CD 1-If You Need Me 2-Rockin' Years 3-Country Road 4-Silver And Gold 5-Eagle When She Flies 6-Best Woman Wins 7-What A Heartache 8-Runaway Feelin' 9-Dreams Do...... more

CD 1-If You Need Me 2-Rockin' Years 3-Country Road 4-Silver And Gold 5-Eagle When She Flies 6-Best Woman Wins 7-What A Heartache 8-Runaway Feelin' 9-Dreams Do Come True 10-Family 11-Wildest Dreams CD 1-Full Circle 2-Romeo 3-(You Got Me Over) A Heartache Tonight 4-What Will Baby Be 5-More Where That Came From 6-Put A Little Love In Your Heart 7-Why Can't We 8-I'll Make Your Bed 9-Whenever Forever Comes 10-Cross My Heart 11-Slow Dancing With The Moon 12-High And Mighty CD 1-Time For Me To Play 2-Yellow Roses 3-Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That 4-Slow Healing Heart 5-What Is It My Love 6-White Limozeen 7-Wait 'til I Get You Home 8-Take Me Back To The Country 9-The Moon, The Stars, And Me 10-He's Alive (2008/SONY) 33 tracks - Softpack

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"Juno" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun" It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers...... more

"Juno" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun" It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she's pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know. Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn old cook, and Esteban, the mysterious young man who cares for the horses, she begins to open her eyes, and her heart, to the beauty that is all around her, and inside her. Kenzie realizes she has some serious choices to make--choices about life, love, and home. Lyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, "Small Damages" is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.

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* The Groove Line - Heatwave * Disco Inferno - The Trammps * Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston * Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Taylor Dayne *...... more

* The Groove Line - Heatwave * Disco Inferno - The Trammps * Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston * Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Taylor Dayne * Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas * Boogie Nights - Heatwave * Celebration - Kool and The Gang 4:38 * Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor * Rock Your Baby -George McCrae * The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Love Machine - The Miracles * I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor * You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) / Dance (Disco Heat) - Thelma Houston * Use It Up And Wear It Out - Odyssey * Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale * More, More, More (Diamond) - Andrea True * Let The Music Play - Shannon * G.T.O. - Sinitta * I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn * Ring My Bell - Anita Ward * Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc * Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne * You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive * Midnight Love Affair - Carol Douglas * I Was Made For Dancin' - Leif Garrett * Get Ready - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Motownphilly - The Trammps * Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles * Going Back To My Roots - Odyssey * Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Rose Royce * Car Wash - Rose Royce * Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey * Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient * If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Ain't Nobody - Chaka Kahn

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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CD-1:1-Wings In The Morning 2-Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There) 3-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home ) 4-He's Alive (Album Version) 5-I've Got...... more

CD-1:1-Wings In The Morning 2-Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There) 3-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home ) 4-He's Alive (Album Version) 5-I've Got Jesus In My Soul Start 6-When He Comes (Album Version) 7-I Was There When It Happened 8-I'm A Newborn Man 9-Strange Things Happening Everyday (Album Ve.. 10-Children Go Where I Send Thee (Album Version) 11-I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal 12-Lay Me Down In Dixie 13-Don't Take Everybody To Be Friend 14-You'll Get Yours And I'll Get Mine 15-Oh Come, Angel Band (Album Version) 16-This Train Is Bound For Glory 17-I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way 18-What On Earth (Will You Do For Heaven's Sake) 19-That's Enough 20-The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All (Album Versio 21-Didin't It Rain 22-He Touched Me 23-Way Worn Traveler 24-I'll Have a New Life 25-Truth CD-2:1-Back In The Fold 2-Look Unto The East 3-I Was There When It Happened 4-Sanctified 5-Would You Recognize Jesus 6-That's Just Like Jesus 7-What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake) 8-Keep Me From Blowing Away 9-Don't Give Up On Me 10-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home) 11-Waiting On The Far Side Banks Of Jordan 12-Our Little Old Home Town 13-Belshazzar 14-My Children Walk In Truth 15-The Old Rugged Cross 16-One Of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down And T... 17-God Ain't No Stained Glass Window 18-Half A Mile A Day 19-Another Wide River To Cross 20-You're Drifting Away 21-Believe In Him 22-Over There 23-Gospel Road 24-What Is Man 25-Wildwood In The Pines 26-Never Grow Old (2012/COLUMBIA) 51 tracks 1975-82 (15 prev. unreleased) with 24 page booklet.

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* The Groove Line - Heatwave * Disco Inferno - The Trammps * Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston * Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Taylor Dayne *...... more

* The Groove Line - Heatwave * Disco Inferno - The Trammps * Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston * Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Taylor Dayne * Doctor's Orders - Carol Douglas * Boogie Nights - Heatwave * Celebration - Kool and The Gang 4:38 * Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor * Rock Your Baby -George McCrae * The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Love Machine - The Miracles * I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor * You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) / Dance (Disco Heat) - Thelma Houston * Use It Up And Wear It Out - Odyssey * Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale * More, More, More (Diamond) - Andrea True * Let The Music Play - Shannon * G.T.O. - Sinitta * I Feel For You - Chaka Kahn * Ring My Bell - Anita Ward * Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc * Ain't No Stopping Us Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne * You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive * Midnight Love Affair - Carol Douglas * I Was Made For Dancin' - Leif Garrett * Get Ready - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Motownphilly - The Trammps * Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles * Going Back To My Roots - Odyssey * Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Rose Royce * Car Wash - Rose Royce * Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey * Everybody Plays The Fool - Main Ingredient * If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes * Ain't Nobody - Chaka Kahn

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CD 1-If You Need Me 2-Rockin' Years 3-Country Road 4-Silver And Gold 5-Eagle When She Flies 6-Best Woman Wins 7-What A Heartache 8-Runaway Feelin' 9-Dreams Do...... more

CD 1-If You Need Me 2-Rockin' Years 3-Country Road 4-Silver And Gold 5-Eagle When She Flies 6-Best Woman Wins 7-What A Heartache 8-Runaway Feelin' 9-Dreams Do Come True 10-Family 11-Wildest Dreams CD 1-Full Circle 2-Romeo 3-(You Got Me Over) A Heartache Tonight 4-What Will Baby Be 5-More Where That Came From 6-Put A Little Love In Your Heart 7-Why Can't We 8-I'll Make Your Bed 9-Whenever Forever Comes 10-Cross My Heart 11-Slow Dancing With The Moon 12-High And Mighty CD 1-Time For Me To Play 2-Yellow Roses 3-Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That 4-Slow Healing Heart 5-What Is It My Love 6-White Limozeen 7-Wait 'til I Get You Home 8-Take Me Back To The Country 9-The Moon, The Stars, And Me 10-He's Alive (2008/SONY) 33 tracks - Softpack

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"Juno" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun" It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers...... more

"Juno" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun" It's senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she discovers she's pregnant. Her determination to keep her baby is something her boyfriend and mother do not understand. So she is sent to Spain, where she will live out her pregnancy, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple. No one will ever know. Alone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. But as she gets to know Estela, the stubborn old cook, and Esteban, the mysterious young man who cares for the horses, she begins to open her eyes, and her heart, to the beauty that is all around her, and inside her. Kenzie realizes she has some serious choices to make--choices about life, love, and home. Lyrically told in a way that makes the heat, the colors, and the smells of Spain feel alive, "Small Damages" is a feast for the heart and the soul, and a coming-of-age novel not easily forgotten.

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Karaoke disc format: CDG Tracks on disc 1: 1) American Pie - Don McLean 2) Don't stop me now - Queen 3) I will survive - Gloria Gaynor 4) Down down - Status...... more

Karaoke disc format: CDG Tracks on disc 1: 1) American Pie - Don McLean 2) Don't stop me now - Queen 3) I will survive - Gloria Gaynor 4) Down down - Status Quo 5) Bye bye baby - The Bay City Rollers 6) Get it on - T. Rex 7) Gonna make you a star - David Essex 8) Hot stuff - Donna Summer 9) Hotel California - The Eagles 10) Let's stick together - Bryan Ferry 11) Love really hurts without you - Billy Ocean 12) Maggie May - Rod Stewart 13) All right now - Free 14) Blockbuster - Sweet 15) Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) - Edison Lighthouse 16) Brown sugar - The Rolling Stones 17) Living next door to Alice - Smokie Disc 2: 1) Candle in the wind - Elton John 2) My coo-ca-choo - Alvin Stardust 3) Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep - Middle Of The Road 4) Cum on feel the noize - Slade 5) Dancing Queen - Abba 6) Don't go breaking my heart - Elton John And Kiki Dee 7) I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats 8) Save your kisses for me - Brotherhood Of Man 8) I love to love (but my baby loves to dance) - Tina Charles 9) Make me smile (come up and see me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel 10) I want you back - The Jackson Five 11) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 12) Kissin' in the back row of the movies - The Drifters 13) Knock three times - Dawn 14) You to me are everything - The Real Thing 15) Kung Fu fighting - Carl Douglas Disc 3: 1) Mamma mia - Abba 2) When will I see you again - The Three Degrees 3) Stayin' alive - The Bee Gees 4) Puppy love - Donny Osmond 5) Stuck in the middle with you - Stealers Wheel 6) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 7) Is this the way to Amarillo - Tony Christie 8) Tiger feet - Mud 9) Summer nights - Grease 10) Waterloo - Abba 11) Top of the World - The Carpenters 12) Sugar baby love - The Rubettes 13) Wig wam bam - Sweet 14) You sexy thing - Hot Chocolate 15) Under the moon of love - Showaddywaddy 16) You're the one that I want - Grease 17) Young hearts run free - Candi Staton

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Book Description: "The characters are memorable, the suspense is visceral and the swashbuckling set pieces are as compelling and well described as the quieter...... more

Book Description: "The characters are memorable, the suspense is visceral and the swashbuckling set pieces are as compelling and well described as the quieter moments of inner conflict and moral dilemma." (Publishers Weekly) --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.Set in 1790, A Cruel Harvest tells the epic tale of Orlaith and Brannon, young lovers whose futures are jeopardized when Moorish pirates raid their Irish fishing village. Orlaith and her infant son manage to escape the savage attack, but Brannon is captured. Thrown into the hold of the pirates ship, the young farmer is spirited away to the harsh confines of North Africa. There he is sold into slavery and forced to serve in the army of the sadistic Sultan of Morocco. Back in Ireland, a heartbroken Orlaith faces certain ruin unless she agrees to marry wealthy landowner Randall Whitely. But Whitely is a cruel man, and life with him quickly becomes a waking nightmare. Though separated by thousands of miles, Orlaith and Brannon draw on their great love to challenge the oppression of the tyrants keeping them apart. Stretching from the windswept coast of Ireland to the sun-baked hills of Morocco, A Cruel Harvest is a thrilling novel of adventure, survival, and once-in-a-lifetime love.Amazon Exclusive: Maeve Binchy Reviews A Cruel HarvestMaeve Binchy is the author of numerous bestselling books, including The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club, Heart and Soul, Nights of Rain and Stars, Quentins, Scarlet Feather, Circle of Friends, and Tara Road, which was an Oprah's Book Club® selection. She has written for Gourmet, O, The Oprah Magazine, Modern Maturity, and Good Housekeeping, among other publications. She and her husband, Gordon Snell, live in Dalkey, Ireland, and London. Read her exclusive guest review of Paul Reid's A Cruel Harvest:They dont come more swashbuckling than this. Eyes flashing, swords glinting, heads falling... and ships landing in the South of Ireland in 1790 to scoop up strong, lusty Irish lads for the slave trade. None lustier and braver than young farmer Brannbron Ryan, who is swept off to Morocco one dark night and away from the love of his life, Orlaith Downey, a virtuous and beautiful young widow with a small son to support.These were hard times to be poor in Ireland; it was fifty years before the Great Famine but the harvests were scant and the living was far from easy.Orlaith was finding it harder and harder to pay the rent, the man she loved had been swept away to the hot burning sands of Morocco, so the inevitable happens. Orlaith is beautiful and virtuous, and the wicked landlord thinks of a way that she can pay the rent. And it involves her becoming his wife.So, with a heavy heart, Orlaith becomes Mrs. Randall Whitely, and she and her son go to live in the Big House. Where, as you might expect, they dont know a moments happiness. All the time she holds a little hope that the brave Brannon may still be alive and well and planning to come back to Ireland and find her. But as time goes by this becomes more and more unlikely.Meanwhile we follow Brannons terrifying life in North Africa, where he is sold into slavery, then forced to become a soldier of the sultan of Morocco, his days filled with the sounds and smells of war and violence.The book alternates between the two worlds: Brannon fighting his way through more and more disasters, Orlaith afraid she will wither in the unloving home of the husband whom she can never love.The tension is very well maintained and the pace alternates between the clock ticking slowness of Orlaiths life with its ever increasing unhappiness in Ireland, and the violent, dangerous escapades of Brannon Ryan as he tries to negotiate for the freedom to go back and find the woman he loves.The enemies of Orlaith and Brannon become our enemies as the book goes on. We yearn for a way they can get together, but it seems fraught with problems.They asked for so little compared to all the people they have had to be embroiled with. They didnt want big castle estates in Ireland nor tribal dominance in Africa. Surely these brave people must find each other again?Readers will stay to the very last page of the story to know how it works out.An impressive first novel by Paul Reid that will keep the reader's attention from start to finish. --Maeve BinchyA Q&A with Author Paul ReidQuestion: Tell us about your inspiration for writing A Cruel Harvest--where does one get the idea for Moroccan pirates to invade a quiet Irish port town? Is there real history behind the storyline? Paul Reid: This story found me rather than the other way round. Some years back I was staying in the coastal village of Baltimore in West Cork, and I came across a pub called the Algiers Inn, which is a rather unusual name for a pub in rural Ireland to say the least. So I made inquiries and discovered an extraordinary historical incident, where over a hundred villagers had been kidnapped by pirates in the year 1631, literally seized from their beds. They were taken to Algeria and sold as slaves, most of them never to be heard of again. I was stunned to learn that such a thing had happened in my own county. Further research unearthed many incidences of Irish and British peoples being taken as slaves for the North African market. It was from there that I started to formulate the idea for a novel, which eventually became A Cruel Harvest. It is set much later, in 1790, and the Sultan of Morocco at the time had an Irish mother. Moroccans describe him through history as the "Mad Sultan," for he was a very violent and unpredictable man. It was useful to work him into the story.Question: How did you create the characters of Brannon and Orlaith? Did you base them on people in your own life? Which of the two is your favorite?Paul Reid: The characters are entirely fictional, even though the story of the slave raid itself was based on truth. Brannon came to me early on, and it was through him that I wanted to relay the whole experience of being taken captive and sold into a foreign country. But I also had an urge to keep some of the story in Ireland, and thus Orlaith introduced herself. The idea of a romance between the two quickly took root. I admit Orlaith would be my favourite of the pair. She has to face her own battles, different to Brannon's but just as horrendous. She also has the added turmoil of trying to protect her son from the gathering threats around them, yet she keeps strong and keeps fighting and I admire her for that.Question: You were born and raised in Cork in Ireland and live there to this day. What are some of your favorite haunts in and around your hometown?Paul Reid: I am an outdoors-y kind of person and I'm lucky enough to live on the coast. The sea has always inspired me. It seems to have a haunting, solemn wisdom, as if to say it knows far more than we do. The harbour passage beside my house is where the Titantic made its final stop to take on passengers, and there are many other places of historical interest within Cork. My fiancee Rhona and I will often take a drive at random and find ourselves exploring some ruined castle or braving a stretch of wild cliffs. The county is rich that way, and the famous scenery of West Cork in particular always draws us, where we spend a lot of time in the summers. Outside of that I love to visit the area around Skeenarinky in Tipperary, where my mother's family hail from. It's a place of green glens and mountain lakes and beautiful wooded hillsides. I do a lot of writing there.Question: You havent always lived in Ireland, though for awhile you worked as a ranch hand in the Australian Outback. What was that like and how did you end up there?Paul Reid: It was hot and sweaty! I took a job on a farm in Queensland after I had been living in Sydney for some months, where I had pretty much blown all my money and was facing starvation, eviction, etc., unless I got my act together. The farm was quite an experience. I had never ridden a horse before in my life, but yet by the second day I was mustering cattle on horseback like a regular cowboy. Half of the cattle are probably still lost, of course. It was gruelling work. But great fun.Question: Whats next from you?Paul Reid: I'm currently working on another historical novel, this time set in Dublin and London during the Anglo/Irish War 1919-1921. It's something of a challenge, given the burdened history between Ireland and England, but I'm not a writer with an agenda so I aim to just let the characters speak their own minds.

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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A collection of seven great new stories for kids on a 69 minute audio CD.The Most Important Space Mission EverCaptain Dom, is ready for an important space...... more

A collection of seven great new stories for kids on a 69 minute audio CD.The Most Important Space Mission EverCaptain Dom, is ready for an important space mission to find alien life forms. But, just before blast off Dom has to stop the count down. He's forgotten something and he can't go into space without it. Crocodile in the Bath It's Mathew's bath time, but there's a pesky crocodile in the tub. Mum can't help, so it's up to Matthew to think of ways to get rid of that crocodile. T'Rex's LunchT-Rex is hungry and wants to eat the clever Hadrosaur, but the Hardosaur has other ideas. The Bee Who Couldn't Dance 'Go find me the best flowers to make the sweetest nectar,' said the Queen Bee. Unfortunately, Daisy can't do the Waggle Dance to tell the hive where the most buzztastic flowers can be found. Will she learn to dance before the baby bee larvae scream the hive down with hunger? Baby Bath Time FunTom's sister Lottie screams every time her toes touch the water in the big bath, can Tom convince Lottie that bath time is fun? Steven SnufflesSteven Snuffles can't stop sneezing. Captain Jolly has a boat race to win. Can Steven Snuffles help her out? Michael's PetMichael wants a pet and when a caterpillar hitches a ride home on Michael's jumper a magical friendship begins. The stories are narrated by the multi-talented Paul Chambers, who makes these stories come alive with his fun character voices.

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CD-1:1-Wings In The Morning 2-Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There) 3-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home ) 4-He's Alive (Album Version) 5-I've Got...... more

CD-1:1-Wings In The Morning 2-Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There) 3-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home ) 4-He's Alive (Album Version) 5-I've Got Jesus In My Soul Start 6-When He Comes (Album Version) 7-I Was There When It Happened 8-I'm A Newborn Man 9-Strange Things Happening Everyday (Album Ve.. 10-Children Go Where I Send Thee (Album Version) 11-I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal 12-Lay Me Down In Dixie 13-Don't Take Everybody To Be Friend 14-You'll Get Yours And I'll Get Mine 15-Oh Come, Angel Band (Album Version) 16-This Train Is Bound For Glory 17-I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way 18-What On Earth (Will You Do For Heaven's Sake) 19-That's Enough 20-The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All (Album Versio 21-Didin't It Rain 22-He Touched Me 23-Way Worn Traveler 24-I'll Have a New Life 25-Truth CD-2:1-Back In The Fold 2-Look Unto The East 3-I Was There When It Happened 4-Sanctified 5-Would You Recognize Jesus 6-That's Just Like Jesus 7-What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake) 8-Keep Me From Blowing Away 9-Don't Give Up On Me 10-Over The Next Hill (We'll Be Home) 11-Waiting On The Far Side Banks Of Jordan 12-Our Little Old Home Town 13-Belshazzar 14-My Children Walk In Truth 15-The Old Rugged Cross 16-One Of These Days I'm Gonna Sit Down And T... 17-God Ain't No Stained Glass Window 18-Half A Mile A Day 19-Another Wide River To Cross 20-You're Drifting Away 21-Believe In Him 22-Over There 23-Gospel Road 24-What Is Man 25-Wildwood In The Pines 26-Never Grow Old (2012/COLUMBIA) 51 tracks 1975-82 (15 prev. unreleased) with 24 page booklet.

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn...... more

Season two of The 4400 ended not with one, but two shockers. First, baby Isabelle turned into a 20-year-old overnight (now played by Megalyn Echikunwoke). Then, it was revealed that Jordan Collier (Billy Campbell), who was believed dead, is still alive. The third year begins with more surprises. While Isabelle was aging, so was her mother, Lily (Tippi Hedren, replacing Laura Allen), who fast-forwards several decades. Suffice to say, her husband, Richard (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), is not pleased. Also, the Nova Group, a splinter organisation within the 4400, has started to eliminate those they perceive as their enemiesincluding their own. The 4400's third season was widely considered its weakest, but solid ratings justified a fourth. The pace doesn't pick up until Jordan's return--in real life, Campbell took off 13 months to sail the world--but the concept and the characters remain intriguing. For instance, Shawn (Patrick Flueger), head of the 4400 Center, embarks on a relationship with Isabelle, while his uncle, NTAC agent Tom (Joel Gretsch), gets bad news about wife Alana (Karina Lombard) and good news about son Kyle (Chad Faust). Dennis Ryland (Peter Coyote), meanwhile, moves from the NTAC into the private sector where he continues to micro-manage the 4400. Recurring characters include Gary Navarro (Sharif Atkins), who joins the Nova Group, Dr. Burkoff (Jeffrey Combs), who injects himself with promicin--the mysterious substance associated with the 4400--and the sympathetic Tess (Summer Glau), who assists in his attempt to see if he can develop similar powers. Guest stars include Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact) as a woman with a special interest in Diana's adopted daughter Maia ("Gone") and Brian Dennehy (Cocoon) as Tom's father ("Blink"). As with season two, three features commentary from the cast and crew plus a trio of featurettes. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Book Description: "The characters are memorable, the suspense is visceral and the swashbuckling set pieces are as compelling and well described as the quieter...... more

Book Description: "The characters are memorable, the suspense is visceral and the swashbuckling set pieces are as compelling and well described as the quieter moments of inner conflict and moral dilemma." (Publishers Weekly) --This text refers to the manuscript reviewed as a part of the 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.Set in 1790, A Cruel Harvest tells the epic tale of Orlaith and Brannon, young lovers whose futures are jeopardized when Moorish pirates raid their Irish fishing village. Orlaith and her infant son manage to escape the savage attack, but Brannon is captured. Thrown into the hold of the pirates ship, the young farmer is spirited away to the harsh confines of North Africa. There he is sold into slavery and forced to serve in the army of the sadistic Sultan of Morocco. Back in Ireland, a heartbroken Orlaith faces certain ruin unless she agrees to marry wealthy landowner Randall Whitely. But Whitely is a cruel man, and life with him quickly becomes a waking nightmare. Though separated by thousands of miles, Orlaith and Brannon draw on their great love to challenge the oppression of the tyrants keeping them apart. Stretching from the windswept coast of Ireland to the sun-baked hills of Morocco, A Cruel Harvest is a thrilling novel of adventure, survival, and once-in-a-lifetime love.Amazon Exclusive: Maeve Binchy Reviews A Cruel HarvestMaeve Binchy is the author of numerous bestselling books, including The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club, Heart and Soul, Nights of Rain and Stars, Quentins, Scarlet Feather, Circle of Friends, and Tara Road, which was an Oprah's Book Club® selection. She has written for Gourmet, O, The Oprah Magazine, Modern Maturity, and Good Housekeeping, among other publications. She and her husband, Gordon Snell, live in Dalkey, Ireland, and London. Read her exclusive guest review of Paul Reid's A Cruel Harvest:They dont come more swashbuckling than this. Eyes flashing, swords glinting, heads falling... and ships landing in the South of Ireland in 1790 to scoop up strong, lusty Irish lads for the slave trade. None lustier and braver than young farmer Brannbron Ryan, who is swept off to Morocco one dark night and away from the love of his life, Orlaith Downey, a virtuous and beautiful young widow with a small son to support.These were hard times to be poor in Ireland; it was fifty years before the Great Famine but the harvests were scant and the living was far from easy.Orlaith was finding it harder and harder to pay the rent, the man she loved had been swept away to the hot burning sands of Morocco, so the inevitable happens. Orlaith is beautiful and virtuous, and the wicked landlord thinks of a way that she can pay the rent. And it involves her becoming his wife.So, with a heavy heart, Orlaith becomes Mrs. Randall Whitely, and she and her son go to live in the Big House. Where, as you might expect, they dont know a moments happiness. All the time she holds a little hope that the brave Brannon may still be alive and well and planning to come back to Ireland and find her. But as time goes by this becomes more and more unlikely.Meanwhile we follow Brannons terrifying life in North Africa, where he is sold into slavery, then forced to become a soldier of the sultan of Morocco, his days filled with the sounds and smells of war and violence.The book alternates between the two worlds: Brannon fighting his way through more and more disasters, Orlaith afraid she will wither in the unloving home of the husband whom she can never love.The tension is very well maintained and the pace alternates between the clock ticking slowness of Orlaiths life with its ever increasing unhappiness in Ireland, and the violent, dangerous escapades of Brannon Ryan as he tries to negotiate for the freedom to go back and find the woman he loves.The enemies of Orlaith and Brannon become our enemies as the book goes on. We yearn for a way they can get together, but it seems fraught with problems.They asked for so little compared to all the people they have had to be embroiled with. They didnt want big castle estates in Ireland nor tribal dominance in Africa. Surely these brave people must find each other again?Readers will stay to the very last page of the story to know how it works out.An impressive first novel by Paul Reid that will keep the reader's attention from start to finish. --Maeve BinchyA Q&A with Author Paul ReidQuestion: Tell us about your inspiration for writing A Cruel Harvest--where does one get the idea for Moroccan pirates to invade a quiet Irish port town? Is there real history behind the storyline? Paul Reid: This story found me rather than the other way round. Some years back I was staying in the coastal village of Baltimore in West Cork, and I came across a pub called the Algiers Inn, which is a rather unusual name for a pub in rural Ireland to say the least. So I made inquiries and discovered an extraordinary historical incident, where over a hundred villagers had been kidnapped by pirates in the year 1631, literally seized from their beds. They were taken to Algeria and sold as slaves, most of them never to be heard of again. I was stunned to learn that such a thing had happened in my own county. Further research unearthed many incidences of Irish and British peoples being taken as slaves for the North African market. It was from there that I started to formulate the idea for a novel, which eventually became A Cruel Harvest. It is set much later, in 1790, and the Sultan of Morocco at the time had an Irish mother. Moroccans describe him through history as the "Mad Sultan," for he was a very violent and unpredictable man. It was useful to work him into the story.Question: How did you create the characters of Brannon and Orlaith? Did you base them on people in your own life? Which of the two is your favorite?Paul Reid: The characters are entirely fictional, even though the story of the slave raid itself was based on truth. Brannon came to me early on, and it was through him that I wanted to relay the whole experience of being taken captive and sold into a foreign country. But I also had an urge to keep some of the story in Ireland, and thus Orlaith introduced herself. The idea of a romance between the two quickly took root. I admit Orlaith would be my favourite of the pair. She has to face her own battles, different to Brannon's but just as horrendous. She also has the added turmoil of trying to protect her son from the gathering threats around them, yet she keeps strong and keeps fighting and I admire her for that.Question: You were born and raised in Cork in Ireland and live there to this day. What are some of your favorite haunts in and around your hometown?Paul Reid: I am an outdoors-y kind of person and I'm lucky enough to live on the coast. The sea has always inspired me. It seems to have a haunting, solemn wisdom, as if to say it knows far more than we do. The harbour passage beside my house is where the Titantic made its final stop to take on passengers, and there are many other places of historical interest within Cork. My fiancee Rhona and I will often take a drive at random and find ourselves exploring some ruined castle or braving a stretch of wild cliffs. The county is rich that way, and the famous scenery of West Cork in particular always draws us, where we spend a lot of time in the summers. Outside of that I love to visit the area around Skeenarinky in Tipperary, where my mother's family hail from. It's a place of green glens and mountain lakes and beautiful wooded hillsides. I do a lot of writing there.Question: You havent always lived in Ireland, though for awhile you worked as a ranch hand in the Australian Outback. What was that like and how did you end up there?Paul Reid: It was hot and sweaty! I took a job on a farm in Queensland after I had been living in Sydney for some months, where I had pretty much blown all my money and was facing starvation, eviction, etc., unless I got my act together. The farm was quite an experience. I had never ridden a horse before in my life, but yet by the second day I was mustering cattle on horseback like a regular cowboy. Half of the cattle are probably still lost, of course. It was gruelling work. But great fun.Question: Whats next from you?Paul Reid: I'm currently working on another historical novel, this time set in Dublin and London during the Anglo/Irish War 1919-1921. It's something of a challenge, given the burdened history between Ireland and England, but I'm not a writer with an agenda so I aim to just let the characters speak their own minds.

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