Mrs. Beggs is a delightful landlady with a house of older, sedate borders. Her newest border turns out to be a wizard who wrecks havoc on the quiet house. Turns out sweet Mrs. Beggs is a witch who must use her witchcraft to scoot away the wizard. All is boring and quiet once again...until the knock at the door. A new border is on the doorstep....with a long tail sticking out of his cloak. This was a delightful story with wonderful illustrations. The surprising twist in the story was how we can miss conflict in our lives when it it disappears and the power of women. When I came to the last page with the drawing of the new border it actually gave me the shivers!

My 5 year old son is interested on bats, vampires and other little critters & monsters. However, I couldn't find any book on this subject that was appropriate for his age. I'm so glad I came across Mercer Mayer's collection. I have read Little Critter in the past and have found it amusing and helpful. However, Critters of the Night is much more appealing to my kid. The characters and illustrations are very expressive and colorful. The text is clear, easy and fun to read. It's very rhythmic. He's learning to read now, but I always take him a step further. The Critters of the Night collection is helping me on this endeavor. We love it!

I love this book! While all of Mercer Mayer's wordless frog books are delightful, this is definitely my favorite. A picture is definitely worth a thousand words in this case. From beginning to end every characters' thoughts and emotions are perfectly clear. The illustrations are delightful and the characters' body language and facial expressions are wonderfully expressive. Even very young children can look at this book and understand what is going on.

I finally got around to reading this book and guess what? It really works. PR is cheap, effective and right on in terms of getting the attention you deserve. I'm a printer and it's working out great for me and my employees. We just try to get the good news out about the company by writing press releases and then distributing them to the local media--mostly print and TV, but who knows? Maybe we'll find a way to use the Interent as well.

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This has become one of my favorite books for ideas on outdoor living areas. Lots of different ideas and various styles represented. I honestly think almost everyone would find something that appealed to them. I thought the author's rose walk was visually stunning. One of my other favorites was the fountain with a "coating" of recycled glass "plastered" on. (I'd like to make that myself.) The author does include instructions. However, to follow the instructions, it helps if you have already had some experience working with your hands.

This book is so fun. Really cute story line, and typical Mercer Mayer, pictures, It is worth getting it used, I have bought two this way, and am very pleased.

Dudley Nightshade's new book, The Promise Ether, is like one of those Whizzo Chocolate candies from the famous Monty Python sketch -- sweet and quirky on the outside, sinister and scathing on the inside. With a keen-but-subtle perception, Mercer (Dudley's alter ego) zeroes in on the oppressors of the odd and imaginative...and gives them SUCH a pinch!

There's something inside for everyone in the family -- provided the family in question boasts a wizard, alien abductee, or mutant.

If you ever laugh like a Disney villain at the foibles and shortcomings of your fellow humans, you'll love The Promise Ether.

In this book, Mercer does an outstanding job of debunking the idea that reputation really matters in international politics. He argues that while states are overly sensitive about their own reputations, other states are not concerned about the past behavior of a state. His analysis is clear and well-argued. Mercer then goes on to provide case-studies which reinforce his theoretical claims. All in all, this is a great piece of international relations scholarship from one of the most brilliant young minds in the field.

This is one of my personal favorite HTML books. It's style is really technical, so many people will hate it. For them, I would recommend a more visual book, such as HTML in an Instant, or Teach Yourself Visually HTML. Those two help you get started quickly, without getting bogged down in excessive details. But for those who like a more systematic approach, going through the individual properties of each tag, this book is for you. It has extensive code snippets, details about usage, and a very clear format. It is somewhat dry reading, but the information is really packed in there if you are willing to dig it out. Very nice.