I'm a huge fan of Garfield and his antics - I often see myself in the lazy, smart-mouthed little fiend. This little book of "excellent" excuses highly disappointed me. Overall, I think I found only about five excuses humorous. None of the material comes from Jim Davis, but several writers who can only serve up a poor imitation. Perhaps the fact that I'm not a child factors into my lack of appreciation, but the cartoons of Jim Davis appeal to adults as well as children. This book definitely reflects very poorly upon Mr. Davis.

This is a funny little book. Garfield's excuses will make adults laugh with the fat cat's wicked sense of humor, while children will have lots of fun trying to put them to use.

I bought this book for my younger sister who is a major Garfield fan. She enjoyed the humorous excuses as well as trying them out on the rest of the family.

While this is a very thorough guide in some ways, the author's clear distaste for the modern western makes it less than authoritative. He doesn't even try to understand the spaghetti western or any of Eastwood's directorial efforts. This caveat aside, the material that IS here is worthwhile and interesting. It's a good resource and overview. A little more balance would have made it great. .

Though I did not agree with many of the reviews I found them enjoyable. I also share his views on spaghetti westerns. (They are hit on your face). Being an author himself he of course emphasizes the role of a writer. That is good. Garfield does not like B westerns. If you like them, do not read this. Enjoy and disagaree!

WOW! This is a seriously smoking guide/critique of Western films.Mr. Garfield is an excellent writer; his choice of wording and sentence structure is outstanding. He lavishes praise where he thinks it's worthy and mercilessly belts out the criticism when he feels he honestly has no other choice. Check out his hilarious review of the infamous "Heaven's Gate." Mr. Garfield's not a big fan of the spaghetti Westerns, but so what. Hey, I kinda enjoy some aspects of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (like the music), but, let's face it, it is -- as Garfield rightly notes -- a bit of a slow-moving, overlong bore (ha, ha). Anyway, Mr. Garfield can't be too bad, he gives a halfway decent review of "The Outlaw Josey Wales" -- one of my personal faves; plus he's a fan of one of the funnest Westerns, "North to Alaska" (the scene with the love-stuck teen Fabian stuck in a wilderness cabin with the beauteous Capucine is hilarious!!)You folks that gave his book a bad rating need to chill out; let the man have his (brutally fun) opinion! Highly recommended for anyone who loves Westerns or anyone who desires to improve their vocabulary & writing skills.

Having worked in the interface medicine - music - sound healing, trying to integrate conventional research with spiritual and alternative approaches, I have been confronted with a divergent field of theory and practice. I believe in an open-minded approach, and hope spiritual healing and sound healing approaches can be integrated into conventional medicine and therapy in years to come.

But it definitely will not come through books like this. It represents the nadir of what has been published in this field. Garfield`s amazing misinformation about the most basic phenomena would be touching, were it not for the glowing reviews it has recieved as being a sturdy reference book. The chapters on acoustics are an unprecedented amalgam of nonsense, leaving one wondering where the filtering mechanisms for publishing a book are.

I hope this volume is mercifully deleted before the colleagues I am trying to get interested in sound healing get their hands on it.

Wonderfully informative and written in a clear, personal, informal, but informative voice. If you're tired of fuddling with the average new age abstract uselessness, then you'll appreciate a specific instruction on how and why.

This is not a book about conventional sound therapies, DSP, psychoacoustics, or how to profit with sound in the new age market. It is a book about sound medicine, plain and simple. Those who understand the spirit of medicine will appreciate this. Not for everyone, but specifically written for some. It's inability to speak to certain audiences only emphasizes the author's intent and purpose.

I am an Electrical and Computer engineer with many years experience studying metaphysical concepts as well as hard science, I found this book perfectly inline with my experiences. Its knowledge cannot be doubted from the sounding board of personal experience, though not all may be open to grasp what is being transmitted. If you enjoy yoga, chanting meditation, mantras, and chakra therapy especially, this book is a wonderful atlas, illustrating that all systems point back to the same source.

Pleasantly underrated and obscure, a soothing respite from the 'pop 40 buys' genre. Certainly worth the modest investment if you're searching for this type of knowledge. Do not associate the package or display with the content.

In this book, healing possibilities with sound are explained in a very down to earth way. There are many stories which are entertaining and most of all teach a lot for those who are able to extract the teaching. The book reads very easily and is also a great reference book. There is a wealth of information available to the true seeker and healer.

this book is aweful
don waste time on htis bad book
its stupid and can not be understood

This book is is a very good book. it is spine-chilling and very adventurous with good 5 star charictars.it all starts when mr fast sells7 years off the end of his life for 10000000 pounds but the devil takes the FIRST 7 years instead . I give this book a 5 star rating

The way the differents items are treated is interesting. I find them with some lack of practicity, experience and confidence transmission form the editos and authors.

Perhaps is very difficult to fullfill seniors anesthesiologists expectatives.

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I had high hopes for this book because I remember reading "Smith" in my early years and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was not expecting to be enthralled in the same way that I was by Garfield's other effort, but I did expect to read a story that evoked the Victorian period with a plot strong enough to cross the child - adult divide. Unfortunately, "Devil - in - the - Fog" does not quite reach the necessary heights. The story centres around the hero George who, as a 13 - year - old, finds himself swapping families. As the story progresses, sinister characters and strange behaviour begin to seep out of cracks and crawl from under stones leading to the big twist at the conclusion. For most, this novel will be different and rather exciting. For me, the excellent turn of phrase, imagery and humour employed by the author are in unfortunate contrast with the slightly convenient, occasionally confusing and ultimately disappointing plot. I do recommend this book, but I do warn the reader that it may come across a little thin in parts.

Garfield never fails to charm children of all ages. This book is great for the beginning reader. If, however, you are trying to stress the importance of physical fitness, Garfield is a poor example anytime, and especially in this book. But, as long as the child is made to understand that Garfield is just a funny, ( hilarious, really), fictitious cat, and not a role model, then all will enjoy his antics.

Well, it was good... but not great... if you follow me.
Still, if your a hard core Garfieldian I recommend you buy this... book.

Cheers.

When I ordered this book, my aim was to have a good reference book on the western film genre, as well as reading some commentary from a knowledgable author. But, to my great disappointment, I found a highly biased book, full of shallow anaylsis. Mr.Garfield shows his one-sided approach in many parts of this book. I do not believe that his comments should be taken seriously at all. While in principle we must all respect to each other's views, his insults to some films, and film makers are not tolerable at all. For example, read his comments on Sergio Leone's westerns and you know what I mean. At page 164 he goes on saying the following on "For A Few Dollars More": "...it's the least palatable of the three. But it goes on forever. The score unhappilly is inferior to other Ennio Morricone composition. Massimo Dalamano's Technicolor photography gives the film, like Leone's other spaghetti oaters, some odd pictorial effects-slaughter, gore, cruel silhouttes..." Take a look at how he finishes his incompetent comments on one of the most interesting westerns of all times, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly": "Like the Dollars movies this one is simpleminded and absurd; it's also long, slow and boring." Now, how can you take such a guy seriously. He was openly disrespectful to one of the greatest film makers of all times. I guess, more than just a film reviewer, he conveys his inferiority complex and jealoucy feelings through such lines. The only part I found this book makes any use its list of films more than many books I have seen. If you made the mistake of buying this book, either burn it, or just look at the castings, and pictures without reading any of his crappy comments. He surely understands nothing on the film making process. I would be ashamed if I was a son of this guy to know that my father wrote all those worthless piece of lines. The cinema police must prison him in lifetime treatment at Almeria open penitentiary, and force him to watch 500plus spaghetti westerns even in his sleep.

A trip through the British museum triggers Garfield to write this summary of the cultual highlights of Great Britain in the 18th Century. Garfield discusses how the common people (at least the 10,000 educated ones) become more prominent in society is such things as literature, art, and music. The prominet artists and authors are reviewed such as Gibbon, Hogarth, and Swift. Politicians such as Walpole also mentioned. The book was short, so it did a good job summarizing the cultural aspects of Britain in the 1700s at the start of the reign of the three Georges. A good review, but for more detail, read elsewhere.