In-depth interviews with several Photoshop artists, well-planned tutorials and graphical screen grabs, and source-packed CD-ROM are just but a few of the features this great book offers. I have just scratched the surface, and I am very pleased with purchasing this book. The artists share what and who influence their work in detail, and share their views on how they bring their own voice to their work. I buy many books on Photoshop, and this has to be one of the most useful and inspiring books on Photoshop. Worth every cent.

This book is not a step by step tutorial of Photoshop. It requires basic knowledge of the program and is aimed at people who work with Photoshop regularly and would like to learn how different designers produce and enhance their works in Photoshop. Design inspirations may come from many different sources, including fine arts, photography, drawing, other grafix packages, you name it. This book teaches you about that inspiration and how to take your work to a next level, using Photoshop as the medium. Photoshop is an image manipulation program. It is where and how you find your inspirations and initial material for designs that will determine how efficient you'll be using the program.

As the name implies, New Masters of Photoshop is a prolific resource that combines the unique talents and techniques of 19 modern masters of Photoshop.

The book contains over 500 full-color pages and is beautifully organized, making it as engaging as it is informative. New Masters of Photoshop is not a manual: it will not teach you how to use Photoshop. It will, however, engage you, inspire you and motivate you. The book is also accompanied by a CD that contains interviews, source files and unflattened Photoshop documents.

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Streams to the River River to the Sea was an interesting book. It's a very adventurous story about a 14 year old native American girl. I liked how it revealed real American history from Sacagawea's point of view. It made it seem more believable. From how she started in the Shoshone tribe to a long story of how she went on the journey with Lewis and Clark connected well. Although I did get a little bored through some of the chapters, if you like books with real history and adventure, read this. But, be prepared for a disappointing ending.

This book is pretty good, I did noot give it its full points because I like more adventure books. If you were thinking about reading this book this book you would like it if you liked a little adventure and a bit of aand history.

The story is about a girl named Sacagawea. Her family was part of the the shoshone tribe and lived high up in the rockies. as you probably already know she guided Lewis and Clark along the Mississippi river. This story started way before this adventure, it tellsyou how it all got started.

It all started when she and many other people from her tribe were captured, and the town was demolished.

Will she get along withe the Minetarees, the people who captured her, or will they kill her? Will she ever see the shoshone tribe again? to find out you must reaad the book.

This book is a great book to find out how the Lewis and Clark expedition really eas. It is also a great fiction story to tell you about Sacagawea's adventure

Lewis and Clark's daring journey through the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean and back was created anew in the wonderful Streams to the River, River to the Sea. The book describes how Sacagawea, a young Shoshone woman, provides invaluable assistance and guidance to the Lewis and Clark expedition. When Sacagawea was a young woman, she was captured by the Minnetarees, an enemy tribe, and taken from her native village. She made a bold escape only to fall into the hands of Charbonneau, a cruel and ugly French trader whom she is forced to marry. Sacagawea has a son named Meeko soon after their marriage. Even though Sacagawea was a good wife and devoted mother, she was mistreated and abused by her husband.

While Sacagawea and her family journeyed through the Louisiana Territory, the expedition confronted many challenges such as severe cold, intense heat, sickness, and fierce enemy tribes. While the expedition traveled near the foot of the Rockies, Sacagawea met up with her blood brother and her Shoshone tribe helps the expedition in a vital way. In this story, Sacagawea learns about the true meaning of love and her place in society as a Native American. The author describes these difficulties in a vivid and adventurous way. Sacagawea's courageous and resourceful character is portrayed beautifully in this exciting and suspenseful book.

The writing is good if you take it in short small segments, but I had a hard time getting the flow of the book. Also he seemed to spend time on people who weren't the "young war correspondents" and he seemed to spend time on things that happened outside the early Vietnam timeframe. [...]

"Once Upon a Distant War," is a highly readable history of the various journalists covering America's involvement in the early years (1961-63) of Vietnam. Prochnau has produced an intriguing popular history that has some flaws, but on the whole is quite a good book.

The strength of the book is the fact that the material itself is so fascinating. Saigon, circa 1963, was an extremely exciting place for a foreign journalist. America had begun a huge build-up of forces in South Vietnam, the Diem regime was at its most oppressive, and the Vietcong were making huge gains in the rural countryside. Into this mix were thrown men like David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, and Malcolm Brown: relatively young, idealistic reporters who were determined to get the real story. But the US officials in South Vietnam were less than willing to assist the "green" correspondents, who they claimed were not "on the team." Lied to and rebuffed by the official channels, the reporters sought out contacts in the middle of the action: South Vietnamese officers and American field advisors like John Paul Vann who were willing to tell the ugly truth. The result was a constant battle between the Saigon correspondents and the Kennedy administration, other journalists, and even their own publishers. The only people who hated the journalists more were President Diem, his brother Nhu, and most vociferously, South Vietnam's First Lady, Madame Nhu. For two years the correspondents fought for every story and risked everything, including their lives, to get what they believed was the truth about Vietnam out to the American public.

Prochnau is clearly in awe of his protagonists, but I think he still manages to give a fair account. The correspondents are not perfect: Sheehan goofs big time in his early account of My Tho, inflating the body count from 15 to 200. Halberstam was hugely influential, but as Prochnau makes clear, he was also incorrigible, uncompromising, and had a mean temper. One of the most important points that Prochnau stresses is that these men were not anti-war (certainly not at this early stage). Men like Halberstam were ardently anti-communist, and were only angry because the government was lying about a cause that mattered so much. But even the reporters' ostensible adversaries, such as Ambassador Nolting, are given full and fair treatment. (General Harkins is the one exception, but I've never read anything that suggested he was other than incompetent, blind optimist.) In addition to these detailed characterizations, Prochnau adds a wealth of anecdotes that give the book both humor and authenticity. Particularly interesting were the stories of Marguerite Higgins and her Machiavellian ways ("innocent as a cobra"), Sheehan's obsessive 16 year struggle to write "A Bright Shining Lie," and Halberstam mouthing off to high government officials ("Bull..., General! Why are you standing here telling our friend Clurman this bull...?").

My complaints are few. The first is about Prochnau's style: he is eminently readable and well suited for the material, but sometimes his tone becomes so informal it borders on cheesy ("Vietnam was not simply exotic. It was erotic. And narcotic.") My second complaint is that Prochnau glosses over many aspects of the war and does not give a very complete picture of the complex military situation. But his story is about the journalists, so maybe this is an unfair criticism. Then let me leave it as a caveat: do not read this book to gain an in-depth understanding of the political-military situation in South Vietnam, read it to learn about the tribulations of the journalists. In some ways, this book is better suited for people who already understand the history of the era and will not be confused by Prochnau's overly-simplistic (albeit justifiably so) account of the war. That said, this is still quite an entertaining look at some very interesting characters at a crucial juncture in modern American history.

Not long after I finished the book, I read that Jerry Bruckheimer ("Armageddon" and all those big-bucks Hollywood action thrillers) is planning a major movie on it. Not surprising. Prochnau's "Once Upon a Distant War" reads like an adventure novel: a half dozen young war correspondents fighting everybody -- the U.S. govt, the South Vietnamese govt, their own colleagues in the media, even their bosses -- to get the early Vietnam story to the public. It's also first-rate history. You won't learn more about how we got into the mess in Vietnam -- and learn it with such page-turning narrative drama -- anywhere else. I don't know how I missed this the first time around. It's one of the best war books I've read and the best ever about reporters. Don't wait for the movie.

Brian's return is a book about a 16 year old who has finally been rescued form the wilderness.The time is about a year later after Brian has been rescued form the wilderness of Canada. (I recommend you read the first three before reading this one our at least the first one).Brian can't stand living in the city and wants to return to the wilderness but if he dose he will bring a couple helpful items.The question is will he? If you liked The hatchet and the other two and would like to know the final ending of Brian's adventures i recommend this book.This book is not as action packed as the other three but is a very surprising and fun book to read.

Brian's Return is the third and final sequel to Gary Paulsen's 1988 Newbery Honor book Hatchet. In this sequel Brian is an unhappy 15 year old high school student who is having great difficulty adjusting to a normal "civilized" life after being alone in the wilderness. For almost two years he tries to fit in but he just can't seem to connect with his old friends and their seemingly trivial concerns. Through conversations with a counselor Brian realizes that he must return to the wilderness to find himself and his place in the world. This book chronicles his canoe trip back into the wild. Paulsen's desciptions of the scenery and wildlife are so vivid and realistic that readers will feel they are on the trip with Brian. If you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter, you MUST read Brian's Return. Although it is a little more reflective than the other action packed books, it is still a fitting conclusion to Brian's saga. I highly recommend Brian's Return.

I think Brian's Return is a great book. If you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter (like I have) then you will understand the story better 'cause you probably wouldn't really understand it if you haven't read at least one of those three books that came before this one. This time, Brian is back at home and he can't seem to adjust to his formal life at home. After he gets into a huge fight with this kid who is jelous of him and gets arrested for it, he decides that the best place for him is back in the woods and so he goes back there. This time, Brian is prepared and he is used to the way the woods is so he can survive. I think this book is awesome and if you have read Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter and liked those books, then I can gaurentee that you will like Brian's Return! Even if you haven't read those books but have read other books by Gary Paulsen then you should get this book!

This guide has the answers to 99.9% of your tax questions and is cheaper than calling your accountant. The information is detailed and concise, usually with examples which help you to understand the calculations. This guide contains everything you need to file your own taxes, helps you to understand all of the computations involved in calculating your tax liability, and contains two copies of the most common tax forms. As an accountant, I find myself looking up answers in this book rather than using expensive tax research software. For most issues this book is adequate and much easier to use.

This guide makes it quick and easy to find an answer to your tax question. Information is clear and concise, usually with examples of what qualifies and what doesn't. Often it includes IRS opinion and Tax Court rulings on how the law is interpreted. Contains virtually everything you need to file your own taxes, understand why or why not a deduction is allowed, and two copies of the forms you need. This is NOT a tutorial for someone who has never done their own taxes. In the past five years my 1040 has become more complex. I've bought a rental property, started investing in the market, and working from my home office. This guide is why I can still file my own return.

Tax time won't go away, but this book makes it easier to meet the deadline. This guide is complete, providing information on every aspect of taxes. The chapters are divided in a way that allows the reader to quickly locate the information they desire without having to sift through pages of information not relating to their individual needs. The numerous examples which accompany the clearly written information make it even easier to understand. Locating exactly what the reader seeks is quickened by the highlighted areas and bold typed titles. The sample work sheets, graphs, and tables are wonderful examples and clarify the information even more. We were flood victims in 1997 and the information was extremely helpful on dealing with our loss. Disaster areas are listed city by city, with the dates and the cause of the disaster, eliminating any questions as to what qualified. There are chapters to cover foreign citizens working in the U.S. as well as U.S. citizens working abroad. There is a chapter helping you plan ahead for 1998, explaining in detail changes and things you can do now to help later. There is a chapter, whch hopefully won't be used, explaining and guiding you through an examination by the IRS. The book begins by alerting the user to tax law changes for 1997, and some that are changing in 1998. There are lists of reminders, common errors, and frequently overlooked deductions. These pages are followed by work sheets to get you started. The glossary in the back defines any terms the reader is not familiar with in easy to understand language. The book also contains forms to fit almost all tax needs. This book could guide a novice or be a wonderful resource to the seasoned taxpayer. This is a complete guide, well written, easy to understand and use. It is a great asset.

... but then again, not, because it is so obviously fantasy and too unbelieveable. A really excellent read, recommended to all.
A review titled "Don't buy it, don't read it, don't TOUCH IT!" should not be paid any attention whatsoever. That was written as a joke.

I don't know what book these Australian reviewers have read but The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody has been one of my favorite books since 1994. I have read the book at least eight or nine times. I am 18 years old and i still love this book. It has a wonderfully gripping story line and the characters are multidimentional and intriguing. Ofcourse it's not the best book in the whole world but it deserves nothing less than four stars. I've read everything from Anne Rice to Francesca Lia Block to Virgil and Shakespeare. And this book goes on the shelf of reread again and again. It's just a sweet story that has many deep meanings that everyone should read no matter their age.

Carmody shows her mastery of plot and theme in "The Gathering" as she writes about the sinister town of Cheshunt, where Nathanial has been drawn. He finds others like himself, called to fight the evil that grew a long time ago in Cheshunt. Just as good- the Circle has been called to fight evil, so has the Darkness been called. Nathanial, must not only face this evil, but the hostility of the "good" members of the circle, and the betrayal within the circle as he searches for the answer to unlock the key of the evil in Cheshunt, and forever purge the evil that has lain there for so long. A thoroughly superb book to be read by any age, and person, it's unputdownable!

Imagine that you are walking into a McDonalds restaurant with your child, who is all, excited because with every happy meal you get a teanie beanie baby. This is part of the Ty Beanie Baby promotion that is done every year, with different beanies to choose from each year. As you are standing in line you glance over at the toy display on the counter and notice that one of the beanies is a red bull named "snort" and another is a black and white cow named "Daisy". Do you think that when you saw this you would immediately think of the irony of it all? Standing in a restaurant that sold cow patties on a bun to, probably millions daily all over the world and here they are selling cute little stuffed cows with names.
This is how Peter Lovenheim came up with the idea for his book about watching a cow go from "conception to consumption." "
"It struck me as odd that a company selling ground beef would offer toys in the shape of cattle. Were children really expected to hug and play with a toy cow while eating the remains of a real one?"
In the process of producing this book Lovenheim meets many interesting people on his journey through farms, meat auctions, and a stud center in Ithaca, New York where the journey began.
In Ithaca there is an artificial insemination factory where they keep prime bulls for semen collection to sell to farms across the country. Lovenheim watches one bull in particular, Bonanza, as they collect semen from him and package it in a straw sized tube. It is then put into a container filled with liquid nitrogen to freeze it for shipping. This shipment is being sent to Lawnel Farm in York, New York. This farm is owned and run by Andrew and Sue Smith who raise dairy and beef cattle.
On their farm the cows are assigned numbers instead of names. One in particular is of interest to the journalist and that cow is number 4923. This is the cow that was artificially inseminated with the frozen semen from Bonanza. She gave birth to twins, a heifer and a steer, numbers seven and eight, both of which Lovenheim saw birthed and bought to raise and follow through the beef process.
Another farming family he meets is Shelly and Peter Vonglis who lived just five miles south of the Smith's. At this farm he boards his two calves, and gives strict instructions to Peter to raise the bull, number eight, as he would any other beef critter. Lovenheim visits each farm on a weekly basis, traveling half an hour from his home to the farms. On his visits he observes the cows, watches the milking process, accompanies Andrew on his harvester machine in the fields, and overall has basically free run of the Lawnel farm. At the Vonglis's he watches his calves grow bigger, and talks with Shelly and Peter about their daily lives and what goes on.
Throughout this book he goes over the ethics of raising cattle on farms, and gives descriptions on the various diseases and health problems that dairy cows face because of the standing and the overly large udders that are genetically bred into their genes for higher milk production. The cows that are not producing enough milk daily, below the percentage line of the daily milk productions are culled out of the herd and shipped away to the Pavilion where they are auctioned off as beef. After arrival the cows and calves are separated and then divided into "good cows" which are healthy, "slow cows" which are weak and somewhat sickly, and the "double-exes" which are the cows who are about to die anyway. Here big companies and some small businesses buy beef. This is the place where his calves will be auctioned off and bought either by Taylor Packing who buys, slaughters, and sells the meat for McDonalds food, where this all started.
As the ending of the book draws near Lovenheim is having second thoughts about selling his two calves for beef at the pavilion. He has done just what he didn't want to do in the first place and that was get attached to them.
I found this book to be a very interesting read. Before this class I never really gave any second thought about where my food came from. I knew it came from farms and slaughterhouses but I never had so much detail about what goes into the process raising beef and dairy cattle. As I read through the book it was easy to see the struggle that some farms go through while others are somewhat well off. It shows this in the difference between the Smith's farm and the Vonglis's farm. The Smith farm is a small farm that raises cattle to sell locally and for the family with Peter working full time at a larger farm, and Shelly is going to school to become a nurse. Sue and Andrew run their farm and have employees who help with the milking shifts and the cows.
I think that it is rough what these animals have to go through but it is also rough for the farmers who raise the animals and put them through "conception to consumption."

When I started this book I imagined another informative expose reinforcing my concerns about the eating of beef. However, what I found was a thorough, thoughtful, and engaging study of the dairy and beef industries, in which the author went to painful lengths to give fair consideration to all sides on the issue.

Lovenheim's book is not sensationalist muckracking. While I think his observations would reinforce many of the worries of those concerned about eating beef, or drinking milk induced by bovine growth hormone, the most striking part of this work is the otherwise overlooked consideration of cows as living creatures. I was struck by his descriptions of the cows' actual sense of community, their adaption and response (or seeming lack thereof) in the face of continual danger; that in fact they aren't quite the dumb animals we have been raised to believe they are. Lovenheim makes you consider that these animals are different than plants, and that you are making a conscious decision to take a living feeling creature and choosing to process it as a commodity entirely out of your own dietary choice and convenience.

The author's sensitivity, compassion, and admiration for those engaged in the various aspects of the dairy and beef industries is admirable. He also gives ample consideration to the historical place of beef in our diets, frequently alluding to his own Jewish spiritual tradition.

This is a substantive, worthwhile, and quite "readable" work. I highly recommend it; I was pleased to have picked it up, and felt I had both learned and acquired greater sensitivity as a result of completing it.

This book first caught my eye when it was featured on BookTV, what struck me the most was that the author was not a vegetarian. Although at first glance this book might appear as a story of the dirty meat industry, it is instead unbiased truth. Yes, the meat industry is dirty and farmers don't have it easy, but it allows one to not feel pressed to give up meat, but presents the facts, or the story which allows the reader to become informed and go from there. From this story which I could hardly ever put down, I realized that I could not eat a cow. Furthermore, it also showed me that there was a lot more about the food I eat than I realized, which led me to other books. I encourage anyone and everyone to read this book and to understand where their meat comes from, and how they should go from there.

In Australia, Ned Kelly is part icon, part hero, and part of our psyche. And yet he was reviled by 'society' of his day as a common bushranger and outlaw. For a peace-loving country that values the rule of law, Ned's cultural significance has sometimes been a little hard to explain (impossible if the audience is a Brit of pompous demeanour).

The most pleasing aspect of this latest book from Peter Carey-twice-winner of the Booker Prize-is the sense of empathy it creates for the Kelly clan. They are dirt-poor Irish 'immigrants' living in tough rural circumstances near the south east corner of late nineteenth century Australia. The ruling English Australians have dealt them a poor hand and cheated them at every turn in an attempt to economically perpetuate the servitude of their convict forebears.

The book is written in the first person using words and grammar that seem quite authentic for a poorly educated 'currency' lad (ie. one born in Australia of convict heritage). The lack of punctuation makes it hard going at first but after a while you get used to it and the natural cadence of Carey's writing comes through. It is very easy to identify with Ned.

Some of the book's themes include backbreaking work for meagre return, the desperate search for love and comfort, the viciousness of the middle and upper classes towards the (inherently) 'criminal class', and the apparent hopelessness of resistance.

If this sounds all too depressing, don't be put off. It is the strength, resilience, sense of right and wrong and optimism of Ned Kelly-exemplified by his hopeless, armour-clad last stand against the authorities-that is the inspiration of the story. And an inspiration for Australians.

PS. don't you love the tongue in cheek irony of the title. Well researched as the book may be, it's still historical fiction.

Peter Carey has created one of the most original, charismatic narrative voices in the character of Ned Kelly. Ned is both rough and charming, both quaintly colloquial and in many ways larger than his humble roots. In an epic letter to his unborn daughter, he recounts his life story, wanting to pass along the truth to a child whom he will never meet.

The story that he tells begins in early childhood, when his mother, widowed and in financial dispair, apprentices Ned to an infamous outlaw. His narrative details his numerous encounters with the law and the formation of his notorious gang of criminals. And of course, since it is a first-person narrative, Ned comes across as a remarkably sympathetic character and ultimately a hero who stood firm in the face of ruthless persecution from the Australian authorities. Apart from being an engaging portrait of a fascinating character, Carey's novel is a vivid account of life in rugged 19th century Australia, infused with plenty of local flavor to give the novel a sense of authenticity.

Though the narrative voice, in its uneducated, free-flowing style, is difficult at first, the reader will quickly become accustomed to it and soon will appreciate how much it adds to the novel. This is a fine literary performance and a deserving selection for the Booker Prize.

Like an actor who "becomes" a character, author Peter Carey "becomes " Ned Kelley in this brilliant fictional autobiography.

Carey makes the risky choice of telling the story of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly as if Kelly were writing it for his young daughter. From childhood to the eve of his death we get an unvarnished view of Kelly and the times and events that shaped him.

Kelly was a late 19th century Robin Hood who achieved mythic status. Carey tells his story, not apololgeticaly, but as a part of a view on how a person's best intentions can go awry when faced with repeated injustices.

The Australia of the time is laid bare with corrupt, cruel police, desperate rascals and innocents caught up in events.

The limitations of Carey's narrative technique are compensated for by the authencity of his voice and the stories he has to tell.

Action, adventuire, comedy, tragedy, history, romance all in one book.

Inspired!

I liked this book. It was pretty cool, and on the overall, quite well-written. I finished it in one day though. The story wasn't too long, and I felt the author could've written it even better if she'd put in more to give us more complete, 3-dimensional characters. However Julie Anne Peters has tackled the problems that teenagers nowadays do face, so we can relate. The plot was o.k, really, at first it started off a little not-so-good, but then the story started to thicken and you got more involved with Jazz and Antonia. That was when it started to get interesting and made you want to read on. I liked the part about the girls' peer counseling programs, and their discussions. It seemed genuine enough, like typical conversations, not fake or contrived. Like I said though, this is a good book on the whole, even if not excellent. Those aged 11 and above will probably enjoy it. 'Define "Normal" ' makes for good, fun reading.

What do people consider normal? To somepeople mormal is not wearing big baggy cloths. Well to Jasmin there is no such thing as being normal. The other charactor of the book Antonia think that Jazz is not normal because she wears big baggy cloths. This book is about a girl named Antonia who is counseling a girl named Jazz(short for Jasmin). At first the two girls dislike each other and then towards the middle of the story they.... Well to find out you will have to read the book. The author is Julie Anne Peters.

now i read what a lot of people have posted and i thought this book was great in my opinion.
Define "normal" was one out of three books to be nominated for the California Young Reader Medal. and believe it or not, this book got everyones vote (out of 18 people) at my school! it was up against Hope Was Here and Speak.
teenagers(antonia and jazz) helping eachother out, helping eachother see life in a new light, showing eachother that talent is something not to take for granted, and when you think all hope is lost... it may not be.
it shows you that punks arent always mean and arent always poor. that preppys arent always rich and are all stuck up. whats that saying? dont judge a book by its cover.. and its totally true. these girls may dress a certain way, but that doesnt set their attitude.

Pure determination was the only reason I finished this book. I just cannot stand to not finish a book. It is not that this book is poorly written, it just isn't my tast I guess.

The story is about an Austrailian boy named Peter who enjoys riding dirt bikes. When Peter meets his brother's gay friend David, Peter starts wondering if he is gay. Unlike most books in this genre, it is not a coming out or coming of age story. This fact is the most refreshing aspect of the book.

Despite my mediocre rating, this book is still ok. I'm just not Austrailian or a dirt biker. You will probably find this book more interesting than me if you like dirt bikes or cars.

Peter was an excellent read. I couldn't stop reading it once I picked it up. David and Peter are both well defined characters and by adding Peter's biking peers in, Kate Walker really shows how real life is.

Although I am a frequent Amazon.com shopper, I actually bought this book from a vendor at the Anchorage PrideFest gay pride festival. I was absolutely riveted by the book and finished it in one day. The book tells the story of Peter Dawson, who is in the early stages of coming out. Peter just wants what most young men his age want, to fit in with his friends and ride his motorcycle. Young and naive, he is quick to dismiss some people prematurely, including his brother Vince, some of whom turn out to be ok. (He is right about others) Peter's life becomes more complicated when he meets David, a gay friend of his straight brother - a unique twist for a book - and has his stereotypes of gays shattered. At the same time he comes to realize that his own assumptions about "who he is supposed to be," while right for many of his friends and his brother, isn't his reality. When Peter finally acknowledges his own destiny, it is David who ultimately comes through for him, but not in the overly sexual, "Cinderella" fashion that many other books take. The story was moving and is not only a must read, but also a must have for any P-FLAG or GLSEN library. Hopefully Kate Walker will keep herself busy writing many more books. It once again proves, as with Patricia Nell Warren, that many of the best books about gay men are written by women. Hit the "Add To Shopping Cart" button for this one - you'll be glad you did!