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A simply fantastic book. Takes place immediately after the events of the Eudonian incident (an episode I honestly don't remember) Senator Kinsley give Jack's ass to himself on a plater because although he may have stopped genocide a world away with the rise of a new Hitler and his quest for an Arian galaxy, he actually failed at the mission which was to friend the guy and get his tech. returnreturnin the aftermath Sg-1 is each sent on their own "mission" as a form of house arrest for Jack and vacations for the others. returnreturnThen Sam's dad, the To'kra Jacob, shows up with a plan to help reinforce his people and just happen to get Jack out of hot water in the process. returnreturnThe team is sent to a slave planet to try to find folks willing to leave the life of slavery in order to become a willing To'kra host, only to have the plan fall to pieces when a new system lord tries to start a battle.

un-be-lievable. This term can be good as in "this book was so good it was unbelievable" or it can be bad as in "this book was so unbelievable it wasn't very good" This is the later. I think good Sci-Fi needs to be believable. That's one of the reasons I think Stargate works, it creates an interesting story based on some off-the-wall ideas (namely ancient aliens and unaccountable military budgets).

This SG-1 story missed that mark. First off being book 9 in this "series" is really irrelevant it its reminded of how little the fandomonium series is a series right off the back by all of a sudden featuring Colnerl Mitchel and Vahlalla. But since everyone loves McGuyver General O'Neil comes along on the ride. returnreturnSpoiler AlertreturnreturnWith little explenation apparently T'ealc loves all things human science fiction, has seen Star Wars dozens of times and is a vested UFO-ologist. He knows every detail of the most likely stories of Roswell, because of course we go back in time to the incident. Oh but first we need to go to 1908 and have H.P. Lovecraft save SG-1, where do you think he came up with all those monsters? And in the end, the future version of General Carter is married to H.G. Wells. Its like a really off the wall fan fic somehow found a publisher.

Holt's first book Is primarily a collection of his notes from his early years at teaching, primarily at the Colorado Mountain School. A private school for rich "progressives."returnreturnThe copy I read was a later re-issue. It was certainly a different way of doing an updated revision. Normally when I read such its the exact same book with only a few paragraphs re-edited due to some new information, or updated references, since the original publishing. However This one kept the entire original in tact and the added additional commentary where the author had changed his mind since the original publishing, marked as such. I'm not clear if I really liked that or not, but it certainly made for a significantly longer book. returnreturnHolt argues that children fail because school is set up in a way that most kids are too afraid to actually learn. They need or want the right answer, but cramming for tests only ensures they don't actually know what they are being taught. returnreturnI lot of focus on math and the wildly disconnected "ideas" children have about it.

Although two decades old it is as if it was taken from today's headlines. returnreturnRacial Sobriety is written by a Catholic priest from Detroit who is of African American decent. It has a wonderful premise, take the 12 steps of AA and apply it to the problem of white supremacy, both for ourselves as individuals and our society as a whole. Once I saw it on the shelf of my church library I knew I had to read it, not only for myself but because I was sure my friend Mikester would love it. Mikester may or may not love it, I'm not sure, but I did not. I started reading it in January and even though it is less than 200 pages long, didn't finish it until August. returnreturnThe book talks about Recovery From Racism®. The fact someone bothered registering a trade mark for such must mean someone thinks they will make money off of it. Presumably Fr. Williams, but maybe its the publisher? (The institute for Recovery from Racism's website mentioned in the book, ifrfr.org goes to a not found result so whoever was trying to probably didn't make any money) That little circle R almost makes me want to vomit. We also don't travel through the whole twelve steps. I'm not really sure what the point was other to have a form of reference? returnreturnIt's not all bad, there are good points about how white supremacy effects all of us, even those who think they aren't racist. I did appreciate the use of the 20 year old term "heterosexualism" rather than the inaccurate current term "homophobia", though I suspect my friends would say I prefer the term because I am homophobic. I don't think I am but I digress.

This work was not good. Its description sound right up my ally. Science Fiction that takes place in a bar, fully of bad jokes and puns. returnreturnBut its not good. First off it wasn't actually written as a novel but a number of independent short stories intended for publication in bad 70s Sci-Fi magazines. Secondly the stories of time travelers and aliens and the like aren't told in a way to account adventure and explore possibilities of scientific theory in practical application, but instead focuses on feelings. returnreturnThere are more than enough feelings in the real life, I don't need this in my Sci-Fi. returnreturnDon't waste your time.

It sure wasn't what I expected. A little far fetched even for science fiction, but good just the same. Now turn into a whale so you can fly through space.

The audio quality of this "book on tape" was so poor that I couldn't listen to most of it. I tried so many methods.

I suppose I will need to find an actual book on Negro Leagues to get more info.

After reading this I am even further convienced that I am not sensitive. However, I had a better understanding of what an empath actually is. It is not NECESSARILY a bunch of tree-hugging-hippie crap, but some of it is, the idea that a black crystal held close to you will help you makes it so far out there that I really wanted to through out the baby with the bath water. returnreturnI hae had a number of relationships that have claimed to be empaths, including my wife. Based on Dr. Orioff's description I may well be an "energy vampire" making it even more struggling that I would be attracted to ladies like this. I know it is part of the whole opposites attract. I suspect that if Judith were our consular she would recommend we divorce. Luck for me my wife is even more committed to the sacrament of matrimony than I am. returnreturnThis book is certainly aimed at the sensitive. But there is some value in the loved one of HSPs reading this as well. It isn't easy reading, it is hard not to just dismiss Orioff as a whack-job, but ya do what ya can.

This book was pretty great. I hadn't picked up the DS9 relaunch series in over a year, and chapter 3 did a a great job of catching you up on what the heck has been happening and who all these people are. returnreturnMuch of the book is focused on the Breen and Starfleet Intelligence's investigation into them. A fascinating "species" that we didn't get nearly enough of on T.V. but that's a perfect reason to get this whole new perspective here. I really hope we get more Breen in the future. returnreturnBashir is re-united with the Jack Pack who convince him to help SFI because Sabrina is there. Hubb-hubba. returnreturnI don't give it 5 stars because I felt the sex scenes were unnecessary and Bashir killing people doesn't seem like a correct character. I'm pretty sure my teacher would have assumed I was making stuff up if I wrote a book report.