I love Edward Lear's story and James Marshall's illustrations are magical. I don't like the version with Jan Brett's illustrations. I've never liked Jan Brett's illustrations. I've spent hundreds of hours looking at children's books and I always pass over Jan Brett's books. Her illustrations just don't appeal to me. Her illustrations are distinctive and I can always recognize her work but I don't like them. There is just something missing--they don't have any life to them or something. I can't explain it. I have always loved James Marshall. His genius transcends understanding. His illustrations complement Ed Lear's beautiful tale perfectly.

A very good illustrated version of the classic poem- the pictures are beautiful with a distinctly exotic flavour, great for all ages!

This book is just so cool. Longing for a trip to the tropics? Read this version of the book to your little one and you can at least feel like you are there. The illustrations are really sweet. They have a lot of details so that kids kind find new things with each reading. My two-year old loves this book. It is a great twist on an old tale

This is one of the easiest to understand books, I have had the privilege to work through. It is a very practical book on the intelligence of goal setting and vision-planning. Most of us feel goal setting is useless. Therefore this is a very important book for anyone who is serious about changing their future. Darel sets out many visualization examples. He keeps us focussed with many successful scenarios. He speaks with confidence and conviction. He has "lived" this, so we follow his advice, knowing it will lead to our new BEING personality. I had the privilege of participating in his first workshop and would strongly suggest that anyone who is struggling to have their future STAY changed, read this book AND work through the new workbook he is writing. I look forward to reading the other books Darel has just written. Thanks, Darel, for changing my life with understanding and new beliefs. kh

There are VERY few books in the market that are this good. This book is not just an investment, but also a real goldmine. Don't just be rich, be wealthy. Do you have a dream? Do you have a goal? Would you like to make it happen now not tomorrow? There is a way -- I promise, and this book will tell you how you can start to see yourself as a successful person who will keep amazing his or her friends by a complete transformation. Your friends will look at you, and they won't recognize you because you have changed. You have made a new being choice which allows you greater freedom.

People are paying thousands of dollars for motivational consultants or to find answers to their questions but this book will replace both of them. No need to waste your money to expensive advice that will probably not take you as far as this book can. Allow this book to be your guide, and you will not miss a goal provided that you will do exactly what this book teaches. After reading this book, you will have in your hands a proven formula that will make you successful.

There are no questions about it. I've been using the formula that this book talks about for two years. I know how powerful it is and what a great potential this formula has. Some of my goals are very ambitious and large while others are smaller and not so important; and I've kept searching for books, formulas, systems or anything that could make my dreams come true. I consider myself very lucky that at the age of 21 I am this far. I didn't settle with kind of dull answers that seemed to be flowing from everywhere advicing me to give in or be realistic. What is the reality anyway? To tell you the truth, the world around of you is completely subject to your feelings, attitudes and imagination. When you have will and desire to do something, when you will hold onto this vision, the life will just find a way to fulfill your goal. Only thing that can separate you from achieving something that you have set your mind into is your fear. If you allow your fear to take over; then you will not win. This book provides the formula for overcoming fears and limitations and releasing the divine power within you. Rather than accepting what the world wants you to accept, I kept searching for something simple and easy -- and I found the Power Pause, then I found this book -- and please buy this book.

Yes, First John Harricharan introduced his ultimate creation the Power Pause that is the result of more than two decades of careful research and experimenting; then Darel Rutherford took few steps forward and wrote another book about this magical and great tool that will go beyond what the original Power Pause is and give further applications and ways to put in use what the powerful formula has to offer.

This review will not be full until I have proven once again that this formula works by manifesting my most ambious dreams -- but I can tell you that investing your money in this book will be a surefire thing that will benefit you.

To assure you that this book is worth your money; I can tell you that I have read over 200 books on motivation, spirituality and fulfilling your dreams. Those books are written by tens of authors and Darel Rutherford book wins 90% of them. Only Neville Goddard, John Harricharan and Joseph Murphy have been able to write this powerful books...books that really have the ability to change your life.

Put in use what this book tells you in a very simple, down-to-earth manner; and you will see for yourself that success is a real journey and not a destination. It is a journey that will continue beyond what you have thought was possible. After using what this book has to teach for 21 days faithfully, you will see some results. In a year your friends will not know you any longer because you are a completely transformed person.

Make the ultimate investment, care about your future and buy this book. Then USE IT. By doing this you are literally beating the odds that are against you. Why? Because 60% of those who read or pass this book will be missing the powerful information it has to offer. By applying what this book has to offer, you will gain control over every faculty of your life; and be able to lead a life of your dreams.

This book will also tell you how to start your own PowerPact group that will be focusing with you to create success and aide you to overcome personal limitations. Nothing is impossible, and it should read I'm Possible.

I read more books than the average person and have a larger library then most. Rarely have I seen a book containing the power and vision as this one. It is an eye-opening, life-changing, truly amazing one-of-a-kind book. It's easy to read yet the basic concept---about being the solution to the problem---is as potent as you can get. Read this one. Read it now. -- Joe Vitale, author "Spiritual Marketing" and numrous other books

this masterpiece should be required reading for everyone. no film will ever do this book justice. the complexity of the characters, the wonder of the stories, all add up to the best reading. if you can read it in Spanish, even better, but this is probably the best translation available. part 2 is not as good as part 1, but it is the best conclusion possible to the adventures of the hidalgo from la mancha...but even if u read only part 1, it still is very enjoyable. every page is funny, every adventure relevant. this book is the first of the modern western novels, and still the best.

This translation of Don Quixote fearlessly brings everyday language, bawdiness, and poetry to the timeless tale. Although the choice of using current slang may be a controversial one for some readers, it succeeds in giving the story an immediacy and restores the humor that was missing from more genteel translations. The novel is interesting because the two parts, written at different points in the author's life, have distinct styles and narrative structure. Just when the reader begins to fear that the plot will involve an endless string of ill-fated choices on the two protagonists' part, the second half of the novel introduces some devilish supporting characters to stir up trouble. Although this edition of the novel is nearly 1000 pages long, the chapters fly by quickly.

The phrase 'ahead of it's time' is such a cliche that I tend to avoid it all together. Unfortunately, when trying to describe Don Quixote, no better phrase comes to mind. Written in the 1500's, this book is perhaps the first modern comedy. In Don Quixote's squire, Sancho Panza, you'll find traits later used in the ingenius Dickens' character Samuel Weller (Pickwick Papers) some 300 years later. And the craft of the language used by the translator of this new edition, along with their reassuring preface, gives me the impression that very little was lost in this translation, or at least this translation loses the least of other translations.

This book, which is a little over 1000 pages (though heavily laden with appendixes) is a great read, and the only complaint I have is the clumsy handling of the translator's notes. There is a lot of Latin quoting in the book, along with references to other chivalric novels, and rather than simply supplying a foot note, they've decided to place all of these in the back of the book, which add a lot of page flipping and unnecessary interruptions to your reading if you want to know and understand everything that's happening. Hopefully in the next edition of this translation, they will correct this. I gave this book 5 stars because it's such an excellent book in itself excellently translated, that I decided it more than worthy of the rating, but if the lack of foot notes bothers you, you may want to disqualify it.

This book first came out when I was about the same age as Lissa, and having the same problems with being excluded from social cliques in school. I recently re-read it, and as the pain of that time in my life came back, I realized just how much the book helped me to realize that cliques weren't the be-all and end-all of my life...I only hope that the girls who did that to me also realized it in time.

This book deserves to come back into print. It's a great read, and it deals with a topic that faces many girls in fifth and sixth grades - the cruelty of cliques. I recommend it to the girls who form the cliques and the girls who are excluded by them.

Lissa is smart and funny, but she's also made an enemy of Debra Dobbins, the most popular girl in her class, partly because Debra stole her three-color pen. All of a sudden, Lissa has no friends and is excluded from Debra's exclusive FUNCHY club. Lissa is caught between being her own person and being like everyone else. Lissa's reaction at the end of the book is wonderful. This is an extremely enjoyable story. Definitely worth reading!

Euripides is the dramatist of the irrational. His greatest work, The Bacchae, Medea, Hippolytus, depicts a world in which irrational passions are a powerful and destructive force. In contrast to Aeschylus, whose greatest work - The House of Atreus trilogy - describes the harnessing of irrational forces into civic fabric of the polis and rationalistic worship of the Olympian pantheon, Euripides sees the passions as uncontrollable. Some of the gods, such as Dionysius in The Bacchae and Aphrodite in Hippolytus, appear as the personfication of destructive passions. Many of the human figures in Euripides plays appear unable not only to face the force of these passions, but also unable to recognize the danger represented by the passions. Euripides view is dark but powerful and his works are compelling but dispiriting. The Penguin series of his plays includes translations by Phillip Vellacott. Though most of these translations were produced decades ago, they retain their freshness and immediacy. This set of inexpensive books is an excellent way to experience Euripides.

Is Medea's response merely another example of "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", or are there other factors which make her response unique? Was she "insane" to have killed her children or was it legitimate within the scope of her response? What is so primal, so horrible about a mother killing her children? What role do the gods play in Medea's situation? Is she being punished for her earlier betrayal of her family? Did the Sun God's appearance with Medea at the end of the play indicate that she was vindicated and had divine support in her program of revenge? If the action cannot be satisfactorily explained in terms of the characters of a play in which fate and destiny are present, then the matter is left up to these divine powers. Where does that situate us in our Existential dilemna? The, audience is free to purge its feelings because the gods are controlling the course of the action. How important are the different social values and responses exhibited in the play? Does the play's action turn on cultural differences or more fundamental aspects? Lastly, if it is a "Greek tragedy", is it only Jason's tragedy? Let us not forget his role in all this. It is tragic in that his life ends in despair. What about "bad karma"? Although Jason married a second wife, we saw no indication that he dad any romantic passion for her. It seems to echo his withdrawal of feeling from Medea. The more withdrawn he became, the more passionate was Medea's response. If Jason had exhibited more passion, it might have improved Medea's attitude. His coldness did not justify her actions but made them more understandable. Is it simply greek soap opera or are current soap operas a reflection of passions past and still present. Nothing could justify the actions of Medea but certainly a lot can explain it, or can it?

Vellacott has provided excellent translations and commentaries on four of the plays of Euripedes, including his classic "Medea." They should be required reading of any college student. "Medea" is a study in how unbridled passion can overcome reason and lead to tragedy. This may be particularly pertinent with respect to the ongoing war between Athens and Sparta at the time the play was first presented. Medea, who had helped Jason in his quest, become his wife, and given him two sons, feels betrayed since he is marrying the daughter of the ruler of Corinth. With horrible vengence, she kills the bride and the king and then her two sons. "Hecabe" is a play about the wife of Priam, King of Troy, and the mother of Hector, Paris, Cassandra, and others. At the start of this play, the war between the Greeks and Troy is over and Hecabe is now a slave of Agamemnon. The ghost of Achilles had appeared and demanded a sacrifice over his tomb before the Greeks can set sail for home. They vote to sacrifice Polyxena, Hecabe's young daughter, despite the tears and entreaties of Hecabe. After Polyxena's noble death, Hecabe learns that her last child Polydorus had been murdered by the King of Thrace, Polymestor, to whom Polydorus had been sent for safekeeping. This finally drives Hecabe mad and she seeks vengence for Polydorus's death. Euripedes shows in this play the effects of war and vengence on innocent lives and how cruel men at war can be. "Electra" is another retelling of the vengence story of Electra and Orestes. In this version, they are less heroic and more realistic then the way they are portrayed by Aeschylus and Sophocles. Interestingly, the one true noble and honest character in the play is the peasant husband of Electra, who refuses to tough her because he is beneath her station. Was Euripedes making a social comment about the upper classes of Athens of his time? The final play is "Heracles." In this play, the wife of Heracles, his three young sons, and Heracles' father Amphitryon are in danger of being killed by the usurping king of Thebes, Lycus. Lycus wishes them dead since he had killed Megara's father, King Creon, and taken his throne and Lycus doesn't want the three sons to grow up to avenge the death of their grandfather. Heracles is believed by many to be dead. But, he returns in time to thwart and kill Lycus. Unfortunately, the goddess Hera, who has always had a hatred of Heracles, sends the minor goddess Madness down to drive Heracles temporarily insane. In his fits, he kills his wife and sons. When sanity returns to him, he realizes what he has done and how immoral the gods are. The Greek gods are not an acceptable standard for moral behavior. Man can serve as a standard, and this is exemplified in the play by Theseus, ruler of Athens.

This collection is worth buying for the inclusion of Amy's Freed's THE PSYCHIC LIFE OF SAVAGES, which is with no exaggeration a work of staggering genius. Freed's tragicomedy tells a semi-fictional story about four American mid-century poets -- Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Anne Sexton and Robert Lowell -- as a springboard for investigating the nature of art and the moral fabric of the era. Along the way Freed PARODIES these poets, plus Emily Dickinson, in a way that is both spot-on and hysterically funny. I saw PSYCHIC LIFE during its run in 1995 and can say without question that it remains one of the most memorable nights I have ever had in the theater. The good news is that the experience, I found, also translates well to the page -- so you can experience it, too.

This volume is a must for those interested in new contemporaryAmerican work and is easily purchased via Amazon... PublishedSept. 1999 by a theatre committed to developing and producing new plays and promoting emerging playwrights. The volume presents a spectrum of works (all of which premiered at the theatre) nominated for a variety of awards by 6 different playwrights, including the widely produced The Gene Pool.

I'm a huge Woolly fan and even being biased, I must say that this is an exceptional collection. The plays included are from the hottest and most interesting new-new playwrights in the country.

Robert Alexander's work, "The Last Orbit of Billy Mars," was nominated for the Charles Macarthur New Play Award here in Washington, DC.

All of the plays in this collection were highly successful shows for a great nationally-known theater! Definitely worth checking out if you're an off-off Broadway type of theater fan or producer.

Yellow Eyes is the first book I can remember sellecting on my own, reading and getting all my friends to read. That was 1960, I was in the 4th grade. I haven't seen a copy of the book in almost that many years, but I can still remember the abandonment with which I read it. It was the first sweet dose in a lifelong addiction to reading for me and I can hardly wait to track down another copy. -M-

This is a book that I heard about when I was young and never read until just recently. Yellow Eyes is a cougar, and has adventures growing up. I used it as summer reading for my children. We sat together and I read the book to them, chapter by chapter. We then discussed all that we read. Reading this book is truly a moving experience as Yellow Eyes faced many dangers and some unexpected twists and turns. The writing is superb and the story development is excellent. If you are a fan of Avi and Poppy and Rye or Ereth books, this is for you!

I read this book when I was 10 (1961) and remember as if yesterday, the sensation generated in my gut, when the hunting dogs cornered Yellow Eyes, forcing him to make that spine severing leap which crippled the noble beast for the remainder of his life. I believe this single read provided me with the empathy I behold today, for wildlife and their never ending plight with encroching (so-called) civilization. I would highly recommend for any young reader. Just yesterday I was attempting to explain to a good friend and encountered a gaggle of goose bumps and that occasional welling eye. Montgomery instills compassion, respect, appreciation and love of life for all who read this beautifully written story. EN

This book is a great "dog bible"! It covers everything you need to know, from selecting a puppy to breeding it, and everything in between. It is easy and interesting to read, and is clear and concise, along with having great advice! I would recomend this book to anyone thinking about getting a dog!

This book is amazing. I think it is a must have for all dog owners, and a must send with your puppies. Everything the average puppy owner needs to know is in this book. If you're just looking for a puppy, read this book first. One of the best books on puppies I've ever read.

This is the best book for those planning to bring a new bundle of fur into their family and for those who already own a dog. All breeders should include this informative book as part of their package with the puppy. It is packed with information, but not an overwhelming read. I would not raise a dog without it.

Roy Morris's history of the 1876 election is a rousing work that brings to life the incredible politcs of America's Victorian Gilded Age. Despite how history has treated the politicians of this era, Morris explains well that both combatants, Ohio Gov. Rutherford B Hayes and New York Gov. Samuel Tilden, would have been worthy of the White House in any era. Morris's respect for Gilded Age politicians was the high point of the book for me. He shows us more than the non-entities history has treated them. Hayes, a real Civil War hero (as opposed to other CW Generals, like "General" Ben Harrison) who was a cagier politician than often given credit for. Tilden, a sickly and brilliant bachelor, a disciple of Martin Van Buren and maybe America's last Jacksonian, is shown as a methodical and brilliant reformer who blew up the Tweed Ring.

Morris also excells at looking at the real issues of the campiagn: government reform, fighting Grantism, and most of all----Reconstruction. The story of the this miserable election bears little resembles to the 2000 election. In 2000, the basic story was a bunch of old people did not vote right. Nobody did anything. In this election, you not only had contested states, but SOUTHERN states who 16 years before had left the union. Since then, carpetbag regimes had taken overm causing near strife across the south. One must remeber that Civil War seemed more imminent in 1876 than 1860. At the heart of this fight was the growing feeling in the North that continued occupation and negro rights was just not worth it anymore.

My one qualm with the book is Morris seems to be blinded by the consequences of blacks by this election. He seems to overlap his sympathy for Tilden to include the former confederate, white Democrats in the South. He minimizes the violence in an attempt to build a case against Hayes and the Republicans. I felt that Morris could have been more critical of the Bourbon southern democrats in this work. All in all, however, it is a wonderfull read. We find that America was robbed of two great men in this election. Tilden never entered the White House, and the talented Hayes was never able to execute his full potential due to the circumstances of his election. A fascinating book.

As the smoke cleared from Election Day 1876 the people of the United States found themselves with no clear winner. The Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes at first was sure he had lost while at the same time the Democratic nominee Samuel Tilden was just as sure he had won. The Republican National Chairman was so sure of Tilden's victory that on election night he went to bed with a bottle of whisky for comfort. Enter Dan Sickles, yes the same Dan Sickles that shot down Philip Barton Key, the same Dan Sickles who had been the first American acquitted on a murder charge due to temporary insanity, and the same Dan Sickles who had gotten his corps chewed up at Gettysburg. There is little surprise that this man was possibly the father of the biggest election fraud in American history. It was Sickles who first wired the Republican governors of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana that they should hold their states for Hayes at all cost. That they did.

What follows is a sad tale of corrupt state election boards, sneaky politicians, and various shenanigans by both campaigns. The difference in the final outcome seems to be the result of circumstances that have to remind the reader of a certain recent election. The Republican candidate seemed to exude confidence while Tilden acted like he had been hit in the face with a wet squirrel. Since Tilden didn't seem to know what to do that left his party wandering somewhat in the darkness. Tilden's friends tried but without central leadership, without one hand knowing what the other was doing, their whole effort was a confused jumble. Hayes on the other hand, seemed to be completely at ease. The Republican effort was smooth and effective and in the end everything was all decided in great part by the Supreme Court. Just like 2000. Of course there was also the little understanding that if the south let Hayes win, reconstruction would end in the three states where troops were still stationed. Hayes himself seems to have developed this idea while Tilden sat in his library and wrote legal briefs.

This book, by Roy Morris, Jr. is a very easy to read and engaging work. The author makes it easy to keep up with what is going on even though the action is spread from Louisiana to DC and from Florida to Oregon. Mr. Morris not only explains what happened but also speculates that President Grant had started reconstruction out the door, and that it was dead no matter who was President. He convincingly argues that white northerners were as tired of reconstruction as were white southerners and that Hayes in reality probably only shortened the occupation of the south by a few months. He did not therefore, sell out southern blacks as badly as some would have us believe. With the excellent research and scholarship to be found in this book, I highly recommend it

Most people, if they've heard of the infamous 1876 Presidential election at all, recall it only when comparisons were made to the confused aftermath of the 2000 campaign. There were many similarities in that the Democratic candidate ultimately failed to win the Presidency despite outpolling the Republican in the popular vote, and the final judgement was delayed long after the actual voting because of irregularities in Florida (among other states in 1876). But the most glaring thing the two elections have in common is that in both cases the will of the people was ultimately thwarted by that most undemocratic of Constitutional anachornisms: The Electoral College.

Author Roy Morris Jr. rescues the 1876 election from the dustbin of history with his diligent research and lively prose. He also does not hesitate to editorialize on the outcome, as the title of the book makes perfectly clear. It's not that Morris is unfair to former Civil War General Rutherford B. Hayes, who was ultimately declared the winner in an unbeleivably convoluted series of back room dealings, quite the contrary in fact. Morris instead lays outs the facts so that the reader can plainly see that New York Governor Samuel Tilden, despite being a less than perfect candidate, deserved a better fate.

The stakes were high in America's centenial year. Reconstruction was winding down (indeed, Hayes would ultimately end it), white southeners were reasserting their political muscle in a way that would ultimately lead to Jim Crow and the disenfranchisement of the former slaves and tensions between the parties were running high enough that a resumption of Civil War hostilities seemed a distinct possibility. The outgoing, scandal-plauged Grant administration burdoned Hayes, while Tilden was saddled with a Democratic party that had been the home of the Copperheads during the Civil War. Like 2000, the country was nearly evenly split politically, though unlike 2000, as Morris points out, the outcome did not dramatically effect the course of American history because Morris supposes that Tilden would have made many of the same decsions that were made by Hayes as President.

Overall, an extremely well-written and important work that will be enjoyed be history buffs and even by more general readers.

A Horror readers treat, I loved this tale of quenching horror. A terrific nonstop, diary of a city filled with thirsty vampires, and a woman accepting her own mutation. The writing is tight and satisfying, and definitely worth another read.

The story is as compelling as any 'Anne Rice' novel, and should not be missed. Cause: unexpected violence that encases these pages, and strobes the mind with lightning, it blinds the reader's thoughts. Effect: another page turner. A great success for a first attempt in battling the pro-writing world.

Rutherford & Sanders put a new twist on the conventional view of vampires. With a surprise at every paragraph, Relative Blood is sure to spark the imagination of its readers. With its use of sophisticated language and passionately detailed and defined images, Rutherford & Sanders MUST be put among the ranks of Anne Rice and Bram Stoker. With each storyline flowing into the next, it's hard to consider that it was co-written. The graphic images throughout the novel illustrate the story, while still letting the reader imagine their own idea of what the city and people appear to be like. The book ends, but not the story, which leads me to wonder when the sequel will be coming out.