All of the Nancy Drew books are exacly the same. Not one of them ever has a change in plot. I bet the author used the exact same format for all 56 books. Nancy Drew hears that there is a mystery, so she and her friends go to solve it. She finds some clues, gets into a tight situation with the "bad guys", and get out of it. Repeat about three times. Then...it doesn't change a bit...she solves the mystery and is about to turn in the criminals when they catch her and she is about to die. She escapes, the "bad guys" are put in jail, and she and her friends cheer. Every single book is exactly the same. Can't the author use any creativity to change the plot around? It is so unrealistic that she would get into "scary" situations, and get out so many times. In every story she solves the mystery and it always comes out good. There are almost no obstacles and what few there are are so lame, it is almost pointless to have them in the first place. There is absolutely no point in reading all 56 of them. I can understand reading one just to try something new, but after that why read more? They are all exact photocopies of the last one. Spend your money on something worthwhile.

It was great reading the first set of Nancy Drew books. I love how they were written such a long time ago and they used old words. Their great books to read!

The Starter Set is a great way to hook new readers on the adventures of everyone's favorite girl sleuth, Nancy Drew.
Contained herein are the first six mysteries in the series which are among the best in the canon.
There is plenty of adventure and mystery in these stories as you follow along with Nancy and her best friends, Bess and George.
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a nice fascimile from an old book, has his own value as a historical piece. Though the intersting stuf is published in volume to, which apparantly is n ot reprinted by doover jet

This as well as volume 2 is a critical part of anyone's library who wish to learn about construction of the pipe organ. Although the books are very old, they are a treasure of otherwise unpublished information on the historic details of organ building world-wide.

This book has almost every thing about pipe organs.Fun and enjoyable to read.The Windchests part was very well explained.

In this second biography of Larry Fine(The first book to recall Mr.Fine's life was:"A Stroke Of Luck!".Larry's memiors.Which are sadly out of print.)"Stooge In The Middle"looks at the life and career of one member of "The Three Stooges"from the viewpoint of Larry's brother former druggist:Dr.Morris Feinberg.The book looks at his childhood in Philadelphia,Pa.to the accident in his father's jewelry store that introduced him to violin playing lessions(an early form of physical thearpy).Which became his introduction to show business.First as a Charlie Chaplin imitator at local amusement Parks , as a member of a Duplicate version of Gus Edwards' vaudeville kiddie act:"Fun In Hi Skool!"and as a member of several comedy teams:EG:"Fine And Dandy"and "The Haney Sisters & Fine!".Before he married one of the Haney Sisters(Mabel Haney) and he was accepted a job as a performer and MC at The Rainbow Gardens Nightclub in Chicago,Ill in 1925.Where Larry first met:Ted Healy,Moe And Shemp Howard and he was invitied to join "Ted Healy And His Gang!"(The original name of Mr.Healy's act).The book goes onto to look at the boys'difficult relationship with Mr.Healy(Whose drinking,obnoxious pranks and his pay inequity forced the team to part company with Healy.Following some turbulent years working in vaudeville,burlesque,nightclubs,Broadway musicals and some work in the movies).The book relates how Larry almost signed the trio to a contract with Universal Pictures for some feature length comedies.But Moe's deal with Columbia Pictures was signed first.Making Larry's Pact with Universal invalid and The boys began their 24 years with The Studio that featured Hollywood's Stature Of Liberty like symbol.And their other projects that kept the team in the public eye after the unfair dismissal from Columbia Pictures and Larry's years of retirement,following the stroke that forced him to leave the group.For those..who want to read a pleasant and engaging biography of a truly funny and nice man.That has no hint of scathology in it? This is the one book to have.Kevin S.Butler.

Moe Howard often said that Larry was probably the best actor out of all the Stooges. Few can deny Larry was the unsung Stooge who never got much of the spotlight from Moe, Curly, et al. This book, written by Larry's younger brother, traces the natural born entertainer's life from birth until his tragic death. I wouldn't call this hard hitting, as the author was not a professinal writer but a loving brother, thus many of Larry's financial problems due to gambling are glossed over. But I can forgive that. In an era of trashy, tell all celebrity books, this is a breath of fresh air. It's a quick read and loaded with photographs spanning the entire Stooges' career. This is a must have for any Stooge fan.

I have been watching the stooges since the late 50's, and have always liked Larry. I enjoyed watching his reactions to different situations. This book is enjoyable and pretty informative to boot. Larrys little brother Morris gives an insiders view of Larry, from early childhood to his untimely death in 74. If you are a stooges fan, then definately get this book, you will not be sorry you did. It is a welcome addition to my stooges library. Quick reading and lots of pictures, plenty of information . A must read for all stooges fans.

When Hannah's cousin Bertha dies and leaves Hannah her farm in Oklahoma, the Drews rent an RV and drive to Medicine Bluff, Oklahoma. Just a few miles away from the farm, they are caught in a tornado and have to take cover in a ditch. After the tornado passes, they go to the farm and Nancy finds a duffel bag filled with what looks like are ransom notes. Mystery ensues.
This book was totally stereotypical of Oklahoma in general. The Drews stop at greasy roadside diners and eat chicken fried steak, the names in the book are hillbillyish, like "Bertha," "Jimmy Boyd" and others. These are only a few of the stereotypes.
What ever happened to credibility and research? When the Drews first arrive in Oklahoma, there is a tornado watch over the whole state and a quarter of a neighboring state. Get real!
Then, Nancy and someone else get swept up into a supposedly F-5 tornado inside a car. While being tossed about inside the vehicle, Nancy manages to open the door up and fall out of the car down to the ground -- and she's not injured.
Give me a break!

~Sara Jeffries...themissingpage

I am a huge fan of Nancy Drew- I've read most of the books, and played 6 of the 7 PC games. This book was one of my favorites! Nancy goes to Medicine Bluff, Oklahoma, because her housekeeper Hannah Gruen has inherited a farm there. On the way, she encounters a tornado and a duffel bag stuck in a tree with ransom letters in it! Nancy has to solve the case of a planned kidnapping, but little does she know that the kidnapper plans to kidnap HER on the way!

this is one of the bests in the nancy drew series. nancy has to solve a case and ends up in the eye of a storm

While this book may be good for teachers or people who want to review previously mastered skills and techniques, it is not good for the independent learner who has no knowledge of the double bass. I purchased this book after taking up the string bass as a second instrument. I am learning on my own, since I already have a private instructor for my main instrument, piano. I was disappointed in this book, because there were not enough pictures indicating basic positions. The one page of visual clues contained in the book were poor, and the few photographs were barely discernable because of their poor resolution. If you want to learn the double bass, look for a bassist or find a better book.

I started out with Simandl, and I still consider it to be the standard introduction to the double bass. I don't understand the other reviewer's criticisms. If anything, I think it's an asset that the book does not have photographs of the various positions. The double bass, unlike a guitar or piano, has no frets or fixed, individual notes. For this reason, a pictorial representation of the various positions would have only dubious transferability to the instrument you hold in your hands. You only need to know that first position follows half position, second follows first, and so on. Ultimately, you have to rely on your ear. I've docked the book a star for not including thumb position.

This book is the essential bass study book. Every serious bassist I know has worked out of it, and all good teachers use it. There have been some advances since Simandl first published it, but for purposes of building a solid foundation, this is the way to go. I used it when I studied bass, and I use it now in my teaching at Vancouver Community College. It also is useful for electric bass. -LM

This review concerns the original 1942 edition and the revised 1969 edition which is an edited version of the original. Nancy becomes involved in the search for the missing half of a treasure map and investigates the mysterious happenings at a cottage on an estate just outside of River Heights. This is a pretty good book; more deserving of 3 1/2 stars. The story is intriguing and well-written. One thing that I like about this story is that there are numerous dishonest people also searching for the missing half of the map and you don't know if they are working together against Nancy or if they are working seperately. This is an enjoyable adventure and is highly recommended.

I like this book a lot. I like it because of the people in the book and because of what happens in the book. Lots of people in this book are very nice, they try to help each other as much as possible. People that I like in this book are : Nancy , Hanna Gruen , Ellen ,Mrs Chatham , Mr Smith , Mrs Smith and Ned. This book is fun.

This book is about is about a treasure. Nancy and Mr and Mrs Smith want to find a treasure. They had two maps of the treasure. One day, a man stole one of the maps at Mr and Mrs Smith's house. Nancy and Ellen were trying to stop the man and they couldn't. Nancy had the other map, and one day someone stole the other one from Nancy when she was walking.
One day, they tried to make a map with their imaginations because they had to find the treasure. It took them a little while to make a map. But they found the treasure later.

In this story, Nancy again solves a treacherous mystery. nancy becomes friends with a girl named Elle, who is trying to get a job babysitting a small 7-year old. her only problem is she is scared of the city in which Trixie, the little girl, lives in. Then Ellen tells Nancy about a map that shows treasure left by Ellen's grandfather. Her father has only half the map. His long-lost twin brother has the remaining half. Nancy is anxious to find his brother and the lost map, and find where the treasure is hidden. She finds many clues before she concludes that the second half of the map was right under her nose. While she is trying to get the two maps together, another couple is also trying to steal the maps from Nancy to get to the treasure first. Once again, the wise Nancy Drew outsmarts the thieves and gets the two half maps together. They all go together on a trip to get the treasure. Everything turns out just fine at the end, with Nancy rewarded as a hero.
I enjoyed reading this book very much. It was the third Nancy Drew book that I ever read. I like to read mystery and suspense stories where you just can't figure out who the thief would be. It is fun to read the end of mystery stories and finding out who the culprit really was. I have read "The Boxcar Children" books before and also enjoyed them because of the mystery and suspense. My least favorite part is how in real life suspects are usually smart enough to escape, but in the nancy Drew books, the thief is never smart to get away. However, nancy always completes a mystery fairly making sure the right person is punished. When I first started it, I couldn't put it down. My favorite part in this story was when Nancy and her two best friends Bess and George go to a park to have a picnic. They borrowed a small ship model from a man named Mr. Trumbull in which they believed had the second half of the map. They were being followed by the mysterious couple. When Nancy, Bess, and George got to the park, they put the ship moel in the car, and left the door unlocked on the way to the picnic. That was the couple's chance to take the ship. So they sneaked to the car and stole it. When the three friends were done, they came back to the car only to find out the ship was gone. Nancy laughed at that and said, "I took the map with me when we left the car." This was my favorite part because at first I thought, why is Nancy keeping the map in the car when she knows there are thieves after her? nancy wouldn't do anything like that. I loved this book very much and hope you will too.

The Wedding Day Mystery is about a girl named Nancy Drew and her two friends Bess and George. It's summer time and Nancy and her friends have got jobs to help a wedding planner and her sister the cook. However, for every wedding their something that has been stolen or ruined. This makes Nancy very curious, but she knows she'll figure out who's up to all of this.
My favorite part in the book is when Rafe holds up a remote control saying there's a bomb in the chapel. He wants Patti and everyone else to cooperate with him or else. So Nancy has a plan to ambush Rafe. When Nancy gave the sign Bess and George jumped on Rafe checking his pokets, and of course took the remote away from him.
This book was given to me has a birthday gift. I enjoy Nancy Drew books and would recommend this book to others to read. However, a Nancy Drew book I would really recommend is The Riddle Of The Ruby Gazelle. It's an even more exciting book.

I would say a its a very good book,I recommend it to anyone. I read this at my local library and then had to go out and buy it to add to my collection, if that tells you anything! Although one of the newer books it is one of the best I've read yet.

Nancy Drew and the Wedding Day Mystery was very good thirrler and your blood runs cold when you read it. It did that to me when the Gabzzo fell on the bride groom the rip dress and taking the gifts Nancy fell two figths of stairs and land on her back and the gost this book is a real Case

The detective in this book is not Nancy Drew. Oh, the name may be the same, but her character--wanting to help others, being a nice person instead of some sleezy mall rat--is totally changed. The Nancy Drew of THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK would never dream of spending days prowling around a mall during a "Fashion Week" and having a crush on a security officer while still formally dating Ned Nickerson. The "Nancy" of this book is obsessed with clothes, looking trendy (and by the way, the sleezy trends this book mentions are outdated already). The mystery was carelessly made. Nancy is supposed to be SMART, but this "Nancy" jumps to conclusions, listens to gossip, annoys people with her tactless questions and falls into unrealistic peril in that fast-tracked trashy manner some modern comic books are written. Oh no--she's going to die. Thank goodness! She's saved. Oh no! She's going to die again! And it's lame because you know Nancy Drew will never be outwitted or killed. If you want a good mystery with real romance and character development (which NEVER happens in Nancy Drew; you can read them in any order and it still works) read Dorothy L. Sayers's wonderful Lord Peter Wimsey stories.

Nancy Drew. You will find romance in almost ALL the books, including this one. The plots are sometimes impractical- but NOT this one! This is actually one of my fave Nan stories, in which fashion and malls are included- my kind of book! All in all, it's a fairly good read. I'd reccomend it.

Wicked Ways is a Nancy Drew book that many people would like. It is about a store that keeps getting robbed of their hottest new items. Bess Marvin (Nanncy Drew's friend), is in the show modiling the new hottest items on the market,(one of a kind designer jackets). If the store keeps getting robbed than Bess will not be able to be in the fasion show. Will Nancy Drew solve the mystery, or will she be out-witted by a pro-thief? Read the exiting, and exellent book and find out.

Kampion has the sixties cult outlook on the sport of surfing and his book reflects that perspective. As with the many other "official" history books of surfing most of the facts are accurate.

This was a great book full of imformation as well as history and the evolution of the surfboard formt he changes in materials as well as the changes in length and styles. It is also a great tribute to the Surfers and shapers that revolutionized the sport. I highly recommned this book to anyone interested in Surfing.

Few would argue with the statement that Drew Kampion is the world's best surf journalist. John Severson created the industry, and Kampion has perfected it over the last 30 years. Documenting the history of this ever-shifting subculture is a extremely difficult task, especially since surfers consider themselves "counter-culture."

In Stoked, Kampion touches on every element of surfing culture throughout surf history, and he does so in easy-to-swallow, bite-sized pieces. The Duke, Tom Blake, Malibu, Dora, Lopez, Tom, and Kelly are all here. And the photos are phenomenal. Every classic shot is here: Da Bull at Pipe, the first Day at Waimea, the first issue of The Surfer, and some soon to be classics, like some beautiful tow-in stuff.

To call yourself a real surfer, you must pay homage to those before you who made it possible. You gotta know your history. Drew Kampion brings you the soul of the sport through time, and he makes it lively and fun. Get it! .

I read this book and it was preatty good, but, I like some of the other Nancy Drew books better than this one. There aren't many parts that have to do with skiing so the title should have been something like "Mystery of the Forest Fur Company". Another thing is that you knew who the bad people were, start to finish. A good book, but I reccomend some of the other Nancy Drew books more than this. (I reccomend all of them :-D)

I thought this book was really good! It is a book for all ages to read. I think that all Nancy Drew books are good!

This book is so great! This book is about Nancy Drew solving a mink mistery. It involves a lady named Mrs. Channing who is selling fake stock and mink stoles.