What does the older brother think of the younger one? You see the thoughts of the elder as he contemplates how he would treat his brother as a dog. An older brother would get a laugh, but the younger (if he reads) might not think it is so funny.

I love this book! We read it to our four-year-old boys and they think it is most amusing. Also, there are lots of bonuses for parents that the kids don't necessarily catch but are very enjoyable. A clever, terrific book with a tiny bit of an edge. Very entertaining!

I think this book is very well illustrated and extremely funny. It's going to be a family favorite!

This is a good book for those just starting to spindle, although you might want to pair it with "Hands on Spinning", and/or "Spindle Spinning". It covers most of what you need to know for top-whorl spindle spinning. A good reference to have until you develop your own style.

+AH4-This is a wonderful book - much more than just a book. Like a single piece of fiber, which floats in the air and has no particular tensile strength, but can be drawn into a current with other single fibers, and turned and twisted to synergistically generate something that sparkles with power, so does this book pull in single moments from Pricilla's life, gleanings of discovery from decades of immersing herself in ancient textiles, and her own instinctual ability to move in circles with+AH4-+AH4- certainty, and she spins you a book which yes, tells you how to prepare fibers, high whorl spin them, and finish your yarns, but at the same time contains the very air in which fiber floats, endowing us readers with a magical sense of wonder and primal recognition of this ancient art at a cellular level. Sorry for the length of that sentence! Yarn is long, too. In addition to setting your soul a'spin, Pricilla will walk you through so much about spinning that you can apply to both wheel and+AH4-+AH4- spindle. Her love and devotion to the art has made her one of the most fluent of teachers. I bought a Norge Mongold spindle to go with this book and I am fast falling in love with it - never having spun with a handspindle before. Being able to walk around while spinning, ah! What a joy. Thank you, Pricilla, for unveiling your soul and the soul of spinning in this book, along with the practical sequences and elements of the art.+AH4-

If you love card games, but just about played every game you know to death and need something new, this is a great book. This must have every card game with every variation of it ever concieved. It gives good explanation of each game, along with how they are played in different parts of the world. The problem with the book, however, is the same. It has every rule to every game ever written. It is not a good book for reading, but a great one to have on the side in case you are ever really bored, or can't decide on all the rules of a game. It is great for anybody with that old game they just can't quite remember all the rules to. Problem solution: if you find a game you like, have a hilighter pen readibly available for the table of contents. it is easy to loose track of what may have been a great new card game. Recommended only for real big card game buffs.

Year's ago I had this book,but lost it over the year's. Now I'm buying it again,but more updated.I recomend if you want to learn how to play card games.

Steve has managed to bring to life a little known part of the drama that was the Cold War. He has a unique ability to potray the claustrophobic atmosphere that working under cover must bring. Again and again it is the ironic humour of Steve and his colleagues that let them cope. It has none of the glamour of a number of other tell all stories but with that comes gritty realism.

I've been waiting for two years to see a review of this, so here goes. It seems to have been overlooked. This is a fascinating and hard to put down account of one Brit's personal experiences as part of the British observer teams in East Germany, while eluding the East German and Soviet field security. Their duties were to clandestinely observe and keep track of troop movements and unit deployments in addition to the introduction of new weaponry and equipment. This duty was done by the military liason teams of the three western occupying powers. They had the authority to go where they pleased but if they went openly they would be physically blocked from accessing anything interesting --if clandestinely, but still required to be in uniform, were likely to be physically harassed, if not shot by field security or unit guard forces. Some were killed on duty but there was no lack of volunteers. Many a tale of midnight sneaks and layups during the day and dodgem driving to escape pursuit. All of the teams had favorite hidey holes near bridges and RR crossings and their special maps showed exactly where they were. They had radios and carried cameras as well so their activities could not well have been denied. Probably the worst and nastiest activities took place during the semi-annual redeployments of Soviet troops. First, one must realize that few laagers had sewage systems, nor was there any organized rubbish removal or recycling. And shredders and burners were not issue items. Also understand that toilet paper was not issued nor readily available otherwise. Because the redeploying Soviets traveled with only their personal baggage and not with their individual equipment, and, most importantly, the technical and field manuals, classified or otherwise, issued to them for their duty use, this material, if worn or excess, was simply dumped with the left over body excretions, into a rubbish tip. These tips were usually on the outskirts of the garrison towns, and it was common for locals to rummage about to find salvagable materials. Thus, after one of these redeployments, there were all sorts of spare parts, classified documents and manuals mixed in with the kitchen rubbish and excreta. Midnight raids on these dumps while wearing non-descript coveralls were part of the drill. Some of the materials recovered from the slime pits were of extremely high importance, detailing the new ablative tank armor, weapons systems and much else of technical intelligence value. Also personal items such as unit badges could sometimes be used to keep track of OB. All in all, exciting, dangerous, and extremely trying duty. If you weren't shot, you might catch some loathsome disease while sorting through the midden heaps. (As archeologists have found, privies are good sources for artifacts, and the smell can last for a couple of hundred years.) In this case, the whole country was a vast privy and midden heap. Investments in sanitary infrastructure were not high on East Bloc priorities

George Knight relates a story in the prologue: There was an old British radio show that frequently had guests of all kinds. At one point they had a theologan on. The host asked him what 12 books of the Bible he would bring if he were stranded on a desert island. "Well, I certainly wouldn't bring Leviticus," was the theologan's reply. That is the case with many Christians. To them, many of the Old Testament books "just aren't important," but they ALL are still the word of God.

George Knight gives us a very readable and practical commentary on the book of Leviticus (a manuel for Israel's priests and a "Holiness Code"--moral commands--for the people). The book consists of a half-chapter (give or take) of Scripture followed by Knight's commentary. Knight often gives some very insightful commentary showing what this type of animal sacrifice shows about God's personality or explaining why the people could only have one type of crop in a given field.

Although Knight succeeds in making a normally dull book (especialy when compared with Genesis, Joshua, 2 Samuel, the Gospels, etc) seem exciting, there do exist some faults with the book. One chapter in Leviticus deals with rules agains homosexuality. Instead of coming right out and saying what he believes Leviticus says about the subject, Knight tip-toes and tap-dances so much, I'm still not really quite sure WHAT he believes about it. I'm not sure if he's delicately trying to say that God is wrong about gay folk or if he's just a little afraid to actually condemn homosexual practices.

There are other places in the commentary where Knight does a similar tap-dance routine, but overall, this is an extremely good commentary that really aided in my understanding of Leviticus.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Leviticus with reflections on our times and our issues.

In many cases we read Genesis and Exodus then run right to the New Testament failing to understand Leviticus and are uncomfortable defending the Word of God as expressed in the images of a B.C. nomadic people; their rituals; and their sacrifices.

As you read each of these pages the images become clearer to us as the same images are seen in our world today and God's Word and its meaning becomes clearer.

Read this book and then move on through the Word of God without lingering doubts and know His Word truly holds the answers to our life.

Thank you George Knight for such an illuminating book.

Kipling proves his expertise as an author in this vivid description of a young, cocky sketch artist moving up the social ladder and the introspection he is forced to face when he can't have his childhood love. His professionalism in retelling the themes of independence vs dependence, decadence and self-doubt makes up for his sometimes annoying racist undertones and romantic depicting of the colonialistic era, which is just about the only reason for the missing fifth star.

This is one of my personal favorites. I read it in high school just for personal pleasure. Kipling's knowledge of art is expressed nicely; he knows his stuff from his father. He expresses his time period honestly and touchingly. As a female of the twentieth century, I cannot understand everything that made Kipling write this novel. It is more than just the simple story of an artist going blind, of wars and art. It is, at heart, the story of two men living in their world of violence and social mores and beliefs, two men brothers in all but blood. I found moments in this novel very touching, all the more so because of the tenderness between Torp and Dickie. This is a novel about friendship mostly, and a very beautiful one at that.

I from Germany and i got my first Little Vimpire Book from my Goodmother. I can just say it was one of the books of my life. And i have all the books from the story of the littel vampire. So I also bought that one wich i have to say it is allright but by fare not so good then the original once. Its still worth to buy and read it even when u r over 20 years or older u will love the stories of the littel Vampire

The Little Vampire by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg and Nicholas Waller is the novelization of the movie of the same name (currently in theaters), which is based on the children's series by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.

In this version of the story, elements that were not explored at great length in the film are able to be fleshed out more completely, giving the story a more well rounded feel. Also, there are several events which were excluded from the film altogether, including an ending with a shocking twist!

A nice touch also was how well Sommer-Bodenburg handled the changes between the characters as she created them and the way they were molded to fit the confines of the script. The vernacular of the book is a bit different from the film (which is a good thing), but it still suits the storyline very well.

If you or your children enjoyed the movie than this is a perfect extension which is sure to become a family favorite. If you haven't seen the film but are a big fan of Sommer-Bodenburg's series (or even if you just love vampires), then I highly suggest you give both the book and the movie a try. While it is true that the movie is quite different from the original books, the story that is told is still a good one (Sommer-Bodenburg herself says that they have "remained true to the spirit of my story").

I must first of all confess that, since reading Huck Finn as a kid, this is the only Twain I've read. I must also confess that the nearest comparison I can give for this book is the writings of William Burroughs!

In his last years Twain several times approached the idea of a story about a mysterious, "satanic" figure who appears to a small community and brings about an anti-religious revelation. This book contains his three attempts, thankfully free of the posthumous bowdlerisation that marred its previous publication.

The middle section is most like "classic" Twain, a semi-comic episode set in the familiar time and territory of Tom Sawyer. The "bookends", however, are set in a vaguely medieval middle-Europe and have a somewhat Gothic atmosphere. The first section is the most scathing, while the last is more like a dream.

The effect of these three substantial fragments being presented together is a remarkable insight into the creative processes of an extraordinarily imaginative mind. This breaking beyond narrative and into the writer's consciousness is the reason I draw the comparison with Burroughs. The result was never meant to be published as is, but nonetheless it is a challenging and haunting work, which provides a unique insight into the writer's mind.

THis is an excellent book! I really liked the main character and the way he love the ourdoors.

A word for those out there who are tempted to buy anything/everything related to _The Matrix_: the complete contents of _ The Matrix: The Shooting Script_ (including the scene notes) can be found in _The Art of the Matrix_, which contains additional material, both written and pictorial. I enjoy the material in _The Shooting Script_ version, but prefer the more detailed treatment in the bigger book.

Even the text of William Gibson's introduction appears in _The Art of the Matrix_, as an afterword. The author of _Neuromancer_ was slow to see _The Matrix_ when it first came out, knowing that it was in his own genre - although he'd been exposed to the screenplay, he hadn't anticipated how well the story would translate to film. Not only did he enjoy it when first persuaded to see it in theatrical relese, he promptly turned around and dragged others out to see it. :)

The scene notes following the body of the script aren't written by the Wachowski brothers, but by their assistant Phil Oosterhouse - the brothers being busy at the time with making the sequels. The notes accompanying _The Shooting Script_ omit discussion of some deleted scenes, but otherwise tally with the more complete version in _The Art of the Matrix_.

Essentially, this book is for anyone who's interested only in the no-frills text of the script, without the storyboards that were essential to the Wachowskis' campaign to persuade Warner Brothers to actually make the film, and without any extra discussion of scenes that were cut before the movie was actually shot. As far as it goes, it's fine.

I highly recommend the Matrix Shooting script. It not only covers the scenes that were in the movie, but also bits that had to be excluded.

The Forward is written by none other than Willaim Gibson [how's that for a seal of approval]. He says that 'Keanu's Neo is my favourite-ever science fiction hero, absolutely!'. You can't ask for anything more.

I also love the commentary by Phil Oosterhouse, who was Assistant Director on the movie. He gives wonderful insights into little nuances of the scenes and the commitment of the actors and directors to produce the very best movie they could.

The book also has stills from the movie in cool black and white. It's a book any true Matrix fan should be without.

Enjoy!

Ashby et al have made a timely and very useful contribution to the literature of metal foams. The book will provide an essential resource to designers, developers and researchers in this exciting emerging field. The coverage is very thorough with material on manufacturing methods, design, economics and current applications. The section on web resources is very topical.

I have been using this book for my research for the past year. Over all the this design guide by Ashby is excellent. It is well written for those who do not have any background in design using metal and polymer foams. The chapters are short and concise. If, after reading this book, you want to dig deeper in the world of foam, then read Cellular Solids by Lorna Gibson.