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My 9 yr old son loves these books. Can't put them down. He forces me to read them so he can drill me on comprehension. They're like a soap opera in my view. But the character and relationship story lines are more about honor, respect, decision making, risk-reward, etc. overall. I recommend.
After completing the first series, I dove head first into the second series. I like the fact that four younger cats (and one from each clan) were chosen by Starclan to find their new home, and that the animal prophet chosen to speak to them was from a species normally seen as a mortal enemy. However, to me it would hav...
New series has a promising theme but drags in it's plot-line and character development and is too dark for most 4th to 6th graders--the target audience.
Good
My favorite book
Awesome book, great story
This another great book by Karen Kingsbury! It is a touching story of how God can bring about love and forgiveness in the most difficult circumstances. Love it and love Karen's writing!!
Bought a lot of Karen Kingsbury 4 the wife she loves em all. Great Christian writer.
My first novel by this author. It was pure drivel from the opening pages with unbelievable characters, predictable plot points that even my eight year old could have called, heavy-handed preaching that was not even subtly woven into the story but rather pulled out of the air and shoved down your throat at every turn -...
This book was so beautifully written. You could feel the pain that each character was experiencing and therefore you fell in love with each character. This may be one of my favorite books that Karen Kingsbury has ever written.
This is as always with Karen Kingsbury an excellent book. I love her style and the way it makes you think. I have read most of her books and would highly recommend them.
This sounds exactly like the award winning film titled MASOOM (means INNOCENT) produced in India in 1983. See the synopsis of this movie on IMDB - [...] D.K. Malhotra lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Indu, and two school-going daughters, Pinky and Minni. He works in the office of an Architect. One day whil...
This was my first Karen Kingsbury novel, and I was expecting its underlying Christian message, but not done quite so heavy-handedly. You could tell how it was all going to end from the moment the boy loses his mom. The characters are almost cardboard cutouts the way they deal with the situation, Connor the nave husba...
This book tells the story of some high-profile forgeries of antiquities in Israel. The original focal point is the "James ossuary," a box that supposedly held the bones of James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus. Other artifacts pop in and out of the story, weakening the focus. Burleigh introduces us to some interest...
In the hands of another author, this could have been a very different book -- a sort of "C.S.I. Jerusalem" in which teams of scientists pore over the James Ossuary and other artifacts in a race to determine their authenticity, while theologians and journalists argue over what that authenticity might mean for Jewish and...
This is a fascinating subject, and the vignettes (I really don't know what else to call them) are very readable in and of themselves, but this is a book badly in need of an extensive overhaul. As has been pointed out by other reviewers, the author has too many parallel themes and stories unfolding to be able to incorp...
I was prepared to not like this book. Excavations in Israel have become highly controversial politiical and religious battles between secular and religious authorities with each side accusing the other of corruption and dishonesty. At times I've felt there was less interest in truth and more in protecting the interes...
The book covered among other topics: the fraud trial concerning the Jehoash tablet and the James ossuary. A problem with the book was the complexity of the case due to multiple defendants, multiple victims, multiple investigators, and multiple governments. By the time the author introduced everybody and their stake in ...
The James Ossuary was a famous moment of biblical archaeology, a case of real experts tangled with scammers, of real artifacts and fraudulent interpretations. This book tells the story in a very interesting manner, takes the reader into the world of biblical artifacts and the true believers, the scammers, and the expe...
I read this book because I wanted a journalist's eyeview of the trade in looted and forged artifacts as well as the full story of the James ossuary that disappeared from the press after making such a splash in the early part of this century. In my opinion Nina Burleigh does a very good job of introducing the reader to...
How tempted I was to entitled this review "Unholy Mess." Given that I grew up surrounded by a love of all archaeology including biblical era archaeology, this book should have had me at the title. I remember hearing about the James Ossuary and I confess my first reaction was, "No way." It struck me as incredibly unlik...
I obtained this book because I am interested in the controversy surrounding the James ossuary, the inscribed limestone box that may have held the bones of James, brother of Jesus and leader of the Jerusalem Christians after Jesus' death on the cross. I remember when the bone box came to the Royal Ontario Museum I consi...
OK CSI fans, keep your eyes open for clues now as Nina takes us through the Holy Lands and interviews all of the fascinating people and tells us how it really is "on-the-ground" in Israel. We'll also learn what science techniques are used to tell a forgery from a real archaeological find. The interest in the facts ab...
The wife loved it.
Like it
My daughter has crohn's disease and after trying pain pills, Remicade (she still has bone pain from this!!), and other super expensive diets, in desperation we tried ER4YT. What an amazing difference it has made. She lost weight immediately, and felt normal again. It is obvious when she strays from the diet, because...
I've followed his prescription to the T, but in my family's experience it's a disaster, the diet he prescribes for our bloody type (A) has not worked, a vegan and vegetarian diet has made us ill, created deficencies and we all gained weight and were always super hungry, and let me say that soy is evil! A balanced diet ...
Good companion book for "Eat Right for Your Type"
This is like watching ER used to be... Change the actors but the same basic elements remains present. It also reminds me of Dr. E. E. Smith and his Skylark series. There is always a crisis to save civilization from evil only to discover that there is a greater threat hidden behind the obvious one. If you have read t...
I read Feist's first trilogy many years ago, but have not followed the many many works on Midkemia that followed. I bought this seeing that the final volume of this latest trilogy was universally acclaimed by the Amazon readers, but I will never know why as I failed to get past the midway point here. The writing, in t...
The world of Midkemia is an exciting place and great read. All of Feist's books are excellent. This closing series does not disappoint!
It's a bit slow to start but things pick up towards the last half of the book. I guess nothing will compare to his first few books from this storyline. If this is truly his last set of books for this storyline then it will be sad to see Pug go.
I've been a Feist fan for a very long time but somehow missed reading this series. I was actually bored through some of this book. But, it WAS good enough to keep me reading. Pretty much the same plots and adventure. Wasn't bad, wasn't good. Mediocre!!!!!
Raymond Feist at his best. The Fantasy master has scored again. Read the entire trilogy. Have been a loyal fan since the very beginning, and it only gets better and better.
I got this book for a nephew. Based on what he told me aftert reading it, he is dep into Ray Feist books & can't wait for the next one to be sent.
Raymond Feist is the best. So enjoy reading his novels. Have read most of them and looking forward to reading this.
Sun Tzu was ancient China's most renowned general. His classic text on strategy survived through the centuries and is still as applicable to war, politics and economics today as it was when Sun Tzu first drafted it. Many translations of Sun Tzu's manuscript are available, but this one is both attractive and focused. Ge...
I've read at least one other translation of this work and the Samuel B. Griffith translation is much preferred. By comparison his language is elegant, almost bordering on poetry compared to the dry prose of another writer's newer translation. Yet, the content is clear, never being compromised in favor of style. There ...
This is a good read with many proverbs and sayings that are still applicable to modern times. Sun Tzu is vague, and it for that very reason that this book is ever-lasting. Also recommended: The 36 strategies, The book of five rings (Go Rin No Sho), and the Hagakure.
All I want to do is read the Art of War, but this edition mixes the commentary with the text, which makes reading on the Kindle really difficult. In a real book, the commentary is at the bottom and you can ignore it. On this, it's all mixed in and makes it nearly impossible to read. I'm deleting it.
The series continues and does not dissapoint. I am reading these with my daughter, we started when last year when she was 7. We read Firestar's Prophecy between set 1 and this set, it was superb!
BOUGHT THIS SET AT CHRISTMAS JANUARY IS ALMOST OVER AND SHE IS STARTING HER 2ND ROUND OF READING THE ENTIRE SET
It arrived on time and in good condistion. She really like it better then he thought he would. At a good price.
Kids read a few Warriors books now it is all they talk about, Had to get them all! Not to mention the other books by Erin Hunter!
I still cont. to pray even to this day that Beth and her family will have "closure" in losing their daughter. I can not even BEGIN to fathom what they've gone thru and cont. to go thru. This book is a heart breaking insight into what a mother has had to deal with in her loss. Her fight to find peace and overcoming i...
If you or someone you know has had a devasting loss, this is the book for you/them. She really has some amazing coping skills. The book is well written and I highly recommend it.
Much of what Holloway has said in this book, she has spread across the nightly cablecasts. There's really little new, and few answers for those who have noted her sometime contradictions (so where the cameras working at the Holiday Inn, or weren't they?) One feels a great deal for Holloway, but one also gets the feel...
This is a wonderful, wonderful book. I felt like I was having a conversation with Beth Halloway & I just couldn't put the book down. Even knowing the awful outcome with Natalee didn't detract from my reading & I think I read it in three sittings. I followed this case closely yet there was alot I didn't know went on. ...
Always a fantastic story with many exciting ups and downs. I have been reading Feist for many years and always will.
When I heard Feist was working on the story of the 'final' Riftwar, I knew it was time to catch up, to re-familiarize myself with the world, and see things through to the ominously titled Magician's End. That brings us to A Kingdom Besieged, the first book of The Chaoswar Saga. Much to my delight (and relief), reading...
The first half of the start of a new trilogy just plods, to the point of being boring, very uncharacteristic of Feist. Long descriptions of people's family histories and stilted conversation fortunately give way to the 2nd half, which is full of Feist's strengths: combat, warfare, conflict, strong characters doing wha...
A wonderful addition to the others. I have always loved Feist's books. Look forward to continuing the best fantasy story,
I like Raymond Feist's books and a long time ago I read the books that began this - the Riftwar Saga. This book is ingteresting enough but it refers to characters and plot lines the current reader has no knowledge of. The authro didn't take the time to give you enough background in this first book of the off-shoot seri...
This is the old, public domain translation of The Art of War. I had to return this book, along with a few others which suffer from this problem. Luckily, Amazon handled the exchange of the two books I had to return promptly. As to the The Art of War itself, it is of course the most important work on military philosoph...
I had to return this book due to the high number of printing errors contained inside. After 10 errors, I decided not to even bother counting the rest. Why is Amazon selling books like this? I found a better edition of this book in the catalog, but I wish someone had posted a review about the poor quality of the transla...
The Giles translation of Sun Tzu's classic is available for the Kindle as a free download. Click here: <a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Art-of-War/dp/B000JMLEGI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Art of War</a> This is the Gutenberg Project public-domain text, which these ...
I am very happy with my purchase. This is a beautiful book, both outside and within. My husband is reading it now, and he hardly ever reads books. He was actually surprised I bought this for myself (and impressed!). I can't find a single thing wrong to say. It arrived quickly, in perfect condition, and we have both bee...
This is a very important book. In fact it is so valuable that the chinese military classified it so that no up and coming rebels could read it, which is one reason it survived the national book burnings that destroyed so much chinese literature. Nowadays, however, everyone can, and should read this instructive book. Th...
Sun Zi (Sun Tzu) was a Chinese general who wrote THE ART OF WAR in the fifth century BCE. The work was brilliant. I'm a mystery and fantasy writer, and I really do not understand bronze age combat. The good general did. I am informed by my favorite colonel, who has defied the law of averages by still being alive after ...
Thers are not new books. They have not even been reprinted in 2012. What gives I should have returned the book. I can get older books in the library or buy them used.??
Blood type has little to do with digestion or body chemistry. If you have blood group A, then you've got A antigens covering your red cells and anti-B in your plasma. Antigens are substances that evoke an immune response. Since people in blood group B have B antigens and carry anti-A in their plasma, type A blood shoul...
This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn more about Natalee Holloway and her disappearance, and also for those who have followed the case all along. After reading this book, I am amazed that people continue to question Beth's recollections and her sincerity. I found her notes on events to be extremely ...
My grandkids can't put them down. I am impressed they are not playing with their nintendo and are actually reading. This is definitely a great series.
got this set for my 9 yr old grandaughter - she loves these book and just races thru them I think they are a little gory graphic and she does too - they make her sad when a character dies...........but I guess all good books are like that...as is life
My daughter has read all of this series and wants to own the entire set...so she got the the first 18 books this year for Christmas. She reads them over and over:)
My daughter is 11 and loves these books. She has been thru two series so far, so I am sure she will go thru this one in no time.
He already had read of few of them...but is now collecting them and read through them so fast I already need to order the next set!
I purchased this as a gift for a young teenager and she loved them. This series of books is captivating to this age group
I purchased these for my daughter's present and she loves them. She is determined to read every book in every series and this is just one more to her collection. I don't love it, I've never read a single one but my 10 year old can't put them down. She owns every volume they have of these Warriors books and if she wa...
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I have read The first books of this series but i haven't kept up with all of them. So I liked this book but sometimes I felt like I didn't know wat was going on. I think its because I haven't read the earlyer books.
Great book the elves are back and annoying as ever the world is coming to an end and the Condoin bloodline is again in trouble.
Who can resist a free book! And so easy to get on my Kindle! Love the book and would recommend this to anyone!
The item was as promised from seller. They provided fast shipping. I would buy from them again. Thanks for smooth transaction.
The caveat of course is that if the author will be able to sustain this momentum. For anyone who loves portals. anything else I say will be a spoiler.
This is another good, exciting adventure by long-time fantasy master Feist. If you've read his past books, you know to expect, action, surprises and good fantasy writing. If you haven't read his books before this is probably a poor choice for a first start since the density of allusions to his previous series is high...
This book on War is much like the Prince - you can wage war for good or evil. The Prince is a 'how to' book for evil Princes - and if you don't believe me, read your history. One of the best books I read after this one was about the family that Machiavelli consulted for and wrote the Prince for and about, the Borgia'...
This book is a well documented review of the subject. Author goes to great lengths to research and verify as much as he could for this subject of over 2000 years old.
One of the oldest examples of a book written about topic "x" that translates well into the business environment. A quick read that gives the reader a confidence boost as well as some great negotiating strategies. Michael T. Hanley, CPA is the Managing Partner of the Smithtown, NY CPA Firm, Merl & Hanley, LLP and the ...
This book and The Book of Five Rings are must have for serious martial arts practitioners.
This edition of The Art of War is superb. The translation is flawless. It is clear, concise and flows as though it were originally written in English. The combination of two versions, commented and uncommented, in one book is a real plus. The commented version provides essential insight into the historical context. Th...
Great book, from beginning to end very good book. I would recommended to everyone to read it would not regret it.
In Reginald Hill's "Midnight Fugue," the Fat Man, Superintendent Andy Dalziel, is ready to resume his old responsibilities at the Mid-Yorkshire station--or is he? He's a bit off his stride and is disconcerted to learn that his colleagues appear not to have missed him. In the past, "Andy...used his weight to roll over...
Wit and wisdom collide in the outsize person of Supt. Andy Dalziel, long time head of the Yorkshire constabulary and newly back at work after the bombing that nearly killed him in "Death Comes for the Fat Man." Dalziel is a bit unsure of himself - well, he did lose a whole day, almost showing up for work on Sunday for...
I didn't enjoy this book at all, and as I have read every book in the series so far, it was a tremendous disappointment to me. If Andy is going to go out with a Wimper, I would rather Reginald Hill had ended the series earlier. It didn't even seem like his normal writing style. He has written some brilliant books ab...
Like a Bach fugue, this latest novel in the Dalziel & Pascoe series is a masterful weaving of story lines into a compact and thrilling whole. Once the major themes are stated -- the Fat Man's return to work, Gina Wolfe's search for her lost husband, Fleur Delay established as the hit (wo)man with matchless cunning -- ...
In an earlier book Superintendent Dalziel was all but sent to Kingdom Come by a terrorist bomb. However Reginald Hill was too thoughtful of his fans to kill Fat Andy dead. In this book the gargantuan superintendent is cutting short his convalescent leave to get back to work. It's way too early, in the opinion of his s...
Gina Wolfe has come to Yorkshire--the domain of the wonderful Superintendent Andy Dalziel--in search of her long-missing husband. He's presumed dead, but she's just seen a photo of him in a recent publication. Her fiance, Police Cmdr. Mick Purdy, calls his old friend Dalziel and asks him to keep an eye on her. The case...
The concept of this book requires a nearly entire revamp of the foods a person eats. Very few of our staple foods were actually on the list. When looking for a good diet plan it's important to choose one that seems attainable. This one does not.
Let me start with, I have felt tremendously better from changing to the blood type diet. I no longer have the severe stomach issues I was having before. I do not wake up with nausea, nor do I bloat to a third trimester size after eating. So, in this aspect I definitely am thankful to the blood type diet. However, where...
Harrison was very happy to receive the whole set. He loves the story and action. I am happy that there is a book about smart cats to give kids an intro to a fine group of animals.
My 11-year old daughter never read very much but as soon as she started reading the Warrior Cat books, she couldn't put them down. She ended up racing through this box set and quickly moving onto the second set. Highly recommended to get your child into reading.
I love warriors. Its a amazing series based on forest cats. This box set, was given to me as a gift, and i loved every minute of it. It contains all the new prophecy books, volume 1-6. For now, i am rating only the box set as one piece, but i will be individually rating each book from this series. Personally, i find t...
My granddaughter has been fascinated by all the books in this series. She loves to read and we all encourage her with gifts of books to keep that strong.
I bought this set of books for my 11 year old grandson. To my amazmemt he requested these books for his birthday. This was a child who only read when he had to do so. He read the first book in the series at school and was really "turned on" to the fantasy characters and their far out adventures. After receiving these b...
Bought these for my granddaughter whose friends are all reading these books. It was so hard to get them out of the library because they are always out on loan so I just bought the boxed set. She was so incredibly happy to have her own set and read them in her leisure. Gave them to her for Christmas and she's on book #4...
I just finished Beth's book about the tragic disappearance of her daughter, Natalee. It was heartbreaking, and also maddening to read about what that poor family went through in Aruba. The police were generally unhelpful and seemed unconcerned about one missing tourist. The disappearance of a child has to be every pa...
What an interesting story Beth tells in her book. The problem I am having is based on some of what I know; her stories differed in many instances from what she has told previously. That is what has plagued this case, so many stories, what to believe? Most people however, will read this and feel her pain. And there is n...
I have read several books by her, and I have found that I like her stand alone books the best. Her series get too bogged down with the number of characters and reminders of what happened previously. But this book was really good; you feel for all the characters, and how she talks in the child's voice for Max is so sw...
This story began with some serious action and I was immediately engrossed in the pages up to the plane crash. I found myself really loving the Hawaii characters, Kiahna, Max and Buddy and Ramey. They were my kind of people, sweet hearted and just a genuine family. For me Max's journey is what makes this story so touch...

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