If you would like to be first on your block to be able to explain coherently the early Spartan Great Rhetra, Greek colonization, the actual history of the mysterious Mamertines of brief Punic War fame, this is your book. This book is a serious piece of scholarship and, as such, appears to supplant all previous work in its chosen area.

While it is perhaps to the author's advantage that the period it deals with is notorious for lack of contemporary sources, I must add that I have yet to find any work that truly seems to make sense of it all.

Whether you agree with Ogden or not, you will find yourself on the cutting edge of things if you know this book, and on the trailing edge if you don't.

This is exactly what you'd expect. You've got a couple of letters and need an answer, they're all here. Granted, that's a bit to look through, but desperate times and all that. I found this book particularly good for crossword construction, if you're into that sort of thing.

This is a wonderful first book of poems by a young poet very accomplished in his craft. From the title poem beginning, to the 'passion fruit' at the close, every offering is well worth savoring, digesting, and contemplating. The poems are, every one of them, accessible and contemporary -- perfect for the commuter on public transportation -- one poem per train-ride, and perfect at the bedside.

Don't miss this treasure.

This is a very good collection of short stories by Luthier Daniel Rabinovich; these are not jokes or deliberately funny stories, but rather shows us another face of this great performer. The stories have very good twisting 'finales', and are rather short. A great buy!

Finally, an author who tells it like is is ! Hanson's real life experiences blend with his academic research to produce a book that has practical application both professionally and personally. His master of the difficult art of telling parables adds a dimension to this book that is missing in other books on this topic.

This is one of the only books available that addresses this issue. Many people form transient and very fulfilling cyber relationships, but I have not seen a book devoted to those relationships and what impact they have, both on the cyber parties involved and their families and friends. CybeRelations looks at those strange, wonderful, fast-moving 'affairs of the keyboard' in a humorous and exposing light. I enjoyed reading and re-reading certain chapters, and would really like to know what happened to most of these people. Thanks should go to both authors, Daniel and Kathleen, for taking what appears to be an enourmous amount of time putting this book together.

Dancocks again approaches Canadian Military history with a fresh eye. His easy writing style and clear prose makes absorbing both the historical facts and their context deceptively easy. He uses a combination of regimental histories and Official Canadian histories coupled with more recently declassified sources and personal oral histories to bring a fresh perspective to this important Canadian operation.

From the reasons Canada sent 1st Division to Italy in the first place to the ultimately successful conclusion of the Italian campaign, Dancocks embodies all of his narrative with first person accounts that remind the reader of exactly how these campaigns were fought and by whom.

This book occupies a valued place in my military history library. The fact that the author continues to concentrate on Canadian subjects is just another bonus.

Janelle Denison does it again with A Dad For Daniel! This beautifully written, emotionally gripping romance shows Denison's wonderful ability to develop complex characters that will not only live in a reader's heart for years to come, keep readers coming back for more and more of her books.

Allie has broken free of the evil Isnard's spell, and is back with her boyfriend, Isnard's twin Jean-Paul. But they have not even begun to grasp Isnard's unimaginable power. And traitor Michelle claims she's determined to be good again - but can Allie and Jean-Paul trust her, or will she betray them again? I highly reccomend this thriller to those who enjoyed the previous two Dark Hearts books. It's an exciting conclusion.

The book of Daniel is a foundational stone when it comes to understanding the return of Jesus Christ and the events proceeding His return. In order to fully understand what is going to happen and not be deceived, this book is a must. Brian Bailey lays out very thoroughly and skillfully historical events that have transpired and also lays the proper biblical foundation necessary for the events leading up to the Lord Jesus returning. The book of Daniel also demonstrates that there are those who are willing to stand up for God, even in the midst of wickedness and moral decay. Daniel is a model for todays youth and a challenge to all, to take a stand for JesusChrist and for His values even when it is unpopular to do so. As you read Daniel, you are able to see the Character of God in Daniel, which made him to be a tremendous influence to the Kings under whom he served in the Babylonian and Persian empires. This too is a must reads book.