First I should mention that I am an occasional reader but enjoy Clancy type novels. I found "Just a matter of times" to be well written and look forward to future volumes. This book flows very well and was riveting. It was very hard for me to put this book down and that is unusual for me. The suspense and action are just what I look for in a novel. As a reader I demand accuracy and like to read a book that is technically acurate, this book fits that bill in many ways. I am keeping this review very general because I don't want to ruin it for you.THIS BOOK, IN MY OPINION IS DEFINATELY WORTH YOUR TIME. I very much enjoyed it and believe you will too. Thanks, keith.

The editor does an excellent job in collecting a wide variety of storys through-out the horror genre. Not only is each story presented, a small discussion on the contribution to field of horror writing is discussed.

As a fan of true horor literature - I recommend this book. Nowadays it is difficult to find a good horror book or stories that don't involve mutilations, death and other unique ways to cause the reader to react on a few brief descriptions - as opposed to the entire content of the story.

This two volume set covers medical and surgical retina. It has many fine color photographs and is written on a high level. It seems to fill some of the gaps left by the Ryan Retina series. Drug coverage seems up to date, and treatment recommendations are current

There are many books about Israel, and even more than that, on the Israeli army. In case you wonder why you need to fish out a book from 1970, well, it's because this book is one of a kind. I think Yigal Allon is not a very famous chrecter in the outside world, not as Moshe Dayan or David Ben Gurion. But if he doesn't it is not because he didn't do anything important, but because his natural modesty covered on his great actions.
He was a briliant strategist, and yet a peace-lover who talked with the Arabs, understood them that was the first to offer a peace-plan with the Palestinians, back in 1968.

Yigal Allon was jewish, and was borned is Palestine. He witnessed the creation and development of the Jewish defence, andwhen his time arrived, he took a part in it. He was a member of the respond forces that attacked the Arab bases in respons to their attacks on Jewish settlements. He was the commander of the Palmah, the Hagana's elite unit. In the1948 war he commanded "Yiphtah" operation at the Galilee, and when he was turned to the commander of the southern front, his strategy and briliant tactics had beaten the strong Egyptian army. In 1967 he was offered to be the minister of defence, but refused, and yet was a part of the security counsol and an advisor to the prime minister in security and defence manners.

He wrote many other books, but the most important, in my opinion, is his first, "A curtain of Sand" from 1948 (Written during and after the war, was upgraded after the 1967 war.) where Allon is analysing Israel's strategist situation and actually designing its army.

So, as you can see, by buying this book you don't buy "Another book about the Israeli Army" you buy a book written by a man who was one of the main creators of it, and that just because of his foreseeing the future and the needs of the state of Israel, the Israeli army is as it is today.

I can't say enough good things about Dead Languages. Difficulty communicating with the world is a very touching and relevant subject for discussion, on both a figurative and a literal level, and the author tackles both subjects with equal success. The story is very personal, it even reads like an autobiography, but like all well-written biographies it deals with things that can apply to almost everybody.

David Shields' novel explores the meaning of language and its strong influence on the main character of the story, Jeremy Zorn. Vividly described scenes of Jeremy's childhood guide the reader through his struggle with language, both in his stuttering and in his writing. Jeremy desires to subdue words, to communicate through a form at times most elusive. In contrast, his mother tames words and people at will. It is this contrast that Jeremy seeks to overcome. Jeremy discovers that stuttering is not simply a lapse of language, but also an effect of his acute awareness of the words he attempts to utter. His speech therapist tells him: "If you're ever going to gain complete control of your communicative skills, you have to pay attention to each successive moment of utterance--now and now and now; in other words, the continuously moving present, not previous moments of poor performance and certainly not upcoming feared words." Thus language and life intertwine, each influencing the other.

I highly recommend this novel to any audience.

I bought this for cheap when on holiday in Florida - I know it's silly but I liked the cover. Thankfully, the contents also made my hair stand on end...I have never read a more realistic tale of human emotion and communication. I read it years ago, but I can still remember the sadness and lonliness of characters whose intelligence was little compensation for their sheer inabilty to convey their emotions, through the fear of appearing weak. It left me with a cold chill that will linger for my lifetime - or at least until I learn not to fear rejection.

This book was a great summer read, come to think of it, fall, winter, and spring too ! I am a Sci Fi fan, and this book really fit the bill, not too much techno that I couldn't follow and in the aerial fight scenes .... I could even keep track of who was where. This authors talents in an aircraft really showed, felt like I was flying with him. And just romance for the girl in me.
I can't wait for the sequel (in a series)?

The plot was intriguing, with a good solid story line and filled with many twists and surprises. This one grabbed right me right away and I was hooked.

By the time I finished Col. Corbett's book, I was totally impressed, emotionally wrung, and awed by the story-telling ability of this former marine fighter pilot! His talent for character description is vivid without being verbose. The action is non-stop and there are unexpected twists and turns to the plot, leaving the outcome in doubt until the end - hints or no hints. It is a fun read, whether or not one is a sci-fi afficionado . Here there is a disturbingly "real" aspect to this tale of other worlds vs earth. Are we so naive as to think we are alone?
All aspects of the plot, including the charming love story, are masterfully integrated, so that the story flows on in an exciting fashion which, while convoluted, can clearly be followed. The aerial combat scenes obviously reflect the authors considerable prowess as a fighter pilot. Turning the last page only made me wish that the sequel in this trilogy was already in print. A fascinating, well-crafted tale which would make a great movie! Kudos, Colonel.

Ordinarily I'm no rader of science fiction; I've spent 30 years teaching college students the likes of Faulkner & frost. As a consequence, I was surprised by Corbett's Sheild of Lantius because I'd expected less than I found here. Corbett's plotting is impeccably handled and, for an other-worldly setting, strangely real. When the hero, Dar, meets and is instantly attracted to the lovely alien, Littia, this reader was crying, "Predictable!" to the friend who'd been pushing the book. Not so. The hero's journey around the spaceship, back to the earth, and into the very bowels of the enemy spaceship gradually deepen his knowledge and ours: the lovely Littia has a dark secret; her Senior Commander has a much darker one. What I'd seen as the obligatory "love interest" became ultimately so compelling that I found myself wishing the author would hurry up with the sequel in this trilogy. But the best are the wild air-to-air batttles Dar & his game band of jet fighter pilots engage in to defend first their adopted spaceship, then earth. Perhaps because of his own flying experiences with the USMC, Corbett made these battles come alive. Despite the editing (misspellings, etc.), I add my strong recommendation to that of the friend who first said I'd find this a pleasurable read.

Halfway through this book I lost myself somewhere in the story: I found that I was learning something there by heart. Enough About You is not only a painfully self-revealing illustration of its author, David Shields, but also a portrait of our universal givings and misgivings. Despite his (our) flaws, he is still able to embrace himself, his relationship with others, and the world. Woven throughout these stories (the chapters can be read as independent essays or as a novel exploring the same theme) are reflections on the interactions between reader, writer, and human beings in general. The book works on a number of different levels: as simple stories of a boy growing up, as reflections on the authorial process, and as a more complex statement of the nature of life and love.

This is an honest "autobiography," but it's not the sort of honesty that we normally associate with autobiographies. This honesty isn't about getting all of the details right. In fact, Shields admits that some things just seem right to him, regardless of whether or not they actually happened. They seem right to the reader, though, too, and that's where the honesty lies. Shields promises in his prologue that as he presents his own self, he will also "give you you," and he does. We can find ourselves in each chapter - the stories we tell and why we tell them, what we think about ourselves and how we try to communicate that to the world.

Shields does not separate himself or his readers from the process of writing about his life, and I found myself immediately absorbed. I definitely recommend it.

For those of us readers who feel absolutely barraged by the literary world's seemingly never-ending thunderstorm of memoirs, "how to write" books, and autobiographies, David Shields has an answer. His self-proclaimed "attack on autobiography" succeeds in its poignancy, its quirky (often scary) humor, and its not-too-subtle critique on its own genre. Shields gives us his take on subjects ranging from criticism to Bill Murray to his own semi-fictional comings of age. He masterfully links 22 seemingly unrelated chapters in a manner which, upon finishing the book, the reader feels that he or she has been taken on a roller-coaster-esque ride through not just the author's life and culture, but through our lives and culture as well.

I read this book in an afternoon, in a single sitting. It's a book that, while maintaining its goal of introspection into something universally human, is still very fun to read. I felt the pangs of the narrator's past mistakes, laughed along with Shields when he quotes Mr. Murray, and got justifiably frustrated when taken along for a ride on the other side of a book review. Shields takes us into himself in an honest, open way and, in doing this, somehow opens some of our own doors; by telling us his dirty secrets, he reminds us of our own and lets us remember that we're all as goofy, confused, and [messed] as the next guy

Just as the cover is a menagerie of snapshots of the author, the insides of Enough About You contains 22 refreshing snapshots of one man's life that is somehow both unique and universal at the same time. Highly, highly recommended.

I am normally one of those people who starts a book, gets bored quickly and never finishes. I have at least three started novels under my bed collecting dust. Since the birth of my daughter 4 months ago, my life now has no time for extracurricular anything.
With that said, I couldn't put The Pendulum's Path down. I got it on a Wednesday and by the next Wednesday, I had finished the entire thing. The characters were so complex, the story is riveting and incredibly thought-provoking, and I found my emotions right on the surface from the first chapter. I identified personally with the mother/daughter relationship between Delilah and Emma. I have seen the exact same thing happen between my mother and grandmother. Dave Shields wrote a novel that shows the complexities of all families through the Crumps. Even though you don't know this family, you feel close to them instantly. A thumbs up to Mr. Shields for a great book that collected no dust in my house.

I give author Dave Shields a thumbs up with his heart-wrenching story of families and secrets. It's ironic how those who love us most are often the ones who hurt us the deepest.

Dave takes us on a tangled journey of a man and his family and the heartache and pain one domineering patriarch can cause to generations after him.

Using mountaineering as a metaphor for life, Shields takes us on a journey inside one man's acceptance of a painful secret, and the peace and healing he brings to others.

Often beautifully descriptive of the Salt Lake City area and the Wasatch mountains (where the Winter Olympics were recently held), I enjoyed "Pendulum's Path" and expect even greater things to come from Dave Shields. Well done.

The Pendulum's Path is a beautifully written family saga that is impossible to put down. It is one of those books in which you come to know and relate to the characters as actual people.
The story of the past and the present lives of the family intertwine in a fascinating and gripping tale.
If you like Pat Conroy, you will love Dave Shields!!! His writing style is beautiful and detailed and his story is richly woven. A definate 5 star book.

This book was great fun and a fast read. Like the first two in the series, it centers around the Roman general Belisarius and his fight against the evil supercomputer-from-the-future Link and its Malwa minions. In this installment, the war has moved into Persia, making uneasy allies of the Romans and their former foes.

More than one story line wends its way through the narrative. The focus is alternately on Belisarius in Persia, Antonina in Egypt, and Shakuntala in India. Various Malwa schemes are thwarted as the Great Lady Holi and her cybernetic cargo spearhead the assault into Mesopotamia.

The only real quibble I have with this book is the ease with which the good guys win every battle. Granted, Belisarius is supposed to be a genius general, but one would think a supercomputer might have *some* ability to outwit him. Instead, Link so far steadily plods two steps behind the Roman alliance.

Despite that, this is an enjoyable book. Once again Belisarius is at the forefront of the action with his oh-so-clever battle plans, but the supporting characters are not neglected. Readers will be swept along by the steadily building conflict, and are sure to eagerly await the next installment.

Good Morning, General Belisarius. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, will be to lead your armies against overwhelming force led by the ultimate evil. If you lose, commit suicide, for humanity will enter an age of darkness that will never lift. If you or any of your companions are caught, you will face slow death by hideous torture. This message from the future will *NOT* self-destruct because you will *need* everthing it can teach you. Good luck.

With this, the third (of four so far) book in the series, the overall structure of the story is now plain. We get to watch Belisarius, his wife Antonina and their friends, like the I.M. force, begin forging a boom to lower on the Malwa. The true pleasure of this series is that it's on a much larger, far more beautiful, and incomparably better painted canvas. You don't HAVE to read the earlier books to follow the story. Eric Flint intersperses enough of a situation report into the tale that you can jump in and pretty much figure out what's going on. However, there is a lot of the fun getting to know these people over the course of several books.

As seems to be his habit, Flint's writing is superb, and the people, places, time and battles are well-drawn. Again, as always, there are wonderfully memorable scenes, including one particular sequence where Antonina comes into her own. If Belisarius is a Craftsmaster of War, she is a Cook, seasoning the siege of an impregnable fortress with a dash of force and a soupcon of violence in a display of lateral thinking that left me dumbfounded, admiring, awestruck, and laughing like hell.

Start to finish, this book is a pure delight, and I get to start on number four at once! I have only one complaint: I agree that - the maps could be better, since much of the ground of the story is unfamiliar to those of us who are not historians.

As always, Eric, thank you for hours of reading pleasure.

I came across a novel on the Baen web page called, "1632" by an author unknown to me, Eric Flint. I read the first 21 chapters on the web page and knew that this was going to be one of the top authors in science fiction. ("1632" is like "Island in the Sea of Time" if it had been was written by Leo Frankowski.) I looked up what other books Eric Flint might have written and found this series, written with David Drake. I quickly read the first two books in the series, then had to buy the hardback of "Destiny's Shield." This is the third book in the series which began with, "An Oblique Approach." I missed reading "An Oblique Approach" when it first appeared at the book stores because I assumed it was just another pseudo historical science fiction novel. It IS set during height of the Eastern Roman Empire, in an alternate universe, but this is a GREAT pseudo historical science fiction novel. There is a certain similarity to "The General" series which David Drake also coauthored, but this is better. With "Destiny's Shield," the series just gets more interesting. I'm hooked, and now I have to wait for the next novel in the series.

This is basically a collection of vignettes, or little snapshots of the life of the main character, taken from various parts of his life and assembled out of order. It explores the idea of being so obsessed with something that you're "drowning" in it (hence the title). By the end of the book, a very well-realized, and somewhat unflattering picture of the main character is drawn.

In general, the book reads reads quickly, and Shields' eye for little details of setting and character make the writing enjoyable, although the structure can take a little getting used to.

I read this last weekend because I'd heard good things about it, and I have to say everything was pretty much true. The writing was very good, and the stories ranged between pretty good to truly memorable. The book is loosely centered around the idea of obsession, and it can get intense and even disturbing at times, but there's an undercurrent of dark humor, and he gives the subject matter a very thoughtful, fair treatment. A pleasure to read.

This books is well written. The titles of the stories and their order is wonderful. David Shields takes things that are commonplace and makes them very interesting and wonderful. I can't pick a favorite story, they are all good. This book turned me on to all of David Shields work. Very good, very modern.