i totally loved this book. It was full of description and very very funny. Every 7th heaven fan will love it!

Ms. Seeton adventures are the best reads that I have come across. I am a thirty something that loves these types of British sleuthing novels. I re-read these novels several times a year, I have them all. My favorite used bookstore in Los Angeles had the entire series out of out-of-print ones, so I stocked up on all of them at once. They were over with too quickly. .... Maybe I should have waited and only gotten one book a month!!

They are truly one of a kind. I love the time period and the many scrapes that she seems to fall into. They're truly hilarious, while the novels maintain the suspense. I love Britain and try to get to London and environs once every couple of years or so.

In Mr. Nice Guy, Simon Camden meets a "prospective new girlfriend." His impression of her is all mixed up: would she make a good girlfriend or not? Ruthie Camden decides to find out about the future by calling a "sidekick" (psychic). Lucy Camden runs some problems with a boy she is dating. There are even more things happening, but I suggest you read the book to find out what they are! If you like 7th Heaven, or even if you know nothing about it, you should read this book. It's fantastic!

It's winter and I can't work in my garden, and I've already ordered seeds and plants for Spring. I miss gardening! Well, I discovered a really great book about gardening. It's Notes from Madoo by Robert Dash. He is a painter,author and gardener who has had a garden in eastern Long Island NY since 1967. His book is all about his experiences, what plants survived, which ones didn't, his tips and techniques. For example, he uses hand tools and no chemicals. It's not a reference book or highly technical. No pictures and no index. Mr. Dash is not preachy (he's no Martha Stewart, if you catch my drift). But it is a beautifully written, almost poetic collection of articles from a man who clearly loves gardening. And I love this book!

It is surprising that a book about the electricity industry, let alone one written by a politician, could be so absorbing, informative and even inspiring.

Public Power tells the story of the North American electric utility industry and how it has evolved over the last 100 years. The story begins in Ontario, Canada, where the idea of publicly-owned electrical utilities first took root in the early years of the 20th century under the direction of the remarkable Sir Adam Beck, whose 1917 testimony to the U.S. Congress on the success of Ontario Hydro helped fuel the American public power movement. The book then vividly chronicles the struggle between private and public power in the United States. Leading roles in the narrative are assigned to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who established the New York Power Authority and the Tennessee Valley Authority, Samuel Insull, who died penniless after his mammoth utility holding company collapsed in an Enron-like implosion in 1932, and former Cleveland Mayor (and now Presidential candidate) Dennis Kucinich, who courageously sacrificed his political career in 1978 rather than sell his city's publicly owned utility. Also part of the story: Clint Murchison, the Texas oil and gas magnate who caused a political crisis in Canada in the mid-1950s when he tricked the Liberal government into publicly financing his privately owned Trans-Canada natural gas pipeline.

Much of the latter part of this highly readable book is devoted to explaining the failure of electricity deregulation and privatization, which began in Gen. Augusto Pinochet's Chile and later Margaret Thatcher's Great Britain under the tutelage of Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist Milton Friedman. After telling the story of how Thatcher's policies led to the chaos and foreign control of Britain's electricity industry and the bankruptcy of nuclear giant British Energy, the book explains the geopolitical and nuclear origins of the U.S. deregulation movement, from Richard Nixon to George Bush. The failure of utility deregulation in the U.S. is told in fascinating detail, with particular emphasis on California, Montana and Pennsylvania. Also explained are the disastrous "me too" deregulation experiments in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario, where Hampton, Ontario's former Attorney General, now leads the opposition New Democratic Party.

Hampton's lucid analysis of why electricity deregulation has failed to live up to its promise is very persuasive. So is his argument that public ownership of utilities is better for the economy and the environment. Both should be studied by anybody who assumes that 1) competition will inevitably lead to lower costs and 2) government ownership is inherently less efficient than private ownership. In the utility sector, at least, the evidence shows otherwise.

The book concludes with an eloquent vision of a 21st century public power system that is both technologically and economically feasible, and environmentally sound. Hampton makes a case for regulated public power that will be very difficult to refute.

This is a great buy especialy for a ST just getting into W:TA. For it contains two sorce books that are out of print. This book help flesh out chronicals that span more then just one area of the world.

This book is an excellent resource. From it, you will discover books that, if read by your teenager (or yourself) will build character and relationship. The second half of the book is where the treasure is. Get it.

We moved to Northeastern North Carolina four years ago from southern New York where we had successfully grown vegetables, roses and flowering shrubs and perennials for many years. Relocating to a new climate and different growing season was nearly an unsurmountable challenge until we purchased Stiffler's book. His month by month "to do" list plus gardening tips and procedures have helped us establish a most satisfactory year round garden. Stiffler categorizes shrubs and trees by level of maintenance required, soil conditions conducive to growth and also includes interesting historical and background information about individual varieties such as the history of the crape myrtle in the South. We have recommended this book to fellow gardeners as well and we all have found it an indispensable guide to gardening.

The Beasties made a great song with this title, Spike Jonez made a brilliant video of it, and Hitchcock directed a wonderful film of the same name. Only the Hitch film, though, is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent." This preamble is perhaps unnecessary, but The Unabomber devoured "The Secret Agent" and so should you. "Lord Jim"? It's not about the new Jesus, no, it's a tale of the sea. Both novels are pure genius and binding them together is a wonderful idea. Both involve the ocean, at least on the surface, and both are intriguing explorations of human weakness--greed, deception, lies, egoism, etc. This volume makes a great introduction to Conrad.

What motivated me to hear (Audio Partners) was the presence of Judi Dench and Timothy West in "performances from 33 plays," as the cover states. I have long admired Mr. West ever since an old Masterpiece Theater portrayal of Edward VII and many appearances on other British TV imports. Of Ms. Dench, little has to be said--she is the supreme actress.

I really doubted if the contents of these two cassettes or CDs with a running time of only 2.5 hours could do justice to either Shakespeare's life or work; and of course it does not. What it does accomplish works on two levels. For both beginner and Ph.D. holder, there are the readings of the two stars. Granted, each selection is very short indeed, sometimes only two or three lines. But what a joy it is to hear Mr. West take on so many roles with so many voices from the young Coriolanus to the ancient Lear. And Dame Judi's enunciation should be a lesson to all actresses who are taught to mumble and whisper by recent directors who wish to keep the dialogue a secret from the audience.

There is little new for the advanced English major in the portions that are narrated by the authors, Richard Hampton and David Weston, both of whom are actors and directors with the Royal Shakespeare Company. At best, their script is a miracle of concision, telescoping both the life and works into a cohesive narrative that must leave out so much of the life to leave time for the works. Yes, every one of the plays (except "Two Noble Kinsmen") is treated with varying degrees of brevity; and a listener totally unfamiliar with any (or all) of them can get a decent idea of what the play is about both in plot and theme. Those thoroughly familiar with the plays might smile at some of the simplifications required to carry off this recording (is Iago really the most evil villain in the plays?) while still admiring how the writers got right down to the essential points without too much editorializing.

All in all, I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in our language's greatest poet or in the art of reading his lines. Thank you, Audio Partners.