This is a very good story that will keep the attention of the adult as well as the child. Each time I picked the book up I didn't want to put it down until I found out what was happening next. After putting the book down my mind continued to wonder about the characters and what was happening to them. This story surely keeps the reader entertained chapter after chapter. The suspense is great and the descriptive talent of the writer comes through greatly.

I have two boys, ages 7 and 10. They did not want me to stop reading. The book was exciting, and the end of each chapter kept us wanting more. I even had a difficult time waiting until the next night to see what was going to happen. The characters were well defined and the story line was easy to follow for my children. A must read for everyone with young boys!

In this exceptional volume Chris Steele-Perkins has distilled four separate travel adventures into an enormously effective photo-essay depicting Afghanistan at a time when the now ignominious Taliban were just taking hold of and consolidating their political power (c.1995). Although the book has as its focus unending war and the horrendous impact interminable armed conflict has had on the people of Afghanistan, what is remarkable in Steele-Perkin's work is how the daily pulse of ordinary life lived within a landscape of devastation and ruin manages consistently to emerge through the gloom. Because these wonderfully evocative images are indeed full of life! And full of the great beauty and mystery of the Afghan people. Two written essays (one by the photographer is a splendid travelogue) complement perfectly this accomplished portfolio of haunting images.

I used this book in a college American literature class. It has tons of short stories and full text of a few novels. I forget which are the full text novels aside from "Huck Finn." One thing I like about this book is that it's diverse: it has the "traditional" American literature, but it also includes Richard Wright, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, etc. There are also really helpful footnotes that aide in understanding.

I used this as a text book in high school and I still read it! I'm using it with my homeschooled children now.

Excellent book on famous fly fishers from Steve Abel to Joan Wulff, with Lefty Kreh and all the rest thrown in. 275 noted fly fishers share their favorite flies (by type), streams (by location), and food recipes (270 total of which 204 are not fish recipes). There is no other book that tells more about the anglers who make the sport what it is today. No other book is so easy to read--with the ability to read about an angler and then pick up the book a few days later without having to start over. Reviewed by U.S. News & World Report, Baltimore Sun and other major media. Review by Ted Leeson says it all. This is a fresh approach to learning about your favorite anglers and the tackle they favor. Passion and food--the twin staffs of life--what could be more revealing or satisfying.

The author covers basic elements of the petroleum marketing business. Mr. Perkins writes with a style that makes the technical and often complicated steps of fundemental contract and transaction materials easy to understand and utilize! The companion diskette contains all the Sample Contracts found in the book. An incredible timesaver. What a resource! It is a must for anyone in the petroleum marketing industry.

She sure wasn't like this in high school

Good book on the topics of abortion, adoption, and pregnancy. How women deal with the choices involved; book is interviews with women making these decisions and who have made these decisions in their lifetime...telling their own story.

An invaluable collection of 10 South African plays about experiences of black women, written from the early 1980's to the late 1990's. It includes works by well-known playwrights like Fatima Dike and Maishe Maponya aswell as new work by previously unpublished playwrights like Lueen Conning and Thulani Mtshali. The plays range from frighteningly serious to hilariously funny. The collection is supported by material gathered through interviews with the playwrights, offering insight into their artistic purpose and their take on theatre in post-apartheid South Africa. The book is easy to read and makes an important contribution to recording the vibrant body of new South African theatre which is muscling its way onto stages around the country.

I really enjoied this book. It had some problems (ie: gramer and spelling) but I think the story more then made up for it. I couldn't put it down!