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Lothar Schreyer's dramas from the expressionist periodical "Der Sturm" are collected in this anthology, together with 12 previously unpublished earlier works and 11 later dramas. The full extent of Schreyer's development as a dramatist is shown from his use of derivative forms, including ancient myth, the Narcissus theme, naturalism and farce, through his experiments in expressionist language, to his later religious works. This collection, with its long introduction, should be a useful tool for researchers into early 20th-century German drama. ... Read more

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Following the Modernisation Plan of 1955 the process of replacing British Railways' steam locomotives with diesel and electric traction rapidly took off. It soon became evident that some classes of locomotives would be allocated to specific regions. Thus, from the late 1950s onwards, the Scottish Region became home to a number of diesel classes not usually seen elsewhere on the BR network. Some of these, such as the future Classes 26 and 27, were successful and long-lived; others, such as the Class 17 Claytons and the North British-built Class 21/29s, proved less successful and were consigned to the scrap yard soon after the steam locomotives they were designed to replace.Although best-known as a photographer of steam, the late W J V Anderson was also interested in diesel traction. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he continued to record the railway scene after the final demise of steam. In 2005, Ian Allan Publishing produced "Scottish Steam", compiled by Anderson's son Keith and his close friend Brian Stephenson. This book was very successful and was reprinted within months.In "Diesels in Scotland", Keith Anderson and Brian Stephenson have returned to W J V Anderson's superb archive to provide a pictorial record of the early years of diesel traction in Scotland. Including both mono and colour photography, this book represents a unique portrait of diesel traction in Scotland over some two decades. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dana Plato, Tony Hancock, Brian Keith, Mark Speight, Dave Garroway, Christine Chubbuck, Ray Combs, Steve Whatley, Jay Stewart, Nafisa Joseph, Diane Linkletter, Isobel Barnett, Ted Moult, Monica Rose, Annie St John, Alan Crofoot. Excerpt:Alan Crofoot as Mr Piper Alan Crofoot (1929 - March 5, 1979) was a Canadian opera tenor and actor who is best remembered as the host of Mr Piper , a children's TV series made in 1963. It was originally shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and also became well-known in the UK . Crofoot hosted the show dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. Crofoot was born in Toronto , Canada. He appeared in stage productions of musicals such as Man of La Mancha , in London's West End, and Oliver! on Broadway. He committed suicide in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 49. Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Annie St John (1954 - 1990) was a British television continuity announcer and presenter. St John joined HTV West in 1981 as an announcer and newsreader. Her popularity in the region was as such that viewers launched a Save Our Annie campaign when she left the station in 1983 to join Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle. During her time at Tyne Tees, St John continued to freelance for HTV West and also for London Weekend Television . She returned to HTV permanently in 1987. In addition to her announcing duties, St. John presented various regional programmes including a weekly What's On programme and the advice series Problems . By the late eighties, had become one of the main anchors of the nightly regional news programme, HTV News , alongside Bruce Hockin and Richard Wyatt. She also presented a request show for the independent local radio station Radio West (now known as GWR FM Bristol). Death In 1990, St John took a l... ... Read more

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Chapters: Mr. Cruel, Brian Keith Jones, Bruce Burrell, Valmae Beck, Barrie Watts. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Mr. Cruel" is the name given to an Australian murderer and rapist who attacked girls in suburban Melbourne in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His name was revealed in 2004 to be Christopher Francis Cefala. He was originally known as The Hampton Rapist, and was later given his infamous Mr. Cruel moniker by newspaper sub-editors. Melbourne Police believe that he is responsible for a series of child rapes and abductions dating back to 1985. Mr. Cruel is believed to have videotaped or perhaps taken still photographs of his attacks. Detectives believe that if he is still alive, he will have kept the tapes and/or photos and will still collect, and possibly swap, child pornography. They say he almost certainly continues to collect pornography through the internet and may communicate with children using chat lines. He plans his crimes - for example, in one case he abducted a girl and told her he would release her in exactly 50 hours, and indeed he did. He bathed his victims carefully, with one victim describing the act as "like a mother washing a baby", and wiped benchtops etc. for fingerprints. Shortly before releasing one victim, he thoroughly cleaned the bathroom and then lay down a sheet on the lino-covered floor to avoid leaving footprints. In one case, he took a second set of clothes from the girl's home to dress her before she was freed. In another, he dumped the girl in garbage bags so police could not test her original clothes. The modus operandi is so similar in these cases that police believe it is the same perpetrator. Two of his victims were able to provide police with details of the house where they were kept. Both were shac...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3053757 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hervé Villechaize, Doodles Weaver, Richard Brautigan, Del Shannon, George Reeves, Gary Webb, Brian Keith, Wally Wood, Karl Dane, William F. Knowland, Larry Walters, Iris Chang, Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance, Shauna Grant, Pedro Armendáriz, Ed Flanders, Larry Williams, Pete Duel, Richard Jeni, Brenda Benet, Barry Brown, Mary Kay Bergman, David Rappaport, Jay Stewart, Donnie Moore, David Begelman, Sándor Márai, Frank Rosolino, Savannah, Ross Alexander, Clyde Bruckman, Dillwyn Parrish, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Hugh O'connor, Rick Jason, Jeremy Williams, Glen Sherley, Donald Defreeze, Don Carpenter, Richard Quine, Tom Forman, Buron Fitts, Dennis Crosby, Megan Leigh, Frank Churchill, John Spence, Erin Fleming, Jennifer San Marco, Donald Cammell, Edgar Zilsel, Jon Hall, Jonathan Hale, Aleta Freel, Judd Holdren, Drake Sather, Todd Armstrong, Chet Chadbourne, Jeremy Applegate, Duke York, George Fiske, Ricky Berry, Damien Marchessault, Billy Papke, Jason Thirsk, Ricardo Alfonso Cerna, Don "Red" Barry, John O'brien, Stanley Adams, Kevin Flanagan, Paul Snider, Ralph Works, Derrick Plourde, Juliann Graham, Dick Wesson, Ann Richards, Nelson Mcdowell, Lynn Reynolds, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Hollister Noble, Bruce Sarver, Valerie Chacon, John Leech, Gian Ferri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 350. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 December 10, 2004) was a prize-winning American investigative journalist. Webb was best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" series of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly smuggled cocaine into the U.S. The smuggled cocaine was distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits f...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=872243 ... Read more

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Chapters: George R. R. Martin, Herman Kahn, Chuck Wepner, Barney Frank, Brian Keith, Jim Norton, Samuel Francis Du Pont, Tom De Haven, Frank Langella, Victor J. Stenger, Zakk Wylde, Gary Valentine Lachman, Teresa Demjanovich, Sandra Dee, Dick Savitt, Arnold Fishkind, Edythe Wright, Joe Borowski, Walter Olkewicz, Anthony Chiappone, James E. Thompson, May Mann Jennings, Vin Scelsa, Gene Olaff, Stephen R. Gregg, Adrienne Goodson, Kenny Britt, Corey Stokes, Neil Kaplan, Nicholas Oresko, Rick Gomez, Jammal Lord, Jack Nies, George Perle, Clem Burke, Cubby Bryant, Danan Hughes, Gregory Rago, Alan S. Kornacki, Sally O'Neil, James Urbaniak, Steven V. Roberts, Dennis P. Collins, Mike Campbell, Pieter Van Buskirk, Allan Benny, Walker Lee Ashley, Dick Brodowski, Molly O'Day, Elmer Chambers, Joya Sherrill, Joseph Lazarus, Mark Shera, Alexander Barkan, Jordan Alan, Robert Cheeks,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 244. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Barney Frank (born March 31, 1940) is the United States House Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1982, he won his first full term, and he has been re-elected ever since by wide margins; he is the longest serving House member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation. In 1987, he became the second openly gay member of the House of Representatives (the first being Gerry Studds) and is one of the most prominent LGBT politicians in the United States. Frank became the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in 2007 after the Democratic Party won a majority in the House. The committee oversees the entire financial services industry, which includes the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries. Frank was born Barnett Frank to a Jewish family in Bayonne,...http://booksllc.net/?id=5052153 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Brian Keith Clardy, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 430 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Fair review butnot in depth analysis of the root causes and problems
Good try by a Western writer but not as good as Dr. Joyce Pettigrew who has given a in-dept analysis of the causes and the problem of the Sikh nation's struggle for Independence.

Original topic, needs some morework
In this brilliantly conceived study the author tried to parse through Sikh history, memory and identity especially in relation to space and homeland.The view is towards examining the Sikh diaspora and its connection and use of pictures and imagined identitites to create the need for 'Khalistan' and the representation of Sikhs, from the last Sikh rulers to the tortured bodies fo Sikhs who were victims of the Indian police during the troubles in Punjab leading up to Operation Blue Star and desecration of the Golden Temple.

This is a very interesting and original book and that is why it deserves not only to be read but to be praised.However it lacks many things that although not pertinent to the subject could have been finally brought out here.THere does not exist one book in all the world in English that deals witht he millions of refugees caused by Pakistani ethnic cleansing in 1948, not one book on their fate and what that means to the Sikh nation, which was torn in half and had all its people cleansed and depopulated from Pakistan.

This is an understudied phenomenon, and becuase the Sikhs are not considered 'white' by the western-european world they get no attention the way the Palestinians do.However this book could have delved deeper into this important issue.

Seth J. Frantzman
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6-cassette tapes of world-class copywtiter Brian Keith Voiles. See my photos of the tapes titles. Seller: lifestyle192. ... Read more

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This comprehensive review covers both basic science and clinical topics in anaesthesiology. It includes 997 multiple choice questions to aid learning. The first section involves basic science topics including physics, respiratory physiology, pharmacology and biochemistry as well as a section on the anaesthesia equipment. The second section is comprised of clinically oriented questions related to all subspecialities of anaesthesia including obstetric, paediatric, neuroanaesthesia, cardiac anaesthesia and pain management. There is also a chapter devoted to blood products and transfusion medicine. The book is intended for students and for anaesthesiologists. ... Read more

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Same as old edition
The 4th edition is essentially the same as the old edition, which can be had at significantly cheaper rates.

Pros: Divided by subject to focus on particular areas. Index is helpful. Question format is a nice change from other review forms.

Cons: There are quite a few errors that detract from quickly going through subjects and make explanations confusing. Many of the questions are low yield, just fact associations for memorization, rather than clinical situations promoting critical thought in a multistep process (as the exam does). Also, many of the questions are just absurdly difficult with explanations that leave one scratching their head regarding if there is anything to be learned from it that can be applied to clinical practice(but this is not too dissimilar from the actual ITE/ABA exam as I recall). Online feature is ho-hum at best. Find another review book if you can.

Personally, I would not buy this version again. There are better options out there for review.

edition is old
I'm a little disappointed how old the edition is.Apparently in Oct. 2009 a new edition is coming out.The picture that is shown on Amazon is NOT for the old edition so it is misleading.If I had seen the picture of the book I actually received I would have realized it is an edition I had already used years and years ago.

Worth the money
This book does an excellent job of testing all relevant concepts.Some of the questions are artificially difficult and a little on the difficult side, but if you learn the answers your boards will be a success.I just finished the book for the second time and noticed a marked difference in my ability to remember the concepts that i had seen before.i definitely recommend this question book.

Awesome Review Book
It's just as good as learning from the authors in person.Comprehensive with nice discussion of answers, sectioned by system, and a good format to review topipcs.

2 Thumbs up
I had the pleasure of working with Brian Hall for a couple of years and he is a fantastic educator and is always quizzing himself and others to keep everybody sharp.I used this book for my written board review and found it to be very helpful.The residents nearly universally used this review at the Mayo Clinic and seemed to feel that it was of substantial help in their preparation. ... Read more

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10 CassettesVisit the magical animal world of Brian Jacques in this thrilling prequel to Redwall. Long before the abbey of Redwall is built, the land is known simply as Mossflower, a lush woodland and happy home to all. That is, until Tsarmina, a cruel wildcat queen who demands obedience and offers the castle's dungeon to those who defy her, comes along. Brian Jacques' tales of courageous heroes and deliciously hateful villains have captivated countless readers. ... Read more

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I like to read to get away from it all...
The Redwall and Mossflower Woods books are one of those rare series of books that will allow you to escape the daily grid and responsibilities. Each one I've read allowed me that bit of escape by taking me to a wonderfully crafted alternative world every bit as detailed and wonderful as Tolkien's Hobbit and Ring Series.Kids of all ages can enter this world. Enjoy.

Mossflower
Every once in awhile I like to give my brain a break from the "heavier" reading and pick up something that is just plain fun. It's the reason I read all the Harry Potter books and it was the reason I decided to pick up Mossflower, the second book in Brian Jacques Redwall series. The book is actually a prequel to Redwall where we met Mathias Mouse and learned of the legendary Martin the Warrior. In this installment, we are taken back to a time when Mossflower Woods and its Woodlander inhabitants are in great peril-they are ruled by a ruthless wildcat named Tsarmina-Queen of a Thousand Eyes and her minions. Tsarmina and her forces make life miserable for those living in Mossflower Woods and around the fortress of Kotir. Tsarmina will do anything to achieve her means-poisoning her father, throwing her own brother in the dungeon and waging all out warfare on the woodlanders.

The real trouble begins when the soldiers start to take all the food from the woodlanders leaving them nothing to survive on. The woodlanders flee and the Tsarmina and the soldiers wage war on them after realizing they cannot live without the labor of the woodlanders which provided them food. A young Martin the Warrior wanders into the territory by mistake and is captured by Tsarmina. While in the dungeon he meets Gonff the prince of mouse thieves who helps him escape. Martin vows to help the woodlanders defeat Tsarmina and her forces-even agreeing to go on a quest to Salamandastron Mountain to find the great Boar the Fighter who disappeared long ago and who appears to be the only hope of the Mossflower inhabitants. The plucky critters have many grand adventures along the way.

I cannot believe I enjoyed a book about talking animals so much, but then again I did like Watership Down when I read it in high school too. The books are slightly reminiscent of WD. I can't believe I never discovered this series growing up, especially since he started writing it in the mid-80's. The only thing I recommend if you are going to try out this series is you have to read it from the perspective of a 12 year old. What I mean is, a person around that age reads for the enjoyment of the story and doesn't notice when problems ties themselves up neatly each and every time or that there are so many characters that you have to keep reading the series to truly get to know each one better. If you go at it from an adult perspective these things may grate but these novels are meant to be read for fun and escapism and not analytically.

What I loved most was that even though the characters weren't well defined given that there was so much plot going on, they each had their own distinct personalities and there were several new characters to get to know as I suspect there will be in all subsequent installments. There is so much going on there is not a chance of getting bored. I can definitely see me sitting down and reading this series with my son in a couple of years.

Awesome read
My 11 year old can not get enough of the adventure and mythical creatures.He loves to read.

Classic collection for any child's library
Great books for gifts;there are 16 (17?) in the series.A must for a child's library. A grandson started out reading this series in the 5th grade, and at 16 is awaiting further additions for his permanent library. I have now begun the series for another, younger grandson.

Best book in the universe!
I have read many, many, great books. Mossflower would totally be at the top of the list! I started reading it, and I just couldn't put it down! The plot and characters draaw you in, until you fell like you are in Mossflower woods, helping Martin, young Dinny, and Gonff find Salamandstrom. This book is amazing, and I definitely reccomend it for ages 6 and up! ... Read more

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Presented on 9 audio cassettes. Unabridged. In a Medieval religious order of resourceful mice, the shy, awkward apprentice monk Brother Matthias does not seem like a hero. But ancient clues have clearly pointed to him as the chosen one who will find a magic sword and lead Redwall Abbey's defense against Cluny the Scourge. ... Read more

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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Mick Jagger, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Beggars Banquet, Bill Wyman, Sympathy for the Devil, Metamorphosis, Ron Wood, Their Satanic Majesties Request, December's Children, Out of Our Heads, Exile on Main St., Angie, Let It Bleed, Goats Head Soup, The Rolling Stones, Now!, Between the Buttons, The Rolling Stones No. 2, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Bridges to Babylon, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Sticky Fingers, A Bigger Bang, Aftermath, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Steel Wheels, Gimme Shelter, 12×5, Voodoo Lounge, Rarities 1971-2003, Emotional Rescue, Paint It, Black, Some Girls, Black and Blue, Shine a Light, Anita Pallenberg, Tell Me, Rock and Roll Circus, Tattoo You, Flowers, Love You Live, Stripped, Dirty Work, Flashpoint, Undercover, Now I've Got a Witness, Tumbling Dice, Altamont Free Concert, Dick Taylor, Start Me Up, Nanker Phelge, The Glimmer Twins,. Online finden Sie die kostenlose Aktualisierung der Bücher. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Rolling Stones sind eine 1962 gegründete englische Rockband. Die Band zählt zu den langlebigsten und kommerziell erfolgreichsten Gruppen in der Rockgeschichte. Ende Oktober 1961 trafen sich Mick Jagger und Keith Richards auf dem Bahnsteig in Dartford in der Grafschaft Kent. Jagger war auf dem Weg zur London School of Economics und wartete auf den Zug nach London. Richards wollte ebenfalls nach London, zum Sidcup Art College. Die beiden kannten sich aus früheren Schuljahren. Jagger trug Schallplatten von Chuck Berry und Muddy Waters unter dem Arm, und sie stellten fest, dass sie die Begeisterung für diese Künstler teilten. Sie verabredeten sich, um Musik zu hören und Rock 'n' Roll und Blues zu spielen. Mit ihrer er...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=103644 ... Read more

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Five CDs, 6 hrs.
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Everyone in Washington knows Madeleine and Jack Hunter. Maddy is an award-winning TV anchorwoman. Jack is the head of her network, an adviser to the President on media issues. To the world, theirs is a storybook marriage. Two brilliant careers. A long, loving partnership. But behind the locked doors of their lush Georgetown home, a very different story emerges. For as Maddy’s career soars, a bitter edge has crept into Jack’s words, a pattern of subtle put-downs, control, and jealousy that Maddy has always tried to ignore and deny. For Maddy, there are no bruises, no scars, only the daggers of fear, humiliation, and isolation. Their effect as powerful as the gun, the knife, or the fist, the wounds as deep. Through hard work, long years, and with Jack’s help, Maddy has become a role model and a star. It seems impossible to believe that a woman the nation idolizes lives in degradation and fear. Only Maddy knows the terror in her heart. Her secrets are well kept, sometimes even from herself.

Maddy’s journey to healing begins when the President’s wife offers an extraordinary opportunity, the chance to join her newly formed Commission on Violence Against Women. There, Maddy hears chilling stories from terrified wives and girlfriends that sound eerily familiar. And there she comes to know Bill Alexander, a distinguished scholar and diplomat who also works on the commission. Bill suspects that something is terribly wrong in Maddy’s marriage and begs her to open her eyes. And as Maddy slowly, painfully takes the first steps toward freedom, as she and Bill grow closer, a remarkable series of events begins to unfold...a stranger from Maddy’s past suddenly reappears...White House headlines bring the nation to a standstill...and a devastating tragedy occurs, forcing Maddy to realize just how much she has lost and how much has been taken from her—her confidence, her trust, her self-respect. As she is faced with the most difficult choice of her life, Maddy’s extraordinary journey comes to a close, and with it comes a strength she never knew she had and a gift she never could have expected—a gift that will change her life forever.

Set against a vivid backdrop of world-shattering events, Journey is a book about abuse, in its subtlest forms. The powerful effects that last a lifetime. With wisdom and compassion, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reminds us that no one is exempt from the effects of this devastating disease, which crosses social borders, has no respect for money, power, or success. But at its core, Journey is a book about hope, about change, and about daring to be free.Amazon.com Review
It's amazing to think that Journey is Danielle Steel's 50th novel. What's even more amazing is the high standard she has maintained throughout all her books: when an author is this prolific, there is usually a falling off in inspiration, but Steel seems able to add new elements to each book that keep the level of invention fresh. Journey uses elements familiar from earlier Steel bestsellers, but manages a totally novel spin on the private problems of a very public marriage.

Madeleine and Jack Hunter are one of Washington's glittering couples. Jack is the head of a TV network, while Maddy is an award-winning anchorwoman. All around, people regard them as a golden couple: he advising the president on media issues, she at the top of the tree in her profession. Needless to say, the relationship we are shown behind the closed doors of their lavish Georgetown home is far more troubled than the public could ever know. As Maddy enjoys more and more career success, Jack's resentment and desire for control grow daily, and her life becomes hell in this fracturing marriage. Steel manages, as always, to convey character in concise paragraphs:

The diamond studs and her eight-carat engagement ring were her prize possessions. Not bad for a kid from a trailer park in Chattanooga, she often admitted to him, and he called her "poor white trash" when he wanted to really tease her. It was obvious that he thought calling her that was funny...

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STEEL NEEDS TO CLEAN UP HER ACT
I enjoy Ms. Steel's books."Journey" was no exception.THe story moved at a fast pace, although a bit repetitious as is the Steel formula.Her research on the subject of battered women and the reasons they stay with their husbands was well done.She did her homework.

The story needs more character development and insights into the motivations behind these characters.For example, the character of Jack Hunter, Maddy's husband.....providing background on him and his childhood would make the reader understand his motivations and why he treats Maddy the way he does.

There are a lot of incidental characters in this novel that are just "fluff".

But the one thing that really annoys me about Ms. Steel and her formula is the vulgar, bad, obscene, language.Using explicit language does not add anything to the story.She could very easily write an engrossing story without including offensive languange.She is a filthy writer and needs to clean up her act in this aspect.

Other reviewers have already also mentioned that her poor grammar and her overuse of conjunctions and sentence fragments are a part of the "Steel formula".Does her publishing company not have an editor that can correct these problems because they detract from the flow of the book.

One other annoying thing.In all of her novels I find that her using the shortened names of the characters...for instance Maddy is called "Mad" is irritating as all get out.She does this in every novel.Its appropriate for some names but not for others.If I had a name like Madeleine or Maddy I certainly would not want anyone calling me "Mad".

I'm nitpicking here.Aside from these annoyances which are all part of the way Steel writes, the story is good, does not drag but I find that a lot of times, towards the end, she wraps everything up much too quickly.In this story, for example, I would have loved to have seen Maddy take Jack to court and give him his just desserts.The author was not successful in tying this up.Only a couple of paragraphs were devoted to this and it would have given the reader the satisfaction of knowing that she triumphed over him.I would have loved to have been told of his reaction when the courts cleaned him up and would have relished a final confrontation between the two of them showing her emerging as a strong woman and him a defeated man.

"Journey" a saving story for those in a emotionally abusive relationship
I have shared this book with several people who are currently going through an emotionally abusive relationship. It helps to know that they are not alone and what they are going through is actually abuse and control and there is hope for a way out.

Too repetitive, too long, --too bad.
Were do I start. This long 353 page book could have easily been 100 pages shorter. The highly charged subject matter of verbal and emotional abuse is very absorbing, but the author Danielle Steel, is continuously repeating herself over and over again. The main character Maddy Hunter is a very well known T.V. anchorwomen, married to her husband Jack, who is head of the TV network. Jack "rescued" Maddy from a previous abusive marriage and now jack is verbally abusing Maddy. The story seemed too "fake", too bad Danielle Steel's main character Maddy always seems to need the help of a man to get her out of bad situations. The unrealistic fairytale ending added to my dissapointment.

Beyond fiction
DS has churned out another predictable, improbable, formulaic story.Although she did credible job of trying to show the dymanics of abuse, her efforts were overshadowed by the unrealistic context.The entire adoption piece was ridiculous in every respectand was completely at odds with reality.Life is too short for such writing.

Journey
This was another very good book,I read it in three nights,I can't say enough about Danielle Steel's books,I just love them. Barbara ... Read more