The Wild Thornberrys by Adam Beechen

The part that I like was the animals. I like the beavers the most. I also liked the adventures and characters. The characters are
Eliza, Debby, Donny, Maryanne/Mom, and Nigil/Dad. This is a really long book and movie. It teaches you a lot about animals. This is a really good book. You should read it

I love this book's happy ending. Through a clever plot featuring some adorable beavers, Eliza and the reader discover together how important family is, and how Valentine's Day can extend to include children as well as parents. The poem at the end would warm any woman's heart!

Tony offers realistic remedies in which individuals can directly participate. We must understand that the government is interfering with every aspect of our lives! Soon we will have absolutely no freedoms, making us prisoners in our own country! Tony provides real solutions! A must addition to anyones library!

Tony Lamia is brilliant in his ability to actually understand America's constitution, what it was intended to do, and what has happened to it and therefore our freedoms. Acknowledging that American's enjoy the best system in history, Tony goes on to show how our liberties are being destroyed. The stories in the book are examples of these. Then remedies! The comprehensive nature of this book is amazing.

PORCHES PICKET FENCES WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND THIS TIMELESS BOOK........JUST BEAUTIFUL PICTURES GREAT DESCRIPTIONS AND WHEN ONE FEELS A HUNGER FOR THE PAST THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TOO A BIT OF NOSTALGIA JOYOUS READING.A SMILE EVOKER!

AMAZING BEAUTIFUL TAKES YOU BACK TO BEAUTIFUL TIME WHEN ALL THINGS WERE THE MOST UNUSUAL AND JUST PLAIN GREAT.LIKE THAT ICE CREAM SODA SHOPPE .LOVING MEMORIES ABOUND BETWEEN THESE PAGES.THIS BOOK IS A KEEPER...GREAT FOR YOUNG AND LETS SAY WISER NOT OLDER TO READ....

Being a nephew of the author, I still felt extremely privelaged to recieve an autographed copy. This book was outstandingly well written. Full of details it is difficult NOT to vividly imagine this novel inside your head. I recommend this novel to all readers of all ages. I am only 17 and this has been by far the most exciting,suspensful, and action-packed book I have read. It is appropriate for all ages also due to the lack of vulgarity and [adult situations]. This is truely and amazing novel.

REALLY LIKED CHERRY BLOSSOMS AT NIGHT.THIS IS THE AUTHORS FIRST BOOK AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE DETAILED. TRULY BELIEVE HE HAS A GREAT FUTURE ! SUBJECT MATTER IS VERY TIMELY AND STORY UNFOLDS A SCENARIO THAT COULD EASILY HAPPEN. SCARY THOUGHT!!

My father, Frank Hayes, was in the 291st Engineers and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Growing up, I was never much impressed with that fact and was certainly uninterested in reading Janice Giles' book, although we had several copies around the house. In 1990, the news was full of the 45th anniversary of the end of the war and I was a 31-year-old mother. I finally developed some interest in our heritage as Americans and read The Damned Engineers. How the book made those men come alive! I lived their tensions, the twists of the development of the battle, the anquish they felt over the Massacre at Malmedy, and the comradeship. I even recognized some names from family Christmas cards, just then actually getting to know the men. Thank God I read this while my father was still alive and I could thank him! I laughed and cried and felt so proud. Everyone should read this book, ESPECIALLY if you think that you are uninterested in WW II. Then go thank a veteran of any war.

Janice Holt Giles spent 5 years researching and writing this book. When it was finally published in 1970, it was immediately acclaimed as one of the better titles published on the Battle of the Bulge. Now, over 30 years after it's initial publication, this superb work still holds up. She accomplishes the impossible here. She manages to convey the closeness of a military unit as well as the fearful atmosphere that shrouded the Ardennes in the early days of the battle. It's like there's something personal happening here.

And well it should. The author's husband was a member of the 291st Engineer Battalion, so she had a personal investment in her book. She unfolds her story carefully, and as the story progresses, the impossible becomes more a reality and soon, these men, who were trained to build, not to kill or destroy, are thrown into the line in what would seem a vain attempt to derail the seemingly invincible German juggernaut. Yet despite what would seem an overwhelming assignment, they succeeded. They brought Hitler's ambitious offensive to a thudding halt by guile, tenacity and just plain guts.

When you read this, you'll get to know the men of the 291st and soon you'll see that they're not only a unit, but a family as well. This is Mrs. Giles' achievement. This book is out of print, but is definitely worth seeking out. Read it. Enjoy it. Treasure it. I certainly will.

The first of the three stories in this collection is a delightful fairy tale set in the days when giants and dragons were the enemies and twonspeople like Farmer Giles were the heroes. Derek Jacobi does a superb job performing not only as the farmer himself and his wife, but also the couple's dog and the rest of the characters. One would not also not expect to find a dragon with as colorful a name as Chrysopholax, since the last time I met a dragon in one of Tolkein's stories, it was Smaug, and he casually remarked to hobbit Bilbo Baggins,''I don't remember smelling you before!'' The other two tales in this collection are Smith of Wooton Major,and Leaf by Niggle. Knowing what a magnificent job Derek Jacobi has done bringing Shakespeare to life and proving to most of us that Shakespeare was meant to be enjoyed by everyone, you can rest assured in the thought that he has done a similar, exemplary feat with Tolkein! I own, by the way, two other stories written by Tolkein and narrated by Jacobi himself--Letters From Father Christmas and Roverandom. Do yourself a favor and indulge your inner child with these stories!

"Farmer Giles of Ham" is vintage Tolkien encapsulated. Ham is a farmer who owns a cowardly dog named Gorm. The two of them set out to dispose of a dragon named Chrysophylax who is terrorizing the shire. They do defeat Chrysophylax, but how? Well, you have to listen to Sir Derek Jacobi (best known in the USA as the stammering Emperor Claudius in the Masterpiece Theatre series of the '70s; also as Brother Cadfael in The Cadfael Mysteries) read you the story, as he does with the same elegance he brings to all his performances. Sir Derek is a true master of the spoken word. The combination of a writer like Professor Tolkien and a reader like Sir Derek is truly rare and wonderful. And the delight does not stop with "Farmer Giles"; the stories in this little book abound with imagination and excellence.

Of the many aspects of mystical theology Osuna addresses, I particularly like his description of an "inflaming of the spirit." He writes of experiencing "... such sweetness that the soul would like to be consumed... it is exceedingly gladdened in the Lord, [and] its tranquil conscience witness to our feeling of being loved by God..." (p. 71) If you are drawn to such a state, you're likely to appreciate Third Spiritual Alphabet, a gem of 16th century Spanish mysticism with expert introduction by translator, Mary E. Giles.

An early 16th Century Spanish mystic, Fr. Francisco de Osunacontributed six spiritual alphabet's for humankind's spiritualgrowth. The Third Spiritual Alphabet being not only a treatise on love and how to enjoy a recollected life in the midst of the chaos of this world; but as well, the very book that that strong cookie, St. Teresa of Avila, chose to use as her "bible" throughout her intensely productive and deeply committed life. One look at the cover of this paperback with Liam Roberts' excellent painting of this very beautiful priest gives one a clear sense of his own personal struggles and the satisfaction he must have felt in overcoming them. END

Giles Goat-Boy (or the Revised New Syllabus) By John Barth (or maybe WESCAC) "A-Plus!"

This tremendous book opened with a "message from the publisher", declaring that two of their five associate editors quit over the decision to publish this book and included a written statement from each editor about their opinion of the book. Even though that set up the book (in my mind) to be much more raunchy and heathenistic than I thought it actually was, it was an extremely amusing addition to an already great book.

The story begins in a goat barn and we meet our hero Billy, George and GILES, alternatively. Max, an old Moishian (Jew) brought up Billy as a goat intentionally in order to shield him from human misery. After meeting a human woman, Billy decides he wants to become learned.

This story uses a university as an allegory for the Universe and everything within - religion, politics and literature - follows that same allegory. One is "passed" instead of "saved" and "flunked" instead of "damned". The political leader is, of course, the Dean. God is the Founder and Satan is the Dean O' Flunks. Oedipus Rex and the Emperor's New Clothes (which both figure strongly in the story) are, respectively, Taliped Decanus and the Chancellor's New Gown.

Throughout the story is mention of the "Quiet Riot" New Tammany College is having with their neighboring Student-Unionist College. Both have Super computers, one WESCAC and the other EASCAC, that can EAT (steal the vital energy) of humans.

It turns out the goat boy decides he is the next Grand Tutor (messiah) and travels to New Tammany College to declare himself as such. There he meets a handful of memorable characters (including another Grand Tutor) and must complete a list of assignments given him by WESCAC to "commence" and "graduate" so he can go on to graduate others.

This book includes bestiality, rape, incest, homosexuality, and many other things some may consider objectionable, but it is amazing how normal it sounds coming from George's viewpoint.

This is an amazing book once you've committed to it. The energy in the prose comes from the clash between a forced, post-apocalyptic perspectives and rosy-eyed romanticism. The most twisted, most brilliant reworking of the mythological paradigm, tackling along with it the cliches of authorship and modern society.

This lab manual is an excellent resource for students and teachers, supplying wonderful labs to further demonstrate a concept in the field of Biology, congratulations to Morgan and Carter on a continuing job well done.

This book is an excellent comprehensive resource for anyone in a biology laboratory.

I absolutely love this book. I have owned several copies. I always have to buy new ones because I know of someone who could benefit from the passages and I give it to them. I have purchased about 15 copies of this book.

This book is wonderful for fellowship, especially if you feel that you have no one to talk to or no one would understand what you are going through. As a Christian I find it a blessing to pick up and leaf through. The passages are reminders of the Father's love for me.

If you are not a Christian I also recommend this book. Everyone needs to hear affirming words that are true and timely.
The passages are in a simple, easy to read style and will give you an insight on things and situtations in this complicated workd in which we live that can be life changing.

BUY THE BOOK!!! I will always have a copy. I will always buy more to give away. Every one that I have ever given it to has thanked me later, mentioning something that they read that really meant something to them.

BUY IT. IT WILL BLESS YOU.

Love in Christ,
Ady

This book is a special collection of insights and stories which successfully reminds us to "keep first things first" in the daily living of our chaotic lives. "Keeping First Things First" is the perfect gift for graduations, weddings, holidays, and special occasions. I highly recommend this book!