How can this great book be out of print! It came out in 1978, riding the exorcist/rosemary's baby/omen horror craze of that era. The story is about a family who adopt a beautiful little girl...But then strange things start happening and people start dying. Told in an arresting first person style, the horror gradually mounts as the father begins to believe the worst. This tragic story is moving, exciting, and sure to freak you out. You'll love it if you enjoy 70s horror.

This is the only book I have ever read that made me cry. It was not scary so much as it is was grief stricken. It touched my deepest darkest emotions. In my opinion this was the greatest Horror/Sorrow novel ever published. Words are not enough, you'll have to read it for your selves. Trust me, you've never read anything like this!

LIKE WHAT I SAID I REALLY ENJOYED THE BOOK BY BERNARD TAYLOR " THE GODSEND" IT WAS THE BEST BOOK EVER.

From page one, this book has you yearning to get outside and cast a line. The amazing photography and the author's attention to detail really captures the true beauty of each destination visited during the author's epic fly-fishing expedition across the globe. Any avid fly-fisherman or anyone interested in finding out about great places to fly-fish around the world should buy this book.

I have been fly fishing avidly for 20 years and have read several books on the subject. This work is by far the best piece I have come across. Anyone who is interested in fly fishing will find this book truly enjoyable - I consider it a must have for any enthusiast.

Everybody has a friend (a relative, a mate!) who lives to fish. This book's for her. Well, there are lots of good fishing books. This one interested me because it looked at fishing as a cross-cultural experience, as one of those things that defines us as being part of the same species. The author and some National Georgraphic-class photographers went around the world and brought back stories and images that made me feel better about being alive and liking to fish.

Six weeks ago I had never heard of Bernard J. Taylor and now I'm addicted. My last major addiction was Patricia Cornwell, with James Patterson as a stopgap when there was nothing new by her.  Both write absorbing page turners, but in the end I became frustrated by the lack of depth in their characterization - particularly with their bad guys, whose minds we never really get into.  (With Patterson, even Alex Cross remains a very vague character, and some of his plot devices are so ridiculous that they rob his work of all credibility). This writer offers some great characters, along with the page-turning readability of Patterson and Cornwell's attention to procedural detail (although not so much that you want to skip over it, as I often do with Cornwell's autopsies). He gets right inside the mind of the killers, and in this one you get to meet a truly original and very plausible killer. This is a good introduction to Terrell Newman and the other regular characters. I particularly like the women characters in his books - women who stand up for themselves without compromising their femininity. If only there were more characters like this in the world.

This is a great introduction to the Terrell Newman series. As in Taylor's other Newman novels, all the characters - even the minor ones - are vivid and well realized without a stereotype in sight. The character of Robert Stanton, the "deliverer", is particularly well realized and you almost feel sympathy for him as he goes about his killings.

There were also a number of amusing moments to lighten the darkness of the piece. I particularly enjoyed the scene where Stanton is looking through the personal ads and adding his comments.

It is rare that I can empathize with a serial killer, but I was touched and also amused on occasions by him. While the theme is dark - in the mould of Hannibal Lecter - there are some very entertaining and amusing moments and the dialogue is terrific, helping to bring the characters to life in a way that a lot of novelists fail to do.

Having read two of the other Terrell Newman novels before this one, it confirms my impression that Bernard J. Taylor is a major new name in crime fiction - and literature in general. The writing is excellent.

It's remarkable the way this writer manages to wring some hilariously funny scenes out of some very dark material and some very twisted characters (though the regular ensemble characters are the most engaging bunch of people I have come across). This book kept me up all night waiting to see what happened next. I found it an amazing mixture of horror, enchantment, pathos, suspense and hilarity. The ending is a wow.

This is an extraordinary book that looks at the world of BDSM with an open-mindedness that is exemplary. Before I read this book I had already grown to love the characters of Terrell Newman, FBI profiler Walter Selig and the other regular characters in the series, but I never expected to find myself enchanted by a guy who runs a slave farm! With the character of Edward Harrison, who keeps a stable of voluntary slaves, Taylor has come up with an exceptionally vivid and arresting character - a man who trains and keeps slaves and writes books on BDSM while cultivating orchids on the side. The story of the couple at the center of the mystery (a lawyer and his dominatrix mistress) ends up being a very moving one. But there are some very amusing scenes along the way - including one where a very uptight fundamentalist minister visits the slave farm and concludes that it is a model Christian community.

I can't say too much about this book without giving too much away. It is a book about obsessive love. I never figured out who the suspect was until the author totally revealed it. All the characters I suspected were not mentioned enough or something else happened to them that I will not mention. I will continue reading more books by this author.

Can't wait to see this one. Lilla and Dworkin is like a collaboration between Ken Vandermark and Wynton Marsalis.

This is an exceptionally gripping book that is rich in character and unexpected turns of events. The author plays on common perceptions and prejudices to lead us into assumptions which are often turned on their heads - and in doing so makes the reader question his/her own frames of reference and the prejudices they give rise to. This book cuts through stereotypes and presents an array of vividly realized characters, from the central figure Terrell Newman - a wonderful and extremely sympathetic character - down to even the smallest walk-on characters, like "Millie", a guy who runs a diner in a small Texas town, to the forensic archeologist who is never happier than when he's digging up long-buried bodies. The ending is a real chiller.

The author has reinvented the detective genre and given mystery and suspense lovers all they could wish for, with a lot more thrown in. It has much greater depth of characterization than you find in most thrillers, with the pace of a James Patterson novel and the kind of forensic detail you'll find Patricia Cornwell (though thankfully he doesn't go in for as much forensic detail as Cornwell, whose description of autopsies I tend to skim through as quickly as possible). Added to that are the psychological insights he wraps his characters in. One of the things I find frustrating with Cornwell and Patterson (even though I find them unputdownable) is the fact that the characters often leave many doubts and unanswered questions behind them from a psychological point of view (Scarpetta and Merino aside in Cornwell's case). Taylor's characters are all very vivid and believable - even the most bizarre ones.

Terrell Newman is not as central in this story as he is in THE DELIVERER and SATAN'S DAUGHTER, but he makes way for an epic cast of characters that take us from the 1930s to the present day. The story is about a Texan oil dynasty that is haunted by a string of bizarre tragedies. Newman is called in when two members of this dynasty (a senator and his father) are killed by a bomb planted in their private jet. The narrative then switches between past and present, going back to how it all started with a bootlegger arriving in Texas and falling in love with the daughter of a cattle rancher. The love story is a classic one and comes wrapped up in all kinds of conundrums (as well as some riveting sex scenes)

As a lover of photography, I've never gone wrong with this book. Whether you're a beginner who wants to learn the basics, or a serious shutterbug who's in need of the occasional reference, this one has to be in your Library. Best of all, "The Joy of Photography" is not a book that demands to be understood on its own terms. It's as thorough, informative and technically detailed as you need it to be, or light enough to jump around to get whatever you want from it. However you may want to use this book, it's a valuable resource.

The J of P has great referencing for beginner's, intermediates, or those who take shooting casually and need to brush up occasionally. The comprehensive index makes it easy to find information on a technical topic, or matter of technique. Simple explanations, examples, and common-sense tips will help your pictures mean more to you. This will also help you "see what you saw and felt when you took that shot." One can learn from the endless pointers on techniques, equipment, methods, and manual settings for the best results, as well as some philosophical insights into what different types of photography is intended to bring about.

There is good referencing and historical notes on photography as well. Where did the photography term "candid" come from? Erich Salomon, an early photojournalist, who so enthusiastically wanted to capture the true and natural human condition, he hid his cameras in hollowed-out books. The authors note quite correctly, that keeping a low-profile, shooting frequently and rapidly, brings the best chances of getting a successful candid--because very few shots actually will capture those moments that typify everyday life.

Some photo history tid-bits mention for example, that in 1878 Eadweard Muybridge won a famous bet. He wanted to prove that all four of a trotting horse's hooves are off the ground at one time. His picture proved him right.

Some photographers' works and their techniques explained in the the J of P include: Annie Leibovitz, Joyce Tenneson, and one of my favorites for unique shots of natural wonder and travel photography, Galen Rowell. The chronology of photojournalism, pioneered by Dorothea Lange, is also covered.

The authors note that as you take more pictures of what feels good and right to you, you will start to develop your own unique style that is yours. It's a style that you and others will be able to recognize. Photos, are a part of you: your likes, perceptions, and beliefs about what is worth immortalizing. This takes place on a subconscious level as well as a cognizant one. You can't always quantify it; that's the beauty of it.

Digital is steadily making it's way to dominate photography. But still, For the 35 mm this book contains hundreds of tips, techniques and practical advice, expressed plainly, that will make all the difference in your photos. From the serious minded to the casual shooter, to someone who pops off their point and shoot. We all wants the photos to represent what we felt when you snapped the shot.

I have advanced beyond this book, but it was a very integral part in my learning of photography. It is a great resource to use while learning the basics, to be able to question how to shoot a particular subject and so forth. Also deals with the basics of film, camera, lens etc. although I find it quite outdated (as this has progressed so rapidly over the years).