I loved the two previous "Complete History" books byLes Daniels on Superman and Batman, but his book on Wonder Woman iseven more amazing. Maybe it's because she isn't as over-exposed asthose other two superheroes, but there are surprises galore in thishandsome book. The still-gorgeous Lynda Carter contributes a lovelyintroduction, and just wait until you read the story of WilliamMarston, Wonder Woman's unconventional creator. And the stunningdesign by Chip Kidd showcases totally awesome toys, original art andeven photos from a 1960s TV show pilot I didn't know existed. And weeven get to see the legendary never-seen "Star Riders"toys. Well, I could just go on and on. This is my favorite book ofthe year, and any fan of Wonder Woman (or Lynda Carter) will just haveto have it!

Any question you've had about the amazing Amazon Princess will be answered here. You can learn about her origins, and how she has evolved over the years, always keeping in touch with each particular generation (i.e., the difference between WW in the 60's and today). The book is up-to-date, bringing the reader to the very latest story line. It truly covers all aspects of the heroine's life, including the TV series and all the many wonderful products related to her. It is also visually stunning, full of rich, vibrant images. Even if you never get to read the text, the pictures alone are worth the purchase.

This is a fantastic book, I can't say enough good things about it. Absolutely gorgeous visually, it's also meticulously researched, having found information that's been buried for almost 60 years. From the complex and fascinating William Moulton Marston to the enigmatic Harry G. Peter, through Robert Kanigher and into the modern decades with Perez and Byrne, it's a book to get lost in for any fan of Wonder Woman. Author Les Daniels, photographer Geoff Spear, DC editor Steve Korté and everyone involved have outdone themselves. Diana deserves nothing less.

At Last! A reissue of this outstanding book, and most importantly, with the original illustrations! This book cleverly incorporates the concept of color mixing, but the lyrical verse and captivating pictures are what made it a part of our family's fabric. (our 4 adult children are now ages 35-45 and still remember every word) I had about given up ever finding it again. Our family copy, which is well over 30 years old, has been loved to loose paged pieces. This is just in time for our newest two year old grandchild, and I am getting multiple copies, JUST us case it disappears again! Oh wonderful kittens, oh Brush and Hush!

This is the first book I can recall reading all by myself. "The Color Kittens" brought me such joy that thirty years later I can still feel it. The illustrations are vivid in my memory. My son is thirteen months old and loves books. I am thrilled to have found "The Color Kittens" so we can share the experience again together.

I remember this as one of the books that inspired me to become an artist. The wonderful adventures of the two curious kittens playing with mixed colors has stayed with me since my childhood. I may just buy this book again and remember all the wonderful memories it gave to me.

This woman knows and loves her goldens! What a valuable source of information! I first read it from cover-to-cover the first week I had my Golden Pup home (in between trying to housetrain her and keeping her from chewing on the pages...I had to flip forward to the parts that addressed those issues first!) I have since kept it as a reference to refer to when needed.

The book is well laid out, has little tidbits of information that could be used to impress your co-workers and friends with your "golden knowledge", is humorous, heartwarming, and very, very on-target. The author does not sugar-coat anything, and deals with the GOOD and the not-so-good aspects of this breed. I own other books on raising and loving your Golden, but this one's my favorite.

I bought this and 3 others Golden books, but this is by far, the best I ever see! It covers all aspects for a happy life with a Golden Retriever. The info about house break in and basic training are the most efective. I put in pratice with my Golden and for a first time dog owner like me, it worked 100%. The "don't" do part of the book is great! It told me what not to do, and it works more than many oral comands. Thanks to this book, my Golden is a happy, obedient and healthy dog. Even living in Brazil, without much of toys, food, address, etc mentioned in the book, it is a must have book. I higly recommend for the first time Golden owner and for those who already has previously dog experience. And an extra bonun is the excelente price for so many good quality informantion. I hope the author will bring us another Golden book soon.

The author is a self-avowed golden nut who worships her dogs and lets them sleep in her bed (not as puppies though -- only after her dominance as the alpha dog is gained!). Every owner should have to read this before getting a puppy. Too many people think of puppies as cute little furballs but give little attention to their training. Even these adorable little dogs need strict training and discipline so they can rise to their best behavioral level. You'll learn all the things you SHOULD do to train your dog and many that you shouldn't like rubbing its nose in feces (who ever thought of that!). Obviously, some dog owners must be a bit daft. Do yourself a favor and read this book before committing to raising a puppy. No one should get a puppy unless they are prepared to work at being a good trainer. Even this forgiving and friendly breed needs structure.

This is a wonderful book! As a young immigrant child some 30 years ago this was one of the first books I ever read and thoroughly digested. Simple and touching, this should be a required book in every child's repertoire. The sooner the better!

I read this over 100 times to my daughter when she was little. I also read it that many times when I was a child. I love this book and any books by Margaret Wise Brown. Also read the Whispering Rabbit and loved it.

I loved this book as a child and was delighted to see that it's still around. Leonard Weisgard's rich illustrations are wonderful, and I'm still charmed by the story of the bunny and the egg. It's great to be introducing this book to a new generation of nieces and nephews!

As a Puppy Raiser for Southeastern Guide Dogs, I know that dogs are exceptional and are often guardian angels. This book, however, tells the story of Dakota who is not only a guardian angel for his owner, Mike, but his spirit guide. Through the gentle encouragement from Dakota, Mike has found his mission in life - to educate others about the human-animal bond and about the specialness of service animals. Bravo Mike for telling this truly amazing and touching tale of love, generosity and spirit.

This book is not "just" about a dog. This book is not just about a "typical" dog or an "exceptional" dog. This book is about
life. It is a book about what most all of us want in life:
acceptance, joy, play, nurturing, happiness and last but not least: unconditional love. "The Angel by My Side" shows how we don't really "own" a dog; but how a dog (here a Golden Retriever) can teach us about the really important things in life and help us get away from our own selves, our own problems, and how we can give to others, in a multitude of ways. And yes, we as humans, can still learn from dogs.

Thank you to Mike Lingenfelter for sharing his exceptional story, I absolutely loved this book. Not only is this book inspiring to all who will read it. "The Angel By My Side" will open your heart to what service dogs do for their human "partners", the difficulties and obstacles that each has had to overcome and the truly remarkable work that both Mike and Dakota have done and continue to do. In our "throw-away" society, perhaps this story will also teach people about rescue dogs and what wonderful companions they are (I have a rescue dog of my own). Beware...you will need a box of Kleenex when you read this book.

Were Charles Conlon still alive, I would track him down and kiss his feet for capturing in such vivid detail the historic giants of baseball. The book features remarkable photos of the greatest baseball players of most of the first half of this century. Suitable for framing, the photos typically depict individual players and small groups, often in game action. The well preserved photographs provide an important window on a truly beautiful game and its players in an era when outfield fences were optional, and a "baseball club" was just that. My favorite of Conlon's gems shows Hall of Fame shortstop Honus Wagner gripping his bat. Under his fingernails is Pennsylvania coal dust. His chipped, oversized piece of lumber looks unwieldy by today's standards. And his sinuous forearms are testament to the power that we remember him by. Other photos are paired to show the dramatic impact of age and the outfield sun on players of yesterday. Picture Wes Chandler spunky at 25 and then battle weary at about 50 and you'll understand why so many players strive so hard for a moment in the sun: they want to enjoy it before it's all gone.

The centerpiece of all baseball photography books. You read about them. You marvel at their feats and accomplishments. So few photographs exist about them. What do they look like? Charles Conlon did history a service by just following his hobby. Truly a magnificent masterpiece. Not just photo's...History! We are all so very lucky to be blessed with such a collection. For those interested, there is a collection of hundreds of baseball cards featuring the photographic genius of Conlon. They are out of print now, but can still be found. The Conlon Collection from the Sporting News. You owe it to yourself to check it out. You owe it to yourself to own this book.

I have been a reader of baseball history for most of my 45 years, and I never heard of George S. Conlon. I know him now. This book is nothing less than fascinating. The photos are marvelous, but every printed word is interesting, starting with the preface. I could not put it down.

As pure Art, as magnificent intelligence incarnated as absolute beauty, this is the greatest book ever written by human hands. It is a terrible thing to contemplate that 150,000 people die every day without having read this book. Don't let it happen to you.

This book dramatically illustrates two things: First, that truly fascinating subjects and truly beautiful works of art require fundamental concepts from cognitive science and an implicit understanding of the Universe. Second, that no matter how deep a scientific idea is, it can still be explained to any intelligent reader, without using obscuring clouds of mumbo-jumbo.

Artificial Intelligence, mathematics, cognitive science, computer programming; art, music, language; it doesn't matter whether you know them, or you want to know them, or you just want an unlimited amount of amazing fun - read this book. I could spend the rest of my life reading this book and I would still be noticing wonderful new gems.

Read Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. Each time I do, I realize how truly unique it is. A wonderfully composed sonnet about number theory, um, I mean about genetic engineering, no, wait, it's about philosophy. Dear me, I'm confused; I think it's about artificial intelligence. This book weaves together number theory, musical theory, and art in a whirlwind of self-reference. Hofstadter's main theme is whether artificial intelligence is a possibility or not. I'ts most fascinating element is that, while reading this book, one never quite knows if the book is serious or lighthearted, persuasive or informative. Some say that the most enjoyable part of this book comes after each chapter, when the reader is shown the misadventures of Achilles and the Tortoise, creatures who debate the topics of the following chapterin a roundabout way. Books like this contain so many levels of meaning. One true mark of a classic book is that the reader learns something new each time she reads it. Only one book deserves a ten, so a rating of nine is my highest. Kindly enjoy this book, but before you do, I have one last comment; see if you can find the hidden meaning in this review, because it is representative of the hidden meaning in this book.

Hofstadter has pulled off a miracle with this book. If you like ideas and like reading about how ideas fit together, then get this book. Definately not a one-sitting book (at least for me) but very interesting and worthwhile. It's like listending to your favorite comedian lecture as a highschool teacher on a subject you can't help but be amazed at. He melds art, music, math, computer science, Zen, and more into a beautiful tapestry of fascination. Highly highly recommended.

A perfect book for reading just before tucking your toddler into bed. A great book for fathers and sons to read together and an absolutely heartwarming book that all kids and parents can relate. We give this book as a gift. It really encourages reading before bedtime. Our other favorite book is "Going to Sleep on the Farm" by Wendy Cheyette Lewison.

This book is GREAT! The kids love the Little Critter, and the story is just like my house at bed time. I love Mercer Mayer's books.

Little Critter relates to children everywere in this heart-warming book when Lttle critter keeps trying to put of bed time by playing space cadet, and bunny rabbit. A spectacular, charming book for everyone.

I have only read a few authors who realized the possibilities of were-humans as well as were-critters. By that, I mean animals that can appear to be human. This is surprising in the light of the number of legends about mythical beasts that can appear human. Chinese dragons, selkies, and the countless creatures of the fey world for starters. So the start of Chris Golden's new series about wolf-like 'monsters' that can pass for human is a break from the usual werewolf novel.

The basic thesis is that these 'Prowlers' are of two attitudes. Many have blended into human life, carefully controlling their needs to hunt and kill. But many others long for a return to the wild, seeking human beings for sport and food. These creatures are not bound by the full moon, and are really not magical other than their shape changing abilities. But they are extremely powerful and almost impossible to elude. Basically wolves on a lot of steroids.

When Jack Dwyer and Mollie Hatcher lose Artie Carroll, their best friend and lover, to a vicious attack, the last thing Jack expects is to find himself talking to Artie's ghost. Not just Artie either, but other residents of the Ghostlands as well. All victims of the Prowlers, they are warning the youthful and ill-prepared part owner of Bridget's Irish Rose Pub that unless he does something countless citizens of Boston will die.

Jack quickly finds the he and Mollie are the next objects of the pack's unending hunt. Equally endangered are Jack's sister Courtney and many of their close friends. For all of them, angered by what happened to Artie, this quickly turns into a war. Aided by the ghosts and fighting to keep Artie's presence a secret from Mollie, Jack finds himself shifting between the Ghostlands and terra firma.

This is almost a completely successful novel. Too much time is spent setting the scene for the series to come and not enough steadily building the tension. When the action finally does kick in it does so with a vengeance. Suddenly it is as if there is barely enough time to finish the novel. I found the characters interesting if a little bit too much of the Boston Irish stereotype. We get good insight to the workings of Jack's psyche, but the other characters are less well constructed.

Sometimes I think that Golden has spend so much time writing for pre-developed characters, such as Buffy, that he is no longer completely comfortable on his own. And yet, Golden always managed to have enough moments of brilliance to keep pulling the rabbit out of the hat. There is enough here to want to follow the series through at least one more volume.

Jack Dwyer lost his mother in a car accident when he was just ten. Nine years later, Jack and his older sister Courtney run Bridget's, an Irish pub and restaurant in Boston. When Jack's best friend Artie is brutally murdered, he is devastated, as is Artie's girlfriend, Molly. But soon, Jack and Molly begin to suspect there was more to Artie's death that simple murder. When Jack is visited by Artie's ghost, he discovers that his best friend's killers were the Prowlers, an ancient race of beats that can make themselves appear human. And to make matters worse, the Prowlers have marked Jack and Molly as their next prey - for no human can discover the truth and live. Now they are fleeing for their lives, and must take one last, desperate chance. The odds are against them. But Jack and Molly are determined to survive. This book started off a thrilling new horror series for teens. I highly reccomend this new series.

Jack Dwyer is devastated over his best friend Artie's death. Artie had been with him for a long time, and had made him feel normal since the death of his mother nine years ago. Even with the help of friends Bill and Molly, something still seems disturbing about Artie's murder. Then, an amazing thing happens -- Artie appears before Jack as a ghost, more than once, and tells him of the Prowlers, hideous and brutal creatures that
prey on humans all over the world. No one can see them -- except

for Jack. And when the Prowlers discover that Jack knows about their secret, everyone is in danger. Jack is in for the wildest
and most terrifying journey of his life. The first thrilling
book in the Prowlers series is among one of the best young adult fiction books I have ever read. And, it's long too, so readers
are in for one long, wild, and suspenseful trip.

I consider myself a connosieur of the classics, so when I heard of an ancient novel concerned with sex, illicit sex, and illicit donkey sex, I decided to take a closer look.

And I'm glad that I did. At the back end of the classical Western literary tradition of silliness, which includes such hallowed humorists as Chaucer, Bocaccio, Rabelais, Cervantes, and, in its divine form, Shakespeare, we find the one tale that may have excited them all--Lucius Apuleius's Golden Ass.

The Golden Ass is filled with adventure, suspense, humor, and nonsense. I had a grin on my face most of the way through, and I got the feeling that the author did too. Tip o' the hat to Robert Graves for delivering an authentic translation that brings us Apuleius in his bawdy best.

The only thing I found occasionally irritating was that, like Cervantes, Apuleius has a tendency to digress. Big time. He inserts the entire myth of Cupid and Psyche right into the middle of the narrative, for example. Does this add to the mythological message of the whole? Probably, but it subtracts from the fantastic flow of the story. My urgent plea to Apuleius, were he alive today, would be, "Stick to the ass!"

There are a number of reasons that traditionally bring people to this book: to study Classical Rome, classic literature, mythology, psychology... maybe you're curious about the intimate lives of donkeys. Whatever has brought you to this novel, now that you're going to read it, perhaps the best thing to do is to take the advice of the author himself, who says, "Read on and enjoy yourself!"

I thought only cats were supposed to have nine lives, but this donkey has at least that many. This book is great fun, I couldn't put it down for too long, and it is incredible that something written so long ago (18 centuries?) can be so accessible, captivating, and hilarious to a modern reader. The events in The Golden Ass resemble the ribald, bawdy exuberance of the Decameron, and no doubt Boccaccio was somewhat inspired by the writings of Apuleius. According to the introduction, the adjective "golden" in the title implies "the ass par excellence" or "the best of all stories about an ass." The story follows the misadventures of Lucius, an enterprising young man who gets far too close to the world of magic, is transformed into a donkey and is constantly thwarted in his attempt to procure the antidote to his assness. It's human mind trapped in donkey bawdy! Totally imaginative, classically written, hilarious fun. As a writer, Apuleius was MILLENNIUMS ahead of his time! (Note: my review is based on the Robert Graves translation, rather than the William Adlington).

I read The Golden Ass for a Classic art course I took while at university I loved it! It is fun, entertaining and comical- not your typical dry Roman read. It is a great story and a great look into history.I highly recommend this tale to anyone who not wants to laugh but is interested in an important text from antiquity.