With the number of theatre programs for teenage actors growing, there is a need for good plays for young people to work on. The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco is helping this cause by commissioning quality plays for young actors with substantial characters in their own age range! (After all, teenagers are interesting people, too, and certainly face conflicts comparable to the highest drama!)

This volume includes a play by a Hispanic playwright, a collection of scenes about high school life ("Class Action") which are inventive and funny if sometimes laboring for a message, a play revisiting America in 1968, and a wonderful piece by Pulitzer-winning Paul Zindel, "Every Nineteen Minutes The Crowd Goes Crazy," a dark comedy written with some collaboration by the young artists - which must have been a mind-blowing experience for the lucky company. "Class Action," by the way, might also be useful for the acting teacher looking for scenes to assign teenagers.

Also included are journal excerpts and statements by young actors who worked on these plays, which does not shed much light on the process or do more than promote A.C.T.'s program. Production photos might have made for a better appendix.

This is a great collection of plays which are comissioned by award winning professional playwrights. It is great to see that these playwrights are creating a new body of theater writing which sees the world through the eyes of the young while captivating an intergenerational audience. These plays are deep, challenging, and powerful.

I was surprised how much fun this book was to read to my daughter. I took an interactive approach, reading the page then asking her, "do ducks moo?" and letting her fill in the blanks when we were to the "correct" page. The illustrations are very cute, and the ending adds an enteratining twist.

I would have preferred the "Bonnie Bumble" character had a different last name.

This is a very cute story. My 2 year old has decided that this is his favorite book. I am looking forward to buying more Giggle Club books.

I used this book in my udergrad. It is a fairly easy to read book. The graphics and diagrams are good, but it wouldn't hurt to improve them a bit. It is filled with lots of examples and practice problems. The bibliographical references are excellent for those who are interested in finding out in more detail about a certain topic.

If you are a student of organic chemistry using the textbook, Organic Chemistry, by the same author, I highly recommend purchasing this manual to accompany the text. Unlike many textbook solution guides, where they only include odd or even numbered problems, this manual includes all the answers to all the problems found in the textbook! In addition to chapter solutions, the author also includes solutions to questions in the special topics section found near the end of the text.

Aside from the solutions, there are other goodies. As the title suggests, this book is not just a solutions manual, but a study guide too. After each chapter of solutions, the authors include a short quiz to that can be used to see if the student has grasped the essential concepts for the chapter. Also, in the study guide, you will find a summary of all the important syntheses that comes in handy when doing homework.

I used this solutions guide as an undergraduate and can't imagine what type of grades I would have received if it weren't for this book! Highly recommended!

Craig Moodie is an incredible writer with an outstanding abiltity to draw you in to his story. He is truly one of the best discoveries I've found of late. Would love to see more of his work! In a world of many hack writers this is a man who can truly write a wonderful story. "Our Perfect Youth" is a touching tale of loss of innocence, and the realities of the frailties of adults in dealing with issues like divorce.

In "Our Perfect Youth", Craig Moodie describes the scenes he sets his stories in with great detail and description. The adventures he puts his characters through are described perfectly as how it would actually be and feel like in the real world. I would definately recommend this book to all readers and would also like to see more of Craig Moodie's work in the near future! Keep up the good work!

This is a good book but just realize that its a bit dated and there may be better and more up to date books out there. If you can get this cheap then go ahead, otherwise, look for something more up to date.

This book is a excellent source of information on Ray tracing. It is written to help novice as well as expert to sharpen their knowledge on the subject. I personally have gained a lot after reading this book which helped me professionally to implement HLR algorithm for my product.

i thought this was an exellent book, and they expressed theyre opinions in just the right times, they didnt really talk much about the spinnaker, but other than that its great

Although the book was written in '80s, that is why it only cover spinnaker technique and old racing rules. However, it is not felt out of date.

It covers all of the topics of dinghy race. The language is simple and all important points are well addressed and clearly explained. The chapters of Tactics and Stratey are particulary wounderful.

It is an essential reading material for dinghy racers.

This is a great book for those interested in hockey behind the scenes. It is very interesting to read stories told by people such as Punch Imlach etc. about Tim Horton off the ice, in the dressing room and family man. This book is not only for those hockey fans of the 6 team days, but modern day hockey fanatics as well.

To today's young hockey players and fans, the name Tim Horton elicits thoughts of coffee and donuts; to an older generation of fans, the name Tim Horton brings memories of one of the greatest defenseman ever to play the sport.

Tim Horton was the strongest hockey player of his generation, perhaps of all-time. He was not a goon, however -- he would end fights simply by wrapping his muscular arms around much-bigger players and pulling them apart. He was known for his generosity and gratitude. His teammates made gentle fun of his poor eyesight, calling him "Cousin Weak-Eyes." Horton and Bobby Baun anchored a Leaf defense unmatched in team history.

Tragically, Tim Horton was killed in a car accident in February 1974. Hockey lost one of its heroes.

Craig MacInnis's REMEMBERING TIM HORTON is a terrific look back at the man and the legend. MacInnis and his roster of veteran journalists and writers bring us back to the days when honor meant more than stardom, when pride and winning meant more than a contract hold-out and who's picked higher in the NHL draft, when the Leafs were fighting to winning the Stanley Cup instead of hurrying to pack up their golf bags a few weeks earlier than the Cup champions.

Perhaps you are alot like me, when you discover a great teacher, you want the front row seat, so you can ask lots of questions. Getting the front seat means being the first to class. Studying "Revelation of the Restoration" was my class away from class.

The authors provided a comprehensive study of the Doctrine and Covenants. The authors don't stagnate in boring date, time, and place trivia. Each chapter has interesting stories about early leaders, saints, and pioneers.

There is a nice balance between doctrine and biographies of people, who were a part of Church history. The authors research yields some very interesting stories many of which were new to me.

One of the most important aspects of the book is that it gets the reader to reflect on man's relationship with God. The Doctrine and Covenants is a marvelous set of revealed scriptures.

It outlines the organization and name of the Church, (establishment, organization, and power of the priesthood), man's eternal potential and covenants., the establishment of Zion, building of temples, eternal marriage and family, judgement and mercy, prophets and revelation, genealogy and family research, (priesthood keys: Elijah, Elias, Mose, John the Baptist), wickness before the second coming, the call to be a missionary. A large number of additional topics are covered in the book.

Several years ago, Dr. Joseph Fielding McConkie co-wrote a commentary on the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, and I ate it up! Wonderful! Wonderful! But this book is more than a follow-up to the Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. It is even more that a commentary on the Doctrine and Covenants: it truly is a commentary on many of the institutional Revelations of the Restoration. It includes not only the Doctrine and Covenants, but also the Joseph Smith Translation, the Joseph Smith History, the Lectures on Faith, the Book of Abraham, the Wentworth Letter, and the King Follette Discourse!

As you can see, this book is geared for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so if you wan an introductopry book, I would recommend "Standing for Something," by the church's world leader, Gordon B. Hinckley.

Ezekiel bound the sticks of the Bible and the Book of Mormon together so that they become one! Not only should we bind the Bible and the Book of Mormon together, we need to bind them with the D&C, and the Pearl of Great Price, and with the counsel of the living prophets and apostles. This bundle of sticks can be very heavy, but thank goodness for palm pilots!

This book is doctrinal heavy, so it doesn't have a lot of the historical tidbits that some my want, but Cook's "The Revelations of the Prophet Joseph Smith" would be better suited for such research. Or you could always go back to the primary text: "The History of the Church." It does, however, focus on what we believe and who we should act, and traces the lines of revelation as they cut across the lives of the early Saints. As a historian (BA from BYU, class of 1995), I would prefer studying doctrine over history-as important as it is-since we are saved by Jehovah, the god of Israel, and not Clio, the muse of history.

This is the next step in evolution of commentaries and surpasses Hyrum Mack Smith's "Doctrine and Covenants Commentary," which was the standard for so many generations. The McConkie-Ostler commentary has some advantages over the Smith commentary: it is more readable, it is up to date in the scholarship, up to date with the current revelations, and had an easier font. The disadvantage is the McConkie-Ostler commentary doesn't have the text of the D&C in the book, unlike the Smith Commentary or McConkie's earlier "Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon." The trade-off is between a larger, self contained work in several covers, or a slimmer, one volume, dependant work. I see merits and debits either way, and therefore respect the choice made.

On a personal note, Brother McConkie not only has the voice of his father, but the mind of his father as well. It is wonderful to see him and his brother Mark keeping the family tradition of doctrine alive. I have always been enlightened and, yes, even blessed by reading his words.

"Sea Leopard" refers to a revolutionary cloaking device that makes submarines immune from detection. Certain that the Russians have already kidnapped Sea Leopard's inventor, and compromised its technology, the Royal Navy rushes a prototype to sea aboard the submarine "Proteus". The joke's on the Brits - Leopard's inventor is only in imminent danger of kidnap, and the Red Navy resorts to an outrageous course of piracy to grab a hold of Leopard's technology by grabbing the Proteus.

"Sea Leopard" tries your credibility sometimes, but it's otherwise perfect Craig Thomas - the Russians, the Arctic, thos fast paced, unsentimental prose. If you've never read Craig Thomas, this book may convert you.

A fast-paced, exciting and well researched thriller from British technothriler pioneer Craig Thomas. The Birmingham locations such as Edgabaston and the NAtional Exhibition Centre are authentic, as I live in this city and can idnetify with places described. The submarine scenes are highly throlling and supercharged - the Catherine Wheel weapon inspired Dale Brown! Rather feasible. As for the Leopard anti-sonar device - is that prophecying stealth technology?(this book was written around 1980). Altogether, if you can get hold of this, this is well worth a read. Written before 'The HUnt For Red October', but on the whole just as good, if not better, if you love submarine novels as much as I do at times. The British settings add to the interest.

In "Snow Falcon", the red army is preparing a lightning strike on NATO intended to coincide with a coup against the communist party. Because the strike is aimed where NATO forces don't expect - and given that the "party" is out of the loop, NATO has no way of knowing where the overwhelming Russian armored offensive is aimed, and has aboslutely no chance of survival.

Almost.

"Snow Falcon" will come as no surprise to readers of the superlative "Winterhawk" in which KGB become not only the vanguards of the party, but the only defense against the rapacious red army. Unlike most technothriller authors, Craig Thomas' plots don't rely on twists or surpirses; tension is built simply on the heroes pluck to hold out - almost reluctantly - against overwhelming odds. In "Falcon", the hero is not the intrepid British agent, but the stalwart KGB colonel who stumbles on plans for the invasion and the coup (which does come off as a twist despite WInterhawk) before having to dodge a small army of troops, helicopters and ceaseless frost. Definately among Thomas' best.

The Craig Thomas novel Snow Falcon is set in the Soviet Union of the late 70s and early 80s. It's about an American agent who's arrested by the KGB and sentenced to a Siberian labor camp. The book is good. It's an excellent story. If they ever make it into a movie, Matthew McCaughnehey should be in the lead.