Romeo and Juliet

Felipe Gravier and Lorenzo Schiavo review:

We think that Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers whose families are in a terrible fight which prevents them from coming together. How far the couple will go to be together becomes the focus of the story. Of his richest poetry. The opening and closing choruses are some of his most outstanding work. Romeo's It is a brilliant love story but not much more. It still possesses however some wooing of Juliet is fabulously written. The Friar gets the best lines. Mercutio is one the best friends of Romeo. It is not as good as Shakespeare has written but it's still a fabulous book and up there with his best work. One part of the play we didn't like was that for the tow families get arrange there two kids had to die.
The English language wasn't finally finished so Shakespeare had the liberty to create words and play with the language, as he liked. That's why It was so difficult to understand what each character wanted to express so the teacher had to explain us each of that words and teach us all the words in that age and told us which were the words in the English of today.

This book provides lots of Shakespeare's Storys like "A Midsummer's Night Dream" and "Hamlet" with a children's fairy tale twist. The storys are the same as Shakespeare's, but easier for children to understand. My favorite story was Hamlet because I had just seen the play. A while after we read Children's Shakespeare and it helped me to understand Hamlet better.

Shakespeare is for kids and adults in E. Nesbit's creative mind. I always liked fairy tales, but I couldn't read Shakespeare very well. In Children's Shakespeare E. Nesbit turned his work into fairy tales without changing the story and morals. This book is not much like Nesbit's other books because it was written by Shakespeare, but I bet there are some simularities.

This book was a overall well writen book and I beleive E. Nesbit put a lot of hard work into her books in her life-time. I'm sure if she were alive now she would still be writing good books to this day.

Well written, honest and easy to read - this is the kind of book that gets dusted off every year or so and re-read.

I found The First Hellcat Ace to be a thoroughly enjoyable chronicle of Hamilton McWhorter's experiences in World War II. The book reads well and the story is engaging, providing a balanced view of his personal and professional life as a Naval aviator. The deprivations of shipboard life, the risks of combat, and the pain of separation from loved ones provide a solid foundation for "One-Slug" McWhorter's story.

I was prepared to like this book before I bought it. My opinion had to be a biased one. Mac McWhorter served in USS Essex, the same ship I served on although I was a aboard a decade after he was. He was a ship's hero and considered my Shipmate.All those who served in USS Essex, from her commissioning in 1942, as CV9 to her decommisioning in 1969 as CVS9, and even those who serve in USS Essex LHD2 are shipmates, even those who served in that first 32 gun frigate Essex built in Salem in 1779 are considered shipmates. We all served, or are serving in United States Ship Essex. It's a Navy thing. I have been in correspondence with Mac in things related to Essex. I have found him to be a man of warmth, with a great sense of humor. A family man, and a true shipmate.

This book is about what it was like for a carrier fighter pilot. About missing one's family, and about squadron members and friends lost in battle, About just getting through it. Mac McWorter survived three carrier deployments in World War II. He earned a reputation as one of the Navy's deadliest fighter pilots. His memior is not the stuff of shootouts in the air, although there is plenty of that, as the First Pilot to ace in the Hellcat, and with 12 air victories it's neccesary to his story. His story is of comradeship, and sacrifice, survival and getting a job done. This is a great read. It's a story that needed to be told and needs to be read. Lest we forget Hamilton "Mac" McWhorter and those who served with him.

People who learned to diagram sentences and outline thoughts when they were in school might be interested in how this book is organized around, in, and through an outline. Picking any particular topic, it is often surprising how well Karl Jaspers has placed it within a scheme of things. Normally, there wouldn't be much reason to consider how a history of thinking as bombing might find a place in a book like General Psychotherapy, but at the moment, it is interesting that the following ideas in this book can be assigned to a particular place on a thread that runs through it, largely about the "worlds of obsessional patients." On page 390, in Chapter VI, MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS AND THEIR SPECIFIC MECHANISMS, SECTION TWO, ABNORMAL MECHANISMS, 1. Pathological Psychogenic Reactions, ( c ) Classifications of reactive states, 2. According to the type of the reactive states: "(b) There may be an explosion in the form of fits, tantrums, rages, disjointed movements, blind acts of violence, threats and abuse. There is a working up of the self into a state of narrowed consciousness (prison-outbreaks, frenzies, short-circuit reactions, are some of the terms used)."

There is much more in this book than the average patient is ever going to learn in personal visits to a shrink. A thorough knowledge of the point of view presented by Jaspers goes a long way in support of the view that modern drug treatments of psychiatric problems attempt to mask symptoms, which are much easier to define and classify than the problems of existence that attempt to surface in situations where people would like an infinite solution to individual problems. In Jaspers's examination of the relationship between the doctor and the patient, any doctor who approaches a fixed view of the best remedy is in danger of failing to understand the nature of the individual patient. It helps to have some background in the personal issues which are most meaningful to the reader. In our own time, there is a controversy about the use of ancient remedies like marijuana, and I found it useful to compare therapeutic suggestions in this book with the federal government's position that smoking such stuff isn't medicine, "it's more like a Cheech and Chong show." If you want to live through reading this book, you will have to inhale while you read. Best of all, there is no point in this book at which the doctor says, "Your time is up."

This is a classic work on the observation of psychopathology without the theoretical overlay of other works. This author also founded phenomenology, a type of existential philosophy. This book is a must for mental health diagnosticians but might be a bit dense for the general public.

"A tremendously exciting read" Judge Sanford M. Brook

Patricia Williams, Acting Justice of N.Y. Supreme Court says about Gun Crazy: "I truly enjoyed Mr. Booker's writing. He knows the secret of making you want to actually visit the scenes he describes so well. . . Mr. Booker's book is different than others, because it deals with the many different aspects of a real trial. Hence, the characters are drawn with detail and care."

Warren Burnett said: "Superbly, writer Booker honors his craft in this story of a courtroom trimph made possible by the grit and grace of Kerrville's Scott Stehling, a true examply of the decent and talented lawyer."

Since we already owned "How & Why Stories," and "Through the Grapevine, World Tales Kids Can Read & Tell," we knew we had to get this one too. We anticipated that this collection would be a real treat and it is!

My kids always ask where this book is; someone always has it off the shelf. These stories keep my children busy for hours. They read to themselves, to each other, and then they tell them. These stories made them roar with laughter. A perfect humorous compilation of Folk Tales for children.

In the beginning there is a world map to illustrate where these stories originate. At the end they offer General Tips for Telling Stories. These tips are the next best thing to having Hamilton & Weiss in person to do the coaching. They even offer Follow-up Activities to expand the lesson plan or teaching possibilities this book has to offer.

I really enjoyed reading all the stories in this book. The introduction defining what a noodlehead is is a great way to begin the book. Reading each story makes you laugh and realize that you too sometimes do noodlehead things. My favorite story was "Next Time I'll Know What To Do" which is about a boy whose mother has him go out and get a job. So he goes off and finds a job. After his first day of work he earns a coin. Being so proud of himself he shows everyone on his way home, unfortunately he drops it the water while crossing a bridge. His mother, disappointed, tells him he should have put it in his pocket. So the next day he received two slabs of butter for working. On his way home he put it in his pocket, like his mother said but by the time he made it home the butter had melted. This continues on each day, somehow losing what he earned by bringing it home the way his mother had told him. Now anyone with common sense would know that the butter would melt but Jack was following his mother's instructions. This continues on until he receives two bags of gold because he made the rich man laugh by trying to carry his donkey over his shoulder because that was what his mother had told him to do, onlyshe was referring to carrying the meat over his shoulder.
This story was fun to read, along all the others. Each story comes with great little illustrations that represent the characters in the story. At the end of each story there are tips for ways to tell the story along with a little added information about the story. Also at the end of the book there is a section describing great techniques for story telling as well as follow up activities to do after you've read the story, such as creating a new stories from a few characters, each from different stories. Each story in this book is from a different country, offering us a little cultural information as well. I highly recommend this book, it can be fun for children of all ages.

This book really spoke to the children in my classroom. They all enjoyed hearing stories about the archtypal fool, and it paved the way for discussions on our treatment of others, since we, too, are often "the fool."

Hamilton and Weiss have a great storytelling style: it's easy to read AND easy to tell. The illustrations are absolutely wonderful, too. I think other teachers, librarians, parents, etc. would all enjoy sharing this book with their children.

My daughter who is a very big fan of "Court TV", as am I (this is where she heard about "Weep For The Living")-told me about their review and couldn't wait to read it. It was everything they said and more. How this woman survived the brutal torture at the hands of her husband is difficult to understand. She evidently has a very strong will and desire for life. She is definitely to be admired. Neither one of us could put the book down. We highly recommend it. The title is perfect. Society all to often forgets their is a victim and all attention is put on the defendant, maybe this will help turn this kind of thinking around. Our only regret is that it took a long time to locate this book, couldn't find anywhere ...It definitely should receive more publicity. ...

A psychological thriller and at the same a true story of both a heinous crime and emotional and physical survival. The story is beautifully told of a married couple, each individually well respected, and why the marriage went wrong. Anne Butler asked herself this question many, many times during her amazing recovery from five 38-caliber bullets fired at point blank range. The book delves in depth her answers and also shows remarkable aspects of her community -- the friends she never knew she had and the success of the Louisiana criminal justice system in putting here estranged husband in prison for good.

Follow the steps leading up to the shooting, the recovery (as it is to date), all aspects of the trial which was a perilous trip for Anne Butler as well as for everyone touched by the bizarre crime and finally her forgiveness of her assailant. Anne's prose reads as though she is talking directly to the reader, explaining in detail her pain, her anxiety over her children, her conclusions, and her own realization of how wonderful life can be when you are in the bosom of friends.

Anne Butler's horrific but astounding account of a near death experience at the hands of a tormented and twisted cold blooded and clearly calculated killer, is truly more stranger than fiction could ever be, particularly when it is her own husband, that pulls the trigger, not once, but over and over again. From the moment I began to read this amazing piece of literary prozac truth, I knew that there would be no stopping until I had devoured it, sifting the underbelly of it, carefully, weeping and laughing with her as each moment of her life leading up to that ghastly moment and each step thereafter, unfurled. I couldn't stop until I had finished it--all in one setting.

The book shocks you, saddens you, but it also somehow speaks to the heart of us all; how one can find strength in the midst of literally death and dying; how one can keep her priorities straight and think on, in her case, her two brave yet fainthearted children. I admire how this true-to-life protagonist fought back. Not in a physical way at first, but with the inward will and drive to beat it all and to beat him at his game, a game he had by all accounts mapped out, hoping to win. But he didn't get his wish. This woman fought with the stuff that warriors are made of. She got through surgery after surgery, and from all accounts, it appears she still has more to endure. The need to be around for her children, for her family, and for her friends, surely were the driving pathos, not to mention the love of her stately home and her thriving buisness.

All I have left to say is kudos to a woman who's made from lion's cloth, to woman who's got grit in her craw. Anne Butler, was in deed carried in the arms of angels, but to me she is an angel. To have lived to tell the story is victorious. I am so grateful to have read her book. And now when I am going through my dark tunnels, and I think that I can't make it, I just think on Miss Butler, and quietly and thankfully I go on.

I found this book to be very good on explaining how exactly a lowrider works as well as how to set up a hyrdulic system on a car. This book has the best diagrams of complete systems i have ever seen. It also has some good basic information on other topics as well. I have to say though this is the best book you can buy if your going to start to build a lowrider this is the place to start.

If you are considering building a lowrider you must have this book. Also, look for the other lowrider book recently published by lowrider magazine.

This is a very detailed book that covers all aspects of building a low-rider, including hydraulics. Because you can build a low-rider from any vehicle, it does not give exact steps for any one vehicle (which is actually a real positive) but it thoroughly covers most of the major subject areas, from the purchase of the vehicle, to welding and tool recommendations, to modifying the suspension, to installing hydraulics. Frank does focus on GM products, a favorite lowrider brand. The tips are great...creative ways to save money and prevent lots of grief while completing your project car. The author is obviously an automotive junkie. Before you start the project, you need this book as a base reference. It will pay for itself! Once you buy your vehicle, you'll continue to refer back to the book and keeps you focused on the big picture. I was greatly surprised by the depth of the content, and learned more in a couple hours of reading than I would have in a week at the local garage - well done and well worth the minor number of pennies it takes to buy it.

What I like about this book is it's easy to use. When you need help with grammar just look it up in the handy index. Yes this is a book on "basic" grammar, but isn't that what troubles the average Joe/Jane Blow in his or her everyday writing.

The beauty of this book is its simplicity. Adults can benefit from Dr. Elliot's humorous approach used to keep eigth graders from falling asleep between reading about nouns and verbs.

The best way to describe this book is it's a kids version of Strunk and Whites, "Elements of Style."

As a retired high school teacher of 10th and 11th grades, I wish I had had this resource for my students. More formal usage books are not only colder and more frightening-looking but are usually much less functional than this book in actually helping the student to write clearly and well. I wish that I had written it!

If there is a way to make grammar painless, Dr. Elliott has done it. This book is delightful. My teenagers aren't even intimidated by fact it is a grammar book. It stays by our computer for every writing project, even mine.

This book enabled me to reach new levels for my own abilities and have used it as a reference guide many times. For a beginner it is a valuable tool. It came highly recommend by a mentor of mine and she did not lead me astray.

For anyone that is wanting to enhance there abilities or if you are someone that is wanting to start, this is the book to start with. It offers a conprehensive way to bring all the aspects of metaphysics together with out the confusion. This book is a must have!

This book is easy to read and very straightforward. The writing is clear and the authors help the reader to ease into performing the acts of psychic ability that we all possess. It is very well organized and intelligently written.

For me, personally, I have found two quirks that really cause me stress. One, is the wonderful world of communication technology and those irking telephone systems whereby you need to press one for this, press two for that, and if you are able to find the right person you are looking for, you end up with their voice mail. As for a human voice on the other end, that only happens if fate happens to be on your side that day, which it usually isn't. My second peeve, is waitng in line at the express lane check-out that clearly says ten items or less and there are three people ahead of you with at least thirty items each! This is called stress, but only if you respond to it.

"Serenity to Go" is filled with relaxing techniques that one can use while standing in line in the express lane even when it seems like you are standing amid the slow route to China. I find deep-breathing exercises and meditation extremely beneficial. Others I know, play mind games to pass the time, i.e, think of a breed of dog, capital city, sport, etc, that begins with each letter of the alphabet. My 89 pound Russian grandmother, at 102, had a very unique stress reliever. She always kept a pair of heavy men's workboots by the basement door. If something stressed her, she would put on the boots, go down to the basement, kick the heck out of the coal furnace, then calmly walk back up the basement stairs and sit graciously and quietly at the kitchen table without a care in the world! However, she was without the benefit of this terrific book, nor could she have read the English version. Regardless of what method relieves your stress and inner-tensions, readers will find the techniques suggested in this book, do help reduce the level of stress and tension - most of the time!

The ideas in this book are so practical, and the suggestions so easy to put into real practice, it's hard to understand how we got along without it for so long. Hamilton manages to use a friendly, conversational tone without ever condescending, and she interjects many clever and original witticisms without being cute. As a teacher myself, I'm impressed--even a little jealous--at the way she so convincingly communicates original and unusual lessons. Highly recommended.

I usually avoid self help books, but this little volume found its way into my heart. It's witty, unpretentious, and best of all, useful. I regularly drive in a city where one mini-second of hesitation means a barage of curses and horns, and since reading this book I've actually managed to drive from Brooklyn to the UpperWest Side and get out of the car feeling more relaxed in body and mind than when I got in. Even more importantly, this book has pushed me to think about my priorities. Is it better to get somewhere a few minutes late and relaxed or right on time with your heart racing? I'm not quite sure, but Hamilton's really got this sceptic thinking and questioning. Since most self-help books seem to preach to the converted, this is quite a feat. I await Hamilton's next - my only problem with this one is it wasn't long enough.