i'm 30 years old and i picked up this book because it had a cute cover. the story is sweet. the dolls and origami animals are wonderful. the backgrounds are brilliant. the drawings (endsheets and a few in the book) are adorable. the colors are beautiful and the photographs are amazing. it has instructions on how to make a kite. what is there not to like? i am completely in love with this book.

Windy debuts a new series collaboratively produced by Robin Mitchell and Judith Steedman which is specifically designed for pre-readers and early readers ages 3 to 7. Windy is a little girl who loves to fly her big, blue kite on wonderful windy days. One day, when the wind blows her kite away, Windy sets off to find it -- and a delightful adventure ensues. A highly recommended and entertaining read, Windy is enhanced with easy and complete do-it-yourself instructions for making a kite, along with playful maps to trace Windy's adventure.

This is a very attractively presented book on noodle recipes from a variety of regions. That's a big plus. I was originally looking for an Asian cookbook with noodle recipes, only to find that most included recipes for deep fried dishes that I tend to avoid, with only a few noodle recipes. Then I found this, and it offers variations on dishes from Thailand, China, Japan, India, Italy, and other regions.

Note that word "variations." Mitchell has simplified these recipes, and in some cases, has done some bold cross-breeding (adding balsamic vinegar to an Asian noodle dish, for instance). This will cause the "authenticity-minded" to cringe. Let them cringe, I say... these recipes are not only delicious, but almost embarassingly simple to prepare. That's a VERY BIG plus for many of us, who would rather make supper quickly, and have more time to play with the kids, write in our journals, or read "Harry Potter." Most of these recipes involve only whisking a few ingredients in a bowl, steaming the noodles, and then mixing in the sauce. The result? Very tasty, very attractive, and very diverse noodle entrees to please the palette. True to the title, they can all be made in 15 minutes or less. You don't need a whole lot of exotic ingredients either -- most of the more esoteric ones can be easily found in a large grocery store or in an Asian specialty food store.

I highly recommend this book to single people who want tasty meals but don't want to commit a whole lot of time to cooking for one, and on the other side of the spectrum -- busy parents who don't mind a mild snub to traditionalism if it means faster meals that are nevertheless scrumptious. Happy noodle cooking!

Before buying this book, I had a very hard time trying to learn how to play the trumpet. After just a few short days with this book, I could already play five full songs! If you would like to learn how to be an expert on playing the trumpet, I would definitly recomend purchasing this book. It was the best investment that I have ever made.

This version of the Dewey Decimal Classification fits on your desk and in your budget. Abridged Edition 13 offers the up-to-date features of DDC 21 at a price small libraries can afford. Here's what you get in a single volume: * Major revisions of 350-354 public administration, 370 Education, 570 Life Sciences, 580 Plants, and 590 Animals * New table numbers for countries of the former Soviet Union * Updated terminology and new topics including virtual reality, Internet, rap music and in-line skating * Over 40 pages of additional index terms * Numbering compatible with DDC 21, so libraries can expand easily from the abridged to the full edition.

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If you are a physician or health care provider, or even just someone eager to read cutting edge disease prevention, this is the best book on the topic.

Assembling a respected number of creative and caring practitioners, Dr. Ghen has produced a major contribution to disease prevention. Tired of books that make 10 good points in 100 pages? This one makes 100 interesting points in 10. It will get you thinking and offer ideas for many areas of health. It is one of the 6 books I reach for most in my massive medical library. I hope Dr. Ghen continues this sort of publication--Excellent!

This is a book about how to write your own adventure games, mainly text based. It describes lots of design fundamentals together with pseudo-code for the actual implementation. It was written back in the 80's and focuses on Basic programming. Still, this book feels very fresh, probably because of the clear presentation of the subject. A "must have".

My friends are begging and praying: please sell your copy of this book to me! I won't, hopefully they can buy their own from Amazon.

Very well done,keep up the good work,god bless . From your cousin Nedra and three sons. CharlesII.,Harrison and Douglas Ashton Lewis Love You Lavaille

While this true-life story can't compete with the constant thrill-a-minute excitement level of a fictional Tom Clancy novel, the wonderful realities and historical remembrances portrayed here provide a down-to-earth documentation well worth a few hours of your time. The editor provides a unique and historically accurate documentary of the little-known life of her great-grand-mother, Rachel Kerr, mostly from her great-grand-mother's own hand. Rachel was a young farm-girl who married a minister and spent much of her life as a missionary's wife in India in the mid-1800's, far from the family she loved so much. The editor initially provides informative and interesting historical background material about Rachel's youth while growing up in and around Hookstown, Pennsylvania. Hookstown is a very small cross-roads town located in hilly farm-country about 30 miles west of Pittsburgh near the state border with West Virginia. The details of her life in this area can be easily verified through numerous government and individual archive records available today. Even many of the physical locations in and around Hookstown can still be easily traced and located today. Hookstown has now grown a little bit and is an interesting place to visit; but it still remains an out-of-the-way place which doesn't put much stock in trying to keep up with the hectic pace of the rest of the world. After the background has been properly set, the editor then smoothly brings in the real meat of the story through incorporation of an extensive verbatim series of letters written personally by Rachel, coupled with historical commentary where needed. These original letters provide an unusual personal and emotional insight into Rachel's exciting but challenging life as a mother and as a missionary's wife in the extremely dangerous and difficult environment of mid-eighteenth century India. The brief story of how the editor encountered her great-grand-mother's letters is itself a fascinating one. The stories these letters tell bring a real-life perspective to us that the movies have never touched. I became particularly attached to the book when I found out that the subject is my great-great aunt, that all the people she describes are my relatives, and that I grew up in her hometown locale. I also have a large, beautiful cross-stitch done by Rachel Kerr in 1848 at the age of 12. I always cherished that cross-stitch, even as a little boy, but, until I read this book, I only knew that Rachel Kerr was somehow related to me. I found the same beauty and sensitivity in this book that I always admired in that cross-stitch and it confirms to me what a wonderfully bright, talented, and unique person this lady truly was. Richard Hobbs

This timeline of images from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater not only projects abundant talent, but is also an exceptionally outstanding collage of dance photography in that it seems to capture the true spirit and demeanor of Alvin Ailey as well as the rest of the dancers. Aside from capturing their intricate technical work and radial energy, Jack Mitchell's photography seems to breathe life into every picture.

Not only does this collaboration of photographs demonstrate the dancers' intensity and creativity, but the images themselves are captured from acclaimed performances choreographed by Alvin Ailey, Donald McKayle, Judith Jamison, Masazumi Chaya, and other well respected names in the modern dance world. This book definitely display's the company's growth and development, and similarly showcases numerous dancers (from Donna Wood to Desmond Richardson) which have artistically contributed to the company throughout the years.

I loved being able to become completely absorbed for hours with the various breathtaking extensions, leaps, and partnering which the dancers portrayed. All of the images are truly inspiring, and their essence of modern dance is a definite must see for artists & non-artists of all ages. This is a book that everyone can appreciate.