Recently re-read THE BLAKE STREAK and enjoyed it as much this time as I did the first. The action and suspense took me back in time to the period when all Americans were concerned with winning the war--not with making political statements. There has been no other period in our time when the camaraderie of the 1940's united so many. STREAK captured the essence of that unity along with the protagonist's adaptation to the changing mores of a later period in time. I haven't had such a great read and a good cry since GONE WITH THE WIND! Gee, George, you really must have been a swell guy!

Truxtun Blake is a former fighter pilot in World War II who unexpectedly runs into his wartime sweetheart, Charlene Rungrove. The encounter stirs memories, and unnerves Julie, Truxton's pretty dark-haired wife. It is also the beginning of a series of unexpected revelations about his family, especial his older brother Montgomery, a combat PT boat skipper lost in the South Pacific 30 years ago. Truxton uncovers a family scandal. In early 1943 his brother was delivering a massive gold bribe to a Japanese admiral who had agreed to surrender a submarine to the U.S. Navy. But the money and the brother disappeared. Truxton digs for clues in Washington, Nashville, San Francisco, and the far Pacific. He pieces together a story of brutal mutiny on PT 165 -- all the while his bittersweet relationship with Charlene deepens. Events come to a head on an uncharted island with an untangling complexity that achieves a fully satisfying conclusion. The Blake Streak is an original story with splendidly crafted characterization and a compelling plot that simply will not let the reader go until the very last page.

I'll admit it. I'm drawn to golf instruction books. I'm always looking for an easy way to knock a few strokes off my game. I tend toward those books which are well illustrated and have a unique approach to the topic. This book satisfies both requirements,and believe it or not, it actually helped my golf game.

George Blake did what many of us wish we could do. He got a PGA teaching professional, Will Frantz, to lead him through the fundamentals and then play several instructional rounds with him. We get to tag along on each step of the way as Blake practices and then plays under Frantz's guidance.

The pictures which accompany the text illustrate both the good techniques (Will Frantz) and the not so good techniques (Blake). Comments from Blake help us understand how to get from the latter to the former.

The most helpful concept in the book is the "crib sheet" which is presented after each "lesson." Blake has the ability to summarize the salient points of each lesson in an easy to understand way. I ended up copying many of the tips from the crib sheets onto 3x5 cards which I carry in my golf bag. They come in especially handy on the practice range when I (frequently)slip back into my old habits.

All in all, I recommend this book to fellow duffers like myself.

Has dozens of photos showing the wrong way and the right way to hit each golf club. Only tells me what I NEED to know. Each chapter ends with a crib sheet that I can take with me on the course or at driving ranges. I carry this book with me on every game.

This is a really wonderful children's book. Both of my children have had this book since they were learning how to read and it's one of their favorites. I would highly recommend this book to parents of all children ages 4 to 7. :)

This book is sending a message to investors and particularly small investors that a stock or mutual fund investment has no guarantee of going up. There are highs and lows in the market.

The message is sent in a folksy, homespun, satirical and entertaing manner. The messenger is a mythical hermatic type character who creates a story that mixes travels and rendevous' as the means of delivering the message.

The Lemming Disaster is subtitled "an incredible story of revenge." It should read "An Incredible story" because it was so engrossing, I couldn't put it down and stayed up until I finished it at 5:30AM. It is like a non-gory Stephen King novel, only much easier to read. I feel like the author is speaking just to me. And the way the entire story dovetails with each of the events is really an amazing job of writing. I have already passed this book on to four of my friends who also couldn't put it down and now are lacking sleep as I was. Buy this book if you LOVE a great story.

Donald Ault is an inspiring and unique mind. No boundaries, for they are always re-examined, as he does here with a response and re-thinking of his own arguments towards William Blake and his responses to the Newtonian Universe. Donald Ault is a mind stretched as it should be--lobes in literature, lobes in Disney, lobes in Coca-Cola. His books do not yet show his utter vastness, but I hope one day his thoughts on Donald Duck will come to the bibliography.

This book is not only informative it's fun. I did however, find a mistake. The order of Presidential Succession is incorrect. Two of the Cabinet members have been omitted: Defense and Commerce. This makes me wonder the accuracy of the information.

This book is worth reading despite some flaws. One error occurs on page 167 where the book describes Jim Lightfoot as being a U.S. Senator from Iowa. Congressman Lightfoot never held that position. On page 197, Mario Cuomo is said to have become New York Governor in 1982. The correct year is 1983. On page 210, Ulysses Grant is incorrectly labelled the incumbent president in 1880. Rutherford B. Hayes was President that year, not Grant. On page 306, (future) Vice President Elbridge Gerry's name is reversed. On page 351, Governor William S. Taylor of Kentucky is listed as having been a Congressman from Kentucky. The Biographical Directory of the US Congress does not confirm this. On pages 72 and 73 is the list "Presidents' Relatives Who Wrote Books". One important one left out is "My Brother Lyndon", by Sam Houston Johnson. This book was written by LBJ's brother after Johnson left the Presidency. There are other lists which are also incomplete.

Facts Facts Facts Facts Facts Facts. Useless Facts Useless Facts Useless Facts Useless Facts. I like it. 'Nuff Said.

John Bennet is one of a very small group of individuals who actually managed to 'get' some of what Gurdjieff was on about. In Deeper man he combines his insights into The Forth Way Tradition with his explorations of Sufism, Subud, and other Wisdom Traditions to present a number of independently valid systems or models of Cosmology and subtle Corporeity and their inter-relation(s).

Bennet, quite unlike many other commentators, never 'believes' in the models. He understands the functions and limitations of maps and mapmaking. If one comes away from a reading with no more than this one has spent one's money wisely.

Deeper man focuses on the nature of Participating in Reality rather than merely reacting to it.

Dive in!

There is such a vast amount of understanding offered here that one might easily read this book cover-to-cover nearly two dozen times and find fresh insight with each venture. I have. If there is any author that could communicate practical realities of the spiritual search and the work of transformation with Bennett's clarity and focus, I have never heard of him (and should very much like to). The theme of this book is the study of man -- that is, the worlds we inhabit both without and within, the various selves that can open us toward or restrict us from higher worlds or indeed, the higher parts of our own nature, the laws that consciously or unconsciously determine our behaviour, and the possibility of death and resurrection that we need to understand concretely if we are to be genuinely transformed. Permeated with the teaching of Gurdjieff, imbued with the influence of Sufism, this book speaks to that in us that yearns to journey toward a reality that transcends the limits of what our discursive reason can make sense of. It speaks FROM the life-long experience of a man who most certainly had journeyed far on that path himself. I treasure this book, though I recognize that it cannot likely be a popular one.

George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl is a fantasy story with many exaggerations. To start the story off the main character George decides to make some medicine for his grandmother so she won't be so crabby. He goes around he house collecting ingredients that go from basic ingredients all the way to very exotic ingredients. George wonders if his creation will turn out to work. George has an exciting mind that never gives up trying. This book is very hilarious in the end. In this book, George accidently gives the medicine to some other people/animals. It turns out to be a disaster. I would definitely recommend this book to any reader that likes to read comical and untrue books.

Have you ever had a rotten relative that you would like to get rid of? Well this is the book for you.

Hello!

My name is Natasha. I read the book George's Marvelous medicine

This book is written by: Roald Dahl

This book is wonderful. It's about a boy named George. George has a grandma that acts like a wicked witch. Throughout the book George tries to make medicine that would make his nasty grandma be nice.

I really like this book because the author describes the medicine and the characters and what happens to them so well that I could picture it in my mind.

I recommend this book to kids who have wild imaginations and like to make pretend potions.

George's Marvelous Medicine - Roald Dahl
Illustrated - Quentin Blake Revied by Bonnie F. age8

Did you ever live with a grumpy crazy old grandma? George did.
So...one day when both his parents are out &George has to give his grandma her medicine,
he realizes his grandma's medicine just made her grumpier. So , he decides to make his own
medicine.To make his own medicine, he goes roaming around the house putting in anything
he was allowed to touch. If you want to find out what happens, read the book!!I would recommend this book to children ages five & up who love fiction because this
is some of the best fiction ever written by one of the best fiction writers in the world in my opinion !! I've noticed a silly message: if you're dealing with a grumpy old grandma, you can be a little creative... just like George was!!
I liked when George sang that stupid song because after I read it I laughed my fool head off!! I think this is the perfect book for children that like to laugh!
If you like this book you can read his other books too!!

I was very disappointed after reading this book; I expected more from the Oscar winner for the screenplay, based from his book, DANCES WITH WOLVES. Frankly, the book is rather boring. There are rare moments where you can't wait to find what happens.

It's ironic that Blake originally despised Custer while writing DANCES WITH WOLVES then, later, found he liked Custer after all. If only he could have written about Custer's last days with more passion and ambition, yet, he did not.

I do NOT think this is a good book to start one's discovery of Custer. For that, I'd strongly recommend Louise Barnett's TOUCHED BY FIRE.

Although a fair attempt to get inside the mindset of G.A.C., this book ultimately fails to deliver the thrills or tension it should have. The biggest downer is that this was written by the author of the excellent 'Dances with Wolves'. As a fictional account of Custer's diary, the book is tied by the fact that there is no reference to the Battle of the Little Big Horn and this also leaves the reader with a sense of unfinished business. Rumours are that the screen rights for this book have been bought by Oliver Stone. I would recommend Oliver and any other interested reader to acquire 'A road we do not know'. It's a far more exciting read.

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Don't expect a nice guy who dances with wolves. This one kills with "Wolverines."

Penned by the best-selling author/Academy Award-winning screenwriter of DANCES WITH WOLVES, in Michael Blake's MARCHING TO VALHALLA we again journey West to the savage frontier of post-Civil War days. Only this time our guide's no Indian lover -- he's an Indian fighter. And an immortal legend. George Armstrong Custer.

But as we accompany him on this journey through uncharted territory, we discover -- soul-wrenchingly -- he's as mortal as the rest of us.

It is 1876. On a long march to what Custer hopes will be his most glorious campaign, he decides to record his daily thoughts and observations, as well as the events that led him here, in his Journal. It is through this Journal that we enter the secret catacombs of his "true heart."

The skeletons of fallen Confederate soldiers unearthed by rain. The dark entombment of Custer's dreams during his court martial and suspension from military duty. The taste of blood-lust, more satisfying than the finest wine, when he commands the brigade known as "Wolverines" on the battlefield. And piercing the mists as magically as the rainbow-colored suns he glimpsed during the Washita Campaign, the love Custer shared with his wife, Libbie.

Through Custer's eyes we see the beauty of the prairie flowers, the way light "dances" through the cottonwood leaves. And through his eyes we see the horrors of war. Battlefield carnage. Three mutilated bodies found at a stage station. The senseless burning of a Cheyenne village.

Michael Blake's a master, and his imagery flows like warm, golden honey. His words ambush us and hold us captive. But secretly we hope he'll never let us go.

When Blake sends us riding across the plains to that final destination, Custer's thoughts whisper tragically through our own hearts. And for that brief, flickering moment we know the name of the horse we ride -- Fate.