Historical Geology: Evolution of Earth and Life Through Time (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

Book Description

HISTORICAL GEOLOGY: EVOLUTION OF EARTH AND LIFE THROUGH TIME teaches students basic geologic principles as well as how scientists apply these principles to unravel Earth?s history. Wicander and Monroe present a balanced overview of both the geological and biological history of Earth as a continuum of inter-related events. These events reflect the underlying principles and processes that have shaped our planet. The authors also explain the historical development of these basic principles and processes, and their importance in deciphering Earth history. Three major themes?time, evolutionary theory, and plate tectonics?are woven together throughout the book. These themes help students link essential material to enhance their understanding of historical geology.

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strong explanation of evolution.......2006-02-17

The authors give a strong explanation of biological evolution, from its earliest unicellular origins to the present. Much fossil and DNA evidence is summarised. Including recent findings in fossil digs from the 90s.

They point out that many so-called missing links are not. For relations between genera, families, orders and classes, the intermediate forms ("links") are often present in the fossil record. Amongst the cases cited are the origins of whales and sea cows.

More generally, the book has numerous instances where transitions found in fossils are explained in terms of limbs or bones developing, or suchlike, so that you can clearly see how one fossil is the evolutionary ancestor of another later fossil. As in the early fishes. Where those who developed jaws with bones were then more able to hunt other fishes; a strong evolutionary advantage. While the move onto land is shown in fossils that had fins with muscles. This allowed for propulsion above water, where the original advantage was to let the fish move around under water, in mud or vegetation.

Geology is also emphasised. Often giving rise to various ore and petroleum bodies found today. Plus plate tectonics is shown to account for the continental drifts and the breakup of Gondwanaland.

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Great Beach Reading
Sweet, Satisfying Sequel
Wonderful Followup to The Beach House
Wonderful story
Receives Mary Alice Monroe's own reading

Swimming Lessons (STP - Mira)
Mary Alice Monroe
Manufacturer: Mira
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Binding: Hardcover

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Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter
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ASIN: 0778324621

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It's been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie.

Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional lifestyle to become a strong single mother and aquarist at the South Carolina Aquarium. But success has taken its toll, leaving Toy fearful of change and risks.

Caretta Rutledge, Florence Prescott and Emmaline Baker have all experienced loss. This summer, with each other's friendship and support, they will try to make their dreams a reality.

The turtle season begins the day Toy rescues a sick sea turtle on the beach. When Toy brings the loggerhead to the aquarium, she begins a turtle hospital with the help of her boss, Ethan. As the summer progresses and the sea turtles take their measured steps toward healing and freedom Toy, Cara, Flo and Emmi must find their own strength to face their fears and move courageously toward their futures.

Mary Alice Monroe delivers another deeply satisfying novel written with an eye to nature and keen insights into the connections between women.

Customer Reviews:

Great Beach Reading.......2007-08-24

Swimming Lessons is a wonderful sequel to The Beach House. It has such wonderful relationships among the characters themselves and with the loggerhead turtles and the coastal environment.

Sweet, Satisfying Sequel.......2007-05-30

This absolutely wonderful sequel to "The Beach House" brings together all the "turtle ladies" whose mission it is to rescue endangered sea turtles who lumber up onto South Carolina's beaches once a year to lay their eggs in a timeless ritual. Civilization being what it is, the nests would be destroyed, purposely or not, if this dedicated band of women (and men) were not there each year to tirelessly make sure that doesn't happen.

Like "The Beach House," this book is based on fact; Monroe herself is a self-proclaimed turtle lady. The plot revolves around the characters we met in the first book: Single mother Toy now has her degree and a job at the aquarium, which is about to get much more prestigious. Her darling little girl Lovie, named after the matriarch who passed away in the last book, is a precocious, wonderful 6-year-old, a self-proclaimed "LITTLE turtle lady." Cara and Brett, who fell in love in the last book and married, are trying hard to have a baby. Irrascible Flo is getting older and too proud to ask for help. And in this book, the menacing father of Toy's child, Darryl, suddently reappears, wanting to connect with the daughter he abandoned before her birth.

All of this makes for a quick and interesting page-turner, but the backbone of the book is the conservation of the giant turtles, and for me, that's the grabber.

"Swmming Lessons" is the perfect summertime book, whether you're at the beach (how more perfect could it get?), around a pool, or just lazing on your front porch. I urge you to grab it and gobble it up!

Wonderful Followup to The Beach House.......2007-05-13

For several years, I've enjoyed the work of Mary Alice Monroe. And when I noted that Swimming Lessons was coming out, I knew I needed to catch up on my reading and start with the Beach House (the book that introduced us to the Swimming Lessons characters). As usual, the author didn't disappoint me and created a lovely book about mother/daughter relationships that I could easily relate to. But more than that, I became equally intrigued with Loggerhead Turtles. So the follow up book - Swimming Lessons, was an added bonus to keep involved with the characters. Again, wonderfully written, you form a deep attachment to the characters and get caught up with the lives of the turtles -- this time from a different perspective. I highly recommend Swimming Lessons, but also recommend you start with The Beach House.

Wonderful story.......2007-05-12

This was a wonderful sequel to the Beach House. Mary Alice Monroe does such a good job of providing an analogy between a mother and her child through her characters and with the sea turtles. It truly warms your heart.

Receives Mary Alice Monroe's own reading.......2007-05-12

Mary Alice Monroe's SWIMMING LESSONS receives Mary Alice Monroe's own reading which spices the lively story of a mentor's influence on the next generation. Three women who have experienced loss find friendship and support together one summer as turtle season begins.

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Pricing Brick

Pricing: Making Profitable Decisions
Kent B Monroe
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0072528818

Book Description

Pricing, 3/e, synthesizes economic and marketing principles with accounting and financial information to provide a basis for analyzing pricing alternatives within legal and corporate constraints. This revision of this classic text brings readers an understandable writing style, a more complete discussion of the quantitative issues, and a greater number of clear-cut examples. The material on the economics of pricing now reflects recent research in pricing by applied economists and marketing researchers trained in economics.

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Pricing Brick.......2005-08-26

It is a good one, it go in deep in all areas about pricing, analise microeconomy theory about pricing, customer behavior, cost structure, competence signalig, price wars,etc. is a must if you want to learn about pricing.

Art of the Event: Complete Guide to Designing and Decorating Special Events (The Wiley Event Management Series)

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Good book although it is written like a textbook
Excellent
#1 resource for event planning
Very comprehensive special event decor, staging and managing

Art of the Event: Complete Guide to Designing and Decorating Special Events (The Wiley Event Management Series)
James C. Monroe
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ASIN: 0471426865

Book Description

Get the essential guide to making your events extraordinary!

Event planners need professional-caliber information that explains how to decorate a venue for a special event - from assessing the client's decor needs and objectives to staying within a budget. Art of the Event serves as the ultimate guide to designing and decorating events and celebrations, from eight to 8,000 guests.

Written by James C. Monroe, a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP) with decades of experience in special event design and decoration, Art of the Event is divided into three comprehensive parts to help readers redefine the modern profession of event design:

Principles, Processes, and Practices: examines aesthetics, the design process, and professional practices
The Decorative Elements: describes the various decorative elements that are used in special events and discusses how to use them in practical and specific ways
The Universe of Special Events: describes various types of events that the designer is asked to create and discusses the different requirements of each, including nonprofit events, corporate events, social events, weddings, fairs, and parades

Customer Reviews:

Good book although it is written like a textbook.......2007-08-23

I just graduated from college and am thinking of pursuing a career in Event Planning. I ordered this book to learn more about the subject only to find that it was another textbook! With that being said, it is a good book still. Some of the administrative information is pretty basic but I find the artistic design elements that are weaved throughout the text to be rather interesting. It is as good book to get acquainted with the industry, just expect it to be written like a textbook.

Excellent.......2007-03-20

This book is perfect for people interested in handling the design aspect of events. It gives you breakdowns, provides ideas, discusses how you set rates, has sample forms/contracts, and even sections that question you and make you think. I was so excited while waiting for this book to arrive and I certainly wasn't disappointed. I give this book 5 stars and would absolutely encourage others interested in event design to buy this book!

#1 resource for event planning.......2006-04-19

This book is jam-packed with practical and useful tips on adding just the right touches that take an event from being "good" to "totally outstanding". No matter the budget or type of event - there is something for everyone. I don't intend to plan any events without first consulting this book.

Very comprehensive special event decor, staging and managing.......2006-04-18

A great resource for all aspects of event management -- full of innovative ideas, creative designs for all budgets, and fasinating insider information on how it all gets accomplished. I highly recommend this book for both experienced and novice event planners and professionals.

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MUST READ
Sweet & Endearing ....
A Lyrical Tale of Reconciliation and Redemption Set in the South
Sweetgrass
Simple country life and lessons to be learned.

Sweetgrass (Mira Hardbacks)
Mary Alice Monroe
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ASIN: 0778321878

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"Mary Alice Monroe is helping to redefine the beauty and magic of the Carolina Lowcountry. Every book she has written has felt like a homecoming to me." - Pat Conroy, author of The Prince of Tides and Beach Music

Customer Reviews:

MUST READ.......2007-07-17

ANOTHER WONDERFUL BOOK FROM MARY ALICE MONROE! I HOPE SHE KEEPS THEM COMING.
ENDEARING,MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY KNOW THE PEOPLE.

Sweet & Endearing ...........2007-07-06

I must be on a Southern Lit kick because I read this one in one day ~~ since it was too hot to be outside, it seems logical to sit and read a book ... which is what I did. I found this book in a rummage sale also and since I have read one of her earlier works, I've been searching for more of her titles. I found this one and didn't regret it. It is the perfect summer read!

This novel is based on a family riddled with secrets that continued to haunt them to the present. There's Mama June, there's her husband, Preston, who was befelled by a horrible stroke. There's Nan, their daughter, married to an ambitious businessman, and mom to two teenage sons. There's Morgan, the prodigal son, home from Montana where he had lived for ten years, fighting to preserve the bison there. They all come back together when Preston had a severe stroke. The story weaves between past and present, with other characters involved, like Nona, the housekeeper/cook whose family has strong and long ties with the Blakely family over the centuries. She is also a sweetgrass basket weaver. There's Kristina, the therapist who became very involved with the entire family and there's Adele, Preston's sister, who wants nothing more than to get rid of Sweetgrass and all it holds.

This book is about family relationships, love and death, and rediscovering love all over again ~~ going back into memory lane and fighting for what is important. It is an endearing book. It is sweet and sentimental. It will keep you thumbing through the pages to find out how it ends (even if it is more predictable than you expected ... but all ends well is a happy novel, right?), and it's the perfect summer read ~~ so if you're going to the beach or to the lake or even to the pool, be sure to grab a copy of this novel. It's perfect for the plane ride too ~~ so kick back with a glass of iced tea and enjoy!

7-6-07

A Lyrical Tale of Reconciliation and Redemption Set in the South.......2007-03-30

In a small southern town, a family must fight against rising taxes, encroaching developers, devastating illness and their own demons to face themselves - and each other - and find long-needed forgiveness.

Acclaimed bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe ("Skyward," "The Beach House"), an active conservationist, also weaves into her tender plot and deftly-drawn characters a gentle message about preservation. A lyrical tale of reconciliation and redemption, set against the backdrop of South Carolina's lowcountry.

Sweetgrass.......2007-01-05

Interesting information about making sweetgrass baskets in South Carolina was beautifully woven into the storyline of this book. Anyone who visits Charleston after reading this book would look for the open-air market where the baskets are woven and sold. Excellent,easy to read low-country story in the author's style.

Simple country life and lessons to be learned........2006-09-05

Excellent beach read ! This is one book you do not want to put down. Lessons learned in life, love and racism. Writer brought characters and images to life. Reading this on the beach IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, you will see why.......

The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution (with InfoTrac and Samson's Earth Systems CD-ROM)

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The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution (with InfoTrac and Samson's Earth Systems CD-ROM)
James S. Monroe , and Reed Wicander
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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THE CHANGING EARTH is the first text specifically written for the combined physical and historical geology course. The content is based on the best-selling texts PHYSICAL GEOLOGY: EXPLORING THE EARTH and HISTORICAL GEOLOGY: EVOLUTION OF EARTH AND LIFE THROUGH TIME both written by James Monroe and Reed Wicander. Many of the same features pervade in this edition including a strong emphasis on student relevance and comprehension. The authors lively writing style and abundant use of analogies draw students' into the material, while a completely integrated pedagogical structure enhances comprehension of important concepts. Throughout, the text emphasizes the connections between the content and students' own lives, allowing them to learn more easily and develop a greater appreciation for physical geology.

Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting

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Breathtaking!
GREAT PHOTO BOOK!
LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Necessary to a Marilyn's fan
Beautiful Art

Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting
Bert Stern
Manufacturer: Schirmer Art Books
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Bert Stern / Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting

Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the 60s, was the last to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death. The three-day session yielded nearly 2,600 pictures—fashion, portrait, and nude studies—of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which no more than 20 were published. And yet these few photographs ineradicably shaped our image of Marilyn Monroe. This book presents the complete set of 2,571 photos. The monumental body of work by the master photographer and the Hollywood actress marks a climax in the history of star photography, both in quantity and quality. It is a unique affirmation of the erotic dimension of photography and the eroticism of taking photos, and it is the world's finest and largest tribute to Marilyn Monroe.

Text by Bert Stern

Customer Reviews:

Breathtaking!.......2007-04-03

Its simply a must in every Marilyn collection! Its like spending an entire day with her! If you like Marilyn you will love this book with hundreds of pics.

GREAT PHOTO BOOK!.......2007-03-11

Thanks Bert Stern a wonderful photo documentary about
Marilyn Monroe.

I was very impressed from the pictures.

Thank you!

LOVE THIS BOOK!!!.......2007-03-11

I love this book!! It's so interesting to read Bert Stern's story in the beginning because we get to read about Marilyn in a whole new light from a different perspective. It just proves how captivating she was. And the pictures are incredible and haunting at the same time since she died 6 weeks later. If you are a devoted Marlyn Monroe fan, you need this book. It's worth the money because there are over 2500 pictures and it is not a small book. I believe it is 9 pounds! She's beautiful and the pictures definitely capture her beauty, even at age 36!

Necessary to a Marilyn's fan.......2007-01-17

There was late for international shipping (the book was a gift for Christmas).
I had an excellent contact with the team who explain me the difficult.
Finally, I received the book on time.
Beautiful Marilyn and a lot of unknowed photographies.
Best value for a beautiful book.

Beautiful Art.......2007-01-12

The book is awesome. The pictures are besutiful and I keep the book out on the coffee table as an art piece. Everytime I have company my guests are astounded of all the different elements of art in Marilyn's last seating.

Historical Geology (with ThomsonNOW Printed Access Card)

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Good job
Good book
Great text

Historical Geology (with ThomsonNOW Printed Access Card)
Reed Wicander , and James S. Monroe
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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HISTORICAL GEOLOGY teaches students basic geologic principles as well as how scientists apply these principles to unravel Earth's history. Wicander and Monroe present a balanced overview of both the geological and biological history of Earth as a continuum of inter-related events. These events reflect the underlying principles and processes that have shaped our planet. The authors also explain the historical development of these basic principles and processes, and their importance in deciphering Earth history. Three major themes - time, evolutionary theory, and plate tectonics - are woven together throughout the book. These themes help students link essential material to enhance their understanding of historical geology.

Customer Reviews:

Good job.......2007-09-10

Got it a week before school started, which is about two weeks before the school bookstore shipped me my other textbooks. Thanks for that. Also, it was at a better price than the school bookstore tried to sell it to me for. An all around good buy and purchasing experience.

Good book.......2007-02-13

The book is very user friendly and explains Historical geology in a learning way

Great text .......2007-01-19

This most recent edition includes an updated planetary system as well as an improved structure of the geologic time scale. It is, however, ridiculously expensive when compared to the older edition. In my opinion,I do not believe that it is worth the added cost.

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You will fly away too.
OBE without religious trappings
Just plain weird!
A Profound Story
The book that changed my life

Journeys Out of the Body
Robert Monroe
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ASIN: 0385008619
Release Date: 1992-12-01

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With more than 300,000 copies sold to date, this is the definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of the internationally known Monroe Institute.

Customer Reviews:

You will fly away too........2007-02-23

I think you are interested in this subject before you bought this book. Monroe is one of the pioneers in OOBE and books about it. It is well written and will hold your attention and you just might read it twice if it takes you where you want to go. I recommend this book and should be #1 in everybody's OOBE library.

OBE without religious trappings.......2007-01-04

Very grounded and easy to understand narrative concerning sudden OBE and what its potential use for your spiritual growth can become. Good luck getting as proficient as Mr. Monroe :)

Just plain weird!.......2006-06-25

I purchased this book because I had heard of Robert Monroe's work with binaural beats: a subject that interests me. I really wasn't prepared; however, for the strange nature of this book which takes a look at numerous "experiments" Monroe conducted on his own, personal, "out of body" experiences. While the book reads like a science fiction diary, Monroe actually believes in and lucidly describes his journeys. It's difficult to categorize this book but should interest those who have an open mind regarding the world of the bizarre.

A Profound Story.......2006-05-22

This is one of those books that will shift the reader's awareness. Robert Monroe was an average American businessman who spontaneously had an out of body experience. He was unbelieving and thought at first that it was just an hallucination or a dream gone astray. When he got corroboration of his presence at distant places, he decided to document these incidents, look for patterns and commonalities, and develop a technique for leaving his body at will.

This book recounts those earliest experiences, and also shares the techniques he developed. He went on to write other books, and produced many tapes, established an institute to study paranormal activity, and inspired many others to conduct research and share their own paranormal experiences.

Journeys Out of the Body is an important basic work in the field of astral travel and, more generally, the metaphysical perspective on what human beings are, well beyond their physical bodies.

Highly recommended to anyone with an open mind who seeks to learn more about human potential and realities beyond the five senses.

The book that changed my life.......2006-02-02

I read this book many years ago. It was the first book of its kind I had ever read. I was in my 20's and opening to a new world, much larger and more interesting than I thought possible before. Like me, Robert Monroe was a skeptic about "all of this" and he was the perfect one to break the ice for me. He writes in a very concrete, technical way about very non-ordinary experience. This is probably the only reason I was able to read through the book. It is just the way I needed it to be presented at the time. The exercises at the end of the book were very interesting, and though no OBE was experienced, a lot of non-physical vibration and awareness was.

This was my introduction to how much more we are than our physical bodies. Far Journey and Ultimate Journey are must reads for those that liked this book and want to learn more, including the further conclusions of his research. If you still want more then go for it, get the "Gateway Experience" CDs, or go to The Monroe Institute like I did. I always use his Hemi-Sync CDs in my healing sessions.

This book helped catapult me into my deep studies of Chinese Energetic Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, proving the validity of the main conclusion of Robert Monroe's works --"I am more than my physical body..."

Bradley Gilbert, author of the DVD, "Reduce Your Stress Improve Your Health, Daoist Healing Qigong."

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Not much to say
Ruined a good thing
Don't Trust Everyone
An engaging read...at least to begin with...
Terrible compared to the two prequel novels

God Don't Play
Mary Monroe
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From Mary Monroe, beloved author of God Don't Like Ugly and God Still Don't Like Ugly, comes the entwined stories of two lifelong friends, their secrets and lies, and a new challenge that could destroy their relationship once and for all...

With a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, and a lovely house to come home to every night, forty-five-year-old Annette Goode finally has it all. Heaven knows she paid her dues--from a childhood filled with abuse to a rocky start as an adult. Annette's friend Rhoda knows too, for Rhoda has been both her savior and her greatest fear. Their erratic relationship has survived some serious bumps in the road. But now that things are good, someone apparently thinks they're a little too good...

When Annette receives an anonymous--and menacing--birthday gift, it's just the beginning of a slew of hostile letters, vicious phone calls, and vile packages from a female who is obviously disguising her voice. Gaining comfort from the support of Rhoda and Rhoda's teenage daughter, Jade, Annette hopes that somehow the problem will go away. But when the threats extend to her little daughter, Annette realizes the situation is dire. And she's right, for soon her tormentor reveals exactly what she wants--and how it could destroy everything Annette has built...

Customer Reviews:

Not much to say.......2007-09-14

This book had a slow start but if you be patient it is worth it. I just couldn't believe that Annette allowed herself to be tricked by her. She allowed herself to be manipulated and deceived by one of what is supposed to be her closest friends. One thing I really disagree with is why did she allow half the stuff that happened with Jade happen. Why didn't she put that girl n her place a long time ago? Jade is a mess and Annette did nothing to help the girl at all. Maybe if she would have said something to the girl things wouldn't have gone as far as they did.

Ruined a good thing.......2007-09-08

This has to be the worst Mary Monroe book I have ever read. The first two books in this series were sad, funny, heartwarming and more importantly interesting. This book took three steps back and was just plain dumb. The whole premise for the book seemed like a weak attempt to keep Annette dsyfunctional.

What I couldn't believe is that any author would make her leading character so weak and pathetic. Between Jade's unbelievable attitude and Annette's blind eye to her behavior, I wished I could slap the both of them. Also, what women in her right mind would be so hateful to her husband after the man obviously didn't give her any signs that he was unfaithful. Especially, with the type of history those two had. Annette was so crazed and over the top it didn't care if she found out the truth or not.

With that being said, there were so funny parts as usual, which perhaps would make me check out another book in this series, but Ms. Monroe needs to really sit up to the plate if she excepts to continue to series.

Don't Trust Everyone.......2007-09-02

For some reason I knew that it was Rhonda's daughter, I don't know how I just did.

An engaging read...at least to begin with..........2007-08-27

I really enjoyed getting into this novel, at first, having not read any of Mary Monroe's work before. The narrator Annette is very engaging, until I got sick of how easily and persistently she is walked over by her so-called friends. I am giving this book 2 stars because although it was well-written the plot-line was as thin as Annette's hair! It was sooooooooo obvious that Jade was behind the campaign of harassment and when I got to the end and had this confirmed I just felt disgusted and let-down. And on the one hand we hear over and over again how marvellous Annette's marriage is, but she only confided in her husband at the very end, and it took very little for her to accuse him of infidelity. I just found this relationship dynamic implausible. In the end it put me off reading any more of Ms Monroe's work.

Terrible compared to the two prequel novels.......2007-08-17

Of the two prequel novels, this was by far the worst. The story line was too predictible and even a small child could figure out who the black mailer was long before it was revealed. Although i found this book to be awful, it is a must have if you read the previous two books and became hooked on Annete, Rhoda and the rest of the crew. The redeeming qulaity is that you get to see how their lives turned out and that you really do reap what you sow.

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