I had this book twenty-five years ago. I want to purchase it for my own children. It contains clean jokes, picture puzzles and much more. It is enjoyable for beginning readers as well as older children. It is out-of-print, but can be ordered through Amazon.com.

I really enjoyed this book! The author has created a tightly plotted spy thriller against a very well-researched background of exotic locations (India, the Maldives, etc.) The reader will learn a lot about the far corners of the world during the course of this novel.

The action is nonstop, and the characters are interesting, eccentric, and engaging. Mick Pierce is an unusual and very modern hero--an ex-CIA agent who has chosen to accompany his wife in her diplomatic career. There are times when the characters seem a bit two-dimensional, but it works in the context of this novel. (After all, how really believable was James Bond?) The dialogue is intelligent, and occasionally brilliant, with a dry wit that pops up to surprise you when you least expect it.

The plot revolves around a new, and deadly strain of malaria concocted by the leader of a terrorist organization. A very timely subject in an age when the tiniest weapons may be the most deadly. I'm not a biologist, but the subject seems to be extremely well-researched. Hey I believed it could happen!

All in all a good read, especially for anyone interested in the world of diplomacy or international espionage.

I saw this book and it just jumped out at me and said, read me. The cover was funny and I really had no idea what it meant.

I started to read the book at morning breakfast and continued almost finishing until lunch.

I loved it! I cried when I read the very first story about the author's mother accompanying her daughter on a "road trip" and every town she went to and saw things, and talking to people, she said in every town. " This is the best day of my life!!!" I don't know that we could say that anymore.

The author has you look at some "insignificant" things that happend to us in everyday life, that are a gift or message from God. When they first happen you cannot imagine that this is the message, but when the author explains things you can feel how your life would mirror gifts in your life.

This was a easy read, and most enjoyable. I urge everyone to read it and take a closer look at how they perceive their life and their relationship with God and themselves.

EMW

One of my favorite books to recommend to people who are looking for a good project book!

This is a beautifully illustrated book, full of many useful, attractive small projects. The instructions are clear -- though they assume knowledge of basic woodworking techniques. It is a n excellent book for those who have limited access to machinery. Many hand-tool techniques are described & illustrated with clear photographs throughout the book.

the problem with series that attempt to impose an accessible beginners' format on art and artists is that these things rarely conform to method. the Taschen introductions to great artists are all 96 pages long, dividing the artist's life into significant chronological chapters, following strict biography, and using key paintings to illustrate various points made. this is fine in practice, we've all got to start somewhere, and the series is noted for its refusal to talk down to the reader, its clarity of interpretation, and the bounteous range of miraculously mounted, full-colour reproductions, not just of paintings, but line drawings, lithographs, sketches, studies, woodcuts etc.

The obvious difficulty is not that artists are transcendent and wayward figures who won't fit into a neat grid, but that some artists lived to be considerably older than others. the first book in this series I read was Anna Meseure's 'Auguste Macke', the study of a painter who died when he was only 27. Meseure was able to elaborate each development in Macke's work in detail, and to give a proper treatment of biographical background and its influence on the art, if only on the level of subject matter.

Macke, however, remains a marginal figure. henri Matisse is one of the towering geniuses of 20th century culture. He lived, and painted masterpieces, until he was 85; his life spanned two cataclysmic World Wars, a riot of social and political changes, and almost every aesthetic revolution worth talking about in the last 150 years. given the same amount of space to discuss Matisse as Meseure had with a painter a third his age, Essers' study can't help being a cursory skim, with few revelatory anecdotes (we only learn in the chronology about Matisse's pilgrimmage to the aging Renoir; his theatre designs for Stravinsky; or the visit of Aragon to his sickbed during World War Two - such episodes are surely as important as some given prominence in the book), or, worse, few intimations of the blinding raptures that must have seized Matisse at each new artistic discovery and breakthrough. We learn very little about his relation to his cultural milieu, his tacit rivalry with Picasso, or his overall importance in the history of art; discussion of the work is apolitically formalist. Uncomfortable questions - the obsessiveness of his early year despite his family's poverty; his apoliticism during World War Two - are skimmed over.

None of this really matters. Matisse's work travels surprisingly well in reproduction, especially the later works involving cut-outs, simplified forms and bold colours. the colours throughout are done full bright justice to, so dazzling in fact that reading this book for more than an hour gave me a headache. The rich mix of classics ('Woman with the Hat', 'La Dance', 'Jazz') with the revelatory, less well-known (including spare, geometric, near-abstract views of Notre Dame during World War One) allow us to write our own story of this shamanic artist, whose patrician, Freudian mien concealed the colours and curves of a blazing and boundless inner life.

I read this book for a history class. It was my favorite read of the semester. The author has a good style that keeps your attention, but really that's not hard to do when detailing Mr. Long's life. His story could be a great novel - truth can indeed be stranger than fiction. Huey came very close to becoming President of the U.S. If he had (you will have to read why he did not) we would probably all be living in a very different America today. This book is a good commentary on human nature, too. In this country people think that we could never be controlled by a demagogue, like Germany was under Hitler, for instance. Long's story proves that indeed Americans CAN be duped - we are not special! Highly recommnened for student and lay person alike!

The book fills a need that is not yet outdated--if we can ever standardize notation for vocal effects, this is the way to do it. Each symbol's entry is given a diagram, usage taken from existing literature, and a warning about its possible confusion with similar symbols. It is, like Stone's notation manual, a good way for beginning writers to clarify the special effects they want to exploit. Perhaps its best feature is that all its devices are taken from precedents set by earlier composers.

I was surprised by how good this book was.

In 4: A young girl finds herself gaining the skills of her friends as they are offed by Freddy.

In 5: The main from the fourth finds herself caught in dreams as she is awake. She discovers that Freddy's attempt to take over her unborn child is the cause of this.

Both novels were quick, simple, and surprisingly suspenseful reads. The main character was sypathetic as she discovered that her friends are dying because of her ability to join others in dreams. So, every time she sleeps, Freddy pulls one of her friends into the dream with her and forces her to watch as they die. Freddy fans will find this an enjoyable read, as will others. The writting is obviously intended for a teenage audience. This is surprising because of the inclusion of swearing in the novel. Heck, the first paragraph of part 5 details a sex scene between two teenagers. This is not too bad, though, so I will still recomend this read to anyone who can find the book.

This is a little gem of a book, concerning the history of Old London Bridge- the stone structure which spanned the Thames, and which operated from 1209 until it was replaced by Rennie's new bridge in August 1831. Actually, as the author Patricia Pierce points out, archaeological evidence was "unearthed" which showed that a wooden bridge had been on the same spot prior to the erection of Old London Bridge. (The wooden bridge dated back to Roman times.) Old London Bridge was functional for over 600 years. Rennie's new bridge was not so fortunate, becoming obsolete in 140 years- and is now serving as a tourist attraction in Arizona. The current London Bridge opened for business in 1973. Ms. Pierce has managed to make her book interesting by not limiting herself to the bridge, strictly speaking. After all, reading about the shops and houses that were on the bridge, the hazards of traveling over the bridge (due to congestion) and under it (the changeable currents), and all the repairs that were needed over the years- well, that could become tedious after awhile. (There is still enough of that material present for me to give the book 4 stars rather than 5.) So, the author uses the bridge as a focal point and enriches the story by telling us about people who crossed the bridge, who didn't like to cross the bridge, and who crossed under the bridge. The first category included the French king, John II, who was "paraded" over the bridge after being captured in 1357 at the Battle of Poitiers. Those being chivalrous times, John was well-treated. He was given comfortable accomodations at the Savoy Palace beside the Thames, and was allowed to visit the City of London. When he couldn't come up with the money necessary to ransom himself he was allowed to go back to France to try a little harder and his son, the Duke of Anjou, took his place as a hostage. Anjou showed considerable initiative by escaping and getting back to France. His father, however, thought that wasn't very sporting and voluntarily came back to London and once again was held for ransom. The English showed their appreciation by treating John even better the second time around and Sir Henry Picard, a former Mayor of London, had John as a guest at a dinner where five kings were present. In the second category (those who didn't like to travel over the bridge), Queen Elizabeth I is mentioned. It is unclear exactly why Elizabeth didn't like to do so...it could have been a fear of heights or concern for her personal safety (the bridge was extremely crowded with pedestrians, carts and animals and people were sometimes knocked into the Thames and drowned). In any event, it is believed that during her long reign Elizabeth only made the trip one time. In the final category (those going under the bridge) Samuel Pepys is mentioned, which offers Ms. Pierce the wonderful opportunity to talk about Pepys's career with the Naval Board, his famous diary, and his fondness for the ladies. Ms. Pierce even branches out a bit and covers things that may not have been on the bridge, but were at least nearby. This way we hear about the Globe theater, which got "its name from its sign and the flag which flew to announce that a play was in progress...It showed Hercules with the world on his shoulders...". Ms. Pierce even tells us that the rule of the road regarding "keep to the left" originated with a 1722 decision of the Common Council, which was made to control the traffic on London Bridge. One last thing I should mention, regarding the title of this review: For hundreds of years after the bridge opened, traitors' heads were set upon a gateway at the Southwark end of the bridge. Someone had to have the job of placing each new arrival "among the rotting heads, quarters and skulls already there...and (to toss) superfluous heads into the river below". Hence, the position description: Keeper Of The Heads!

Although this book describes a very old version of Pegasus Mail software (good e-mail client for huge institutional networks), it is written well enough to be useful for today's E-mail newbies, describing the concepts of Internet E-mail. It also must be said that Pegasus development is slow enough, thus this book will be actual for most recent version of Pegasus (except a promised version 4.x which did not came out yet [14-Oct-200]). The authors of the book worked in close cooperation with the author of the software, and his view on the things, as well as a very interesting history of program development can be found in this book also. You will be an expert in Pegasus Mail after reading this book.