This book was purchased for our elementary school's "The Cheetah - The Y.E.S. Mascot" shelf and has won the hearts of students and staff. It has all the great elements of children's books at their best - art gallery quality drawings, a warm touching story of a mother cheetah keeping her cubs safe while she is gone hunting, and factual information presented in an simple,understandable format. The factual information on the cheetah is incorporated into the story line with skill, making it a very readable source that our reluctant readers can use as a resource in their current research papers on cheetahs. It educates and entrances both child and adult readers alike.

We borrowed this book from the library and had to have it for our own collection. The story communicates values that we want to instill in our children. With charming illustrations , you are drawn into a day in the lives of four cheeta cubs,left alone by their mother as she hunts. Our four year old listens and watches with wide -eyed interest as the cubs meet some of the animals who share the savannah.

I loved this book! It covers so many different kinds of jewelry making. There's enough detail to teach you with plenty of ideas to stretch your imagination. Definitely worth the money.

This is the book I looked for. It has large color photos and detailed step-by-step instructions. It is not only for beginners but also covers challenging techniques. Although the book concentrates on making techniques, it gives very nice examples to apply the techniques.

Dear Friend,
It's a great little book probably the only humorous book in existence that deals with childrens long term stay in a hospital.
While I'm greatly pleased to find the book listed. You have used the wrong author name. It should be Elizabeth-Ann Sachs.

EA Sachs

I must have read this book twenty times when I was little. It's a lovely story of two little girls who are in the hospital with scoliosis and are put in the same room. One is a tomboy, and the other has created an elaborate fantasy world for herself, complete with castles and magic. Of course the tomboy learns to see magic in the real world, and the dreamer learns to live a little more in the here and now; but this fairly standard story is made memorable by the vivid characterization and description. I wish it weren't out of print!

This is a wonderful book that takes the reader into the depths of Japanese culture and relationships at the turn of the century. Japan is leaving behind the world of the samurai and the shogun, and cautiously opening up to the influence of the politics and values of the west.

Kenichi Yamamoto is a samurai who ignores his wife, Lady Masa, as he pursues his mistress, Osen. But Kenichi and Masa have a son, Renzo, around whom the story revolves. Renzo is confronted by the changes in Japan, which previously had sealed itself off to all outside influence. Though he must perform his traditional duties to family, he experiences life in London and Paris, becomes an art dealer, and befriends westerners in his country. The interactions in the relationships among the characters are poignant and strange, as they should be to readers of a foreign place and time. The author creates a wonderful picture with these characters-their customs, thoughts, feelings, and dress. You can easily visualize the houses they live in, and the various locations from a coastal seaport to the stinky streets of Tokyo. This book added to my knowledge and understanding of Japan.

This is a wonderful book which I really enjoyed reading.
The narrative painted a vivid picture of what life might have been like in Japan before the country was opened to the Western world and the modern day.
It fills the reader in to the customs, expected roles of women
and the entitlements of men in the early days of Japan.

It even touches on a bit of history. This really is a wonderful book.

Between the pages of this book Elisabeth Wilson bares her soul as artist and writer. Beautiful artwork combined with deeply moving prose creates a wonderful work that strikes a resonant chord in the reader. The final part of the book includes the materials and techniques that she used to create the artworks in the book. Wonderfully touching, a highly recommended read for when you want to turn your mind from the troubles of the day to a deeper, peaceful place.

Kaleidoscope: Artistic Techniques For The Creative Soul by Elisabeth Keely Wilson is an inspirational book that blends beautiful, full-color artwork and innovative, brief, almost poetic commentaries about metaphysical and spiritual thoughts to guide the reader on an uplifting and transforming journey of personal insights and intimate revelations. Nurturing the creative spark that resides within, the bold, abstract yet vivid paintings have an especially profound impact in this superb presented volume of imagery, simple mental exercises, meditations to help transcend creative block in any literary or artistic medium. Kaleidoscope is highly recommended for students of metaphysics, spirituality, and the use of art for generating self-introspection.

"The Karate Class Mystery" is a book about friends who work together even when their frindship is threatened. The karate stuff is fun and the vocabulary is explained really well so you don't feel stupid. I love mysteries and this is a fun one. If you like mysteries and karate you should read this one. The other Invisible Inc. books are good too but I liked this one best.

This is a story about a kid who wanted to see his friend more often, so he went to karate classes to see him, and in the story he helps his friend find his white belt. This was a fun book to read and it had some funny parts, too.

I give this book five stars because of the promise it shows. The author has a great ability with language and at telling a story, despite her young age. I'm sure we have not heard the last from her.

Built in a fantasy context, this book is primarily a love story. It concerns two lands in battle and how love brings them together.

The author's greatest success is in her imagery. She knows animals and how they move. She also using language in a fresh and descriptive manner.

For anyone interested in a story about the triumph of good over evil or who would like to see the development of a young author with endless potential, I recommend this book.

Well done!

I don't generally love fantasy books, but this one is great! It is incredibly imaginative and not one of those books that you can just lump into the generic group of "a good fantasy book." The characters are well developed and consistent with their behavior throughout the book, which is something that is important to me as a reader. This book also maintains a certain level of reality that makes the fantasy that much better.

...and a good reminder for those of us who've already reached the conclusion that reincarnation is objective fact through our own studies.

This is probably the best comprehensive overview of how reincarnation works. It addresses nearly every inconsistency and criticism that is often levied at this theory. Granted, this is a lot to swallow - I know it took me many years and many strange experiences to believe it myself - so given that, it's not going to convince the _Skeptic Magazine_ reader you know of any of this.

But for open minded people, this is a great place to start - especially considering that they don't have to read anything! Some of the fundamentals of reincarnation cover include:

* Why reincarnation makes sense, and why no one is given just one shot to "get it all right."
* How and why karma works, and the limitations of karmic understanding.
* How karma and free will operate together, yet are independent of one another (this addresses the classic criticism of why karma couldn't be true - the simplistic notion that karma is merely "you get what you put out").
* The "afterworld" (or "between-world") is touched upon; why you are given the body you have been given, and how to view this life you have as a chance to overcome your karma that you have accrued from previous incarnations, no matter what your state in life.
* Dispels many common misconceptions about reincarnation, such as the notion that people reincarnate as insects, animals, or other non-sentient objects. Shows how the possession of self-recognition and free will are prerequisites for advancement along the karmic pathway.
* Presents reincarnation in a positive light, but does not sugar coat its larger implications: along with immortality, we can continue to make all of the same painful mistakes over and over again - a virtual Flying Dutchman of stupidity in many of our cases.
* How many of the implications of karma/reincarnation were suppressed by early Christian church leaders, and why Christianity is not incompatible with reincarnation. (This was the first tape, and I thought a bit more time was spent on this if necessary. It's interesting to hear the background of esoteric Christianity again, but as a non-Christian I was starting to feel as though this was just an excessive attempt to sell Christians on the idea. Due to the extreme gravity of these concepts, it's unlikely anyone unprepared or not looking for them is going to ever swallow them.)

I know Prophet has a reputation as being somewhat of a cultish figure. I can't confirm this at the present time, but perhaps a cautionary stance should be taken with some of her work. Nevertheless, I found this to be just plain interesting. This was how I'd imagined it all worked, but Prophet puts it together in an excellent manner.

The pocketbook looks at the historical belief in reincarnation and then gets straight into 'how does that relate to me today'. I could understand the simple but profound messages it conveyed.

It has the power to change your life, the way you view situations, the way you respond and the sense of purpose you have. I always enjoy the real life stories and anecdotes in the Summit University Press pocketbooks.

Convincing as it is, it isn't pushy. I really enjoyed the section on personal, relationship and group karma - it offered me so many answers as to what were the underlying conditions in my life, whether in my relationships with those close to me or people I meet in the street. There is a reason for everything.

An innovative book that is positive, empowering and thought-provoking.

This book has been extremly helpful. Every time I go into the city with my children, I open this book. Every restaurant in here is fantastic! My life would not be complete without this book!

I first ran into this book at one of the reviewed diners (The Comfort Diner) and snapped it up in a minute. The listing of destinations and the restaurants near them is particularly helpful, even for us native New Yorkers!

From Nineveh to a mobile home in Pecos, NM, Rogers casts a wide net, exploring the evolution of formal landscaping in parallel to humansÕ urge to put their mark on the earth. A scholar, who administered New YorkÕs Central Park for two decades, she provides a compelling account of the cultural roots that underly the plantings, explaining the ideas inherent in unfamiliar and classic gardens. Every page contains sharp insightsÑfor example, her suggestion that the broken column that the Baron de Monville built as his house at the Desert de Retz outside Paris in the 1780s portended the revolution that would sweep away the civilization he cherished. The abundance of plans and illustrations do ample justice to the text. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)

With 630 illustrations, many created just for this book (430 of which are in full color), Elizabeth Barlow Rogers' Landscape Design: A Cultural And Architectural History offers dazzling, panoramic beauty to complement its extensive commentary on landscapes throughout history, ranging from Stonehenge and the Forbidden City of Beijing to Versailles and New York's Central Park. This comprehensive survey, with its intelligent text and breathtaking photographs, is highly recommended to anyone interested in the history of landscaping since the dawn of humanity.