DNA and chromosomes, what are enzymes and proteins, then more sophisticated concepts such as gene splicing and monoclonal antibodies.

While this book won't make anyone an expert scientist, the text and diagrams are clear and concise. I read articles about biotech in the newspapers and business magazines, and this book is a useful primer for those in search of further detail.

After the overall introduction, the author describes biotech applications in several fields, which become a bit of a laundary list after awhile. I would have found fewer, in-depth case studies more interesting. Nevertheless, if you're looking for an informative introduction to biotech, I highly recommend this book.

BIOTECHNOLOGY UNZIPPED is the most compelling evaluation of biotechnology I have read since Harsanyi & Hutton's GENETIC PROPHECY of almost 20 years ago. What makes this book so insightful is the "tradeoffs" perspective that Grace brings to the subject. In every instance where a particular technique is either in development or on the market, the possibilities for selective breeding, or genetic engineering, or composite materials, all hold both a promise and a peril.

Grace, who has a Ph.D. in Zoology and considerable experience as a science writer, attempts to provide enough critical information in each case so that the reader will get a sense of what considerations are involved in any particular "biotechnology solution". What we learn about biotechnology from him is that every biotechnology decision has the following characteristics:

* Costs and revenues (developments cost $millions, so the goal is profits) * Winners and losers (the rich could get lucky, the poor and vulnerable may not) * Benefits and detriments (solutions generate unintended & unwanted consequences) * Enthusiasts and detractors (arguments arise on all sides of biotechnology issues)

The reason that the public is so ambivalent about biotechnology is that its supporters have been so inept at making their case. Biotechnology advocates seem to think that their's is just a problem of an "uninformed public" whom they can re- assure because they have "the facts". They obviously don't appreciate the most important principle of new-age public relations, namely, "They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care".

What Grace shows is that the public does have cause to be concerned. There are no simple problems, no silver bullets, and no final solutions, even if biotechnology boosters pretend there are. If biotechnology advocates become willing to address these concerns, AND learn to manage the expectations of their stakeholders, then they can begin to earn the respect that will otherwise continue to elude them. Grace's book helps clarify all of this. Well done!

Pinnock's book is impressive because of the academic reputation of the authors (see pp. 9,10), and because of their style and sincerity. These can win acceptance for any work among those who have no other basis for judging, and that it is perhaps the case here.
David J. A. Clines, a lecturer in the University of Sheffield, England, has written chapter six of the book, which deals with Predestination in the Old Testament. Clines warns at the outset that "we may not have the correct focus, "and that we must "look at the biblical teaching as a whole." The problem is that Clines does not follow his own advice. He begins with Abraham instead of Gen. 1:1, returning to Genesis only late in the chapter. Then he skips to Proverbs, and proceeds to skip from Exodus to Psalms! He has nothing, or almost nothing, on Job or Psalms, nor on Exodus to Ruth, nor on Ezekiel, even though these omitted portions of the OT contain much that flatly contradicts Pinnock's thesis for the book.
Other severe errors:
On page 263 Clines says that the Stoics shared an "atomistic-deterministic worldview." But the truth is that the Stoics were not atomists.
Page 200 says that "'L'homme' [by Descartes] was the first physiological model of man in modern times." Nope. Descartes was not a mechanist, as he held that "the volition of the soul could violate physical law..." [See Gordon Clark's Predestination, p. 153, note 1]
Clines implies on page 207 in note 10 that Democritean physics and classical physics are the same thing. Not so, as Democritean physics was not accepted by Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and even the Epicureans.
Two other authors make similarly glaring errors when they should know better. On pages 182 and 200, in reference to Eph 2:8, it is claimed that the neuter demonstrative pronoun cannot refer to faith because faith is feminine. Not true. Feminine abstract nouns frequently take the neuter in these constructions.
Any book attacking predestination is going to be popular, even when set forth with sloppy scholarship, because most people just don't like the idea of predestination, period.
A better resource for those who actually DO want to follow Cline's advice about examining "the biblical teaching as a whole," might be Gordon Clark's Predestination [The Combined edition of Biblical Predestination and Predestination in the Old Testament.] It is two books in one, and its superb scholarship make it more of an intellectual bargain than Grace Unlimited. Clark was a prodigious theologian and philosopher who wrote more than thirty books and for sixty years taught in a half dozen collges and seminaries. He has been called "one of the major thinkers of our [20th] century."

This is a good book. Clark Pinnock has changed his views dramatically since editiing this book. I believe the 'openess' view of God is completely wrong headed BUT this book has none of that. The one reviewer who gave the book a bad review obviously has not read it. This book espouses God's Sovereignty and His Grace in salvation. If you are struggling with the free will - Calvinist issue this is a good book to read.

I thoroughly question if the reviewer below has even read this book. He fulminates about "Opennes (sic)Theology and Its Lies," but there is just one problem. "Grace Unlimited" does not espouse or even mention openness theology! The original published version of this book was written in 1975, before Clark Pinnock, the editor, even advocated such a perspective.

"Grace Unlimited" is a collection of articles by nothing but mainstream Arminian theologians. Their writings are well researched and thought-provoking in defense of subjects including free will, Christ dying for humanity, and God's desire that all people accept the gospel message. This is a challenging book against Calvinism.