I bought this book for my students reading about the American Colonies and Revolution. I didn't feel that I knew enough about Ben Franklin and needed to learn more. My students were facinated about him because he was an inventor and did the experiment with the key and the kite to learn about electricity. I learned so much from this book that I had never known before and the readabilty level is perfect for my students. I can't wait to share this book with them!

In Who's Who In The Middle Ages, Mary Ellen Snodgrass provides the student and non-specialist general reader with a superbly researched and presented biographical dictionary of the men and women who distinguished the European Middle Ages as a bridge between the classical world and the Renaissance. This was an era of both beauty and barbarism, of advances and dead-ends. The entries are alphabetical and the historical range is from the fifth century to the fifteenth. Each entry provides the names (and alternate names) for the person, as well as personal and historical details. References are included with each entry, and a detailed bibliography is provided. Who's Who In The Middle Ages is enhanced as an outstanding academic and community library reference with appendices covering the colleges and universities that educated many of these people; the period's noteworth events; major manasteries, abbeys and convents (including their founders and dates); invidiuals listed by occupation or contribution; as well as popes, emperors, and monarachs. Fully indexed, Who's Who In The Middle Ages is an indispensable, core reference title and an invaluable contribution to Mediveal Studies supplement reading lists and reference resources.

...here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "From the producer of the Wagons West series -- the moving saga that began with "the Hawk and the Dove" now blazes across the great southwest. John Cooper Baines -- The Hawk -- comes of age. Strong and bold, his restless spirit drives him to challenge the vast unconquered wilderness of Texas and New Mexico. But when destiny lures him into bloody feuds with Mexico's outlaw barons, the young American is forced to choose between protecting his pregnant wife or battling for his country's freedom. Swept up by the seething currents of a lawless era, John Cooper Baines charts a daring course for a generation of bold adventurers -- the iron-hard men and fiery women who forged a new world from the savage frontier."

Frank and Joe's friend Ben Martin Wins a cool $5 Million, but all he gets is trouble. First his uncle demands to get a share because he's family, then his sister gets kiddnapped and he gets black mailed by a crook for his sisters safety. Read this book and be thrilled

I rate this book a 9 because I thought it was cool! Frank and Joe go to investigate who is making threats on windsurfer Doug Newman's life. Whoever it is does things like make the statue collapse and push tiles down on top of Frank, Catherine, and Doug, but Joe saves them. If you want to find out more, read "Wipeout!" It was great!

I treasure this book! Not just a book of quotations -- in a series of annectdotes, mouthwatering morsels, that leave you hungry for more, this is a literary feast. It presents Ben Franklin in a way that few books can. The reason? It shows you the Franklin you want -- when you want him. The topics -- prejudice, slander, or party loyalty -- to name some, are clear, well-organized, and often witty. But these are not the main reasons I treasure the book. You might have excellent access to short squibbs on Warren Harding. The book draws its delight from the greatness of Franklin and the authors abiding appreciation of the First American. A possessor of the earlier edition, I promise you an inexhaustible treasure.

This is an important and imaginative study of the work literary and cultural anthologies do to embody and prefigure forms of politican transformation and to represent engagement. It is an act of an "organic intellectual" in the best Gramscian senses, and makes an important intervention into the makings of Asian American, Pacific, and American studies in this strange and mongrel postcolonial/transnational moment of US remaking. This is a splendid first book, and suggests further scholarship and anthology-making on the Asian/Pacific horizon from Hawai'i.

Enter an ideal world where everyone lives in peace and everyone is special. Enter Xanadu, a collection of poetry, prose, and artwork that expresses children's views of a perfect place. "Xanadu would be like chocolate," writes a group of schoolchildren. "There is a rainbow up in the sky and the air smells sweet like sugar." In another poem, a girl writes that "Xanadu is a place of peace and love, where people will respect you and love you." An enchanting book for children and adults alike, Xanadu sends an inspirational message about children's visions for a more harmonious world.

Anyone who's ever listened to Pete Franklin on the radio knows that he is passionate about sports. Take all that fire and fury and put it on paper and you got a great book.

This cookbook was written by Karolyn Grimes who played Zuzu Bailey in Capra's favourite film, _It's a Wonderful Life_. This book would be a great stocking stuffer for the Lifer (person who loves the IAWL film) you love.

While these recipes aren't actually used or referenced in the film, Karolyn has drawn together servings of love, laughter, and thoughfulness, much as this classic film has done for so many over the years.

"No Man is a Failure who has Friends", so show your family and friends how they are truly the richest ones in town.

ListMistress, IAWL Discussion Group.