Thompson's 'Motif Index" (multi volume set)is a classic in folklore scholarship. Every student of folklore studies necessarily needs to handle this reference sources which catalogues and categorizes folk tales, legends and other "narratives" in terms of "motifs". One folktale can have many motifs. The study of motifs is important to trace the "history" of the tale and its variants. SRS/PR

This set of books classify all known myths and folk tales, in terms of both story and motif. Invariably, any book analyzing myths will simply use Thompson's notation (Aa ###) whenever placing the myths discussed in a multi-cultural or syncretic context. For an understanding of Thompson's work rather than referencing the literally encyclopedic result, see _Types_of_the_Folktale_.

If you're planning a trip to Mount Whitney, you need this book. It contains the most comprehensive trail guide on the market, with detailed descriptions and photos to help you visualize the hike. There are also many other helpful chapters, such as: Bears, Wildlife, Weather, Your Success Factors (hints for mental and physical preparation), and background history of the trail.
Furthermore, this book carries a guarantee by the authors: "If you feel this book doesn't prepare you for a summit attempt, we'll refund your money." Written by the owner of the Whitney Portal Store, it's a gold mine of information and advice!

Before hiking Mount Whitney, I browsed a few books on the topic. This book was the most informative and interesting to read. Not only are there interesting anecdotes about the hike, including some of the messages left in the guestbook at the top, the book is well organized and readable. The book divides the hike into parts, making it easy to envision before attempting a hike to the summit. This is a wonderful book written by the owner of the Whitney Store.

A book with lessons for all ages. I thoroughly enjoyed this authors writing style and story. She seems to be full of hope, joy and caring, as discussed on the back cover. This book teaches plenty of good lessons about always believing in yourself. A must for any good Christmas book list, and wouldn't you know it, she has another book coming out in December "Mrs. Claus Invites You".

The drawing at the end of the book says it all at a glanceabout the power of belief in one's self the author is writing about.Please publish the name of the illustrator in your site

You don't have to agree with Richard Chase & company's "romance thesis" to find this thoroughly researched and well-informed book valuable. It is a careful and insightful look both at the 19th century debate over the romance and current perspectives on the movement.

This is the book that anyone interested in nineteenth-century fiction or the Romance has been waiting for. The product of extraordinarily thorough research, and written in a lucid prose that is accessible to all, the book sets forth the historical record on romance fiction: what the authors thought they were doing, what they did, and how scholars have viewed their premises and aesthetics. The book is a crucial corrective to all the silliness that now passes for scholarship, a-historical so-called scholarship that has denied the existence of a romance tradition and tried to understand these writers and their previous critics through the distorting lens of the Cold War. Thompson and Link counteract this with a careful rendering of the historical record, an account that makes the self-styled "New Americanists" who claim to be "intervening in the canon" look like mosquitoes standing on the shoulders of such giants as Matthiessen and Chase. Given the current presentism and shallow self-fashioning that currently prevades the Modern Language Association, I doubt this fine book will get its fair due, but it is the first place I would send any student interested in the Romance, which was and still is the defining tradition of American fiction.

Thompson's new book is a winner. This should be on the shelves of anyone serious about practicing or teaching management principles and supervision. It is one of the most overlooked and underrated publications out. The book can be used in training seminars or mini-courses as a stand-alone text. It is great for discussion, too. It can also be used to supplement management principles and supervision tests, reinforcing concepts and practices discussed in the more formal works. I hope to use it as a supplemental text in teaching management principles again, soon. Thompson's book also shows experienced managers new tricks. It is easy to read, enjoyable, worthwhile, and reasonably priced, as well. 9+ Dr. Alan D. Kardoff

Brad Lee Thompson's book is a winner. It is ideal for new managers and also reinforces concepts in most 330-400 level management textbooks. "The New Manager's Handbook" is one of the most overlooked and underrated readings in the fields of general management and supervision. I would use it for training new managers as well as a supplement for management principles texts. While the author has no support materials or end-of-chapter questions, the book is written in such a readable manner that users can overcome these minor shortcomings. This book sits prominently on my #1 shelf, along with those by Blanchard/Johnson, Peters/ Waterman, Bemis, Drucker, Barnard, Sayles et.al. Though more basic than some Drucker/Peters types, the book helps the reader learn management well. It is suitable for use in training seminars as well as college/university credit courses; the latter primarily as a supplement to the basic principles texts. Dr. Alan D. Kardoff

From the moment we opened NO MORE GOOSEBERRY PIE, my four-year-old grandson was enchanted by the story! He liked it so well that we read it five times and he still wanted to do it again! For anything to hold a child's interest that long, it has to be good!

The story is simple. A young boy eats the gooseberry pies his mother has put out to cool. He lies to her about what happened to them, making up preposterous excuses. Then when he goes too bed, stuffed too full of gooseberry pie, he has a terrible dream about everything he did that day.

The story was sweet but not to the point of causing tooth decay. The illustrations were gorgeous! Kym Jones is fantastic! While I know the mother had to see through the explanations of what happened to the pies, my grandson thought they were believable. It was like reading a brand new fairy tale!

Author Dorothy Thompson tells this story like she's sitting in the room with you. NO MORE GOOSEBERRY PIE is warm and honest. My grandson Eric and I heartily recommend it to anyone who wants to spend some quality time with the child in their lives!

Joyce Lavene

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I would like to say I have read Dorothy Thompson's, No More Gooseberry Pie, and wish that I had had it around when my sons were young. It's very enchanting! The imagery was outstanding. I could picture the 'Land of Tall Tales' with the mean, angry dinosaur demanding the poor boy to eat those pies. My grandchildren love it!

I used to think that I knew a lot about puppies, but I've learned more from this book than from 20 years of raising my own (and reading almost everything I could get my hands on). It's a sensible, readable, and good-natured book that has more information on a page than most books do in a chapter. The next time we have a litter, a copy of this book will accompany each puppy to its new home.

This woman knows her stuff! I thought I knew a fair amount re: raising a puppy, but Mary Thompson's knowledge and years of experience blew me away. This is a must have book if you, or someone you know, is getting a new puppy.

I encourage all process engineers to read this book. I took many courses with Dr. Manning at The University of Tulsa, he is one of the best professors I have ever met.

this book is a definite must for the graduate, practicing engineer,plant operator, manager and consultant. Not only does it cover understandable process descriptions, design methods, operating procedures and troubleshooting in great detail, it reinforces the understanding with review questions, practical numerical problems and worked examples. It provides the engineer with a comprehensive desk manual. This book is the definitive source on oil and gas processing. Topics addressed include: characterization of crude oil, phase behavior of crude oil, water in crude emulsions, 3 phase separation, dehydration of crude, desalting, crude sweeting and stabilisation, measurement of crude, all complimented with case histories. One of the best books on oil & gas processing

Like some of Ruth Plumly Thompson's other Oz books, this one is partially based on a mystery left behind by L. Frank Baum. In THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ, he mentions that Ojo's uncle (and presumably Ojo himself) is related to the ancient Kings of the Munchkins, but he never really does anything with this idea. Thompson, on the other hand, uses it as the basis for one of her most exciting stories, with Ojo caught up in a plot by one of the scariest villains in Oz. As the other reviewer said, this book a good deal of character development, mostly involving the bandit Realbad. This robber is torn between protecting his new-found friend Ojo, and trading the boy in for a huge reward. Realbad also has an interesting secret, which is revealed towards the end. There seems to be a greater sense of danger in this book than in many Oz books, with the characters up against two monsters, a band of unfortunately stereotypical gypsies, and several other threats. Most of these dangers are rather easily overcome, though, so I doubt the book would come across as scary. This book also gives us some history of the Munchkin Country of Oz. Overall, this is one of the best Oz books, and well worth reading to anyone who enjoys the series.

Not only is this book suspenseful and funny, it also features more detailed character development than is usual in the Oz books as Thompson develops the friendship between Ojo--whom we first met in Baum's "The Patchwork Girl of Oz"--and a bandit named Realbad. Recommended.