This book is the classic introduction to cave sciences. Written for the lay person, but with plenty of scientific specifics. Caving is a very young science. This book was written many years ago, and much has been added to our knowledge of caves. Every serious caver starts with this book, though.

Anyone interested in learning more about caves will want this book. It is easy to read, yet introduces cave science (Speleology) in a clear and logical way. Even a layman like me can understand it. It is beautifully illustrated with detailed diagrams and striking drawings.Both cave geology and cave biology are covered. You will find answers to questions like how caves are formed, why some caves breathe in and out, how stalactites and stalagmites develop, what kind of animals live in caves, and why some cave animals are blind. The authors were pioneers in modern cave research. They have spent a lifetime studying and exploring caves, and write about the subject with style and authority. Main sections are: Caves as Natural Laboratories, Origin of Caves, Characteristics of the Underground Atmosphere, Growth of Stalactites and Other Speleothems, Behavior and Products of Cave Microorganisms, Habits of Cave Animals, Evolution of Blind Cave Animals, Uses of Caves, References and Related Readings, Caves in the U.S. Open to the Public, Index. David McClurg, author of Adventure of Caving, a how-to book on cave exploration.

Although I was reading a book, I felt like a fly on the wall of a cocktail party attended by Canadian actors. I buzzed around the room eavesdropping on groups of actors telling hilarious, intimate stories of life on the stage and before the cameras.

Standing Naked in the Wings is a book of actors' anecdotes written by 250 contributing actors including Jenifer Dale, Al Waxman, Dave Broadfoot, Gordon Pinsent, Sarah Polley, Frank Shuster, Michael Ironside, Martin Short, Lynne Griffin, Gordon Clapp, Christopher Plummer, Sonja Smits.

Editors Lynda Mason Green and Tedde Moore have woven the 450 contributions into 17 chapters covering themes such as auditions, mentors, kids and animals, missed cues and other mistakes, bodily functions, tours, early days, and the moving "Family Album". This chapter includes the letter Nicholas Pennell, a veteran of 23 seasons at the Stratford Festival, delivered to the Shakespearean company two days before his death.

The book's title is taken from a story in which Bruce Greenwood describes how he was literally standing naked in the wings while performing in Bent at the Arts Club in Vancouver. The Comedy of errors that transpired "bears an uncanny similarity to nightmares I've had," Greenwood writes.

What a fun book! It's like being the fly on the wall, listening to your favorite actors telling stories, on themselves, their friends and contemporaries. It captures many great (and not so great) moments in Canadian film, TV and theatre. They share their joys, fears, embarrassing moments, poignant memories and a wonderful sense of history. I had read some of the tales online over the last year or so, and the finished product is truly a treat. The only thing, in my opinion, that would make it better, is to have more of the contemporary actors we're seeing on TV, but perhaps there's a sequel there. :)

A unique perspective that uses science and social principles to illustrate and set up a real world problem for the reader and Adam to solve. Highly accurate geologic illustrations add depth to the story. I've made great tie-ins to real world problems from this book.

I think this is the best children's book available. I love the story and the great plot that children can learn from. Truly an exceptional book for children. Adam is a fascinating character and a deep one for children to relate to. Absolutely a must read.for your young child.

This little board book is the most beautiful and perfect book on Martin Luther King, Jr. I have ever seen as Dr. King's message is kept pure, untainted, clear and focused. The colors are soft and gentle, the words simple and easy. It is a perfect introduction to Dr. King, his life, his work as well as an introduction into human values such as respect and equality. It is never too early to begin educating children on such matters nor too late for adults to refresh their memories on these core matters especially as so many are waving flags: remember what those flags represent and the lessons of Dr. King. This little book can help any age do so...even you!

Parents quite often want to begin to teach their children about important aspects of
history and culture even at the earliest of ages. This book is the perfect avenue
through which parents can begin teaching their children about Martin Luther King and
the Civil Rights Movement.

Moore has done a superb job in writing a biography that is short, concise and easy to
understand. Even children with the shortest of attention spans can enjoy and understand
this book. Friendly illustrations will make this book even more pleasurable for
children. The boardbook format of this book makes it easy for children to handle
the book and even turn the pages without parents having to worry about the book being
damaged.

Reviewed by Stacey Seay
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Strangers in Paradise: Volume 6: High School is the next trade paperback collection in Terry Moore's comic series about Francine Peters and Katina (Katchoo) Choovanksi. This book collects the following issues: Volume 3, Issue 13: Prosody; Volume 3, Issue 14: Passion Cry; Volume 3, Issue 15: Cowboys and Cowgirls; and the inexplicable Volume 3, Issue 16: Princess Warrior.

Francine and Katchoo have always been a study in contrasts. Francine is soft, chubby, and flighty, prone to fits of giddiness and a constant worrier. Katchoo is hard, lean, and dangerous, prone to fits of violence, and constantly vigilant. That these two should be best friends baffles, until you delve into their high school years.

Does anyone remember high school fondly? At least, anyone real? The jocks and the cheerleaders may remember riding high, but for the rest of us, high school was one long unending study in awkwardness, humiliation, and inadequacy. The same holds true for Francine and Katchoo, though in wildly different ways.

For Francine, torture came in the forms of being a klutz, always being the odd one out, being the starry-eyed romantic when she's just a chubby girl on the fringe. Francine has a family who loves her, a mother who feeds her whenever something goes wrong, a father who spends an awful lot of time at the office, and a brother more interested in college life than his little sister.

Katchoo, on the other hand, is a self-declared outcast. She smokes, she rides a motorcycle, she is just as likely to punch you as to acknowledge you, and generally has no use for the people serving the same four-year term at puncture high. But where Francine's family provides (in their own way) comfort when the chips are down, Katchoo's family is likely to be the reason the chips are down.

Maybe it's not so surprising that these two girls find one another, and take solace in beig outcasts together.

It's interesting to finally see in print some of the things that have been referred to in passing in the earlier issues of Strangers in Paradise. It seems that we well and truly can't escape our pasts (which all good SiP readers should know by now, anyway). And, you get to see Francine as Xena, and Katchoo as the sidekick (don't tell her that).

Another winner from Terry Moore!

I thought this book was a great addition to the Strangers in Paradise series. It gives a lot more insight into the characters of Francine and Katchoo, and it lets us learn more about the events that led Katchoo to run away. I like how it starts out, showing the parallel between Katchoo and Francine's lives. This book is like a prequel to the other ones in the series. The Princess Warrior comic at the end is a funny, light-hearted comic putting the characters in a different setting. This is a great book, and even if you've never read a Strangers in Paradise comic before, you should try this one. I would recommend any of the SIP books to anyone. If you have read any SIP books before and enjoyed them, you will like this one as well. Even if you're not a comics fan, there's a good chance you'll find something you like about Strangers in Paradise.

If you've read the prior collections in this series and you thought things couldn't get any better, well you ain't seen nothing yet. This installment of the Swamp Thing graphic novel series contains just six issues from Alan Moore's run (#51-56), but that does include the double-sized blockbuster issue #53. In any case, quantity is meaningless here because Moore and his artistic team have reached the dizzying heights of their powers, unleashing the most mindboggling and gutwrenching stories in comic history. The basic subplot running through the series at this point is Abby's arrest for immoral conduct while Swamp Thing was off saving the universe, and her escape to Gotham City. As Swampy is searching for his true love, she is being held by the authorities in Gotham. In the overwhelming "Garden of Earthly Delights" (issue #53) Swamp Thing unleashes his full elemental powers on the uncaring city that imprisons his lover, and even temporarily defeats Batman in the process. Sadly, Swampy is supposedly assassinated by government agents, and finds his spirit floating in outer space. This is where Moore's imagination really goes into overdrive, giving us the highly unique and moving story "My Blue Heaven" (issue #56), a tremendous tale of loneliness and soul-searching, where Swamp Thing is blue in more ways than one. This episode is also another pinnacle for the artistic team, and much credit must go to colorist Tatjana Wood for her moody and unconventional work. By this point regular artists Stephen Bissette and John Totleben had mostly moved on - Bissette was only doing the covers and Totleben's only major contribution is "Garden of Earthly Delights." The artistic torch had been passed to the outstanding team of Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala, who barely miss a beat in keeping the series' haunting and lovely artwork rolling. The only sad thing about this edition of the Swamp Thing series is that fact that Moore's run would soon come to a close.

Ever since the Alan Moore's Swamp Thing Graphic Novels have been coming out I've been making sure to get every one. I like the EC horror feeling to them. Most of the time though something bad happens to ordinary mortels and Swamp Thing shows up and is the means to an end. This time things are different.

Abby Cable, after being accused of "hugging vegstibles" flees to Gotham City. There she is picked up again and put on trial. Swamp things returns from the "American Gothic" tour and looks everywhere for his beloved. When he finds out she's in jail in Gotham needless to say he's [angry] and rips Gotham a new one. Now Swamp Thing is the agressor terrorizing all those innocent mortals untill he gets his love back and not even Batman can stop him (Yeah, Batman can kick anyone ..., but swampy is now on a God level. He turns Gotham into a jungle on a whim)
Trying not to give too much away my favorite Swamp thing story in the book (Perhaps the whole series) is "My Blue Heaven". It's a beautiful, exotic, weird and engrossing tale. It's about the human condition set in a weird alien world. Jonathan Lethem would be impressed. He's the writer of "Girl in Landscape" and "Amnisia Moon". Check him out too.

In this book Jym compares the life of a christian as to a military soldier. As a soldier in God's army we must always be prepared for the enemy. We don't know from where he will strike but we do know God will furnish us all the necessary weapons to win the war against him. God's grace is more than sufficient to see us through each battle but we must ready ourselves. Jym shows us how to do this. Anyone who reads this book with an open heart will move closer to God,our Captain. Take the Challenge.

I found the book to be what I needed for this time in my life.
I seen the enemy attacking me but not capable of fighting back.
Once I began to see what the devil was doing I bagan to come against him with Gods word.I see much differently now.

What a great idea: to write the story of one imaginary class as it moves from grades K through 5 encountering different (but always reflective and hard working) teachers. It's a practical look at powerful literacy instruction in action. The teachers' "monthly logs" give the reader a peek inside their heads as they plan and evaluate their programs. This is a good read for brand new teachers (they will surely identify with "Miss Nouveau" in second grade!) and all those who strive to improve their instructional practice.

This is a great book and goes right along with the Four Blocks Literacy Program. It really explains how to implement the program in a sequential manner. After teaching Four Blocks this year I am excited to read this book. It really makes sense and I know will be a big help next year.

The theological science fiction novel Things Unseen by Don Moore is quite an extraordinary read. The novel kept me guessing the whole time, and it was one of those few books that I could hardly put down. Perhaps my favorite aspect of the book is how it deals with the lives of ordinary people. Most apocalyptic stories tell of presidents, dictators, the U.N. etc. In Things Unseen, you can relate to the everday men and women trying to survive and cope when history's climactic events unfold around them. This book is very well written and has the capability of keeping your attention. I highly recommend it!~

Most apocalyptic novels that deal with the end times, the Second Coming, or Armageddon are told through the activities of stereotypical characters who are better described as symbols of good or evil than as living, breathing human beings.

In Don Moore's Things Unseen, however, most of the "bad guys" are really more misled and confused than flat out evil. Even the protagonist is losing his faith--that is, his faith in the skeptical point of view.

This is a book about real people, struggling to survive in a strange, violent world, not the usual abstract good and evil, black and white robots usually found in this genre.

CHOICE Reviews calls "To Create a New World?" the best single volume on the subject.

This cholarly work, written by John Moore and Jerry Pubantz is a well-written book on UN-US relations that readers will find informative and challenging. It is at the same time a comprehensive history of the UN, an analysis of the competing trends of "realism" and "moralism" that always affect U.S. diplomacy, and also a story of the relationship of each American President with the UN. It is in this latter category that the writers develop their underlying theme: Whatever critiques flow from U.S. Senators or pundits, however the UN is marginalized in this country's political rhetoric, Presidents and the UN have been and will continue to be irrevocably yoked. At the same time, the book, unlike so many works on the UN, is neither sentimental on the one hand nor dismissive on the other. Also unlike so many studies of the UN, it is certainly not boring. The authors, well aware of the literature on the topic, use memoirs, Presidential speeches, UN documents, and other primary sources to develop a compelling narrative. This book would be perfect for advanced college undergraduates, and should be well received by any reader interested in the UN or in America's role in the world. I give it very high marks.