This is not a true book, but a delightful book-shaped treasure chest filled with wonderful things to explore the age of Shakespeare. New and complete, "Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age" contains a model of the Globe Theater to make; a Shakespearean timeline poster; Map of London from Shakespeare's time; Guide to the plays of Shakespeare; 32-page book about the immortal Bard; and a replica 16th-century printing set to make a personalized print poster (includes movable type and ink!!). This is a great gift for yourself and your favorite Shakespeare freak, young or old.

This is an excellent way to engage older children in exploring literature. There are activities as well as information on the life, times, and works of Shakespeare. It would be difficult for a child younger than nine or ten to complete the projects, but it would be excellent for an older child, especially as an introduction to one of Shakespeare's works. It allows a child to explore the time period as well as the theatre. It is well packaged in a very neat "book" with a drawer and compartments for the various parts; it is easy to store without losing the smaller parts. It even comes with a lock and key!

It is very easy, and very pleasant, to write in praise of this book, for it is hard to envisage that the task accomplished by Gurr - an absolute expert in the area under discussion - could have been carried out yet better. For several years now, this guide has very justifiably been accepted as the best of its kind, and it is an essential possession for all of us who want, within one handy volume, a comprehensive account of what the theatres of Shakespeare's time were like, and what is likely to have happened within them. The author's detailed, well-informed and specific work is based not only on his own formidable research into the matters at issue, but also on close acquaintance with what others have done. Everything is presented with impeccable, sensible and perceptive judgement. The book can certainly be read through with benefit and enjoyment, but repays frequent visiting whenever one wants to consult a particular chapter or to find out more about a specific issue or fact (there is a very good index to help one in this). All in all, therefore, this book is not only very informative to read, but surpasses a great many books on Shakespeare and his time by being also an excellent reference tool for frequent use. Unhesitatingly recommended. - Joost Daalder, Professor of English, Flinders University, South Australia

This book gives an engaging breakdown of how Shakespearean plays were performed in early modern London. Gurr gives an idea of the range of players' companies, playhouses, and different playing practices, as well as a sense of how the companies and their plays changed throughout the period. I refer to this book all the time and plan to order it for my students to read as a companion to Shakespeare's plays.

Serendipity, by definition means to find pleasure in unexpected discovery -or there abouts. This book changed my life in this way. It was by complete accident that I found myself ingrossed in this book after I found it whilst travelling on London's underground. Prior to finding this book I had dreams about a place such as Shambhala, Shangri-La to some. I had written poetry that without knowing reflected almost exactly Mr. Tomas's rendition of paradise. I have on this very day watched the film titled 'The Lost Horizon', which reminded me of my mission...To find this book again. To my great misfortune I lost this book in moving home around 8 yrs ago and have not found another copy since. This is the stuff of the alchemical 'Philosophers Stone', a Dreamweavers thread that binds to the soul. Once read, never forgotten. If asked, does Shambhala exist. I would definitively answer. It does in the pages of this book.

I have been looking for "Oasis of Light" by Tomas Andrew for more than 15 years. I read a book in Arabic of a Lebanese researcher who considers "Oasis of Light" his "Bible". The Lebanese author is of the Druze religious sect. They believe in their "Shambahala". I too belong to the same sect and too believe that "Shambhala" does exist. It is the hidden site of the semi-gods who protect the universe. At the doomsday "Shambhala" will open its great gate and the troops of truth and justice will invade the world. Then we all will be blessed by the light coming from that oasis. Tomas Andrew is blessed to write this most wonderful masterpiece of wisdom art. I read a lot of excerpts out of this book translated to Arabic. I am looking forward reading the whole book in its origin.

Teachers, administrators, human service personnel are often encouraged to be engaged in action research. However, obtaining a sound, thorough but readable text to assist such professionals in conducting action research has been very difficult. This book fills this void wonderfully. The book lays out the steps of action research, provides practical examples all in a way that is scholastically sound but engaging and interesting reading. No mean feat for any book on research! I would highly recommend this for working practitioners and for guides for students involved in masters and even doctoral projects associated with action research. An excellent resource!!

Finally, a book about action research that gets right to the point. It provides a good overview of action research in the context of other research paradigms. It describes many very simple and practical methods for collecting data. It can be used with a thesis or dissertation as well as short research projects.

I puchased this calander for my son he absolutely loves Shrek. We hung this on his bedroom wall earlier this year. It helped us get started on learning the days of the week (he is 3 yrs. old) and it was a great way to motivate him with the great picture from the original movie provided for each month. I liked this calander so much that I purchased another one for my 22-year-old brother who is difficult to shop for, and to my delight, also hung this up to replace his basic calander. I can't wait until Dreamworks' second production of Shrek is in theaters and anticipate the products that will result from that as well.

This calender is awsume I look at it everyday and it always makes me think of the movie and the movie is hilariuos! You'll like it I promise!

In the past, I've found Jewish Kabbalah books long on rhetoric, long on history but short on practical application and personal development. Not being particular, I switched over to the magical tradition. The first (magical) book I tried reading--Gareth Knight's book, A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism--went right over my head. By then, I realized I was really a beginner: I didn't even know how to meditate or visualize...or anything.

Simplified (Qabala) Magic by Ted Andrews helped me out a great deal. Not only did it make the Tree of Life platable for a budding magus, it suppled me with simple meditation and visualization techniques, tips on candle-color-fragrance selection, and even showed me how to pronounce/intone the sephiroth God-names. Generally, I appreciate his brief and gentle approach.

This book, IMHO, is useful to those who want a straightforward, practical approach to the Tree of Life. Add to it, Andrew's More Simplified Magic (which covers the Tree's paths), one would then have all he initially needs to enter the mystical qabalah.

I have read a few books on Qabala in the past, but this one is the one that has caught my attention. The explainations are in laymans terms so that even an adolescent could grasp the concepts. Ted Andrews' descriptions of the Sepheroths and thier Guardians is so beautiful it makes the reader feel as if they are taking a visual guided tour of the Tree of Life. If you wish to learn the basics of Qabalistic study and it's practices in Magick, buy this book. You won't regret it.

I read and read and read and read and read and re re re re read this book, and man, I can't find one darn ding berry thing about good old donny Knotts, the man who made ya cry watching me turn into a fish, and shake and roll playing the son of a fishmonger who goes and becames champ of the world and the man who made googe googe eyes at those two women of da night me boy on t.vee. I read the book and it had a monster in it that made me go number two all night, and a women who was like me dad, and well, why go on, I have to go to bed and dream about me being a star baby......

it is a very good book one of my favorite books i have read. it is more than a 10 it is a very very good book

Sixteen Miles To Spring is a cheerful and entertaining picturebook story by Andrew Pelletier of Maddy, a young girl and her father who meet two strangers, Wilbur and Wiley, just in time for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring. A thoroughly enjoyable picturebook for young readers, and enhanced with vivid, colorful illustrations by Katya Krenina, Sixteen Miles To Spring is about the renewal of life and the joy of nature's reawakening.

This is a wonderfully original and highly imaginative story about the change of seasons from winter to spring. I highly recommend it!

I am pretty sure that many of the other readers who will find this book made their way here through the way of Haruki Murakami. However, if one is expecting literature like Murakami it is more in the vein of Ryu not Haruki. Whereas Haruki's characters tend to be antisocial, but have decent, if not outstanding, jobs and are able to carry on relationships with the opposite sex, Nakagami's characters are from the edge of society: they are garbage collectors and laborers who work from dawn to evening. They are also extremely abusive to others. This is a good book, but don't expect a happy book. The themes of most of the stories deal with poverty and oppression of past events. If you find a copy do yourself a favor and read it.

Much more varied and intelligent than the other Nakagami book. Really shocking and moving at the same time.

I am uncertain how long ago I read this marvelous book of historical Faction. I remember how pleased I was just to find anything on this period, let alone this particular epic struggle. I could not put it down. Now years later, talking with a friend about this time period, I recalled this book, and rummaged through my cluttered mind to come up with the Title. I was so excited. It was like finding an old friend. Unfortunately, the title is not in stock. That news is like finding the old friends address and then seeing his name in the obituary. I am bereft, forlorn, desolate.

"Son of a Star" is not only an interesting and well-written book for Jews and Gentiles alike, but it also teaches ancient history in a painless and subtle manner. Through its narrative and story-line, you are brought into the world of Simon Bar-Cochba. Many important questions are raised for the characters in the book which are still relevant for people today. They include the following: 1. What is meaningful to an individual and how much is he/she willing to fight for it? 2.What are one's priorities in life and how committed is one to them? Mr. Meisels does an exceptional job of bringing the reader into the ancient world and holding his interest captive throughout. I highly recommend this book.