I found the story less than charming. The cats were rambunctious to the point of being obnoxious. I also felt that the book encouraged irresponsible pet ownership. "Hey, who care about what happens, let's have them all in our home." Pictures were excellent.

Great for kids who love animals, especially if they like cats. It's full of action and and repeated sounds, which is fun and a good learning tool for young readers (I'd say about age 5-6). The author is obviously a cat-lover (like me and my kids!) since she has written other cat books, and there should be more of us out there! Cats are cool! I highly recommend this very cute book.

Frustration with the bad behaviors of cats and joy with their good qualities are both told in easy-to-read rhyming sentences. The illustrations are a bit frantic, which is appropriate to the text. This book is a kick.

The story line moved a little slow, however, I like the idea that there is reason to realize we need to learn and share our experiences and thoughts. Through communications we have good realtionships.

I say 4 out of 5 stars. It is a well-rounded book in that it has the draws people want. Sex, voyerism, revenge, violence and yes, intrigue. The sex - descriptive, informative and adult written. The voyerism - a license for and us to walk on the wild side with the main character and to do things we never would have done in our real worlds. The revenge - I believe will please your sense of justice for the inner child in all of us. The violence - probably not the type you think but still there. The intrigue - how will the story progress? Will the character cross those boundries that we want to cross all the time but don't. Will you regret finding that you have reached the last page like I did? I believe so. Now you ask "If this is how this critic felt about 'Slow Dancing' then why not rate it a 5? I am a hard sell and it did have a drawback for me - it softened the line between good and evil. A line in this case that I believe should not have been softened but then maybe you should decide for yourselves.

I'm the author of Slow Dancing and I've received hundred of letters from men and women alike who've fallen in love with Maggie, the 'entertainer' who, as an angel (?) returns to guide Barbara through a world of sensuality. Throughout the journey both Barbara and Maggie learn the meaning of true relationships - and great sex.

I guess I was expecting Simak style science fiction. Meaning quiet, low key, rural, spiritual, pacifist, & even unabashedly sentimental. A story of a colony of Quakers being "discovered" set me up for that. Lesbian-feminist aspects & a sort of angriness underneath ruined that. Also the author gave a "kill all the men" philosophy more credence then it deserved. Why does it have to be women in charge or men in charge can't we be equal, while respecting the differences? I think the book's message is egalitarian, but she argued "Women good, Men worthless" better. The Quaker stuff was good, although she has some style problems. I hate to trash a book someone else loved, so I'll stop there. Except to say I probably had wrong expectations & maybe I'd "get it" if I were a woman. (Although I like books to be a little more universal than that)

I remember reading this back in the 80's, some time after reading True Names, and thinking that she not only published earlier but likely got closer to true prophecy. I've reread it recently, and found that it stands up. In fact, its predictions of a wired world are just now coming true, though she wrote about them as happening centuries in the future. The main plot is about an isolated Quaker commune on another planet that is suddenly faced with an arriving ship full of people from Earth, who start handing out a piece of jewelry that is a combined health monitor and comm device, putting them in instant contact with all other humans who exist. The story is partly about their struggle for survival on a planet not designed for humans, and their coming to terms with an interesting alien species (a sort of intelligent plant with a hive mind). Meanwhile, they now are faced with the impact of full electronic contact with some very friendly humans who are by now nearly as alien as the aliens, who don't understand them or the local aliens, and are more concerned with assimilation than with understanding. And, as a bonus, there are feminist (and lesbian) subplots to complicate matters.

It's not space opera. But if you want psych-social ideas, alien contact, and an early concept of the Net that may come true in the next decade or so, this is a book you might want to find. Too bad it's out of print.

This book introduced me to Joan Slonczewski. It is not a great, trumpets-and-drums sort of novel. It actually consists of a very strange mix of science, belief, and emotion. But it made me think, and enjoy myself while doing so. It is a very refreshing read, it does not tire you out. I've read it numerous times and it still retains its charm. If there's anybody existing who has also read this book, or would want to, please let me know. I wouldn't want to think that I am alone in my appreciation of Foxfield.

Sister Joan is an engaging detective. I am tired of the hard boiled, smart mouthed, immoral detective so I found a book free of sex and bloody violence refreshing. While this book started well, it became more and more improbable and I found the last murder to be so impossible that I felt my intelligence had been offened. I'm neither Catholic nor British but Sister Joan's activites just went too far for me to want to read about her again.

Finances are very tight at the convent, so Sister Joan is dispatched to the attic storerooms to clean out old items and look for anything which might have enough value to be sold. In the course of her housekeeping chores, she discovers some mysterious footprints and begins to do some research on the convent's original owners. Dead bodies begin to appear, and as usual, Sister Joan does her own sleuthing, independent of Detective Sergeant Mill. This book differs from others in the series in that the solution to the murders is gradually revealed throughout the story and the only task left is to apprehend the murderer. The other nuns and some townspeople serve to round out the cast of characters, and reliable author Black spins another interesting tale.

I enjoyed right from the start. Sister Joan was great on her sleuthing and the story location and characters all added to mystery!

Though certainly old information recast in a more practical language fairly accessible to nearly any reader, Boryshenko's treatment of the different roads to a mystical understanding of the divine has never been more honestly and openly discussed than in her little book. Clear, readable, and accurate, the paths to enlightenment, inspiration, and understanding are well lit -- encouraging the reader to try one or several on for size. Highly recommended. As a therapist, I use her format to help clients find a way to understand spirituality as the ultimate search for meaning and purpose. As a seeker, I find her clarity refreshing in my own search.

While not earth-shaking with any great new insights, I found this little guide book a practical source of information to help people new to spiritual thinking understand that each of us has a mystical path that we are naturally called to follow. I particularly found her suggestions for increasing personal commitment to each path very practical and workable. She succeeds at stripping a sometimes complicated subject down to it's beautifully bare and totally applicable substance. We are all mystics unaware, this book helps us to see the mystical nature of lives and the path that is ours to follow. As a Unity minister I intend to use this material in a seven-week series to empower my congregation to discover their true spiritual path.

This textbook did not impress me. It explains psychology terms fairly well, but the overall content of the book was not the best. The authors usually started and included in the chapter many case studies, which were excellent, and then outlined each of the disorders that were being covered in that particular chapter. At the end of each chapter, they explained the group of disorders or a specific disorder in terms of the five main psychological theories: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Cognitive, Sociocultural, and Biological. At times throughout the book the text dragged, especially the theories section of the chapter. My professor (Mort Harmatz), who was fantastic, incorporated the theories into the explanations of the disorders in a much clearer manner - I was able to understand and compare them better. This textbook, as the title indicates, heavily emphasizes the theory behind why people get the disorders. The theories, though historically important, are sometimes outdated. Perhaps because I am a biology major, I would have preferred more information to be included about the actual biological reasons behind the disorders, not just the theories. Overall, the text was interesting, but the authors tended to lose their readers as soon as they entered the theory explanations. If there are other texts concentrating on Abnormal Psychology, I would check them out.

The book is an excellent work for students to understand basics of abnormal psychology. The book gives detailed descriptions from disorders to therapies with case studies for each psychological disorders, which are not usually available in other books. It has an excellent glossary and comprehensive summary at end of each chapter. Overall book was very helpful to me for the class, as it's lucid language and grip on explainaion saved my time in understanding complicated psychological terms. Printing and colored pictures adds to looks of this very well written book

This is book two of Ms. Nixon's books about a girl named Margaret Ledoux. The first is MAGGIE, TOO and the third is MAGGIE FOREVERMORE. I checked all three books out of my local library yesterday and read them today. I'm hoping that Ms. Nixon wrote more books about Maggie because I like her.

Maggie is 12, going on 13. Her beautiful mother died when she was two. Her movie director father has sent her to many boarding schools over the years because Maggie keeps getting into trouble. In the first book, Maggie's father married a beautiful young woman only 8 years older than Maggie. Kiki didn't think she could be a mother to Maggie, so Maggie was sent off to spend the summer with her mother's mother, Margaret Landry.

This book opens with young Maggie still living with Grandma in Houston, Texas. Her father and stepmother are in Europe. School is starting and it's Maggie's first time in a public school. She meets her friend, Lisa, and her sort-of enemy, Jerico, on the first day. (Jerico thought he was one tough guy, but when he picks on Maggie, he soon finds out that she's no wimp.)

Maggie joins the Drama Club and finds that she enjoys it. Her teacher was her mother's teacher, too, but Maggie doesn't tell Mrs. Finch that -- not even when Maggie and Lisa are trying out for the same part in the same play Maggie's mother was in when she was in school. Maggie doesn't know if she wants to get the part or not. Lisa is the first friend she's ever had. Oh, well, there's also the Junior High School Musical Review if Lisa wins.

If Maggie gets a part in either one, will her father come to see her peform? Maggie wants that so much she can taste it. On the other hand, Jerico has promised her he's going to get back at her -- sometime -- and it's going to be good. What has Jerico got in mind? Should Maggie worry?

By the way in the first chapter we learn that Maggie spent sixth grade at Miss Haversham's School for Girls. I think the author is having a little fun there because there's a famous character with that name in a book called GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Miss Haversham's fiance left her at the altar, which means he never showed up at their wedding. She got the news while she was getting into her wedding dress. By the time we meet her in the book, it's years and years later, but Miss Haversham is still wearing her wedding dress. She has only one shoe on because she hadn't put the other one on when she got the bad news. The stocking on the foot without a shoe is really ragged, but she still wears it. I'm not sure she ever took a bath after she heard. Miss Haversham went crazy and keeps her house the way it was then. The wedding feast is still on the table. That was a spooky scene in the movie. I think there were cobwebs and mice or rats all over what was left of the food.

And Maggie makes three is a book about a girl who joins a drama club and Maggie gets a part along with those feelings of jealousness of her best friend getting a different part in a play, and being confused of her dad being far away and missing her big part, but coming for the small parts. I didn't like this book that much, because the author focused too much on little aspects.

Well I would just like to say this if anyone listens to the voice of my opinion!Well it was alright.I really thought the other books that she had published were a whole lot better.It was also really too short of a book.I really recommend her other books!Thats all to my voice of freedom!!But maybe it just me who nows!

Mary & Joseph are real believeable people in Anderson's introduction which sets the stage for the rest of the story. I felt blessed by the stories ...brief and to the point as they were. Each has its unique blessing and ability to capture a personal meaning for me! Its on my list to give this year!

Arie Selinger is a legend among coaches, and this book won't let fans of the former coach of the U.S. Women's Olympic Team down. Whether you want to learn more about Arie's philosophy or to pick up some tips for your own game, this book is worth a read.

As a high school coach, I've implemented many of Arie's ideas into the program I took over 3 years ago, a program that had struggled for decades. And this season, I'm proud to say, we posted only the 3rd winning record in school history. A complete turnaround in 3 years!

Our girls now FEEL like winners, and players that's the first step toward becoming winners. Arie Selenger's Power Volleyball helped bring that change about, and that's high praise, indeed.

I just returned from an Arie Selinger camp and it was terrific. The man is passionate about the sport and is obviously extremely knowledgable. He has spent the last 40 years thinking about the training and the teaching of the game. Whether it has to do with technique, strategy, training, mental game, or state of the game, he has an opinion which is more than backed up with experience and data. Lots of data.

The book is a little problematic in that the explanations of the concepts are a little too involved for the beginning coach. But the man is obviously the foremost thinker on the game that the American game has seen in a long time. You may disagree with his conclusions, but his attention to detail and his arguements for his ideas are very strong. He is a great believer in statistics and measuring progress, so a lot of it has to do with measuring athlete accomplishments.

If you are looking to get a book to help your kids with their intramural team, forget about this book. If you are out to learn to coach volleyball at a very high level, this could be the one book you need. Keep in mind that he has always dealt with the highest level of athletes and have had the luxury of training six hours a day seven days a week, so some of the offense are way too complicated, even for college teams. But they are good ideas which stimulated even more ideas.

I wish he had put in more of his unique training ideas based on the Asian training methodology, but that is quibbling.