Barbara Paul is one of the great "unknowns" in the mystery field. Although her amazing, witty, funny, suspenseful, brilliantly crafted (enough adjectives?) novels have been keeping fans enthralled for years, she has never been accorded the due that is her... er... uh... due! GKS is as good a place as any to start. It really doesn't matter, in a way, because wherever you start, you're going to want, nay NEED, to read 'em all! As for titles, good as this is, wait 'til you meet "Liars, and Tyrants, and People Who Turn Blue"!

This memoir of adoption is more than an autobiography: A Good Likeness tells of an adult who only comes to terms with his past when his own child is born. His journey to find his own biological parents touches on social and psychological issues alike.

It is very interesing book on the Art of Sex. It's interesting because of it illustrations, but if you want to learn the techniques of sex you should take another book. The old mother of my girlfriend who always didn't allow her dauther to have a sex was in amazement and it changed all our relations.

If you want to see the best illustrated book about sex take this one. It is excellent.

Mr. Hasford goes unrecognized in his own time as a literary genius.

*A Gypsy Good Time* is cleverly disguised as a bad crime novel. The characters (aside from the protagonist and the inital antagonist, Yvonna) are all stereotypes that Hasford obviously has a beef with. The plot is fairly predictable, but what makes it so fascinating is the ride you take to get to the end.

In this black tale, Hasford waxes poetic about anger, rage, fear, and the morality that accompanies it. The narrator, Dowdy Lewis, Jr., is the modern-day ronin, a masterless warrior who is bound to a well-defined code of honor and loyalty but lacks anyone or anything deserving of either. Dowdy falls hard for Yvonna LaBlaine, who falls (as much as she can) for Dowdy. She ends up missing; Dowdy begins his quest to find and save her.

Throughout this compelling narrative are insights into contemporary American society, culture, and thought and the moneymen, powerbrokers, and dimestore Napoleons who bring it down in their quest to satiate their greed. Each stereotypical character is crafted to make a specific point. *AGGT* is an allegory, and the lessons that Hasford wishes to teach us are not pretty ones. Perhaps it is the stark, ugly truth of this novel that prevented it from selling well. However, I am pleased that Mr. Hasford has chosen to speak out as he has with this and his previous novels, rather than selling out.

*AGGT* is a compelling read, a fascinating tale, and a necessary book for the libraries of the individuals willing to think for themselves. It will offend liberals and conservatives alike, and I believe that that was part of the point. Reminiscent of Nabokov's *Lolita* in its blunt pointedness of its criticsims and the realism of the love story surrouding it, *AGGT* deserves to be treated with just as much respect and fame.

Fantastic. Amazing. Tremendous.
This book sold out 20 copies in 2 hours at Hennesey + Ingalls Art and Architecture bookstore in Santa Monica. Buy this book if you just graduated art school. Buy this book if you've been in the business for 20 years. Paul Arden wil literally change your career and life.

I have always loved this book. The story is timeless and the illustrations are beautiful. If your children have not seen this book, they are missing a true treasure.

An excellent book, appropriate for married or engaged couples, as well as individuals who may someday consider getting married. Well written, educational and enlightening, I can't imagine anyone not benefiting from its common sense wisdom. Each chapter is followed by a fun section of questions or exercises, providing further opportunity for interactive learning, enhanced Biblical knowledge and personal growth. Great reading!

I read this book shortly after becoming a step-mother to two preschoolers and while pregnant with my first child. I had no idea what I was doing as a parent, and this book helped me to gain some direction and confidence. I can't wait to read the next two books in the series!

Now in its third revised, updated, and expanded edition, St. Paul's Corinth: Texas And Archaeology by Jerome Murphy-O'Connor (Professor of New Testament at the Ecole Biblique) is a literary and archaeological exploration of Corinth, and presents the literary works of twenty-one Greek and Latin authors in chronological order from the first century B.C.E., to the second century C.E. Exhaustively researched with especial insight into the meticulous translations of the works it presents, St. Paul's Corinth is a fascinating, informative, scholarly, "reader friendly", and very highly recommended study.

This is the best guide to Moscow available. The maps are fantastic. It was INDISPENSABLE when I lived there in '94. I have not seen anything that can come close to it on the market. One plus was that it was small and discreet. You did not have to look like an idiot folding and unfolding a huge map. Just glancing at the cover gave you metro information. New guides like the Insight Guide, or the Rough Guide are useless in comparison, they are totally glossy and superficial.