This lively book based on the same-titled hymn follows the adventures of a young boy and his faithful parrot as they explore God's kingdom. Written for kids ages 3-7, the text is lyrical and engrossing and the animals in the illustrations look completely real. The book ends with song lyrics and music.

This is an easy review - the book is simply great! If parents are willing to sit down with their children and read, especially starting before they are two years old, this book will help to spark the imagination of practically any child. The song couldn't make a better subject for a book. The story should help form the foundation for a strong moral and religious background. The illustrations are beautifully done and our twenty-two month old picks out things that we hadn't even noticed. I recommend the book to all parents and encourage them to read it nightly, taking the time to discuss what they see in the pictures. I sincerely hope the author has more projects in the works!

All creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all... This is a great hymn, one of my favorites (especially the arrangement by John Rutter). Reading (singing!) this book to my children has given them an appreciation for the beauty in God's world. The illustrations are the kind that a child is drawn into - the kind they can gaze at and imagine themselves in the scene.
A carefree country girl goes on a ramble as the hymn unfolds. My children (me too!) want to kick off their shoes and share in the child's absorption of the beauty around her.
Great way to children-ize a hymn.

I've agreed with some of the other reviewers and rated this book at four stars only because of it's historical and feminist merit. Oh, and because I am biased because Elaine is my grandmother.

If you want this for it's place in feminist history, or the history of the AAT, then go ahead and buy it.

Otherwise, I suggest you buy "the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis" by the same author. While it is of no notable feminist import, it is considerably more up to date for the AAT/AAH, better written, better researched (25 years more research went into it), with more evidence, better references, and so on and so forth. Also see "the Descent of the Child", and "the Scars of Evolution", again by the same author.

Be warned that this is the only significantly feminist work by THIS Elaine Morgan. There is a DIFFERENT Elaine Morgan who has written such books as "Women and Society".

Blows the savannah theories to smithereens! Explains human anatomy that those cannot (body fur, noses, sweat glands, subcut. fat, hip bones, m/f diffs, etc.). Points out similarities with other, known evolutions. Provides solid alternative to stretched, contrived savannah-based explanations that cannot be substantiated and have no evolutionary parallel. The theory's pieces "fit". The Aquatic Ape Theory only lacks field work that substantiates the theory with findings in the field. The theory is not contradicted to date; findings so far still do not eliminate savannah nor aquatic theories.

I was skeptical at best when my mother handed me this book to read. After a few pages I was enthralled. Five years later, I've read it three times and even summarized it for my young daughters. She makes a convincing case that human beings went through some period of semi-aquatic existence (and no, she isn't saying we once had gills or flippers!) Elaine Morgan makes it seem anything but outlandish, and her writing style is inviting. This book is out of print, but read The Descent of Woman, The Descent of the Child and The Scars of Evolution, all by the same author.

A well researched book on the history of apples in England. It also includes a very large apple directory which would be especially useful to anyone interested in English apple varieties.

Wow! I'm an apple industry executive, and this book just became one of my bibles. I believe it is THE single best reference available on apples today. It includes comprehensive information on the history of apple growing and the apple industry, from the ancient Greeks and Romans through renaissance Europe and to the "new country" (America). It is chock full of references to apples in history, mythology/lore and religion. All this, and the most comprehensive, up-to-date directory of apple varieties anywhere. Read this book and be amazed, even if you think you know apples! This is a great reference on the industry, and should appeal equally to history buffs.

Do you have an apple orchard? Do you love eating fresh apples or cooking with apples? Would you like to understand the place of apples in our culture/history? What's the origin of "as American as apple pie?" What is Wassail and what does it have to do with Christmas? What's the big deal with apples anyway? Did you know there are thousands of varieties? This book has an index of the thousands which are kept in an English aboretum. It also has some of the most beautiful color botanical plates I have ever seen. With the artwork, the history, the scientific tables, the recipies, ...The Book of Apples would be a bargain at twice the price.

'Bridge' (in sign - left forearm horizontal is the bridge, several fingers are supporters) is a handy idiom in sign language. A 'bridge' avoids some barriers, and Morgan Willow describes clearly and well how literary readings came to deaf people.

Morgan, the author, is a renaissance person: professional writer, sign language interpreter, organizer. At times, you may think of a recipe or some camping list, but with narrative. The position of the interpreter, the reader, the angle of the deaf audience.

Diversity in the arts (as audience, as participants) depends on efforts like this. Spread this - buy the book, read it, do it!

As a hearing person, reading this book was an eye opener into the issues of the Deaf and hard-of-hearing Community even if I never have to arrange for a Literary Event accessible to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing. It provides special insights into the differences in communication method between the hearing and deaf community and can be a bridge to more understanding by all of us in the hearing community. The book will make the hearing community more aware of and supportive of efforts by organizations and institutions in making all types of meetings, conferences, and events available to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. For those who are involved in making events available to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing, the book is a quick study with a clear step-by-step approach and handy check lists to help the person do the appropriate planning and preparation for the event. I believe that his book would also be a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about communication with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing or anyone giving classes or training to the hearing community on communication with the Deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Morgan Grayce Willow has written a valuabe guide for sign language interpreters to use as they explain to hearing consumers how to effectively use their services. Several pages are designed for easy copying to use as handouts. The guide gives clear, concrete lists of things to keep in mind when hiring and utilizing interpreters.

There are many good books on speech processing, but not too many also cover music processing. In that sense, this book is good. However, the major shortcoming of this book is that in its attempt to cover many topics, it doesn't really cover any topics in great detail. The material in this book is merely a good introduction, but one is forced to go to the cited references to find more detail on specific subjects. My overall feeling on this book is rather neutral. If you are just interested in speech processing, there are other books out there which have better coverage. But I am still look for a good book that covers the signal processing of music.

The basic purpose of this book is to understand sound well enough to be able to perform speech recognition, but it also contains a lot of material relevant to music recognition and synthesis. By some quirk of international pricing, the price of this book in the UK is about half what it is in the USA, so it may be worth your while checking out UK online bookstores such as amazon.co.uk or the UK branch of bol.com for this one.

OK, maybe the title of my review's a little misleading, in the sense that this book doesn't match the inimitable Douglas Adam's masterpiece in humour.I meant it in a more literal sense, that is,this book is an excellent guide to the field of Speech & Audio Processing, with a 'holistic' approach to the subject that is refreshing indeed.It can be approached by newcomers with little difficulty - it isn't 'overly mathematical', though all the essential maths is definitely there.The experts, too, shall find new insights from two leading experts in the field.

What i like best about the book is that the chapters are short - average chapter size is only about 15 pages.Thus material is presented in 'bite-sized' chunks, making it much easier to digest.Also, since the authors opt to focus on breadth more than on depth, the book isn't imposingly thick.The layout is also very nice,making it even more of a pleasure to read.

The clarity of writing is another strong point of the book, as are the illustrations.The authors go to the heart of the matter, successfully imparting the flavour of the topic, be it the basics, or the current state-of-the-art.An excellent chapterwise bibliography makes it easy to trace further details on any topic.

All in all, it's a great book, one which stands out for the originality of its approach and the expertise of its authors. In my opinion, anyone working in the area of Speech/Audio processing should have a copy of this most accessible guide.

This book is an excellent reference text for people who already know something about aquatic chemistry. It contains more material and covers more topics than any other book in the field. As a teaching text, however, it is severely lacking.

The first problem is the often convoluted writing, which lapses at times into incomprehensibility; read this book for 5 minutes and you will find at least one confusing sentence or circular explanation. The second problem is the lack of clarity about how to actually solve equlibrium problems: there are lots of examples of tableaus used to solve problems, but the explanation of how the tableau is constructed is not good, and neither is the description of how to obtain the proton condition or what it is (and it is crucial to understand this). Finally, many so-called "examples" do very little to help clarify things. Readers who find the tableau method confusing as introduced by Stumm and Morgan will find themselves consulting the aquatic chemistry text by Morel (or the later edition by Hering and Morel) to learn how to actually use the method. When they do, they will probably find that text highly preferable: clearly written, with all the examples worked out from start to finish.

These problems really make learning from this text a monumental struggle for students not already versed in the subject. However, as previously noted, as a reference for professionals, it is unequaled.

Stumm and Morgan remains the best aquatic chemical book ever written.

It is fundamental in its approach to the processes that control the composition of natural waters, it is a pleasure to read and should be a must for any student and/or professional in the field.

After more than 20 years working in the field I still find it useful and up to date in many respects.

A pitty that there is no Spanish version of it, thousands of Spanish speaking chemists and geochemists are missing a classic.

This book is an excellent reference. It presents a thorough discussion of a complex topic. The authors provide many worked examples, with all required numeric inputs and resutls, that permit the reader to quickly verify his or her understanding of the material. The consistent and proper use of units throughout the book is refreshing.

"The Celestial Omnibus" by E.M. Forster tells of a boy's belief in a celestial omnibus, a future state or heaven. In the story, his belief and curiosity is ridiculed by his parents. This action shows the idea of secularism, by discouraging the boy against the idea of an after-life. Instead of leading him toward Christian morality, his parents direct him to memorizing poetry, showing their belief in the morality and well being of man in this life. Sneakily, the boy discovers that the omnibus is not a joke, as his parents told him, but that is was real. The boy is made to be a liar when he returns, but soon convinces Mr. Bons to go back to the omnibus with him. The boy is able to enter the "heaven," but, because of Mr. Bons' disbelief, he dies on the earth

Quite possibly the best collection of short stories published in the Twentieth Century, so minimalist that they're metaphysical. Each demonstrates that the meaning of meaning is the creation of meaning, that people exist to create meaning, whether they know it or not, and what it means to create meaning, or fail. Images become symbols, symbols become allegories. High bourgeois culture, at its best, accessible at many levels to anyone.

The other reviewer of this book completely missed the point of the story. THE CELESTIAL OMNIBUS is about the liberation of the Soul through Art, and is not meant to be a religious text at all. A young boy in a prosaic middle class suburb catches a glimpse of something otherworldly in an alley--an omnibus that travels 'To Heaven'. This is not the religious Heaven but the infinite world of the imagination. Great literature literally provides an escape for the boy, who has a poet's soul and is ridiculed for it by his family and their friends. In their view, Literature and Poetry exist only on library shelves, bound in red leather. It is the neighbor, who only concentrates on the physical manifestation of the writings, who 'dies on the earth' since he confuses the end with the means. It is more important to feel the spirit of a great writer than to worry about the binding on their books, while never understanding their meaning. The other stories in this collection are also memorable and deal with living the quiet life and leaving the rat race--in one case, literally. This is one of the most inspirational collections of short stories ever written and it is a shame that it is out of print.

This was an interesting theory on the fight and it is plausible. It falls short because the author uses secondary sources, not original for his documentation. Also, he should have edited out the hyperbole in his descriptions of the participants. it would have been a better read, as well as better scholarship, if he had toned down his persons biases and let the reader form his own opinion. At the very least, he should have separated "facts" from his opinion.

Tombstone is one of my favorite movies

Mr. Hickey has written an interesting and information filled account of the most famous event in the history of the American West. While I don't agree with all his theories, I have to commend him on a thorough (some may say too thorough) take on the shootout behind the O.K. Corral. He gives you a shot by shot account of his take on what happened. Even if you don't agree with his conclusions, there is enough information to draw your own. The illustrations are excellent, also. All in all, a great read for anyone as fascinated as I am about this "disagreement" on the streets of Tombstone.

Yes, this is a peak into the mind of Ginsberg. It may be more of a peak into his persona at the time the work was written, whether poet,bluesman, hippie,scholar, political activist etc. What makes it worthwhile are little nuggets found throughout the work which probably were unnoticed by most of us when originally published. I do wish this book had a complete table of contents (pagination) rather than just page numbers listed for the major sections. But, maybe it nudges us to search "on our own."

A peek into the creation of Allen's psyche.

The totality of this book results in a Ginsberg manifesto, delivered in his own unique prose style, and bursting forth with great honesty and impassioned integrity. Invaluable as a document of the times (roughly late 40s thru early 90s), as a sourcebook for things Beat, as a reference source to Ginsbergian Mind Speak, this book is a major addition to Ginsberg's published work. My only criticism is that it is presented topically, not chronologically as nearly all Ginsberg's published work is, but that is a minor point. This book stands with his best and is certainly his most important publication since 'The Fall of America' in 1972, maybe even since 'Kaddish' in the very early 60s.

Desert Eden seems inspired by the Biosphere at Oracle Arizona. It has a clever idea. There are several biospheres scattered world wide. In one, a study for a cure for cancer tragically unleashes a deadly plague. Suddenly the 10 scientists in the biosphere are in a fascinating trap. If they leave, they will fall victim to the plague. But how long can they stay? The concept is wonderful. Unfortunately, the author doesn't do nearly as much with it as he could, but it's still a page turner. I should add a warning. I read the two sequals, Beyond Eden and Future Eden, hoping the author would correct his mistakes and write a really good book. Alas, it's the opposite. They are still fast-moving page turners, but with increasing lapses in logic and dull characters. Desert Eden is the only one of the three that is genuinely enjoyable (and I wish the author would rewrite it and make a really good story out of it!)

I have really enjoyed Desert Eden, I still can't find the other 2 books. Basically there are domes around the world and when a virus broke out, It killed everyone except those that were immune. The people in the dome suffer through some hard times such as one of their own members risking their life to fix the dome from outside. It's really interesting. I do hope to get my hands on the other 2.

It's about where the entire world falls victim to a disease, But in the beginning, there were biodomes that were experiments that housed 10 people. But there were survivors that were immune to this disease but the people in the biodomes weren't. They were protected, They sent one man out to see if the disease had passed and unfortunately, he caught it. I only read this one because I still can't find the "Beyond Eden" book.