PLAYBOY - BACK ISSUE - JUNE 1993 - ROSEANNE AND TOM ARNOLD

PLAYBOY - BACK ISSUE - JUNE 1993 - ROSEANNE AND TOM ARNOLD - ANNA NICOLE SMITH
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PLAYBOY - BACK ISSUE - JUNE 1993 - ROSEANNE AND TOM ARNOLD - ANNA NICOLE SMITH
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Manufacturer: PLAYBOY INTERNATIONAL
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: B000K9204K

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this is a 2nd hand PLAYBOY magazine JUNE 1993 -- this issue contains centerfold alesha m oreskovichfrom tampa florida -- an interview with roseanne and tom arnold -- 20 questions with rebecca de mornay -- pictorials on playboy drama eden - playmate of the year anna nicole smith - articles on marriage - gays in the military - flannel -- profile of hiroshi yamouchi

The Playmate Book: Six Decades Of Centerfolds

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Great for the collector
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All the Playmates in one book...
Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate
Excellent Collection of Five Decades of Beautiful Women

The Playmate Book: Six Decades Of Centerfolds
Gretchen Edgren
Manufacturer: Taschen
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3822848247

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Beloved Bunnies In celebration of Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary, TASCHEN brings you this ultimate Playboy Playmate tribute featuring each and every Playmate of the Month since issue number one. Beginning with Marilyn Monroe herself and including such favorites as Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Jenny McCarthy, this chronological look at the history of Playboy centerfolds includes photos of the Playmates as well as updated personal information about their lives to this day - just enough to spark your memory or pique your interest and surely leaving you yearning for more...

Hugh Marston Hefner was born in Chicago on April 9, 1926. The first issue of Playboy magazine, featuring the now-famous calendar photo of Marilyn Monroe, was produced in 1953 on a card table in his South Side apartment. Playboy grew at a phenomenal rate and by the end of the decade, the magazine was selling more than a million copies a month. At the start of the Sixties, Hef began to live out the "Good Life" depicted in the pages of his publication. He hosted a popular syndicated television show called Playboy's Penthouse, purchased the Playboy Mansion, and opened the first Playboy Club on the Near North Side of Chicago. Throughout the Sixties, Hef and Playboy became what Chicago columnist Bob Greene has called "a force of nature." Hef wrote an extended series of editorials titled "The Playboy Philosophy," championing the rights of the individual and challenging the country's heritage of puritan repression. By 1971, when Playboy Enterprises went public, the magazine was selling 7 million copies a month and there were 23 Playboy Clubs, resorts, hotels and casinos with more than 900,000 members worldwide. Hef established a second residence in Los Angeles, which quickly became known as Playboy Mansion West, and in 1975 decided to settle there permanently. In 1980, Hef championed the reconstruction of the Hollywood sign (then in serious disrepair) and was honored with a star on the Hollywood walk of fame for his efforts.

Since the mid-Eighties, daughter Christie Hefner has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Playboy Enterprises, but Hef continues to serve as the magazine's editor-in-chief.

Customer Reviews:

Great for the collector.......2007-01-10

This book is the definitive collection of all the Playmates since the very begining. For the collector, or even the fan, of all things Playboy this serves as a great guide to all the beautiful women who have graced the pages of the magazine. Not only are the photos stunning, but the short-but-sweet stories of where they are now and what they've been doing since appearing make for enjoyable reading. I've had the pleasure of meeting many of the ladies and getting this book autographed is like getting your yearbook signed...by all beautiful women.

One caveat though: if you've got the previous edition (the 40th) you'll find the only change is the addition of the last ten years of Playmates.

Very Good Book.......2006-11-06

very well shot pictures&tastefully done. Playboy has always had Beautiful Women pose as Centerfolds&this Book does a very Good Job of capturing the best shots. I've always been a fan of Playboy.

All the Playmates in one book..........2006-10-15

This book starts out with pictures of Marilyn Monroe. Every playmate of the month from the fifties to Miss December 2004, have a small paragraph about where they are now or how they got into Playboy. The pictures are beautiful and tasteful.

Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate.......2004-09-29

THE PLAYMATE BOOK is a tastefully presented heavyweight coffee-table edition book which showcases every woman who appeared in PLAYBOY between 1954 (Marilyn Monroe) and 1996 (Victoria Silvstedt). The photographic quality is superb. The history of the magazine is well-documented. The book does skimp on many of the capsule biographies of the 512 beautiful women who grace these pages. The Playmates of the Year, perennial favorites such as Bettie Page and Pamela Anderson, famous Playmates such as Stella Stevens, and Playmates who met infamous ends (Jayne Mansfield, Claudia Jennings and Dorothy Stratten come to mind), are given far more coverage than the average, perhaps fairly so.

THE PLAYMATE BOOK brings humanity to these otherwise often anonymous pin-up girls, many of whom suffered social ostracism (particularly in the early days of the magazine) for daring to bare all, and shows the Playboy Playmates to be an eclectic and interesting group of women with widely divergent lifestyles. Some of their stories are wonderful, some are tragic, some involve jets, yachts and 'beautiful people' while others involve kids and picket fences. There is no one 'definitive' Playmate.

The book's greatest failing is its inability to bring it all together. More than just a "family album" THE PLAYMATE BOOK should be a social history of women over four decades, but sadly does not editorialize even briefly on "what it all means." It's a bad oversight on the part of the editors, and takes away from the finished product.

It's fun to see the evolution of the Centerfold over time, the changing styles, the increasing daring. It's also fun to find your favorite Playmate(s) and discover what she is/was doing (circa 1997). Hopefully, PLAYBOY will update this book periodically, and add new Playmates as they appear.

Excellent Collection of Five Decades of Beautiful Women.......2001-11-25

Finding your dad's stash of "Playboy" magazines is one of the rites of adolescence. Here you find 'em all! Actually, it's just one photograph of each woman who was a Playmate between the first issue and the year this book was published. This is a good collection of photographs of beautiful women. Looking at these pictures, you see why "Playboy" really is a magazine that's done in good taste. The women are presented as examples of beauty, and the brief history that accompanies each woman tells you what they've been up to since. Most of these women explain how "Playboy" changed their lives for the better. And you'll also discover how many famous women have appeared as Playmates, including Janice Pennington, Jenny McCarthy, and Pam Anderson. Keep in mind, though, that the "Playboy" lifestyle isn't for everyone, and this may not be the perfect gift for everyone.

Whoops! But It Wasn't Me (Charlie and Lola)

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bright and funny - but excellent for kids
The cutest kids ever!
children just love Charlei and Lola
Every child can relate
Whoops! But it wasn't Me (Charlie and Lola)

Whoops! But It Wasn't Me (Charlie and Lola)
Lauren Child
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
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ASIN: 0448444135

Book Description

Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

Customer Reviews:

bright and funny - but excellent for kids .......2007-09-29

My kids love these books, which is a great selling point, I love these books which is great if you have to read them all the time, but even better, they have a great message which is told in a fun way. If you have sibling children who are fighting over the same stuff, or interfering with one another's toys and games, this is a wonderful book with a message.

Lola, who is ever such a little bit, not quite naughty is the little sister of Charlie. Charlie helps look after her, but sometimes it is not that easy becasue she is very small and very funny. Charlie makes a rocket using recycled junk, and wins a prize at school. He asks Lola not to play with it. However Lola waits until charlie is gone out and starts playing with her imaginery friend, Soren Lorensen. Soren suggests that they use the rocket to play with the elephant and two hyenas (who has hyenas in their games!!!!!!) The rocket breaks and when Charlie gets back Lola is left to explain what has happened to the rocket. It is very funny watching Lola talk to Soren Lorensen and finding new excuses, you can really hear the child's voice. In the end Lola is forced to fess up and everything is fixed up and ok.

I love Charlie and Lola Books, and also Lauren's other books on Clarice Bean (gorgeous!)The illustrations are amazing, a mixture of appealing child like art and collage. There are some great interlinking pictures with the text for early readers too.

A wonderful series and great on DVD too.

The cutest kids ever!.......2007-08-25

My granddaughters in Australia are keen fans of the Charlie and Lola books. In their case life imitates art since they have a big brother who's just as nurturing as Charlie is!

In fact I first heard this book read to the girls by their teen-aged brother, and the experience brought a smile to my face.

Lola's impulse control is not great, and in WHOOPS! BUT IT WASN'T ME she again tries Charlie's patience -- this time by breaking his handmade, prize-winning rocket. But the details of the story aren't so important as the gentle example for little ones. Kids see that Lola is loved no matter how outrageous she is, and Charlie models patience, negotiation and resourcefulness. Nice lessons slipped in with a fun story.

Lauren Child's sweet stories and delightful illustrations charm children and adults alike. This is my favorite (so far) of the Charlie and Lola books.

children just love Charlei and Lola.......2007-05-13

I purchased the book "Whoop!But It Wasn't Me(Charlie & Lola)" for my neice who is 21/2 years old & who absolutley love Charlie and Lola. On receipt of this book she would not put it down and even took a nap with the book. The only down side if you want to call it that is she wants me to read it every day 2-3 times a day.

Every child can relate.......2007-03-09

Charlie and his little sister Lola share another totally believable story with us, excellent illustrations, nice blend of images. Dialog accurately reflects young children's speech and draws them into listening as they enjoy the pictures.

Whoops! But it wasn't Me (Charlie and Lola).......2007-02-08

I love all of the Charlie and Lola books! My son was not interested in any characters (in television or books) until he saw these. Now every night he has to have Charlie and Lola books read to him. All he wants to watch are his Charlie and Lola DVDs. Not only do these books have creative artistry, they teach morals and responsibility. I recommend this series to everyone.

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glad to see it
Basic vocabulary
Again again again!
A book about imagination and true friendship! A fun book for young kids!
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The Horse in Harry's Room (Level 1)

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ASIN: 0064440737
Release Date: 2002-01-22

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Harry keeps a horse in his room. A trusty horse only he can see. But then his parents take him to the country to see "real" horses. Horses that are free to run, kick, and nibble. Now Harry must decide: Does his horse need to be free, too?

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glad to see it.......2006-12-22

I'm glad to see this book is still in print. I don't have anything to add to other reviewers' details about it. I enjoyed it many years ago with my own children. I certainly recommend it.

Basic vocabulary.......2006-12-21

This book is very helpful for beginning readers. Most of the words are on the Dolch sight word list of words which should be recognized instantly in order for reading to flow smoothly. The quiet nature of the story makes it appropriate for a bedtime story or for developing reading skills.

Again again again!.......2006-11-12

Timeless story, heartwarming message, beautiful pictures - yeah, it's a bit outdated (Little Harry wearing his little tie while playing with his little blocks), but my 5-year-old loves it and reads it again and again and again...

A book about imagination and true friendship! A fun book for young kids!.......2006-09-29

I remember reading this book to my children a few years ago. It's a fun, imaginative book. The sparse illustrations are perfect for the tone of this book.

Harry is such a cute, lovable little character. You will fall in love with him and his horse. Highly recommended.

Also recommended: Willow King, Moon Shadow, The Toonies Invade Silicon Valley, Cowboy Ned and Andy

Easy Reader .......2006-01-15

My granddaughter learning to read loved this book. She's a horse lover, and has imaginary friends, so putting the two together was fun for her. She read it with help from me for only one word, horse. The rest she knew. I'm always looking for books for her to read.

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How far will Spenser go to help somebody?
When the Day is Done and The Game is Won. Is The Playmate There for Dinner and Rum?
A surprise, in several ways
Lost in illiteracy
A welcome breather after CRIMSON JOY

Playmates
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Spenser smells corruption in a college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. All manner of sleaze -- from corrupt academics to hoods with graduate degrees -- have their fingers in the pot.

Spenser's search takes him from lecture halls to blue collar bars and finally into a bloody confrontation with almost certain death. But Spenser saves an arrogant young athlete -- even though it nearly kills him to do it.

"Spenser is a tough as they come and spiked with a touch of real class." (Kirkus Reviews)

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How far will Spenser go to help somebody?.......2007-07-12

When Spenser is hired to investigate allegations of point shaving by members of the Taft university basketball team, he quickly realizes there is much more to this than meets the eye. With the help of several friends and contacts, he finds that point shaving is, in fact, occurring and tracks down the source to the best player on the team - Dwayne Woodcock. However, Dwayne refuses to acknowledge this, or the fact (as Spenser soon learns) that he cannot read. Spenser, being a sucker for hard-luck cases, despite the fact, as he says, that Dwayne is "arrogant, but he's surly," decides that he wants to help Dwayne and at the same time track down whoever is holding Dwayne's strings and clip them off.

As usual, this means Spenser ticks off a lot of people and has a couple attempts on his life, thwarted, as usual, with the assistance of Hawk.

I enjoyed this book - not only was it an interesting look into the lives of basketball players and the pressures that university professors may face to make sure they can remain on the team, but also the 80s in general. The description of the clothing and hair was so typical of what I remember that I laughed out loud at several points in the book just from remembering how ridiculous we all used to look.

Definitely don't miss this, especially if you're a fan of Robert Parker and/or Spenser.

When the Day is Done and The Game is Won. Is The Playmate There for Dinner and Rum?.......2007-03-23

The sass quotient went off the charts in the opening of PLAYMATES, as Spenser lunched in luxury with a big shot trustee on the board of Taft University, then faced off with the cool cats at the college newspaper office (giving a classic line for the heart of journalism), then connected with the hot shot coach of the basketball team, which was allegedly shaving points somewhere in the ranks. Each time Spenser met a new person or persons I smirked in anticipation of how they'd respond to him and how he'd prod tender spots. Of course, whenever Spenser met someone worthy of him I all but leaped out of my chair and clicked my heels.

The return to the university scene reflected back to some of the themes and setting auras in THE GODWULF MANUSCRIPT, the pilot to the Spenser series. Parker's writing style seemed to take a reminiscent walk in PLAYMETES, as he described physical scenes with the crisp depth and detail of his first few novels which opened the series in the seventies. In a sense, PLAYMATES seemed to be a pleasant pivotal point for the trilogy of Spenser, Parker, and his readers, as many of the prior ingredients-with-pull in books 1 - 15 were surged and stirred into this pot of philosophical, literary gold.

I see why/how C. MCCALLISTER was able to write his exquisite review from the reading perspective he described. It would be worth your while to read that review; and while I'm at it maybe I should mention that quite a following of perceptive reviewers have faithfully tracked this series with pens prosing in posh syntax style. Read `em and weep if you don't have a private collection of each of the 34-and-counting books in this series.

When I ordered PLAYMATES from Amazon, for some reason, I was more curious than normal about the title, how it would fit into the plot. I was still wondering about the title, after having read to the last page of this novel's ingeniously unusual type of impossible solutions and resolutions, which went on to become one of the signatures of Parker's denouement genius. MCCALLISTER described this signature precisely, in a succinct sentence or two, though he didn't call it a signature, since PLAYMATES was the first novel he had read in this series, which gave his reluctant capture even more weight in the astuteness category .

With a bit of contemplation after completing the last page of PLAYMATES with a smile, I could see who the pair of playmates were, and why Parker's use of that word would capture anyone with a sensitive soul protected by a gruff, sassy, or classic exterior. After having read the first 16 Spenser novels now, with a peppering of some of the later books into the mix, I was reminded pleasantly why I continue to crave Spenser's sass and genuine class, starting from the first few paragraphs I read in one of the later books in this series. If you want to know which one that was, which caused me to pause within THE ACCIDENTAL READER clause and cause, feel free to read my reviews from the base of my Listmania, which lists all books in the series and indicates which ones over which I've blathered.

I contemplated closing this review by listing the ingredients (from previous plots) which I noted above as having been surged and stirred into PLAYMATES. Then I thought, "Maybe not. Better to let that list become bait for further study of this series, including a soul dip into its prime review collection." You might slip on a hint of allergy remains here and there, but let the "faithful" leading the show pull you out.

Of course, in addition to Amazon's Customer Reviewers, some of the best big name journalists also pose posh and perceptive on Spenser, who seems to bring out the sass and spark in a massive collection of readers.

Live long and well, Parker. When you leave, your trail will endear and endure,
Linda Shelnutt

A surprise, in several ways.......2005-12-28

This is a "Spenser: For Hire" novel, featuring the "hard-boiled" but strangely likable private detective, Spenser, and his friend/associate/enforcer, Hawk. Spenser is hired by the head of the trustees of a university, to investigate rumors that the school's basketball team is involved in a point-shaving scheme. Spenser digs like a badger, uncovers a hornets' nest, and, with Hawk's help, tries to find a good way for the whole mess to turn out good for the good guys, while the really bad guys pay, and the on-the-edge characters learn a lesson or two.

I did not expect to like this book. Why?
1. I am not a big fan of the genre.
2. I have never read a Spenser novel before.
3. When the TV series was on, I did not dislike it, but I had no interest in it, either.
4. College basketball is a sport I neither like nor dislike.

But, the book came to me, and my father liked it, so I read it. In two days. The book is very well-written, fast-paced, action-packed, and replete with three-dimensional, realistic characters. Mr. Parker occasionally overdoes the detail of what people are wearing, or the decor of a building, but it does not bog down the story.

I would never have purchased this book, but it came my way, in a rather unusual way, and it will contain on an unusual adventure. It was donated to the children's mental health clinic where I work, with the idea that I would sell it, with the proceeds to go to a camp fund for our clients. But, the Used price on Amazon is too low, so the book will move on -- to the troops in Iraq, through a small book-drive run by one of my colleagues.

Overall, this is a very good detective story.

Lost in illiteracy.......2004-09-26

Actually, I found Spenser's portrayal of this college students illiteracy rather compelling. Especially his understanding that alot of the blame for illiteracy is to laid at the student's door. They know they have a problem, but do nothing to seek help and correct the problem. I find it strange that Spenser will decide on whether or not a damsel in distress is worth the effort based on her appearance. Well, actually all men do that, but I thought Parker was trying to create an extraordinary man in Spenser, not someone totally run of the mill.

A welcome breather after CRIMSON JOY.......2003-01-31

This is a bit of a relief after the very intense predecesser. Here, you're dealing primarily with point shaving in college basketball, not with serial murderers.

However, as usual in a Spenser novel, there's more here than just the primary plot. There's insight into racial relations, a theme that Parker explores deeper in the later PASTIME. There's also the very human theme concerning dealing with a person who's abilities you admire, but who is an insufferable so-and-so.

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Imogene Yeck, former gang member and current fairy butt-kicker, is the cool "blue girl" at the center of Charles de Lint's latest urban fantasy novel. Seventeen-year-old Imogene jumps at the chance to lose her bad girl reputation when her family moves to a new town. She purposely lays low at Redding High, only making friends with Maxine, a shy, studious girl who is Imogene's opposite in every way. Despite a few run-ins with the ruling football jock and his cheerleader girlfriend, Imogene keeps her temper in check and even lends some of her bravado to Maxine, who begins to come out of her straight-A shell. Things are going well for the new friends--until the day Imogene meets Adrian, the benign ghost of a boy who died in the school's parking lot. Adrian and Imogene's unusual connection attracts the unwelcome attention of Redding High's resident Little People, or fairies. Affronted by streetwise Imogene's lack of belief in them, the fairies set into motion a malevolent prank that will not only turn Imogene completely blue from head to toe, but pit her, Adrian and Maxine against some of the most frightening beings of the Otherworld--the soul-sucking Anamithims. de Lint's Blue Girl reads like a really well-executed episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer--smart and thought provoking, without taking itself too seriously. Although the action builds slowly, the final scene, involving a bucket of blue paint, a knife fight, and green monster blood, is absolutely worth it. Buffy fans who enjoy meeting Imogene and Co. will also want to check out Holly Black's dark fairy tale, Tithe, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman's modern ghost story, A Stir of Bones --Jennifer Hubert

Book Description

Seventeen-year-old Imogene's rebellious nature has caused her more harm than good—so when her family moves to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself. She won't lose her punk/thrift-shop look, but she'll try to avoid the gangs, work a little harder at school, and maybe even stay out of trouble for a change. But trouble shows up anyway. Imogene quickly catches the eye of Redding High's bullies, as well as the school's resident teenage ghost. Then she gets on the wrong side of a gang of malicious fairies. When her old imaginary childhood friend, Pelly, actually manifests, Imogene realizes that the impossible is all too real. And it's dangerous. If she wants to survive high school—not to mention stay alive—she has to fall back on the skills she picked up in her hometown, running with a gang. Even with her new friend Maxine and some unexpected allies by her side, will she be able to make it?

Customer Reviews:

great characters, too weird of a plot for me.......2007-09-23

Ok, firstly, I'm so into the gang related activities concerning the main character and love the layout for Imogene and everything about the plot, All except the totally queer use of "fantasy" in the plot. I know de Lint is a fantasy writer and all, but it'd have made the book a perfection if he only made one exception. Not wanting to come across as a silly little girl, but the truth is the fantasy part was just a bit lame. I guess the author could have made it come out better if he used something different, but this was just a junky science fictitious work, if I say so on the fantasy part. Besides that little complaint, twas one *fantastic* read.

The Blue Girl.......2007-09-14

"I have been enjoying some of the books I missed when I was a young adult, as they had not been written yet. This is a great one. I would recommend it to anyone old or young. The only difference is the amount of certain sorts of behavior they will or won't allow in Young Adult books. They don't affect the story line at all. A great read!"

Fantastic.......2007-08-20

Being the huge fan of de Lint as I am, I came into this book fully expecting to be wowed. Disappointed I was not. Although stunningly original and awe-inspiringly creative, I find a touch of humanity in his work, which comes out particuluarly well in Blue Girl. Such skill is to be commended, and applauded. So here's my standing ovation to Mr. de Lint and his yet again, outstanding work.

Has some setbacks, but is still cool.......2007-05-22

Anyone who has ever seen a John Hughes movie will instantly recognize many of the cliched characters in this book: There's Imogene, the tattooed, vintage clothing clad, tough-as-nails main character who is shunned by the popular kids (and likes it that way) and her new best friend Maxine, the shy, mousy intellectual who is constantly getting picked on (not only by the other kids, but also by her tyrannical mother, who still picks out her clothes for her). As soon as these two hook up, they are instantly targetted by the snobby, bleach blond captain of the cheerleading squad and her musclebound, meathead star quarterback boyfriend (the typical nemesis from pretty much every teen movie/book ever made) for no other reason than simply being different.

*yawn*

Sounds pretty boring, right? Well, that is where the similarity between this book and your typical teen fare ends. With the reemergence of Imogene's formerly imaginary friend Pelly, the discovery of a nerdy ghost and a group of feral, school-dwelling brownies with a seriously nasty streak, and the unwanted attention of some soul-sucking spirits as old as time, this story turns the entire teen genre on its head and proves itself to be a truly hypnotic read.

I do however, have a couple of complaints. First and foremost: The dialogue. Alot of the language wasn't very realistic coming from teenage mouths. I mean, teenagers in this day and age don't make paltry threats such as, "I'll squash you like the weird little bug that you are." If this were a real teenager, he or she would be turning the air blue with obscenities. Secondly: The final showdown against the anamithin was a bit, how shall I put this? Simplistic. Without giving too much away, the method with which Imogene used to dispatch this menace seemed a rather obvious tactic. So obvious in fact, it amazes me that these creatures were so feared for so long, and that noone managed to figure out how to stop them before. So yeah, the climax was a bit underwhelming.

Other than that though, this was a really good read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves urban fantasy/elfpunk as much as I do.

The Blue Girl.......2007-03-11

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I know it's marketed as teen fiction, but the characters are rich enough to engage adults as well. It has creepy moments, magical moments, and mundane moments, each in just the right proportion. Wonderful read.

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Sunshine Lights the Heart
Extreamely vibrant drawings
beautiful
The best children's book ever!!!
Beautiful, Beautiful Book

When the Sun Rose
Barbara Helen Berger
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Binding: Paperback

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Sunshine Lights the Heart.......2007-08-21

Some children's books should be reprinted.
Like The Great Blueness by A. Lobel. Like this one.
(The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments)

This is an excellent example of a simple child's story that would be worth campaigning to see put back on shelves.
I'm a bit busy but taking a little break to look it over and re-read....assembling the books for my first units of study in first grade. My year about to start again. This year I'm leading with units related to weather and to friendship. This rather nicely fits in both as a story in my "imagination" box.

If I can talk a bit backwards through this piece of writing. First good children's picture books should have good pictures. It's awfully frustrating to explain but many kids books contain adult paintings that miss the mark or work done by artists trained in very limited graphic assault styles that are wrenchingly lively and kind of like cuddling hammers. I'm way open in images but pictures, as my teachers used to say, for these books should be more clever or more readable and intelligent than the text. At least conveying in meaning something with as much engagement. and one would hope not trivializing or "talking down" to the visual vocabulary of the child.

This book by way of that "sorry for it" negator comment just made has a warmth, a kind of coherence in the art pieces. A feel of an artist over something churned out for sales. A little world has been created, rather sunny and idealized as indeed this is an "idealization piece' and needs to be instructed as that....as a way to understand that...used observing that ideal making process and with children talking about that process.
How is that achieved visually, what tells you this, what are the features and the artistic manners of this.? What 'could' happen in this kind of process? how might someone feel that isn't like this girl, who is different or awkward, how could we gently change the story then? How are the symbols manipulated to achieve this?

Children are struggling between many kinds of understandings, drawing out constructs from actually looking at something like this is fascinating. It is literally about drawing a symbolic representation. The circle and smiley face sun so often invades the work of my 1st grade..., the blond happy girl, these things that become our "constructs" our symbolic truths are well worth looking at within this text. In my art teaching we look very hard at these things not to negate so much as to examine possibilities and choices. Limits and ways to look "again".

It is as well done as it could be this book, to create the kind of symbols my 2nd language kids will be encountering. Ideas of perfection...of , well fairy tale idealized concepts are here. I raise this because to some extent I use pieces like this to talk about symbol systems, art systems in cultures. To look comparatively. Even very young.. I respect the content, but we do look.

It is so charming that as any child engages the art, having watched my students over time do so, it seems to have the kind of visual ability to calm and lighten for a child.
And that interests me as well. Listening to their "thoughts" about it also interesting. One child once told me that his grandmom ate rose petals after reading. And another saying that the girls were processes. Actually the girl as princess motif goes through the text. And you find that in many stories. I see it even written on the bottoms of their shorts as "Little Princess" walks in and sits down on a pair of pants behinds. So it is talking about women, roles, ways we are conveying to children our Meta views. It is a book I talked to my daughter about a very long time when she was young. About how I saw her.

It has a world outside of 'this world' frame.
A perfect world.

A notion of mine is that we must be biologically predisposed to that kind of image. It comes up through the ages as the Heaven or the Garden, the Eden. When The Sun Rose is as obviously related to this idealized Garden notion as one can get. Not every book does this, no one would want that, but this book, this book does do that. It has a visual competence and illustrative quality that places it above other choices for that. It's beautiful. It is as beauty can be, an idealization. And so I respond to it in large measure as I was conditioned to respond.
And I like to look at that instructionally as I can.

That kind of counts for me as I am an artist, teacher and mom. And someone trying to look.

My daughter years ago loved the story. This is a story ultimately a of perfect friendship , in a perfect world, and the kind of relationship a person might have with the natural world then. I think the world revolves around them then.

I thought of it connected to the adult work, The Spell of the SensuousThe Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, just now. I would need to step back and think why. Perhaps because I was able through my daughter to look upon the work with a child's eyes. New, a bit outside my limitations. I could understand her look at this fictional place as it sat on paper and spoke to her as a place to enter......as so free of anything but happiness. Abram's book addresses looking through perspectives. I think this fits.Somehow.
She read When The Sun Rose at three, at a time her metaphor making and her conclusions from her experiences and those she encountered in language were a very mutable and tangible reality. I will always love recalling how she raised her face to rain touching her cheeks, so viscerally for me connecting to deciding if this was pain/pleasure as she thought about was it...was it hurting or how it felt and was cataloging and in this moment. Children remind me everyday of those kinds of process. As they are able to be in a "this". Both works are concerned with our perceptions of natural phenomena. One from a closed system, the other from an open one.

In When the Sun Rose a child entertains daily her friend carried to her by this beautiful lion drawn carriage. She has a wonderful day and asks the lion to return. The children get very engaged as they love play and love the way this is repeated and patterned in the story. My children liked to repeat pleasurable experiences. Golden times of joy found in play.

What we know of learning and children convinces me that this story manages to connect to the "truth " of this play experience for a child. As the story shows them sharing blueberries and cream and takes metaphorical language like the rising sun (as a rose-sun rose) these kinds of language pieces as art pieces, as indeed the sun becomes such a construct, it works for me within the classroom as places to talk about language construction. Beginning talk.

I take time to read this from many perspectives. It hearkens things like the lion as sun and other connections that the children will find within the literature and culture. If you moved directly into the Narnia series you would be within the same fictional realms.I like to stop and ask....how is this like a real world(list) , how is it different(list), how do you know?

I like to look at this book within my weather unit for a variety of reasons. When the Sun Rose is a kind of example where we see our myth and our tales taking us out of what we have "learned" through science. Or rather the kinds of constructions where our observation...it looks like the sun rises needs to meet with more information. Rather like a person stating flatly as I did earlier. " I looked at the picture, I just don't like it." Gut stuff.
Bucky Fuller so great here on teaching to unteach and his feeling this might not be so positive instructing things we know are not what is true. I recall learning all my chemistry this way as "shell theory' as my teacher said, "one day you'll be ready to learn how this really works". Much of education at present appears to be this. Learn to unlearn. We might better teach to integrate newer dynamics. Or as Doug suggests. Teach complexities, uncertainty and evolving of idea.

I do try to open a process where at least we lay the possibility of holding these layered things within our mind. In fact the book does allow the child to conclude the carriage is the sun coming and rising each day and connecting this to the joy of knowing friendship as this warmth. Given what revolves around what fuller preferred a spaceship Earth construct.

I like to take that, which I do value, and with children put on our other "hats' and look as a scientist might,as Fuller might, as Bootsie Barker (no friend to anyone) as a boy might-his a fairly feminine traditional tale, as a feminist might, as a child from another culture might, and fortunately i teach from other cultural perspectives....looking at retells and ways that we might own the story from different perspective. This allows me, I think, as a teacher to use a piece in a way that is expanding. As really I am teaching multiple perspectives. One thing I do want to validate in a classroom might be the value gained in stepping inside another perspective.

One year after a kind of process like this, and I did have a class that was looking at things very much as little investigators, they re-wrote it having the earth turning. In their re construction which I did nudge a bit a child ventures out into an active world each day making discoveries and finding things within their world, taking on that kind of stance, and bringing to others a golden kind of offer of friendship. It became actually connected to the notions of Random Acts of Love. Going into day as light yourself.

I found that an interesting two world views meeting.

Of late I am thinking that love, and this is a story of love, is an offering construct. An inner one with exterior features, a complex system for understanding.
My child read this story and as I write awaits anxiously and happily a visit from a many year friend that lives in Temecula coming and making her way to college in Santa Barbara. A nicer, more beaming sun of a person never was. Stacy was for Syl really this idealized story and they filled their time together younger happily and joyfully. I suppose that is a distortion of the reality of the two girls, but it is how they look at one another. We value these kinds of realizations as fundamental, our friends define us and are times when the rotation of things shifts. They validate, verify, support and help us to live in complicated universes and with awarenesses of uncertainty and help us to share joy. At times we distort who they are,we fit them to needs. At times they distort us. But in the enduring through time of our caring a great many important things get integrated and understood. It matters.
In childhood as in adult hood the play and shared experiences define friendship as a place of learning much about self and others.
This book then a piece towards those notions.On one end of a spectrum of talking about it with a possibility of allowing us to unravel much meaning.

I know that waking to the thought of a friend caring and being like a light in a life means far more than words can ever filter. And the possibility of being light even more.

Extreamely vibrant drawings.......2006-11-07

I was drawn to this book while listing it. I agree with all the comments, the book has some of the most stunning, vibrant drawings I've seen. A true treasure and a wonderfull gift for a child or child like person.

beautiful.......2004-02-28

The beautiful illustrations of this book tell half the story and really sets a fanciful, yet peaceful mood. I bought this book for my daughters as a Summer Solstice gift because of the sunrise/sunset imagery wonderfully depicted in vibrant colored roses.

The best children's book ever!!!.......2003-05-20

"When the Sun Rose" was my favorite book when I was a little girl. My favorite thing about the book was the beautiful pictures. Everyone should own a copy!!

Beautiful, Beautiful Book.......2002-11-20

Another wonderful book by the author of "Grandfather Twilight" (MY all time favorite). I really love her work. So simple, so beautiful, and it entrances children from the get go.

My 7 year old has both books memorized, and we take turns reading or reciting it (if the lights are already off!) to her 2 year old sister!

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Leave it to Caldecott-winning illustrator Eric Rohmann to exactly capture the touching, transporting beauty of a girl hugging a fish. In fact, Rohmann may have some practice at it, having arranged a repeat performance of sorts with Asha here (the fishy friend in Clara and Asha), so similar is she to her smiling piscine counterpart in 1997's wonderfully dreamy Cinder-Eyed Cats.

To call Asha a "flying" fish would be a misnomer--Asha properly floats, as she does from the beginning of this book when she drifts in through the bedroom window of Clara, a pony-tailed girl who can't bring herself to fall asleep. ("'Clara! Time for bed,' my mom calls. But I'm not sleepy, so I open my window...and wait for Asha.") Rohmann's sweeping, lyrical, painterly style here--much more similar to Cats and Prairie Train than to My Friend Rabbit--provides a perfect backdrop for Clara and Asha's frolics. As with the huge fish in Cinder-Eyed Cats, imaginary-friend Asha seems to be brought to life from a child's longing alone (in this case, coaxed out of the statuary of a park fountain), so she;s more than happy to play tag, take baths, have tea parties, and even help Clara with her Halloween costume (as, naturally, a fisherman).

The last half of this bedtime picture-book follows Clara and Asha across several sleepy, wordless, panoramic spreads, as the duo navigates (and swoops, and somersaults) by starlight across the night sky. This graceful drop in tempo should soothe even the most hyper victim of a tucking-in--which is more than can be said for poor Clara, who receives yet another imaginary-animal visitor just as Asha excuses herself. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes

Book Description

In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit-a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities for adventure. With oil paintings that playfully suggest stories within stories and convey great emotional range, this is a captivating book about the special world of a child's imagination--where a giant fish might come to visit, and the things you do and the things you fell with an imaginary friend are intensely real.

Customer Reviews:

Wicked awesome book.......2007-01-20

book was in perfect condition and didn't take too long on shipping.

One of the Best Children's Books I've read this year!.......2006-09-14

Amazing, amazing illustrations. Simple yet intriguing writing. Clara and her imaginary friend, Asha, tell a story most kids know and live in their minds. The flow of the pictures, characters and words allow one to delve into the mind of a child and relax to their thoughts. This book made me want to buy it for all the kids I know and read it to them together to watch their expressions as the pages turn.

A Flying Fish Only Rohmann Could Paint .......2006-07-18

While it doesn't have that wondrous vintage animation look that highlighted his Caldecott Medal winning "My Friend Rabbit," Eric Rohmann has another winner in always the classic motif of a girl and her fish. That's part of the fun here, we can imagine a girl or boy and his dog, or horse, or even pet rabbit--but a fish? With the exception of "Finding Nemo," "Mr. Limpet," and a few other famous fictional fish (and the former are both movies), the finned set is hardly the stuff of which dreams are made of. Yet, that's exactly what Rohmann does, and his enormous talent as storyteller and illustrator makes this seem almost as familiar and stories featuring animals that are more typical.

Rohmann pulls off this by setting his fish tale within a standard kids' book formula: The youngster who has fantastic dreams about some object encountered while awake, often a toy. Even within this context, Rohmann shows his originality, for the referent is not some household plaything, but the fish that form the base of a fountain seen by the young girl at the park.

The next problem with fish is that some people think they're slimy, ugly creatures akin to other people's image of snakes. So...how do you make a fish look loveable? Rohmann's oil paintings are uncluttered, fresh, and surprisingly light for their medium. The fish's big eyes and friendly face, it's very buoyancy, make it seem like a Macy's Parade float or a giant kite, rather than some dark, ugly-mouthed lunker bottom-feeding in some briny seawater. The fish actually looks huggable, and so when the little girl hugs her imagined fish, it looks real and seems--well, warm and cute. Rohmann also draws his well-known panoramas, including one where the giant (but floaty-friendly) fish takes her on a ride through the skies, planting her safely back to the bed from which she dreamed him. The dream device, by the way, is done in a subtle that permits a toddler audience to suspect that the gentle adventure might be more than "only a dream."

As with "My Friend Rabbit," Rohmann the storyteller provides a little twist at the story's conclusion: When a big alligator shows up next at the girl's window, the most watchful of readers/listeners may remember seeing a toy alligator several pages earlier. Another simple yet imaginative outing from Rohmann.

Wonderful bed time book with enchanting pictures.......2006-06-05

My 18 month old daughter asks for this book every night. The pictures are absoultely delightful.

My personal favorite pictures are the dreamy imagines of a little girl and her imaginary friend floating on bubbles in the sky.

It is a book that I love reading over and over again. It is enchanting.

Fishy dreams.......2006-05-13

I have trouble catching enough Zzzz's most nights, because it's prime time for my imagination. With the lights out and the house quiet, I'm free to let my overactive mind roam, even as my body begs for deeper rest.

I have an ally in Clara, a restless tyke who can't will herself to sleep, even as an off-stage mother insists it's bedtime in this lush, dreamy story of what happens after the lights go on in a little girl's head.

A fish named Asha comes to life after the two meet "in the park" where Asha's really a fountain statue. True to a child's outsized creativity, the pretend Asha is larger than life and swims through the air, frolicking with Clara in the tub or in the snow and on many other outings.

On this night, they sail across a night sky together in wordless, panoramic spreads painted in sleepy midnight hues. A hush falls over my little one too as the pair soars across the starry pages before Clara settles into bed, only to be kept awake by another potential buddy. I can almost feel his pulse slowing as the story drifts to its close.

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Imagine....A Friend
Jessica
So realistic!
My Daughter's Favorite Book
Making friends is easier than it looks!

Jessica

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Much to her parents' chagrin, 5-year-old Ruthie has a devoted invisible friend named Jessica. When Ruthie accidentally spills juice, Jessica gladly takes the blame. When Ruthie's parents plan to hire a baby sitter and go to a movie, Jessica gets a tummy ache and needs them to stay home. "There is no Jessica," her parents keep insisting. "But Ruthie knew there was," the author keeps repeating. Kevin Henkes's Popsicle-colored watercolors and detailed pen-and-ink drawings invite us into Ruthie and Jessica's fantasy world. Through his handwritten cartoon dialogue, we are privy to their tender conversations and confidences. When it's time to start kindergarten, Ruthie's father suggests that Jessica stay home. But of course Ruthie brings Jessica anyway. On that fateful day we discover what Ruthie knew all along--there really is a Jessica! Children who believe in imaginary playmates will find their soul mate in Ruthie. And parents who fret over the isolation of an absorbing imaginary life will find comfort in the story's happy ending. All families will appreciate the twists of fate that allow a child's fantasy world to joyfully overlap into the real one. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, IRA/CBC Children's Choice, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. (Ages 3 and older) --Gail Hudson

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"There is no Jessica," said Ruthie's parents. But of course there was. She ate with Ruthie, played with Ruthie, and was sorry when Ruthie was bad. Nobody could see Jessica -- except Ruthie. When it came time for Ruthie to go to school, Jessica went with her. Her parents hoped Ruthie would find a friend at school who would replace Jessica. They were in for a (happy) surprise!

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Imagine....A Friend.......2007-05-30

Imagine...A friend
Ruthie the main character is such a sweetie little person who invents a friend. (My Sophie at two to five or six did the same and once I bought this so excited for her but as much as I thought she'd love it, it rather worked on her defenses. She pretended she could not hear it over the reading of her other friends. Her sister found it enlightening. Sophie's imagination extended this eventually into a whole class of beings. I still recall her first love from that set of imaginary beings. By the time she got to school our coping with these friends wore me out. Try putting ten imaginary kids in a 7 person van and getting a table that size at Chucky Cheeses. Try ordering drinks for people not all of whom want to talk to tell you what kind because some are "shy" or so Sophia said. Try getting presents for their imaginary birthdays when they are actually gone for the day to the Carribean-leaving right before you finish icing the cupcakes. You kind of had to be there. I did indulge it, it seemed to me she needed it. Her imaginary friends were real to Sophia and the go rounds with her Dad over this subject that's something I'll never miss. So she wasn't interested in discussing it further....they lasted until...who knows...are they gone now? I don't ask at 16.)

This wonderful, wonderful story was actually a rather perfect fit for my children and our experiences of childhood. Henkes certainly gets kidhood. Ruthie doesn't have dog, cat, sis, bro...but she has Jessica. Ruthie has company with her "friend" in all sorts of ways. And the cool thing is here she shares her feelings, they feel the same way..simpatico. Sad, glad, mad, exactly the same. No need to worry if you mess up, this friend did just the same thing. I extrapolate with my students that both happiness and misery loves company.

On a brilliant pastel turquoise page Ruthie's parents interject from reality "there is no Jessica" ...and despite overwhelming blueness it appears Ruthie is not buying into that.

School starts and low and behold here is someone for Ruthie to integrate into her understandings, a "Jessica" she can hear, touch, talk to, someone who extends their self to her and lifts her into the world of really relating. I suppose a person, one she can interact with and count on. She makes an extraordinarily coincidental friend. Because her name is Jessica.

Or else....she just knew ahead of the game what was going to happen.

I can never really resolve my feelings about this because to some extent I have been in Ruthie's shoes enough times to know sometimes your projections do present themselves and offer a hand, or whatever.... And it is quite complicated and amazingly simple. All at once. But I do know at some point sometimes just being too alone compels one into some very interesting parallel universes. And sometimes they do collide.

Jessica.......2007-05-14

I bought this book for my niece and she loved it!. It is great for new readers.I will be buying more of his books in the future.

So realistic!.......2004-09-15

This book hits home as a Kindergarten teacher. The words are so true to life and it can really relate to a child who may be going through the same things that Rutie is going through. I love this book!

My Daughter's Favorite Book.......1999-12-09

An elementary school teacher gave me this book at my baby shower. She told me that her students loved "Jessica," and that my daughter would, too. Time has proven her correct. Recently, my daughter, who is now two and a half years old, asked that I read her the book. "Jessica" has quickly become her favorite book. The story is about five-year-old Ruthie. Ruthie doesn't have a brother, a sister, a cat, or a dog but she has an imaginary friend, Jessica, "who is even better." Although Ruthie's parents tell her that "There is no Jessica," Ruthie knows that there is. The book describes all of the activities that Ruthie and Jessica do together and concludes with Ruthie's discovery of a "real" Jessica when Ruthie begins kindergarten. My daughter loves this book and can recite it word for word. Children quickly become familiar with the story because key words and phrases are repeated throughout the book. More importantly, the book talks about activities and fears that all young children have and accurately depicts a child's hesitation to voice his or her fears. For example, when Ruthie's parents want to go to a movie, "Jessica," not Ruthie, gets a stomach ache and wants them to stay home. This is a terrific book.

Making friends is easier than it looks!.......1999-12-02

I just read this book a few minutes ago. it's about a little girl named Ruthie who has an imaginary friend named Jessica. They do everything together! From reading books, to playing with blocks. They are the best of friends. Ruthie's parents try to get her to believe that Jessica isn't real, but Ruthie won't listen to them. On the first day of kindergarden, Jessica goes along with Ruthie. But, Ruthie makes a new friend, whose name also happens to be Jessica and they become really good friends. I think that if you know of a child who has an imaginary friend, then they should deffinately read this book, or you could read it to them!

$Unzipped: Tantalizing\His Every Fantasy\Playmates (Harlequin Romance)$
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Fun and Sexy
Fast read
Three great authors=three great stories
Excellent summer reading
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Lori Foster , Janelle Denison , and Crystal Green
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Fun and Sexy.......2007-03-20

I enjoyed this book. No need to summarize the stories since many have already. I'm more of a mystery/thriller reader but this book gave me a taste of three fun and sexy stories.

Fast read.......2005-09-28

I just finished this book today. I thought the first two stories were great, I think the third lacked something. The couple in the 2nd story that had been friends for so long and for her to come to him and ask of him what she did just blew me away.
Josie and Nick just warmed my heart all over.
All in all, I would recommed this book.

Three great authors=three great stories.......2005-08-15

Tantalizing/Lori Foster
Josie Jackson's sister arranges a blind date for her with Bob Morrison. Both dreaded the blind date; he expected a stuffy, matronly prude while Josie assumed that Bob would be another boring, nerdy man just as all of her sister's other fix-ups had been. Josie decides to scare off her geeky match with a red-hot outfit, hair and make up, never dreaming that her date would be a gorgeous specimen of a man capable of showing her just how sensuous she is. The only problem is that Bob isn't Bob at all; he's Bob's business partner Nick Harris. Nick agreed to stand in for Bob because Bob is crazy about Josie's sister, Susan and doesn't want to date anyone else. Nick allows Josie to believe that he is Bob, thinking that he would continue to see her just a while longer, and then he was unwilling to stop the exquisite pleasure he has found in helping Josie lose her inhibitions. But when pleasure turns into something much deeper and Nick still hasn't told Josie the truth, he fears what her reaction will be at being deceived.
Lori Foster has once again given her readers a lighthearted, sexy story with more of the adorable characters that she is known for.

His Every Fantasy/Janelle Denison
Leah Burton wants to know how to please a man before she marries her fiance, seeing how he doesn't warm her up in the same way as Jace Rutledge, her older brother's best friend. When Leah tells Jace that she needs a favor of him, he never dreams that her request would involve tutoring her in sensual pleasure. When he hesitates and she suggests that perhaps she should look elsewhere for instruction, he finds that he cannot stand the thought of her being intimate with anyone but him. After sharing every intimacy imaginable, Jace simply cannot let Leah go and he sets out to convince her that his feelings are true, but he isn't sure if she shares those feelings.
This is a very steamy story that romance lovers will love.

Playmates/Crystal Green
Sean McIntyre and Fiona Cruz handle public relations/marketing management for two of the hottest actors, and are working hard at keeping the peace between their respective clients, they work brilliantly together in front of the camera but behind it seem capable of murdering each other. Keeping their hands to themselves proved to be just as difficult for Sean and Fiona. They thought that they could play the game without falling in love, but it begins to look like that will be harder than either anticipates.

Crystal Green has written an incredibly sensual story with characters that are very much in touch with their sensual selves.

Excellent summer reading.......2005-08-12

This book was an excellent set of stories to add a little spice to your summer. These stories were just the right length to read in the air or on the beach. As always, Lori Foster was excellent.

BUYERS BEWARE.......2005-08-07

All three stories were steamy! Not a bad book if you like HOT READS! Lori Foster and Janelle Denison are two of the best romance authors out there. But, If you are buying this book because you can't get enough of Lori Foster, BEWARE. The story "TANTALIZING" was released by Harlequin in 2004 in a book called "Lip Service" and is now being rereleased in this book. So, if you're buying this book hoping to find another one of Lori Foster's hard to find stories, you will be disappointed.

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