books by St Martins Pr     books:       Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook: Updated With 1998 Mla Guidelines17 reviews Diana Hacker St Martins Pr, 1998 A rule of thumb A formidable book aimed at helping young students to master the rules and syntax of the English grammar.             River God241 reviews Wilbur A. Smith St Martins Pr, 1994 Terrific story with lots of cultural info as well This is one of my all-time favorite stories! The characters are so well written & the story is outstanding. The slave, Taita, who tells the story is an engaging character, and his devotion to Lostris, the daughter of his master, is heartwarming. The adventures these two have over their lifetimes are so much fun to read. There is also a lot of information about ancient Egyptian mythology, ...             Get Tough!: The U.S. Special Forces Physical Conditioning Program11 reviews Tom Fitzgerald St Martins Pr, 1985 When the going gets tough... This book is designed to put the reader through two workout programmes simultaneously. There is a Calisthenics programme, and a Running programme. This is a 12-week cycle; as Fitzgerald says, special forces are always changing and adapting, so there is no 'official' cycle that remains constant forever. Thus, this is flexible here, too. This book is all the reader needs except his own muscles ...             Trade Wind19 reviews M. M. Kaye St Martins Pr, 1981 Excellent...not a "romance novel" Wow. Please ignore the front and back covers, which will have you convinced that this is an all-sex-all-the-time romance novel, or even one of those interesting and worthy historical romances, a la Bertrice Small. TRADE WIND, as it happens, is more along the lines of an adventure novel, featuring a smart but somewhat naive heroine (named Hero!), drama on the high seas, political plots, good ...             The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West6 reviews Oleg Kalugin, Fen Montaigne St Martins Pr, 1994 THE KGB (KALUGIN'S GREAT BOOK) As an amateur Cold War historian, (I have to use the word amateur as I possess no initials behind my name, at least not in the field of history), I highly recommend this fascinating book to anyone seeking an experience far beyond that of other books on this subject. Although retired KGB General Oleg Kalugin reveals nothing new about the Cold War itself, he offers the reader something much ...             Tetrascroll: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, A Cosmic Fairy Tale1 review R. Buckminster Fuller St Martins Pr, 1982 A Preschooler's Guide to Cosmology and Quantum Physics Ok, unless the preschooler happens to be Buckminster Fuller's daughter, that might be pushing the envelope a bit, but I do confess, I used to read this to my kids before they got to kindergarten, and while it wasn't nearly the favourite that Jelly Belly was, it made them giggle. Nonetheless, if you dare think your average Grade One-er is somehow incapable of comprehending the cosmos, then the ...             The Persian Pickle Club85 reviews Sandra Dallas St Martins Pr, 1995 A Super Book Wewouts Book Club, February 24, 2007. This book had a "Fried Green Tomatoes, Whistle Stop" feel to it for me. A great book in how friends, true friends, will keep their mouths shut and not gossip about anything bad. A good book to read about the bonds of true friendship.             On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family3 reviews Lisa See St Martins Pr, 1995 A new family I wish I had read this book first. I read Lisa's Flower Net and enjoyed it so much that I looked to see what else she had written. Finding On Gold Mountain (thanks, Amazon) I became immersed in the life of the author and her family. I have read so many stories of Chinese families in Mainland China and Taiwan, but this is the first I have read of the Chinese American experience. It is doubly ...             The Christmas Day Kitten4 reviews James Herriot St Martins Pr, 1986 Heartwarming Story Not having been familiar with the work of James Herriot before this book, I was happily surprised when I read this to my little cat-loving daughter this christmas season. This is a touching story which brought us both to tears, but gave a joyful smile as we reached the end of the story. Truly a story to be shared with every child at christmas!             The Holly Woodlawn Story: A Low Life in High Heels3 reviews Holly Woodlawn St Martins Pr, 1991 The Funniest Book I've Ever Written!! This book is so funny you'll lay down and scream. I think it's a modern day classic and should be required reading for every literature class in America and beyond. And I'm not just saying that because I wrote it. I'm saying it because I need an increase in my royalty checks because I'm out of cocktail cash and who can function without that?             The Moor: A Mary Russell Novel56 reviews Laurie R. King St Martins Pr, 1998 Mary and Sherlock do it again Once again, Mary Russell and Sherlock prove to be a formidable team. In the best sense of fun, we are drawn into another subtle plot that Arthur Conan Doyle would have loved. The setting, Baskerville Hall, is one all Holmes fans are familiar with. And the outcome is not as predictable as Holmes fans might expect. A very enjoyable read.             Outrageous Betrayal: The Real Story of Werner Erhard from Est to Exile19 reviews Steven Pressman St Martins Pr, 1993 Shocking!!!!! This is a "must read" for anyone considering becoming involved with the Landmark group as well as anyone who has loved ones involved. I am an avid reader and usually speed through everything I read. After reading the Prologue and first two chapters, I put the book down to digest what I had read. The writer cuts right to the quick giving documented background of how the 70s guru, Erhard, came to ...             And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic68 reviews Randy Shilts St Martins Pr, 1987 How the fight against AIDS was initially lost.... Even though I've been fortunate to never have had AIDS touch my life, this book still brought home a powerhouse of feelings - shame at seeing how poorly so many of our fellow human beings were treated, anger at the way their suffering was treated as insignificant, grief at how many people have been lost to such an insidious disease and outrage at the way our government - and governmental health ...             By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer54 reviews Victor Ostrovsky, Claire Hoy St Martins Pr, 1990 Insightful look at Mossad Highly recommend this book. He covers a lot in this book and most importantly how the intelligence agency commonly use False Flag operations. Operations committed by Mossad, but which are made to look as though they come from Palestinians or Arab militants, with the result that they and not Mossad gets the blame in the media. This is used over and over in todays wars, but never gets a mention in ...             Blue Bedroom and Other Stories4 reviews Rosamunde Pilcher St Martins Pr, 1990 Achingly Lovely Rosamunde Pilcher has a gift for telling a story like nobody else. These stories, first published in the Eighties, are as lovely to read as any of her recent best-sellers, and every bit as riveting. I first read this collection years ago, but I had forgotten the stories, forgotten how Pilcher can describe a bedroom, a drawing room, a beach, a sunny day, a cloudy day, an aging spaniel in its ...             Coming Home85 reviews Rosamunde Pilcher St Martins Pr, 1995 977 Pages.....it has to be darn good to keep the readers interested..... Yes, it was a delightful story, I couldn't put it down I didn't want it to end. I have to say the only one thing that I wish Mrs. Pilcher would of done different is maybe to add 25 more pages and talked about Judith and Jeremy, after all she went through in the 10 years that the story takes place she well deserved and we the readers deserved to be part of her happiness. I sure hope there would be ...             Excalibur (Warlord Chronicles)74 reviews Bernard Cornwell St Martins Pr, 1998 An EXCELLENT ending to a good trilogy. This was a very good trilogy, but the finale, this book, was by far the best. The Winter King, book 1, and Enemy of God, book 2, were both well written, entertaining and interesting (I gave both 4 stars as they were good but not great), but this book finishes off the trilogy with war, carnage, destruction and misery; it had its good things too, but we are talking about dark ages England and what ...             The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy3 reviews Clarice Stasz St Martins Pr, 1991 Very thorough and entertaining history of Vanderbilt Women This is a must read for anyone interested in the Gilded Age. The Vanderbilts were a huge part of it, and the women of the family are as dynamic as the men, in spite of the Commodore's opinion of them. Included in the book are little known figures, such as the Commodore's much put-upon wife and daughters. I found this book hard to put down and highly recommend it, especially in the newly ...             The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk9 reviews Randy Shilts St Martins Pr, 1982 "If a bullet should enter my brain..." Randy Shilts's intricately researched biography of one of the greatest gay activists of all time, Harvey Milk, is not only a political biography, but a chronology of an entire political movement. This is the second book I've read by Randy Shilts, the first being And the Band Played On. While there are certainly some differences between the two, Shilts's imaginative narrative writing is the same. ...              search for books 100-year, american, bedroom, betrayal, chinese, chinese-american, christmas, chronicles, conditioning, deception, directorate, epidemic, espionage, excalibur, goldilocks, guidelines, handbook, intelligence, mountain, odyssey, officer, outrageous, physical, politics, tetrascroll, tragedy, unmaking, updated, vanderbilt, woodlawn books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen gourmet food: Hummus - Ready to Serve home  impressum - about us