Yun Rou - Turtle Planet: Compassion, Conservation, and the Fate of the Natural World

Praise for Monk Yun Rous Books

Turtle Planet

Turtles have been a part of Earths natural balance for hundreds of millions of years. Now, human greed and indifference bring them to the very brink of extinction. In this passionate, shining work, Yun Rou champions their cause and indicts our self-destructive relationship with Moth er Earth.

William Holmstrom, Wildlife Conservati on Society

This beautiful, imaginative, and important work reminds us that turtles, unchanged for 200 million years, have been a cornerstone of folklore and religion since before recorded history. If we can come to see the threats facing them today, as Yun Rou has done here, then we can begin to repair what we h ave done.

Anthony Pierlioni, Vice President and Senior Director, the TurtleRoom

A Cure for Gravity

[A] charming tale. Theres a bravura innocence at the heart of this offbe at novel.

Publishe rs Weekly

A touching ghost story that eludes easy comparison to any other book. An amazing, rewarding voyage. No need to imitate other writers; Rosenfeld is a true original.

Booklist

A zesty, comic, high-speed America n gothic.

Kirk us Reviews

A Cure for Gravity is the kind of stunning surprise that comes along once a year, if were lucky. Its like expecting a $90 bicycle for Christmas, and getting a brand new Harley instead. It will be the rare reader who turns the last page without a lump in his throat and a smile on his lips.

Florida Su n Sentinel

[An] unusual yarn [that] intrigues and gripsdoesnt let up until the l ast page.

Barbara Taylor Bradford, New York Times bestsell ing author

This wonderful novel doesnt just cure gravity, it cures all matters of heart, mind, and soul. I felt better after reading the title alone; imagine how I felt after reading the wh ole book.

Neil Simon, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright of The Odd Couple , Lost in Yonkers , and more.

Rosenfeld uses the tangle of lives he has created to tell a story that has its mystical momentsbut is every bit about the needs of the living. This makes it a love story, of course, and a sweet, telling one at that.

The New York Daily News

A Cure for Gravity may be seen as mainstream fiction that just happens to be fast, funny, outrageous, and full of heart.

The Mercury News , Sa n Jose, CA

A Cure for Gravity roars along at the pace of an open-throttled mo torcycle.

The Tribune , Sout h Bend, IN

With A Cure for Gravity , Mr. Rosenfeld inspires the deepest emotion one writer can feel about anoth er: envy.

Larry Gelbart, creator of M*A*S*H , Tootsie , A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , and more .

A novel of surprising imagination and stylistic daring. A Cure for Gravity rises to near greatness as a piece of home-grown Magical Realism. Touching, scary, h ilarious.

Knight Ridder Ne ws Service

This book is like reading a story and listening to music at the same time. A page-turner with rhythm, and a most unusual narrative voice. I loved the characters, the views of an America I havent seen, the unexpected twists and turns. A wonder ful book.

Jack Paar, former host of The To night Show

Arthur Rosenfelds A Cure for Gravity is a noir mystery, a supernatural thriller, a crime caper novel, a love story, and an American road-trip adventureall seamlessly woven into one moving, magical book. If the ghosts of Jack Kerouac and Jim Thompson could collaborate with Alice Hoffman, this is the story they might write. This novel twists, spins, and rages like an Oklahoma tornado, and itll fling you up into the cruel sky before bringing you back down to the good earthsafe, but shaken. Hell, itll make you fly.

Bradley Denton, author of Blackburn an d Lunatics

Diamond Eye

This is, to put it bluntly, one of the freshest, most enjoyable mysteries to come along in the last couple of years. Any novel that features people with names like Seagrave Chunny, Phayle Tollard, and Twy Boatright is a novel that practically demands to be read. The plot is delightfully twisty, turny, and, at times, surprisingly thought p rovoking.

Booklist , star red review

A great read in the noir t radition.

Cluesunl imited.com

Diamond Eye is a special delivery, no doubt about that. Refreshingly different. With its wit, warmth, and wonderfully wild cast, Rosenfeld dexterously blends cinematic scenes with intricate, often humorous personality studies in what may be this years most promising detective series introduction. Hey, who knew that detective fiction could benefit from goin g postal?

Januar y Magazine

Rosenfeld writes a muscular prose that moves along at a br isk clip.

Florida Su n-Sentinel

Exploring cop-struggling-against-criminal-desire themes hauntingly reminiscent of Hammetts Red Harvest , Rosenfeld crafts a high-action suspense thriller with plenty of wry humor and cultural co mmentary.

Publishe rs Weekly

Rosenfelds likeable detective has a genuine disgust for the felons that he pursues and the determination necessary to bring them to justice.

The Dallas Mo rning News

Rosenfeld skillfully weaves a complex plot that defies solution until the very last pages. In the process, he creates an urbane, life-loving, self-effacing, and courageous character who should forever dispel the erroneous image of lowly postal in spectors.

The Boca Raton/Delray Beach News

Rosenfeld keeps things moving smartly even before the nifty twist that ties his two plots together into a neat, gr isly bow.

Kirk us Reviews

The Cutting Season

Arthur Rosenfelds The Cutting Season is a marvelously entertaining blend of many different genres: medical thriller, psychological suspense, fantasy, martial arts adventure, romance, and crime drama, all neatly packaged into three hundred engrossi ng pages.

Mostlyf iction.com

Highly recommended, and not just for martial artists. This is a well written story that all wi ll enjoy.

Larry Ketchersid, author of Dusk B efore Dawn

It takes a bold author to attempt the creation of a new category of popular fiction. Thats the task crime novelist and tai chi master Arthur Rosenfeld set himself with his ninth novel, The Cuttin g Season .

Florida Su n-Sentinel

A gripping storya page-turning mystery. Rosenfelds medical knowledge and martial-arts expertise reinforce an authority and clarity to the work. Thats stor ytelling!

Walter Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Parad e Magazine

.lively, accurate, and beautiful writing[this] secret world of blades[is] brimming with romance, mysticism, and murder. Its the rare writer who can hold my interest so i ntensely.

Dellana, Master Bladesmith

A brain surgeon swordsman battles withRussian mobsters, and his own reincarnations. This smart thriller sets a refreshing new standard for martial arts fiction.

Kung F u Magazine

A writer who understands the deeper side of these sacred artsa breath of fresh under standing.

Stuart Charno, Shing-I Ch uan Master

A home run! We rate this book fiv e hearts.

Heartl and Review

an intriguing premise as the hero rationalizes his vigilante justiceto do nothing would be amoral. Fas cinating.

The Midwest B ook Review

Remarkable!.a literary masterpieceexceptionally well-paced and hard to put downunique insights in the mysterious world of classical mart ial arts.

Lawrence Kane, author of Surviving Arme d Assaults

The Crocodile and the Crane

Arthur Rosenfeld has done it again!

Virgin ia Gazette

a thriller of uncommon inventiveness. In the hand of the right filmmaker, The Crocodile and the Crane could be a terrif ic movie.

Florida Su n-Sentinel

Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise

In Tai Chi: The Perfect Exercise , Arthur Rosenfeld draws from modern newsfeeds and a multitude of personal colorful anecdotes to illuminate this time-honored art. He brings a charmingly refreshing voice to the study and practice of Tai Chi.