From the very beginning this story relies on ancient Celtic history as its foundation. It brings to the present a religion from distant past and creates characters that are mulitifaceted and frightfully believabe in some cases. It certainly is a timely tome as it could happen in our real world today. A quiet oceanside city must face a challenge to save not only itself, but the world. Make sure you have time to curl up and read. You may not want to put this one down.

I found this book quite by accident, but was intrigued by its discription. It is not currently a best seller, but it certainly could be. I strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys an excellent, somewhat errotic, occult thriller. This story really sticks to your ribs!

This thoughtfully written information guide gave confidence in an otherwise unsettling time. Often people are conflicted by wishes of the recently deceased and the long ago dead. This helpful book touches on rituals and rights of all faiths. Things that are thought taboo and myths thought to be true, the writer's years of research explain clearly. The fact is we all need this book. There are inevitable choices we are all "given" the chance to make; this book can prepare you to feel confident when making them.

If you haven't picked up a copy of, "Death . . . The Practical Choices that Lie Beyond", get it now and recommend it to your family members and friends. The author has taken a subject which most of us care not to deal with and has created one of the most valuable resources available today on the subject of death, funeral arrangements, cremation, alternative rites of passage and so much more. Most of us are totally unaware of the "procedures" we must follow when a loved one passes away. Do you call the police, the funeral home, a coronor, a hospital? Who takes the body away? What are your options? How much will everything cost and what alternatives are available to you? Ms. Goralski has done a magnificant job of translating a painful subject into an incredible resource that informs, educates and compassionately offers you advice and suggestions for dealing with the death of a loved one and all the intricate details that accompany this painful experience that eventually touches all of our lives. Her writing style is eloquent, straightforward and to the point. Add to this her touch of humor and wealth of resources used in compiling her information and you have a book that is truly remarkable in bringing to light new and helpful information that potentially benefits all of us. Pick up a copy today!

A friend gave me this to read recently and I thoroughly recommend it! The story revolves around Jason Bradley, a troubled young soul who runs away and joins a mysterious travelling fair, and his tortured relationship with Tom Jarret, a brooding, burly roustabout. As the fair travels the country, each begins to unearth dark secrets from the other's past, and realises that they share a tragic history, which threatens to erupt into the present.

Following a year or so in the life of a "Lost Boy" with all the trial and tribulations of growing up 'alone' is a very engrossing story. Meeting and working with others in a 'fair' keeps my interest and wanting to know how Jason resolves all that effects his young life. The sexual encounters are well written. the people he meets and works with are described in measured intrigue. i couldn't really set it down, but had to do some mundane things inbetween readings. it is a well written and wonderful story.

To all who have wished for and searched for a good book on how to play black gospel. This is it!! This book is better than good. It is excellent. The author clearly knows his subject well and is able to present it clearly. Few people today are able to teach black gospel. The book is practical and detailed. Many different aspects of black gospel are illustrated and are demonstrated on the accompanying tape. As far as I am concerned this material is classic. In view of the quality of the information as well as the fact that this imformation is normally so difficult to obtain I feel blessed to have bought this book. I intend to keep it always! The author has none an outstanding job and has provided many gospel musicians and aspiring gospel muscians with much needed assistance.

A long overdue book that delves down into the the theory behind playing black gospel. Its is well written, and substantive. Robert L. Jefferson has elevated the instruction of gospel to a totally new level. - - With players of the authentic music willing or able to teach being so rare, it is a true treat to study with an individual who is so clearly able to articulate it. After a brief history of the music, Mr. Jefferson tackles a wide array of topics from basic chord theory and gospel cadence, to everything from passing chords, secondary dominants, contemporary, licks and fills, soul gospel and more. Examples are enlightening and abundant in this 106 page book. - - Though reading of musical notation is required, Jefferson's ability to explain the theory behind the music is priceless... the book is hands on and functional. Purchasing this book will definitely take you to a whole new level regardless of where you are now ! When it comes to music instruction books, this book ranks TOP on my list.

I love this book (and the movie also) they both ROCK!!Sure its makin' fun of action movies but it too is an action movie!Anyway the book does not stray too much from the movie,and if you like action and adventure novels you are sure to like this great novel.And after I read this novel I read some of Robert Tines other novels and if you like this book I reccomend Eraser.And if you like the book you should see the movie and vise versa.

This was the sweetest book in the world. Avery scary thriller about a kid who goes inside a movie. The coolest plot I have seen in a book.

Having seen the movie Glory for the first time this past weekend, I couldn't help but wonder about the 54th and its Colonel Shaw. So, when I got my hands on this book I had very high expectations. I have to say that I was very happy with the quality of this book. It has just enough sentiment for Colonel Shaw and his family, yet it also portrays the 54th as the heroes I believe they were. I would recommend this to any history buff, or to anyone who finds that they had the same thirst as I after seeing Glory on television. Great book..

Matthew Broderick portrayed Robert Gould Shaw, in the movie "Glory," as shy, idealistic, tenacious. In real life he was all these things and more: more complex, more a product of his age and social class (what we today call "classism" was universal then), struggling to escape the iron grip of his abolitionist mother, wrestling with notions of race which we today would call "racism." Burchard's book is still the best for bringing him back to life: sharing army life with his friends, courting his future wife, organizing and forming the first black regiment to serve as a regiment of the line (the rest were mostly used for bushwhacking or manual labor). He surely knew before accepting the job that he would face unpopularity, uncertainty, and execution if captured. Twenty-five-year-old Robert showed awesome moral courage in taking it on, and one of the virtues of this book is that it makes Robert's record believable, first in his choice, and then in sticking with loneliness, exhaustion, discouragement, fear of death, and obstacle after obstacle, to prove that "Black Men can fight as well as White Men" and therefore can meet the coming demands of citizenship. Another virtue, for older students maybe, lies in its portrayal of the "classism" and "racism" which formed the unexamined background of most Americans in the 1860's, against which we can measure how far we've really evolved since then. All in all, an excellent book for young people in American History courses, to supplement the movie "Glory" which is often used to illustrate the Civil War and its human side.

Norrell's book gives a detailed story of the movement in Tuskegee, the home of Booker T. Washington. It clearly shows of the Macon County's progress away from the accommodationist views of Washington. For those who are not familiar with the movement outside the realms of Martin Luther King and others, Reaping the Whirlwind is a great source to fill your mind.

The struggle for civil rights was a long and argous process, and Robert Norrell's Reaping the Whirlwind, is an example of how the movement progressed, grew, and eventually was successful. In his book he traces the lines of leadership at Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama. As the novel progresses, society increasingly adapts to the ideals behind an integrated community. The struggle for equality was not won as easliy as the court battles suggested rather, true equality could never have existed due to the white exodus of the "model city." This is an excellent portrayal of the events in this small town, and this novel should be mandatory reading in any civcs or Civil Rights History class

I know Cleve Sellers quite well, he's currently a history professor at the University of South Carolina and his students are fortunate to get firsthand accounts of the Civil Rights movement from a lesser-known, but NOT a lesser player in these events. Readers of his book are forutante too, for here you have verfiable firsthand accounts from a man who lived through this stuff and paid heavily for it. In about 40 years, the generation who lived through the Civil Rights movement will no longer be with us, and it is good that documents of this kind will be around to let future generations know what it was REALLY like.

However, it's worthy to note that his closing chapter, on the chaotic state of Black leadership after the Civil Rights movement, is still dead-on traget although it was written in 1973.

This is a reprint of a well-written personal account by a SNCC member and Howard University student. I am glad to see this book back in print. It will give an insight to the young and not so young who, because of the media's almost exclusive focus on Dr. King, have been lead to believe that the only important aspect of the civil rights movement was the "I Have a Dream" speech. Cleve Sellers gives us an up close and personal report on some of the key leaders of SNCC, especially the late Stokely Carmichael (known later as Kwame Ture), who later became, for a short time, the Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party and for many years the primary organizer of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party.

Sellers shares many of the behind the scenes relationships between SNCC and other organizations and details the tactical and ideological differences which engaged the energies of the SNCC membership.

This book puts into prospective things you already might know but really have not thought about. As you read it you feel empowered and begin to tap into the power and authority you may not have truly used given to you through the blood of Jesus Christ.

Roberts Liardon explains spiritual discernment in a way that you can understand & utilize in your daily Christian walk. He tells you why spiritual discernment is for every believer in Christ and how to use discernment in everyday matters. You will not regret purchasing this book.

In the Introduction, Wallace suggests that certain enduring business principles are analogous to a lighthouse which helps ships (and their captains) to make their way through dangerous situations. These principles provide entrepreneurs "guidance and safe passage as they navigate their way through the tight straits of the economy and successfully dock their ships at the port of entrepreneurial success....The purpose of this book is to provide guidance and understanding on the underlying business strategies that impact black entrepreneurial success in America." In fact, most (if not all) of the 52 principles can be of substantial benefit to anyone. Wallace organizes his material within four Parts, suggesting a program which has a one-year timeline:

Principles of Entrepreneurship Preparation [Weeks 1-13]

Principles of Building Entrepreneurial Success [Weeks 14-26]

Principles of Entrepreneurship Maintenance [Weeks 27-45]

Principles of Self-Actualization [Weeks 46-52]

As Wallaces explains, these various principles are introduced to the reader through "short, heartwarming true stories that were shared with me by successful black and minority entrepreneurs over the past twenty years. Each has an accompanying principle to be meditated upon for a week." Each of these stories illustrates how an individual was introduced to the principle and how she or he was able to leverage the event to help achieve a specific goal. Following each goal is a technical analysis of the pertinent principle.

One of the books greatest benefits is derived from a "Wisdom to Take Away" summary at the end of each chapter. For example, here is a portion of one of four mini-commentaries provided at the conclusion of the chapter devoted to Week 1: "Despite the difficulties, all of us are endowed with three types of assets: time, talent, and treasure. All of us are provided with 24 hours in each day to embrace and utilize these assets." Wallace is quite correct when suggesting that an entrepreneurial venture shares much in common with a voyage. Hence the appropriateness of the lighthouse metaphor. While reading the book, encouraged to think in terms of the one-year timeline while urged to focus on significant details in appropriate sequence, the reader really does have the feeling that Wallace is his caring as well as knowledgeable navigator. I suggest that those who share my high regard for this book also check out Marc Allen's Visionary Business. Both books share much in common (eg thoughtful, well-written, practical, and reassuring) even as they approach similar subjects from somewhat different perspectives. For those (regardless of race or gender) who are about to begin or are now embarked on an entrepreneurial "voyage", the two books are essential resources.

Soul Food: 52 Principles Of Black Entrepreneurial Success is an informative guide for the reader who is facing the special challenges shared by black Americans seeking to engage in an entrepreneurial enterprise in today's highly competitive local, regional, national, and global marketplaces. Robert Wallace has organized 52 basic principles for business success into four strategic categories (Preparation, Development, Maintenance, Self-Actualization) making Soul Food exceptionally "user friendly". Soul Food is highly recommended, essential reading for those seeking tangible and immediately applicable solutions to their problems as black businessmen and entrepreneurial.