This is a witty and imaginative retelling of the classic story. We have owned this book for almost a year now, and among scores of other books, it continues to be the favorite among both my 1-1/2 year old and my 3 year old boys. It is exciting without being too frightening, and can be used as the basis for a lot of imaginative play.

Newsweek recently did an article on top picks of children's book. This one was one of them. We purchased it and I concur. My just turned 4 year old daugther loves the tale and sits close waiting for me to turn the page. The illustrations our lively and fun and keep the kids interested. This is a must for your child's book collection.

Well, I've been telling my daughter and her friends about the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk for a while now...not really remembering how the tale goes and making things up as I went along. I saw a review in Newsweek that rated this particular version of the tale very highly. I purchased it and concur w/ Newsweek's review. It's a wonderful version of the classic story. My daughter loves it as well. We're starting a story time in our community and it's the first book I'm going to read to the kids...The modernized illustration gives the story life and keeps my 4 year old child interested until the next page. It's a great addition to your child's collection.

Great story of what it is really like to be a harrier pilot in a war. The book goes into detail about the problems with equipment and bureacracy, the manoeuvres and strategies used to gain an advantage. This complements the descriptions of the actual air battles against the Argentinians.

History of training and tactical development of Sea Harrier aircraft. Description of preparations and training as task force sails to Falkland Islands. Graphically exposes ship-to-ship and inter-service rivalries that compromise the mission. Describes command and staff failures to understand abilities of weapons systems causing unnecessary deaths and ship losses. Makes one wonder if wars are won because losers bureaucracy was more incompetent than winners.

Wonderfully blunt first person account of the Falkland's air campaign, the Harrier jet, and air combat in general. Read along side of Admiral Sandy Woodward's "100 days" on the naval campaign, one gets contrasting views of the same events. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the Falkland's war in general or in air combat in particular.

What anarchist made in Spain during this beautiful years (30's) was an example of what internationalism couls do. Avoid unpopular loads to the masses, give insurance to a population attacked by diseases and high taxes. The only argument the right-wing had was the support of german nazis and fascist italians in order to impose Franco's dictatorship. Thus, the book is a good example to achieve information and live it.

This is a wonderful book, with beautiful illustrations. I teach preschool and use this book whenever I get a chance...it can be used to teach about counting, animals and planting...as well as having a wonderful moral. Every little bit helps!

This book covers a whole family of code motion transformations improving on Ruthing et al.'s earlier work on Lazy Code Motion.

I find the "computer science" style of presenting information to make it a rather difficult read. Excessive use of symbols and exhaustive proofs is a contributing factor. The code motion formulations have slightly different boolean logic in some places relative to other works on the topic, such a Morgan or Muchnick's books. This can make keeping track of the novel changes to the algorithms a bit tricky.

However, this book presents some significant improvements to earlier code motion algorithms and as the primary source for some variations (notably including accounting optimally for register pressure) should be considered required reading for anybody working on code motion transformations in a modern optimizing compiler.

The action is enough to carry the story, but the main strength of this book is that it is intelligently written. As an avid reader, I have read my share of action/detective stories, and, unlike many, this one really holds together tightly.

Lady Gold tells the story of a female in a still-male world, and the subplots hold up as well as the main story line.

I read the book in an afternoon/evening--a classic case of "I couldn't put it down". I can't wait for the movie and the sequel!

Wow! This is an epic tale of everything there is to know about Ohio politics -- featuring all there is to know about the Governors, legislators, and average citizens of the Buckeye state. In this book readers will find the "real story" behind the headlines. The pages turn like a thriller -- I heartily endorse it!

This is a wonderfully written commentary on many aspects of rural Irish life in the recent past - when my grandparents and great-grandparents lived like this. There are a multitude of good drawings, interesting to learn about and/or compare with American implements. It's easy to pick up again after a hiatus, or easy to read right through. The author draws on her own family's experiences and acquaintances to illumine her narrative. I'm so glad I stumbled on this little volume!

Would you like to have a resting pulse rate of 50 or 55 beats a minute? A pulse rate so low that your cardiologist will say that you have sinus bradycardia? Would you like to have the energy in the food that you eat equal your energy outgo, so that you won't gain weight? Would you like to be so superbly fit that you could do just about anything, at the drop of a hat?

Sure you would. So read Physiology of Fitness and do what it says. It's out of print, right now, but keep your eyes open for a used copy.

As Y.C. Fung put it, biomechanics is a field characterized by a vagueness of definitions and abundance of literature. I was feeling hopelessly lost trying to get a handle on both the engineering aspects and biological phenomena. Martin and Burr have summarized the entire field very efficiently. It would help if you have a previous background in solid mechanics, but even that has been explained in a simple fashion. The exercises at the end are what attracted me most. They look very similar to actual problems in research and doing them sincerely is sure to enhance your understanding and appreciation of the field. A must have for the researcher/Grad.student in biomechanics/bioengineering.