Anyone who is familiar with the ballad "Tam Lin" knows it's a story that is very much for grown-ups, or at least teenagers. Susan Cooper does a very good job here of adapting the old story so that it's suitable for any age. It requires changing a few plot elements, but the essential spirit of the story remains the same.

Margaret is tired of sewing and acting polite and talking about future husbands with the other girls at her father's castle, so she runs away to the woods of Carterhays to pick flowers. She has been expressly forbidden to go there, of course. There, she meets the handsome Tam Lin, and after arguing for a minute over who really owns the forest, they spend a pleasant afternoon talking and becoming friends in the woods. When Margaret gets back home, she's in big trouble--she has actually been gone a week! Her unlikely friendship with Tam Lin leads her to sneak out once again, to rescue him from the faeries during one of their processions. She has to hold on to him as he turns into all sorts of scary animals--and, well, you know the rest. Cooper does a wonderful job of depicting the feisty Margaret, and of adapting the story into something perfect for a little girl's shelf of fairy tale books.

I subtracted a star because I don't think the art really captures the magic of the story; it's too "cute" and too simple. But maybe I'm just spoiled by Kinuko Craft's cover for McKillip's _Winter Rose_. It just seems like the land of Faery requires absolutely lush artwork.

I have been a lover of fantasy since I was a small child, and Cooper's unicorn books have kept me coming back to him even as an adult. The story of Unicorn Moon is one of a princess who meets a prince in her dreams and finds out what true love is all about. The story all comes down to a moral - one has to love one's self before one can love another. The story is beautiful in itself, but Cooper's illustrations are the real prize in my eyes. Bright and beautiful artwork will catch almost any child's eyes...It certaintly did mine. While not as beautiful as One Unicorn (also by Cooper), this book has a magic all of it's own.

This is a great book for those people out there who have learned all that the beginner's QBasic or Visual Basic for DOS book can teach them. The first few chapters are dedicated to a quick review, and then the book jumps right into the tough stuff, with everything from graphics to Fourier Transforms and even a little bit on assembly language programming! My only gripe is that the book requires a lot of time to sit and read and finally get it all. It's almost as if another book is needed to bridge the gap between the beginner's book and this one, but this one is very understandable if you have lots of time to put into it. It's a valuable addition to my library!

Women are the important development of any society. Their position in society makes them important in development. She says "the position in society determines the vital elements of its regeneration and progress". she also say it is a woman "who must first form the man by directing the earliest impulse of his character. It is true that it is people with particular personality and character who achieve development and progress and that it is t he woman who generally socializes the individuals into appropriate behavior. So women are important as molders of people who in turn develop societies.

Wyn Cooper's second volume of poetry is a well-rounded, fun collection that draws the reader with its exciting, off-the-wall, and sometimes bizarre work. Cooper has always been a very accessible poet and this book is no different. Included are new poems such as "Gaposis" and the time tested "Fun" that was the basis for Sheryl Crow's hit song in 1994. The body is of work in this book is sometimes fun, sometimes profound, and sometimes a little frightening, but it is always good. He delves into the minds and hearts of those whose view of reality is a little skewed, and the reader is more often that not held spellbound by the world his journey reveals. Prepare to spend time with Sid and Nancy, a woman named Catfish, a grumpy Robert Frost, and two guys who "just want to have a little fun."

The Ways of the Hour was James Fenimore Cooper's last novel, published in 1850. Set in a rural New York county seat outside New York City, it is a courtroom drama of a woman accused of murder and theft, and of the men and women who defend her case. The surprise ending is perhaps as unexpected as any in crime fiction. Cooper used the novel, among other things, to express his discontent with changes in New York State's judicial system during the 1840s, with the corruption of courts and juries, and with new ideas of women's rights. The accused woman, Mary Monson, is a notable character in her own right. The Ways of the Hour should be considered a classic in the history of the mystery novel -- as it is perhaps the first novel to revolve almost entirely about a courtroom murder trial.

Michael Field was a successful, well-regarded poet and playright in Victorian England... until critics discovered that "Michael Field" was a pseudonym used by not one, but TWO women writing collaboratively. What even the suddenly-lukewarm critics didn't appreciate - not only were "the Michaels" (as they were known to friends) aunt and niece, but they were also lovers and partners in an extraordinay personal and artistic life. They wrote eleven volumes of poetry and thirty historical tragedies, but perhaps their most fascinating work was the diary that the two women shared for a quarter of a century. Novelist Emma Donaghue has done a marvelous bit of literary biographical research in this revealing look at the lives, loves, and eccentricities of Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and her niece Edith Cooper (1862-1913).

This book encourages Christian men to cooperate across racial lines. There is a chapter on African-American men, Latino men, Asian-American men, Native-American men, and white men written by men from those respective backgrounds. In each chapter, the men discuss burdens that men of their race must bear and characteristics of their cultures that men outside of that culture may not understand. The editor, Mr. Cooper, compares racial tensions to the operations of a dysfunctional family and says each group of men plays their role in that dysfunction. The editor is a Promise Keeper, a member of a movement of Christian men that recently announced that they must do more to curb racism among Christians. Though the book assumes that every one is or should be a Christian, the valorous principles of men's studies are present here (examples: the book doesn't put down women, it discusses the burden of rigid gender roles, even the editor admits how often powerful advice from other men makes him cry, etc.). I was disappointed, though not surprised, that non-Christian men and gay men (both groups of whom have many men of color in their population) were not brought up. Each chapter ends with a section on what men of that racial group can do, what men outside that racial group can do, and further questions meant to stimulate action. As most of the authors are counselors, this book is modeled in that self-help style. It is written for the average American man, so academics and certain activists may be frustrated by it. Many of the ideas are borrowed (examples: references to Ellis Cose's "Rage of a Privileged Class", a psychological model of race that the editor mimicks for two consecutive chapters, allusions to the Woody Harrelson's "White Men Can't Jump", etc.) It may appear that the authors assume that if a man is from one race, then he has no connections to another. However, the editor and another author are mixed, prejudice against interracial coupling is condemned, and the white author discusses his experiences in a majority-black neighborhood; thus, mixed-race readers should feel included. When you consider who the intended audience is, this is a much-needed and well-done book. Though a little simplistic, it goes a ways in encouraging anti-racist activism among men who are often quite conservative and suspicious of diversity.

I realy got into this book. This was my first romance book (age 16)of the many to come. This book got me hooked. I never put it down. A Must Read!

Winning With Your Voice was extremely helful to me. I am diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and the disease altered my voice. For a long time my speech was slurred. Not extremely but enough. After reading Dr. Cooper's book, I found that it was very possible for me to have my old voice back which I had missed so much. All I can say is Thanks. Nothing could really express how much gratitude I have and I am now more confident; I feel more at ease when talking on the phone, speaking at a job interview, or even when I sing. Definitely a book I would recommend to people searching on how to achieve their goal on getting "the perfect voice."