First of all, anyone who is remotely interested in this book has a problem. And if that person acknowledges that this problem is an enthusiasts addiction to motorcycles then the low cost and high content of this book delivers. For the motorcycle enthusiast who prefers an unmolested motorcycle as delivered from the factory, this is probably not your cup of tea; but be forwarned, pick this book up and you may join the dark side. For the motorcyclist who can't seem to leave his (or her!) trusty motorcycle well enough alone, this book is a motivational spike that would rate on your Richter scale. Beautifully finished, highly modified motorcycles abound in this color packed hard-bound book; and for less than it costs to change the oil in your bike. All the Japanese manufacturers are represented along with Ducati, Buell, Norton, and two bikes that almost defy the description of "motorcycle"; but I won't spoil the rocket fuelled ending, after all this is a book. The only drawback is that this book leaves the reader wanting more. More detail on each bike, and more bikes to examine in detail. The bottom line is this: if you have ever thought, spoken, or written the word MOTORCYCLE then buy this book. The price is right and the content is phenomenal. Guaranteed!

For the exotic, unusual, or custom sporting motorcycle enthusiast, this book is the BOMB! It is packed full of naked streetfighters, supermotards, competition bikes, and others. Specialist makes like Harris, Martek, and Spondon, plus the usual modified production rides from all over the world grace these pages. Beautiful pictures, specs, and interesting text compliment this awesome hardback. It begins with a brief history of the streetfighter craze and contains nearly all current configurations possible- 2 strokes, 4 strokes, rotarys, turbos, N2O, and even a jet powered trike! If your taste for the ultimate sportbike includes art that strays from the mainstream production models as well as all-out brute force, this book is for you. A bargain at twice the price. Get it, you won't be disappointed. I can't wait for Volume 2!

I'm a teacher and I find the Eyewitness books highly educational. I like the way the concepts are presented in a form without backgrounds. This gives clear facts to the reader without over taxing the attention span. The books are highly informative, presenting difficult concepts in comprehendable chunks that stimulate interest. I have almost the whole collection for my own children and they LOVE them!

This would be a great book for use in elementary school science classes. It has a wonderful layout, with many beautiful photographs (if insects can be called beautiful). The text, mixed nicely with the pictures, covers basic information on insects as well as various interesting facts.

I stumbled onto this book when I was about 12 years old and it stayed in my head. Many years later I ran across it again, re-read it, and loved it just as much. Great yarn that weaves its way through many years, many locales, and various levels of society. Apparently, Frank Yerby churned out quite a few books, and I'm just now discovering the others. So far, this is my favorite.

Great fictional history lesson. Main Charactor is taken from childhood to old man in the setting of southern plantations and slave trading. Although not as detailed as Michener, in this novel Yerby is at his best as a story teller.

Frazetta's work has graced album covers and book jackets. In this first volume you'll see some of his finest. His techniques for drawing your attention to primary and secondary points of interest in his works are done beautifully like a photographer uses light. His works are lush and sensual, celebrating the human anatomy like the ancient Greeks. The facial expressions of his subjects convey intensity, strength, and will. You can actually feel the energy jumping out at you. Too bad it's out of print, but I suspect these masterpieces will be popping up frequently in various compilations.

If you love Frank Frazetta's art then you must see the _Fantastic Art Of Frank Frazetta_ Volumes 1 to 5. This is the most complete collection of his work in print. The reproductions are first rate and on high quality glossy paper. Although they've been out of print for over a decade it's well worth the trouble and expense to obtain these books. They will, no doubt, appreciate in value.

This is the book to get if you're into ocean liners! It contains loads of great information about the ocean liners of the past and present, and whets the appetite for more!

I think the "Fifty Famous Liners" series (books 1-3) are the most concise and informational descriptions of the worlds most famous liners a terrific buy for Liner enthusiasts! Andrew Oliva (aoliva@odin.cbu.edu)

Donald S. Lopez is a national treasure. In addition to serving with Chennault's Flying Tigers in China, (where he won the DFC and became an Ace) Lopez was instrumental in testing the P-59, the P-80, and the P-84. (among many others) Mr. Lopez's writing style is verbose. He gets to the point quickly. And the point is either heartbreakingly sad, tense as hell, or incredibly funny. In this book and his previous work, "Into the Teeth of the Tiger" Mr. Lopez narrates a life anyone would be proud to say was their own. This non-fiction reads like fiction. The foreword is by Frank Borman.

It is great book, Mr. Lopez did a great job describing the life of a test pilot at that era. With the hottest planes of that time.

A few years ago, I did a course at college in Modern French Drama. It was mostly the usual doom-and-gloom stuff (Becque, Giraudoux, Sartre, Camus, Beckett), with no place for the most popular of 20th century dramatists, the farceur Feydeau. This marginalisation, presumably because Feydeau was both populist and generic, tells us a lot about elitism in academia in these post-post-modernist times. What should be made clear is that Feydeau is not only more fun than the above-mentioned, but both more theatrical and more radical.

Farce is the one genuinely theatrical art form - it doesn't read very well on the page, and rarely works on screen. Whereas 'realist' drama has tried to make the mechanics of drama less transparent to foreground the content, the primary pleasure of Feydeau's theatre is these mechanics: the vertignous interplay between character and plot on the one hand, and the formal choreography on the other, with its fusillade of entrances, exits, disguises, mistaken identities, verbal wit, physical violence, revolving doors, multiple stairs etc.

Feydeau's art has been compared to clockwork, but that emphasis on mechanical precision doesn't do justice to the way he makes the characters plausible and their actions motivated, so that every disaster seems like a natural development rather than an imposed contrivance.

But even these levels of enjoyment would be rather superfical. Where Feydeau truly excels is as a dissector of marriage and bourgeois society (one of the great joys for me reading the play was imagining the cast of Bunuel's 'The Discreet charm of the Bourgeoisie' in the roles): the games, hypocrisies, impotence, violence, ennui. There is much fun in the play's central double role, where the confusion of the bourgeois patriarch with a drunken porter leads to many of the play's confusions, and subversively undermines the middle-class dependence on firm status and identity. What emerges most clearly is the fragility of the intricate social structure when a rogue element threatens to destroy it. In the end, that's all it is, a structure, one that offers a safety net against chaos and chance, but one that doesn't leave much room for personal freedom or happiness.

Like Ionesco et al after him, Feydeau locates the decadence of this society in the breakdown of language, and much of the comedy comes not only from characters with cleft palattes and thick Spanish accents, but in the misinterpreting signs and modes of communication that are supposed to make this world ordered and coherent.

Finally, a plot with a comedy Spaniard and a violent hotel manager must surely have influenced 'Fawlty Towers', one of the few non-theatrical works to replicate the technical precision and emotional undertow of Feydeau's work.

I reccomend this book to EVERYONE! It is the best play I have ever read. I enjoyed it so much that I directed the play myself! Buy it today!

-Davé!

What a great book. We've enjoyed the stories of the memorable storms like Donna, Andrew, and Opal and the effect theyve had on generations of Florida residents. The 1926 Miami and 1928 Okeechobee are well covered. Also very interesting reading on those storms we've never heard of. The photographs are stunning-and frightening. Its organized well, and the reading is not too technical. It stays on our coffee table.

Great photos, and all the detail you could ever want on Florida hurricanes. The survival stories are frightening! All the weather data is there. It's a great resource for us hurricane junkies!

Book follows US Air Fearful Flyers Program almost exactly. Program was excellent! Unfortunately they have discontinued program but as successful graduate of the program I highly recommend the book for anyone who has a fear of flying. The difference it has made in my life is incredible.

I know this book works because I was in the first Fearful Flyers Class that was taught by the authors in 1975 and I have been flying ever since!

"Footnotes" is a wonderful book for anyone curious about the ballet world. This book goes through seven ballets, gives information about each one, tells about people who have danced them, gives you an inside look behind the scenes for each ballet, and the book has more than 100 beautiful, full-color photographs. This is an awesome book, and perfect for dancers and ballet fans alike.

Frank Augustyn and Shelley Tanaka's Footnotes ...explores the world of ballet, examining seven classic ballets and those who have danced them. Famous performers are interviewed and over 100 photos of the dancers on stage and behind the scenes are presented.