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Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "Martin", sorted by average review score:
Going Baboony
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (October, 1999)
Author: Martin Kratt
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Going Baboony!
This is a very enjoyable and creative book that educates in a deceiving manner (you don't even realize that you are learning!). The fun of the Kratts' Creatures PBS series is effectively translated to this publication.

Going Baboony! Surely worth adding to your collection!
This book provides a humorous and refreshing look at our creature friends in language that is easily understandable for everyone. The Kratts' knowledge of wildlife really shines and can be appreciated even by people unfamiliar with their shows or previous publications.

Good and Evil
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall College Div (01 December, 1980)
Authors: Martin Buber and Ronald Gregor Smith
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Profound & Deep
After reading several Carl Rogers books and papers I was led to Martin Buber's works. Martin Buber was one of the most profound thinkers of our times. Not an easy read but a one well worth the time and effort. Illuminating and insight on the subject of good and evil.

A oasis in the dryness of my time
There is a sense that this is one of the most important book in my life. I have re-read it for the last 3 summers and i have found different things that i needed. Buber has a distinct method of communication that pulls from you who you are... i hear his subtlety in my ear even now. Buber is brilliant.

Good Fairies of New York
Published in Paperback by Trafalgar Square Publishing (December, 1992)
Author: Martin Millar
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Elves still alive
When a colleague of mine recommended me to read this book -no, she urged me to read it- I believed it would be like every other "great" book. It isn't. It's better.
It's the story of wild juvenile elves who behave just like adolescent girls and boys- i.e. they consume drugs, they struggle with the traditions of the elderly and -at last- they bring chaos to a whole city.
You're thinking: what could they do to have this effect?
If you want to know, you got to read it!
"The Good Fairies..." is not just another crazy story but more:
it's satire and allegory, it's a love story (between human beings) and it's an hint on things we can't see any more with our rationalist eyes!

this inspires me to live the crazy life
I read this book for at least the third time again last night, its the type of book that ensures that youre not at all embarassed to chuckle out loud on a bus because you know its worth it. Amazingly layered, and hilarious; if I could be an original writer like this i'd be damn happy.

Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N Roll
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (April, 1991)
Authors: Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, and Peter Guralnick
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For the true to heart and those new to great music!
Coming from an age group that barely remembers the days of Sun Studio's most talented performers and songwriters, this book drives home the importance and impact of the many talents that emerged from this Memphis-based shrine.

This is a must read for anone who loves rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, or just wants to learn more about the hardships, the triumphs and the many lessons learned in the music industry.

Many top idols are present, but what makes the book such a worthwhile reading are the writings on those less known. My hats off to a true tribute for the sounds and artists of the south!

The definitive history of the definitive indie label.
Have you heard the news? Good Rockin' Tonight is the encyclopedia for all fans of Sam C. Phillips' groundbreaking Memphis Recording Service and Sun/Phillips International labels. Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins, whose expert commentaries appear in the liner notes of many Sun CD reissue packages, deliver thorough accounts of the players and events in the Sun story. Full chapters are devoted to Sun's best-known players (Sam Phillips, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley) and the landmark events (the recording of Rocket 88, the arrival of Howlin' Wolf, and the birth of Rockabilly), but the real highlight is the attention to the lesser-known players like Joe Hill Louis, Scotty Moore, Sonny Burgess, Billy Riley, and Roland Janes. They didn't top the charts, but were as important to the creation of the "Sun Sound" as Perkins, Lewis, Cash and Presley were to its export outside the Memphis city limits, and in Good Rockin' Tonight they receive the recognition they deserve. Escott and Hawkins round out the Sun story with a complete discography of all the Sun and Phillips International singles, EPs and LPs released while both labels were active.

Sun was the first powerhouse independent record label of Rock & Roll music. It's catalogue, performed by rough-edged musicians who turned out consistently innovative material and a Top Ten hit here and there, has been exhaustively reissued over the past ten years, much to the delight of Sun connoisseurs. Sadly, the same can't be said of material written about Sun: most of the books (several also written by Escott and Hawkins) are now out of print. Good Rockin' Tonight stands alone as the most comprehensive work dedicated to Sam Phillips and the record label whose influence on popular culture deserves much more.

Grammar without Grief : The Ultimate A to Z for the Stylistically Clueless and the Grammatically Challenged
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books (11 September, 1997)
Authors: Martin Steinmann and Michael Keller
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Grammatical Reference
A great book for grammatical reference, especially well done in terms of organization by alphabetical order. It gives you descriptive explanations about some obscure things we use all the time in speech without knowing it. Things such as jargon, euphemisms, morphemes and phonemes are covered in addition to the classic grammatical necessities. Highly recommended.

Write Away
A paper sticks together with a good organization that is easy for readers to follow and that pays attention to the important points; repetition of key ideas and terms; a tell-all title; and a thesis statement or topic sentence that leads into a tightly organized discussion all the way to a logically convincing ending. All this comes about by identifying and sticking to who to write for, why write and what to write about. Perhaps most important of all is knowing who the readers are: the better you know them, the better you know what to tell them. Martin Steinmann and Michael Keller's GRAMMAR WITHOUT GRIEF helps with just about every writing problem around. It fills the shelf with Mary Jordan Meiser's GOOD WRITING!, James A. Reinking's STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING, and William Knowlton Zinsser's ON WRITING WELL.

The Graphic Art of Michael Schwab
Published in Hardcover by Graphis Pr (April, 2001)
Authors: Michael Schwab, Steven Heller, and B. Martin Pedersen
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Inspiring, Inspiring, Inspiring
Schwab is the master at communicating so much with so little. His work is unmistakable and inspiring. His command of light and shadow is brilliant. This book is without a doubt the definitive collection of his work, though just a mere sampling I'm sure. One thing I love about the book is the fact that the body exhibits beautiful, large reproductions of his graphic work with no text, almost as if you were in a gallery looking at Schwab's work. The art is presented without interruption. Whether designer or illustrator you will find this book an invaluable and cherished resource for your library. Graphis has created a masterpiece with this one. It's big, beautiful, and worth every penny or more. BTW, the book was designed by Schwab himself. Simply inspiring! Bravo.

Great Stuff
There is a timeless and simplistic quality to Michael Schwab's work. He makes this stuff look easy when anyone who's ever done design work knows it is clearly not so. His logo designs are a pefect blend of color and form. That helps to make the product easily identifiable. I'm really not doing any justice to his work with my ranting... but if you're interested in art and design then I strongly recommend this book.

The Great Divorce
Published in Paperback by Vintage Books (04 February, 2003)
Author: Valerie Martin
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Sensually Profound
Sexy, absorbing and insightful, Valerie Martin's novel The Great Divorce (following her acclaimed Mary Reilly), explores the struggle for power between men and women, nature and civilization, in three mesmerizing tales of very different women whose lives are unraveling.

Ellen Clayton, the vet at the New Orleans Zoo, tries to hold on after her faithless husband of 20 years leaves her for his young secretary. Camille, lonely and depressed, looks after the big cats at the zoo and fantasizes about relationships with sexually and emotionally abusive men.

Juxtaposed with the contemporary stories of Ellen and Camille is the gothic tale of Elisabeth Boyer, the Catwoman, a Creole beauty in antebellum New Orleans who was hanged for murdering her sadistic husband.

Martin fuses these stories of betrayal into a compelling narrative about human nature, passion and animal instinct, evoking the New Orleans of both centuries with equal clarity.

Imaginative and profound, The Great Divorce is a great read that tackles important issues without sentimentality. Despite the inherent sadness and futility that Ellen, Camille and Elisabeth confront, the novel offers a note of hope. 'I think,' Ellen tells her daughter when a young jaguar at the zoo survives an illness, 'this time we win.'

HAUNTING AND MESMERIZING
Why isn't Valerie Martin better known? Her work is absolutely dazzling. "The Great Divorce" manages to sustain a level of enjoyably creepy menace from first page to last. It weaves together the stories of three couples, all of whom end up parted in different ways. Each of these stories symbolizes the conflict between man and nature, and each gives us a preview of a different resolution to that conflict. We can part from nature amicably, we can kill it with our indifference to it, or we can be killed by its vengeance against us. This may sound heavy-handed in my telling of it, but it is far from heavy-handed in Martin's telling. The book is a work of gothic fiction, of horror fiction, of historical fiction, as well as a penetrating study of the way we live today. Martin evokes the steamy milieu of pre-Civil War New Orleans as beautifully and as convincingly as she evokes the Crescent City of today. Her language is sinuous and seductive. It has the sleek, sudden power of a jungle cat. And her storytelling skills are masterful. It is shameful that this beautiful book is already out of print. Do yourself a favor and find a used copy. You won't regret it.

The Great Waldo Search
Published in Hardcover by Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd) (November, 1989)
Author: Martin Handford
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The Best Waldo Book
"Where's Waldo" books are one of those gems that can be appreciated by both adults and children. When I was a child, I received this book and found it fun to search for Waldo, the Wizard, and the scroll (and even the various other items that are hidden in each picture). The most infamous part of the book is finding Waldo in a page full of Waldo clones (your only hint is that he's missing a shoe).

I would rate this book as challenging to the novice, but of medium difficulty to the more experienced searcher.

A genuine concern for a potential owner of this book is "Will this book be worthless after finding Waldo in each picture?" I would answer that as long as you do not write in this book, it will last forever. Your memory will forget the location of Waldo and the items after a few years and the book becomes challenging a second, third, or even twentieth time around!

It Rocks.
I have had this book for ten years, and I didn't solve it til' a month ago!!!! I suggest it for people of ALL AGES!!!!!!

Great Writers & Kids Write Mystery Stories
Published in Library Binding by Random Library (January, 1997)
Authors: Jonathan Kellerman, Jill M. Morgan, Robert Weinberg, Gahan Ilt Wilson, Tony Geiss, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Gahan Wilson
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A BOOK TO BE TREASURED BY ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
This is a wonderful anthology. Top-notch mystery writers and their children (and, in some cases, grandchildren) collaborated on a variety of entertaining stories.

Pay particular attention to "Releve", the story contributed by Patricia Wallace and her daughter. This story introduces us to Sydney Bryant, the private eye that Pat Wallace has featured in a terrific series for adults. The titles in the series include "Deadly Devotion" and "Blood Lies".

Other outstanding stories include those by Wendy Hornsby, Scott Turow, Stuart Kaminsky, and Sharyn McCrumb (and their collaborators). This is a book that parents can read and enjoy with their children. It might inspire them to collaborate on some mystery stories of their own!

I look forward to reading the companion volume, "Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories". I

mini-lesson on mystery writing

"When you think of a mystery, what comes to mind? A dark secret? An unsolved crime? A curious detective hunting for clues?"

The only mystery, the only secret, the only crime is how this anthology could be so easily overlooked. "Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories" (1996) is a collection of stories written by some of today's greatest mystery authors in collaboration with their children and grandchildren. Jonathan Kellerman, Sharyn McCrumb, and Scott Turow are three of the thirteen award-winning writers that create wonderous whodunits with their offspring, ages 6 to adult.

While written at about the junior high/ middle school level, this complilation is enjoyable to all. The stories are five to several pages. Some are written with the child as the amateur detective, some are written as a type of psychological thriller.

The introduction serves as a "mini-lesson" on mystery writing. And, each story features a short personal introduction by the adult and child writing team on what it was like to collaborate on their included story. Other contributors include Barbara D'Amato, Ed Gorman, Stuart Kaminsky, Elizabeth Engstrom, and many others.

This book has the unique ability to be educational as well as entertaining. Those that enjoy this book may also enjoy the first volume as well: "Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories" (1995).

The Green Truck Garden Giveaway
Published in Hardcover by Simon & Schuster (Juv) (April, 1997)
Authors: Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Alec Gillman
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Great book - I Know the Author
I read this book when I was a junior at Cornell College, no relation to the Univ, and Jackie Martin was the Prof. At first I did not like the set up of the book at first, yet when I thought about the wide range of readers this book apeals to I enjoyed it more. The side bars are interesting and would be use full in some cases to the adult -- i.e. teacher, or parent -- yet older children who find this book interesting will want to know more and find them most usefull. Also the basic story line will be interesting to younger children and I have used read it seveal times to the first grade children I tutor in Ohio. It is well written and is a perfect book to read when spring come around or for a group project dealing with spring.

A parable of compassion vs. misery
This tiny tome is in actuality a parable of compassion vs. misery, a story of triumph of life and vitality over common desperation. It is an example of how good work that encompasses the light of the sun and the miracle of the seed supersedes the doldrums of disenfranchised lives. The recipients of the gardens thumb their noses at their personal misfortune and rise to find that beauty and joy are possible. The garden givers have brought them that possibility. It is a sound Emersonian lesson for children. And fun to read.

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