This is the story of William of Normandy's, now King of England's, struggle to be recognized as England's sovereign lord. He doesn't succeed very easily and sometimes overreacts in his choices of punishment that affect the common people more than the rebels. He is not a very easy person to understand and like, however, he constantly tries, to either win his English nobles over with force or with uncharacteristic compasssion and understanding.

Meanwhile, Brand of Fallowdene and his daughter Wulfhild struggle in their own ways to come to terms with a Norman England. Wulfhild decides to compromise to keep her family's English manor Fallowdene, while Brand, having made oathes to continue the fight against the Normans, joins the rebels in the attempt to put an Englishman back onto the throne of England.

This is an excellent conclusion to the first two novels in this trilogy, "Gildenford," and "The Norman Pretender." These books make you feel as though you are living the lives of the characters, historical and fictional. It brings the middle ages back to life and you can't help but feel the passions, love, anger, and all the emotions of the conquerors and the conquered. They are all out-of-print but can be found and should be as this is a trilogy of the Norman Conquest that should not be missed!

ALAN COHEN'S BOOK "THE DRAGON DOESN'T LIVE HERE,ANYMORE IS EASY READING ABOUT A COMPLEX SUBJECT --SPIRITUAL LIVING IN OUR MODERN,MATERIALISTIC SOCIETY.THE BOOK IS PRIMARILY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, THE AUTHOR TELLS "LITTLE STORIES" TO ILLUSTRATE HIS MORAL POINT OR LESSON TO BE LEARNED.MANY REFERENCES ARE MADE TO THE GREAT WORLD TEACHERS,MYSTICS AND TO THOSE PERSONAL TEACHERS THAT HAVE HELPED THE AUTHOR ON HIS JOURNEY.THE "LITTLE CHAPTERS" CREATES A MORE READABLE FORMAT,IN THE SENSE THAT, MOST ARE TWO TO THREE PAGES LONG, SO FINISHING ISN'T A LABOR AND AN EXCELLENT FEATURE IS THAT THE READING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SEQUENTIAL.THIS IS A FINE BOOK TO KEEP AT HAND FOR DEALING WITH REAL LIFE ISSUES:SPIRITUALITY AND THE MODERN DILEMMA:KEEPING OUR FOCUS ON EVOLUTION OF SPIRIT AND THE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS OF RELATIONSHIPS ONE ENCOUNTERS. THIS BOOK MAY SERVE AS A MOTIVATIONAL/ATTITUDINAL REFERENCE :AS EACH CHAPTER PRESENTS THE READER WITH AN OBJECT LESSON,ALWAYS KEEPING THE CHRIST/ONENESS PERSPECTIVE IN BALANCE WITH RELATIONHIPS AND PEOPLE.

Compiled and written by Valerie H. Goldstein, Employment Law is a practical and accessibly organized guide for American employers and employees, covering how to comply effectively with local and national employment laws, avoid costly job-related lawsuits, improve efficiency in the workplace, create and communicate a policy that acts decisively against sexual harassment, and much, much more. Employment Law is confidently recommended as being a first-rate, truly user-friendly guide which comes complete with pages of useful forms.

My class used this book while studying a unit on the body. They laughed and had such a good time reading it, they didn't even know they were learning. The books format makes it easy for student to find specific information. My students could hardly wait until free choice time so they could read more about Pete and his adventure with his new alien friend. The book is full of facts and information,while being easy and fun to read. As a classroom teacher I can't ask for more than that!

Valerie exhibits tremendous insight and fabulous penetration of this difficult topic and explaines it in easy to read prose. Recommended for all levels of interest in anti-trust analysis.

The organization of this book really helps you learn easily, without feeling like you're working hard at it. The exercises are great, and the writing is engaging. The tapes are a bonus in helping you learn pronunciations. A must have if you want to learn about medical terminology.

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The Emotional Freedom Technique described for self-help in this book is surprisingly effective for a wide range of problems. It is based in the fairly new understanding that negative emotional patterns are symptoms of disturbances in the energy merdians of the body. With EFT we can intervene and correct these disturbances and imbalances directly - at the energy level - through specific acupressure points. Since energy is then free to flow naturally, healing of emotional issues often leads to physical healing and an increased over-all sense of well-being.

Such claims of rapid emotional healing may sound too good to be true, as we come from an orientation of traditional counseling, congnitive, analytical, and 'reliving the pain' psychotherapies. However, these approaches are rarely as effective as we would wish. One only needs to try these new energy methods for oneself to discover their power to create quick and lasting results.

I am certain that energy healing systems are the wave of the future.
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Empress in the Wrinkle of Time was a definite page-turner from start to finish. Building on the mythology of alien abduction, the author takes us far into the future where an interplanetary feudal society has only the vaguest memories of their roots in our own world. This is a tale of heroism, duty and sacrifice in which Tai and Chehada must navigate a mine field of political intrigue and the manipulations of a not-so-benign artificial intelligence, and the stakes are nothing less than the survival of the species. The characters are well developed and human, the story line is clean and clear, and the plot runs and twists like a wild horse. Definitely a must read.

This book puts forth a compelling thesis: The mentally retarded should have full rights to manage their own sexual and reproductive lives. The idea sounds good, but most people would quail at its full implications. Should a severely retarded 15-year-old be allowed to bear a child? What about situations where parents fear a daughter might suffer from rape in an institution? Should they have the right to have their daughter sterilized? A Harvard law professor, Field does not dodge the hard questions. She addresses them and forces a re-thinking of conventional ideas about who should make decisions for others and why. Field writes with such authority and conviction that at the end you are likely to be persuaded that human rights apply to the retarded in ways you never imagined. Analytical and systematic, the book is rooted in a deep knowledge of the law and a concern for the shaping of social policy. It is a must-read for those who face decisions about the retarded, either within their families or in the public arena. Those concerned with human rights will also find their minds, and perhaps their causes, expanded when they read this book.

Within these well-organized pages, Valerie Storey distills the massive amount of confusing, and often conflicting, advice facing writers today into the basic information necessary for crafting a short story, novel, or non-fiction manuscript. Her clear and gentle style guides even the most reluctant writer around obstacles in the path to publication that might otherwise end a productive career.

With her eye for what editors want, Ms. Storey presents an unflinching look at all aspects of the business--from getting ideas down on paper to coping with rejection AND acceptance. The Seven-Point-Plotting system she explains helps bring her readers' current projects into focus. In addition, writing assignments at the chapter ends enable a reader to get right to work and use what he has learned.

Though I have been writing for a long time, I found much of value in this book. It is one of those resources to keep handy for continued use again and again.