If you like a book, and you're not a crook and you're old enough to breed, wipe off that frown and sit right down, pick up this book and read. To the frozen north you'll sally forth, to the tundra's virgin snow. Eat moosemeat stew like Dan McGrew, with a slab of sourdough. I enjoy old Robert Service, his poems set me free. There's others far more elegant, he's good enough for me. These poems reek of the gold they'd seek, they tell of a life that's cruel. But there's humor buried by the gold, life's truest hidden jewel. So find a chair by the fireside there, throw your mukluks by the door, and learn who shot poor Dan McGrew, and what they shot him for.

The Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Edith Wharton is a great collection of some of this writer's work. There are two common themes that run through this collection of 7 stories: (1) the writer and his/her place in society, and (2) women living through the complications of their emotional and/or sexual lives in the context of larger societal pressures. These thematic threads give the collection as a whole a pleasing coherence. The stories included are as follows:

"Expiation": about a woman novelist, this story looks at an intersection point in the worlds of literature and religion. "The Dilettante": about a troublesome romantic triangle. "The Muse's Tragedy": about the problematic emotional legacy of a respected poet. "The Pelican": follows the career of a female lecturer. "Souls Belated": about the relationship between a male novelist and a divorced woman. "Xingu": a comic tale about a snobby ladies' club that is hosting a woman novelist. "The Other Two": the story of a man's relationships with the two ex-husbands of his twice-divorced wife.

Wharton is an excellent writer, and her skills are really on full display in this collection. Peppered throughout the stories are a number of memorable (sometimes even Wildean) lines. Example: "It is always a bad sign when loud people come to a quiet place" (from "Souls"). An ideal choice for literature or women's studies courses (as well as for private reading). Recommended as companion texts: the novel "Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing," by May Sarton, and the Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Theodore Dreiser; both of these fine books share themes in common with this Wharton collection.

This guide to quillwork and its counterpart beadwork was originally published in the 1940s for the U.S. Dept. of Indian Affairs, and sees new light today thanks to Dover. Craftspeople of all kinds will find Sioux Quill And Beadwork Designs And Techniques begins with a short history of Sioux art and patterns to quickly move into the specifics of creating and sewing quills and using beadwork techniques adapted for Sioux designs. A special guide to a very specific art.

This is an excellent miniature edition of Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. It has an interesting and informative preface, including a small list of variants from the MS. Moreover, the price is right, and while the print is extremely small, the engraving is very clear, making the edition easily readable. This is a very good deal.

This coloring book is far superior to what you can buy in a department store. It is printed on good quality paper, the pictures are beautiful, and if colored neatly, it serves as a storybook to keep, as the story is well told beneath the pictures. My daughter and I really enjoyed coloring one together several years ago and continued to enjoy it through reading.

I read this book a long time ago, but it is a good book. Catherine Cookson is a excellent author. It is unreal the cruelty orphan children went through in the last century. They were treated like slaves.

I'm thrilled to have discovered these Dover Children's Thrift Classics. It's wonderful to have a few (11, I think) selected fairy tales for such a low price, illustrated with nice line drawings.

I especially like this one because it's all Grimm. Yes, some Grimm fairy tales are horribly gruesome & even downright offensive. But none of those appear here, and Grimm fairy tales are told in beautiful descriptive language, unlike other versions. In particular, to me Snow White is not Snow White unless the opening lines mention the queen working by the window with her ebony embroidery frame, looking out at the snow & pricking her finger, before wishing for a child "as white as snow, red as blood & black as ebony." Some versions are not nearly as descriptive.

I highly recommend the Grimm volumes from this series as a way of introducing your children to authentic fairy tales. Not only are they richer in language & imagery, & more culturally resonant, they also serve as an answer to the criticism that fairy tales are bad for girls because the heroines are passive & dependent upon others, especially men, for their salvation.

For example, in the Grimm version, when the mirror says Snow White is the fairest, the Queen immediately plots to kill her, rather than sentencing her to kitchen duty. There is no description of her dreaming of a handsome prince while she scrubs dishes. The huntsman spares Snow White because she speaks up & begs him not to, promising to disappear into the forest and never come back. The wild animals refrain from eating her but don't help her find her way to the dwarves' house - she does that by herself. When she gets there, everything is pretty, neat & clean - the dwarves do not need her to keep house for them, though they do ask her to.

To cite a less familiar example from this volume, The Seven Ravens is about a sister's quest to free her 7 brothers from the spell cast upon them by the ill wishes of their father. In this tale, it is the girl who is the rescuer. It's worth mentioning that as the tale opens, the father has 7 sons but not a daughter, and fervently wishes for one. This affirms the value of girls.

So before deciding it's best to keep your daughter away from fairy tales, or lamenting the inevitability of the latest video from you-know-who, read the Grimm versions. These volumes are the most affordable & convenient way to do that.

This small "book" of stickers is great! While ordering other soccer-related merchandise, I included the purchase of this sticker book for my 5-year old son. The stickers are animated pictures of various soccer plays (both boys and girls are featured). It was a great in helping to add to his excitement about beginning soccer this fall.

It's hard to believe how many of the best poems in English are in this thin little book -- ninety poems for a dollar. I second the action of the Poetry Project in giving it free to lots of people. Buy one for your glove compartment, your office, your study, and your best reader friend!

I thought that this was a great book for teaching my little ones the alphabet in Spanish. The pictures are great and large enough for children. The choice of vocabulary words is good. I found it easy to use and the little ones had fun coloring the pictures and learning the words. Thanks, this is a great learning aide.