My six-year old just received this book as a present. He his obsessed with birds, but this is the first book on birds he owns that is not a field guide. The book is nicely laid out, with chapters on each of the different classes of birds such as songbirds, birds of prey, waterfowl. There are also chapters on bird behavior such as courtship and nesting. There seems to be an appropriate balance of stunning photographs and text. The text highlights the main points, example "Fast Fishing: Ospreys fly high over water, diving down at high speed to catch fish. Just before hitting the water, they thrust their feet forward and plunge into the water to grap their prey. The osprey's feet feel like sandpaper, which makes them useful for gripping slippery fish." Finally, the book contains a glossary and a list of bird habitats for each of the species discussed in the text. Ideal for any young bird lovers!

Lifetime had made this book into a movie. I loved the movie so much that I ordered the book. It's fantastic! Emily Gorden, the poor girl whose face had been scarred in an accident, falls in love with a man named Alec. However, Alec is not all he's cut out to be and he takes Emily's virginity and her freedom. After being in prison for awhile, Emily has the chance to change her face and her life forever. What she does afterwards is incredible and enticing. I recommend this book to anyone looking for something fabulous to read.

What a career as a journalist Pitts might have had. The superb "people skills" and vivid descriptive powers expressed in this book make it a very "human." Pitts, however, is an archaeologist, bringing a strong scientific background to an account of a prehistoric dig and what it brought to view. As the evidence mounted of ancient hominids living along the Sussex coast, it became clear that Boxgrove revealed an unprecedented age for European habitation. Boxgrove, as this book makes graphically clear, will become the standard against which older archeology will be judged and future finds compared.

It is difficult to distinguish the respective contributions made by each author in this book. Mark Roberts, a young archeologist at the beginning of the excavations who became the Director of the site, is a dedicated digger. He managed logistics, personnel, site management and analysed the results. It is likely that he provided significant portions of the scientific background for the account. The story is simply one of persistence in using evidence to gain support for extending operations when funding seemed threatened. Those extensions continued to reveal an assemblage of fossils, tools, and other signs of human activity. All from half a million years ago.

With the authors contributing background material on climate conditions, glaciation and sea levels, soil content and the new science of geomagnetism, we're given a detailed picture of the world surrounding those ancient people. What impact did that environment have on their lives? What does the evidence suggest about how they coped with what nature imposed on them? Did they hunt, or scavenge? Was meat a mainstay or a "side dish" in their diet?

This book makes a major leap of interpretation in formulating what sort of people existed those millennia ago. With help from many sources, the authors build a picture of a sophisticated creature. Boxgrove produced a wealth of flint tools and flakes, some the researchers were able to reconstruct into the original stones. The evidence, they assert, suggests a creature with strong intelligence, capable of in-depth analysis in selected topics. The most important consideration was in hunting and creating the tools to make the hunt a success. Knapping flakes from flint is "more than banging a couple of rocks together" - requires the ability to foresee several steps in advance - "like a game of chess." The tools meant ready access to meat - and meat is necessary for increased brain power. Far from a raw savage, Boxgrove's revelations image our ancestor a capable creature. From this interpretation, it's clear older finds must be reassessed. New discoveries will need to draw on the same interdisciplinary teamwork Roberts was able to assemble.

Fairweather Eden is a wealth of information, both historic and current. Much background material is provided, interspersing the descriptions of participants in the finds and subsequent analysis. One individual actually strips down a carcass with the provided flint tools. Beyond the text is an array of diagrams and photographs depicting the information. If this book has a shortcoming, it's the use of notes' sources in lieu of a bibliography. That hardly detracts from its worth, however. The amount and quality of work Pitts and Roberts have put into this study will keep it useful for a long time. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

This is one of the most gospel-centered books I have ever read. Bishop Hanson explores "witnessing" but doesn't make me feel guilty because I "don't witness." This book is very pastoral and should be read by every person who has ever had doubts about God's whereabouts. And then re-read it. Keep it handy, and highlight as you read. The chapters on Worshiping, Equipping, Changing, and more, are equally as pastoral as Witnessing. Because it is designed to be used for discussion, it is Bishop Hanson's hope that ". . .every congregation . . . will gather around these themes for conversation and prayer, to seek togther to clarify a vision of what this church might be in mission." Your yoke will be lighter.

A great action novel; fast-paced with a fun two-layer plot, but what I really love about it is its detail of medieval warfare and life in general. Characters are about as deep as you'd expect in an action book, but the thing as a whole is really picturesque. I'm looking forward to the sequels.

A must-read for those who want to learn why Hong Kong is Asia's success story today, but may well be a casualty of history after the transfer of sovereignty on 30 June 1997. It is the first book to look at Hong Kong not from the perspective of Britain, the present landlord, or China, the future one -- but instead tells the story from the viewpoint of the 6.3 million people who call Hong Kong home. Instead of the freedom, human rights and democracy promised to Hong Kong people, this book explains why Beijing will make a mess both of the transfer of sovereignty and the fragile free society Hong Kong is today

For years the Fantastic Four had been trapped in their own personal editorial hell, in which they were placed into the hands of incapable writer after incapable writer. The "World's Greatest Magazine" was no longer great, nor was it even good. It was horrible. Atrocious. Disgusting. No writer got the essence of this family (notice: FAMILY) and this fabulous quartet were nothing more than mere shells of their past. The artists never paid enough respect to the team and they never got the true feeling of them in their drawings. The Fantastic Four, ladies and gentlemen, were doomed.

Until now.

Until Mark Waid.

Until Mike Wieringo.

Until Fantastic Four: Imaginauts.

Marvel's first superhero team is having a family reunion, and all of us are invited. We can finally laugh and cry with them for all the good reasons, as the Fantastic Four finally return to their loving roots that's clearly presented within the first chapter of this book.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Fantastic Four haven't been this good since -- scratch that, actually. The Fantastic Four have NEVER been this good. Buy this book -- it's literally some of the best available. This is the ultimate tale of love and happiness, a huge contrast to the more popular "noir" and "dark" stories in every creative medium nowadays. If you read this book, maybe -- just maybe -- you'll begin to see that life's not so bad. After all, there's an imaginaut in everyone. All we have to do is listen to it.

(Note: As of this writing, there currently is no hardcover reproduction of this book. If there is one available in the near future though, get it. This work of art deserves the "deluxe Marvel hardcover" format.)

Far and Away was a breathtaking novel that told the story of a young girl, whom travels to America from Ireland in pursuit of land. The book takes place during the time farmer tenants, in Ireland, were revolting against the Irish lanlords.Shanon and Joseph find themselves batteling oppertunity and poverty and in the end they meet again during the Oklahoma land rush, in pursuit of land.

Farthing's book is an excellent introduction to the world of shipping. As a truly international industry, Shipping has many areas which need to be considered such as safety, competition, government involvment, environmental concerns, etc. This book provides an overview of the whole field. It is not an encyclopedia at only 261 pages but is so very useful as a first place to start on a question. The chapters on national and international government involvement are brilliant. Highly recommended.