Factor

Starting off this month, new talent Kathryn Shay bursts onto the scene with THE FATHER FACTOR (4.5G), an emotionally gripping story with brilliant characterization and sparkling touches of humor. Being a single dad and working two jobs while going to law school is tough enough, but when a school counselor shows up saying his teenage daughter might be suicidal, it's more than he can take. The attraction he feels for the counselor could be the best or the worst thing to happen to him. Ms. Shay tackles a difficult topic with extreme grace and style. Don't miss this author's first outing.

This is truly a gem of a book. Brilliant characters and a wonderful love story. I am trying to find her other works, if they're anything like this, she deserves superstardom.

Kathryn Shay always writes a great romance. This time around it is between a devoted single father who has all the pressures imaginable of a single father (and then some) and his daughter's counselor. Ordinary, everyday people in ordinary professions. But what a great book! I loved it. Highly recommended.

Recently, I read Fear Factors by Peter Andrew Sacco. Wow, what a very interesting and diverse book! The book as 10 short stories and to be honest, I was floored by how different each one of them was. They are so different. I am a real horror/sci-fi book and movie buff. These stories have to be some of the most original stories I have ever read. Where the heck did this guy think them up? I would pay to see these on a big screen at the movie theater. I give this book a great review. If anyone out there likes horror, give this a look-see. It will scare you in many ways at many levels.

This has to be one of the most original horror type books I have ever read. It is totally out there, and I mean that in a good way! He (Sacco) knows how to hold your attention. He also knows how to surprise the heck out of you. There is a twist in almost all of the stories, most totally unexpected. I highly recommend this book!

Once I started reading Fear Factors, I couldn't put it down. It totally captivated my attention, tickled my imagination and scared the heck out of me! Sacco knows how to grab the readers attention and pulls you in and then just when you are getting comfortable with the progession of one of the stories, he throws in subtle twists which surprise you.

Fear Factors is very entertaining. I found it had everything. As a woman, I was very impressed with the provocativeness and sexual undertones and innuendoes used by Sacco. Not only was the book scary, but believe it or not, some stories were very arousing. I also found some of the stories highly imaginative and controversial which really made me want to read on and read more.

The book was exceptional in that it is 10 short stories so you are not committed to read for days before you finally reach the punchline. As a professional, I like to read on my coffee breaks, lunches and before bed. This fit quite nicely with my work schedule in that I could knock down a story or two daily. I was always entertained. There are some stories I do not recommend reading before bed. I did have nightmares!

I have always been an avid reader of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I find Sacco's writings very comparable to them and some of the stories even scarier! I can tell you right now...I hope there are at least 2 or 3 movies to be made from the short stories. They are so unique and audiences will be leaning from the edges of their seats!

In closing, I strongly recommend reading Fear Factors if you enjoy believeable, educated sci-fi/fantasy and horror. You will not want to put this book down. If you really like being scared and entertained, this is the book for you. And should the author Peter Sacco read this review, thanks, you made my lunch breaks and you also kept me awake at night! When can we expect your next book?

great book! it has helped me to improve my memory and improve scores on tests. it has also helped me to remember peoples names and faces more easily. highly recomended for any one out there that thinks they have a poor memory

My husband has problems with his memory even though he is relatively young (early 30s). He claims he's always had problems remembering everything that needs to be done in the present and near future.

At his request, I bought this book for him to practice tools that would strengthen his memory. Although he isn't perfect, many of the ideas this book provides have helped him tremendously.

We recommend this book to people at any age that have problems with their memory. Although the reading level is a bit high for younger children, parents can read it and help their kids develop and use memory tools.

We have also found the memory tools help with organization problems.

If you have ever worried about your lapses of memory, a marvelous little book called, Improving Your Memory, may be just the thing for you. It might allay any fears you have about memory loss as well as provide excellent exercises that teach new strategies for remembering.

Many teachers are fond of saying that, "computers are just another educational tool." This implies that there is no computer revolution in education. A black board or a pencil is very similar to a computer. What they miss is how those tools changed education. Changes in pedagogy did not happen because educators wanted to change education. They happened because humans interacted differently with their environment because of these tools. Assistive Technology: Essential Human Factors, particularly chapters five and nine, helps educators assess how to evaluate the effectiveness of assistive technology and computers. Before you create your lesson plan or schedule an IEP meeting, you should know what an assessment of human factors would tell you about your educational plans.
And if , by chance, you think this is the responsibility of your school district educational technologists, just ask them what they know about the human factors involved in using technology.
This is an excellent book to begin to explore why some assistive technology works and some fails.

This book provides guidelines to follow when working with clients who use assistive technology. It is an excellent resource for all present and future Speech-Language Pathologists and all those who interact with users of assistive technology. A must have reference for your professional library!

"Consumerism has become the practical ideology of capitalism" is a statement made in the book. This is what Bocock is trying to explore and doing this he reveals the shift from modern to post-modern and how individuals now create their social identity through consumption patterns and not like it used to be through work roles. A mind opening book with loads of interesting reading if you are intrested in consumptions role in society.

The book has a link about the consumption and the behavier, the culture

The Heroin Factor James McEachin
In the Company of My Sistahs - Jo D Wright itcoms_bc@yahoo.com

I read it a few years ago. I gritty mystery. The novel is well
written. I almost got lost in the plots and sub-plots , the drugs, who doing the drugs but I could not put it down. It is mystery noir!. The characters were really well developed but not really likable. It was a good read. Now that I know Mr. McEachin is a writer, I will read his others.

James McEachin earned my heartfelt admiration with his first novel, Tell Me a Tale, and has continued to impress me with each of his successive books. The Heroin Factor, though completely different than his previous novels, still exudes the descriptive scenes, twisting plot, and strong, opinionated, and ultimately human characters that have always made his books such wonderful reads.

james mceachin is the eptiome of a soldier, actor, and author, evolved in that order. with each new novel he brings forth the diversity that only a skilled artist, such as he, can do. that's clearly a survival technique whether in the trenches, the lime-light, or under the pressures of a publishing company. i have only recieved this book recently but it's a page turning experience from the inception. the characters are clearly concise and the evolution of the story as intriguing as "the case of the century" as it unfolds. i continue to anticipate where mceachin will take my spirit as we travel through l.a. on this "don't judge a book by its cover" journey. kudos again!!!

Pia Mellody notes in the beginning of THE INTIMACY FACTOR that her deepest reason for writing the book was "to acknowledge the role of spirituality in intimate relationships." This is in itself is a worthy goal; spirituality (general, not within a specfic religious framework) as specifically applied to relationships is not addressed often enough, and it's a frequently forgotten part of too many partnerships. Mellody writes that true sprituality is the realization that God is Love and we can trust in that Love. That love is what restores to us the truth of our own inherent worth, thereby enabling us to have truly intimate relationships with other human beings.

Following an initial discussion along these lines, Mellody spends most of the rest of the book describing the concept of boundaries -- the "psychological passages" through which we both express our truth and recieve the emotions and words of others. She explains how functional boundaries lead to a spiritual relationship with God and good relationships with people, and the various ways in which dysfunctional boundaries can impair relationships. She also talks about how "boundary work" therapy helps to restore boundaries to healthy function.

Mellody's descriptions of boundaries are both interesting and very useful -- you can really see where how your own boundaries are functioning (or not) and what you can do to improve them. However, she ascribes all boundary dysfunction to myriad possible forms of abuse in childhood (often more subtle than your stereotypical drunken and physcially abusive parent.) While this is interesting and helpful as well, I think it is a stretch to say that ALL relationship problems stem from childhood abuse. Does everyone have abusive parents? And what about adults who had abusive parents but have been able to transcend that upbringing without therapy and become functional people in healthy relationships? Mellody makes it sound as if there are no exceptions: everyone with childhood trauma is messed up unless she gets therapy, and practically no one is without such past trauma (since many, many people have relationship problems.)

Another thing that bothers me about the book is the constant referencing to AA. I realize the author is a recovering alcoholic, and that alcoholism can deal serious blows to a relationship, but that's not what this book is about. It should be confined to one of two examples, not splashed all over the text. By the end of the book, I was getting really tired of the serenity prayer. It may be good, but it's cliched in the first place, and refering to it several times in 200 pages is not helping matters at all.

Also, though the author gives many helpful examples of how to have healhty discussions about relationship issues, PLEASE don't use her wording! It's stilted and totally unnatural; if you used it on your partner, he or she would wonder what was wrong with you. Use the ideas; forget the format!

I don't mean to imply that this book is completely faulty; it's actually very enjoyable and informative. The subtitle really ought to have something about boundaries in it though, because this is where the author really shines.

I've read all of Pia's books. They are all great, especially the first one (Facing CoDependence) and this one. The first book explains the symptums and the mechanics of how and why. This book drills into details of the key concepts from the first book. It touches the how and why briefly, but focuses on the real life examples of dysfunctional behaviors and contrasting it to functional behaviors. This book really manifests the concepts in the first book into practices and guidelines.

This book turns out to be a great handbook even for parenting skills.

I also attended a few CoDA meetings. Those meetings are good, but Pia's books helped me much more.

I highly recommend Pia's books, I also recommend reading them in the order of published dates.

This book explains how we develop insecurities and feelings of inferiority that makes us develop codependent relationships. The author uses many examples from her own experiences as well as those of many other people to vividly illustrate the connections between our past life experiences, our present insecurities and inferiorities, and how we feel and behave in our present relationships. It is an excellent book that allows us to open our eyes and see inside ourselves! I would recommend it to anyone who feels like their life (not just their relationships) can be happier than what it is now. Another more comprehensive book that allows us to apply these messages to a wider variety of things is "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It is absolutely one of the best in the business! Sato's book makes it so easy to understand our development, our personality, and our relationships. I would highly recommend both of these books!

I have already read the book and study many of the examples, my classmates and I have found many mistakes in the fourth edition, however the information contained and the subjects studied are very complete. I hope the next edition will have those examples solved in a correct way in order to clasify this book as an excellent text.

The book is a great textbook for students and practicing engineers. It covers pretty much all the steel topics. It has plenty of examples from ASD design to LRFD design. I think that out of all of the steel design books out there, this is the best.

This book provides both the theory and practical applications needed to understand both LRFD and ASD Steel Design. The problems provided at the end of each chapter can be worked using either method. The example problems within the chapters provide valuable insight to procedures and techniques in solving problems. Having read many different books by Mr. Solman I have never been disappointed, and have always gained great knowledge from his books.

Having worked at Stallion Range Center in the mid 1960's and lived in Socorro, I greatly enjoyed remembering the area. Two niggles; Groves would have turned left after Stallion Range Gate to get to Trinity. Also, the town of Truth or Consequences was named Hot Springs in 1945; it was renamed in 1950 during a performance of the radio show of the same name. All in all, a very entertaining book.

Once again, Flannery develops a novel that is both convincing and compelling.

Imagine that Stalin had been convinced that it was vital that the atomic bomb project should be stopped or at a minimum that the United States believe the atomic bomb would not work and that they had recalled their best spy from Germany and refocused him to go to America and try to penetrate the Manhattan Project. Imagine further that he was given cover through a young Russian woman who was recruited to act as his wife for the duration. Then consider the possibility that a really good spy would work very hard to penetrate the project and to kill General Grove and science director Oppenheimer.

As a precaution, the spies were infiltrated from a captured German submarine and the hope was that if anything would be discovered it would be blamed on the Germans. Groves, a very methodical man, sought to protect the project from this kind of security threat and brought in someone he did not quite trust but knew had a compulsion to hunt down every threat.

Flannery takes this skeletal structure and turns it into a very believable tale of patriotism, and heroism on both sides. Ultimately he leaves you to contemplate the tragedies of lives broken by the demands of a global war and the beginning of a cold war.

This was a very interesting book. The action is played out at the ending of World War II. Russia is on the verge of seizing Berlin. The United States is winding up it's war with Japan.The Russian dictator Stalin knows that the Americans are developing an atomic bomb that will be used to bring an end to World War II. Stalin sends two Russian spies,Alek and Jada to America to hinder the development of the bomb. In America,a Captain Lovelace is soon on their trail. This turns into an exciting chase. This book displays the spy network that is used during World War II by the Russians. This is a very good book. It keeps your attention from start to finish. The ending of this book is also very good. Read this book. You will be satisfied.

I really wanted to like this book. It contains a few magic moments, and the poet unquestionably demonstrates agility and skill within these formal works.

But overall, the poems were a disappointment. They don't live up to the famous Rabbi Akiba epigraph, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?/ If I am only for myself, who am I?/ If not now, when?"

It's a risky venture, exposing deeply personal discoveries to the public.

Unfortunately the risks taken here never break out of a vapid self-centeredness into the universal language that all poetry seeks and successful poetry attains. Skip it. Alyssa A. Lappen

Jenny Factor's often deceptively casual poems wear their prosodic mastery lightly, combining formal fluency and personal urgency, fulfilling a will to make form out of feeling: "This life I've written out and can control." Unraveling at the Name revolves, unravels even, around a remarkable set of skewed sonnet sequences about love requited and un- (and love's various alibis and substitutes), desire and sex and their often awkward relationship (what Factor calls the "urgency of appetite"), marriage, coming out and learning to come, lesbian motherhood, and loneliness. A canzone about fisting informs us that "Forms/binds. Form combines. Form liberates," and this book demonstrates the ways in which all of these propositions can be true, simultaneously and in turn. "My story's underneath this history./Turn off the radio. I want to sing," Factor writes, and sing she does.

This is a *perfect* first book -- tight, thoughtful, eloquent. Jenny Factor creates a poetry-novella. Her speaker redefines herself and in the process meditates on the nature of shapes and transformation in poems that are carefully shaped and transforming. The book is also, unexpectedly fun and naughty. Personable and smart. And a quick read. Bravely anchored in the gritty stuff but hinged to the tranforming moment. Like folk song. Zen meditation. Or a pulp novel. Factor turns over the raw facts of sexual awakening, each time with shifting nuances and emphases.