This delightfully illustrated story will appeal to children aged two to five. The first time we read it together, my daughter and I giggled at the clever rhymes, frenzied pace, and sudden ending. The animals get together for a feast, and all the foods they bring are vegetarian. "Moose bring juice and mice bring rice. Fleas bring peas and flies bring pies." The story goes faster and faster, the rhyme almost becoming a tongue twister and the food flying around the table. Finally, at the end, the animals collapse into a pile to take a nap! This fun book requires at least two readings in a sitting. Enjoy! -Reviewed by Melanie Wilson

No one can resist this charming tale of animals preparing for a feast. Children love the clever rhymes, fun story, and beautiful illustrations. I have given this book to nieces, nephews, and friends' children, in addition to my own son, and it has been a favorite every time. Bruce Goldstone is a genius! This book will not disappoint you!

If you have followed the Cowboys since you were in Jr. High School, you gotta have this one. There is more Cowboy's memories in one place here than you can find any place else. Bob Hayes, Calvin Hill, .....all the greats that made the Cowboys who they were in the Landry days. Many years of insight and rememberances, Bob Lilly has completed a personal work from his viewpoint.

Mr. Cowboy, Bob Lilly, combines his love of photography with the story and personalities that made the Dallas Cowboys America's Team. Using his own personal photo archive and stories, Lilly traces the development of the Cowboys. Personalities from past Cowboy teams come to life in the book. The photos and accompanying commentary from Lilly cover everything from training camp and coaches to off the field antics. For an up close and personal look at the Cowboys during the formative years, buy this book. I can't wait for the next one; there have to be more pictures!

This is the story of a family, from the first Abraham who witnesses the burning of Jerusalem in 70 AD to an Abraham who dies in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII.

A new look into the Jewish history and their prospective on world events, quite different than the Christian prospective.

I found this book not only enlightening but quite enjoyable and very hard to put down.

A must read for any history buff.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was massively long, but never boring! In fact, I found myself staying up late just to get to the next chapter. I especially loved the way each family generation was covered from a real perspective. It's history was of Biblical proportions.

It is fasinating to read the actual writings of Christopher Columbus. I learned more about what drove him to discovering the Americas. His faith and passion for the Bible and other prophecies was unexpected. He strongly believed he had a great work to do, so he compiled many of the prophecies that meant alot to him, which brought his life into focus for him. You'll learn more about the real Columbus here than you could ever learn in a history book. Hard to understand at times, but there are enough jems in this book to make the study worth your time.

I never actually read the book, but I have read a lot about the book and I absolutly loved what I read. I would like to know more!

If you've ever considered drawing animation for a living, or for a hobby, this is definately one of the books you should have in your library. A must have for any aspiring cartoonist/animator whether you're doing traditional art or computer art. Many of the lessons learned in this book are used in both mediums!

What more can I say about the Preston Blair book? Only that the trade paperback version is long overdue. This edition combines the two paperback versions into one and though it could have used some editing, you have everything at your fingertips. Blair's 1980 update of his 1942 classic was the better of the two books, and readers should be aware that some information in the book is contradictory, but otherwise this is without question still the best textbook on character animation yet published.

There are some weak spots. Be aware that Blair's 'guide to lipsync' has misled generations of animators and should not be taken as gospel. Synchronizing mouth action has more to do with the type of character you are working with and the type of acting you are performing; there are no 'formulas'. Once you know this, you can follow the instructions in theory without imitating the grossly overstated mouth actions in this book.

Layout and scene planning are handled cursorilly, though there is more information in the newer section. Teachers should supplement this work with other volumes. I have found it the best for Animation I students, with the more advanced ones proceeding to Shamus Culhane's ANIMATION FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN.

Generations of artists have learned animation acting and timing from Preston Blair. It makes no difference if you use a computer or a pencil. If you are trying to create a living, believable character on screen, this is the best place to learn the basics.

This book is funny, romantic, suspenseful and a real page turner. It is also nice to have a book that a person with religious values can read and enjoy. I had a hard time putting it down!

This is just a really good and encapturing book. One of the funniest things I've ever read. It follows David Rogers, and astronaut turned CIA agent, and his journey to Amen, Arizona where he is to find out all he can about the elementary librarian Libby James. In truth Libby James is really Elisabeth Jamison, a rich successful business woman who has inexplicably moved to Amen after her parents death in a car accident. Rogers is sent to investigate her and gather evidence against her so the CIA can arrest her for laundering money and such into foreign terrorist camps. Rogers soon finds out however that it's not Libby who's doing and decides, after falling in love with her, to prove her innocence and catch the real bad guy. This book is great fun to read aloud and hilariously entertaining. I would recommend this book to anyone enjoys a good laugh and plot.

A perverse book on the business of oil. Perverse if you don't believe in aristocracy, corporate manipulation, imperialism, and plain old exploitation.

A timeless comprehensive study done by an expert, published by the time of the so-called "oil crisis" of the mid-nineteen-seventies; unmasking the oil industry's politics, economics and technical aspects. Top priority for any well informed person, in order to know, how the "free" market has been circumvented by the best kept secret conspiracy of all times, between major producers and giant distributors at the expense of domestic and foreign consumers. There is no such thing as an oil shortage, that's a lie.

* * * * * FIVE STARS - EXCELLENT ! ! !

Given the importance that money plays in the harmony of a marriage, it's hard to think of a more important topic in either the aisle of books on Investments or the aisle on Relationships. Yet the topic seems to "get lost between the cracks" of these two gendres. This book fills the void by examining couples' attitudes toward money, by providing insight into the nature of our discourses, and by advising with much practical information and case-studies.

Reaching into her background as a psychologist, Victoria Collins believes that our attitudes towards money are rooted in our childhood. "Your financial life from cradle to Jr. High School deserves a second look", she suggests. The author also looks at other influences ranging from parents to church to contradictory expectations in the post woman's movement era.

But Couples & Money book does not over indulge in theorizing. It gets down to earth with worksheets, 10 essential truths, and numerous examples of real life financial counseling sessions. Most importantly for me, Collins deals with games men & women play vis a vis money. She gives advise for the most effective manner to address financial issues, using what she refers to as "MoneySpeak". Collins begins by asking "why does everyone find money so damn hard to talk about?" She then proceeds to advise couples how they can change their communication mode from one of confrontation to one of collaboration

An excellent book for couples wanting to get their money goals in-synch and, more importantly, wanting to improve their relationship. Victoria Collins' essential message is reflected in her comment: "As we all know, it (money) never really buys lasting freedom, security, love and power, but only a temporary facsimile of those states. To feel really free, secure, loving, and powerful requires emotional maturity, an integrated sense of personal value money cannot buy."

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!

Given the importance that money plays in the harmony of a marriage, it's hard to think of a more important topic in either the aisle of books on Investments or the aisle on Relationships. Yet the topic seems to "get lost between the cracks" of these two gendres. This book fills the void by examining couples' attitudes toward money, by providing insight into the nature of our discourses, and by advising with much practical information and case-studies.

Reaching into her background as a psychologist, Victoria Collins believes that our attitudes towards money are rooted in our childhood. "Your financial life from cradle to Jr. High School deserves a second look", she suggests. The author also looks at other influences ranging from parents to church to contradictory expectations in the post woman's movement era.

But Couples & Money book does not over indulge in theorizing. It gets down to earth with worksheets, 10 essential truths, and numerous examples of real life financial counseling sessions. Most importantly for me, Collins deals with games men & women play vis a vis money. She gives advise for the most effective manner to address financial issues, using what she refers to as "MoneySpeak". Collins begins by asking "why does everyone find money so damn hard to talk about?" She then proceeds to advise couples how they can change their communication mode from one of confrontation to one of collaboration

An excellent book for couples wanting to get their money goals in-synch and, more importantly, wanting to improve their relationship. Victoria Collins' essential message is reflected in her comment: "As we all know, it (money) never really buys lasting freedom, security, love and power, but only a temporary facsimile of those states. To feel really free, secure, loving, and powerful requires emotional maturity, an integrated sense of personal value money cannot buy."

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!

Reading and collecting garden books has become a hobby of mine, and this is by far the best of my collection. The landscapes in this book have been refined over centuries, by both man and nature. I look at this book repeatedly, for enjoyment and for ideas in sketching landscape designs

Open this book and you'll enter a world of sun-kissed villas, exotic foliage, colorful orchards, shadowed walkways, and incredible views overlooking the water. The photography simply took my breath away! I must have looked through the book a half a dozen times before I even began to read the text. If you're planning to visit the area let this serve as an inspiration from the usual tourist traps. I've been to Naples several times but this visually stunning tome made me realize just how much I've missed. Can't wait to go back and explore those gorgeous gardens! This book is definitely a keeper!

I was extremely surprized by this book. It is quite well-written and it tells a terrific story -- and though it is fully first-person, Omar Bradley comes across as a really fine guy. While he genuinely earned the rank, authority and privilege he ultimately exercised as a top US Army general, the story of his slow-but-steady rise through the hierarchy conveys the depth of personality he had achieved by the time he reached the upper ranks. A biography of George Marshall calls Bradley the "most effective troop leader ever produced by the US military system," and one can certainly see the validity in that appraisal by reading his autobiography. Bradley's honesty about other famous generals is interesting (though it is true he pretty much outlived all of them, and was able to have the final word) and appropriatedly honest/kind. Not far into the book, you wish you actually knew him, he seems the sort who would make a great friend.

Bradley's evaluations of several significant events make this book essential reading for students of 20th Century history. The perspective from which he witnessed everything was perfect for retrospective observation -- he wasn't so high up (like Churchill) that he had a global view, nor so low down that he could only see the trenches. And his micro-brief account of Anthony McAuliffe's "Nuts!" episode is just laugh-out-loud funny.

An outstanding autobiography of General Omar Bradley. Informative and homorous at times, but always entertaining. I found the work to have no slow areas, it held my attention throughout. Not only is it the story of Omar Bradley but it is also the story of the US Army for the first half of the twentieth century. Students of World War II history and the true military professional will enjoy this book. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.