One Last Wish-Three Novels was written by Lurlene McDaniel. It is one of those books that combines a few short stories within it paper back covers. Lurlene McDaniel is a good writer. She has the ability to introduce you to her characters in a way that makes you feel like you have just met a friend that you want to know better.
The subject of all three books is death and dying which is not what i would call a pick me up sort of subject…but…it is a part of life. Because it is a part of life, it is nice to see the subject illuminated in a way that shows that a person has choices; some control over the way they die, when they have a disease/illness that is diagnosed when time allows them a period of time to prepare. The idea of quality of life over quantity of life is strengthened when you have read the stories; it puts things into perspective.
Even though dying is not a happy topic…i like the fact that Lurlene chooses to show each individual in the stories with personality and strength. She doesn’t gloss over the fact that if given the “ultimate” choice…they would choose to live; but, it does show degrees of individual dignity.
The books are moving…so make sure that you aren’t going through an emotional trauma when you read it 
…it just might push you to curl up in your bed all weekend.
Simple Sleight-Of-Hand, Card and Coin Tricks For The Beginning Magician is a nice book that teaches the simple moves that all budding magicians need to learn.
This book was written by Paul Zenon and it was published in 2008 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Simple Sleight-Of-Hand is one of the books in a series of books on magic. There are three other titles in the series, Gimmicks and Card Tricks (Illusions for Intermediate Magicians), Cool Card Tricks (Techniques for those Advanced Magicians), Magic of The Mind ( Tricks For The Master Magician).
The book has word descriptions, hints and techniques as well as photo illustrations to help a student of magic learn both verbally and visually. This book will teach simple “tricks” that will impress the young magician’s friends and family, with it’s “Wow, how did you do that; factor!”
The author has alot of television experience with his magic and has even had his own show. There are loads of websites that are referred to in this book including: http://www.magiccastle.com, http://www.magic.org, http://www.magictimes.com, http://www.magictricks.com, as well as the publishers referral link: http://www.rosenlinks.com/am/ssha.
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