This is my second deck and I am most pleased by these cards. I related strongly to these for readings that I conduct for myself. I find them to be accurate and personable. The artwork is bright, engaging, and stimulating. Even when doing single card readings, the message revealed gets right to the heart of the matter. I feel extremely comfortable with this deck.

Author and Gestalt therapist Audrey Savage and artist and designer Paul Scott Franzt effectively collaborate in the creation of Dance Of Life Cards: An Intimate Tarot. This an outstanding "how-to" book and tarot deck combination that will be greatly appreciated by students of metaphysics in general, and of tarot card readings in particular. Following an informative introduction to the principles and history of traditional tarot, the reader is presented with a complete survey of the tarot cards including readings and spreads. The "user friendly" text is enhanced with an appendix (Tarot and Your Life Processes) and a bibliography for further study. Highly recommended.

These are lovely cards and a very usable addition to my collection. The Dance of Life is not a Waite-Smith clone, but even if you normally prefer to read with a tradtional deck I would recommend adding this one for at least some of your personal readings. The majors are relatively traditional, while the minor cards have been completely reworked and are especially useful for psychological/health readings. Check out reviews at artoftarot.com and wicce.com .

i just recently been buying tradepaperbacks about 2 months ago. during these two months, a comic book store i go to on a regular basis for dvd's, mags and stuff, was having a monthly special on tpb's in juin, which was prolong in july.

danger girl turns out to be the first one i bought. i didnt read comics b4, except for tintin and asterix in french and comics found in the daily newspaper.

as my first real taste of what is a english comic book, with danger girl, it didnt disappoint. it was highly recommanded at the store, for someone who didnt read them b4 and didnt know what to like or dislike in a comic book series.

am sure there a some reviews detailing some of the story line or telling whats danger girl is about.

just gonna say about it is as my first experience reading that kind of comic, i was hooked from the beginning. no wonder its a classic and should be in everyone's comic book collection.

danger girl is a james bond type. the story is great and has excellent graphics and colors. no one should pass this one up and pick up a copy if not already.

Danger Girl is a blast of a comic book and this huge collection allows you to read the one and only real DG storyarc all together in one format.
DG's potent blender mix of 007, Charlie's Angels, VIP and Austin Powers makes for one of the most fun reads a comic lover could ask for.
Campbell's art is full of campy fun, loaded with gratuitous T&A shots and top-notch action sequences. DG was infamous for its lateness, and the fact that it took more than three years for this story to complete, you can see Campbell's art progress each issue.
This edition has a foreword by Bruce "Evil Dead" Campbell and features sketchbook and promo material in the back exclusive to this edition.

Comic fans, put this one in your shopping cart and prepare to have a ton of fun reading Danger Girl.

J. Scott Campbell no doubt has become one of the comic book world's most iconic artists, with his old school penchant for muscular men and most infamously of all, the ample babes whom 15-year olds have gawked at with every turn of a page. Campbell's most well-recognized work before Danger Girl was Gen 13, but as he said truthfully, spandex was not his preferred choice of costume for superheroes, and superheroines....

Well now comes Danger Girl, which no doubt is a delightful hybrid and homage of the Indiana Jones movies and Charlie's Angels. Comic fans have got to love Campbell's writing style, coming up with stylish one-liners and puns that have littered the guilty pleasures of action-adventure camp. It's also great to see every chapter start off in a splashy monotone spread shortening the story with hilarious summaries.

The story, if there actually is any, is about a roguish archaeologist babe (duh) named Abbey Chase. As we see early on, Chase has a habit of teaching men a lesson or two about what legs are REALLY meant for while she investigates historical findings before any other individual does.

Or so that's how it begins. Chase finds herself hired under the enigmatic and optimistic Deuce, who has hired a league of Danger Girls to stop the notorious crimes of a surviving Nazi faction known as The Hammers. The Hammers intend to steal the artifacts of the semi-angelic beings known as the Ubermensch, whom the Hammers claim descent. But there's no telling what kind of danger can be amounted once The Hammers find them, so it's the Danger Girls to the rescue... The Danger Girls also include the bullwhipping lassie Sydney Savage (who despite her Australian background doesn't seem to carry an accent) and Natalia Kassle, an ex-KGB agent with a sharp mind and even sharper knives. Things don't get any more relaxing for Abbey when some men get into the action, and what men. One is the cool and collected playboy Barracuda, who hopes he gets to kiss Sydney Savage right before he ever dies, and the puzzling Agent Zero, a masked ninja who may hold a past connection with Miss Chase.

The result is a wild crescendo of bullet-flying action and escapist chase sequences. Campbell's intentions for this comic were to make this feel like a movie, and for a medium not made out of film, the comic excels on pace and really has a momentum unprecedented by most other comic books. This speed makes Danger Girl definitely one of the best I've ever seen. And when I'm talking about movement, I'm not talking about a jiggle factor.

Theresa Scott has created a rich Ice-Age society in her Ice-Age Hunters series. I was facinated as I read about Talon and Summer and their struggles against the savage environment and even more savage enemies.

If you liked Jane Auel, you will love Dark Renegade! Well-researched with vivid characterization and a complex romantic plot, it satisfied me on all levels as a reader.

I LOVED THIS BOOK. THE CHARACTERS WERE REALISITC. THEY SUFFERED TOGETHER, LEARNED TOGETHER, AND LOVED TOGETHER. THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY WORTH READING! AGAIN AND AGAIN!

This was a great book. Talon is faced with the death of his mother and the betrayal of the tribe of the woman he was suppose to marry. Then Summer comes to the rescue as she teaches him to love her for herself instead of a way to get revenge.

Dead Heat is a truck full of dynamite careening through
a narrow tunnel with land mines on either side. It is a
wild and violent ride, full of both brilliant and brutal
prose, but Del Stone, Jr., never lets the story get out of
control. I was never a big fan of Zombie movies but I loved
this book. The lead character, Hitch, IS a zombie, but a
zombie with a twist. He still has his intellect. He knows
what he's lost. And that makes all the difference in this
really excellent novel.

The reason that the myth of zombies scares us is simple: we fear our own mortality. To think that our soul, the very essence of our humanity, could be stripped away from the flesh, and yet the body could continue to be animated is terrifying. Add to that the craving for human flesh and the scenario becomes one of violent, morbid desolance.

What if, however, our body were to decay in the way of death, but our human essence were to remain inside of us? A rotting, festering mass of human flesh and bone roaming the Earth with conciousness and self-awareness; cognative reason and motor skills. This is what happens to Hitch, the protagonist in Dead Heat. In a world where billions of walking dead roam craving human flesh, Hitch is one of them and yet not. He has no physical feeling, no connection with his body as it rots away before his eyes, but he has a vague recollection of his human life and it's value.

Hitch sets off on a quest to answer the question we all ask: why am I here, different than everyone else, and what is my purpose? An amazingly written, often graphically violent, encompassing novel.

Dead Heat is Del Stone's first novel length work, but won't be his last. His characters are gritty, I'm still picking the grit out of my teeth, and believable, in that neo-futuristic biker-zombie sort of way.

And for those of you who aren't sure, yes, Del Stone posed for the art work and yes, that is his grin.

Do you fear death or the dying process? This book will address that. Are you young and in relatively good health, and have a hard time feeling compassion on people who are older and/or less agile? This book can increase your compassion and patience. Are you entering the last few years of your life and want to "finish well"? This book can help you do that. This book is for everyone; because everyone will deal with death and dying in their life. Denial of the Soul demonstrates Peck's medical knowlege combined with his understanding of people and how we deal with and fear physical pain, and this book forces its reader to think about their own mortality, grapple with it, and hopefully come to accept it. Peck shows that death isn't something to live in fear of, but that the dying process is a beautiful way to learn how to depend on other people and on God--and that the dying process doesn't have to be wrought with physical pain. It's really worth it for everyone to read this book at some point, and I would agree with the other reviewers that it should be sooner rather than later.

This book addresses the question of euthanasia in America. It presents the spiritual issues surrounding death and life - issues which the Peck feels are not fully considered when considering euthanasia.

He distinguishes between pain and suffering - how pain can and should be alleviated, and why it should not be the cause of seeking a quick death.

His book is important for those who will face death, either themselves or in others. It is a brave attempt to clear the conflict regarding euthanasia.

Denial of the Soul is a must read for every person and it is one of those books you must read before you need the information. The first third of the book is devoted to taking a cut at the medical profession for not providing 'proper pain contol' of terminal patients. The last two thirds deals with the subtitle in an interesting way that will keep me thinking about it the rest of my life. He starts with a definition of the soul which is complex (typical of Peck) and requires considerable discussion to make it "real". He goes on to explore the subject but, for me, the most interesting part of the book is his "side trips" into death and dying and life! I found the wisdom great for a man that is trying his best to face his own death in the not too distant future. (Peck is about 63 or so) Included are some "gray rules" for deciding if the plug should or should not be pulled that are very useful. Every person that is alive will face the issues in this book for yourself or your loved ones. It is a must to help you decide many answers and there will be some you can not answer till you have to. Peck says that some of the greatest learning for you and for loved ones can take place in the process of dying. I know this to be true from what I experienced with my own father's death. Scotty has done a great service to mankind, again, with this book. Jerry Hampton

I loved the book and all the facts about Diana Ross? It showed me that if you are coming from a not so wealthy background,and you can still make something out of your life when you are odler.

There was a time that J. Randy was a freind of the diva Miss Ross. I guess he was her Linda Tripp! Since she did find out that he was writing a book about her,without telling her, I think confidences shared would be expected to be kept silent. After all, he was the president of the Supremes fan club, and had access to Diana, THE GIRLS, and the people at Motown.I think a more balanced account of her life and the MYTHS surrounding her is to be found in a chapter of a new book called "DIVAS". Anyone interested in anather slant on The Supremes and Diana should read "ALL THAT GLITTERS". Iam a big fan-I try to be objective, but Diana has gotten a bad rap, especially since 1985. Get the "DIVAS" book for a really more balanced viewpoint of the star and the myths surrounding her life. The music still stands!

I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in Diana Ross. It was very informational and inspirational. Great Book!!!

I've read this book about ten times now and I count my lucky stars every time I open it up. Actually, Billups shows us the entire Milky Way. It's unbelievable!

Billups' first book was a significant endeavor. Beginning w/ the film industry itself (read: Hollywood), Billups explained, enlightened, entertained, & debunked the "Hollywood Myth". "Whoever has a camera is the new Hollywood", he said, & proceeded to show you how to (a) make that miniDV camera cough-up an excellent image, (b) corral enough like-minded ppl to put a Production together, (c) Direct those ppl & Produce a completed project, & (d) Edit your image while keeping maximum resolution for film-out (printing to film).

Well, he's got a new version of the book.

Few books add significant value in their second edition -- fix a few errata, add a new chapter, walla. Instead, Billups has extensively reviewed/updated the WHOLE DARN BOOK, & it's amazing. Now, if you're a frequent visitor to his web site (or read his articles in DV mag, etc.), a lot of the new material you'll have seen before -- albiet it's integrated well w/ the first-edition material.

You'll find LOTS of good, practical advice both on how to use digital cinema, & when *not* to. The recommendation to NOT buy anything over miniDV (& rent instead) is particularly refreshing, as-is the debunking of the "HD is cheaper" school.

Billups is at his best when he gives the technical overview of the Industry, as well as a state-of-digital-hardware... but [again] he goes further & expands his quite-good sections on Cinematography, Production & Directing... all w/ emphasis on digital [ie, small-scale] production.

Only 3 quibbles: (1) some of the pictures from the first text are so small now as to be nearly useless (ie, frame comparisons of miniDV vs HD, of CCD image vs image-on-tape, etc. don't work when they're too-small to see a difference), (2) the highly-useful color plates are gone, & (3) a teensy technical quibble. Billups tries to be objective about hardware, but really isn't when it comes to the XL1/s unit. {techie alert} Sure, it's got a manual lens... but it's crippled by the lower-quality ccd imager (ask DVfilm, etc. about comparisons of film-out w/ PD150, etc.), FAKE "progressive" mode which is death on film-out (he admits this), & non-ideal anamorphic 'squeezing', which again is not-great for film-out. Similarly, the DVX100 is highly-recommended in the book, but it has no 16:9 anamorphic lens available, so you have to lose res. by using the internal "cropping" method. As the book emphasizes "miniDV for film-out", these oversights are a tad glaring. A manual lens that doesn't "never stop spinning" might be absolutely mandatory for high-end production, but quite a few InDiGent features (for example) have used the PD150 PAL + anamorphic via film-out to non-insignificant theatrical release, Sundance Awards, etc. Billups himself used a similar unit for the David Lynch Playstation2 commercial.

Regardless, all is forgiven, however, if the XL2 is as promised, & under $6k. We all want Sony-quality HAD 16:9 ccd imagers coupled w/ Canon manual lens & true 24p/30p operation. Now, about that low-light capability....

I *highly* recommend this book, to be read & re-read. You absolutely *can* make miniDV look *better* than BetaSP, using his methodologies (as I've found-out myself). Thanks, Scott!!

"Scott Billups's Digital Moviemaking is the best one-stop guide you can buy, not just to the new digital technology, but to any form of low budget filmmaking. We couldn't find a wasted word."

TONY KEILY, EDITOR...

An example of time displacement, as in Footprints Of Thunder. Ciencin has once again written a fantastic book about Dinosaurs. I would also recommend reading Dinotopia: Lost City by. Scott Ciencin!!!

This book is about four kids who get sent back to the time of the dinosaurs by someone's science project. They get into a big, big mess. The book was funny, but I don't want to give away any of the jokes. The author ended the book just at the right time to make you want to read the next book.

This is a really good book. It is about four jr. high kids who get sent back in the Mesazoic ( the time of the dinosaurs ). It happens when Bertram ( one of the kids ) does a science project that he calls the M.I.N.D. Machine. The M.I.N.D. Machine goes wrong and the kids are sent to the Mesazoic. The kids are Bertram, a kid who gets teased a lot and turns into a Ankylosaurs, a tank-like, spiky dinosaur, Candayce, a popular girl who turns into a Leptoceratops, a fat, pudgy dinosaur ( Candayce does NOT like to be a Leptoceratops ), Mike, a star football player who turns into a T. Rex, well everyone knows what a T. Rex is like, and last Janine, a girl who nobody likes turns into a majestic Pterodactyl, the flying one. These kids have to face the challenges of being a dinosaur in this book. Read this book to find out what happens! I would recommend this book to anybody.

This book is excellent. It fits into the cyberpunk genre and runs alongside authors such as Neil Stephenson and William Gibson. The story is set on Persephone, where everyone lives under the planet's surface, except for outcasts and interplanetary cargo ships. Various castes, characters and lifestyles are clearly portrayed. Vivid imagery is presented surrounding the birth of true digital sentience.

This book was the first I've read by Melissa Scott, and I was not disappointed. I had no idea that it was a sequel to an earlier work, and it read like a new piece. The story follows three characters seperately and does a fine job of keeping you interested in the different aspects of their lives. My favorite was Fortune, the dancer. Celeste was quite a surprise at the end, reminiscient of Arthur C. Clarke's Hal 9000. I recommend this book to any science fiction fan.

I truly enjoyed this long awaited sequel to Dreamships. I felt angered and betrayed by Manfred's actions in Dreamships. Reverdy Jian should not have been used and violated that way. I was not disappointed by Dreaming Metal. Once I began this book, I could not put it down. I was intrigued by the changing perspective, with the same event being described by different eyes. Now there are more questions about the enigmatic Red as well as new people to worry about. I am now eagerly waiting to see what becomes of Celeste. Very few authors are able to engage the reader as Melissa Scott. The genre of cyberpunk is full of writers of incoherant technobabble who violate their own universal laws and throw in jargon to cover a weak storyline. Ms Scott does none of this. This is but the latest volume in a wonderful body of work that is enjoyable and inspiring. Now, if only I could get a skinsuit..

This book is wonderful, especially for parents who have school-age children. Turansky and Miller explain why expressing anger when children misbehave is detrimental to relationships and how to respond to misbehavior in a way which will bring about change from the heart. They discuss the difference between obedience and honor and explain how parents and children can honor each other. The bad attitudes in our family are melting away.

This is the best stuff on parenting I've seen (and I've seen a lot of Christian materials). Most of the parenting books I've read agree with what the authors say about parenting, they just don't tell us HOW to do it. This book does!!

I have been praying about what to do regarding some undesirable behaviour in my children (and in myself), and this book is the answer to those prayers! It is worth every penny.

With all of the "How To" manuals out on parenting, it is hard to know which will be the most helpful in rearing children. After reading several books on this subject, I have found "Eight Secrets to Highly Effective Parenting" to have the most APPLICABLE techniques and principles. For example, after reading the first three chapters, I began using some of the "Secrets" on discipline and I witnessed an immediate change in how my two year old was responding to my correction. It took me one night of reading these chapters and I was able to use the methods right away. The other thing I appreciated about this book is that it is very easy to read because it gives examples of situations we all face with our kids. I have already given copies of this book to family members! Get this book! The "Secrets" work!