Police officer Jon Stofferson has lost his zest. He no longer has energy for his ordinary routine, and his belief in his abilities has eroded. Jon once never hesitated to dole out his own sense of justice on the streets, in reasonable measures and appropriate circumstances. Now he has abandoned his former attitudes, proclaiming the right of all to their day in court. His partner has grown disgusted with his inexplicable changes. Others are beginning to notice his alarming changes as well.

Jon does not know the cause of his exhaustion or understand the battle going on his head. Many years ago, he turned his back on the concept of becoming a lawyer and seeking justice in the courts, despite his father and stepfather's encouragement. His solution was to become a police officer instead, leaving justice to those in charge of the courts. But now as he sleeps a symbiotic being, a vicious predator, arises to seek retribution in place of a system gone wrong. And Jon is in danger of loosing himself to its ultimate, primal justice.

Author Richard E. Gill pens a riveting novel in PRIMAL JUSTICE. The author's style boarders on experimental as the pace and tone shift to reflect the action of the moment. In addition, the gripping horror of one's man's descent into madness, or worse, serves as a fascinating counterpoint to a struggle to define appropriate justice. While incredibly violent and at times graphic, Gill mirrors the great masters of horror by allowing the reader's imagination to add the indelible details beyond the necessary, lending his novel a profound depth and fascination. At times crude and other times lyrical, the author's marvelous use of tone and flow will provide readers with a text impossible to put down. Add this one to your keeper shelf as PRIMAL JUSTICE earns the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.

A dark tale, brilliantly described. It held my attention until its unpredictable end. The author's vivid scenes transferred to the reader, the torturous pain of the central character endures. Jon Stofferson really doesn't know why his life was slipping away. I found it difficult to put the book down until I, too, found some reason for Jon's unsettling experiences. The reader might begin to believe that Jon is being punished for something that may of us want to secretly see happen. Written in short, powerful chapters the reading is easy, but challenges our concept of reality. It's a good one!

- Joe Holbrook
Retired television personality

Excellent presentation of facts. Unlike so many other texts, this one is well written. The book deserves an update!

I have the hardback edition, published in the U.S. in 1999, but the content is the same as this paperback edition.

The book start with individual skills, with the first chapter on ball control covering receiving, turning, shielding, and dribbling moves. The book has many, many, excellent annotated pictures illustrating each skill. For most skills, the book diagrams a suggested skill-builder drill, which can either be done by players working on their own ("soccer homework"), or as part of a practice led by a coach.

After the Ball Control Chapter, the book also covers Passing and Shooting, Dead Ball Skills, Defending, Attacking, Tactics, Goalkeeping, and Training and Fitness.

The passing and shooting section has helpful diagrams of where on the ball to strike, and where on the foot, and has enough detail to answer most questions players or coaches would have about the details of how a particular skill should be done.

In the tactics area, and throughout the book, there are also many diagrams and color artwork pictures illustrating player positioning and movement in a way that makes the tactics clear.

I have many soccer coaching books, but this one is the one I go to when I want authoritative information and refresher on key points for teaching a particular skill. I've used many of the drills in my practices, and they have always gone well.

The book has excellent information, and realistic and helpful step-by-step action pictures that demonstrate skills.

The only real criticism I have is that sometimes I need more steps in the action pictures, particularly some of the dribbling moves, to see how the player got from A to C, and I feel like step B is missing.

Now my two daughters (12 and 14) play with an elite club team that wins 2-5 state championships a year (out of 8 girls age groups) and I recognize so many of the key components of that program being effectively taught in this book. This book is tremendously sound in terms of both the skills and terminology it teaches, and the highly effective way it presents and teaches them.

If you are a coach looking for an effective organization of skills and tactics to teach, or a player, especially one without access to expert, state-of-the art soccer skills training, I highly recommend this book. Because a picture is worth a thousand words, and this book is loaded with well-thought out pictures, artwork, and diagrams, players as young as 10, perhaps younger in special cases, could read the material and get very good use out of it. This book is simply excellent, and highly recommended for any soccer player and coach who wants to improve by learning and mastering the details of the skills and tactics needed to become a high-level soccer player.

If you are looking for an ASP book that discusses advanced databases techniques,COM objects, and client server in detail,BUY IT! If you need a through understanding of coding techniques, perhaps a book such as "Using ASP..." may be a better resource.

The short time I have been using this book I find that I can find very useful information for what I need to do with ASP. Very good examples. Very well layed out book. The number of yellow stickies shows me that I have found useful and specific examples relevant to my needs. The book uses VBScript which is just what I want. Even walks you through creating a COM component.

Unlike many other APS books which teach you only trivial information, this book does teach you many useful and practical information about ASP. But if you are a neophyte in ASP, find some other basic ASP books since this book is only for programmers who have some experience with web or ASP programming.

The strength of any spiritual teaching is it's ability to both inspire and challenge an individual to look deeply into his or her own life with ruthless honesty. This is a book that can potentially illuminate and support the awakening soul; in reading this book one gets the sense that the author lives through what he writes giving the exposition a real heart and depth. "Words That Shine Both Ways" are aphorisms on life culled from the teacher's work over the last twenty or so years. When I use the word "aphorism" I don't want to give the impression that this work is stolid, it is in fact poetic and highly lyrical; it captures the essence of Richard Moss's teaching and so is an excellent book for those that know him as well as providing a good introduction to those that don't. If your perturbed by life and seek a more meaningful relationship to the suffering then this book will refresh you.

This book is for everyone and anyone! It is important to read Dr. Moss's quoted statements from years of his seminars in one small book.

Somehow the title reminds me of another very important book, The Little Prince, which years after my children are grown they've told me how much paragraphs from that book have stayed with them. Dr. Moss's book is like that for me. In fact, whenever I pick it up, I just turn to a page at random and there is a new heartbeat, even though I may have read it before, it seems new to me.

I always felt that about Maslow's writings, every paragraph, every line was the epitome of what TV newscasters now wish their soundbits could achieve. So, too, with Word That Shine Both Ways.

The title is interesting, because it gives one the freedom to take Dr. Moss's loving, kind, insightful messages and utilize them in any way that is needed. I've quoted him so many times I could not count, to others in crisis, to those in love, to steady and calm my own times of pain, fear, confusion. My own physician recommended the book to me, and loaned me his (I let him know he wasn't getting it back!). Only a fool would let go of something so profound, unique, filled with an obvious love for humankind, and a higher spiritual appreciation. This book should be publised in the thousands, and promoted. I certainly am promoting it - and when I loan mine now, it is only with a signed "Book Check!" Maybe I haven't reached that trusting, loving plan Dr. Moss exudes, however, I do believe he would expect me to protect myself, too.

A detailed account of the circumstances leading to Buckingham's rebellion, and the connection between the revolt and the ultimate fate of Richard III at Bosworth Field. The focus is on the gentry of the south of England who were loyal to Edward IV and eventually became the instigators of the rebellion. This book may be heavy going for the casual reader since it presumes basic familiarity with the events of the period. A good complement is Paul Murray Kendall's biography of Richard III, which describes how Richard gained support from the nobility and gentry of the north of England. The book includes lots of photographs and helpful maps. All in all, a good read.

My only complaint about this play is that Shakespeare should have had some dialogues where the characters discussed crucial history before the play opens. Gloucester (murdered or dead before the play but mentioned several times) had tried to usurp Richard's crown too many times. History itself is not sure if Gloucester died or was murdered. Bolingbroke for a while conspired with Gloucester and now sees another oppurtunity to usurp the crown.The virtuous John of Gaunt served Richard with honor and integrity and eventually moved parliament into arresting Gloucester for treason. This would of made John of Gaunt's rages all the more valid. Otherwise this play is outstanding! Richard shows himself to be capable of ruling at times, but gains our contempt when he seizes his the honorable John of Gaunt's wealth. John of Gaunt's final rage in 2.1 is a passage of immense rageful beauty. Also, Shakespeare moves us into strongly suspecting that Richard had Gloucester murdered. However, despite Richard's crime, Shakespeare masterfully reverses our feelings and moves us into having deep pity for Richard when he is deposed. The Bishop of Carlisle (Richard's true friend) provides some powerful passages of his own. I can not overestimate the grace in which Shakespeare increases our new won pity for Richard when Bolingbroke (Gaunt's rightful heir) regains his wealth and the death of Gloucester is left ambiguous. 5.1, when Richard sadly leaves his queen and can see that Henry IV and his followers will eventually divide is a scene of sorrowful beauty. 5.4 is chilling when Exton plots Richard's murder. 5.5 is chilling and captivating when Richard dies but manages to take two of the thugs down with him. The icing on the cake is that Bolingbroke (Henry IV) can only regret his actions and realize that he has gotten himself into a troublesome situation. But that will be covered in "1 Henry IV" and "2 Henry IV." We can easily argue that it is in "Richard II" where we see Shakespeare's mastery of the language at its finest.

The thing with Shakespeare histories is that almost no one reads them, as opposed to his tragedies and comedies. I don't know why that is. The histories that are read are either Henry V (largely due to Branagh's movie), Richard III (because the hunchback king is so over-the-top evil), or the gargantuan trilogy of Henry VI, with the nearly saintly king (at least by Part III) who much prefers contemplating religion and ethics to ruling and dealing with the cabals among his nobles.

So why read a relatively obscure history about a relatively obscure king? Aside from the obvious (it's Shakespeare, stupid), it is a wonderful piece of writing - intense, lyrical, and subtle. Richard II is morally ambiguous, initially an arrogant, callous figure who heeds no warnings against his behavior. Of course, his behavior, which includes seizing the property of nobles without regard for their heirs, leads to his downfall. Nothing in his character or behavior inspires his subjects so he has no passionate defenders when one of the wronged heirs leads a rebellion to depose Richard II. But Richard now becomes a much more sympathetic figure -especially in the scene where he confronts the usurper, Richard acknowledges his mistakes, but eloquently wonders what happens when the wronged subjects can depose the leader when they are wronged. What then of the monarchy, what then of England?

On top of the profound political musings, you get some extraordinarily lyrical Shakespeare (and that is truly extraordinary). Most well known may be the description of England that was used in the airline commercial a few years back... "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, ..."

If you like Shakespeare and haven't read this play, you've missed a gem.

Richard II was incompetent, wastefully extravagant, overtaxed his nobles and peasants, ignored his senior advisors, and lavished dukedoms on his favorites. His rival, Henry of Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), was popular with the common man and undeservingly suffered banishment and loss of all his property. And yet two centuries later Elizabethans viewed the overthrow of Richard II as fundamentally wrong and ultimately responsible for 100 years of crisis and civil war. Queen Elizabeth's government even censored Shakespeare's play.

Shakespeare masterfully manipulates our feelings and attitude toward Richard II and Bolingbroke. We initially watch Richard II try to reconcile differences between two apparently loyal subjects each challenging the other's loyalty to the king. He seemingly reluctantly approves a trial by combat. But a month later, only minutes before combat begins, he banishes both form England. We begin to question Richard's motivation.

Richard's subsequent behavior, especially his illegal seizure of Bolingbroke's land and title, persuades us that his overthrow is justified. But as King Richard's position declines, a more kingly, more contemplative ruler emerges. He faces overthrow and eventual death with dignity and courage. Meanwhile we see Bolingbroke, now Henry IV, beset with unease, uncertainty, and eventually guilt for his action.

Shakespeare also leaves us in in a state of uncertainty. What is the role of a subject? What are the limits of passive obedience? How do we reconcile the overthrow of an incompetent ruler with the divine right of kings? Will Henry IV, his children, or England itself suffer retribution?

Richard II has elements of a tragedy, but is fundamentally a historical play. I was late coming to Shakespeare's English histories and despite my familiarity with many of his works I found myself somewhat disoriented. I did not appreciate the complex relationships between the aristocratic families, nor what had happened before. Fortunately I was rescued by Peter Saccio, the author of "Shakespeare's English Kings". Saccio's delightful book explores how Shakespeare's imagination and actual history are intertwined.

I hope you enjoy Richard II as much as I have. It is the gateway to Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2) and Henry V, all exceptional plays.