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Excellent prose by a seasoned journalist
Bob Stanton, once a reporter and basketball coach in the South Bay area of San Diego County, has penned a semi-autobiographical memoir about life in the Navy that doesn't shy away from all things bold, bad and beautiful. This book and Stanton's riveting writing keeps you turning the pages and wanting more...
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Author's review
I wrote VIEWS with Gore Vidal almost twenty years ago.It is a delight to see that it has been a source of information for various scholars throughout these many years.I arranged the book in a new way for doinginterviews, putting Vidal into a dramatic setting where he had to answerquestions from more than twenty of us engaged in interviewing him.Imyself interviewed him off and on for more than three years.Reviewers atthe time called my format a new kind of Mega-interview form.I recentlyincluded material from VIEWS in a huge 750-page study that will bepublished by Edwin Mellen Press in 2001, a work to be known as GORE VIDAL:A MENIPPEAN SATIRIST.Vidal is America's greatest satirist--ever!Andthose people who read VIEWS will see that Vidal spares very few his quickthrusts of ridicule to bring them down to earth for a good laugh--at theirexpense, of course. ... Read more

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Having a deep interest in the visual arts, poet Stanton, in Collected Word Paintings, sees his poetic work in relation to four of the major art movements of the Twentieth Century: Impressionism, Surrealism, Abstract Art, and Expressionism. Thus, he has prepared four major "galleries" for us to view his word paintings. The first gallery shows us impressionistic portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and vivid images of various scenes of everyday events and activities. The second gallery is filled with strange and sometimes playful "brainscapes" (as opposed to impressionistic landscapes and seascapes). The third gallery contains abstract mood poetry revealing exotic, unexpected symbols and a variety of musical rhythms. The final gallery is made up completely of dramatic monologues, often employed for satiric purposes. ... Read more

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THE BEST!
I don't read that many books a year, but ,this book is probably the best best book I have read ever.I love the style, dramatic diolog, and can't wait until the sequence is written! Please let me know if this is going to movie. Would love to give you some ideas to use.

A revealing true story
I found this book to be disturbing as well as entertaining. The fact that this man actually lived is disturbing because I've never even heard of him.I have read plenty of fiction and non-fiction on the subject of serial killers, and this is the first time I have run into this diabolical fiend.The monologue style was particularly engrossing, and made for a very quick read.Being in on only one side of the conversation really allowed you to use your full imagination.I would be interested to see more about Mr. Hermann Mudget.

The US Five are the literary equivalent of Ed Wood
After only 10 pages into The Devil's Rood, I made the observaton that it read like a high school creative writing exercise.After looking through the US Five's web page, I found that I was close to the mark, except that this pedestrian work is the creation of a college professor and four of his former students. The dramatic monlogue device, or whatever you call it, gets old very fast.Since you only hear one part of a conversation, the text does it's best to give you an idea of what the other characters are saying with unnatural utterances and silly dialogue.By the time you are a quarter of the way through the book, you no longer think of the book's style as a gimmick, but as the only way five very poor writers, with an ear for cliches and preposterous dialogue, could blend their respective messes together. I did get some enjoyment out of the book once I allowed myself to laugh out loud.I could just imagine the US Five getting together on the weekends:drinking coffee and guffawing over the salacious letters and dialogue they had written in their spiral notebooks during the week.I'm sure they received a lot of pleasure at their literary sewing circle.It's too bad they didn't use their research to write a real novel, as opposed to The Devil's Ruse (Sic). It is my guess that the positive reviews I've read were written by family members of the five authors. An awful mess.

A Book That Makes One Think
As an avid reader, I am always pleased to discover books that are original and thought provoking. The Devil's Rood is definately this type of book!! I can not say it was an easy "read", but once I grew accustomed to the style, I was hooked!! The mind of the main character and the manner in which he manipulated so many around him was fascinating. Kudos to the authors for originality and daring to try a different style of writing!!

Keep the lights on -- it's chilling!
One of the most outstanding books I have ever read.This is a definite page-turner.It's hard to believe a man like Midgett/Holmes could have done the things he did; it's even harder to believe hardly anyone has heardof this demon -- until now.

I especially liked the way the story waswritten -- using one-sided conversations, diary entries, letters, actualnewspaper accounts -- the writing is superb.... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bob Fulton, Frank Stanton, Ray Stehr, Des Hasler, Ron Willey, Wally O'connell, Roy Bull, Graham Lowe, Tony Paskins, Ken Arthurson, Ray Norman, Russell Pepperell, Alan Thompson, Pat Devery, Peter Sharp. Excerpt:Personal information Alan Thompson is a former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He primarily played at five-eighth . Thompson was selected to represent New South Wales as five-eighth on ten occasions, seven of which were Origin matches. He played in the inaugural 1980 game, the complete 1982 series, games I and II of the 1983 series and game I of the 1984 series, the final year of his playing career. At the time of his retirement in 1984, Thompson held the record for the most Manly club games: 261 with 62 tries and two field goals. Thompson moved into coaching and took the Manly reserve grade side to a premiership in 1988. In 1989, following Bob Fulton's appointment as Australian coach, Thompson was appointed as first grade coach but a turbulent and unsettled year within the club led to a disappointing season for Thompson and he was replaced at the end of the season by Graham Lowe . Footnotes (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Robert "Bob" Fulton AM (born 1 December 1947 in Warrington , England) is an Australian rugby l... ... Read more

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5 books in one by Reader's Digest ... Read more

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Hardcover that stands up to some abuse.
The reason I bought this book was because my sons tore up my book from when I was a kid.It was paperback.Now this book is alot better since it's Hardcover.It's also better for the kids too.They actually get to see dinosaurs and what they are like.They will see T Rex eating another dinosaur.Another set are fighting and it give explantions on how they came to be fossils.Very informitive book and something that will teach them and they can learn from.Not like some books and shows where dinosaurs are riding on a trains or playing nicely.Let them experiece dinosaurs as they were. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : John Ratzenberger, Brad Bird, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Gary Rydstrom, Edwin Catmull, Bob Peterson, Brad Lewis, Lee Unkrich, Peter Docter, Brenda Chapman. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : John Deszo Ratzenberger est un acteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain né le 6 avril 1947 à Bridgeport, dans le Connecticut (États-Unis). Il est connu dans le monde de l'animation pour avoir interprété un personnage dans tous les longs-métrages de Pixar. A participé à l'émission américaine, Dancing with the Stars. Le générique de fin du film d'animation Cars rend un hommage comique aux nombreuses collaborations de John Ratzenberger avec Pixar en tant que voix de différents personnages. ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more