Monthly Archives: March 2005

Scarlett

March 31, 2005 – 8:54 am

scarlett.jpgMy favorite book has always been Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell. When I came across Scarlett I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read this book. I always used to wonder what has happened to Scarlett and Rhett. But then I had my own version of the conclusion. After juggling my mind I decided to read Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Because Alexandra Ripley had taken this task of completing the un finished saga and stepping to Margaret Mitchell’s shoes or trying to adapt her style of writing is going to be really tough. I should accept that I wasn’t disappointed. Read More »

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Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old

March 30, 2005 – 12:07 pm

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Ageless Body, Timeless Mind goes beyond current anti-aging research and ancient mind/body wisdom to dramatically demonstrate that we do not have to grow old! Dr. Chopra shows us that, contrary to traditional beliefs, we can learn to direct the way our bodies and minds metabolize time and actually reverse the aging process — thereby retaining vitality, creativity, memory, and self-esteem. In a unique program that includes stress reduction, dietary changes, and exercise, Dr. Chopra offers a step-by-step, individually tailored regimen for maximum living in exceptionally good health. Read More »

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The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

March 29, 2005 – 12:05 pm

horsewhi.jpgSynopsis
A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path. In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered. And a mother’s quest begins — to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain. It is an odyssey that will bring her to…

The Horse Whisperer

He is the stuff of legend. His voice can calm wild horses and his touch heal broken spirits. For secrets uttered softly into pricked and troubled ears, such men were once called Whisperers. Now Tom Booker, the inheritor of this ancient gift, is to meet his greatest challenge.

Annie Graves has traveled across a continent with her daughter, Grace, and their wounded horse, Pilgrim, to the Booker ranch in Montana. Annie has risked everything — her career, her marriage, her comfortable life — in her desperate belief that the Whisperer can help them. The accident has turned Pilgrim savage. He is now so demented and dangerous that everyone says he should be destroyed. But Annie won’t give up Read More »

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Silent Night

March 28, 2005 – 11:56 am

silent night.jpg“The tense-but-tender tale of the most harrowing Christmas Eve any mother could imagine . . . with an ending that’s nothing short of miraculous. We promise there won’t be a dry eye in the house!” — Literary Guild

Synopsis
Mary Higgins Clark, for several years, has given her readers a very special holiday gift — short novels celebrating the Christmas season with tales of suspense and cheer. Now two of her most beloved stories are combined in one special volume — a welcome gift for readers in all seasons.

In Silent Night, Brian, a seven-year-old boy, is in New York City at Christmas with his mother and ten-year-old brother to visit his father, critically ill in the hospital. They plan to give him a St. Christopher medal, in the belief that it will make him well. When Brian sees a woman steal his mother’s wallet, with the medal in it, he embarks on a dangerous journey that changes the life of his mother and that of the thief.

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Executive Orders

March 25, 2005 – 11:51 am

executive.jpgJack, due to the events detailed in Debt of Honor, suddenly finds himself President of the U.S., a position which he never aspired to and in which he feels decidedly uncomfortable. But, good former Marine that he is, he quickly buckles down to the demands of the job – a job that rapidly spawns seemingly endless problems and complications. In detailing these, Clancy weaves an incredible number of sub-plots together: an assassination of the Iraqi President and the amalgamation of that country with Iran, an attempt to kidnap his youngest daughter, a biological attack on the U.S., a heat up of the continuing dispute between the two Chinas, an attempt by the former Vice President to remove Jack from office, and multiple attacks on his integrity by the news media. This is where Clancy shines, as each of these sub-plots is probably strong enough to be a novel in its own right. They all have strong dramatic elements and are not only plausible, but frightening in just how close they are to events in the real world that have occurred since this book was written – so much so that the notion has been put forth that certain terrorist elements got the ideas for their deeds from this book and Debt of Honor.

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