The pictures are amazing and they have a page for many of the different owls. Each picture is filled with detail and the author gives lots of information. If you have a research project due on owls this is the book to get.

After thirteen years of leading a quiet life with her single mom, Carrie's world is turned upside down when her mother suddenly remarries and the two move into the noisy, crowded home of Dominic and his three kids, who Carrie has never even met. She has a lot to get used to, such as sharing a room with sullen older stepsister Ginger, changing schools and being put into the same class as nerdy stepbrother Newton, and dreading the upcoming day in family court, where Dominic plans to legally adopt her. Miserable at first, Carrie gradually begins to understand and accept her new siblings as they begin to warm up to her as well. However, she continues to keep her distance from Dominic, clinging to the dream that her real father, who she hasn't seen in years, will suddenly appear and "rescue" her from this family. This is a nice story about the conflicts that arise when two families blend into one. I read this as a pre-teen in the early 1980's when divorce and remarriage wasn't quite as prevalent as it is today, so it seemed much more unique back then. However, it is still a good story with well developed characters, and I recommend it for middle school aged girls.

Often out of print, GRAB this book if you can find it -- it's the single best description of the geology of the Pacific Northwest. And it's worth the interest of those from the rest of the world, since the NW encapsulates so many different geologic zones and eras, and McKee does an excellent job of describing plate tectonics, vulcanism and all the other geologic processes that put the Cascades together...

This slender casebook of an academic search represents the first authoritative text of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper since it was originally published in 1892. It includes book reviews and excerpts of literary and social commentaries that reflect the story's critical reception; it publishes lists of editorial emendations and variants of the story in important editions since 1892 and it gives a listing of textual sources for more than one hundred reprintings of the story in anthologies and textbooks.

The enterprise, itself, deserves recognition for its prodigious and painstaking scholarship and meticulous editing. A product of an undergraduate course on scholarly editing, Julie Bates Dock gave her class a "simple collation exercise" on Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper. Students and teacher alike became more and more enthused as they searched for relationships among various editions of the story. This enthusiasm resulted in a collaborative publication by Julie Bates Dock and three of her students.

In a chapter entitled The Legend of The Yellow Wall-Paper, Dock not only recounts how the story has become one of literature's perennial bestsellers, but also warn us that "in its twenty-five-year odyssey of rediscovery by literary critics...the story has picked up along the way an assortment of blemishes and distortions, from textual anomalies to skewed accounts of its publication history to misinformation about its contemporary reception." This should be enough to make any academic want to research its history.

The evidence of casual distortions that change the import of original texts as shown in the present case emphasizes the importance of textual criticism and traditional modes of criticism. Dock says, "...the use of documents is affected by critical trends and by critics' biases and expectations...The feminist critics of the early 1970s, intent on establishing women authors in the American literary canon, had a stake in portraying the story as a victimized piece of literature. The notion that Gilman suffered condemnation from editors and readers outside the story tidily echoed the narrator's victimization within the story." Dock then goes on to cite two examples where major feminist critics came to unexamined and hasty conclusions about the publication of the story.

Dock also provides evidence to argue that omission of a few words distorts Gilman's focus. For example, the words, "in marriage," in the sentence, "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that (in marriage)." Gilman was against the institution of marriage, but not necessarily against men in general!

Legends that Gilman had to struggle to get her story published, that most readers thought of it as a "ghost story," that it received an especially distasteful reception from the male medical community are also put to rest, as evidence simply does not support these beliefs.

Dock also points out discrepancies in Gioman's own accounts as well, such as her inaccurate and varying dates and titles as well as her claim that Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, her own physician, altered his treatment of neurasthenia after reading The Yellow Wall-Paper. This is, as Dock points out, a case of "he says/she says conundrums."

The book is wonderfully embellished with photographs of Charlotte Perkins Stetson, W.D. Howells, Horace E. Scudder and Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell, as well as with other visuals.

The book also cites interesting excerpts from Gilman's autobiography, The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Correspondence. It explains or compiles painstaking commentaries on textual matters, selection of copy, publication history, authorial practice and preference, editorial emendations and many other publication matters as well as reviews of the story which appeared in various magazines. The Appendix provides a history of the printing of The Yellow Wall-Paper from 1892 until 1997.

This is a scholarly book, to be sure, but it is one that is also extremely interesting. In addition to learning the history of The Yellow Wall-Paper, we also learn much about Gilman's motivations, her aesthetics of writing and her own views on both marriage and men.

Louise Bates Ames give a wonderful detail of the traits we can expect from our toddlers through 10 year olds as their personalities develope with their complex minds. as they change into ten year olds. The characteristics she descibes in this book are extremely beneficial insights into the young minds we are in charge of forming. The benefit of this insight is very helpful for the new and seasoned parent as it gives answers to what to expect and many helpful suggestions for what to do to get the responses we are lookng for in our children. Her study of children's traits is extensive and complete with useful examples of actions to be taken and reactions not to use. I highly recommend this book to all parents.

Tolkien, Lewis, L'engle, all of these writers wrote the fantasy books people enjoy. But Jordan has taken it a step further. With this series, he has introduced us to a world of imagination and glory, a place where a tale may never end. The charectors, including Rand, Perrin, Matt, Elayne, Aviehenda, Egwene and others, are so detailed and thorough that you believe you know them in real life. The details of the surroundings, the way things are described, all are Jordan's ways of painting the oh so perfect picture of the story in our minds. The series dosn't seem to tell about a made up fantasy, but instead of a historical invent witnessed throught the eyes of the author then relayed back to us, the readers. In every book, Jordan seems to know just how to add things in, and create a richer world for the charectors to explore. But the deatils arn't all of Jordan's talent. The plot itself is a unique tale. Many other authors have written fantsy stories, with wars and magic, but Jordan seems to do more than just tell a story, instead he allows you to enter it. The plot follows many main and non-main charrectors, each contributing a part to the story's patteren. It follows Rand, as the Dragon Reborn, with magical abilities, and trying to controll himself from going mad. Or Elayne, queen of Camylen. Or Matt, whose unusuall talent of gambling tends to get him in trouble. And Perrin, a wolf brother, and so many more. Jordan seems to let the charectors write they're own story, while he acts as the supervisor. All in all, this series is one no fantasy reader, correction, any reader, can put down.

Undoubtly a great work about Crusader Coins. The book provides a lot of information about the crusader coins, icluding legends and translation of islamic legends. Highly recommended to understand the coinage of the Crusades period.

I found this book to be very helpful on an educational and personal basis. The authors did a wonderful job of mixing easy reading with studies.I would recommend this book to anyone that has communication problems with the opposite sex.

In this day and age of splintered and broken schools of literary theory, where nobody seems to agree what is the right way to go about reading and discussin literature, W.J. Bate's "Criticism: the Major Texts" is a wistful reminder of the days when critics were far more certain. For several decades after its publication, this collection was the classroom standard for the subject; it still serves as the best collection for any study of the history of literary theory. The introductions are brief but exacting; the texts are chosen with judicious editing; the lessons learned are not easily forgotten. In short, a wonderful read for anyone with a literary bent.

Bates, who once practiced traditional ophthalmology and held in high esteem by his collegues, eventually rejected the theories that the traditional eyecare community accepted as fact. After observations that led him to question some of the commonly held beliefs in ophthalmology and medical science in general, he began many years of experimental work and eventually had to conclude that the orthodox theories regarding the eye and sight were wrong. He taught patients with all sorts of vision and eye troubles how to cure their poor sight by the use of the mind and relaxation.

Unfortunately for the world, Bates's work was generally ignored by the medical establishment and still is today, for numerous reasons. There are still many teachers of his methods throughout the world who are constantly helping people to cure their imperfect sight. They and many of their students have experienced how effective it is. I myself am not a (trained) teacher of the Bates Method, but practicing it has provided enormous benefit for my vision and mind.

If you can't obtain this book here, it is always available from the publisher[...], as it has been republished and is in print.

If you get this book, read it extremely carefully. The simple language belies a drastically different way of thinking than most people in our society are used to.