"Resurrection," by Katharine Kerr, is one of the best short SF novels I've ever read.

Captain Tiffany Owens died -- twice -- and was brought back to life. Yet nothing seems to fit; well, almost nothing. Her cat remembers her; her family still loves her and shrugs off her strange behavior, and her fiancé is happy beyond words that his love survived, even if _not_ in one piece.

During her long stint in rehabilitation, Tiffany had come to terms with the odd, shifting sense of reality, and had blamed it on "bad neural wiring." As coma patients and people who've had horrific injuries have learned, the "wiring" doesn't always seem to match up with what one remembers of reality.

Or so Tiffany thought, until two strange men showed up. One, an impossible Reb from an impossible place, tells her he wants her to be happy. The other, an impossibly handsome man, tells her to go home -- to the Republic of California, what Tiffany's been assuming all this time was a fiction of her imagination.

But it's not. It's real; the blast that killed her threw her from one dimension into another, and she was brought back to life _in the wrong Universe_.

The story is whether or not Tiffany will stay where she is, where everything feels subtly wrong -- or go home, where everyone is used to her being dead, and everyone has gone on with their lives.

It's an extremely compelling story, enlivened by lots of realistic behavior from coma and rehabilitation patients, and a good amount of humor.

Ms. Kerr is better known for her Deverry/Westlands saga than any of her science fiction. Although I enjoy those books immensely, I think it's a shame those are what made her famous, and not this incredible novella.

This book deserved to win every award there was. I still have no idea why it didn't; maybe it wasn't even nominated, for all I know, which is even _more_ a miscarriage and a travesty of justice.

Read this book, and enjoy it; let's hope it'll be reprinted soon, so my mostly worn out copy can be replaced.

This novella is the basis for Ms. Kerr's later novel "Resurection". However, I feel this story stands better on its own.

This is the story of a female fighter pilot recovering from injuries endured in the line of duty, and trying to return to her old life. Except things are not as she remembers them... things like the name of the country she lives in.

This is definitely "specultative fiction", but nothing like the Deverry novels. It's set in California, probably about 20 years from "now". We see things through the heroine's eyes, and share her sense of fuzzy unreality as she chats with the devil & the mysterious rabbi who keep following her. The "revelation" at the end felt rather like the one at the end of "The Sixth Sense", or like watching "The Matrix": It left me wondering about the solidity of my universe.

Even though it is breif (it is a reprinting of the chapter "Sewanee" from Percy's book "Lanterns on the Levee"), this book gives a perfect picture of the University of the South. Any alumnus looking for a Sewanee fix will surely enjoy this book.

SEWANEE, by a wide margin, is the most unusual book of the year and perhaps of the decade. It is once a publishing oddity, a showcase for some outstanding writing and a hymn of praise for Sewanee, a school in Tennessee that must be as unusual as the book."

This book was incredibly accurate in describing me when I'm under stress. I never knew why, when under stress, I can't seem to keep track of ANY details and I become completely disorganized. Upon reading the book, I found out that people of my personality types (I'm an ISXJ, which means that I fit most of the description for both ISFJ, and ISTJ) tend to lose control of facts and details in their lives, which these 2 personality types are normally pros at dealing with. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to expand their knowledge of the MBTI types by learning how the types act when under stress (and "in the grip" of their inferior function).

This has to be one of the most interesting books I've yet read on Jungian/Briggsian personality type dynamics, and probably one of the most accurate as well, when it comes to predicting how a certain personality will react when under stress. Actually, that is the central topic to this fascinating book: how different, normal personalities react in different ways to external stressors, which vary, as well, by the 16 different types.

What's fascinating is to see, for example, that as an INTP, my stressors are radically different than they would be for an ESFJ (my polar opposite). What I find to be stressful, someone of another personality type would find to be the ideal situation in which to find him/herself. My stressors include: routine work, having my space intruded on at work, situations that involve lots of forced small talk, deadlines, inefficient paperwork and excessively (to me) emotional situations. And yet, someone else might find precisely these kinds of things heavenly.

I found typical INTP (related, ISTP) reactions to highly stressed situations to be very true for me as well. From the bitter cynicism, to blowing up emotionally and completely losing control, to losing complete touch with logic, I've seen every one of these behaviors in me when I'm pushed to the max, and am forced into the depths of emotion. Sometimes I don't stay there very long, in fact, I honestly hate being there, exactly as Quenk mentions.

What's even more interesting about this book, is that the behaviors are culled from Quenk's experiences and interviews with hundreds of different individuals from all personality types. While each person's reaction is very slightly different within the explorations of the sixteen types, it's very easy to see some very common patterns. Quenk does this in a very well thought out and a thouroughly researched manner.

My one (VERY) small gripe with the book is that there appears to have been a template used for each of the personality type chapters, because the introductory paragraphs to each subsection of each chapter are identical. But, with the sheer wealth of information in this book, it's really almost irrelevant. I've learned a lot about how to handle my "grip" and stressed behaviors a bit better, and to understand others' stressors as well.

A wonderful book, and a must-read reference for everyone!

I am looking for a cd rom of thisbook, may be you can tell me if this cd exists? if yes how can I get it?
best regards Dr` Roman Korobochka MD

As a woman who has had a history of difficult pregnancies (including unexplained fetal demises), Williams Obstretrics was indispensable to me in my search for the causes of my missed abortions (late miscarriages). Many doctors feel the less patients know from firsthand sources (such as this book), the better it is. But for me, Williams Obstretrics answered many questions not only regarding my losses but also in my uncomplicated pregnancies. OBGYNs don't need to be told about this book; they swear by it. I think their patients should too.

This book is not just about the nuts and bolts of diabetic management (blood sugar testing, diet, exercise). It deals with the emotional impact that diabetes has on the life of a woman. Because there are stories from women who have already "walked in my shoes", I felt less alone in dealing with this disease. There are "fill-in-the-blank" pages to help you identify people who can help you; to let you see where you are on the road to acceptance of being a diabetic. Diabetes affects all aspects of life and tight management is crucial to preventing or minimizing complications later. I highly recommend this book to any diabetic woman, whether she is newly diagnosed, or has been dealing with it for years. I would also recommend sharing this book with family and friends.

This is the first book I have read that totally and thoroughly goes over the different aspects of diabetes that only women face. The needs of men and women are totally different with regards to health issues--especially diabetes. I highly recommend this to every woman with diabetes--whether newly diagnosed or someone who has had the disease for years. It is informative and very informational, too.

Katharine does a fantastic job of picking the most romantic resorts in the world. My wife and I use this as our primary trip guide for all our travels. If Katharine doesn't cover it, then you probably don't want to stay there!

Oh boy do I love this cookbook! The layout is the only way to go: recipe on one page, and photograph of the completed dish on the other. Lots of input for visually-oriented males (or females), but also no need to turn pages when your hands are covered with flour or whatever.

And the recipes are truly different. On the strength of this book, I bought another of the "50 Ways With..." titles, about chicken, but it turned out to be an endless procession of "boneless chicken breast with [fill in the blank] sauce" recipes.

I think I might have made all 45 gems. Let me give you a partial list of recipes that I have confidently made for the first time with company arriving shortly:
Baked Fish Nicoise: (startlingly light and tasty -- perfect for a female guest).
Baked Fish With Broccoli
Chili Con Pesce: (wonderful idea, but it needed a little adjusting)
Continental Fish Cakes: (I laid in 2 lb of fresh cod for four people, but could easily have gone through twice as much).
Fish Florentine: (one of the ten best things I've ever delivered to the table).
Fish With a Mustard and Herb Crust: After eating something similar at the Black Dog on Martha's Vineyard, I came home and violently tore into my cookbooks until I found this superior equivalent. Give the World's cod population three or four years to recover (this is 2003), then treat yourself to pure fish heaven.

Enough gushing - There is a dud. The Fish and Fennel Gratin just does not work at all. If I was crazy enough about the concept, I would bake the fennel "blind" for 25 minutes, then add the fish and topping and continue baking, but there are far finer things to pursue in this world, like the Old English Fish Pie. I have authority here, since I come from the Old Country, and this remarkably-simple recipe does an absolutely wonderful job of balancing fresh and smoked fish flavours in a dish that just vanishes as soon as it is set down on the table. My fish-hating stepdaughter inhaled about a quart of it before thinking to ask what was in it.
So, to summarize: Out of my 200+ cookbooks, this one ranks in the top ten.

I am very impressed with this cookbook. There's 112 pages altogether and each recipe has a full page photo of the finished dish. Some of the recipes are: baked pasta and smoked fish, bean and pasta soup, Pasta and vegetable stir fry, Pasta pomodoro, Pasta stuffed tomatoes, Sherried chicken and fettucini Casserole, Tortellini with hot cheese fondue, and many more. They have your basic pasta dishes for those who are not used to cooking, to some really unusual and creative dishes for those who are tired of the same old thing. I think any pasta lover would enjoy this book!

First of all, "The Adonis Complex" isn't a official medical term but since body image is such a vast concern among ALL male age groups, 3 brave people have decieded to write and explore about male body obsession. I immediately decieded to read up on this book because I too have found myself facing the Adonis Complex. The book starts off at the Olympic Gym in Boston, Mass and examines male weightlifters. They cover everyone from the "built personal trainer" to the lean "skinny" guy exercising for a common cause. All these men have one thing in common; they all are insecure and they are obsessed with having and maintaining a great physique! This book covers steriod use and why people choose to use them, muscle confessions from REAL people with The Adonis Complex, and phychological disorders among males such as muscle dysmorphia. There is a section for parents to read on how to know, treat, and prevent body obsession in young boys and teenagers. You want to know what women REALLY think, the answer lies here. In conclusion, I felt releaved and a bit depressed when I realized how many of us men suffer with The Adonis Complex. Men especially read up on this book because you will NEVER see yourself and other exercise buffs in the same way again.

This is one of my son's all time favorite books. He's 3 1/2 and we have checked this book out of the library about 15 times in the past year and a half. My daughter (his twin sister) also loves the story of how Alexander befriends the dragon he was once so scared of. It's exciting and the illustrations are wonderful. A must have for any child's library!