This book is a fast, informative read. You will find yourself saying, "Geeze, I didn't know that!" It has helped me change my life and eating habits and enabled weight loss of 27 pounds and still going strong. Thank you Dr. Bates.

Mama Duck is out leading her five baby ducks, and putting them through their paces. "Quack!" says Mama Duck./"That's the way to be!/Do like a duck does!/Do like me!" But who's that "creep-creeping" at the end of the line? He says he's a duck, a big brown duck, "Well, he has no feathers/and he has no beak./He has four claws/on his hairy-scary feet./He has two ears/that stick up a mile,/and a wicked/foxy nose/and a wicked/foxy smile." But shrewd Mama Duck isn't really fooled. She tells that old fox, "Do like a duck does", and pretty soon she has him waddling, scuttling, and strutting, jumping into mud puddles, eating bugs and beetles, running through thistles, and diving into the river. "Down go the ducklings, all tails up! And down goes the stranger. Glup! Glup! Glup!" Judy Hindley's entertaining text is full of rhyme, rhythm, and lots of energy, and complemented by Ivan Bates' engaging illustrations. Each action filled, two page spread is rich in farmyard detail, humor, marvelous facial expressions, and personality that bring the characters to life. And as that old "hairy-scary" fox slinks home with his tail between his legs, little ones will revel at being in on all the fun. Perfect for preschoolers, Do Like A Duck Does! is a joyous, manic romp kids will beg to read again and again, and that's sure to become a new favorite at your house.

This book is the best! I think that this is the best book for 10 year old girls. It makes other girls want to be Mighty Adventures too! This book is funny and inspiring. I can't wait to read the next book!

This is the best book I Have ever read on art projects. The ones in this book involve fabric, and are relly fun to make. The pictures are great, and each project is taught step by step with a special picture. It is very easy to follow along, and I will be using this book for a long time. I recommend it to teachers and parents that want to have their kids make fun projects without getting confused. A must read.

Not many books change your life.

HE Bates had a magical ability to evoke scenes of beauty and peace. In this novel, against a background of violence and fear. When I first read 'Fair Stood The Wind For France' as a schoolboy, I was attracted by the story of the heroic RAF bomber pilot shot down behind enemy lines in France, and his efforts to escape back to England. As I read it I realised that war was not heroic and glamorous, but filled with fear and disfigurement. Hardly an unique epiphany to be sure! But what brought it home to my fifteen year-old mind was Bates' simple illustration of his hero contemplating his inability ever again to open a bottle of wine and pour a glass. A banal task whose infinitesimal pleasure is usually lost against the noise of our lives. Bates brings home the happiness we can glean from the everyday, through his ability to conjure beauty from the mundane. Read this book for the beauty that Bates can evoke. Read it again to learn the value of a moment.

"The Feast of July," although recently filmed (the book is so much better than the movie!) doesn't draw much attention to itself nowadays. H. E. Bates, one the most talented novelists in the English language, is undeservedly forgotten. This short novella is Bates's masterfully written exploration of the "life-within," of the interior struggle. Commencing with an excruciatingly beautiful scene that depicts the protagonist's inner loneliness, the book introduces us to Bella, a young seduced girl, who is looking for the man who dishonored and left her. As she is harbored by a family of shoemakers, Bella finds herself attracted to three young men who fall under her charm: the handsome Jedd, the soft-hearted Matty, and the hot-temprered Con. She flirts, not to say toys, with at least two of them, yet the third, for whom she feels nothing, becomes her paramour. Things develop from there, and the novella climaxes in the return of Bella's former lover, a man she once loved and suffered over, the "seducer." His arrival is rather predictable, but the reader is somewhat stunned by his decease, which ensues after Bella and her lover/accomplice meet the unfortunate fellow on their nature-ramble (the "deflowerer" came to town to take a break from work and went fishing to rest his soul- how ironic). After that there's an absolutely gripping sequence of gorgeous scenes, "the runaway" scenes, I might call them, which culminate in a death. "The Feast of July" has one of the most memorable and haunting last lines ever written! Highly recommended.

I've read this book three times over the past several years and each time I read it, I find something new to treasure. If you like great writing and moving stories about relationships that matter, this book is for you. Paulette Bates Alden's stories are emotionally intense, yet the writing is elegant, reserved. I lost my copy of Feeding the Eagles, and realized I can't stand not to have it on my shelf, so I'm buying another copy. It's good stuff...highly recommended.

I bought this book a little while ago and i LOVE it! Since i am going to get some finches soon, I decided to by this book. I am SO glad I did! I reccomend this book to everyone and anyone who is going to get finches or soft-billed birds or needs a good reference!

This is a massive book with 718 pages. Almost 2" THICK!! It weighs about 6 lbs. Written by Joseph Bates around 1972, this is a dark blue clothbound, hardcover OUTDOOR LIFE book published by Dutton. Its DJ is in ... condition, but the pages and the rest are in superb shape. Has color photos of lures and lots of B & W and color photography of fishing scenes from many great spots! Great guide to tackle and tactics for fresh and salt water. AN all around great guide for that avid outdoorsman, who's not happy unless he's around water waiting for that next fish to rise.

The author explores deeply and with unwavering sympathy a trio of contemporary characters intertwined in a thorouguhly modern situation: The wife discovers that her charming husband is involved in a relationship with another man and is so affected by it that she explores the possibility of finding a similar fulfillment with a woman. The events that follow will hold you spellbound. The author views her characters with deep understanding and compassion.