Pet Power the tv show was good but this is even better - It's got lots of good stories in about animals and lots of things you didn't know that are very good to know, about pets. I have pets and I like to know I am caring for them and that they love me, and this book is good for that.

What amazing stories! This will make even the most jaded animal-hater appreciate pets and all animals. The authors display a loving grasp of the interaction between humans and our partners in nature. This is a particularly important work for anyone with children. Immensely enjoyable and well-written. I can't say enough nice things about this book.

These stories are moving, heartwarming and exciting. Some of the animals are so funny. I could see this as a TV series, like "Animals That Kill" but more positive. I hope Fox or someone picks it up!

The Developmental State is a splendid work of art that both my parents have lavishly read and enjoyed. It makes simply magnificent bedtime and poolside reading that you will cherish and exhalt as long as you live. You must endure the accounts of the Korean government enforcing industrialisation or you will be deeply hampered in your knowledge. So go forth and purchase this piece of wonderful literature or be filled with sorrow, suffering, and shame for the rest of your sad mortal life.

Grand theory tends to be disorderly. This book has re-examined the concept of the developmental state that has been rather messy, and successfully shown the dangers and usefulness of the concept in analysing/explaining the relationship between economic growth and political institution.

One of the successes of this collection would be the application of the developmental state model to a Western Democracy, France (A Chapter by M. Loriaux). The comparison between Northeast Asia and Franch is stimulating, and poses many questions to the technocratic mode of policy-making in globalising economies.

Sandwiched between the highs of WWII and the lows of Vietnam, the Korean War seems now largely forgotten. Yet the consequences of that bloody intervention continue to spew forth like political lava from some seething, half-buried caldron. Vietnam had a popular fallout, but the issues and events of distant Korea remain largely unknown to generations who cut their teeth on the Tet Offensive and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The Halliday - Cumings book represents a sturdy short bridge spanning that gap, beginning with the star-crossed events of 1945 and ending with the ill-fated Geneva Conference of 1954. In between is a story of almost unrelieved devastation and dashed hopes for the Korean people. Those looking for a detailed history of the war itself should look elsewhere, while those looking for historical perspective should definitely pick up the book. There's a scholarly detachment here that favors neither side, but one that also exposes many suppressed facts about America's involvement with a tarnished South Korean ally. Unstated yet implied by most histories, including this one, is a single overriding fact. The regime in South Korea, with its history of collaboration with hated Japan, lacked from the outset a strong popular base, and was thus militarily and politically weaker than its nationalist albeit communist rival in the North. Thus the South could only survive through outside intervention, which it got, in this case successfully. Nevertheless, parallels with the unpopular French-collaborating regime in South Vietnam could not be more obvious, nor the tragic dynamics more similar.

Published in 1988 before the Soviet bloc's collapse, the latter part of the book is now somewhat dated. Still and all, I don't think anyone can understand modern American history or its global role without sober works like this one, and don't let the many bleakly revealing photographs that intersperse the text fool you. This is a book of considerable depth, more akin to the pioneering research of I.F. Stone, than to the glossy pages of a Life magazine. In many ways, as recent events have shown, the events of that time are still trailing blood and threaten to erupt again at any moment. It's best to be informed.

This work is much shorter and easier to read than the gigantic double-volume "The Origins of the Korean War" (Vols. I & II), also by Bruce Cummings. This book is a must for any school or university library. It is also an important addition to the available literature in the English language about the Korean War. Halliday and Cummings give the reader a very good overview of the DOMESTIC KOREAN situation that resulted in the war. This is the information that is so desparately needed (and so consistently absent from mosts texts on the topic) to understand the war in its totality. IF YOU ARE A VET, OR ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC, OR IN THIS ERA OF US HISTORY, OR IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN POLICY, I CANNOT GIVE A HIGHER RECOMMENDATION. I am an amateur historian who focuses mostly on 20th C. Korean history. This book, in addition to other, more well-known books that deal with the chrononlogy and individual battles of the war, are excellent sources of information on this topic. YOU MUST OWN THIS BOOK!

This book was so amazing, exciting, and impactful for me as a young child that I still remember it today! I'm heading off to college and was recalling favourite memories of my childhood -- this book is one of them. Although the title had slipped my mind, I remembered the plot and the great illustrations.

The title is comical, and as I recall, the events in the book were as well -- it was light-hearted and fun, but you also had a sense of satisfaction after finishing the story: a pleasant story that parents can enjoy reading to their children.
It's too bad this book is no longer in print; it's really a treasure! :-)

It is a shame books like this are no longer in print. Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine is a truly excellent childrens book. The story is written in poetic narrative with tons of onomatopoeia and rhythmic imagery. The illustations capture the memorable moments with a vividness like water colors. I had this book memorized by the time I was 4 years old. To me it is a classic.

This book contains all the latest research informations in plant embryogenesis, by using model materials like Arabidopsis, pea and maize. Authors includes David Meinke, Raghvan, Chun-ming Liu, Terris-Rizz, Trevor Wang, ect

The Jews In Early America: A Chronicle Of Good Taste And Good Deeds is a chronicle of early Jewish individuals and peoples who made ther mark on American history makes for an important survey of early Jewish lives and communities and will appeal to any interested in a special study of our nation's early years. There's been relatively little written for the general audience on Colonial Jewish history, and with its "reader friendly" format, The Jews In Early America stands out as a superbly presented invitation to learn about early Judaic achievements in America.

While my 8 year old was challenged reading LUNA on his own, the vivid colors and great artwork caught the eye of my 3 year old. Both loved the educational and informative story of the life of the turtle. I appreciated the factual information on the last page, as the story intrigued my son, who plied me with questions about leatherbacks. I've been reading it and re-reading it to my 3 year old. They both love it.

I found this book in the library and it is one of the best I've ever seen on the subject of power and influence in corporate situations. An amazing story, written as fiction, yet rings very true to situations people encounter every day.

This is THE must catalog for collectors of late 78RPM records. Lists all records from 1936 to 1952. Includes the first suppliment. Also has listings of pre-1936 recordings the authors found important. These earlier recordings are covered by The Gramophone Shop catalogs (also hardcover) which go back into the 1920's and teens. Before that you're stuck with record company cats and monthly suppliments.

It's making your kid think they can have anything they want...and encourages the wrong behavior. I just have to say it that I've seen better by Seuss

There are a handful (less than 5) of the Dr. Seuss books that go overboard on imagination, and this is one of them (some others are, "Happy Birthday to You!", and "Oh, the thinks you can think!") So for visual imagery and imagination, this is a wonderful book.

That being said, however, nobody has addressed the moral problem raised by this book, e.g., the parent is trying to "mis-direct" a child's wants to some day in the future (that does not exist) when all their wants and needs will be satisfied all at once - On the first of Octember!

My wife grew up dirt poor in a foreign country. She did not think very much of this book.

Imagine reading the book to your child, shutting the book, and fielding a question, "Mommy (or Daddy), when is the First of Octember ???" If you can field this question adequately, then go ahead and buy the book.

Please Try to Remember the First of Octember is an interesting book...it is about a kid who thinks he will get everything he wants on Octember the first, the things he wants could be beyond your imagination but i think it can relate to all the kids whos parents have said "you will get want u want on teh second tuesday of next week!"