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Well balanced, insightful review.

This trade paperback collects two Robin story arcs, the first telling of the death of Tim Drake's mother and the crippling of his father (before he became Robin) and the second telling of Tim's first conflict with the Joker without Batman watching his back. Both stories are satisfying and help to develop the young Robin as a character. The Joker's Wild story, reprinted from the second Robin miniseries, is really incredible. Tim is depicted as a totally normal teenager in most regards (although he has an odd after school job), and Chuck Dixon actually can write teenagers as actual people, something a lot of writers who try to write about teens can't do. All in all, a great book for fans of the dynamic duo, especially Robin, of course.

This book truly covers a wide range of Anatomy and Physiology while remaining focused on the healing aspect. This book is excellent for anyone studying medicine on any level. Easy to read and incredibly informative.

An excellent introduction to fund raising; without doubt the best available. Rosso is clear and concise in this brief and easily digested text. This is not a "how to" book. You will not learn the details of running a capital campaign or conducting prospect research. Rather, Rosso provides an overview of the elements of fund raising. The major laws of fund raising science are presented along with the less well defined knowledge areas of fund raising art. He discusses topics including sequential solicitation, the donor data base, and using a gift range chart. But also communicated are the human elements which are essential to success in this field. The account is highly personal, drawing on years of practical experience. The recollections are well chosen and thoughtfully integrated into the text. Although this book will have most value for those with little or no prior knowledge of its subject, I suspect that even the experienced fund raiser will obtain benefit from its reading.

I was very happy to see this book back in print. Although writtin in 1976, this book provides a clear introduction to Paul and his work. The author is not a theologian or religious specialist, but he is well-read and provides an excellent secular discussion. There are lots of books about Paul and his ideas, which have more density and complexity. But, one needs to read a basic book like this to start. Then, one can read Paul's Letters and other works about Paul.
The style and pacing is similar to Michael Grant's book on Jesus - so if you liked that book, you will enjoy this book too. -WGL-

Among the most lyrical of sf novels, Richard Grant's "Saraband of Lost Time" should appeal to anyone who has enjoyed anything by M. John Harrison, Delaney's "Dhalgren" or Joan Vinge's "The Snow Queen". And while Grant can trade prose styles with the best of them, he also has a wicked sense of humour and a deft touch with a firefight. The plot of "Saraband" is byzantine and often obscure, but the characters are as lost in it as you will be, while the author clearly has the map in view. A great sf novel, and one that turns up new gems on re-reading after re-reading, its mournful, ripe, elegaic tone make it a perfect autumnal read. The saddest thing of all. though, is that it's not in print

True to its title, Seasons of the Sea explains the cycles of Florida sea life, season by season. It is written at the level of the layperson.

The book contains 6 chapters or sections as well as an introduction and an epilogue. It is 163 pages long, including a suggested reading list and an index. Each section covers a region of the Florida coast, starting with the northeast and ending at the panhandle. Each section is further divided into subsections that present what occurs along that coastal region in each of the four seasons. But the subsections also cover, in more detail, topics unique to each area. For example, the section on northeast Florida has a subsection titled "Thar She Blows!" that covers the annual migration of northern right whales to calve.

This book helped me solve the origin of a mysterious malady that afflicted me several times after kayaking in Mosquito Lagoon, part of Canaveral National Seashore. On those occasions, I had broken out in a red, itchy, stinging rash on several areas of my trunk. While reading the section on the southeast coast, I found out that this condition is called "swimmer's itch" and is caused by "minute jellyfish larvae that...produce toxins" and "can cling to human skin, especially when...trapped inside a bathing suit or wet suit."

Anyone interested in learning about life along the Florida coast should find this book fascinating. I did.

I have collected all of Glen Grant's Obake (Japanese word for "ghost") books that I could get my hands on. My sister introduced me to these books a few years ago, which are the collected "stories of the supernatural" by Hawaii's reknown Time Walks host, Glen Grant. She gave me one a year as birthday presents, but I got impatient and tracked down the rest on my own.

His previous books (_Obake: Ghost Stories of Hawaii_, _Obake Files: Ghostly Encounters in Supernatural Hawaii_) focused on more folkloric ghost tales... urban legends, haunted places/objects, various spirits/ghosts/demons from Hawaii's multicultural heritage, etc. I think the reason I found this one scarier is because these stories are based on "actual" crime events... murder, rape, and suicide (the book includes a parental warning that, while he tries not to use unsuitably vulgar or graphic language, some parts of the book may be inappropriate for young children).

Mr. Grant is a fine storyteller (though there are several typos throughout the book, which I found a bit distracting). He has made a career of collecting people's personal stories of supernatural encounters and researched the connection to the myths and legends of Hawaii and her mult-ethnic people and acutal historic events. Even if you don't believe, it is a fascinating study in Hawaii's ethnic and social history. However, if you have spent any *real* time in Hawaii (I grew up there), you would have to acknowledge that the Land is very much alive... whether with local spirits, gods, or otherwise. My sister, an intelligent, practical person, could not read a few of his books at night. And if I still lived there, I would have been very uncomfortable too. OTOH, the stories also make me eager to find out more about Hawaii's recent and Ancient past. This is the mark of a good folklorist and storyteller.

This is an outstanding resource -- an excellent and comprehensive introduction for non-profit administrators who want to learn more about fundraising, but also a fresh perspective for professional grantseekers.