Dudley the stork takes his friends' advice and gets Madame Kreepy to conduct a seance. He needs to find out why wierd things happen at his house when he's trying to sleep. My two eight-year-old girls loved this book. Even their older sister thought it was funny. Our favorite line in the story is when the ghost tells Dudley "...I gave you a great, big, wet, kiss in the dark. Did you like it?" Nickelodeon should use this book as a basis for their next half-hour Halloween special!

I am a student at West Virginia State College currently taking a class called Children's Literature. Our instructor required us to read a banned/challenged book as part of our assignment and write our personal view of the book.

This is a hilarious book! I enjoyed reading it to my 8 year old son and he loved it. He thought it was so funny and not all scary. He loves scary stories, however, he did not find this book to be scary at all. I can see why some people might object to this book. It makes reference to a seance and a medium, but the book references it in a funny way and not at all serious. I would read this book to my classroom. I feel the children would enjoy and get a kick out of this book.

I had this book as a child. It is so funny, I still remember it. All of Harry Allard's books are fantastic.

Joseph Marshall III's the Dance House: Stories from Rosebud relates knowledgeable insight from the Sicangu Lakota Sioux's point of view, using everyday incidents as well as historical events. A Lakota Sioux historian who was raised on the Rosebud reservation, the author's simple yet harmonious language creates a memorable collection of eight short stories and five essays that present a truthful representation of Native Americans. Using the underlying theme that heritage is important to one's identity. Marshall is adamant in erasing the white man's barbaric, ignorant image of the Indian.

In the title story, after the tribe's dance house was ordered burned by the United States Government which seized the Black Hills land where the house stood, Jacob Little Thunder and others, outwitting the white "boss farmer" and defying the Dawes Act, build a house of happiness where the people of Grass Valley could come together to remember "the old days and traditional way."

Gus Pretty Crow, through his unwavering honesty, brought the demise of the haughty sheriff in "1965 Continental." One rainy night a stranger appears at Gus' door requesting mechanical help. When Gus recommends that the man wait until the next morning and call the local wrecker "that runs, sometimes," the stranger propositions him: "Sell me your [1950] truck and I'll give you that 1965 Lincoln Continental." After Gus explains that an Indian owning a new luxury vehicle would create problems for him, the stranger promises that just a phone call to him would fix any problem that would occur. Reluctantly Gus agrees to the transaction and soon after the harassment by the local sheriff begins.

Jon Marichale educates his grandfather during a reminiscent outing about the petrifaction process of a stone turtle the grandfather had discovered years before.

The Dance House is necessary reading for anyone who is interested in the truth about Native American culture, or simply enjoys gifted storytelling.

READ ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING BY THIS MAN YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON....HIS ESSAYS AND STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION ARE WELL WRITTEN AND EXCEPTIONALLY PROFOUND...THE ANSWERS TO A HARMONIOUS AND BALANCED LIFE LIE IN THESE PAGES....COME FIND THEM.

Lakota Sioux historian and novelist Marshall proves himself a triple threat with these powerful essays and short stories. As the subtitle suggests, the nine pieces collected here all deal with life on the author's home reservation of Rosebud, SD, and it is a credit to Marshall's ability as a storyteller that the fictional stories are nearly indistinguishable from the factual essays. Subject to changes brought in by Euro-American culture that surrounds it, Marshall's Rosebud is nevertheless a timeless place where the Sioux insist on maintaining their identity. Readers will be grateful to Marshall for building a dance house of the mind, one that draws on autobiography, nature writing, legend and the day-to-day adventures and misadventures of his own family and neighbors.

I enjoyed this book. Having not been there, I'll assume that Eric is telling it like it was - 'sure seems like it. The rock history alone is worth it (hint: Hendrix and Lennon were friends of Eric's). I won't spoil anything for the readers, but this was for me a fun read of the ups and downs of the unsinkable Mr. Burdon.

This remarkable memoir transcends the usual boundaries of the music autobiography and approaches literature. Eric Burdon has lived a wonderful life by any standard but this book also reveals that Burdon is a shrewd observer of the musical and cultural scene. What will remain in my mind are the many character sketches of notable and iconic personages of the last few decades: Steve McQueen, Ed Sullivan, Jimi Hendrix, and above all, the "Lizard King" himself, Jim Morison. One suspects that many fans of the Doors will see their hero in a new light. Burdon's description of the filming of Oliver Stone's movie The Doors is worth the purchase price in and of itself. Any devotee of the original British Invasion bands will find a wonderful series of anecdotes about the Beatles, the Stones, and the Animals. I bought this book because I am a fan of the Animals; I loved the book because it contains so much more than the mere story of a band (or bands). I supect that many readers, like me, will also be fascinated by Burdon's wry observations on the social and political scene along the way. Eric Burdon's narrative flows along propelled by the author's humor and humanity. Ultimately, the man himself emerges as one of the most interesting personalities of the Sixties. I loved this book!

I thought this was a great book. I didn't know much about him or the bands he was in aside from the few songs I knew & loved. My boyfriend is actually really into him & the Animals. I talked him into buying the book & ended up reading it myself. I never wanted to put it down & read it in 4 days.

Not only was it really informative, but it was interesting enough to hold my attention for long periods of time. I'm surprised at how much stuff he remembers with such great detail. From the start of the Animals, to his different bands, his fame, the drugs, anyone who has influenced him, & how he continually got screwed over by the music industry. It was great to read the things about him & other famous singers at the time that we never knew. Personal insights about who they were, how they acted, & why they acted that way. He nevers holds back & gives you the full details.

I definately suggest it to people even remotely interested. It gave me a great understanding & turned me into a bit of a bigger fan.

Like a kleenex, Hollywood more or less tossed Edd Kookie Byrnes aside when no longer wanted. Following two or three teen-idol glory years, he was left to work the fringes, unable to give up the fast life or celebrity, hoping for another break that for even youthful has-beens seldom comes. Still and all, for a brief moment he was a center of worship and celebrity that very few ever experience. 77 Sunset Strip was a glamorous trend-setting series, the first non-western series I believe to be produced by a movie studio and certainly a welcome contrast to the blander boilerplate of the day. Kookie's character made the show. Teenagers loved him. His easy going smile and hipster lingo were infectious, turning the Sunset Strip into a kind of a Mecca for America's young people, even serving as a site for some of the Vietnam era's earliest clashes with police. Now Byrne's icon is known mainly to those of his own generation grown nostalgic about the past.

I wish I could rate the book more highly, but aside from the harrowing early years before Hollywood, Byrnes (surprisingly) doesn't reveal much about the glory years, especially his sudden disappearance from the limelight. Here the real personal story lies not in Byrnes' later bout with alcohol or courageous recovery, which truth be told is standard celebrity fare since the fast track usually drives its commuters to excess. Instead the real story lies in how Byrnes was blackballed from the studios at the height of his tv career because of contract dispute with Warner Bro's. Like James Garner of the Maverick series, Byrnes bucked his tv contract hoping to make the jump into the steadier, more lucrative world of movie making. Garner made it, Kookie didn't. There's the real story of his professional life and I wish he had shared it with us as generously as he does his bout with the bottle. There's also a cautionary tale to be told about the price of celebrity that only someone like Edd Byrnes, experiencing both meteoric rise and fall, can convey. Come on, Mr. Byrnes, you've earned the right to wax philosophical about your life in show business. Kick back and share it. Meanwhile, somewhere on the sunny side of my soul, it will always be 1959 with Kookie's carefree smile ever there to push back the shadows.

The book is a wonderful inspiration for anyone going through a difficult time. Mr. Byrnes has literally gone through hell and has come out with spirit, mind and body together. I have been an admirer of Mr. Byrnes since a little girl of ten and have followed his career through the years. I applaud his honesty and integrity in writing Kookie, No More. Mr.Byrnes' style of writing is clear and crisp. I felt as if we were old friends chatting over coffee. There were times when I smiled, times when I cried, and times when I wanted to put my arms around him and hug him; telling him to keep going -- things would work out. I'm glad they are. Thank you, Edd Byrnes, for sharing your story with us. CarolAnn Zito

Having enjoyed Edd "kookie" Byrnes in "77 Sunset Strip and again as "The Main Brain" Vince Fontaine in Grease as well as the many other parts he did you can imagine my surprise when we met almost 10 years ago. I thought I really got to know Edd until I read his book. Wow, what an eye opener it was. It took amazing courage to write this book and open his life for all to see. This book gives an open and honest look at life in the fast lane for those in the entertainment industry. The ups and downs. The good times and the bad.Edd, my hat is off to you for sharing your life with all of us,and for putting me in the book.A must read for everyone.

I am currently reading Andrew Ritchie's "Major Taylor", in which he quotes extensively from Major Taylor's autobiography. It is obvoius even from these limited quotes what an excellent writer Major Taylor was. I truely hope I can find a copy.

If this book is unavailable through sources for Amazon.com... As far as I know from information I received from Ayer Books in New Hampshire, they continually reprint Major Taylor's autobiography, The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World, in batches of 50 in hardcover edition, and the price is about $50 each. I was initially informed about Major Taylor when I was forming a nonprofit bicycle club for kids in East Palo Alto by George Mount, a friend who was serving on the San Jose Velodrome Board of Directors and who had raced in the 1976 Olympics and Pan Am Games. After a ride to the coast from Menlo Park one day, he took me home to show me the introduction of Hearts of Lions, and asked me if I knew cycling history. I was satisfied to have been able to not only have organized something for kids to 'give back' to a community where I was teaching, but also to be able to educate the entire surrounding community about a previously obscure history. One of our strongest supporters was Wheelsmith Bicycle Shop in Palo Alto, which is a bicycle museum and run by bike officianados... very much like the support by Schwinn Bicycle Company which, together with the turn of the century bicycle riders association, provided a stone for Marshall Taylor's pauper's grave in Chicago, according to the Ritchie biography. Five years ago, in 1994, I had the pleasure of being able to interview Marshall Taylor's daughter by phone. She was then 94 years old. She was very helpful with information, and told me she had bequeathed her father's memorabilia to the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, because it was better archived that way than in some family attic. She also recounted her relationship with her father and her fateful decision to major in physical education and rehabilitation against his will. When I asked if her family had been close with the DuBois family as they were both celebrities in the Black community at that time, she responded that, yes, DuBois' daughter was her college chum. "She went to Radcliffe, and I went to Sargent. I visited their house in upstate New York many times...." Since Mrs. Brown had spent 25 years of her life as a social worker, her greatest concerns were for the increasing alienation and needs of youth in her Pittsburgh neighborhood. When I told her I was 'White,' she responded, "Well, you must have a Black heart, then. Honey, we have every color represented in our family. We have the whole rainbow..." She had four children, all professionals, and one a retired 3-star general...

Major Taylor, the fastest bicycle rider in the world in 1902, preceeded Arthur Ashe by 70 years. His autobiography is a world classic, and deserves reprinting. Allow mine to be the first order. WHN

This is an unusual entry in the series because instead of being the solitary big city investigator, Tanner returns to his family and small town roots.

The book was worth 5 stars until the end where Greenleaf committed the cardinal sin of murder mysteries by introducing the killer in the last chapter.

I grew up in this town! It was amazing to picture the settings of my youth as the story unfolded.I look forward to Greenleaf's next Tanner book.

Most interesting of the John Tanner series. Interesting plot twists and turns inter-woven with period settings. Great book to read as escapism. Kept my attention throughout and such that I didn't want to quit reading and looked for excuses to interrupt other activites to finish reading.

A little basic, but a useful look at basic stats of the leading consulting firms. Also recommend the Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms - the latter gives an insider's view inside each firm.

This book provides invaluable information for anyone considering a career in consulting.

If you have wondered how the major consulting firms are organized and how they recruit new consultants, get this book. All firms are clearly delineated in terms of culture, typical hours per week and travel requirements, organization of services, recruitment practices, compensation, and employee ratings and insights.

The book directs its attention to recent MBAs; it would be strengthened by inclusion of evaluative comments addressing more experienced talent from industry. None-the-less, any reader can develop a good idea of which firms to target in a job search.

The information on compensation is based on 1999 figures, making it relevant for today's reader. In addition, the well-rounded profiles will remain timely for several years.

This is a thrilling account of one British officer's determination to survive and, even more, do everything possible to help win the war. The things this man experienced are almost incomprehensible, yet he endured it all with spirit and never let his fellow men down. It's one of the better-written post-war memoirs I've read, and one of the most enthralling.

When World War II began, Frederick Yeo-Thomas was running the Paris fashion house of Molyneux. At his age, he could have easily sat out the war, parachuting into occupied France as an agent of Britain's Special Operations Executive. He was one of Britain's most heroic secret agents, and played a major role in the growth of the French Resistance. He survived the war, but just barely.

Readers of Leo Marks' "Between Silk and Cyanide" will recognize Yeo-Thomas...he was a man for whom Marks had intense admiration.

The writing style of "White Rabbit" is craftsmanlike but not exceptional.

This book reads stranger than any fiction I can recall. The events that take place for this covert operator in WWII france will make a man doubt his own ability to confront adversity of a similar kind and to indure torture and a certain expectation of a gruesome death. An Iron will, indomitable spirit and some good fortune add up to the survival of a man who was a member of the greatest covert organization to ever exist in the free world. I personally know the son of one of the characters in the book and after talking to him about his fathers comments on The White Rabbit I can reassure you that as amazing as this story is, it is true.

I highly recommend this book. Besides being an enjoyable read, it also teaches some basic economic concepts. Taking place in England in the 1960's, the book has an enjoyable feel.

Perhaps the highest praise I can say for it is that I have read it 3 times. Something I generally never do with murder mysteries.

A Deadly Indifference is a well written book. The logic used by Henry Spearman is superb. I am a student enrolled in an economics class and all of the economic facts used in the book are true. This book has more twists and turns than the Texas Tornado.

The book is not dull and boring like most other books are. This allows the reader to become one with the story. Every move, every thought. Henry Spearman is a world-class sleuth. Buy this book! Even if you don't have to do a report on it!

Mixing economics and murder supplies great entertainment! Jevons is a master storyteller, and I'd like to read even more from this writer(s)!

This is a good big picture book. Additional reference books will be required to fully appreciate theory.

Book integrates various segments of investment banking to give the reader a overall perspective. Simple to read with a practical outlook. First few chapters appx 100 pgs too much of elementary reading...overall good big picture book

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