Spirit Lands: An American Desert Odyssey

Not worth the money
I purchased another Fortney DVD, Canyonlands which cost a lot less with many of the same images. The DVD is nice, but not really different from previous purchases from the same artist.





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I Can't Think Straight DVD & Book Special Pack

Excellent
This is a fantastic pack. The book is beautifully written and the movie is superb. These two ladies have amazing chemistry. Makes me think that this kind of love truly does exist!

I can't think straight DVD & Book special
Love the book! Its everything i expected and more. Movie makes me love the story more! A great love story, love me some Sheetal Sheth!!

The book was great!
I had already seen the movie so I already knew how great that was. The book exceeded my expectations. I will definitely re-read it.

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Blue Murder: Complete Collection

MOM-COP & MYSTERIOUS MURDERS & MUTILATIONS IN MANCHESTER
Complex, gritty, dark, crime investigations in Manchester, UK, low district. DCI Lewis (Caroline Quentin-`Jonathan Creek','Men Behaving Badly') begins as a very pregnant, mom of 3, who catches hubby bedding another, and a new DI added to her team that was her own former relationship. What a web, and that's before the brutal crimes begin. The DCI & DI try on a spotty bit of romance but it's mildly plausible, just an oasis in a desert of murders, and both are better cops than lovers.
Abundant footage of Manchester architecture & some occasional beautiful countryside. On a rural hilltop with a scenic panorama as backdrop, DS Shap delivered the best line of the entire series: "Who'd want to live out here? What is the point?"

Plenty of conflict--both fighting crime and within the detective team. DCI Lewis, mom of 4, is womanhood VS criminals. Single-parenting makes a subplot throughout. Also intra-detective relationships. Comedy lines come amid the routine of dirty, base...

You Will Scream Blue Murder If You Dare Miss This Show!
In late March of 2010, the UK TV station associated with bringing this fine show to the airwaves, ITV ditched the Caroline Quentin crime drama Blue Murder after (in the UK) five series - compiled as just four over here in the US within this collection.

"We honestly didn't suspect. So we haven't had the chance to say a lot of goodbyes. Everyone was sad when we found out," she said when asked about it the next month. And, having just watched the entire series in a night-after-night viewing session, I have to wonder quite why ITV took it upon themselves to breakup some a family!

The program, which starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis, first appeared on (UK) screens in 2003 and was last seen in October of 2009, when the final episode of series five (season four over here - please try to keep up!) aired.

Blue Murder - Set 1
`Cry Me A River' - Part 1
We open with Inspector Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin) earning her stripes and becoming...

wonderful show
I absolutely loved this show. I particularly appreciated that the characters had lives outside the workplace which actually affected their work. Unlike several other reviewers, I had no trouble understanding the dialogue. There were a few (maybe 5) lines in the entire series I didn't get, but otherwise it was quite easy for this deep-southerner to understand. This show feels more like The Last Detective than Life on Mars (my other favorites at this time), but has its own unique and distinctly English style.

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T'ai Chi Ruler

Tranquility at last!
Great video from Phil Young and Masterworks International. The exercises are clearly explained and demonstrated, so it takes little time to get right into it and start your daily dose of mental and spiritual tranquility! It's a shame there isn't a lot more information concerning these ancient practices, because they deserve the kind of broad audiences that more fashionable qigong styles are currently enjoying. I, for one, would love to see people in the parks of the West indulging in a variety of forms, inculding this one. Buy it, watch it, practice, and feel the stress just flow away!

Excellent DVD, great practice!
This is a GREAT DVD! I chose this one because its blurb said this practice activates the eight strange flows or psychic channels, aka the eight extraordinary meridians, which have fascinated me for years... The DVD is beautifully produced, set outdoors by a small river, and truly a pleasure to watch. The T'ai Chi Ruler set consists of 6 very simple exercises, includes variations and increasing levels of difficulty, and can be done with or without the "ruler." Many teachers say T'ai Chi Ruler is one of the easiest practices to feel the chi, and that is my experience with this DVD. One very interesting section illustrates each extraordinary channel and describes briefly what each does, and which elements of the exercises stimulate that channel. The DVD has clear diagrams and animations which demonstrate the chi circulation. Narrator and demonstrator Phil Young says the exercises are good for health enhancement, and also to increase the chi of the hands for healing. A sample of the DVD...



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