It's really a great book. I was really into reading only Nancy Drew mysteries, but seeing the cover, i decieded to buy it. It really got me hooked on nancy Drew "Files". Nanacy goes for a magic show along with George and Ned, but the show ends early due to fire. Sabotage is clear...and Nancy investigates, while Ned & george also get hurt in the Park ride. Adriana Polidori, the owner of the park, inheirited it from her uncle, who Myseriously died...so you can understand thatit somehow fits into the mystery. Adriana is Carson's client and also a date. Ned gets hurt in the process, nancy and ned get into danger. But the wrap up is great. If your still thinking go and get this book. It's absolutely out of the world!!

This is a very intriuging mystery. Tv heartthrob, Charlie stern has asked Cassey to marry him. Will she say yes, or no. Reva has been mugged! It's up to Nancy to find Reva's braclet. Will Nancy find Reva's bracelet? Find out in Nancy Drew on campus #11.

This book accomplishes its goal well. It is the perfect size for an introduction to the main ideas and traditions in Christianity. It is not too short, but is certainly not overly long either; it isn't too hard to read this cover to cover. It is clear, and throughout, compares Protestant, Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and other main forms of Christianity.

The pictures are charmingly honest and realistic, showing actual people worshipping and doing other Christian activities. I have been reading special topics in theology but needed a basic backgrounder to broadly survey Christian traditions. The book emphasizes what might be called current traditions; it has good coverage of the origins of Christianity but is not primarily about the historical development of Christianity. It is balanced and appropriate for anyone who wants to quickly survey the main ideas and traditions of Christianity.

This book would make a great gift for anyone. It is written very clearly and straight. It points out some of the most surprising aspects of Christianity such as the sudden ending of Mark with the empty tomb and no post-resurrection appearance. It provides a fair, reasonable, and unbiased comparison of the different forms of Christianity.

The book does have some incidental weaknesses, such as the glossary entries which really should each be twice as long. Given that each page spread lists relevant glossary entries, I would expect the glossary entries to be more insightful. However, the book definitely achieves its goal in a nice, glossy yet accessible format. It is physically an ideal size to handle -- not so large like a coffeetable book that it becomes difficult to handle.

I especially enjoyed the coverage of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

The clearest expression of the Japanese genius is always found in the small...the simple expression of an essential character and insight. In that sense, this book itself exemplifies its subject; the city of Kyoto, Japan's cultural heart. A map on the inside cover with locations of treasured sites begins our orientation. A foreward by Donald Keene evokes his experience of the grace and pleasures of Kyoto and locates us in the poetic character of the city. The visual and tangible is the key to any understanding of Japan and for most of us it is the only route around the barrier of language. It is surprising, but perfectly appropriate, to find our next stage is not text but a series of photographs that rank among the best this writer has seen on the subject (if only as a collection of superb photographs this book would be a bargain). These photographs lead to text that gives us, clearly and succinctly, a brief history of the city.which, in turn, is followed by another series of photographs with examples of daily life and craft continuing the past into the present. A list of principal festivals, line drawings of selected costumes and artifacts, a chronology of Japanese history(on the inside back cover) interspersed through the book all follow the principle of focusing on the essential.. As an introduction to Kyoto this little book is exemplary; as a capsuled insight into Japanese culture it is indispensible.

If you like mystery books ar even mysteries then this is the book for you. You should buy it right now! I myself love to read Nancy Drew books, every time I finish one I have troubles trying to find out which one I should read next. This is one of the best mystery books I have read in a long time (and believe me I read a lot of mystery books). This is a great book to try and fiqure out "who done it?", if you know what I mean. There is a lot of action scenes where you will be to scared to put it down. So, please take me advise and buy this book and read it. I promise you it will be one of your favorite books that you will ever read.

Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age is a specialty item which is recommended for any collection concentrating on Japanese art. Woodblock prints from the Meiji era are presented in a series of over 90 color illustrations which go beyond the traditional perception of Japanese subjects as gardens and geishas. These prints depicted current events and were painted in vivid colors, and Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age captures their vibrant spirit, along with history essential to understanding their meaning.

This is an expansion and revision of a book from early (1954) in the career of the great Columbia Japanologist Donald Keene. It surveys "the growth and uses of Western learning: in late-18th and early 19th-century Japan. The primary figure Keene writes about is Honda Toshiaki (1744-1821). 74 of the books 246 pages are a translation of parts of Honda's Secret Plan for Managing the Country and Tales of the West.

Keene provides a fascinating account of Japanese views of what Europe might be like based on emerging understanding of European knowledge and technology. Before American gunships forced Japan open and the Meiji "restoration" embarked on a program of rapid industrialization (and militarization), there was a base of thought on trying to adapt what seemed useful from the west in ways compatible with Japanese conceptions of the essence of Japaneseness. Keene's classic book provides valuable background to understanding the rapid "modernization" and militarism of the late-19th-century (with successful wars with first China, then with Russia just before and just after the turn of the 20th century).

This is my favorite Nancy Drew book! It's sooo great.. Check your local used bookstore for it, that's where i got my copy. It's worth the hunt.

Nikki and Tim FINALLY get together (Nikki realized that she still loves him in CHEATING HEARTS (#11) and they decide to get back together :) Meanwhile, Brittany and Kim compete over a guy (guess who wins?!) who happens to look just like Tim. Samantha is busy flirting with a cute waiter and is glad that Kyle is safe at home.

The Kachina Doll Mystery by Carolyn Keene is an action-packed, suspenseful book with many secrets that Nancy Drew, the young detective, must reveal.But the neighbors of those who need her are determind to stop her. Ngyun, an 11 year-old boy, gets acused of stealing jewelry worth hundreds of dollars, when it was really the neighbors son.Once the neighbors even tried to kill her!Iliked this book for its action and suspense and I think those who like those two things will like it, too.