A wonderful pictorial sample of life in Berlin New Hampshire. A beautiful and hard to come by book!!! If you have roots in this area, you should have this book.

This is a steamy read that I found difficult to put down once I started to read it. One of the most delightful books I have ever read.

This is one of my son's favorite books. It is usually the first book he pulls off the shelf. The oversized pages allow more room for the wonderful watercolor illustrations. The text is very simple, but the pictures allow you to embellish the story as desired. I wouldn't have predicted how much he enjoys this book--but I've bought all the Daisy books now and he clearly prefers them to many other books. He also loves seeing "Daisy" on the pond by our house.

If you are a fan of Asian men, this is a must-have! Each story runs a few pages, and in addition to the erotic adventures that are recounted, you also get a sweeping view of Asian life. The vocabulary and storytelling both evoke an innocence I've never seen in any other erotic fiction. If you are looking for hard driving porn, this is NOT the book for you. The stories here are tinged with love and romance and surprise and intimacy, and above all else, sensuality. There is also a youthful element that touches the heart repeatedly. Don't get me wrong, tho. This book is definitely one that belongs in the night stand, next to the kleenex, and not the coffee table. Enjoy.

Bill Coo was a conductor for the Canadian railways and later was the director of tours for VIA RAIL Canada, which took over the operation of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National passenger services. Coo wrote a series of guide books which were formerly sold on the Canadian trains, as well as at stations and book stores.

The "Scenic Rail Guide to Western Canada" provides three services in each well organized chapter.

First there is a brief history of each passenger train route (in the late 1980s) west of Winnipeg and in Alaska in the USA. Then each chapter continues with a mile by mile description of each line, accompanied by unique and beautifully drawn linear maps. This is followed at the end of each chapter with very detailed data on elevations, place name origins and mileages for each line.

The books were not reprinted when the Canadian government dramatically cut 55% of the passenger lines then running in Canada in January of 1990, but they remain very useful today. Not only have some services been restored, such as Calgary to Banff and Vancouver, but lines that no longer see regular service get fascinating coverage as well. Just for lovers of history these were lovely books.

The volumes are paperbacks, with full color illustrations throughout. No attempt is made to recommend restaurants and some train names have changed since the 1990s (for example the "Canadian" train now takes the routing of the "Super Continental" in the Coo book), but if you know geography the book is fully useable. Mr. Coo has passed away, so sadly there will be no updates from him.

This is an outstanding example of a "what to look at out the window" guidebook.

Carl H. Fowler
Vice President/General Manager
Rail Travel Center Tours

My company (fewer than 50 employeees) had been considering adding a COO in hopes of moving to the next level. After reading this article, we put it on the back burner for now and added some responsibilities for various team leaders. I can't predict how it's going to turn out, but we're saving a lot of money and are making a number of our senior people happy by giving them more of a career path. This short article is full of major points to ponder-- and we didn't need to devote a week each to reading a book on the subject.

At the first it was GREAT. Things you did not expect to happen happened, but IT was bound to take place. From about half way through the book i knew that IT was going to happen. I like to be kept at the edge of my seat. I would like to read more of Tina's books!!!!

IT is something that happens in the book i do not want to reveal to the ones that have not read it!!

HAPPY READING!!

Tina Leonard certainly can write from both the hero and heroine's point of view, giving the reader a most enjoyable love story. Her characters are always fresh and new, and she works wonders with the romance surrounding the approaching birth of the baby in this one. A fun romance!

I usually steer clear of romance novels with a baby in them. But after reading Romantic Times review of this book, I had to add it to my collection. And I wasn't disappointed. If fact, I liked it so much I nominated it for Romance Writers of America's Book of the Year for 1998. The hero and heroine are both likeable and believable characters.

The book tells a story but there where at the time of creation two living participants that were never spoken too. I know this for a fact because Sarah Hunt (not Clara as stated in the book) is my grandmother and the infant that she was feeding is my dad. Since the publishing of this book my grandmother has passed away but my father is still alive and living in the Oneonta area and has never been spoken too.

My grandmother's name was miss spelled and I feel before a book like this is published all people involved should have been spoken with. From my father's view there are many things and situations that are incorrect in this book.

I couldn't put this book down. The author had me absolutely captivated. I attended school in this area of New York and thoroughly enjoyed the history of what I always considered a "sleepy little town"; I gained a new appreciation for the area. The circumstances of the murder,trial,and conviction were extremely bizarre. The research done on this subject was extraordinary; an interesting look at the correlation between our country's penal system and its politics.

It is such a pleasure to read of the New York State Police of the 30's. Also, the writing style of Niles Eggleston took me back to the days of Walter Winchell. Well documented, well written. For us upstate New Yorkers, the historical value is welcomed. Who would have thought that such "goings on" occured in our little communities. My eyes were really opened!

The Cookie Never Crumbles is the manual on how to live an extraordinary, abundant, loving life. What flows from Wally's heart is nothing less than the secret ingredients of living. I keep this book nearby when I need to find my center in courage, joy, compassion and gratitude. I am so blessed to call Wally Amos my friend.

This is a terrific book Wally! I'm moved by your passion and determination to see life at its best and not its worst.

This book will inspire people to look past their challenges and forge forth toward their future. Keep making those cookies for life no matter how many may crumble!

Philippe Matthews
CEO, EmpowerMag.com & HowYouMakeMillions.com

I so enjoyed this book. I read spiritually and emotionally uplifting materials all the time. Some are sooooo heavy. And I must admit that sometimes I need the weight of the information, in the same way that I need and enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. But Wally's book is pure dessert, just like his cookies. When I need a quick energy lift I return to his book. I not only found myself vicariously enjoying the honest and fun loving individual, Wally (Famous) Amos, but I felt that I met a soul mate...a lover of life and a believer in the positive powers of the universe.

I have to admit, he should have written the book sooner. He might have saved my marriage. When he speaks of the process and power of his determination and commitment to keeping his marriage in tact inspite of some "infractions" I realized the impact positive, powerful, decisive action can make.

I share excerpts of the book with my graduate students(educators who are stressed). I give them bite size pieces of positive energy at the beginning or ending of the class. That way they can begin the session or end it with a smile.

I do plan to try the recipe for his famous cookies for Christmas. I'll be glad to let you know if they turn out famously.

This delightful story is told in four-line rhyme that might bore some adults but will charm the 4-8 year old children for whom it written. The illustrations are beautiful, both colorful and engaging, and depict the animals with reasonable accuracy.

Based on a true story, the book relates the tale of a mated pair of South American Monk Parakeets (also called Quaker Parakeets) who find themselves captured and sent abroad with other Monk Parakeets as part of the pet trade.

That is, until a shipping crate breaks open in New York City and they find themselves liberated. Ruffle and Coo soon find themselves in Bridgeport, Connecticut. There, they find a suitable tree and begin to homestead, building their unique stick nests alongside their fellow escapees. (Monk Parakeets are the only parrots in the world that build an enclosed stick nest - looks like a squirrel nest on steroids.)

The tale then focuses on how the parrot colony survives a hurricane and the cold of a New England winter and what happens when a pair of Great Horned Owls (who raise a chick named Hoo Doo) takes over one of the Monk Parakeet nests.

Unfortunately, the book fails in some aspects of environmental education. The drawing of the Monk Parakeets shows them in a tropical jungle which is not where they occur and shows them living alongside Marmosets, Coral Snakes, and Ring-tailed Lemurs. Very nice, except that Marmosets are strictly tropical and don't live in the same regions in which Monk Parakeets live. Coral Snakes and Lemurs aren't even found in South America. Coral Snakes are native to North America and Lemurs are found exclusively in Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa.

That aside, it depicts the Monk Parakeets and their introduction to North America pretty accurately. Acts of predation are also included, so the gritty reality of life in the wild isn't ignored.

Ruffle, Coo and Hoo Doo is published by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) as part of their Animal Tales book series. The HSUS Animal Tales foster animal protection and environmental preservation in young children. All are based on true stories and a portion of the book sales is donated to HSUS.