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An all-access pass to the inner workings of the Kerry campaign, the grooming of the candidate, and how decisions get made and who will be making them in the run up to the November election.

Two years ago, veteran journalist and biographer Paul Alexander wrote a piece for Rolling Stone magazine that now seems prophetic: He named John Kerry as the candidate who would emerge as the Democratic front-runner in 2004, and identified the reasons, more than a year before Kerry announced his candidacy. Since then, Alexander has been following the campaign-often from a privileged position on the inside. This book will report what he saw, heard, and witnessed about Senator Kerry and his campaign along the way.

The Candidate will reveal what accounted for Kerry's strong, decisive showing in every political contest since the Iowa primaries, and why none of those factors were evident in the pre-Iowa polls. It will explain how the Kerry campaign staged this surprise turnaround, what voters need to know about what goes on behind the scenes in the Kerry war room, and how the campaign is preparing for the run from July to November. Granted unprecedented access to Kerry's family, his campaign team, his advisers, and members of his inner circle, Alexander sheds new light on the man who would be president.

"Writing a book from the campaign trail presents a unique opportunity to tell an important national story with great immediacy," Alexander explains. "The John Kerry story is dramatic, as is the story of how his campaign came together. This is a very different organization than the one I reported on in 2002.How decisions are being made now is a key indicator of how decisions will be made after the Democratic Convention and in the White House, should he defeat President Bush in November." ... Read more

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Kerry "Lincolnesque"?
Forgive me while I start laughing. To me, Kerry always looked like a run-down, gaunt twin of the Eagles' much healthier looking Glenn Frey (makes you also wonder who really had the alledged coke habit)

Mr. Alexander's account is nothing but a slavish, fawning account why he liked a guy who besmirched his fellow servicemen, voted against almost every weapon development or intelligence-gathering operation designed to protect us before 9/11. A guy who went down to Nicaragua to endorse the Sandinistas, only to have those Marxist thugs make a fool of him by curtailing the liberties of the trampled Nicaraguan people. A rich patrician married to another rich patrician, both willing to increase our taxes, not only the rich like them, but the poor and middle class like the rest of us. Someone willing to outsource jobs even when Kerry was railing about "Benedict Arnold Corporations". Don't want to believe me? Just ask Teresa - or check those Heinz Ketchup bottles coming straight out of that well-known part of the Union called Canada.

And simply put, a big loser.

"Lincolnesque"? - no, to compare John Kerry to Honest Abe is a terrible insult to a brave, kind, decent man who was our greatest President. Mr. Alexander clearly needs to have his head examined.

A True Patriot:
This book truly shows the remarkable man John Kerry really is. It gets away from the portrayl the right-wing media/Fox News gives to this stoic man. I would recommend this book to anyone who is in search for the truth and tired of reading about the lies of those "Swift boat captains" who've shamed the political landscape for years to come.
This book deserves an excellent review.

Wow, what a pile of rubbish
Folks, I've read some whoppers in my day, but whoa! I really don't know where to begin. All I know is that John Kerry and this Paul Alexander character must be in love. Which really is no small feat because it is obviously difficult for Kerry to love anyone as much as himself. Folks, if you are a mental defective, you may buy this "John Kerry is George Washington, Paul Bunyon, and John Holmes all wrapped up into one" nonsense; but as for the rest of us, we know a steaming pile when we smell one. I have never heard of a boat taxi getting into so much harrowing life and death action in just 90 days, I mean this thing reads like a Swarzenegger flick! I expected the last few pages to reveal that Kerry saved the President's life, rescued his sweetheart from an international drug cartel, and made life on Mars inhabitable for the human race all in one day! I suppose the sad thing is that the only person who truely believes this drivel is actually the only person who should know it's a fraud. This is one narcassistic, power hungry, self deluding, compulsive liar; and one sick puppy. I hope he does become President, the ensuing terrorist attacks on this country will thin out the population and inevitably remove most idiots who believe this book from the gene pool. Happy reading (just don't forget the rubber gloves and golashes, because it gets thick real quick)!

A Concise Review of the 2004 Primary
Alexander pens a concise review of the 2004 primary with what he calls an "insiders perspective." Unfortunately what results is not news but rather a simple historical review of what happened. This book is poor on analysis and perhaps even poorer on its account and its claims of access to the candidate and the campaign.

However, for those looking for a short read on the simple events of the 2004 Democratic primary, "The Candidate" will suffice. Unfortunately, if one is searching for the magical key to Kerry's historical turnaround or how the Dean machine fell apart, bitter disappointment is the only result. ... Read more

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"A Setting Book with information on navigating Oneiros, Temenos and the Anima Mundi. Dangerous denizens of the Astral, including the daimon spirit guides. Artifacts and things of dream to aid a mage's dreamquest" ... Read more

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Great expansion for Mage the Awakening
This book is one of the more popular supplements to expand the mage rpg line. It presents rules for allowing mage characters to enter the astral worlds of mage. It also helps storytellers to run stories based on the fantastical realms of the universal subconscious.

Astral Realms Review
In sum, this supplement offers up an excellent treatment of the Astral Realms for Mages, with new spells, new magic items for dealing with the Astral Planes and guidelines for what can be encoutered and expected there.

Otherworldly and broad source
First, the book was written primarily for Mage: the Awakening, and that's its primary target. However, any World of Darkness game can use part of it. It fits especially well with Second Sight and Changeling. The crossover information is far better written than in Tome of Mysteries. (Where a rather knee-jerk "they don't interact" sort of feel was prevalent.) The common planes of creatures other than human and the ways each interacts with these levels of being are described more fully.

The description of each area describes its function and how interaction with it affects the world. The dangers of each area are described in broad terms, and the point is made of how broad each area is. While this often is done in so vague a manner as to be useless, here it was written rather well. Multiple examples the various things described help give a good feel for the sorts of things encountered.

The book gives ideas and methods for interaction. The worst part was when describing the interaction in one plane to affect others, they failed to describe any examples of the connections between realms. They thoroughly describe the importance of such connections, but fail to describe how the manifest or are made/destroyed.

The new spells make the astral realms far more accessible than the base Mage did. I agree with the move, but some of the base book rote effects should be reviewed in light of the new spells. (The shift was intentional, and briefly discussed. To paraphrase: There is little reason to preclude mages from something that can lead to a good story when the point of the game is to create a story.)

I suggest that this is one of the most useful of the supplements that has been released. It describes an area worth encountering and learning from, and has many new dangers and snares to avoid. I found the book rich with ideas for stories.

If I were to recommend books for an aspiring Mage storyteller, the order would be: World of Darkness, Mage the Awakening, Astral Realms, Tome of Mysteries, Intruders: Encounters From the Abyss

Other books of value include: Book of Spirits, Legacies: The Ancient, Legacies: The Sublime, and the order books. ... Read more

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MAGAZINE F/F-, CONDITION, Light Wear, ... Read more

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Vol 1:
I: The Synoptic GospelsBy The Rev.Alexander Balmain Bruce, D.D.Professor Of Apologetics, Free Church College, Glasgow
Ii:The Gospel Of St. JohnBy The Rev.Marcus Rods, D.D.Professor Of Exegetical Theology, New College, Edinburgh

Vol 2:
I: The Acts Of The ApostlesBy The Rev.R. J. Knowling, D.D.Professor Of New Testament Exegesis, King's College, London
Ii: St. Paul's Epistle To The RomansBy The Rev.James Denney, D.D.Professor Of Systematic And Pastoral Theology, Free Church College, Glasgow
Iii: St. Paul's First Epistle To The CorinthiansBy The Rev.G. G. Findlay, B.A.Professor Of Biblical Literature, Exegesis And Classics, Headingly College

Vol 3
I: The Second Epistle To The CorinthiansBy The Very Rev.J. H. Bernard, D.D.Dean Op St. Patrick's, Dublin
Ii:The Epistle To The GalatiansBy The Rev.Frederic Rendall, M.A.
Iii: The Epistle To The EphesiansBy The Rev.S. D. F. Salmond, D.D.Principal Of The United Free Church College, Aberdeen
Iv:The Epistle To The PhilippiansBy The Rev.H. A. A. Kennedy, D.Sc.
V: The Epistle To The ColossiansBy ProfessorA. S. Peake, M.A.

Vol 4
I: The First And Second Epistles To The ThessaloniansByJames Moffatt, D.D.
Ii:The First And Second Epistles To TimothyAndThe Epistle To TitusByNewport J. D. White, D.D.
Iii: The Epistle To PhilemonByW. E. Oesterley, M.A., B.D.
Iv: The Epistle To The HebrewsByMarcus Dods, D.D.
V: The General Epistle Of JamesByW. E. Oesterley, M.A., B.D.

Vol 5:
I: The First Epistle General Of PeterBy The Rev.J. H. A Hart, M.A.
Ii: The Second Epistle General Of PeterBy The Rev.R. H. Strachan, M.A.
Iii:The Epistles Of JohnBy The Rev.David Smith, M.A., D.D.
Iv: The General Epistle Of JudeBy The Rev.J. B. Mayor, Litt.D.
V:The Revelation Of St. John The DivineBy The Rev.James Moffatt, D.D. ... Read more

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A beautiful hardback for the price of a paperback. White's Pocket Classics offer the best-loved classics in an irresistible small hardback with original illustrations embossed on the covers and all the features of a fine edition -- coloured endpapers, marker ribbon, illustrated title pages and new typesetting -- combining the best contemporary design with the luxury of a hardback and introductions by today's popular authors, to make the most appealing classics available at a paperback price and a perfect gift. This edition of Sherlock Holmes' greatest cases uniquely combines Holmes' most famous case, The Hound of the Baskervilles, with Arthur Conan Doyle's own twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. ... Read more