This book is very very very good. I think it is the best of the best. It is really interesting. Every child should read it. Don't waste your time doing anything else.Read it today!!!

I highly recommend this book for a novice magician who would like to perform proffesional tricks within hours. It's a magic book that is more than just a book on magic. The book contains more than 36 complete instructions tricks as well as 16 pages that can be cut out to make apparatus for actual tricks. The book emphasis on deception rather than elaborate sleight of hand. The book holds sections on mental magic, impromptu magic, card magic, table magic and oriental magic

With stories like "Ferryman" (Eric Brown), "The White Stuff" (Peter F. Hamilton & Graham Joyce), and "A Night on Bare Mountain" (Graham Charnock), anthologies don't get any better than this. My only quibble is with the experimental narrative "Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City"(William Gibson) which rounds out the volume with a whimper, not a bang. Otherwise, this is Hugo & Nebula territory.

The use of statellite technology for live interviews around the globe is so ubiquitous that you almost forget a time without it. NIGHTLINE is the program that pioneered this technology and showed how it could bring newsmakers on all points of the globe together for debate and discussion. The book recounts in well-researched detail the events that led to the birth of the program, its evolution and continued development. Fans of the show will enjoy all the nuggets of information: the circumstances that led to an unknown correspondent to be the permanent host; the selection of the name itself; details of experiments that failed. Though billed as being by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson, Koppel makes it clear that the book is largely Gibson's. Gibson was a producer for the program for several years but has moved on to other posts within ABC News. This is another benefit of the book: she brings the perspective of having been an insider while not being too close to the project. You'll enjoy the many excerpts of memorable programs and exchanges, and Koppel's hidden sense of humor shines through.

This is one of the few books, other than the Bible, that I refer to almost daily. The author captures so much of the Human Spirit as seen through many different viewpoints.

As we are born, so should we go through life - head first (Kamau)

Where do I begin to describe the absolutely astonishing quality of Leacock's work? I first heard of Stephen Leacock when reading a book about the Marx brothers. It seems Groucho was on a train, and happened to pass the room of Jack Benny (who was traveling with them, working on the same vaudeville circuit. Groucho heard Benny screaming with laughter, and popped his head into Benny's room to see what the commotion was. Benny told Groucho that it was a book by Leacock, whom Groucho admitted to not knowing. Benny told Groucho, "It's the funniest stuff I've ever read!" Groucho later bought a copy of the book, loved it as much as Benny, and said that he always looked for anything written by Stephen Leacock.

Okay, but what about his stories? Leacock's stock in trade was the parody of classic literature - stories about humble girls of (unknowingly) noble ancestry, who are engaged to work as servants for title lords, only to fall in love with the son of the mansion are turned into hysterically funny romps, where the lies not in the intentionally funny line, but in carefully crafted twists of standard sentence construction.

A sample, from the above-described story, called "Gertrude the Governess; or Simply Seventeen":

"Young Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the house, flung himself upon his horse, and rode madly off in all directions."

Leacock treats the classic tale of knighthood (handsome, strong knight declares his love for the gentle maiden of the castle, and she loves him too, though they've never met) to similarly wicked entanglement of story and prose.

"Sorrows of a Super Soul" tells the classic Russian tale of an unrequited love, while "Carolyn's Christmas" the story of the old farmer, his family away (one son in the city, another in prison), his farm mortgaged, and a strange girl happening upon the family on Christmas Eve, with a baby, but no wedding ring. Both of these, and all other stories in this slim book, will have you laughing until you cry.

Buy a copy, get hooked. If Groucho and Jack Benny thought this was the best humor ever, how can it not satisfy you too?

Walter Riggans does a fantasic job of blending facts and insightfulness. I've tried several commentaries on Numbers and this one was absolutely wonderful.

Palmistry is one of the oldest forms of metaphysical divination and in Fell's Official Know-It-All Guide: Palm Reading, Litzka Gibson reveals how to apply palm reading within the context of the New Age. She explains: the Twelve Steps to reading the palm; the Nine Areas of the palm; Basic Lines (Life, Head and Heart); Special Signs and Markings; Secondary Lines (Fate, Fortune and Health); Lesser Lines (Affection, Opposition, Influence and Family); Types of Hands and Fingers. Clearly written, Fell's Official Know-It-All Guide: Palm Reading is ideal for the novice and will serve as an informative refresher for even experienced palm readers.

Great inspirational story of friendship,business and transformation of two nurses who lead very different lives, yet merge them into a story of success after a very difficult time.