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The variety of stories were interesting and entertaining.
The book was like picking up the readers digest.The stories are short enough that one can pick it up in a few spare minutes and enjoy an enteraining experience from a designated drivers life.It has been writtenin language that can be enjoyed by all ages and no one should findoffensive.The variety of stories ranged from commical, to bizzar, to sad. I feelmost people in todays society would be able relate to one or moreof the experiences of the designated driver and would find this bookenjoyable spare time or bedtime reading.

A humorous, entertaining, yet thought-provoking collection.
This collection of funny (mostly) and entertaining stories centered around driving drunks home from various bars is just plain fun to read. Mr. Lord's stories are of the type you would hear sitting next to him in a bar,sipping coffee and talking. From the story of riding a Harley home (withthe biker's "old lady" on the back) to the tale of the Chief'smysterious medical condition, the laughter keeps sneeking up on you.

Yet,each of the stories offers a snapshot of the human condition -- the type ofsnapshot that resurfaces, lingers, and helps us understand ourselves andeach other more fully.

Each story is short (six to ten pages),entertaining, and smoothly told. That makes this the perfect 10-15 minuteread just before bed. ... Read more

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"Sense and Sensibility" Meets Elizabeth Gaskells' "North and South"
Jane Austin's Sense and Sensibility provides a reference point for the way in which the protagonist, Anne Heriot, and her companion, Sarah Wheeler, approach matrimony and affairs of the heart. It isn't that Anne, a very wealthy independent textile heiress, is heartless or cold, but she refuses to be ruled by her emotions. It is time for her to marry, and in accordance with her late-father's wishes, she intends to marry into the peerage. With care she winnows drunkards, gamblers, and rakes from her list of prospects and comes up with three men who meet her requirements. She sets out over the course of the Little Season, and the Season to become acquainted with her prospects to make her final choice.

All three of her prospects are good men who have a great need for Anne's money, but as the story develops she learns that only one of the suitors is heart-whole. Though Anne chooses first with her head, she doesn't ignore her heart. She finally makes her choice with some reservations, and the dynamics between her and her new fiance are beautifully drawn.

The early days of Anne's betrothal to Jack Beldon, Viscount Aldborough (along with what has come before) ensures that their marriage will be a satisfying partnership of minds and hearts.

In a secondary plot, Sarah Wheeler gives us the Marianne Dashwood , or sensibility, approach to finding romantic fulfilment. Sarah is the granddaughter of a Viscount--much good it has done her! She is in her 30s and without financial resources. She has been close to Anne for years, first as her governess and later as a companion. She is as far above Anne, a Cit, on the social scale, as Anne is above her financially. Sarah finds herself approaching a crossroads. When Anne marries, Sarah will be looking for a new position. She never expects to marry as she has neither money, a social forum, nor connections. Then she meets and forms an attachment to an unlikely and unsuitable man, allowing her heart to rule her head as Marianne Dashwood did before her. ...Happily, with far less heartache.

This sequel to Red, Red Rose centers on a textile heiress, Anne Heriot, and the former Captain Jack Belden, Viscount Aldborough. Thinking back over this well-drawn, well-executed story, I was struck by the positive impact that Anne Heriot had on her world and the people she encountered. Sometimes her good deeds were lavish, and other times they were rather small, but she went through life quietly making it better for those whose lives she touched, from the "blind" veteran she saves from beggary, to the magnificent deed she does for one of her former suitors, to what she does (and plans to do) for the textile workers at one of her mills, she was making the world a better place. ...And she found the right man to partner with her to carry on the work.

An interesting exploration of some overlooked Regency themes
Although not as brilliant as Red Red Rose, nonetheless, Jack of Hearts merits 5 stars for me.Other reviewers seemed not to like it because of the fact that the themes this book explores are somewhat superficially divergent.Rather, I think, the themes run parallel and the author explores some interesting ideas and some not often used historical events.

This is the story of a younger son, Jack Belden, first met in Red Red Rose who, like many younger sons in those days had a choice of church or army and he found purpose and meaning in his life by choosing the army.Rather than a front line officer, he became, because of his Spanish heritage, a fighter behind the lines with the Spanish guerrilleros - unusual for a fictional regency hero.After the end of the war, Jack is at loose ends, and has recently inherited a title and a load of debts and responsibilities.He has always found it easy to charm women although there is nothing malicious in how he does it.

Anne Heriot is the daughter of a deceased mill owner, fabulously rich but commonsensical and down to earth.To fulfill her father's most passionate wishes, she seeks to buy a title for herself.Nothing unusual here - it happened frequently and still does in the British aristocracy!As she evaluates her options, she learns much about herself and grows into a likeable and loveable woman.

However, neither Jack nor Anne are what they seem.He is, in fact, quite a romantic and she, for all her apparent strength and common sense is painfully in need of love and reassurance.

The great merit in Marjorie Farrell's writing is that she allows us to get inside her characters' heads and, most especially, she is excellent at portraying her male characters realistically and believably.Her stories move at a somewhat stately pace but you realise, as you go along, that this allows her to develop the plot, the characters and their relationships in such a way that they are wholly credible and we feel we know them intimately.

Her characters, as always, are adults dealing with adult issues.Here we have the issue of the Combination Acts and the Luddites used to show the characters developing embryonic social consciences - hats off for this - it was well done.

It was good to see Val Aston, his wife and his father again.We see that they have become a happy family group and that they are able to offer Jack and Anne love and support in a wholly believable and realistic way.

I do admire this author.This was not a regency romp; it was not intended to be.Rather, I thought it was a serious novel dealing, again, with grown up issues by adult, well rounded and sympathetic characters.Well recommended!

About 200 pages too long
The blurb on the back cover sounded promising: a woman choosing a husband, and having to "settle" for her last choice, the "Jack of Hearts." If this were the entire plot of the book, it would be good, an amusing regency romp. But this book can't quite decide what it wants to be: Anne's quest for a husband, or a mystery about troubles at her mill, or the romance of Sarah and the head groom. Too much jumping around among plotlines, too many different points of view, characters whose behavior is erratic and inconsistent. The two main plots (husband-hunting and mill trouble) don't mesh well together; I get the feeling two separate and unrelated manuscripts got thrown together into the same book. The paragraph inside the back cover of the paperback says that Ms. Farrell wrote Regency romances before "turning her hand to historical fiction." It seems obvious that she is used to writing the shorter regency genre, as this book seems to amble along haphazardly. The bottom line is: more pages don't necessarily equal a better book.

Easy Reading
This book is sort of a sequal to "Red Red Rose", the story ofVal and Elspeth.I enjoyed this book more than "Red Red Rose". Jack is a dandy of a man and Annie is a very practical lass from Yorkshirewho thinks Jack is too much of a rake to marry.The fact that Annie keepscalling and thinking of Jack as a rake, when he clearly is not, wasannoying.Jack was not a rake, just very charming, and Annie's attitutetowards his charm was silly.I also wish the book had let us know if Valand Elspeth's baby was indeed a boy to be named after Charlie.Again, thebook was easy reading, not great, but enjoyable.

Jack of Hearts
I really enjoyed this book. Ann Heriot already has a fortune and now the only thing she needs is a title. She decides to go to london and get the social standing she wants. Unfortunately, Jake Belden is not what shewants. He does have title but he also has a rakish reputation. MajorieFarrell has done an excellenct job in creating great characters and a greatstory. ... Read more

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Jack Juniper is a pseudonym.With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf.

London : printed and sold by John Millan, 1736. [2],16,[2]p. ; 8° ... Read more

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LOVE LETTERS OF GREAT MEN (Volume 1) is an anthology of romantic love letters written by leading male historical figures. ***The book plays a key role in the plot of the US movie Sex and the City. *** When Carrie Bradshaw in the "Sex and the City" movie began reading the book Love Letters of Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book. Of course, what could be more romantic than an entire book of love letters, written by men! *** The book includes love letters written by Ludwig van Beethoven, Pietro Bembo, Napolean Bonaparte, Rupert Brooke, Robert Browning, Robert Burdette, Lord Byron, Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, John Constable, Cuff Cooper, Oliver Cromwell, Pierre Curie, Alfred de Musset, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lyman Hodge, Count Gabriel Honore de Mirbeau, Victor Hugo, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, John Keats, Henry IV of France, Henry VIII, Franz Liszt, Jack London, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thomas Otway, Robert Peary, Sir Walter Raleigh, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., John Ruskin, Robert Schumann, George Bernard Shaw, Richard Steele, Alfred de Musset, Dylan Thomas, Count Leo Tolstoy, Vincent Van Gogh, Voltaire, Henry von Kleist, and Woodrow Wilson. ... Read more

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Love Letter Template
I bought this book like many others who saw it in the "Sex in the City" movie. I like to write love notes to my wife and found this book to cover some more ideas and thoughts about topics of love that I had not yet thought. The writing style from the different eras is also interesting. I will be buying Love Letters Of Great Men - Vol. 2.

understanding the writer
I can understand the great men best through their art but to understand their art you need to know who inspired them.It is the secret to what they are saying. I found their actual words less moving than their artistic expressions.You know the artist through his work but the letters gave me a better understanding of him as a living ,bresthing human. ... Read more

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Ten Sermons by the Spirit-Filled Pastor of First Baptist Church, Hammond, Indiana ... Read more