This book is a Great value! Beats out most of the $20+ art anatomy books you see. Uses classical plates, photos, as well as well-rendered diagrams.

If you are a fan of Al Kooper's music in the '60's and '70's (with Bob Dylan, the Blues Project, Blood Sweat and tears, or Solo), or just a fan of '60's music in general, this is a MUST READ for you. It's written in a easy to read personable style that makes it a totally enjoyable experience. I've read my copy at least 10 times. Give it a shot!!!!! JP

The stories included in this anthology were some of those I grew up with. Back then, kids could go to garage sales and pick up dozens of comics for a few dimes apiece. Not so today, where everything has been indexed price-wise and counter-indexed.

A good read for those of you who prefer more self-contained stories rather than today's lengthy multi-issued epics, but they were fun and at times rather silly.

The introduction is well written, and gives the reader some insight into the era. The Comics Code was in effect, which forced the company and writers to be more careful in what they put out.

The one drawback (in my humble opinion) is sometimes how embarrasing the dialogue is. I cringe a bit when I read the thought balloons between Batman and Batwoman. One wonders if the writers were conscious of that at the time.

Still, it's nice to see Bruce and Dick have a better friendship than what's coming across these days.

The artwork, some by Dick Sprang is great,and reminds me of the time when everything in the comics was indexed like the contents of Batman's utility belt where it possessed maps showing what tools went where.

A fun read. I look forward to Superman in the Fifties.

This book is well written, fun, and an entertaining story of a boy who falls in love an old barn and finds more than friendship and enemies along the way! A must read for any one who loves Americana in an easy read with indepth detail!

This book made me a Edmond Jabes fan - I doubt that any other of his books would have for this is by far the most accessible. Jabes is an Egyptian Jew in exile in France writing primarily after the Holocaust. His writing style is a series of snippets - fiction, poetry, aphorisms - that explore the limits of language and the role of the blank, the silence, the desert, the unwritten. In The Books of Shares each of these snippets stands on its own - that is not true, for example, of the multi-volume Book of Questions. The result is a truly post-modern reflection on theology and philosophy - and post-modern without pretention.

When I read this book on a silent retreat, I found passage after passage that I wanted to hear, to memorize, to enter into my journal.

An example: "Out of the words of his language, a writer forges new words, not neologisms, but words irrigated with his blood. He founds a second language which, to be sure, is rooted in the first with all its fibers, but which henceforth, being his own - O paradox - is nobody's. Because the writer's language wants to be only of the book, of the instant and duration of a liberated word."

If you enjoy the Books of Shares, there are many wonderful volumes of Jabes to follow. If you do not enjoy this, you may safely assume that Jabes is not your reading choice.

It was very exiting and joyful book. I read it ten times and even if I read it over and over and over again it wasn't boring!

I thought it was great. very informative and detailed, which was exactly what I was looking for. I recomend it to anyone that has any intrest what-so-ever in the mofia or organized crime.

Building a business continuity program is a challenge for an organization of any size. But how do you know you've covered all the bases?

This convenient guide (with companion CD-ROM) gives you an objective, easy-to-use structure to assess the completeness and effectiveness of your business continuity program. Whether you're being questioned by senior management or auditors, - or you are the one doing the questioning - this detailed checklist will reassure you that you've addressed business continuity appropriately.

I found this book to be highly informative. While it may not be a Horror Book, it surely scared the heck out of me. The author was almost poetic in his hidding of the final plot. thru the entire book I had one view of how it would turn out, and YES! I was wrong. I found this book to be as exciting as watching a Star packed movie like MIDWAY. I longed to see what was about to happeen next! I became familiar with the characters right away, the way any GOOD book captures ones attention and keeps you turning page after page in anticipation! I feel every American should read this book..... Because there truly are Certain things they should have told us in school and that involves the Truth about our Justice system. ALL I CAN DO IS WRITE, BECAUSE AFTER READING THIS BOOK I'M SPEACHLESS! CREATING A CRIMINAL IS CERTAINLY TOP SHELF FIVE STAR READING! Thank You Mr. Bonell and BRAVO!

The classic Cyrano is a gripping tale for lonely hearts the world over. Cyrano's fierce independence and stunning intellect are the very laudable features of his composition that make him the most miserable. No foe stood a chance against Cyrano -- not even Cyrano! He could defeat anyone with flair and cunning, including his own confidence when it came to love. He failed to recognize that all humans are flawed. He, on the outside, and Christian on the inside. Everyone should read the original by Rostand, if only to recognize the myriad songs, books and movies which steal elements from this classic. Examples: Songs -- Billy Joel "Sleeping With the Television On" sings "If only I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool who makes mistakes..." Movies: Cyrano adaptations in several languages; Roxanne with Steve Martin; the ending of The Truth About Cats and Dogs has one of the characters mutter "I don't want to lose you twice.", which is Roxanne's line at the end of Cyrano.