This one really took me to really take a shine to this series. The first two were good but lacked that something, and this one had that something! Awesome reading on all levels, fun and exciting. A must read for the good folks out there.

An intelligent action-adventure story, showing a lot of research and care. The characters really shine in this one and there are some very lyrical scenes, in between all the explosions and gunfights.

The Outlanders series is a real surprise, and the third novel, "Savage Sun" has a lot of them. It has more science-fiction elements than the first two as well some really frightening scenes. Of course, the action is in the same Axler tradition--lots of explosions, "blaster" battles and kick ass fights...not to mention some great stuff about myths and legends. I really look forward to the next book in this series.

This book is a wonderful well written account on what Mormons believe about temple worship past and present. James Talmage was an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early twentieth century. Good for members preparing to enter the temple.

I have read over 400 books on LDS beliefs and this is a Top 25. A must read for all Latter-day Saints. Editor, All About Mormons web site.

And this time trough those primitive manifestations performed by that very primitive peoples like aborigenes from Australia, North and South America indians and many others discovered by colonization european, manifestation that we are used to call by Totem and Taboo. This is the standard Freud's view on the subject and to understand this book is a necessary step to proceed to other important Freud's work like Moses and Monotheism, The Future of an Ilusion and many others, where he approaches with reluctance the idea of religion as an offspring of early animism.

The prior standard way of seeing these types of primitive manifestation was to see them trough the amount of dread the primitive men have against the manifestation of some praeternatural agency, to use a term used by Mr.Thorstein Veblen, a contemporary of Freud, in his magnificent book on the leisure class (The Theory of the Leisure Class). It is worthy to note that nobody can be sure on the origins of this type of tradition and that adds substance to Mr.Freud's arguments.

Sigmund Freud goes a step further to the classical view and says that totemism and taboo as animism are the manifestation of something not outside ourselves but rather inside human minds of the primitive people, where the unconscious played a good part to the forming of this kind of culture manifestation and where there is an intricate and unconscious and almost mathematical calculation in order to attribute to the priest-king, who typifies the carrier of this tradition, both the pleasures and the burden of the function. In Freud's view, both totem and taboo are traditions that have to find their origim in the unconscious of that primitive folks and not in the concurrence of fear to the dead, following the tradition of his many other books on the latent manifestations of the unconscious. The ritual and actual killing of the father by the Horde or Band of Brothers, who are in search of vital space for their development, is the real reason behind all that happens afterwards and, following Freud's hypotheses, are the groundwork of modern and ancient religion.

The concepts here explained will be fundamental to the development of the hypotheses developed latter in Moses and Monotheism.

Totem and Taboo, along with _The Future of an Illusion_, should be necessary reading for any serious student of social science. Of course, there are massive holes in Freud's arguments (such as his tendancy to make sweeping generalizations about other cultures from his armchair in Europe), but people who disagree with him for moral and ethical reasons tend to amplify those holes and simply ridicule Freud the man instead of intelligently approaching his arguments.
The fact is, his suppositions about parental relations (as they relate to "totem" cultures), about religion, and about sexuality are extremely relevant and have proven, over the years, to possess an extraordinary predictive power. Even if one disagrees with this literature, one should read it and know exactly what they disagree with.

Parricide, guilt, cannibalism--what's not to love?

Good, fun puzzles. Seldom trivial, but not super hard. I use a pen, however not unerringly. I have a second volume to enjoy.

These are fiendishly difficult crosswords, and I recommend them to anyone who relishes a real mental workout. Savage uses a few obscure clues and answers, but nothing beats the satisfaction of actually finishing one of these monsters.

In the one I just completed, Savage manages to use every double-letter combination from AA to ZZ in an answer (wait'll you get to QQ). It may take you a couple puzzles to get used to some unconvential cluing (I'll make up an example: Clark in "Gone with the Wind" would be a clue for GABLE, not RHETT as most constructors would have it), but these are really fun once you get on a roll....

I read this book while preparing a paper on Ossian. Ms. Stafford is, in my opinion, the leading authority on Macpherson. She has a keen understanding of the perspectives that contributed to the creation and the stigmatising of Macpherson and his epic poem Ossian. He is a figure worthy of study and the author paints a very detailed picture of Macpherson and the 18th century Edinburgh literati. It is truly a tragedy that the merits of this work (and of Macpherson himself) have been relegated to a secondary status as a footnote to 18th century literature, while lesser works have become part of the sacred "canon". With this book Fiona Stafford begins a reassessment of Ossian and Macpherson, that seeks to restore this wonderful work to the literary prominence it so strongly deserves. This is a very readable study, though it could prove a bit dry for the casual reader.

I am amazed this has not received any reviews! This is a good old-fashioned shoot-'em-up adventure hard sci/fi with the beautiful, brainy, courageous warrior and two studdly sidekicks: Kane, with whom she has an unstated love-interest and his pal, black Grant, the bruised giant with the big heart. They are fighting on an Earth long destroyed by WWIII and nuclear bombs but the whole scenario was set up eons ago by alien Archons, shawdowy figures controlling their earthly puppets and decimating mankind. The three work in a secret underground redoubt, Cerebrus, where they have the wise, old leader Lakash who lived during the 20th c. before the war and is working to undo the damage done by the Archons. In this book, they travel to a hidden base in the Gobi desert and battle descendents of Kublai Khan and other Asian warlords and their Russian archenemies for some secret Archon treasure trove. Lots of fights, blood, torture, great descriptions, stock characters but extremely entertaining especially if you are an 'aggressive driver' as I am and need something to take your mind off that idiot in front of you who doesn't know where he/she is going. Great action adventure. Listen to it for fun!