Being a Huge fan of George A. Romero's Night of the living Dead and the Cult Film Return of the Living Dead, the Zombie Genre has a lot to offer. This is where AFMBE fit's in... In the game you get to play a Survivor of a horrible Zombie uprising, and your action's along with other Player Character will either keep you alive for another night or it might lead you to be a Zombie's Morning Breakfast.

This roleplaying system is fast and fun. I totally love the idea of zombies taking over the world and players playing a variety of characters who must take them down. The system is easy to learn and will keep u entertained for many hours.

Eden and Honor least favorite. The Prince of Eden got me started
I love you Mrs Harris,for such great reading.

I have all of the Eden books and have read them several times. These books are the reason I have read the rest of her novels. Eden and Honor is the last generation of Edens that Ms. Harris said she was going to write about and I hate that because they are such good stories. I would suggest them to anyone that likes historical fiction.

My only regret is that I didn't start with the first book in the series. I picked this up because I had nothing else to read, and I ended up not being able to put it down! I've seen these around for years, but have never picked them up until now. The plot moves and you care about the characters. Sure, it's a little melodramatic and I had some problems with John having Lila "stashed away" in the country and Dhari as a mistress, it just didn't reconcile with his character but I guess it was the times, and this is good escapist fiction otherwise. Let's hear from others about this and other books in the series.

I found the first book "This Other Eden" on a counter and began to read it and also could NOT put it down. I have since tried to collect each book of the series. I own 5 of the series, but, I am perplexed : Is this book, "The Eden Passion", the SAME book in the series as book number 3, "Passion of Eden" ? (I own this) Or is this a new book to add to the end of the series? I'll need to buy this one too! I can't imagine Ms. Harris naming two titles two similar words. Can anyone answer this? How many books ARE there in this complete series? I have to have them all ! Thanks. Please respond to: cathypat50@yahoo.com

A great book that dscribes the trials and tasks a young lady must overcome to surive in the wild untame new town of Eden Valley. The story cover the life of a young lady named Nellie and how she sacrifices one love for fredom from her mean uncle. She goes off with an older man and his three young children. They settle a small plot of land that he ecievd for being in the war. Then the books contiues to cover the underground slave escapes, wars, losing and fining new love, and how her children grow up. This book is very well written. With rich details about the life of this woman and the people around her. It spans across her whole life from teenager through adulthood. A very fine and easy read for any person interted ina good historical fiction novel.

This book was simply wonderful! It is one of those that you can't put down till you have finished reading it and even then you are sad it is over. It grabs you at the very beginning and you can't wait to read on. There are moments you will cry and others when you will laugh. This is a great book and i am sorry to see it out of print!

I bought this book as a gift for my flower girl, who had never been to Idaho and was making her first trip. I read it and liked it, and there aren't many books set in Idaho for kids her age. She was absolutely absorbed--read it at the rehearsal, then at the rehearsal dinner, and there are even pictures of her with it in the pew at the wedding! Clearly it captures the attention.
I think the book has three terrific strengths. First, unlike many kids books that attempt to beat kids over the head with the message of tolerance (and become boring doing it), this book deals with class tensions, gender differences, difficulties with blended families, etc. without any preaching or beating you over the head. This is the best of showing, instead of telling, and it gives a great message to kids: why you shouldn't tease those who are different, etc.
Second, the narrrator's voice is convincing. We can believe that this is a boy telling the story, and his observations are consistent with his age and his understanding of the events around him.
Finally, the book has an unusual setting and therefore gets the attention of kids. Very few children have ever been to a place like Eden, Idaho, which is convincingly portrayed here. Those who have been will recognize it, and many of those who haven't will be interested just by so different a world.

The Garden of Eden Motel...

This is a well-written, well-plotted book about an almost-adolescent boy and his new step-father in the 1950s...

The author--Morse Hamilton--nails it dead-on just how it was to be a kid during the S-L-O-W, innocent, and unenlightened Eisenhower era.

He also put the words down exactly right about what it's like to have a new step-father, what it's like to be a new step-father, and what it's like to suddenly meet the very first girl who makes your stomach feel all funny...

I suppose that some folk with 1990s style short attention spans might the piece slow going, but he's talking about a different time, and a different place.

The dialogue rings true, really true.

So do the characters.

I don't have time or patience with most of the books written for children, or worse, for "Youth Ages 12 & Up". They're usually pretty silly stuff, and nowadays, they always seem to have some sort of MESSAGE that's kinda like the Moment Of Crap on TV, where the sit com writers let you know that AIDS is a "serious problem", or that one shouldn't be hateful, or sexist, or prejudiced.

Thanks so much for tellin' me!

There's none of that heavy-handed moralizing in The Garden of Eden Motel. It's old-fashioned good story telling, the kind that seems to have gone out of style, unfortunately...

Confession: Morse Hamilton--and I went to junior high school together. As I write this, an image from the sandlots has just flashed before me.

We were playing in a championship game, and the real Jimmy Beard (not the one mentioned once or twice in the book) fielded a hard-hit ground ball at shortstop and flipped it to me at second.

I caught the ball, stepped on the bag, pivoted, and then made THE PERFECT THROW to Morse at first, which should have gotten us out of the ball game. I could almost feel my fingers wrapping themselves around the trophy.

I can still see the ball going into his glove.

And now I see it popping out and dribbling behind him.

"Yah booted it, More-Ass," I grumbled to myself later. "And we lost the game, YA JERK!"

I didn't forgive him for three weeks, by which time he was out with his father in Idaho, which provides the back drop for this book.

Now, I wouldn't say the Garden of Eden Motel was a good book if it wasn't, especially since Morse committed the error that cost us the championship forty-something years ago.

But, believe me, he didn't muff this story. The piece is right on, and I'm glad he was able to finish it before he died.

So, sail on, old friend. Sail on.

Eden and Rory have provided us beginners with an excellent introduction into learning to use our Macs to keep those home movies and vacation videos from rotting on the shelf. The dialogue is clear with just enough technical information to give the 'newbie' a comprehensive picture of how to edit video on the computer with confidence. Most notable are their tutorials, which unlike most books of this nature, go beyond covering the use of the computer and provide excellent pointers on movie-making in general. After reading the book, not only have I been able to make entertaining videos through the editing techniques they describe, but my original footage has improved as well through their guidance on how to use my DV camera to get the best results. Thanks guys!!

I just got this book and it's the best of all the iMovie books I've used/read. Like "iMovies2 For Dummies," this book includes a very good DVD that includes visual/iMovie examples of the techniques and strategies that it explains in the book. For me, this the DVD is the selling point of the book--even though it is somewhat expensive.

I've always felt that a book talking about video/film production must have an accompanying CD or DVD. It's not just about visual learning, but moreso about providing effective examples of what is being explained about visual techniques. I mean...it only makes sense to talk about video technigues by using actual video examples. It really doesn't make sense to keep using a traditional form of communication (writing) to talk about an emerging and developing form of communication (digital video).

Besides the DVD, I also appreciate how the writers of this book provide strategies for different types of video productions--instructional video, music video, documentary video, home video, and short fictional movies. It's the only book I know of that talks about these types of video productions using iMovie. Thus this book (along with another one titled "The Little Digital Video Book, by Micheal Rubin) to me is for the serious/intermediate digital camera and iMovie users.

Finally, I would just like recommend another new book for those like me who want to one day move beyond iMovie to something more professional: Micheal Wohl's "Editing Technqiues with Final Cut Pro" (Peachpit Press) is a very good book on video editing--no matter what editing software you're using. All three of these books should be on your library reference shelf.

A thoroughly enjoyable read. Well written and gripping, Return To Eden tells the story of Stephanie Harper, billionaire mining mogul but unfortunately desperate to be loved. Wimbledon tennis champion Greg Marsden, handsome and predatory, marries her for her money and embarks on an affair with her best friend. When Greg realises he could have Stephanie's money without having to bother with Stephanie herself, he feeds her (literally) to the crocodiles and settles back to enjoy her fortune.

But Greg doesn't count on Stephanie's survival skills, nor the revenge of a woman scorned. After being pulled out of the crocodile swamp and nursed back to health by an old hermit, Stephanie makes her way to a private clinic where she undergoes plastic surgery to completely change her appearance. Armed with her new visage as Tara Welles, Stephanie starts to exact her revenge.

Highy readable with not much brainpower involved. A great one for a rainy day on the sofa.

This has got to be one of the best books ever written!!! I've been trying to find a copy of the mini-series to view and then I got the idea to read the book version. It is one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Stephanie Harper is a frumpy billionaire and the richest woman in Australia. She is also planning to marry ex-tennis-pro, Greg Marsden. At their wedding, Stephanie's best friend Jilly Stewart, and Greg notice each other and are immediately attracted. For their honeymoon Stephanie convinces Greg that they should go to her summer estate in the outback, called Eden. When Stephanie notices how well Greg and Jilly are getting along, she agrees to Greg's idea that Jilly join them at Eden later on. Even though her husband Phillip is against the idea, Jilly agrees.

No sooner does Jilly arrive, then Greg and Jilly meet out in the stables at night and cheat on Stephanie. Awhile later, Greg arranges for the three of them to go on a crocodile hunt. When the biggest gator in the swamp, named Gindy Baru, approaches their boat, Greg shoves Stephanie overboard, and because she can't swim she is pulled under by the croc as Greg and Jilly watch. Even though she is shocked by what Greg has done Jilly decides not to report him to the police.

Unbeknownst to Greg and Jilly, Stephanie has survived the attack, and is dying on an island in the midst of the swamp. Luckily for her, a hermit named Dave is passing by and rescues her from the approaching crocs. After taking her to his house he nurses her back to health and when she tells him she can't remember who she is, he gives her the new name Tara Welles. Finally, when she is well enough to go out on her own, he gives her his valuable collection of opals and gets her aboard a bus headed for Townsville.

When she arrives, her memory slowly returns and she decides she must have a grand revenge against Greg. She cashes the opals at a pawn shop, and still being horribly scared she goes to a renowned plastic surgeon who owns a clinic on Orpheus Island. Once there, she meets the owner, Dr. Dan, and she begins her treatments. She also takes a liking to Dan and she becomes his favorite patient. Even when the liking for one another begins to grown into a romance neither of them say anything. Finally after numerous surgeries Tara has become a different woman. She is thinner, prettier, looks ten years younger, and has lost a lot of weight from eating the island's nutritious food. When she is fully recovered from the surgeries she decides to leave the island, even though Dan encouragers her to stay.

Using her last bit of money, Tara buys a rundown, roach-infested apartment to live in. One night, she gets the urge to see her former home so bad she takes the trip and runs into a servant leaving the home. When he doesn't recognize her, it gives Tara more confidence then ever that neither will Greg. Just as she is leaving she sees Jilly approach the house to meet Greg. She then realizes that Jilly is also involved and beings to plot a way to wreak vengeance on both Greg and her former best friend. A few weeks later, Tara hears that Joanna Randall, the owner of the largest fashion agency in Sydney needs an older model for their new clothing line for older women. Tara walks in and gets the job immediately. She becomes a huge success, buys a new apartment in Sydney, and meets Greg at a charity fund-raiser. Not realizing who she is he is immediately taken by her and dumps Jilly for her, all the while pretending to still be interested in her. After Greg and Tara go out several times, Jilly confronts Tara to find out if anything is going on. Tara denies it and soon she and Jilly are close friends.

However, when Greg invites Tara to spend the weekend with him, Jilly shows up drunk and "chases" Tara off. Actually, Tara leaves of her own will to get Greg furious with Jilly. It works. No sooner has Tara left, then Greg and Jilly attack each other. In the meantime, Dan who now realizes how much he does love Tara finds her and begs her to marry him. She also wants him, buy knows it will spoil her revenge, so she refuses and leaves Dan broken hearted. A few days later, Tara calls Greg, pretending to be upset about the incident with Jilly and convinces him to take her someplace where they can be alone. Soon plans are made for the couple to return to Eden.

Jilly, still believing that Greg loves her, divorces Phillip. No sooner has she has done this, then she receives a call from Tara. She is at the airport with Greg and they are flying out to Eden. Tara's plan works and Jilly, frantic and having nowhere to go, rushes to the airport and buys her own ticket. Out at Eden, Tara pretends to be having a wonderful time with Greg. Katie, Eden's housekeeper, uncovers Tara's secret but says nothing. Now all Tara has to do is wait for Jilly to arrive and everything is in it's place for her revenge to play out.

I won't give away the ending of the book, but I will promise you it is easily the most suspenseful one ever written. I know this book is out of print and hard to find, but you still should try to track down a copy. I promise you won't regret it!!! :-)

This was my first exposure to the Tibetan book of the Dead. Basically this book is an instuctional guide for traveling thru the Bardo; the period or place in which we find ourselves after death, and before incarnating into our next life or form. The book gives a very detailed description of the deities and phenomena one can expect to encounter in the Bardo, and the actions one must take to facilitate an optimal incarnation. It also instructs on the practices that we should engage in while living, to prepare for the Bardo, and therefor have the best out come of that experience. In addition, this is a guide for facilitating and guiding another person thru death and the Bardo. This is a straight forward reading of the book by Gere, it is clear and easy to understand. He is easy to listen to. The descriptions of the various dieties get a bit long winded as he decribes at least a hundred of them. Some of it is gruesome and down right scarey sounding. But the basic thing to remember is, that it is all emenating from our own mind, and not to be overcome by fear. Exposure to this information, practice and meditation on these deities can help prepare us for this experience. Apparently, if we take the correct actions (or non actions) in the bardo, we may not have to continue in samsara but can go directly to the Buddha state, or at least an incarnation in one of the more pleasant realms. I am fairly new to Tibetan Buddhism, so my interpretations of what I heard may not be a perfect reflection of the actual teachings. But that is how I heard it.

Sadly, even amongst some practitioners of other sects and traditions of Buddhism not much is known about the mythology and philosophy of many of the sects and lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. The Venerable Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche released many of the teachings of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Buddhism (into which he had been trained and initiated) to the general public and as a result provided a wonderful source of information to the student, practitioner, and teacher of Buddhism.

this is my first sorrey into the chasm of gothic prose and not my last because of Ms. Reed. A great read for those that try and fail at second-guessing the authors romantic path of mystery. Plush prose mixed with scintillating romantic intrigue and a setting of equally refined goth-aesthetic taste. strong characterization makes for a multi-layered and addictive experience. Thank you Eden.

J. Brian Hennessy

I was held captive from the time I opened the book until the suspenseful end! A new author that is worth reading. With a distinctive voice the Valley of Hemlock richly portrays a classic mystery at it's best. Unique characters, surprising twists abound. I would highly recommend this book as a quiet weekend retreat.