A bit slow at times, but nevertheless a good story

The other reviewers are right. Compton writes a good clean story, and this is no exception. It's unfortunate that Compton died when he did, because I antipated a lot more from him. Fortunately, we have now Kirby Jonas, whom critics call the New Louis L'Amour. His books are clean, not graphically violent, and the swearing is minimal. Louis L'AMour would be proud to see his name applied to Kirby Jonas. If you read L'Amour, COmpton, and Jonas, you can't go wrong!

This whole series has been very good. Just good clean reading. Nothing you would be ashamed for your mother to find out you had been reading.

Have you ever met a mouse before? In The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly a young boy meets a mouse. A boy and his parents stay in a Hotel where the mouse, Ralph, lives. Ralph meets Keith, the boy, when Keith can't find his motorcycle. Ralph was riding the motorcycle and fell off the nightstand and landed into a wastebasket. Finally, Keith takes Ralph out of the wastebasket and tells Ralph how to ride the motorcycle. Keith lets Ralph ride the motorcycle. Ralph and Keith become good friends. But then, Ralph lost the motorcycle in a laundry bin full of dirty bed sheets, when Keith told him not to ride it. Keith cared, but on the other hand, he didn't hate Ralph for losing his motorcycle.
Keith becomes sick and his parents can't find an aspirin anywhere. Ralph finds an aspirin and helps Keith feel better. In fact, he used a toy car of Keith's to get the aspirin to Keith. He was glad that he did that because he wanted to repay Keith. In addition to this, Keith asked Ralph to come home with him. What will Ralph say? Will they find the Motorcycle? Find out and read the Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary.

Hooray--our motorcycle-riding friend is back; he's just as spunky and determined to be a Night Rider as ever. This time he has a new boy to talk to and con into serving as his pit crew, accomplice and gopher. However poor Ralph is not appreciated by his extensive family at the Mountain View Inn. So he decides to spend a week at Ryan's school (nothing like a complete change of scene to drown a guilty conscience)...

Instead of being terrified by a live mouse in her classroom, the clever teacher, Miss K. improvises an entire unit a MICE. Actitivites include pure biology, scientific experiments and literary data entries. Unfortunately her class falls victim to shoddy journalism and even Ralph learns some non-violent ways to cope with rowdies and bullies. But tragedy strikes during Ralph's academic sojourn; alas, will he ever ride his motorcycle again? Or earn the respect of his family? A darling tale which will entertain the reader.

This book was the best book I read in a long time.Ralph the mouse is the main character of this book he's a really funny little dude.He meets a boy named Keith,And starts riding his toy motorcycle. He does all these little cute tricks this is garentee a very good book

BLACK PEARLS is one year's worth of daily meditations. The collection touches almost all motivational subjects. Reading it is a positive way to start the day. It's very inspirational. Written for African Americans, but good for anybody.

This black pearl appreciates Eric's ability to caputure the true essence of black love. The selection of poems was superb. I laughed, I cried but most of all I reflected, on what love meant to me. With Valentine's Day around the corner, this book was right on time. Thank you Eric...

This is a great book to read at the start of everyday. It can be read by anyone of any heritage or ethnic background, it applies to anyone and everyone. Its one of those books that "makes you go hmmmm."

As one who loves good literature and cats, I was eager to own this book after reading the reviews. I was disappointed with each and every page! I found the story and the 'characters' lacking both depth and interest. I am not familiar with the author, but closed the book wishing he had allowed someone else to put his sketches to word.

Jones was the cat of Hunter S. Thompson. Ralph Steadman, the artist for many of Thompson's books, was at his house on numorous occasions and made various scetches of the cat. After jones had been dead for some time and Ralph famous, this slim volume was published as a tribute.

What can I say? I like cats and I like Ralph Steadman's art. It works for me.

This was a very enjoyable book, especially for cat lovers. As a person who has nine inside cats, I really understand the personality of Jones and can see how he got under Ralph's skin. The drawings are wonderful, and even though I personally didn't know Jones, I felt like I did. I give this book 5 stars and recommend it to anyone who likes cats.

The information within this book is worth knowing, but the majority of the information is either common knowledge or redundant examples. Ralph Wanger certainly does share his method for success, which has worked for him, but he does not hold any "secrets" for dramatic results (because no one really knows these secrets).
This book can enlighten a person on some aspects of the "market world," but this book contains no vital information on surviving the stock market, which is stated in the introduction. Wanger only presents the method he uses, and if someone could use one of his ideas to produce a profitable strategy, this book is worth reading.
I, personally, did not enjoy this book, but I did not dread reading it. The useful information contained in this book could have easily been displayed in maybe 15-20 pages. The rest of the book is examples of things to further induce his key points.
I would not recommend this book, but if a novice trader had absolutely no idea about what goes on in the stock market, this book may give some helpful ideas.

Mr. Wanger's Book is probably the most honest, sensible, intelligent and realistic book written on investing. Reading this book helps you acquire the necessary logic, method, style, and discpline to use in order to succeed in the market for the long run. Thank you Mr. Wanger.

Ralph Wanger writes about his investment philosophy and his experiences while managing the Acorn Fund (spanning over 25 years, and encompassing varied stock-market environments) in this `un-putdownable' book. Most investors know that the phrases "disciplined investing" and "small-cap stocks" generally don't go together. In an area where gunslingers dominate the scene, Wanger's approach, explained by him in his inimitable humorous style, comes across as a breath of fresh air. "A Zebra Among the Lions" will be useful both for mutual fund investors and for those who want to invest in small-cap stocks on their own. Chapter 6 ("Themes and Variations") and chapter 7 ("Downstream from Technology") are of particular interest -- Wanger not only explains his investment philosophy in detail here, but also gives helpful pointers to those who have the time and the inclination to venture into the small-cap world on their own. And for those who prefer to stick to mutual funds, he provides a yardstick by which to evaluate their fund managers. Wanger also elaborates on the opportunities in international small-cap investing (and its importance in the coming years and decades) in Chapter 11 ("While You're at It, Include the World"). Finally, in Chapter 12 ("Parting Reminders"), he offers valuable guidelines that the investor has to keep in mind in order to achieve success. In summary, Wanger explains how it is possible for the zebra (the investor) to eat fresh grass (get attractive returns) and yet, minimize the chances of being attacked by the lions (losing money in the market)! "A Zebra Among the Lions" shatters the myth that small-cap investing has to be tumultuous and risky. Quite to the contrary, it can be systematic and rewarding. And fun too! If you find this a little hard to believe, I strongly recommend that you read this book!

This book is a good intro to Aconcagua (history, geography, etc), it helps plan a trip with good tips on preparation and local arrangements. However, it does not spend enough time describing the trails and the difficulties of each route. Even the normal route, the most popular one, is not described in depth.

Anyone thinking about this climb should get this book. It, along with the video that's also available from amazon.com, make a good combination to get you mentally prepared for Aconcagua.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Secor's guide. I read it before climbing Aconcagua and when I was on the mountain I felt as if I had already been there because of the accurate description in the book. The book has also good general advice on equipment, guides, weather, and acclimatization. Definitely a good companion for a wonderful adventure.

if u want to learn some chords exactly wrong buy this book or throw your money to sea.

This is an excellent book about guitar chords. This book clearly illustrates both standard guitar chords and moveable chord forms. If you want to know everything about guitar chords, this is the book to own. It is worth it's weight in gold.

This is the most informative and complete chord study I have seen so far. The Bible for guitar chord study.

I was reviewing the section on the Sacraments in this book, specifically, the parts on the Holy Eucharist, and noticed that the 'form' (the words of consecration) of this Sacrament is exactly ICEL's MIS-translation of the Canon of the Latin Novus Ordo, and a MIS-translation of the Canon of the ancient Roman Mass. I had to ask "What did St. Thomas really say?" I went to several older translations of his work (the Summa Theologica) and this book completely mis-states what St. Thomas wrote. This is important for many reasons, but one of them is that these words of consecration have been part of internal Church contention in recent years when the new Sacraments were issued in 1970. This book should be avoided, but there are others that are more faithful translations, such as "A Tour of the Summa" by Glenn.

Despite the book's title, strictly speaking, Thomas Aquinas never wrote a catechism. What he did do was give a series of sermons in 1273, which have since come to be known under the following titles:

Explanation of the Apostles' Creed

Explanation of the Lord's Prayer

Explanation of the Hail Mary

Explanation of the Ten Commandments

The Articles of Faith and the Heresies Against Each

These works have been collected together in "The Aquinas Catechism", but have also been available elsewhere individually and in different combinations ("The Three Greatest Prayers", for example, includes the first three listed works, and "God's Greatest Gifts" contains the last two).

These works differ from more typical works of Thomas in two important ways:

First, Thomas left us with no authoritative written form of them - what we have is a summary of what was said taken by a member of the audience. While that summary was likely quite faithful (the sermons were a major event ; it was recorded by a contemporary that "almost the whole population of Naples went to hear his sermons every day."), the notes should not be assumed to have been word-for-word accurate. Another factor to be taken into account with regard to accuracy is the fact that the sermons were given in the native Neapolitan dialect, whereas the written form passed down is in Latin - so this book is a double-translation (Neapolitan to Latin to English). Finally, the general medieval scribal practice of adding "clarifications" to texts they were copying further distances us from the original sermons. These factors do not mean that what we have is suspect, but it does mean that close textual analysis can only be done with great caution.

Second, the audience for these works was a general lay audience, who would not have been able to understand the specialized philosophical and theological vocabulary that Thomas generally used. As a result, these works were and are in ordinary language - no special training or preparation is required to be able to understand them. Time has not reduced their accessibility - there is nothing here that should intimidate a modern reader (there are some references to "matter" and "form" in the presentation of the sacraments, but readers do not need to understand the full Aristotelian meaning of these terms to understand Thomas's teaching).

That said, the works retain perhaps the most prominent characteristic of all of Thomas's writing, a careful and systematic thoroughness expressed through a strong structural presentation. Topics are broken down, then broken down again, and again, as needed, and each sub-sub-topic is carefully examined and clearly explained.

While Thomas always wrote clearly, he seldom did so without use of a technical vocabulary which acts as a barrier to many readers. One of the nice things about these works is that Thomas here is much more approachable, but he still is going into some pretty tough subjects. Here, for example, is part of his description of the Incarnation:

"In the first place, without doubt, nothing is more like the Word of God than the unvoiced word which is conceived in man's heart. Now, the word conceived in the heart is unknown to all except the one who conceives it; it is first known to others when he gives utterance to it. Thus, the Word of God while yet in the bosom of the Father was known to the Father alone; but when he was clothed with flesh as a word is clothed with the voice, then He was first made manifest and known."

With regard to the subject matter of these works, the subjects of the first four are easily guessed from their titles. For each, Thomas gives a careful, line-by-line reading and commentary. The last work in the collection is different from the others in two ways: first, its subject matter is not easily guessed from the title and it is not a commentary on a text - it is an explanation of the sacraments: what they consist of, and what they are for. Although the title given to this collection, "The Aquinas Catechism", is in one sense misleading, in another it is not. The range of topics covered and the method of presentation do in fact correspond with what a catechism should be. If one compares it, for example, with the recently published "Catechism of the Catholic Church", the equivalencies are immediately obvious - there is no major section of that new work that has no corresponding section in "The Aquinas Catechism" collection.

Finally, with regard to the supporting material, the editorial presence is mostly visible in how the text was formatted - the hierarchical structure implicit in the works is made explicit through use of numbers, paragraph breaks, and carefully applied highlighting. There is also a brief forward by Ralph MacInerny, a pair of outlines of the works (a brief one in the table of contents, and a detailed one in an appendix), references for all quotations, scriptural and others, and a two page biography of Thomas. There is no index, but one isn't really needed - the work is so well-structured that it is trivially easy to find almost any point of interest.

This is a lovely book, edited for the modern reader, of some of the last sermons of Thomas Aquinas. It is not designed for the theologian (who has the Summa), or for the reasearcher in midaeval sermons (for it is edited and supplemented to be clear to moderns), but for the layman who wants a clear outline of the faith, from the Apostle's Creed (what do we believe?) to the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary(how should we respond?) to the Ten Commandments (how should we live?) to a short section on the Sacraments (How does the Church nourish us?). The kindness and holiness of Thomas shines through the book. Buy it, read it, share it.

Thank you for the reference list of communists!

This is a thoughtful book, full of ideas that challenge "conventional thinking." It offers tremendous insight into what is quickly becoming the US's Third party. (Candidate Nader is outpacing Reform's Buchanan in the latest Zogby poll 4/11/00.)

This is one of the few books that actually goes beyond the ego of an author strutting his or her intellectual stuff, or plugging into archane debates with only a vague idea how those debates might somehow be useful. John provides fine intellectual tools and guidence, but also a basic factual history and a discussion of what it is like to be an activist, and what pitfalls/ opportunities there are to look for. His is the begginning of a discussion, hopefully a systematic one that builds througout the years, of how to be a grass roots activist. It is indeed not a job for amateurs - activism, done right, takes years to develop, and needs to be a healthy part of one's life to sustain that commitment. John starts that discussion - what are the common sorts of things that activists experience, stages they go through and ideas/views they have of themselves and the process along the way. Further, what choices have activists made that helped them, and what choices simply lead them down the road to dropping out. With this information, it becomes possible that more people might survive the reality of activism after the invigoration of idealism - something that provides the only hope for a truely grass roots movement and basis of power.

I have to agree with Ardell. I hear Mr. Compton has died, so it is too late for him to learn from these reviews, but this book did indeed seem like a farce as far as the Earp and Tombstone history went. Mr. Compton obviously chose the fiction side of writing far above the historical side. If you prefer a great book but one that sticks closer to the truth, turn to Kirby Jonas or Win Blevins.

This a typical Compton novel that completes the saga of Nathan Stone. It is a good book except when the author continually puts Stone into actual events and attempts to re-write historical events such as the Gunfight at the OK Corral and Wyatt Earp's time in Tombstone.

His betrayal of Wyatt Earp as an evil force who bullied his foes into the OK Corral fight is so factually incorrect it is amazing that section of the book got by the editors. I teach American History and cringe when I see a published work rewrite factual history as Compton has done in this book.

Compton's attempt to make Ike Clanton and John Behan honorable citizens of Tombstone while painting Wyatt Earp as the villain is absurb. If an author chooses to write about historical events, it is his duty to present the facts without inserting his personal opinions. By the way Ralph, why did you omit Curly Bill Brucius, Johnny Ringo and H.F. Sills from your book. Curly Bill and Ringo were the most colorful and interesting characters of the Cowboys and Sills offered the only totally neutral testimony at the hearing about the OK Corral. Anyone who reads this book should also read the biographies of Wyatt Earp by Allen Barra and Casey Tefertiller. Both of these books were written in 1998 or 1999 and are well written and researched works. Without a doubt, they are the best biographies about Wyatt Earp.

Any reader, who is not well acquainted with the true story of Tombstone and Wyatt Earp should make a point of reading either Barra or Tefertiller books because Compton has presented a totally fictional story about Earp.

I liked this Ralph Compton book except that the dialogue once in a while seems rather hokey and Compton displays no knowledge of clothing and gun and gun leather detail from the Old West. I can live with those details, but I'll tell you one thing: if you want to talk Louis L'Amour and Ralph Compton, you have come nowhere near the surface. The best western writer out there is Kirby Jonas, whom critics call the New Louis L'Amour. If you want some reading without equal, try Kirby Jonas.