What I love about this play is that every time you read it, you find new tidbits to muse over. It's twisted, unexpected, and you should be reading it now instead of these schmucky reviews.

I've just finished acting in this play. I played Rachel, the Alice in Wonderland-esqe protaganist who keeps getting tossed and turned, from Springfield to Springfield, until she is finally forced to make some very interesting conclusions about the reckless world she discovers she is living in.

RECKLESS conveys such a wide range of emotions, and any reader who can remember the magic of Christmases past, the glorious expectations of childhood, the DREAM of what life was supposed to be, will enjoy this play.

It also happens to be one of the funniest plays I've ever read, and even if you're not acting in it or directing it, it is a play that you will enjoy reading, because it is so well-written and elegantly crafted. In fact, it is a very intricate text, with so many hidden meanings and word plays, that a close reading of it IS necessary if you are going to act it as it should be acted.

Touching, beautiful, sad and true, RECKLESS is a gem of a play.

The play is existentialist in nature, but not unapproachable. It is funny and sad, lighthearted and dreary. It layers daily, late 20th century, silly modernisms and affectations with subtle philosophical ponderings. Rachel is delightful and strange. The audience feels for her as she endlessly quests from one Springfield to another, realizing that Santa and Satan are inherently related and that you can never really know anyone . . . not your husband, your son, your assasin, not even yourself. A must-read. A must-perform. You'd be "reckless" not to. A comedy, with some serious edges.

A most insightful look into the gaps in the American literary "canon." How appropriate for him to assert that American Indians "are the canon." I also agree with Womack when he complains that English departments mistakenly attempt to relegate AI lit. to minority studies, where we "throw in a little Ralph Ellison, a native author once in a while, and string it all together with the same damn Bakhtin quotes we've all heard a million times, reduicng literary studies to little more than an English department version of the melting pot." How I laughed out loud when I read those lines! This is one of the few books on lit crit that I actually enjoyed reading, and remained awake all the way to the end of the book.

Womack is also right on target when he complains about how white critics miss the point in the reciprocity of cultural exchange: "Why is it always assumed, furthermore, that Native is assimilated by white, not the other way around?" This is an excellent observation which demands further study. Why else are there so many white "wannabes" running around with "authentic" Indian names publishing books, attending local powwows, etc.?

And if anyone can dispell the myth of academic supremacy, it's Jim Chibbo and his buddy Hotgun, who tell "a few funny stories" at the end of every chapter to "avoid the nastiness of a profession that is just pitiful mean."

Womack's book is the most provocative and important study of Native American literature since Arnold Krupat's Ethnocriticism in 1992. It is the first to really show what a tribally centered criticism can look like, and offers a remarkable synthesis of work by other Native scholars. While he is occasionally too dismissive of non-Natives, he is also funny, subtle, and persuasive in writing.

Craig Womak's "Red on Red" is a briliant analysis of the current state of Native Literature. He gives the reader insights and guidance for understanding native writers, and a scholar can learn the much needed literary foundations for learning to "read" native writers. THEN, just to prove that even criticism is fun, he changes up in mid-stream and offers extremely hilarious narratives, written from his own Creek roots. Very fun to read, and an engaging writer.

Science fiction enthusiast and author Craig Anderson's Science Fiction Films Of The Seventies is an entertaining, fact-filled reference and guide to the science fiction films of the 1970's, an era when only 5% of the box office movies were science fiction. Over forty science fiction movies are each looked at individually, including a synopsis, information about the making of the movie, and thoughtful critical appraisal. a segment of black-and-white photographs lets readers unfamiliar with certain films get a glimpse of what they were like. Science Fiction Films Of The Seventies is a "must" for connoisseurs of such great classic movies as Logan's Run and Soylent Green, as well as film history students with a strong interest in the evolution of silver screen sci-fi!

I have heard through the grapevine that this book actually might make it out of print. If it does this is a must book for fans of seventies sci-fi!!

This is a great look at the best and worst of the Science Fiction films of the 1970's done with insight and humor by someone who obviously loves SF films and knows them well.

Not unlike Rousseau on the road to Vincennes, I found my waistcoat soaked with tears after I read this book. The poignant and heartwarming story of a young Finnish-American's experiences in the high-stakes, no-holds-barred world of competitive birding, this book recounts the author's battles against prejudice and how he prevailed despite all the odds against him. Buy this book right now, and feel your heart soar with the author's as he tells the heart-wrenching story of how, nearing the end of his resources, he found a wounded seabird and nursed it back to life, at one point even suckling it at his own bosom. A truly life-affirming reading experience!

After I read this book the first time I was so excited I had to be sedated. It's harder than you might think to spot Hawaiian seabirds where I live, which is in California, but I keep a pair of binoculars handy in the hopes that a Hawaiian sea bird will get confused and wander across the Pacific to my neighborhood. Once I thought I had actually spotted a Hawaiian seabird and, since I felt I should have proof, I set up an antique cannon I found in my grandfather's attic and loaded it with black powder and rock salt. The recoil from the gun, however, knocked it back three feet and smashed two of my toes, and I missed the bird to boot. So, while this book is excellent, I think it should include more practical tips about birding so that other people can avoid my mistake, and a section on first aid would be useful too.

. . . but I was wrong! This book, quite literally, took my breath away and changed my life. I used not to think much about birds, particularly not about seabirds of Hawaii. Now, having read this wonderful book, for the past four years I've spent virtually every waking hour of my day looking for seabirds of Hawaii -- in the skies around my home, on our pond out back, everywhere! I hope everyone will read this book, and will enjoy it as much as I have.

Take Action is an excellent resource book for classroom teachers ! The step by step guide to student involvement in social issues has been a great help in encouraging my students to take positive action in the community. The book is very attractive with colorful layouts, pictures and presentations. It has been immensely popular with my students. Great work! Well worth purchasing! I am looking forward to a French edition!

I recently bought this book for my children and they simply refuse to put it down. They are organizing a fundraiser for a local charity and getting their entire class involved and this remarkable resource is showing them how. I also saw Craig on Oprah and was so moved by his story and after seeing Oprah's major support of his organization, I went out and got the book. Oprah was right again! Craig and his brother are inspirations to all children and young people. I think every parent who wants to inspire their kids should buy this book.

I have been following Craig's remarkable story on Oprah for the last couple of years. As soon as I saw on the Oprah show that he had a new book out, I searched high and low until I found it on the free the children web site for my kids. I had bought his last book and my two daughters loved it! The Take Action is simply great. It gives them ways to become socailly involved and tells them in langauge they can understand. They are already using its fundraising and public speaking tools. I wish every school library had a copy.

Comments sent by readers to author: 1. What I found truly spectacular was that he was able to present many different situations and emotions of the war in a way that the reader could find interesting. 2. Dr. Etchison's book opened my eyes to the Vietnam War. The stunningly truthful stories brought me to tears. 3. I think the writer did a good job writing from both the American and Vietnamese perspective. I think all high schools should be required to read the book. I'm certainly glad I did. 4. The book gives the reader a clear idea of what the war was really like, and succeeds in arousing a good deal of sympathy.

Years later, the Viet controversy, its questions and few ethical answers are still remaining. Etchison's snapshots are as large as life and gripping. He spares you the travel details, the minutia of a lot of writing. The author gets right to it with his composite of happenings. Take them, one by one, and then, see the overall message of these events of the American intervention in Vietnam. Lessons? Maybe, but you are certain to find a better understanding of really tough circumstances for thousands on both sides of this moral vs. immoral conflict.

Mr. Etchinson's direct and powerful approach to a war that still lives with us in the new Millennium is packed full of vivid memories and images that affect the reader as if he/she had been actually there and had remembered these "snapshots" as if the reader had dreamt them. His verse is solid and concise and evokes shades of Hemingway. Each story acts as a capsule of truth and hits upon our darkest emotions. Not since the movie "The Deer Hunter" have I been moved so much. I commend Mr. Ecthinson for his labor on a subject matter that needs revisiting when other countries are experiencing war times in this day and age. Excellent performance.

This book should be a required text for all programmers intending to become developers!!! It bridges the chasm between programming and large systems development. It accurately describes the problems encountered in industrial strength Enterprise development and presents methods to resolve those problems. It then provides excellent examples to illustrate each point. I am not aware of any another book that explains this process in such pragmatic fashion. I can't wait for an updated version, but until then, Eventhough a little outdated, this is still the best software development book around.

This was one of the first books on really developing 3 tiered apps with VB 4. The author is working on an update expected to be out late this year(98). (After reading some of the reviews of Jenning's book on MTS; I wish this author could kick this one out the door a little sooner. (Since the update will include MTS which the original book did not. But one problem expressed by readers of Jennings book was the fact that it was almost like a beta. The author wanted it to hit the beach first with MTS 2.0 info and therefore lacked depth and through examples. So I guess I can understand the wait on Goren's new edition; since it is rumored that the wait is to make sure the book provides complete in depth coverage of VB5/N tiered deveopment with MTS.)

Visual Basic 4 Enterprise covers just about every aspect of building three-tier Client/Server systems with Visual Basic. Each tier is discussed in detail from design to implementation. OLE Automation is also discussed at length. This book should be read by anyone developing enterprise level applications with Visual Basic.

The standout of this collection is the title story, "The Wise Woman, or, The Obstinate Princess." The princess in question is Rosamund, whose royal parents have spoiled her absolutely rotten. In fact, they are sick of her, she's so disgustingly violent and selfish (thanks largely to their 'care'). Enter the Wise Woman, who steals Rosamund away underneath her voluminous cloak and takes Rosamund to her cottage, which is miles away from nowhere--and bigger on the inside than the outside. Here, for the first time, Rosamund begins to learn that her wishes are not what the world revolves around. Very slowly. Before that happens, however, she enters another world through a picture and takes the place of another spoiled brat, Agnes, daughter of a shepherd and shepherdess. Agnes takes Rosamund's place. The Wise Woman does her best to save both girls, whose (to paraphrase Burke) intemperate minds mean that they cannot be free; their passions have forged their fetters. I can't tell you how the story ends, however. You'll have to find out for yourself.

MacDonald writes in an elegant, leisurely style (he takes three pages to describe a rainstorm at the beginning), and the story is rather long for a story--a 100 pages, give or take a few. But these are not really drawbacks. To adult readers, the story is a rather obvious, but effective, allegory of God's offer of redemption to humanity. To child readers, it is simply a good story; they will probably miss the parallel, but get the message. The story is filled with memorable scenes and images: the little cottage, the Wise Woman's eerie song, Agnes in her bubble (in more ways than one), Rosamund losing her temper with the little child in the boat. These make as much of an impression as the ideas, especially the recurring one that it is not enough to good; that's easily done when one's in a good mood. The goodness that counts is that done against one's inclinations--a hard doctrine that negates most of my good deeds, if nobody else's.

In short, this is a haunting book. It is well-written, it is thoughtful, it stands up both as a strong story and as a sermon, it entertains, it rebukes; it rewards repeated reading with additional meaning.

Next to the Bible, this book has impacted my life more than any other. If one would truly enjoy taking a good, honest look at one's character, this is the book! It is a frightening mirror of our own humanity, yet one that will inspire change!

The Wise Woman, while being a wonderful story also shows amazing insights that the child care specilists seem to just be getting, and it helps parents and the child themselves see cause and effects of different parenting! If you don't have the money to buy it, borrow it from someone!

I enjoyed this book. Particularly the chapter about the Indian holy man Sai Baba. I'm looking forward to his nex book.

Easy to understand and a good price. Your Psychic Powers gave me a clear understanding of ESP and how to apply it to life. Would recommend also Craig Hamilton-Parker's book The Psychic Workbook (Vermilion Publishers)

Your Psychic Powers- a beginner's guide, by Craig Hamilton-Parker is a simple and easy to read introduction to Extra Sensory Perception. A great gift at a reasonable price. Also contains a useful guide to help you find a good psychic who you can consult. Fab stuff.