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7 reviews
Kate Clemens

Kensington, 2003

FUN! FUN! FUN!
This book was SO much fun to read! Though it's obviously designed for light reading, it's still tightly written. Clemens does a great job of bringing her characters--faults and all--to life. This would be a great must-see movie with tons of cameos by everyone's favorite stars. I would definitely recommend this book for a good chuckle. Besides, it's less than the price of a nice lunch, so ...

Breaking the Fever
Mary Mackey

Marsh Hawk Press, 2006

Fierce, compassionate, unflinching, beautifully crafted, and completely accessible, the fifty poems in Mary Mackey?s new collection Breaking the Fever combine intense lyricism with sharp insights. Mackey puts no limits on her subjects: everything from the mystical visions of a sick child to global warming interests her. Sometimes the poems are comic (as when a disillusioned Leda dishes the dirt on the great white swan who claimed to be Zeus); ...

My California: Journeys By Great Writers

7 reviews
Michael Chabon

Angel City Press, 2004

I loved this book (and I normally don't read short stories)
I loved this book too, as I see others have, and this prompted me to write a review. I have tried to give it as a gift whenever possible and will continue to do so, as I think it is a great idea to benefit CAC. I wish local bookstores would display it more prominently. I grew up in California but this book allowed me a personal look at histories from different corners of the state. Fascinating, ...

The Notorious Mrs. Winston

5 reviews
Mary Mackey

Berkley Trade, 2007

deep look at the Civil War
In February 1861, the Civil War is two months away when Claire still on her honeymoon with much older portrait photographer Henry Winston sees the "angel" for the first time. She cannot believe how wanton she must be to desire Henry's nephew John Taylor when she just married. She does not love her spouse having said I do for financial security during troubled times. Besides hiding her ...

The Year the Horses Came, the Horses At the Gate, the Fires of Spring (1st vol the year the horses came,2nd ...
mary mackey

onyx, 1995

all volumes in very good condition quick ships from so ca

The Fires Of Spring

2 reviews
Mary Mackey

AuthorHouse, 2004

I was captured by this depiction of prehistoric Europe!
The Fires of Spring was an incredible trip for my imagination. Sprinkled throughout are aspects of love, war and laughter. Marrah's story, which consisted of the first two books, has become the story of her daughter, Luma, and Keshna, the daughter of Arang and Hiknak. Keru, Luma's twin brother, has been captured (yet again) by the Hansi who desparately need a legitimate Great Chief. Keru is ...

The Year the Horses Came

14 reviews
Mary Mackey

AuthorHouse, 2004

Living in Partnership is Part of Human History
These novels are an excellent way to show a partnership oriented way of life as part of human history. For those who find historical accounts to cumbersome to read, Mackey provides a superb narrative and vision of a world more peaceful than ours. This is not a mere fantasy, but a reality for much of human history. In an entertaining way Mackey shows how life among the Mother people was peaceful ...

The Horses at the Gate: A Novel

3 reviews
Mary Mackey

AuthorHouse, 2004

A great sequel
Mary Mackey's follow up to "The Year the Horses Came" is just as good as its predecessor, maybe even better. Several great themes are explored in this work, including the quesiton of how the peaceful Motherpeople can defend themselves against the nomads without becoming like them. Throughout it all, there's Mackey's inspiring writing, suspence, drama and romance. After reading this and and ...