YOU DON'T NEED THIS BOOK. I GOT JIGGLYPUFF, CAPTAIN FALCON, LUIGI, NESS, AND MUSHROOM ISLAND BEFORE I EVER HAD THIS BOOK.

I think if you play this for more than 1 hour you eventually find out all the moves. Just go online for any secrets.

Compared tot he other one I'd rather have it then thisone but this one is by far excellent in getting you threw bonus rounds. The other is no where near but the other one tells you the strengths and weaknesses of each chacter so I like it better. I know all there is to know about theis game. And geuss what? I even know more then there is to know...

This book is a sorry disappointment coming from a talented authoress like Miss Aiken. The lpot is not true to Miss Austen at all, and not a whit of it leads to the plot, structure, theme, language or depth of "Mansfiedl Park". And like all Janeites out ther, let me point out that the youngest Miss Ward's first name is not Harriet (Hatty); it's actually Frances (Fanny). Our Heroine in "Mansfield Park" is Fanny Price, and she is the eldest daughter, and in true Jane Austen fashion, the eldest daughters and sons are usually named for the parents. A disappointemnt indeed, a far cry from what Miss Austen conceptualised.

I started out thinking I was in for yet another jewel along the lines of "Jane Fairfax" and "Mansfield Revisited." Aiken certainly starts off in that vein, but halfway thru, the plot turns ridiculous. Hatty became so 'Dickens-like' in her cheerful suffering that I wanted to gag, and the antagonists were also crosses between those found in Bronte and Dickens and not Austen-like at all. Aiken seemed to abandon wit and good humor for pathos and melo-drama. I hope she will not continue on this vein in her future Austen ventures. Aiken is VERY gifted and readable, so it is easy to forgive her for "The Youngest Miss Ward."

I found this latest book of Joan Aiken's to be a very enjoyable one, with many references to characters and events in Mansfield Park, and an excellent portrayal of the early nineteenth century. For the entire first half or more I was quite caught up in the heroine's life and that of the whole cast of unusual characters, many of which seem to be right out of an Austin novel. It was with some chagrin when I realized, toward the end, that Hattie (the youngest Miss Ward of the title), had slipped into the "Goody Goody" mode, and was becoming somewhat insipid. I mean, really, she goes around solving everyone's problems, and taking all kinds of abuse with never a frown, but is always cheerful and helpful to a fault. The other characters have also fallen into rather neat groups of villians and good guys. However, this would not really have bother me, had the ending not been as it was. I don't wish to give anything away, so I won't comment on the obvious flaws and lack of continuity in many of the storylines and characters. However, some may not be as troubled by the ending or the character of the heroine , and, if interested in this period of history, will certainly enjoy reading The Youngest Miss Ward.

Brady is a bad book. I'm thirteen, and I read Brady. It was a very difficult book. The plot was way off from the story. I read the back cover, and then I read the book. They were two totally seperate things. Don't read Brady. You'll just be wasting you're money and time.

I gave Brady four stars because it starts out a little slow, and for that reason it might be hard for kids to see it through. But it is worth the effort. I like how Fritz comments on character as she shows the different attitudes about slavery before the Civil War. The end is exciting. Brady conquers his own character flaws, and learns to live for something beyond himself.

I gave it only 4 stars since I don't remember it all that well. I read it for a book report in 5th grade, and I liked it alot, it wasn't difficult. (I got a A+ on the report! ) Good historical fiction dealing w/ the underground railroad.

This book is a pretty package of a few facts about the author, some of which are incorrect. The final injustice for me was when they mis-spelled one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Goudge (spelled in their book Groudge). [...].

There are better books out there.

Yes, it is hard to believe that fans of Harry Potter do not know pretty much everything that is in this About the Author biography of J. K. Rowling. The most interesting thing in this book is that it provides a map so you can find Nicholsons Cafe in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote parts of the first Harry Potter book. All of the color photographs are contemporary and most of them are about her books and the places she has lived rather than of Rowling herself. The production values on this book are geared towards sensory overload: there is not just a photograph on a page, but rather it is a photograph with wavy boarders on top of very bush "wallpaper" with Rowling's signature in gold ink.

The bottom line is pretty simple. If your children have read some of the Harry Potter books and know nothing about their author, then this book will give them the basic story on her astounding literary career. But if they have devouring every tidbit about Rowling in the press while waiting for Book Five to come out, then they will probably find nothing new here. How will you know? Simple: Ask them what the J. K. stands for and if they do not know, then let them read this book.

"Meet J.K. Rowling," by S. Ward, is a brief biography of the author behind the phenomenal Harry Potter series of children's books. With simple text and plenty of illustrations, this book is geared towards younger readers.

The book includes the basic information about Rowling's life and literary career: her childhood, education, literary influences, etc. Ward also briefly discusses Rowling's marriage and divorce, as well as the "birth" of Harry. The book is illustrated with photos of Rowling and of the places in her life. There are also photos of cover art from the Potter books. A number of quotes from the Potter books appear as sidebars. Along the way is some interesting information, such as the fact that, at the time this biography was written, the Harry Potter books had been translated into 28 languages.

The book presents the basic information about Rowling, but I didn't see anything particularly new or insightful. And I imagine that many of Rowling's fans already know most or all of the facts in the book (I did). Also, the internal layout of the book is a bit too cluttered for my taste. Overall, a competent but unexceptional biography for younger readers.

This book is not as funny as my initial expectations. I was dissapointed beyond recognition

This is a wonderful book to read along with your kids.There are truly 1000 knock-knock jokes and they are all appropriate for children of any age.The book is divided into sections that have fun themes, so you can begin with some sort of reference if you prefer. My daughter and I went straight through by page. We liked this book because it's creative, easy to read, and can keep you busy ofr hours.

If the 1st edition of the book wasn't a necessary item for most gamers, the second edition is. The reason for this is that the book tell you which sphere of control are accessible to a priest depending on his deity and also the special powers granted to priest by their deities. This is a positive change that make the priest class seems more realistic to me. However the new concept of avatar (a weaker physical representation of a god that can be sent on the prime plane in his place) is unecessary to say the least. The gods have already many servant Solaar, Planetar ,Deva, Demons & Devils to do their work that the creation of the ambiguous notion of avatar (probably created to avoid the sacrilege of having high level players posing a threat to the gods) is only complicating the problem. The beautiful artwork that was one of the strong point of the original edition is absent from the second edition and you also loose two pantheons (finnish & sumerian )in the mix. All in all you can consider that the second edition is completing the original one but is a little weak to stand on it's own.

Good book, but i am looking for the second edition of this work. If you are looking for the earlier model I have located 3, and will consider trade.

American Armagedondon Religion Revolutiion and the Right Dominion--- Redemption ---- Holy War

This syposium was held with over 100 of the activists, researchers , and academics who attended this conference in Colorado on 9/27/97. They takes pot shots at the Promise Keepers , Evangelicals , Southern Baptists,and denigrate people who believe in the Bible as the word of God . "Fundamentalism expresses itself in scapegoating". Blames the Bible for inter racial killing , it does not blame the individual or their prejudices , but the actual Bible and those who believe it is the word of God . It anyalizes the belief of the second coming of Christ, discusses the rapture as a Bibical doctrine , and links the Bibical view of the End Times as anti semitic . It says the "approach used by Fundamentalists in reading the Bible has laid the foundation for the approach Christian Patriots use in reading the Constitution, and our current legal system" pg26

This book is, admittedly, a liberal work. However, it is from top scholars supported with the best scholarship. It breaks through the myths propagated by the religious right that would have us believe that our "Founding Fathers" were divinely inspired men falling just short of saints. It is impossible to speak of the "Founding Fathers" in the simplistic terms that conservatives often do as they did NOT have common beliefs. In regards to religion, they fell across the spectrum with what would ultimately develop into evangelicalism to outright deism. As men of the enlightenment, most had private if not public concerns about religion and tended to be very skeptical of religion. This book details the realities of the role religion played in the founding of the country. It is a good read and should be read by all: For the religious right it will be a hard pill to swallow, but as the title of one of the essays says, America was not founded as a "Christian Nation."

I have read Great Expectations and David Copperfield and enjoyed them immensely. These books offer a wonderful, colorful cast of characters. So, I thought I would try Bleak House. I slogged through 150 pages and finally gave up! Tedious is the operative word here! The characters were dessicated and one-dimensional and I felt as if the plot was not moving forward at all. Overall, a major disappointment.

I found this the best written prose that I have read so far by Dickens, and it ranks amongst the best written books that I've read by anyone. His assassination of the British establishment sometimes almost made me wince, yet I always found it entertaining and not preachy. I didn't find the plot as good, or the characters as sympathetic as A Tale of Two Cities (my favourite), but it beats the melodrama of Great Expectations by a long shot. I actually found this a far more damning indictment of society than Hard Times, contrary to what I'd been led to believe. Highly recommended.

Radcliffe's first novel, a very short and pacy romance set in Scotland. Much of the plot will appear familiar to anyone who has read Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto", but the novel has its own merits in that it holds the reader's attention throughout.

Interested in a gothic novel but not quite ready to plunge headfirst into "The Mysteries of Udolpho"? Ann Radcliffe's short novel "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne", provides the perfect first taste of a gothic novel. I first read Radcliffe after reading Austen's "Northanger Abby", which contains refrences to "Udolpho". I instantly became facinated by her work and have subsequently read most of her novels. Reading Radcliffe is definately an experience worth trying, and I reccomend "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne" as an excellent place to start.

One must not judge the gothic novel with the same standards as any work with more literary merit. The plots are trite, the devices are overused, the language is overblown, and the characters are decididly one dimensional. However, this is what is so great about Radcliffe. All of her work is throughly entertaining, highly amusing to a modern reader, and a source of excellent new vocabulary.

"The Castles Of Athlin and Dunbayne" is no exception. It only differs from Radcliffe's other work in two aspects: it is short (slightly over 100 pages), and it is set in Britian, not mainland Europe. Although it is her first novel and does not achieve the same greatness as later works, such as "Udolpho", it is still worth reading. The story centers around Mary, a Scottish nobelwoman, and her love affair with the low-born, but ever honorable Allyn. It contains an astounding number of chases across dark moors, mysterious noises, escapes from dungones, and passionate exchanges of lover's vows for its small size. What makes the novel so amusing and enjoyable is Radcliffe's serious, fervent tone as she earnestly describes the contrived and trite situations in the novel.

I am quite a fan of Radcliffe and admire her greatly for the prescedent she set in the history of fiction. "The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne" is an entertaing read and a wonderful example of the gothic novel.

Maybe it's unfair to rate a book in 2002 written about the U.S. Army circa 1970. Trying to keep that in mind, I still come to the conclusion that this is only about a 3 to 3 and a half star book for reasons that don't seem to me to be related to it being out of date when I read it.

My criticism of the book has more to do with its outline and depth and its space allocation than its time frame. In my opinion, the author wrote a book that was easy for him to write rather than a book that seriously attempted to address his stated topic - the state of the army as an institution. To me, a more meaningful effort would have taken a much broader look than this book did. I'm sure it's easy enough for an author to interview one maverick colonel (supposedly David Hackworth), three sergeants, one major, a few generals and other officers and use these to produce half the chapters of the book. But, he didn't do much to show me that these individuals were representative of the state of the institution. Anecdotal data is fine, but it really needs to be set in a clearer context to be meaningful.

I also found his chapters on Futures and Machines to be rambling, sometimes boring and not persuasively pointing to substantive conclusions. On the other hand, I did enjoy the chapters on West Point and the two bases, Hood and Lewis.

That's probably enough for you to get my drift. I was disappointed in this effort particularly because I've read one very fine Ward Just book - A Dangerous Friend, so I know he can do great work. I'm just not sure he put in the effort needed to make this a fine book. If you're really interested in military history, you'll probably enjoy this book. Otherwise, there are probably a lot of other better books for your reading time .

A look at what made career military personnel stay in the service written during the height of the Vietnam War. The book portrays a lot of the guys as having naive faith in the war, or doing a lot of soul searching. I read it for the account of the unidentified colonel, who in reality was COL David Hackworth, author of About Face, and military critic.