This is an inspiring book about the battle a young boy faces when he has an undetected learning disability. I recomend this book for everyone! You will be moved to tears by the abuse and inspired by the victories! READ THIS BOOK!

I have read this book from cover to cover many times and I enjoy it more everytime I read it. The reason this book is so special to me is I have meet the Aurthor and my book bears his autograph. When I was a junior in highschool Dave Sargent came to my school and gave a program. I purchased a copy of his book An Uphill Climb and fell in love with it and couldn't put it down. When I first purchased the book I read all his other books before I graduated highschool since then I have been trying to find them to have a collectoin of all his work and have not been able to find them in any book store. When Mr. Sargent came and gave his program he told us that a movie co had purchased them movie rights and was going to make a movie out of his life. It has been 6 years since I have seen him or heard of him but I am still looking forward to seeing the movie when It comes out as Mr.Sargent said when the movie co bought the right they said that Tom Cruise was a hopeful to play him. Well thats about all I have to say. Donny

This large (perfect size for reading on your lap) book contains a series of intelligent essays and sumptuous illustrations and photos mapping the history of utopia from Plato on. I believe that the thing that makes it such a spectacular work is the wide range of disciplines, works and forces that the writers identify as utopic.

When people think of utopia, they often think of science fiction, fanciful and ideal worlds that make life better than our wildest dreams. In truth, most science fiction these days explores utopia as a critical paradigm, realising that we can not live in a perfect world, they explore the possibilities, the way they work and the way they fail. I'm all for this, but the thing that I loved so much about the New York Public Libraries book on Utopia, was the way it is very solidly linked to the real world.

It is, indeed, a book that explores the search for an ideal society in the western world. From the communes of the 1960's and '70's to the environmental housing collectives of the '80's and '90's. From the South Seas in the British imagination to Urban Geography, from Communism to Architecture, Romanticism and Formalism and Futurism, this book identifies attempts at and dreams of utopia from our own history. Rather than the speculation and fabulation of science fiction, the book provides us with our own speculation and fabulation, our own hope and idealism.

I've always been fascinated by Utopia, growing up reading Ursula Le Guin, Yevgeny Zamyatin and others, Dostoevsky's happiness versus freedom dillema grounded itself deep inside me, living in New Zealand often feels like paradise, and hopes for a better world got me imagining. I have a deep attachment to science fiction, and I'm not saying that this book is good because it neglects the genre's speculation, I'm saying it's good because it provides the social context that encouraged us to speculate in the first place. This book, to me, is a background to every speculative utopia work I have ever read, and the further understanding is invaluable to me. This book is a fascinating read. Devour it.

It also contains useful notes to illustrations, an index of personal names, a chronology of utopian/dystopian cinema and an extensive chronology of utopian literature .

If you have any interest in the subject of utopia, this book would be worth it for the pictures alone. It has marvelous reproductions of more than a hundred images associated with ideas of utopia. These include illustrations from famous utopian novels, artwork and architecture inspired by utopian longing (including a lot of political art and propaganda), and pictures of actual communities devoted to utopian struggle and living. But it's not just pictures. The book is also filled with brilliant, provocative essays about historical and philosophical utopias. I am teaching a course on this subject right now, and the material in this book is better written and more apt to provoke discussion than most of the "primary" material that you see listed in utopian bibliographies and web-sites. This book originated as a catalog for an exhibit at the New York Public Library. I hate to say it, but the book is even better than the exhibit. If you have any interest in thinking about the project of making a better world here on Earth, this book will be a valuable resource. And much of it is fun and exciting to read.

I read this book when I was in first grade with the help of my mother. My sister was 4 then and she just listened as we read aloud. We all enjoyed it very much. I made the mistake of trading it off to a friend in 3rd grade and am now sorry.

Henry Berg haches an egg, and finds a lizard that turns out to be a dragon with blood that burns to the touch. His monther's boyfriend wants to experiment on it, only to find someone else wants to return the little dragon home to his native land. Great adventure awaits Henry, and those who read about him. Definately a must read. Excillent for the whole family.

This book has chapters on many of the quality but lesser known American cutlery brands along with extensive check lists and illustrations. It does the same for many straight razor makers. For those who collect the brands covered herein, this book is essential.

Her book is written for an age that has little material as well designed. It is insightful, interesting, and intelligently simple for children. I will buy for all my grandchildren.

This is a most unusual book on Zen Buddhism, covering a variety of topics not covered in almost any other book on Zen which I have come across. It is best described as a "nuts and bolts," "tell it like it is" guide to many subjects which are explained rarely if ever to Zen students (and thus, are misunderstood by the great majority - especially Westerners). Thus, for example, topics covered include the real differences among sects within Japanese Zen, and between the Zen sects and the rest of Japanese Buddhism, the strange ways in which "satori" and "kensho" have been misunderstood and over-emphasized in the West, and differences in the training, recognition systems and daily work of Zen priests in the West and under the more traditional practices of Japan. The material ranges from questions appropriate to the beginner (e.g., What if my foot goes to sleep during Zazen?) to questions of interest even to the very experienced student (What is the true meaning of such often misused terms as "sensei," "roshi" and "Zen master?" What are the real differences between "Soto-shu" and "Rinzai-shu" practices, and how has Zen as practiced in the West tended to become a mix of the two?)

The author is also an unusual figure among American Zen priests as her clerical career, starting when she was 48 and spanning the last 23 years, has been almost completely within Japan, including training in Japanese training temples under Japanese teachers, and work as a Zen teacher and as an assistant priest at an active Zen temple in Tokyo involved in the more mundane, "day-to-day" duties of a Zen priest in Japan. Thus, she is in a unique position to compare Zen as it has been practiced traditionally in Japan and as it has developed in the West. Further, the author has a "set the record straight" style that allows her to comment on many aspects of Zen as it has come to be practiced in the West that are usually ignored or "papered over" by other writers because they are rather controversial within the Zen community.

This book is a necessary addition to the shelf of anyone with a serious interest in Zen, and is also important to the beginner who is thinking about delving more deeply into the Zen world.

A book of rising signs such as this is extremely useful: it provides a great deal of information and (as presented by Dr. Sarget) is practical. Indeed, readers will find it far easier than the preparations and interpretation of a full horoscope. D.r Sargent has provided unique, easy to use tables for identifying your rising sign within a few moments -- provided you know the date, place and approximate time of your birth. Dr. Sargent is careful to pay close attention to the interaction of the rising sign's general temperament with the ruling zodiac sign for each area of life (or house). In this way he builds up a remarkable persuasive, intriguing and practical system which will become a permanent part of the literature of astrology and stand out as one of the fuew to deal thoroughly an usably with rising sign astrology.

Dr. Sargent is attached to the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge (UK). Published by RIDER, London.

I don't currently own this book, but it's number one on my Christmas list! I have reached multiple renewal limits at the local library with this title. The large number of artists included in the book provide a variation in painting style as well as informative text regarding the artist and his/her work. The color plates have been well chosen to give the reader an appreciation for the masters of watercolor painting. I have returned again and again to Awash in Color as a reference for my own paintings.

Baldy Eagle is a wonder animal personification story which defines honor in comparison to destruction. Also, the book gives the reader a rich description of different types of eagles.
In the story Baldy wakes one day and decides to make a new friend. So, after a brief introduction about characteristics of bald eagles, he sets off and meet's Little Tom Gopher who is being destructive.
I like the way Baldy explains to Little Tom about honor and what he does to help Little Tom. I feel children could easily relate to either of the characters.
Finally, the last chapter very fluently describes many different types of eagles. The use of adjectives and comparisons helps the reader to easily get a picture of these eagles.
This story would be an excellent resource for any character education lesson. Yet at the same time would be just as usful in a science unit. It is written on a second grade reading level but could easily be used by any child or teacher in elementary school.
This book is just one in the Feather tale Series.Each has a bird for the main character who is teaching a secondary character about some human virtue.

Pamela Sargent very very rarely lets me down with her science fiction. I was luckily enough to just find this collection of her short stories and read it through in only two days. The vast majority of the stories are excellent -- well written and populated by enticing characters. Well worth the time and money if you like strong but realistic female characters.