As an avid true crime fan, I found this book to be little more than just another story about two people plotting the murder of a third. There is no insight provided with regard to the Sharee character -- We are presented with "what she did", but there is no real exploration of her character - & what really motivated her. In my opinion, the book cover (with its lurid picture and "Internet hype") clearly suggested something more than this book was able to deliver.

If you want to read a GOOD book about Internet deception and murder, I would highly recommend "The Internet Slavemaster" by John Glat. Insofar as character development, the book probably does not deliver much more than "Fatal Error", but there is certainly a lot more action, deception, and murder.

Excellent read. Mark and Paul worked wonders in weaving the web of intrigue that was the true story.

The story vividly reviews how the new mediuum of internet chatting can become a forceful instrument in social intereaction. It also shows how you can adopt virtually any persona you wish when conversing through the electronic medium of chat rooms and Instant Messenger communications.

The development of personalities and families in the book was extraordinary. You literally pictured the characters and their interaction in this shocking real-life murder story.

Good work!

I was there.... and I could not have written this story as well as the authors, Paul Janczewski and Mark Morris. Three different people, three diffrent time lines, laced in three diffrent lives. Like lacing your tennis shoes, Sharee Miller would weave a deadly lie between her husband, Bruce Miller, and her internet lover Jerry Cassaday. This book is a real page turner, a can't put it down type of book. When you get to the last page and realize that all that you have just read is true, you won't believe it. How could this wife, this mother, be so deadly, with out thinking of anyone else but her self? I wonder. Is this real life or the one in a million type of woman?For a close, personal, in-depth look into what the internet has to offer, read this book. I even knew how it ended, and I read the book to fill in some of the blanks, to answer some of the questions that I still had. Thank you Paul and Mark for doing such a great job with such a difficult story. You were kind and caring to the families when they really needed it. WE are glad it's over, and WE finally know most of the truth.

Mark Twain, the most globally recognised of the greatest American writers, comes closest to autobiography in this odd and fascinating book. This is the story of part of his life at least, and lays out much of his unique moral and political philosophy.

As a book, Life on the Mississippi lacks a truly coherent story line after the half-way point; it tells the story of Twain's training as a Mississippi steamboat pilot, then, when he returns to the river years later as a successful writer, it drops off into anecdotes as Twain travels down the great river, and can be a deadly bore for some readers.

But, oh, what a picture of Twain it draws! There are great tales of characters he meets along the river, told in his inimitably funny style, wonderful bits of his childhood - like the tale of his insomniac guilt and terror when the match he loans a drunk ends up causing the jail to burn down, killing the drunk - and insightful portraits of the towns and villages along the river.

This is a characteristically American book, about progress and independence as well as the greatest American river, written by this most characteristically American writer. It is a true classic (a thing Twain despised! He said, "Classics are books that everybody praises, but nobody reads."), a book that will remain a delight for the foreseeable future.

Life on the Mississippi is by far one of the most wonderful books ever written about the post Civil War era in America. Mark Twain takes the reader on a melancholy look at this period of time in history as you journey into the Mississippi of his youth, adulthood, and the people and the communities he knew so well. He conveys a miraculous picture of this lively river giving it the grandeur and prominence it deserves. He defines the river very much like a living organism with a power and personality all its own. As the book unfolds, he begins in his days when he grew up along the river and became a steam boat pilot, ending that career with the advent of the Civil War. Later he returns to the river after some twenty years and takes a journey as a writer from around St. Louis to New Orleans and back up the river into what is present day Minnesota. You learn about the different cultures along the river, its tributaries, as well as the remarkable people who become part of the forgotten history of our nation. Twain's anecdotes are sheer brilliance, and he has an incredible way of choosing just the right story to illustrate a particular point transporting the reader back into time as if it was the present day and you are standing beside Twain observing what he is seeing. His reflections of his times along the river and his descriptions of the people and places make this a true masterpiece of literature and I highly recommend it. I found myself only able to read short portions at a time, as I personally found the sheer beauty of the entire book was a work to be savored and digested rather than rapidly consumed as you would with any other book. As I poured through the book, I felt often as if I was traveling with Mark Twain as a companion along his charming and magnificent journey during a wonderful period of history.

In Life on the Mississippi, Twain recounts his river experiences from boyhood to riverboat captain and beyond. Encompassing the years surrounding the Civil War, this book is an excellent source of 19th-century Americana as well as an anthology of the mighty river itself. Replete with rascally rivermen, riparian hazards, deluge, catastrophe, and charm, Life on the Mississippi is another of Twain's stellar literary achievements.

Wit and wisdom are expected from Twain and this book does not disappoint. It is equally valuable for it's period descriptions of the larger river cities (New Orleans, St. Louis, St. Paul), as well as the small town people and places ranging the length of America's imposing central watershed.

The advent of railroads signalled the end of the Mississipi's grand age of riverboat traffic, but, never fear, Life on the Mississippi brings it back for the reader as only Samuel Clemens can. Highly recommended.

My favourite Eighth Doctor comic strip is "Endgame" because it is a perfect visual example to what is achieved in "The Bodysnatchers" - the blending together of past elements to produce a whole new adventure, in this case the Doctor and Sam enlisting the aid of the gentlemanly pathologist George Litefoot (last seen in "The Talons of Weng-Chiang") to solve the gruesome disappearance of a hapless employee at the bottling factory of the sinister Nathaniel Seers. ...
As I said before, a brilliant mix of old characters with new plots. I am glad that this trend has continued in such stories like "Genocide", "Legacy of the Daleks" and the two book "Interference" storyline by Lawrence Miles.

I think this book was great.

when I got to the part when the 8th. dr. got poisoned I said "aw man." but was happy that he was ok.

I also felt sorry that he accidentally got rid of the whole Zygon group.

This is an excellent book! The Doctor is prefect and so is the setting. One becomes depressed and feels chills when immersed in the dank, murky atmosphere of Victorian London. We're talking fog enshrouded streets, walks along the banks of the dirty Thames, all fodder for the imagination.

The return of Professor Litefoot is delightful and the new and improved Zygons terrific. It was wonderful to have the chance to delve into their society and technology. The poison stickers inside their suckered-palms was a nice addition.

When the Doctor realizes he has made a horrible mistake it is a chance to see that he can be failable and that he has not basically changed in all of his regenerations. His childlike wonder of discovery and his love of all life no matter what form it takes is a constant.

Do yourself a favor and BUY THIS BOOK!

This book gripped me from the very first page and as I read on, it actually began to scare me, which is pretty hard to do these days. I almost dreaded turning each page, in fear of what might happen next. But as the pages waned and I saw that I was close to the end I started to become perplexed. I prepared myself for a slam-bang ending, only to be severely disappointed by the climax and ending. What a letdown! I couldn't believe the author had copped out this way. I'm just glad I hadn't bought the book! The two stars I gave it are only for the scare it gave me--for a while, that is.

I was really scared by the story, but the ending is a bit disappointing.

"The Lonely Places" is a novel that left me feeling as if I'd just watched a David Lynch film. It's eerie and suspenseful, and often left me wondering "what the heck is going on here?" while keeping me up way past my bedtime. There is a subtle but definite feeling of dread that starts in the first chapter and never lets up.

The story revolves around a young woman, Ruth, who is fleeing a past of psychological and physical abuse. Ruth's closest relationship is with her brother Alex, and she heads to the small English town where Alex has recently gotten a teaching job. When she arrives, she finds that Alex is missing, and the local residents and police are either not helpful or downright hostile. She visits the school where Alex was teaching and is told by a group of children that Alex was taken by "The Gray Man", who is apparently a spirit of local legend.

The dread builds as Ruth finds herself arrested; she catches glimpses of her former abusive lover, Matt--is he stalking her? Is he even really there?; she spends an afternoon digging through a field because of a compelling dream; and through it all she will briefly see, from the corner of her eye, a gray vision.

"The Lonely Places" ends up being a novel about the psychological consequences of domestic abuse and extreme trauma. I would have given it five stars, except that the ending was somewhat disappointing and felt rushed.

Mark Morris has produced an extremely helpful travel guide on Atlantic Canada. This Moon Travel Handbook has a solid introduction section that covers the region's land, ecology, history, government, economy, climate etc.

Each Province is covered succinctly and Mark Morris' information and recommendations are helpful, but his restaurant comments could be more critically informative, ie. "the food is well prepared" (what the heck does that tell me?) or "the seating is smoothingly refined" (huh?). Also, because the publication date is 1999 (thus the information is pre '99) I found some restaurants and inns closed or sold. As a whole, accommodations prices have increased an average of 15% to 20%.

Maps are an essential and critically important aspect of any guide. The maps in this guide are easy to read but lack the user friendly aspect of locating the recommended restaurants and accommodations on the maps.

A area that has become as essential as address and phone numbers is email/web site addresses. A time and significant cost saver especially for up-to-date information and accommodation quotes and reservations. I am sure this will be addressed when the next edition comes out.

Though slightly flawed due to the date, lack of user friendly maps and absence of Internet information, this guide is still my first choice for Maritime Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador. You will not regret this purchase. Recommend 3.5 Stars

To set a fifth Doctor story in a Third Doctor time period would seem a risky move, but Mark Morris successfully achieves this landing the Doctor in the 70's alongside his UNIT pals whilst the other Doctor is off planet somewhere else. Mark has written this with 4 chapters (episodes???) which has the cliffhangers at the end and plays just like the tv series would. Although the book is very violent in some places, with alien hybrids massacring nearly a whole town sending lots of blood and limbs flying. Characterisation is top notch from the Doctor's portrayal, brash Tegan, cowardly and self preserving Turlough to Mike Yates, Benton and the (younger) Brigadier. Overall, a fun, easily read book. RECOMMENDED!!!!

The Doctor steers the TARDIS back to Earth, and arrives some ten years earlier than intended - in the 1970s. This was the time when his third incarnation had been exiled and later made his base of operations, and when many aliens sought to invade Earth. Now in his fifth incarnation, the Doctor find himself, along with companions Tegan and Turlough, drawn into the UNIT investigation of strange occurrences in the coastal resort of Tayborough Sands, which turns out to be quite gruesome...

Setting a Fifth Doctor story in the milieu more associated with is third incarnation is, perhaps, a little risky - on the printed page, the specific incarnation of the Doctor can be hard to maintain plainly in the mind of the reader, so surrounding him with events and characters that evoke a different incarnation can make this even more difficult. Then there are continuity problems: if this Doctor meets people he knows earlier in time than when he has otherwise met them, the writer has to include reasons why these encounters aren't remembered.

This is the problem I have with 'Deep Blue' - the story that Mark Morris is telling here gets swamped by all the things he needs to do to maintain continuity, and the reader has to keep reminding hi/herself that when the Doctor is talking to the Brigadier, Yates or Benton that this is the Fifth Doctor.

While Mr. Morris doesn't do a bad job at this, the book would have been better had it been a Third Doctor or if the UNIT elements had been from some time other than that strongly associated with the Third.

Also, the nature of the alien invasion depicted herein is, perhaps, not for those with weak stomachs...

Well despite of many holes in the entire plot from the latest story of the fifth Doctor and his companions, Tegan and Trough, it was well written as the Doctor's Sci-fi Adeventures on the stage of 1970's.

Fundamentally, I like the character of the fifth Doctor described in this novel. I have thought he is one of the most volunerble characters among his incarnations. The Fifth one I believe may have been the younger Heroic version of the Original Doctor. I was bit suprised how strong, coniving character he could experess when he confronted with the Queen of the Alien Invaders into the small beach British town during 70's.

What grabed me most was the interaction between Tegan and Mike Yate in the second half of the story line. I love the characterization of Tegan in this novel. The author I believe really described best her strongest and weakest points of her characters I have seen on during 80's. Besides, he grasped well the character of Yate too. I really enjoyed reading our old characters interacting very well in the novel.

I felt unfortunate about a guest character of a pregant teenager. Charolotte. I was wondering how she would have been involved into the end plot though.... Well I would have loved her more gotten involved into the plot of the conclusion. Unfortunately she had disappeared in the second half of the plot till in the end.

The first half of this text seems be be a bit simple. Many of the problems are confusing at best. The authors are not very clear on what they want. Many students in my class were frustrated by this time and time again. Still other times the questions were way to easy and never really chalanged the students. Basicly the first half does not provied a good solid base for Calculus. The second half is just flat out poorly written. It leaves the students constently scraching their heads wondering what the authors want. Questions are asked in such a way as to not make sence or not to follow the chapters very well. Chapt 7 is very much like this. Bad. The faculty agrees by having to put out an additional book of their own to help provide a better understanding of Trig.
Over all this book needs to be re-thought out. A poor choise for instructors wanting their students to get a solid base so as to takle more advaced math classes.

I like pictures of people on bikes. It makes me feel better because riding mountain bikes is fun. So when I work on functions, I feel happier.

Great book! It is especially good for understanding what different functions do, and how. This is very important for understanding calculus. Great examples, always linking functions with things in real life.

One star if you read it all the way to the very last page. Some sentences in that book are just wonderful, I wrote them down in my notebook so I could read them later! But unfortunatley I did not loose the book and I did read the ending, and it ruined it all. So, seriously, if you read this book- and you should, its fantastic, but towards the end, when your thinking "how are there that many pages left? this is the ending, right?" stop there. rip out the rest of the pages. burn them.

In contrary to a previous review of this novel, I found this story to be deeply moving and intriguing. The characterisation and depth made the reader warm to Stone and the heartache he suffered at the end when the twist was revealed made I, personally, feel for him. Having in the past read both 'Toady' and 'Stitch' by Morris, and having found them both interesting reads, I must still say that 'The Immaculate is by a long shot Morris's best novel of the three. Having read a large number of horror novels in the past I must say that Morris has not followed the genre and produced a genuine shocker, but has done more than that in combining the supernatural with social issues to create something far more superior to many horror works, something that is truly moving and makes the reader think. I believe this is a very fine novel, but if you want more mainstream horror then stick to King or Laymon. CHRIS WARD.

I always thought of Mark Morris as a good, if not what secondrate British horrorwriter. I don't mean that in a negative way, but he always had the footsteps of people like Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell and James Herbert in which to follow... and that's not an easy task!
It's perhaps ironic that those writers also seem to have had a big influence on him. I remember his book 'The Secret of Anatomy'to be an entertaining Barkeresque romp and his 'Doctor Who' novels were lighthearted, not all too serious fun.

The Immaculate changed all that...

I can't help but have the feeling that the story is strongly autobiographical (the parts about the writer anyway, offcourse not the supernatural bits...I hope).
The book is about a writer who returns to his hometown after his abusive father passed away. When he starts having bad dreams and hears his father's voice through the phone I just knew it was going to be THAT kind of story.

I was wrong.

I couldn't for the life off me have expected where this story'd wind up. I won't spoil it for you, but it was brilliant, and much more mature than similar efforts from someone like Herbert, who always likes to have the blood and guts flying. You wont find that in this novel.

The Immaculate is by far Mark Morris' best work. I am an aspiring writer myself (aren't we all?) and I totally got pulled in by the world in which the main character lives. For example, I loved it when he pulled found this old case in his attic and started flipping through the pages of all the books he so adored during his childhood. Marvelous!

Like I said before, this doesn't go for the gross-out, but it's good supernatural horror, with strong psychological and social overtones.

...as someone who has spent nearly a decade in Morocco let me tell you, "don't buy this book"! It is filled with trivia and several false statements. For instance, on page 247 the author states that 'until recently, additional income was provided by a large naval and military base [Kenitra], shared with the US, but the Americans left after the Gulf War...' Well, this is absolutely not true. The Kenitra Base was closed in 1978 and the last naval activity there was the taking of the [then Port-Lyautey] airfield by US forces during Operation Torch in WWII. This, in turn, is followed by a derogatory comment about "a rather sad array of bars, pizza joints, and discos [that] struggle along in their wake" which indicates that the author of this section not only failed to research his subject...

Therefore, if the authors didn't even take the time to verify these facts then just how reliable can you expect the rest of the book to be?

Photocopy the city center maps from the Rough Guide and carry the Lonely Planet Morocco. It has better listings for everything else.

I am not actually planning to visit Morocco, but I like /thinking/ about visiting Morocco. I found this guide literate and insightful.

This book is well done with the points its purpose to teach. But it lacks important questions like Personal Web Server, Proxy relations with 98, and a lot of things about Netware. I passed on test just for a hair... Be careful !

Definately rushed. I liked the Sams Teach Yourself MCSE 98 book much better. it cost less and didnt bog down with unneeded stuff.

This Book contains Information that you don't need for the exam. What i mean is that is a waste of time. I skipped 6 chapters in the book because it got really boring. I got to a point that i was reading how to change the time in windows 98. Man if i want to learn how to change the time in windows 98 i would have purchase the (Biginners Guide to windows 98)not a MCSE book. I would not recommend this book to anybody.