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The book was a little bit disappointing. The author contradicts itself, especially in the last two chapter of the book... Maybe the reason for this was that the ending couldn't be written until the end of the last L5R's convention, where the new emperor was proclaimed.

The book was a little bit disappointing. The author contradicts itself, especially in the last two chapter of the book... Maybe the reason for this was that the ending couldn't be written until the end of the last L5R's convention, where the new emperor was proclaimed.

Written in the sophisticated style of the classic Queen morphed into a more knowing, sexually daring 60s setting, THE FOURTH SIDE OF THE TRIANGLE is a little more mechanical than usual. Would any district attorney, even in Manhattan, try first a man, then his wife, then his son, for the same crime? I don't think so, even though one marvels at the way Ellery Queen, or whoever wrote this potboiler, ultimately does his best to make it seem possible if not plausible.

The plot turns on a particular sexual quirk of the victim, a fashionable New York coutierere called Sheila Grey, that not many will find convincing, and it also depends on the way everyone is willing to believe that the millionaire dad, Ashton McKell, is actually impotent. I suppose the point is that no man would ever say anything like that about himself unless it was really true and he was backed into a corner? McKell's wife, Lutetia, is from the old school but I do not believe that any woman, even one who seems to have stepped out of Edith Wharton's imagination, would be reading, in 1965, a novel by "Mrs. Oliphant." Give me a break.

The Fourth House by Martin Gross is a novel about espionage in the post Cold War world. The year is 1993. The Soviet Union has ceased to exist and the new Russian Republic is a friend of the United States. Unfortunately, old habits and beliefs are slow to die. So there continue to be certain elements in the Russian power structure who still wish America ill.

John Davidson is a retired CIA chief of counterintelligence. When it becomes apparent that there is a bold plot afoot to sabotage the United States' latest marvel of aerospace engineering, Davidson is called upon to foil the plot and expose the perpetrators.

Most of the narrative in this action packed tale takes place in Great Britain and British Intelligence (MI5) has an important role to play in the unfolding plot. Also prominent in the cast of characters are some Russian operatives whose true loyalties remain to be determined and a Chinese diplomat named Li Chen who loathes everything about the West.

There are some serious problems with this book. It lacks the realism readers of modern spy novels have come to expect. For example, Davidson's number 2 man in this all important mission is a 25 year old graduate student with no background whatsoever in either intelligence or law enforcement. Moreover, so much of what goes on seems to be a series of spy novel cliches. A reader who didn't know better might easily come to believe that he or she was reading a parody of spy novels rather than something meant to be taken seriously.

The Fourth House is a disappointing effort from an author capable of much better.

THE BOOK WAS FULL OF VERY USEFULL INFORMATION. VERY EASY TO READ AND FOLLOW THE CANDLE MAKING INSTRUCTIONS. IT WAS VERY DISSAPOINTING THAT NONE OF THE PICTURES WHERE IN COLOR. THEY WERE ALL BLACK AND WHITE. IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE WHAT THE CANDLE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS. I CHECKED OUT AN OLDER ADDITION OF THE BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY...AND THAT ONE HAD FULL COLOR PHOTOS. IT LOOKED AS IF SOMEONE MADE PHOTO COPIES OF THE BOOK AND SOLD IT AT AMAZON.

Part of a balanced weight loss regimin is watching what you eat and making sure you are getting enough fiber and protein. All so often we pick up foods because they are quick and easy and eat them mindlessly. I've been down that road a little too often in the last ten years and am now paying the price. This book is very handy and I keep it in my car for when I'm out shopping or eating out. I use in it conjunction with my food diary and it's very helpful. I'd say to buy the most updated version each year if you can...so many new foods to keep up with.

I purchased this book because I was looking for a quick reference calorie guide. I recently started keeping a food journal and needed something I could carry around in my purse. The book is useless, it only includes calorie counts for prepackaged food. Why would I want that? Prepackaged food already has the calorie counts on the packages. I would use the Calorie King book. Infinitely better and more compact.

I wasn't in love with this book. It wasn't everything I hoped for. The online information didn't really tell enough about the book. It's small print, kind of hard to really read. The area for the "fast food" section wasn't for my part of the country.

This book does not deserve to be in print.It wanders too far from where the story needs to be,I wish I could get a refund for it.

I think I've read this whole series, or at least the books I can get my hands on that is. The books are excellent, with well-developed characters and interesting story line. The author uses a system of magic I haven't seen anywhere else, the universe is based on group belief, if enough people believe something it's real... as people lose belief it dies... Well Far slayer's story is about 2 feuding families who hate each other so much; they forget what they hate each other for. Far Slayer enters their world and the two families start killing each other off... There is a Romeo And Juliet thing going here too... it starts slow, but ends well... I enjoyed it very much... just hang in through the beginning and you'll be glad you did.

A good Robert Moore Williams novel is an oxymoron: there is no such thing. His novels are characterized by colorful but cardboard characters, capture-and-escape Saturday afternoon serial plots, and a level of writing only slightly better than the average pulp writer of the 1920s and 1930s.


And yet, every so often, Williams did something just a little bit unusual. _King of the Fourth Planet_ has the usual silly and violent plot involving a number of dastardly agents from a ruthless Company trying to get control of a telepathy machine being invented on Mars.

But there is also the setting of the story. Most of the action takes place in or around Suzusimilar, a gigantic Martian mountain. It rests on a base of solid granite that is said to extend to the core of the planet. The interior of the mountain is divided up into seven levels. A shaft runs up the center of the mountain and extends out the peak, pointing at the stars.

The denizens of the mountain all obey "the law." They live on different levels according to their intellectual, moral, and spiritual maturity. As they become more mature, they move upwards. A great many criminals live on the first level. The fourth level is a midway point, where scientific creativity flourishes. Levels five and six are high spiritual levels. Level seven is uninhabited, but a few Martians attempt to ascend to it for a short period of time.

It is said that the mountain is ruled by a powerful king who "holds the planet in the palm of his hand." The lower three levels think that the king is mere superstition, members of the fourth level suspect his existence, and members of the upper levels know and worship him.

Shades of Thomas Merton! Williams has created a science fictional version of Dante's Mount Purgatory. He seems to have a good feel for the different rooms and passages and balconies of the mountain, and it gives the novel a spark of originality and ingenuity that many of his other works lack.

The book seems incomplete and inaccurate..Be *very* careful if you're evaluating coins with this book alone. In many *many* cases of world coins that have both common varieties and rare, valueble varieties, this book lists only the most common variety.

If you think you are getting a bargain when you buy this book for its low price, rather than spending the big bucks and buying the Krause publications, think again. There are only 48 countries listed. If you collect Austrian coins, you are out of luck. The irony of the situation is that the single most popular coin in the world, the Maria Theresa Thaler, is not even listed in this book.

If you are a beginner and you just want a rough guide to the coins these authors consider to be popular, you might like this book, but if you are a serious collector of world coinage, look elsewhere.