The stories in this book are fascinating. It delves into the lives of many strange and colorful people. There are interesting and fanciful tales of adventure. It is a non stop look into the way many different authors weave their tales.

Adams, Robert: "Prologue" - This overview of the fair at Ithkar outlines its evolution from a simple religious festival, honoring the first appearance of the Three Lordly Ones in their Divine Egg, to a weeks-long fair. The temple makes good money, providing well-kept, well-policed fairgrounds.

Carter, Lin: "The Goblinry of Ais" - Lady Ais is a great beauty, whose fame has spread far over the years. But now she's interested in something more dangerous than politics...

Cherryh, C.J. "To Take a Thief" Sphix, like the small sly animal that's his namesake, is a 'good' thief: he never takes anything whose loss'll hurt the victim. But no one can ever keep to one level of evil...

Clayton, Jo: "Jezeri and Her Beast Go to the Fair and Find More Excitement Than They Want" When Jezeri's family took in Old 'Un, Tanu (a tiny little thing, whose like had never before been seen), crept out of his gear and won Jezeri's heart. Unfortunately, someone at the fair appears to know more about Tanu than Jezeri does...

Llywelyn, Morgan: "Fletcher Found" - The narrator, a "cuckoo's chick" among the mountain forge-folk, has in his loneliness become convinced that he's a foundling of those beings from another world, the Three Lordly Ones.

Mathews, Patricia: "Well Met in Ithkar" Master jeweller Corielle is reestablishing herself after what she can only now call 'the fortunes of war'. She'll never forget the voice of the man who ordered the beating that blinded her, even years later at Ithkar fair. But how can she formally identify him by voice alone?

Mayhar, Ardath: "Esmene's Eyes" Esmene's magnificent embroidery is magical - when she pours her very life into it. Despite her illness (she's slowly dying of internal injuries), she answers the priests' summons the fair, to wield her talents one last time.

Norton, Andre: "Swamp Dweller" Kara is one of the Quatka, animal trainers whose companions are Second-Kin to them, cherished and communicated with. Even the ugly, abused reptile Kara found in a beast seller's cage at the fair deserves consideration. But Kara feels that he has hidden potential...If you like this story, try Norton's _Moon of Three Rings_.

Sampson, Judith: "Qazia and a Ferret-Fetch" The evil wizard Chond is more than a match for any hero, and his ferret-fetch familiar will never let a prisoner escape. But when blind Hoel fetches up at the Joyous Goblet in Ithkar, tavernmistress Qazia won't let her guest be dragged away. (The ferret-fetch, by the way, is an interesting character in his own right.)

Schlobin, Roger C.: "For Lovers Only" Brother Jerome "the Huncher" piously wears a hair shirt - concealing his thefts from the temple treasury. He was driven half-crazy (and into the monastery) when his lover dumped him *very* brutally for a richer man, and he's financing a suitable revenge.

Schutz, J.W. "Dragon's Horn" - Tonya's father left only debts and the Enchanted Doll Show. While the dolls move by enchantment, they need human voices; Tonya hires strangers to fill out the parts of Dragon and King, while Lord Caum licks his chops, waiting to enslave Tonya if she can't pay off the debt after the fair...

Schwartz, Susan: "Homecoming" Andriu fled his novitiate at the Temple of the Three Lordly Ones fifteen years ago. As a dream-singer, able to shape reality with his songs, he's been in and out of scrapes for years. Now suffering from lung-fever, he's come home. But someone has far worse trouble than he; Vassilka needs an exorcism for an unborn child...

Springer, Nancy: "The Prince out of the Past" Even spirits are drawn to Ithkar Fair.

Waters, Elisabeth: "Cold Spell" Eirthe the candlemaker refused a Thotharn priest's request to make candles in the likeness of wealthy merchants. He retaliated by cold-cursing her: her candles will no longer burn. But she can't prove he's running a protection racket, so how can she make a living?

Well written and encyclopedic in its range, this book is also full of amazing photographs.

This book is an absolute must for mountain and photography enthusiasts. Washburns photographs of Mt. Mckinley are beyond word description. This is the perfect coffee table book that you will look at hundreds of times. When people look at my copy they can't put it down. The mountain is viewed from every angle from high altitude to on the peak itself. Even though these photos were taken many years ago mountain climbers still use this book to get details for new routes. Washburn squeezes in the climbing history of Mckinley (Of which he and his wife are a big part of), between the incredible full page photos. I love this book. I tell friends that they can look at but don't ask to borrow it!

Whether moving across the street, across town or across the country, this book offers tips and suggestions to remove the burden and drudgery that so often accompany a move. Filled with helpful ideas ranging from how to keep the kids occupied on moving day to negotiating a professional movers contract, this book is a real help. Another noted feature are the book's extra wide margins on which to make notes. This book would be handy if it were offered on computer disk or CD, so that the user could print out the checklists for use with every move

The author covers every conceivable problem you could encounter in planning and executing a move. Her first hand experience after 29 moves have provided a wealth of information that can save substantial dollars and hours of grief by following her simple checklists. Buy this book as soon as you know you'll be relocating and you'll save many times its cost!

This book, the sixth collection of short stories from a mystery writer's group, is a mixed bag of candy and cardboard. With no wonders of style or brilliance of plot, it's still a good read. In this world, of course, somebody's always got a secret. It starts with Lawrence Block's gritty, compassionate cop, a guy I'd like to meet at a party: "I don't remember what she was wearing, but I'm sure she looked good in it. She always did." As a favor to a friend, he's called in to deal with the awkwardness when a card game ends with a stabbing. He manages to hide everybody's dirty laundry, including his own, and still be a decent man. The book ends with a nasty, preachy little mess by Whitley Strieber, but along the way we also get Dorothy Salisbury Davis's story of small-town intrigue. The narrator is a lawyer with a healthy skepticism about his fellow citizens, such as the coroner who "had a doctor-of-medicine degree, which I guess entitles you to work on dead people if that's your preference." And, naturally, the wandering preacher who brings a hidden agenda to the town. From Mickey Friedman we get skullduggery among the spinsters at the Estelle Peavy Residence for Women. The heroine takes time out from her epic poem about Cape St. Sebastian, Florida, to find out where Gigi the stripper disappeared to. In Judith Kelman's story we eavesdrop on six women hell-bent on sweet, gruesome revenge on a con-man Lothario (unless perhaps one of them breaks a nail). And we get Justin Scott's sweet tale of a cat trying to save his lady-love's kitten from a fierce blizzard and a predatory owl.

The sixth anthology from the Adams Round Table, a group of mystery writers who meet monthly to discuss their trade, is the usual superb book. The short stories center on the relationships between friends/neighbors and crime. The contributors are eleven stars such as Higgins, Block, Isaacs, and Kelman. Each story stands on its own yet adds to the overall theme of the book.

The Adams Round Table series of books is always top-notch entertainment and this year's edition may be the best of the lot. Each story is well written and exciting while leaving the reader thinking about how far one goes for a friend. This reviewer still wonders what took me so long to join the short story bandwagon that has forced a scramble to find earlier works including some of the previous editions of this powerful anthology.

Harriet Klausner

Guess what? I am another passionate Brazilian spending sometime commenting on Santos Dumont. ...and of course I want to be included among those who agree that Santos Dumont was the first to really fly a heavier than air (without catapults).
Why do I think so? Just because I am a Brazilian and that was the way I was taught in school. Yes, Brazilian school. Like in the US you go to school and learn that the Wright Brothers were the first, in Brazil we also go to school, but we learn that Santos Dumont was the first.
Does it matter all about the Write Brothers' case? Not more than it matters whether Santos Dumont made that "first flight on December 23rd, 1906 before a huge crowd on Bagatelle Field, Paris, with full press and media coverage and movie recording and that It was an Official Experiment, homologated by Aero Club de France members present at the meeting." No, it does not matter. Why not? Because like Theodore Roosevelt said "It is not the critic who counts*".
It is not who the first was that counts! Santos Dumont and the Wright Brothers were conquerors, while you and I and all these people trying to defend one or the other are just a bunch of critics, who does not count at all.
Whether the Americans "explained their position with unassailable logic" or the Brazilians go with our "way of recounting history that isn't quite so dependent on a timeline", this is just a cultural difference.
In my opinion Santos Dumont x Write Brothers is analogous to Brazilian x American culture. Americans will never prove to Brazilians and Brazilians will never prove to Americans.
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." by Theodore Roosevelt.

Although the achievements of Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) are not widely appreciated today, a ring of familiarity still clings to his name from the days when he was one of the most famous men in the world. Probably more flamboyant than any other figure in the history of aviation, he was the first man to succeed, not once but time after time, in leaving the ground, flying through the air to a place of his own choosing, and landing safely. Around the turn of the century he was the most prominent of all the early aviators, and his balloons, dirigibles and (later in his career) heavier-than-air craft were frequently to be seen in the air around his beloved city of Paris.

At the height of his first fame and triumphs, when he was 30 years old, Santos-Dumont dashed off an intriguing and delightful book about himself and his work, Dans l'Air (immediately translated as My Airships), published in 1904. In it he tells of his childhood in Brazil, his early fascination with machinery and passion for the novels of Jules Verne, his early success in France as an enthusiastic automobilist, his first balloon ascent in 1893, his famous balloon Brazil, and the joys and trials of his first ten dirigibles (1898-1904). Referring to himself as "inventor, patron, manufacturer, amateur, mechanician and airship captain all united," his egocentric but nonetheless admirable personality imbues the whole account with grace, whether he is praising the joys of lunching in a spherical balloon or describing one of his numerous hair-raising scrapes with death while navigating the air.

Today, this book appeals to us as a delightful evocation of the age he lived in, with all the romance of early aeronautics. Prize competitions, brief touch-downs at a café for refreshments, and the near-slapstick crash landings that somehow can't be taken seriously are only a few of the exciting elements of Santos-Dumont's account. Information on early aviation, excitement, evocation of the turn of the century, and lively, passionate writing on a fascinating subject; and all of these will captivate and enthrall any reader in the pages of this extraordinary book.

I love this book, not only cause i love My Little POny, but the pictures are great and I grew up loving them. It brings me back to when I was little and watching the tv show and playing with my toys.I will keep my memory alive.

My Little Pony was one of the most beloved toys sold in the 80s. Hasbro made over 300 of them, not to mention TV shows, books, pony clothes, playsets, and many other things. This book is about firefly and the other little ponies at the beach. One day, two children come and play with the little ponies, all except firefly who doesn't like the children. She flies over the sea and gets caught in a storm. firefly's wings get wet and she falls into the water. Soon, Medley and the children arrive and rescue firefly. She then becomes their friend. This is a cute little book with a cute little story.

This book kept me so interested that I kept on reading throughout the night! I have been reading several survivors' books lately and find this one by Faye Adam to be one of my favorites. I had read previously that the people of Holland hated the Nazis and their beliefs. Holland is one of the countries with the highest number of Gentiles hiding Jews during the war. The author's book seems to illustrate that. It would also lend itself greatly to Middle School study. The only reason I rated it 4 stars as opposed to 5 is the skimming over of large chunks of time (months, years). However, you never lose the sense of what is happening to the author and her family.

This book reads like a fast-paced novel. It is not only a look at one child's life during the German occupation of Holland, it is an inspiration to anyone who faces overwhelming odds. The author has written this work in such a way that it touches the hearts of readers from the age of 11 to 80. Middle school teachers would find this an excellent outside reading resource in both the Language Arts and History curriculums. The author is a living tribute to the good people who put their lives on the line to save hers.

This is a a more traditional treatment of the Epistles based on sound scholarship, exegesis, and biblical archeology. It will challeneg more popular scripture scholarship to son degree and will not espouse a liberal interpretation. Howeevr, for those who make scripture scholarship an important part of their life or work, this is a must book to have.

Gives a thoroughly Catholic understanding of the Book of Revelation. We're so used to the modern "premillenialist" view of the book so typical of Evangelicalism, but this commentary brings out the traditional Catholic understanding of the Apocalypse. Has the text of the book in English (RSVCE) and Latin (New Vulgate) plus commentary drawn from the writings of Saints and Church Fathers.

This book is great because it provides much more information than you would expect for its price. It focuses on the positions of the inner planets but has a lot of interesting tidbits about everything from signs to romance. I love the casual tone of the book and how the author uses celebrities as examples to illustrate particular sign characteristics.

I love this book! There aren't many books out there which are astrologically geared towards women. With this book, the author focused on the inner planets in detailed (i.e. sun, moon, mercury, venus and mars). She devoted about the 1st third of the book on these planets in the 12 different signs, written in a very causal, easy-to-understand tone. I'm especially impressed by the way she gave numerous real-life examples to back up her astrological explanations on the different signs, e.g. the author used Drew Barrymore to illustrate the influence of having a few inner planets in pisces. My favourite part is the bit about looking into the moon-venus signs in men and what they look for in a potential partner - I hope one day the author will write a whole book on this topic! She also went on to explain briefly about other bigger planets like Jupiter and Saturn, rising signs, planetary returns, compatibility between signs and elements. She also included a part about finding your inner planets (in the cases of suppressions), what you can do to bring out/get in touch with your moon or venus for example. In conclusion, I would highly recommend this book, especially to beginners in astrology. She only went over the art of chart interpretation briefly, so for anyone who's interested in interpreting their birthcharts only (esp. their inner planets), and not want to get into the nitty gritty of chart interpretation yet, then this would be a great starter to the topic.

This book is definitely not for beginners or amateurs.It is an in depth study of independance by one of the great studio legends.gary Chester has taught well known drummers such as Dave Weckl, Kenny Aronoff and Danny Gottlieb.This is definitely a challenge for any drummer regardless of their experience.The exercises contained in this book are designed to open the players imagination. It is an excellent challenge and it is a must buy for anyone with professional drumming aspirations.Be forewarned it is not an easy book to master !

The greatest book for developing your four limb independance and improvisational skills.This is a useful and challenging book for players of all skill levels.Gary Chester is the master of drum education and he has taught drummers such as Kenny Aronoff and Dave Weckl.This book is a must read for any drummer that has professional aspirations.