I thought this book of Norman Rockwell's work was a fascinatining look into the typical/almost idealistic life of everyday embarrassing/comical/poignant situations which do commonly occur. The picture I enjoyed the most was "The Gossips" where upon I could imagine the tale behind the laughter and enjoy looking at the different facial expressions and that there was such a great twist to the tale. Thank you for such a great book!.

The book is small, but the illustrations still are reproduced extremely well. The essay alone is worth every penny. If you feel uneasy about your love for the work of Norman Rockwell, this book will give you the courage to like what you really like, without any more appologies. Buy it, read it, enjoy. You will, I guarantee.

I have a hundred colored pencils, a nice electric sharpener, the TV in front of me, and I'm as happy as a clam. If you like costume and coloring, and just being pleasantly entertained, you'll love this little book. Such pretty fashions, each with their own little story telling about the period in time, and you're never too old to enjoy a little coloring (well at least I'm not) *smile* have fun!

I chose this book because I love to color and because I love clothes. I loved this book. The drawings were intricate and elabrote but not impossible to color. An added bonus was that with each drawing came a discription talking about when this style was popular and more about the dress. My favorite drawings were the ones from the Civil War Era but they have drawings all they way from acient times to now. I highly reccomend this book.

This is a great book on the geology of the Denali National Park area and highly recommended. It is available and still in print; if you'd like a copy contact the Alaska Natural History Association to purchase one. The Denali branch would be the most expedient.

The geology of the Denali area is a fascinating mix where uplift from plate techtonics meet sharp glacially cut peaks. Mike Collier's book is the only one available for this area; and no, it is not out of print!

THE KING'S GIRAFFE is a delight. The story succeeds as an enchanting and exotic narrative while it empowers its young readers by portraying the child characters, Abdul and Henry, as problem solvers for their bewildered masters, the Pasha of Egypt and the King of France. The story, while fanciful, is well-grounded in history and geography and would be a wonderful aid in preparing children for their first visit to France since the illustrations and the story refer to actual cities and locations. The illustrations are evocative, gentle, exotic, richly textured and whimsical as befits the text. The authors have a gift for appealing to the fantasy life of children while captivating the adults who will undoubtedly be asked to read this story aloud over and over again.

Few childrens books captivate and charm like "The Kings Giraffe". Poulain's illustrations captivate adults and kids alike, and Colliers storytelling evoke the magical true story of a african giraffe in Paris.

An excellent text for Med/Surg nursing course. One you will want to keep for future reference. Indispensible!

This book I've subtitled "holding the bag" -- it is basically a text book for nurses, telling them how to deal with the patient after the doctor has left the room. It includes how to live with a diagnosis, a disease, and deal with the side-effects of a cure. It not only provides precise medical information, but includes psychological and 'daily-life' information as well. As it is designed for nurses, the vocabulary is technical, and the illustrations are graphic; if you really want to understand what the doctors just told you, this is the place to go.

Beautiful illustrations, excellent content, clear instructions. This is the perfect book for a person interested in crafts and life on the prairie.

I bought this book for my 31 year old daughter tammi who loves to sew. She said it was the best book she has ever had. Charlotte

this book is great for a lesson plan. I found it to be very useful to show how we use our hands. a great learning to tool to teach preschool children.

This book is wonderful for emerging readers & for those children just learning to appreciate symbols of inspiration & empowerment. Children all want to do for themselves & Hope Price's book lets all children know that they can do so many, wonderful & helpful things. The poetry is simple & easy for all to grasp. The illustrations are beautiful. I think that this "big little book" will spark the imagination of children & hopefully get them thinking about the many ways they can contribute to their family, friends & society. My kids loved it. We look forward to more stories from Hope.

I live in Michigan and still got a lot of new information from this book. Highly recommended.

Even though this title appears to be out-of-print, I highly recommend taking Amazon's offer to track one down for you. It is by far Fitzgerald's best collection of shorter work, ranging from his younger Bazil stories to his more mature "semi-Hollywood" work. It also displays his various abilities with modernist literature (viz. the title story) that marks him as a writer truly ahead of his age.

"The American Revolution: 1763-1783" covers the time frame from the end of the French and Indian Wars to signing of the peace treaty between the British and Americans. The starting point is important because the taxes the Colonists found so burdensome, especially without representation, were primarily designed to have the colonies pay for their own defense. This fifth volume in "The Drama of American History" series aims to give students the "central core" of this period rather than getting bogged down in an overload of information. In other words, authors Christopher and James Lincoln Collier are interested in providing the pageant of American history in "bold strokes."

Consequently, this particular period is covered in six chapters: (1) A Revolution in the Hearts and Minds of Americans begins with the provocative question of whether the revolution was inevitable. The Colliers argue that the great distance between London and the Colonies created an unavoidable conflict between the fact British looked at the Americans as colonists rather than as British citizens and the necessity of the Americans exercising a large degree of autonomy with regards to government because messages back and forth across the Atlantic took months. Given that dynamic, the relationship could not continue forever; (2) The Stamp Act Crisis looks at the first major crisis between the Crown and the Colonies, establishing the quandary faced by the British Parliament, which could neither enforce the Stamp Act nor allow policy to be dictated by what they considered to be a mob. This chapter highlights the potent political rhetoric of James Otis, Patrick Henry, and John Adams in the developing movement towards independence; (3) Taxes and Teas looks at how American attitudes towards Britain continued to evolve in the wake of the Boston Massacre, so that by 1770 any hope of reconciliation between the Crown and the New England colonies was ended and many Americans were now convinced the British Parliament was no longer on their side. The Boston Tea Party in 1773 becomes the spark that ends up triggering the revolution.

The last half of the volume is devoted to the outbreak of actual hostilities: (4) Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill not only relates the details of these early battles in the war for independence, but more importantly shows how they provided evidence that the Colonists could successfully fight the British; (5) The Declaration of Independence actually spends only a few paragraphs discussion the document as an example of practical politics rather than political philosophy. Most of the chapter talks about the lessons George Washington learned from the British evacuation of Boston and the American defeat on Long Island; and (6) The War for American Independence looks at the American Revolution with an emphasis on the chain of events that would lead to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, looking at those events that improved American morale, thwarted British military plans, and/or encouraged French support. The net effect is to give young readers a real sense of how close this contest was, being so dependent on a key victory here and there, along with a tendency for the British to fail to take advantage of significant opportunities.

One of the strengths of this look at the American Revolution is how the Colliers look at key figures in the struggle from an essentially rhetorical perspective, citing the specific words of Samuel Adams, John Adams, and other Founding Fathers. Talking about the stubbornness of Lord North, the British Prime Minister, also helps young readers be aware of how key figures can have a negative effect on the events of history. This volume does a nice job of structuring events as something like a giant chess game, giving readers a sense of not only what happened but why. This volume is illustrated with historic paintings and etchings (including a few choice political cartoons) as well as contemporary full color photographs of Colonial reenactors. Furthermore, the captions for these photographs are usually quite information, underscoring the idea they are not simply put in the book to give you something to look at besides the text. I do not know if it is practical for many history classes to have a complete set of this series, but I do think the basic approach of "The Drama of American Revolution" is pedagogically sound.