I see children fight cancer day in and day out, as a pediatric oncology nurse. I picked this book up one day at the book store because of the pictures. However, once getting it home and reading it...it depicts a very realistic look into childhood cancer. It is currently on my bookshelf, however, I have read and reread it many times.

I am one of Eli Kahn's sister's best friends, and as someone who carpooled with the Kahns' every day for three years straight, I got to find out just what it was like to go through. Nowadays, when I go over the Kahns' house, Eli has no signs of anything happening to him - and he always beats me at Nintendo 64!

I am friends with Eli Kahn and his sister, and ever since kindergarten, I have liked Eli and have experienced what this happens. I remember going to his house in the morning and seeing Eli. It made me worried what would happen to him. Now, just seven years later, I sometimes go over their house, and Eli's just a normal eight-year-old. This book is very touching, and it's a good one too.

This is not a review but a question. The last Clancy novel I read was Debt of Honor. It ended with Jack Ryan taking the oath of office for the Presidency of the U.S. after the 747 was crashed into the Capital Bldg. What is the followup novel to this one?
Thanks for any help.

These three novels, Cardinal of the Kremlin in particular, are Clancy's best works. A must-have for any Clancy fan, these books set up much of the background of Clancy's more recent novels such as Rainbow Six and The Bear and the Dragon. Thrilling and tightly written, I would reccomend this boxed set to Clancy fans or anyone looking for an exciting read.

This is simply a must buy for any fan of Clancy who has not read the original books yet. This collection is one of the best devisible. It includes Without Remorse, the story of one John Kelly, ex-Navy seal, who becomes a merciless vigilante after the murder of his girlfriend at the hands of druglords, and who must save captured U. S. Armed Forces members from the hands of the Vietnamese. Then comes The Cardinal of the Kremlin, a cold war spy novel about the Star Wars race, and its central character is Colonel Mikhail Filitov, a war hero and American spy. Undoubtedly his best, although not by a wide margin. Next is The Sum of All Fears, a story about peace in the Middle East, the near-demise of Jack Ryan, and terrorists with a nuclear bomb that has an amazing plot and an excellent ending. All in all, probably the best assembly of Tom Clancy's novels I've seen yet. Buy it.

...In the year 2025,Net Force Explorer Andy Moore is asked to help the Cservanka Brothers Circus to program virtual animals and a few other things. As he gets closer to Papa Cservanka's granddaughter, Syeira, a vivacious and strong willed teenager, Andy finds strange things happening under the big top. As he begins exploring the strange events, he finds that the cyber-circus could be under the threat of a black market ring. Can Andy figure everything out before someone gets hurt... including him?

For a Young Adult book, "High Wire" is great for all teenagers. With a well-thought out plot, this story will please those looking for a good read. Mel Odom, the author, gives plenty of twists and turns, having the whole plot well balanced with mystery, excitement, love, and adventure. As for myself, since I love using the internet, find this Net Force story intriguing as the Net has no boundaries.

The character of Andy Moore is a fun main character. For a teenager, he's very smart and it's interesting how he figures out problems and comes up with remarkable plans. I also would love to read more about all of his Net Force Explorer friends, especially Matt Hunter and Mark Grideley, called the Squirt. And though she is only mentioned and she doesn't come out in the story, I would love to read a story about Megan O'Malley who's supposed to be a martial artist.

Damn, this book was good. Black Market+Net Force Explorer=great Net Force Explorer Novel. Longer than the other books but was a extremely good read.

The book is a comedy about a fictional investment club located in the suburbs of the nation's capital. Although fictional, the book covers many of the factual problems, pitfalls and opportunities encountered in forming and operating a stock investment club. At the outset, a zany but lovable group of women form a women's-only investment club. The women, who are considered to be little more than financial nincompoops, are nevertheless determined to make their fortunes. After a roller coaster of high financial gains followed by near financial disasters, they overcome the odds and parlay their invidual investment of $100 a month into fame and fortune.

The Ladies of the Wednesday Investment Club is a hilarious look at the trials and tribulations of a group of throughly inexperienced women investors trying desperately to make a buck on the stock market. This book is a wonderful read as it is not only a contemporary topic, but also because one can identify with the women's strong desire to strike it rich on the market, not realizing the pitfalls along the way. The novel is a parody of the wildly successful Beardsly Women's Investment Group, of course the women in this book are rank amatures. It has a marvelously uplifting message about how we are never too old to try something new, and is a nice commentary on the resilience of the human spirit to perservere through all types of adversity. Although the women in the book are portrayed as ditsy, it was easy to root for these underdogs. The book also contains some excellent factual information on stock market investing!

Being a liberal Democrat, I joined the NRA with deep reluctance
over 10 years ago, fearing that I would be surrounded by right
wing zealots and KKK members. Instead, I found that I had
lucked into membership in one of the country's finest
organizations. This book provides fodder for anyone curious
about those reasons.

The NRA was formed after the Civil War by those who understood
that our heritage as a nation of rifle experts had declined
substantially. Personal weapons are a soldier's life insurance
and the NRA has done much in the World Wars and after to ensure
that our soldiers have the best chance possible to stay alive
through combat and come home safely.

Shooting is stereotypically a male sport, yet it is also one
in which women can compete with men with complete equality. In
fact, this book revealed that women have been competing with men
successfully at shooting sports since 1906! Since I collect
old NRA magazines, I have always been struck by the equality
with which male and female competitors have been presented in
issues I have seen back into the 1930s and 40s.

I happen to also know that the NRA accepted an NAACP chapter as
an affiliate in the FIFTIES, when chapter members were
threatened by a police force riddled with KKK members. This
vision of equality is shared by the unfairly maligned Charlton
Heston, who was an active civil rights fighter.

The NRA and its educational programs are largely responsible
for the steep drop in fatal gun accidents between 1970 and
1990, a FIFTY percent drop from 2400/year to 1200/year.

The NRA has been forced by gun hating politicians and lobbyists
to become a no-compromise lobby for our rights. It is only
sensible that they fight for our rights with the same tenacity
that the ACLU and Planned Parenthood do. Really the ACLU has
sold us out by ignoring gun rights and I feel that the NRA is
identical in value, scope and success to Planned Parenthood.
Both support freedom with responsibility and both have my praise
for this.

For anyone, friend or foe, this is the definitive history of the National Rifle Association of America. From its 19th century beginning ("to improve and promote civilian marksmanship"), to its current battle to promote and defend Second Amendment rights, this tome presents a cogent and interesting account of the Association's mission and of its ongoing efforts in the current civil rights arena. A good read and a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any American.

Who would ever buy a strategy guide? I haven't read this yet but you could probobly find all the information in here and more on the internet! FOR FREE. If you are a SERIOUS gamer you don't need this. you would already know. I don't know how good this book is for beginners but i like r6, RS, and UO so i give it a 5

This strategy guide is one of the best i have ever seen. it explains and gives assistance for any problem you may have during a mission. it also gives the player a greater understanding of the kit selctions and the importance of a detailed mission plan. this book has helped me carry out more succsessfull missions than ever before with few casualties and faliures. i have been able to enjoy my playing time to a greater extent now compared to when i played without the guide. please consider buying this guide for your own enjoyment.

Francamente cada libro que escribe Clancy es una superación del anterior. Bucea en cada detalle haciendo que el lector vea a través de los ojos del personaje. Desde el primer bestseller que leí quede atrapado a su forma de relatar los hechos; su magia para mantenerlo a uno atado al libro hasta el final es insuperable. Dificilmente haya alguien capaz de superar a Tom Clancy en este género.

I haven't bought the book from amazon.com. I haven't bought it at all. I borrowed it at my local library, looking for some leftover Niven after I finished everything else.

Now I am determined to buy it, if not here in Israel then through Amazon.com. That book changed my life.

The short stories are fantastic, carrying unlimited ideas and creating countless playgrounds for the mind. "The Fourth Profession" in the lead, along with "Cloak of Anarchy" and others, make up some of the finest short stories I've ever read. The essays are mavellous, making you ponder, wonder, and occasionally laugh. The parts taken from other novels are a nostalgic aroma, reminding the reader once again that reading on Niven novel connects you, inevitably, to the world of ideas that had come to life by this man's writing.

I've read the book AFTER reading most of the important Niven stuff. I believe this is wrong: one should read it once, then read the other stuff, and then return to N-Space for a whole new reading experience.

Buy it. You won't regret it.

A Larry Niven novel, especially lately, can be a hit or miss affair but it's clear the man still knows what he's doing and there's no better way to prove that to pick up this hefty book. Not so much a collection of short stories as a retrospective and an introduction just about every piece here has something to recommend it to new and old readers. Niven has some of the best hard science ideas ever put down on paper but sometimes he forgets about the plot when writing his longer works, in short story form all the brilliance shines right through and you can see why millions revere the man as a writer of ideas. By and large the short stories are all excellent, ranging from the really good ("Cloak of Anarchy" "The Fourth Profession") to the merely okay (the story set in the Smoke Ring). For new readers there are even excerpts from his more famous novels, though only a couple highlight the best portions of the book (especially "The Mote in God's Eye" bit, which reminds those of us who have read it why we loved the book so much in the first place), all are interesting. But even better than the stories are the series of essays interspersed throughout the book. Some are Niven just goofing and having a good time (the bit about Superman's attempt at mating is one of the funniest things I've ever read and is worth the price of the book alone) and others are serious pieces on science fiction and writing in general. Rarely do readers get such a peek inside the mind of one of their favorite writers and it's a welcome look. Overall if you have even a passing interest in Niven you can't go wrong, since it focuses on what he's really good at and with so many stories and essays, the chance of a reader getting bored is very slim indeed.

N-Space and its Companion Playgrounds of the Mind form a wonderful retrospective of the carrer of one of the best science fiction writers. N-Space provides a selection of short stories, especially ones that have not yet appeared in book form, and have been hard to find. It also provides some of his better stories, and gives essays, gossip, and a view into the world of a Science Fiction writer. You really come away knowing Larry Niven, the man, along with a better understading of his fiction. You get some very interesting factiods (did you know that the Kzinti are in Star Trek? neither did I!), and lots of enjoyment, from never read short stories, to anecdotes about your favorite Niven Novel, an unbeatable bargain. N-Space is a great introduction to the various works of Larry Niven (and sometimes co-author in crime Dr. Jerry Pournelle), as well as a great resourse for those who would like to learn more about what they have read and known for years. I rarely give the 5 out of 5 rating, but I have no hesitations here. Highest Reccomendation.

The two of these books show the steep political rise of Jack Ryan. Debt of Honor is a book about war with the Japanese due to a dispute of land. The book itself is fair, but it sets the scene for the second book, Executive Orders. In this book, Jack Ryan becomes President of the United States and must deal with all kinds of problems, both outside the U. S. and inside. Although it is long, it is an absolutely excellent book.

Getting through a long book is not always easy, but Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor and Executive Orders turn the pages by themselves. Could make a great epic film if casted and directed with exquisite precision. Executive Orders picks up literally less than 20 minutes where Debt of Honor leaves off and is impossible to put down. A masterpiece combined in two books, Clancy places our heart and soul deeply within the mind of Jack Ryan. By the end of the books, the reader feels like a Ryan family member and a White House Staffer who bleeds Red, White, & Blue.

this two books (along width "without remorse") are the best books i've ever read. very high level of tech details (as one could excpect from clancy) and great battles descriptions. but it yesterday!

This book tells the story of Soviet Yankee I-class missile submarine K-219. This incident happened in 1986 and already then Soviet armed forces were in rather bad condition. K-219 is sent to American east coast for patrol duty and it experiences difficulties from beginning of journey. In fact there has been major problems before this journey. Troubles really start when one of the missiles explodes due to malfunction.

This book was interesting for several reasons. First it gives the reader a view in what kind of shape Soviet Navy was during last stages of communism and how politics were always most important thing and everything else came only after it (maybe). It also gives reader view how US Navy hunts submarines, how well (or bad) USN and other branches of service ie. US Air Force in this book co-operate. Also for once one of the bad guys is American; commander of US attack sub USS Augusta.

Text was easy, fluent and fast to read and photo section is ok for paperback (pics are clear enough to really see what kind of monster K-219 was). One thing that bothers me after reading this book is that if Soviet Navy was in such a bad condition during communist era in what condition are Russian Navy vessels today? Luckily their ships and subs rust most of the time in port due to lack of funds.

"Down three thousand fathoms deep, Deaths of millions in her keep; With her, in eternal sleep -- Sergei Preminin." With these words begins Russell Hoban's poem immortalizing an extraordinary deed of an ordinary Russian submariner. "Hostile Waters" also recounts Seaman Preminin's selfless sacrifice, which saved the lives of countless unsuspecting Americans. But this is only one of the riveting episodes of desperation and courage chronicled in this true story about a doomed nuclear submarine. Authors USN-AWS Capt. (ret.) Huchthausen and Soviet Capt. 1st. Rank Kurdin were participants in the ongoing Cold War events which led to the tragedy of K-219. Written with the assistance of accomplished novelist Robin A. White ("Siberian Light", "Ice Curtain"), their book reads like a spellbinding adventure of disaster and heroism on the sea. In 1986, the Soviet Navy, in its futile attempts to match its superior American counterpart, was sending its fleet of obsolete boomers to patrol the eastern coast of the US. Capt. Igor Britanov knew that his noisy, decrepit boat was being tracked from the moment she left her home port, and that once in American waters, he was being shadowed by a state-of-the-art hunter-killer. Following an unintentional collision by the USS Augusta, K-219 sustained severe damage which left her flooding and burning, with an open missile-hatch, on the surface. In a cascading chain of catastrophe, her nuclear reactor began to overheat. As the US military went on DEFCON alert, K-219 foundered in her desperate and dangerous death-throes. You, the reader, will intimately experience the Soviet crew's minute-by-minute struggle for survival. You will bond with the Russian Captain, whose fatherly affection for his men inspired their loyalty and dedication to the point of personal sacrifice. You will be astonished by the attrocious actions of the American Captain, which alienated his own crew and ultimately cost him his career. You will be disgusted by the competative uncooperativeness between the American armed forces, and the open hostility between individual branches of the Navy. You will be dismayed by the utter callousness of the US and Soviet governments whose disregard for human life imperilled the world. And you will never forget Sergei Preminin, who voluntarily entered the hot reactor and manually cranked down the stuck baffle-plates, thus preventing a meltdown mere miles off the American coast. For an eye-opening and disturbing view of US Cold War politics, and an even-handed and compassionate portrayal of the Opposition, read this "ten-star" story!

Maybe you remember. The book says something to the extent that, "a certain event almost jeopardized the summit meeting with Reagan and Gorbechav." This book tells you what that event was. It is a TRUE story. A very haunting story, and I'm one who lives in southern Arizona, far away from the scene of this event. This book is like a Hunt for Red October from hell. I won't tell you ANYTHING about what happens, because it is important that you read this yourself. Another classic example of our government hiding things from us hard-working blue-collar workers. Another amazing thing about this story is that IT READS LIKE A NOVEL, but it isn't. At the end, I found myself CHEERING for the RUSSIANS because the Americans were (sorry) so STUPID and SELFISH. To many people, "russians" is synonymous with "evil". I hope this book changes your view of the Russians, as it changed mine--they are no better or worse than we are, as we are all human beings.