the 1-3rd ones were great then i got to this one. iloved it. i relized i get really into it. i stared to feel daly's pain and hate ray and inez. Not goin to give it away. Then the thing with carlos and sophy after finding him in the last one. i htink things are heating up on and off the dance floor for them. hint hint.

Carlos Vargas is now living with Jan and Peter MacGregor after he ran away. He needs a job to pay for his truck so he can be more independent. Daly announces that her mom will be managing the Beggar's Bean Too, a smaller division of the Beggar's Bean coffee bar. When Carlos hears this, he has a brilliant idea: Why not make this new cafe revolve around dance? So the dance cafe is born. This is an exciting book. Sophy and Carlos have to sneak around to see each other. Peter decides to have Ray partner Inez after their spectacular performance in Street Wear. Daly is jealous and now has to dance with Marco. But that's nothing compared to what Daly sees when she goes to the Dance Cafe one afternoon. I don't want to give away the action. Laverne is responsible for hiring a band, Swing Thing, on opening night. However, a mistake occurs and almost ruins the opening night. Who will save the day?

In a scenary of suffering and destruction, Léa Delmas, young and beautiful, discovers the cowardness and dangerness of collaborationship with the enemies between her family and friends. Some, however, prefered to fight, even if they'd had to put their friends in risk. That was the way chosen by Léa, who becomes engaged into the resistance in order to fight back the deutchs and to try to save people who she loves and her country. It's a wonderful book...you wont regreat

In a scenary os suffering and destruction, Léa Delmas, young and beaultifull, discovers the cowardness and dangerness of collaborationship with the enemies between her parents and friends.Some, however, prefered to fight, even if they'd had to put their friends in risk..This was the way choosen by Lea, who becomes engaged into the resistance in order to fight back the deutchs and to try to save it's cared people and it's loved country.

If you are planning to gaze upon the Pyramids, climb Mount Sinai, sail the Nile or explore the catacombs of Alexandria your first step is to pick up a copy of "Let's Go Egypt". If you go by yourself or better still treat yourself to a package tour complete with a Nile cruise you will find this volume helpful and insightful. Egypt is a amazing destination and on every trip there I have experienced a warm welcome from the people. While bustling Cairo is what most tourists first see don't miss the smaller towns along the Nile in the "Upper Kingdom" between Aswan and Luxor. The sprawling temple of Karnak and the smaller but still impressive temple of Luxor are situated at Luxor, Egypt. The Temple of the Sun at Abu Simbel is a very short plane ride from Aswan, Egypt. At Aswan don't miss the Temple of Isis on Philae and do return some evening for the Sound and Light show. Let's Go will serve as a detailed guide to these and many other wonders. I was amazed at the level of detail and how up to date the book was. I believe Egypt is still a safe destination and found security for tourists to be a top priority. Following the common sense advice found in Let's Go will ensure a safe, happy and memorable trip. Don't miss it!

I enjoyed "Let's go Egypt" and found it to be an invaluable guide. This is the second edition I have owned, which I received as a gift for my lastest jaunt to Egypt during March-April 2002. If you are taking a guided tour as I did complete with Nile Cruise or simply going it on your own the book is a tremendous resource. The National Museum of Antiquities in Cairo is probably the most famous museum on Earth. It has a far greater collection than any other museum I have ever seen in the United States or Europe. The book breaks down each room and serves as an accurate guide. "Lets go" is extremely up to date and they send their observers in every year to accurately judge hotels, restaurants, resorts you name it. From flea-bag to modest to Five Star and Ultra deluxe many hotels and restaurants and stores are described and rated fairly. Every major tourist spot and attraction, from the fabulous Sound and Light show in Cairo to the Valley of the Kings at Luxor and the Temple of Rameses at Abu Simbel, are described and the book tells you how to get there, what to expect and pay and how to find your way around. Having been to Egypt numerous times now I would continue to recommend it as a memorable and amazing vacation. I continue to feel that Egypt is a safe and welcoming place, something I and my fellow travelers cannot say of every country. I would, however, recommend a guided tour with Nile Cruise (I have done three) especially for the first timer and even for seasoned travelers. You get a great deal on wonderful accomodations often with meals, helpful escorts and transportation that save you lots of hassle, knowlegable guides that illuminate the past and, most of the time, new friends to share it with. On my most recent trip I found the locals over-joyed to see us and bending over backwards to make sure we had a good time. Nearly one fourth of the Egyptian economy is supported by the tourist trade and they need jobs and work just like we do here. The "Let's go guide" is filled with information on staying healthy and safe and helpful in having a good time whatever traveling option you choose. Thanks and Best Wishes, CAL

Liberty, Justice, and F'rall is a fun historical novel about the dog heroes of the Republic of Texas. Liberty is the soft-spoken golden retriever/narrator owned by Sam Houston; Justice is a handsome, black labrador who faithfully attends Jim Bowie; and F'rall is their mutt of a pup. Liberty gives a dog's eye view of life with Sam Houston, from the time she was given to Sam by President Andrew Jackson, through the war with Mexico. I read parts of this book aloud to third, fourth, and fifth graders during their library storytime. My Texas accent finally came in handy! The waiting list for this book is longer than the number of weeks left in school, so I will be buying two additional copies. It's a fun, energetic look at the war for Texas independence, which, by the way, took only 18 minutes to vanquish Santa Anna's army.

If you want your children to get into history this is a good start.

The author is familiar with all the aspects of the fall of the Alamo and puts the story from the view of the dogs (named Liberty, Justice and Furall) that were owned by the main characters of the hitorical incident.

The characters are easy and fun to follow for every adult that may read this wonderful and heartwarming story to their children. There is no political overtone, only a pivital hitorical event told from a different aspect.

This book has been chosen by the Daughter's of the Texas Revolution to be sold AT the Alamo book shop!

As a new member of the profession, Tompkins book enlightened me as to the reason we have paralysis in higher education - its not that the paralysis is required, but its a feature of those of who are a part of it. As I read about Tompkins discoveries, something as simple as recognizing that a teacher needs to 'read the room' and tailor learning to the mood, convinced me that I am doing something right. But the disturbing part to discover is that while Tompkins has awakened herself to new approaches to teaching, her colleagues are still largely unaware. her presentation of her childhood - and the final connection to how this affects her teaching was dead-on.

I enjoy reading books by women about women as they perceive their journey through academe. This is an especially good piece of work. Tompkins is an English professor at Duke. The book is autobiographical and profoundly evocative. It is an intense interpretation of the innertwinings of her personal and professional life. Tompkins discusses her life--from elementary school, through her doctoral program at Yale, through her life as a nontenured and then tenured faculty member--and, in the process, discusses issues that are important to so many of us in the Academy. She writes wonderfully about teaching, learning, and working at a research university. This is a book that will make you laugh, cry, and shake your head because of the way that she is so thoroughly introspective and incisive. Here's just a sample: "Peacable kingdoms aren't born; they are made. And that is why it seems to me that the university, like other places of employment, needs to become aware of itself as a social organism. This would mean that the leadership would become self-conscious about the nature of human interaction on the campus, finding a way to involve everybody--undergraduates, secretaries, janitorial staff, administrators, professors at all ranks, part-time faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars. It would mean devoting time and effort to building good relationships. Right now, the culture of the research university militates agains the quality of life because such concerns are regarded as peripheral to the university's main business. They're perceived as unintellectual, more or less on the level of housekeeping.... But if research universities like the one I work at are going to become places where people like to come to work in the morning, where the employees have a stake and feel they belong, then they will have to model something besides the ideal of individual excellence--the Olympic polevaulter making it over the bar. By modeling the way that they do business, they'll need to model our dependence on one another, our need for mutual respect and support, acceptance, and encouragement. If the places that young people go to be educated don't embody the ideals of community, cooperation, and harmony, then what young people will learn will be the behavior these institutions do exemplify: competition, hierarchy, busyness, and isolation." Her observations about undergraduate education and teaching, as well as the description of her personal jouney as a teacher, are first-rate. The chapters entitled, "Ash Wednesday" and "The Cloister and the Heart," are among the best--if not the best--in the book. For example, in the "Cloister" chapter, she writes: "The university has come to resemble an assembly line, a mode of production that it professes to disdain. Each professor gets to turn one little screw--his specialty--and the student comes to him to get that screw turned. Then on to the next. The integrating function is left entirely to the student.... It would be more helpful to students if, as a starting point, universities conceived education less as training for a career than as the introduction to a life." This is a must-read for faculty and administrators. Enjoy! Frank Fear, Michigan State University

I found a little bit of myself in the neurotic, obsessive boy, Lillelord!

Take a look; you will be surprised at what you discover...

can't add anything to written above, but You have to read the whole trilogy(lillelord,Dark Streams((?),not sure,title translation might be wrong-I read it in Russian version,and same could apply to the third book-Now There's No Escape(?)),to get the whole picture.

I was given this book as a gift and have enjoyed it tremendously. My grandkids love the special treats and it's great to be thought of as a Hip Grandma with the goodies. There's something in this for everyone. A great gift for holidays. I highly recommend.

This wonderful book is bound to create delicious memories for years to come. If you're looking for some wonderful new recipes to treat your child, grandchild or the neighborhood gang to here's a wonderful book filled with scrupmtious recipes to help you start your own traditions. Cakes, cookies and yums galore... Easy to follow recipes combined with wonderful words and art come together to create a sweeteaters dream and must have for anyone who loves to bake.

All right, I only spent 6 months in the city, which is hardly any time at all, but from what I saw and heard, Sally Belfrage's wonderfully ballsy and observant book hits it right on the head. I fell in love with Belfast, and when you read this book, you'll see why. I know a few people over there who swear by "Living with War," - which has none of that partisan nonsense, thank heavens. Finally a book as crazy, funny, sad, thought-provoking and phenomenonally surreal as the city itself!

Sally Belfrage is an American who lives in London and attempts to unscramble the obvious, intricate dissenion that exists in Northern Ireland. An almost impossible task for anybody. I was therefore sceptical at first when picking up this book and wondering how anyone, who has spent a fragmented year in Belfast (which is a short time) to write a book on this very complex problem. I was pleasantly surprised as she handles her topic in a professional, unbiased, journalistic approach. For the novice that knows little of the Northern Irish conflict, she summarises in brief but accurate detail the origins of each group and then progresses into introducing the different points of views, fears, anger of the various groups. She does this by introducting you to everyday people and their lifestyle, not limiting it to any one particular section of this multi-faceted area, always trying to show as many angles as possible. Her style of writing is swift and visually descriptive so that the reader is able to obtain a very accurate description of what it is like to actually be in Northern Ireland. It is filled with horrific stories but at the same time with inspirational reflections. Her stylistic tempo never wavers or slows down. I realised after reading this book, that it is often an outsider who will give a reader the broadest and most unbiased story of all if they have researched their topic sufficiently, which she has

... This is an informative and enjoyable book, and lets you delve into Hong Kong culture and eating culture in a way the other books don't. The inside cover has a quick reference of several Cantonese terms in English and Chinese characters, including counting numbers and the very important "ngoh5 hei6 sou3 xig6 ge3" (I am a vegetarian). The book closes with over 50 pages of Cantonese phrases (including "I am ill", "I am pissed", "I want to throw up", and "Thank you, that was delicious"; a glossary of foods and terms; and a Hong Kong culinary dictionary (explains the main ingredients and cooking method). Each transliterated word is coded with the proper intonation, distilled into 6 basic tones. There are 200 beautifully photographed pages of places to eat (from concept to neon to mobile dai pai dong, to street restaurants); a discussion of the banquet; and analyses of staples, such as soups and noodles, rices and meats, and sauces. There are sections on shopping, picnics, utensils, medicinal foods, and "chinese table rules" (no vertical chopsticks please).

Back in 1991 I set off for a twelve-month global journey. With me I had a few essentials, money, clothes, my wife and a collection of Lonely Planet Travel Guide Books. After a few weeks in India we found that the books were as essential to our survival as food and water. We went on to use the Lonely Plant Guide Books (or the LP as we termed them) though out Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, North American, Canada and Mexico. Sometimes our travels would be so fast and furious that we would not read about our next destination until we had arrived the town's bus depot. We grew to love and trust the LP - it never let us down. As you might imagine I was therefore thrilled to receive their latest departure in to travel writing "World Food Hong Kong ". Furiously I dived in to its pages. When I saw that pocket size book was written by Richard Sterling a guy who would - quote " go anywhere and court any danger for the sake of a good meal" I new I would be in for an interesting literary adventure.
Richard Sterling's other titles include; Dining With Headhunters; The Fearless Dinner; and the award wining Travelers' Tale. His much-applauded writing has won him praise from The James Beard Foundation and kudos from the Lowell Thomas awards.
The book 's contents are broken down fourteen chapters -
World Food Hong Kong starts with the essential aspect of understanding the domains cuisine culture. Sterling enlightens us on the island's history, flavors and influences. My learning began. It would seem that Hong Kong's cuisine is a melting pot of the nations tastes with the addition European influences; olive oil, ketchup and asparagus all worked themselves in to the fabric of the island's "local" cooking.
Staples and specialties are next; rice, noodles, tofu, meat, sauces flavorings - the list continues as do the lessons. We all know that in 1295 Marco Polo introduced the noodle to Italy but did you know he made his mark on the Chinese too; he introduced the kiss? The content continues with Drinks, Home Cooking, and Celebrating with Food. Food as Medicine is where I must pause to narrate. Sterling reminds us that the Chinese believe that "food, medicine and health are all part of the same continuum. This is derived from the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang, which applies as much to human health as it does to the cosmos. When all in the universe is in its proper balance, harmony reigns. But in a condition of imbalance, we risk ill health, misfortune violence and destruction. Lesson: Seek balance!" If you are seeking balance try the Yin Yang soup or if you are feeling peaky there is always the Lizard soup chicken and cloud fungus.
Seeking knowledge of unusual foods? Then move to the next chapter "The Bold Palate". These are foods for the brave. How about preserved eggs, snake or baby mouse wine? That is right the wine is made by preserving still-suckling baby mice in rice wine. Apparently this is jolly good for rejuvenating the body's organs. For those who have survived the journey thus far normality is ahead. Shopping and Markets, where to Eat and Drink, Understanding the Menu and a modest Recipe Section are all a great read. The where to eat chapter covers the complete dining gambit from the very upmarket Peninsular to low down street food and must try dim sum.
For the gourmet traveler the book finishes with a handy English to Cantonese culinary dictionary a must have for those who want to appear to know their jellyfish from their junk food.
As I close I am relived to say the Lonely Planet does it again, a captivating unpretentious little book, nit just physically but also financially suited for anyone's pocket. - Written By Jeremy Emmerson GobalChefs

The relaxation techniques for meditation and self hypnosis have already made a remarkable difference in my life after a day or work. Showing me not only affirmations, but how to create a process for myself has been helpful too. I liked the way the author integrated some personal information as she guided the reader and involved them in the process. I appreciate the skill level of this lady. I never realized how important it is to really test your level of desire to accomplish your goal, how to build the desire..how to find your motivator and use it as a catalyst for success.. There is so much to this little book. I can't wait for the companion guide to come out.

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