This series has got to be one of the most enduring ever written. It is constantly growing and changing with each new addition to it. If you haven't read any of Nortons work and love si-fi/fantasy you will never be disappionted here! The story of Kaththea is a great read. And worth the effort to find!

This is a wonderful book. The projects are so fresh and exciting. They are outstanding for group use. Wait until you check out the skeleton made of macaroni. All of the ideas are made on pieces of paper, cardboard, or styrofoam trays and use a variety of easy-to-obtain materials. Almost all the projects are two- or three- dimensional, like a mummy that rises out of a paper tube "tomb". There's also a wonderful witch, a great creepy bug and snake picture, and glittery ghosts. A lot of the projects would work very well as dioramas, and in fact one of the projects is a spooky castle diorama. I believe that there is something for every age, from little ones who frighten easily to older kids who really love spooky things.

It is a wonderful story with the idea of cats as aliens come back to earth to collect their cousins. (earthling cats) It is a wonderful story where a boy and girl hear them thought-speak to their cousins to come home and learn too much. It is a MUST READ.

Mary Roberts Rinehart has been called "The American Agatha Christie," and her books, especially the earlier ones, are appealing in the same way Christie's are: very clever, interesting mysteries.

But this 1934 title is a break-out novel, a dark and amazingly believable depiction of a woman from a loveless upper class home, and the choices that take her life to the precipice. Elinor's husband, Lloyd, has his own psychological damage, drawn by the author with superb insight. The interplay between the couple, as they each try to do the right thing, hampered by their demons, is the stuff great suspense is made of. Elinor's tragic infatuation with another man keeps the tension high. Once her husband dies in a hunting accident -- or was it? -- the tension keeps up as she tries to forge a life with the other man, blind at first to his flaws, and, later, as realization grows and she realizes that she's trapped. The amazing thing about this novel is the way Rinehart can make the reader understand Elinor's feelings, as a function both of her self-loathing, and of the morals of the era -- even though today most of us would just dump the jerk! But is she truly guilty of his murder?

Rinehart keeps you turning the pages, in a novel worthy of discussion groups about The Modern Crime Novel!

This is a good book which helps to "flesh out" the period of time of the turning of WW. A must for every WW fan, it is a great read and wonderful addition to your library. I have read my copy of the turning trilogy several times.

If you are taking a music history course that uses A History of Western Music (Grout) then this would be a helpful study guide. It has a brief overview of the main points of each chapter. There are then many questions to answer about that chapter. It also uses the Norton recordings and Anthology of Western Music. If you did all the work in this book you would definitely do well in your course. The chapter overviews do NOT contain enough information to avoid reading the Grout text in case you wanted to be lazy.

I would highly recommend this for undergraduate or graduate music students taking a general music history course.

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Clear, concise, and to the point. This is an excellent reference for medical students, residents, and surgeons preparing for the boards. It would also be recommended for primary care physicians who may not deal with these types of problems on a daily basis. The chapters are in the form of large, easy to understand algorithms.After seeing how most of these problems are solved, the reader will be able to develop his or her own approach to other types of cinical puzzles. This makes for very fast reading.

Buying this book is a good way to start building a library of scores. You get a fair bit of the basic repertoire in one fell swoop, as it were. Unlike as in certain other Norton anthologies, whole works are represented here, and they aren't cluttered with a primary melodic line trace. It's odd that Beethoven's third symphony and Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony are always studied in music history courses. Why not Beethoven's and Tchaikovsky's fifths? Too popular? Too good? Oh, well, you can pick up these scores later. I also recommend "Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz Rock Keyboardist" by Jeff Burns.

Lester's clear thinking and writing make the work of creating an authentic life seem more joyful than daunting. She includes an abundance of specific techniques, not just for managing life but for expanding its possibilities. Lester's emphasis on developing a support system balances the complexity of seeking out allies with offering our own strengths to others - inspiring!