This book is written in short, simple sentences, using high-frequency vocabulary that's sure to make young readers successful. It tells about a dog who wants to play and the little boy who wants that dog to go away. This little dog will win the affection of very young dog lovers and little boys everywhere with his antics and determination!

A boy who is afraid of dogs meets a friendly long-haired barking fellow looking to play. He tells him to go away, but the dog insists on being friends. The dog instantly loves the boy, but the boy isn't so sure.

Your child will learn how dogs are fun to play with, and how some things aren't quite as scary as they might first appear.

The colorful, warm drawings have endured through the years, and will help bring a smile to your face.

I fully recommend "Go Away, Dog."

Anthony Trendl

I have the original version (1963) and mine has the following inscription written by my mother:

"This was a library book I checked out for Lisa when she was 4 and 1/2 years old. She loved it so much she kept putting off taking it back and one day 'could never find it again'. Later, she told me she hid it and by then I had paid the library for it. Her most favorite book then and for a long time."

I cherish my copy of Go Away Dog and am buying the new version for good friend's baby shower.

To my surprise this is not a popularisation but the editio princeps of the text, and a piece of sound textual scholarship. Speculation is kept to a minimum, Christian-baiting is omitted, and the emphasis is on providing the data to the scholarly community. The introduction, transcription and translation are by Prof. Hedrick; the commentary by Dr. Mirecki, but both take responsibility for each other's contribution, and the 'join' is not really visible. Full monochrome photographs are provided, and a critical apparatus. There is a distinct tendency to avoid making judgements on points of detail. The editors are clearly aware that any such discussion would render their book obsolete within a year or two as the issues are thrashed out. There is an excellent section on the codicology. It is difficult not to be impressed at the skill with which the jigsaw puzzle has been put together. Interestingly some of the fragments bear Coptic page numbers - 99, 100, etc - which indicates the text comes from a larger volume. The translation is literalist, which is very welcome, and the text and translation laid out opposite each other in the diplomatic manner. The commentary attempts to elucidate the meaning of the fragments, and likewise avoids large and loose conclusions.

Issues of dating are addressed very tentatively. The book is parchment, in quires, written in a polished Sahidic Coptic, and displays some skill in codex making. Analysis of letter forms suggests a date between the 4th-7th centuries - perhaps most likely somewhere in the middle. The book has suffered damage by fire, but no comment is made about this. The text seems to make use of both Matthew and John, with an occasional echo of Luke, and reflects the Coptic text of these works. There is a reference to 'Aeons', the 'Pleroma', and other general Gnostic indicators, e.g. 'Do not let matter rule over you' (p.98 line 44 of the codex/p.31). The editors feel that the 'latest date for its original composition is probably in the late second century' (p.2), although they fail to make quite clear why. However a second century date for the work seems quite reasonable, in view of the definite but unfocused nature of the Gnosticism in the surviving fragments, which I suspect is the basis for their statement. There is a general smattering of Greek words throughout the codex. A very careful paragraph (pp.12-13) discusses evidence for one Coptic word being a too literal mistranslation of a Greek idiom and so 'implies that the Gospel of the Savior is based on an earlier Greek original subsequently translated into Coptic'. The scholarly refusal here to say too more than the evidence demands, combined with the solid scholarship underlying it, makes very pleasant reading.

There are full references to other ancient texts, probable or otherwise. Curiously there are two references in the fragments which could relate to the long ending of Mark, (e.g. 'sitting at the right hand of the father upon your (sg.) throne', 17H 4-6, p71 = Mark 14:6, Mark 16:19 and many other refs). One of the statements of the 'saviour' is also found in the Coptic Gospel of Thomas - 'he that is near me is near to the fire; he that is far from me is far from life' (107.43-48, CGoT 82). It is pleasing to see an awareness that some of the elements used may have no connection with any organised group but may simply be part of the general pagan religious climate of antiquity (p.24). The pseudo-Christian title given to this document by the editors is unfortunate, in that it acts as a barrier to understanding, as M.R.James long ago pointed out in the preface to his edition of the 'New Testament Apocrypha'. To call this work a gospel forces the editors to define a 'gospel' to mean nothing more specific than a work containing sayings or perhaps narrative about someone who may be called Jesus or is in some way based on the historical figure (p.1). This ties the work too closely to some sort of pseudo-Christian context. Few would doubt that in antiquity the extra-canonical works formed a broad spectrum, shading from orthodox works like the Acts of Paul right the way down to basically pagan texts which added some nominal 'Jesus' into the syncretist stew. It would seem that the word 'gospel' has really outlived its usefulness if it prevents us from recognising and working with this continuum. Doubtless the difficulty of finding another word has something to do with the continued popularity of the word 'gospel'. To call the codex the 'Gospel of the Savior' also seems unwise, in view of the inferences that those ignorant of the subject will infallibly draw from it. It would have been better to give it a neutral name like the Berlin Gospel.

The work consists of dialogue between a central figure and his hearers, and an ascension by them all in 'to the [fourth] heaven'(p.113 line 16 of the codex - p.45 in the edition), scattering the discomfited 'watchers' and cherubim. The central figure is referred to only as the 'saviour' and the words 'for us apostles' (113.3/p.45) and mention of Andrew and John suggest that the unknown 'author' is supposed to be an apostle, although I do not recall that this point is made anywhere. The manner in which the saviour does his saving is unclear, due to the fragmentary nature of the text. But he does do a lot of direct talking to the cross - 'A little longer, O Cross, and all the pleroma is perfected'(5F.30-32/p.55) etc, which may yet inspire some satire, perhaps about a previously unrecognised 'ecological Jesus', who talked a lot to trees!

The focus of the book is the data, rather than the ludicrous theories that appeared in some of the press releases, and for that we owe them a debt of gratitude. Recommended.

The collaboration of biblical scholars Charles W. Hedrick and Paul A. Mirecki, Gospel Of The Savior: A New Ancient Gospel is the first publication and translation of a long-lost Christian gospel written in the Coptic language of Christian Egypt. Carefully pieced together from parchment pieces found in the Berlin Egyptian Museum, this long-lost gospel presents dialogues and discourse of a figure called "the savior" by his apostles. Extensive commentary upon the text fragments rounds out this fascinating, meticulously researched, painstakingly translated, and superbly presented reference. Fascinating reading for Christian history, theology, and scholarship, this edition of the Gospel Of The Savior is an essential, core addition to any serious, comprehensive New Testament Studies academic reference collection.

Mirecki and Hedrick team up to present a coherent and comprehensive text on an ancient gospel rarely discussed in non-academic circles. The concise, unbiased presentation is a must for any library of early Christianity.

Edsel Colvin's letters and commentary will appeal to anyone who has fought in a war, particularly WW 2. Edsel was an unofficial war correspondent when his Dad submitted his letters from overseas to the local weekly paper. His letters brought some of the difficulties of soldiering to the home folks. Edsel was careful to not detail all of the gory details as he did not want his Dad to worry too much.

Edsel story begins with his life as a fire lookout following high school graduation in 1941, his brief time in college before being drafted, and then his experiences as a scout in an infantry squad of the 103rd (Cactus)Division. His style of writing is easy to read and makes the reader feel a part of the story.

Edsel returned to Gold Beach after the war, attended the University of Oregon, married and started a family and taught at Gold Beach High School where he had graduated in 1941. His abilities were soon apparent and he was named Principal of the Union High School and then Superintendent of the school district. His influence made the school district one of the best in the state and he was respected and admired by both faculty and students.

I've known Edsel for over 35 years and our three sons were privileged to attend Gold Beach High School while he was the superintendent.

I'm sure you will enjoy reading his book, "Got to Go Now"

Got to Go Now: An Oregon Gi Writes Home During World War II
by Edsel V. Colvin, Paul Colvin (Editor)takes you back to a time when people knew what it meant to be an American. It also revealed the emotions, motivations and situations created by war. I have had the honor of knowing many veterans and have noticed in listening to them that war is a very personal ordeal. Large nations having rather monumental disagreements are most often settled by individuals making sacrifices; time, limbs and sometimes lives.

The book paints a vivid picture with words. The heat of California can be felt as well as the cold of the German winter. I enjoyed the prelude to the war about the summers spent at the lookouts and the backroom at Frank's store. It gives you an insight into the soul of a man. Of the things that really matter and are important - family, the close friends you remember for a lifetime and taking a stand for the good.

The simple things matter most - living to see the next day, a hot meal and dry socks. Read the book.

By not telling the story with a standard narrative and just doing an occasional splicing comment or paragraph in the flow of letters, I had the feeling I was living through the descriptions in the time frame experienced.

Those weeks on fire watch in the mountains wondering about a future path, the busy-busy days at a small college trying to keep schoolwork, job, family and friends all juggled, the hardness of basic training followed by the double course load at Oklahoma, a picking up of pace as the time for overseas draws nearer, the time in the line and all the changes that happen from heavy combat to trying to survive the winter to being in the hospital to finding the little comforts one can to the sadness of the death of the Russian in the Wehrmacht, the winding down of the war, the wait to go home and the final obstacle in San Francisco with the loss of the personal effects.

It all seemed to play out in real time as I read those letters and since there were so many unexpected turns both good and tough, it had a ring of reality that the movies never seem to capture.

The book is as true a snapshot of real life's twists and turns as could be. The fact that the main character in the story came out a good man for all the events he had been through is a story of the innate goodness of a man holding true despite life's vicissitudes and in the telling it offers a ray of hope for all who read and see that despite the struggles they may have in life, that they too can keep the essential decency and soul in their own lives.

For a review of this book go to the Website http://www.serve.com/stevie2/artichoke.htm

A 10? Can't we go any higher? This book is definatley a 12. I cannot even explain how entertaining this book was, I have read it at least 6 times since I was given this book last March. I will only say that this is definatley one of those books that should be on the required reading lists for all schools. Overall I should say that this book is an all time best. Definate 12

What can we say, obviously this is a book that any full-blodded American can relate to. I consider this book the finest example of pure literary skill at its finest. I especially enjoyed the chapter describing the fair as "rambunctiously Christian" with "people praising the lord at all corners". Chapter 9 says it all about the book in the 3 little words of "I love God", well, I love this book. The only reason I gave this book a 9 is because the forward by Paul Cruchow was not the best example of grammar that I would expect, even from my 3rd grade class, such phrases as "Yuck yuck, you'll love this book." and "Why if I knew how to write as good as Mr Amato I'd be a pure literary star, chuck full of star stuff, yup I wanna be like Amato, or as I like to call him, TAmato." I mean what kind of a run on no sense sentance is this? Well, I guess the rest of this book makes up for Paul's illiteracy. I would encourage the reading of this book to any person of any age. "The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus" is also makes a great gift. I thank Mr. Joseph A. Amato for this wonderful literary treat.

THE GAY 100 seeks to dispell the myth that gays and lesbians are dangerous and that their presence in popular consciousness is a new phenonemon. In fact, as the book points out, gay men and lesbian women have been an integral part of society from ancient times.

THE GAY 100 is certainly an interesting read, and the biographical information provided is enlightening. This is a well-written book. But the problem is that, one, how can we really know a "ranking" is accurate? And, two, how can we really know who was gay? THE GAY 100 makes it clear that some people did not come out until shortly before their deaths, and others never came out at all. This sort of speculation leads to some dubious inclusions, the most striking being Emily Dickinson, Anna Freud (daughter of Sigmund Freud), and Madonna.

THE GAY 100 admits that there is no tangible evidence of Emily Dickinson having affairs with *anyone* (male or female), but proceeds to rank her as an influential lesbian because she has been adopted as an icon by many lesbian women, and because she seemed at war with "the patriarchy." Madonna is included as a lesbian because she has "contributed to creating a society more tolerant of gays and lesbians" by using aspects of gay culture in her art, and has admitted to lesbian experimentation. Anna Freud is included because she never married and had a close friendship with a female colleague. Am I the only one who sees something a bit odd about this? Does a person become gay because they are adopted as an icon by the gay community? Does experimentation that was eventually abandoned for a heterosexual marriage, make one a lesbian? Does having a close friend of the same gender, and never having married, make one a homosexual? Apparently they do by the author's standards. But I think that many people would question this judgment.

The dubious inclusions of certain people on this list seems to detract from THE GAY 100. I think the author would have done better to forgo judgments on who is the most influential, and to let go of who is gay and who isn't. Maybe this could have been the criteria: those supportive of gay rights . . . those who furthered the cause of tolerance. The result of the dubious inclusions is that rather than driving home the message of gays as a postive cultural force, THE GAY 100 drives home the question of what qualifies one as being gay. That's an interesting question . . . but I don't think it was the one the author intended to raise.

This is a very readable and useful book, I appreciate it. However, almost of all people in the book are the westerners with few exception ;( Mishima Yukio and Hafez ). Therefore, you cannot find famous Arabian, Persian, Turkish, Indian, Chinese, Japanese gay & lesbian people. And in the book, there do not exist important figures like Platon, Epameinondas, Harmodios and Aristogeiton et al. In addition , even Jean Cocteau, Ludwig 2nd , Truman Capote, Somerset Maugham, and Luchino Visconti also are absent.

"There is no doubt that if it became widely known _who are_ the Uranians, the world would be astonished to find so many of its great or leading men among< them."
-- Edward Carpenter, 1908. [from book-- "Uranian" referring to one of the titles associated with Aphrodite, or "the heavenly Aphrodite," who was supposed to be the patroness and inspirer of love between males, as mentioned in Plato's _Symposium_.]
This volume is an excellent "beginners" guide to knowledge of the well known, and not so well known, gays, bisexuals, and lesbians in history. The members of this group, each, has 3 or more pages devoted to his or her life and influence on culture. As the author, Paul Russell, states: "Whether tangible or intangible, evidence that a person's legacy continues in the world, luminous and alive, is what I have sought in attempting to gauge the extent of his or her influence. By influence, then, I mean the ability to effect change, to reconfigure the parameters, to leave in one's wake
a set of challenged assumptions and transformed lives. For the purposes of this particular ranking of influence, I have asked myself a twofold question: How has the individual in question, specifically as a gay man or lesbian, contributred both to history in general and to gay/lesbian identity in particular?" Thus, there are persons included from all areas of influence: philosophers, poets, playwrights, scientists, novelists, social reformers, female liberationists and equal status advocates, generals, rulers and emperors, painters, sculptors, composers, ballet dancers and impresarios, film directors, actors, actresses, and others.
This is not a sensationalist work, nor is it meant as a scholarly study. The lives are interesting, informative, and upbeat -- but not glitzy or poorly written. The person who is very knowlegable about gay history and contributions may find some notable omissions (several composers are listed in one of the lives, but they do not have sections of their own in the volume)-- others, with less knowledge will find the work a very helpful beginner's informative guide.
There are a few inclusions which some might find questionable -- or troubling to themselves -- as well as some omissions which might cause the same response. Some of the perhaps "troubling" ones (but the author explains the reason for their inclusions within the sections) are: the inclusion of Socrates (who wrote nothing), but not Plato (who wrote the _Dialogues_ in which Socrates gives voice to his thoughts), St. Augustine, Emily Dickinson, David and Jonathan (from the Bible, though many writers through the centuries have emphasized the phrase from Samuel II, "your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women" as speaking of a special type of male bonding beyond mere friendship), and perhaps a few others. The best words to sum up the value of the work come from the author himself in the "Introduction": "One of the ways by which gay men and lesbians have survived through the centuries is by recognizing one another in the various disguises we have worn. We have survived on the consolation of knowing there were others like ourselves. We have been given courage by the rare example of someone like ourselves who has burned brightly in the imagination. We have been fed by the creative dreams and visions of our comrades, widely scattered and persecuted and all but silenced
though they may be. The men and women whose names were secretly whispered, repeated, cherished as homosexual helped create and sustain that amorphous phenomenon we know today as gay culture. These people have signaled who we were, who we might one day be. Their example has answered the world's calumny, has put the lies and stereotypes to rout, has enhanced our sense of possiblity." -- Paul Russell.

Professors Amato and Booth present a wealth of statistical summaries regarding families in _Risk_. The suggestion from stress indicators that marriage satisfaction among couples has diminished in recent decades presents an interesting basis for policy discussions. Some of the statistics conform to contemporary expectations, others appear contrary. The book's value stems from the synthesis of these facts. Policy recommendations however, presnt a mixed bag. As sociology professors, the authors retain an overt fondness of current fad of maximized individual freedom as embodied in "no-fault" unilateral divorce statutes that discourage marital investment and facilitate dissolution, at the expense of children. While couples in low-conflict but unsatisfactory marriages are suggested be more accommodating for the sake of children, until the law protects the interests of the non-divorcing partner and/or offspring, such recommendations will fall on deaf ears.

A Generation at Risk holds appeal as compelling as its subtitle suggests - Growing up in an Era of Family Upheaval. Indeed, we have probably witnessed the most rapid change of family as an institution over the past decades throughout family history. Research is numerous and has addressed many aspects induced by "family upheaval" from macro- to micro-level. Amato and Booth's work has systematically mapped the cause-effect relationship between two generations: how each set of family-of-origin's characteristics (including parents' socioeconomic status, parents' gender nontraditionalism, parents' marital quality and divorce) affect offspring's well-being of various dimensions (including children's socioeconomic status, children's quality of intimate relationship, social integration and psychological well-being). They have done a remarkable job to answer the question we all have: whether changes in family life have harmed or benefited children, and to what extent.
The great advantage of their research is to use longitudinal design to obtain information on independent variables from the parents over a period of 15 years as their offspring grew up and to obtain information on dependent variables from the offspring by the end of the study period. Therefore it avoids the inaccuracy due to retrospective errors and lowers the same-source bias. The longitudinal design especially remedies the point-in-time data provided by most surveys that are poor at measuring changes over time. It enables the researchers to analyze the data with life course theoretical framework.
However, like all surveys in which every respondent is given the same set of questions, in-depth probe cannot be pursued. The authors have drawn lots of inference that possibly or probably links the independent and the dependent variables. For example, in explaining why unmarried children of non-traditional parents tend to leave home relatively early, it is assumed that their parents encourage residential independence yet such an assumption cannot be substantiated by the given data. Another drawback lies in the sampling bias that only married parents in 1980 were chosen and the non-traditional form of families were left out.
Having said that, the data source for this research is extremely rich. Besides the standard information available such as parents' education and income, this study also has collected extensive information on the gender division of housework and childcare, gender attitudes, marriage quality, marital conflict, and divorce proneness. The measurement of offspring's well-being is also inclusive from the socioeconomic attainment to intimate relationship, from social integration to psychological well-being.

This book is well researched and very objective. The researcher uses extensive data sources to offer support for the claim that money has only a secondary effect, and that parental involvment is a much more important factor for child sucess. In short, to improve society, we need better parents rather than more money.

I cannot believe that this book hasn't gotten the attention that it deserves. A Girl, In Parts is one of the most impressive debuts I've ever read. Jasmine Paul uses (apparently) simple language when she chronicles Dottie's growing pains. The realistic situations Dottie encounters -- sibling rivalry, hatred toward parents, crushes, experimentation -- as she grows from a precocious nine-year-old to an insecure adolescent are beautiful and poignant. I savored the final pages of this novel like fine wine -- I hated to see it end. I cannot recommend this novel enough. Book clubs would marvel at the excellent prose and sharp dialogue. A Girl, In Parts deserves a spot in every reader's library...

Don't let the lame title fool you: amongst more splashy and better-publicized novels about damaged youth ("Twelve," "The Lovely Bones") this is a book that will build with time and wind up outlasting all of them. Since America's newest passtime seems to be kidnapping and murdering young girls of poor or marginalized backgrounds, AGIP offers precious insight into their secret interior lives. This writer has created an indelible character in Dottie: charming, infuriating, hilarious, dreamy, mischevious, just beginning to notice this thing called "sex." There are "Parts" of this book that will take your breath away--especially the terrifying hands-off quality Dottie displays at the train-wreck life the unreliable adults around her have dumped on her. The emotional part of the book is watching Dottie--more creative and smarter than everyone around her--turn her ugly surroundings into magical places armed with only her hyperactive imagination. This writer could do wonderful things with the dying craft of the novel--this is not "confession" but "fiction" and it knows the difference. Forget Jasmine Paul's second novel--I already can't wait for the THIRD.

In the first few paragraphs of A GIRL, IN PARTS, Dottie the narrator describes a fire that she imagines will consume the home in which she lives with her family. It is perhaps one of the most passionately rendered openings of a novel I have read in years. And the voice remains as such to the very end--charged with conviction, anger, humor, but most of all, a mammoth sense of love that is liable to pierce even the hardest coats of cynicism. Amazingly, Jasmine Paul holds true the voice of a nine year old throughout the novel, but manages also to infuse that voice with an irresistable charm and wisdom, and with a knowing that at times radiates from the page like the words of a sage. Dottie speaks like a child, but in the inventive and intense rhythm and tempo of Paul's prose, Dottie transcends her age without ever leaving it. At worst, the prose is fluid, at best, on fire.

The structure of the novel, 97 self-contained vignettes constituting a wickedly florescent whole, is perhaps one of the greatest achievements of A GIRL, IN PARTS. I felt compelled to read the novel slowly, sometimes one or two vignettes at a time, resisting the urge to consume the book at one go. I did so because each vignette stands so resolutely and independently on its own, inviting the reader to savor the parts like beautifully crafted songs. I even went back and reread a number of the vignettes before continuing on to the next. I wanted to extend the experience of reading the book.

What also makes this novel powerful is Paul's uncanny ability to strip memory of nostalgia and evoke an age in a girl's life with such undaunted honesty. Paul's novel thankfully never romanticizes childhood; it opts instead for creating a time that is necessarily and realistically messy, and definitely more dynamic, true, and breathtaking as a result.

I can't recommend this novel enough. I can't wait for Jasmine Paul to write another.

The book starts with an excellent history of golf course architecture, albeit written with a distinct slant towards the Ross era, as one might expect. Aside from this opening history, the book must be considered basically a book of excellent photographs of Ross holes.

The captions to the photographs and the accompanying text leave much to be desired. Both seem to be written with the goal of being dapper or cute. For example, from the text describing the 3rd hole at Wannamoisett Country Club: "Playing out of this area requires familiarity with some of the famous chip shots of golf: the 'chili-dip,' the 'T.C. Chen,' and the ever popular 'skull.'" What does that have to do with Donald Ross's Vision of the Game? I would have preferred more focus on how the holes implement the architectual features which make each hole a "Ross signature."

Despite the sometimes distracting text, all Donald Ross fans certainly will want a copy of this book for their collection.

Many people do not know the name, Donald Ross, but almost every golfer knows at least some of the courses he designed. Perhaps his best known is Pinehurst Number 2, which was designed to be an ultimate championship challenge which it has provided now for about 100 years. You may also recognize Inverness, Essex, Salem, Wampanoag, and Brae Burn. Enormous numbers of USGA championships have been played on his courses.

Ross was born in Dornoch, Scotland, and was for a time the professional and groundskeeper there. He trained for this role under Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews.

Having heard about the boom in golf in the United States, Ross left to become the pro and groundskeeper at Oakley in Watertown, Massachusetts. He redesigned Oakley, and that began a remarkable career as a golf course architect. Between 1900 and 1948, when he died, his firm completed over 400 courses in the United States and Canada. At the peak, he had 30 building crews and 2500 workers.

This wonderful book was written by a cofounder of the Donald Ross Society, and shows a deep love and appreciation of Donald Ross and his work.

Donald Ross courses were all designed in the days before bulldozers, so the courses were designed to match the land. Donald Ross's philosophy was to create a course that was strict but offered a fair balance between risk and reward. Designed to be played without irrigation, the holes often play differently today. He was a modest user of water for hazards and did not use it as a central hole element, but didn't actually ban it either.

Signature elements include elevated tees and greens, extremely undulating tricky greens, fairways with almost no flat lies, and tees that aim you where you don't want to go. In today's parlance, it's a shotmaker's course. He loved the iron shot to the green, and provided lots of challenges of that sort.

This book starts with a wonderful essay about Ross. Then it goes on to pick 18 of his holes, as he might have laid them out as a single course. You get beautiful color pictures, views from tee and green, a close look at nasty hazards, and a schematic of the hole.

Naturally, I was delighted to find that the fourth hole of my home course (Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton, Massachusetts) was one of the featured holes. This is a 400+ yard par 4 that features a slight dogleg right, with out of bounds on the right for the length of the hole. About 200 yards out, there's a tree to block your route on the right (or potentially knock you out of bounds). On the left are sand traps every few yards to catch errant drives. Further down on the the left is a thick copse of trees. Your approach shot to the green is invariably over a bunker or two. Hit it too long, and you're probably out-of-bounds or in deep forest. The green itself is extremely hard to putt. In some locations, a three putt is well done. Whew! I'm glad I have finished reliving that hole. By the way, the book notes that a recent survey rated Brae Burn's greens the fourth toughest in the U.S. after Augusta National and others.

Whether you are a Ross fan or not, any golfer will love this book. If you are a Ross fan, this is a must have. It would also make a great gift for anyone who loves Ross.

Use this book to change your misconception that only a Pete Dye course can truly challenge shotmakers!

Hit 'em all straight, and you'll have no problems.

A superb and elegant rendition of the masterwork of Donald Ross. I have played a few Ross courses in the US and have glimpsed some of the wonderful work this landmark architect created. However, my own appreciation of Ross' genius pales compared to the care, thought, and detail that have been pored into this short opus. A book for any golfer who wants to gain a better understanding of the design aspect of the game we strive to conquer every time we play.

Given the success of their chronicling of the further adventures of the Seventh Doctor, Virgin publishing listened to the requests of their readers and launched a second series: Doctor Who Missing Adventures, featuring the earlier incarnations of the Doctor. This is the first of the series, and features the Fifth Doctor. And just to make life interesting, it ties in with the Seventh Doctor book 'Blood Harvest'.

From the title and the cover illustration, have no doubts that this is a vampire novel. Vampires, Doctor Who-style, were introduced in the TV serial 'State of Decay'. The established ages-old conflict between the Time Lords and vampires puts all kinds of pressure on the TARDIS crew when Nyssa is attacked and transformed...

The novel also features a person from the Doctor's past, mentions of old companions, and generally fits in very comfortably in the Doctor Who milieu. And its a decent read as well.

Good book. Poor Nyssa gets whomped on by the vamps, Tegan runs around like a mouth on legs, and the Doc is... well how the 5th was back in the day. Good overall story, nice little cameos here and there. DEFINITELY read Blood Harvest first.

First dr. Who book I read, so far better than any other. . . Read it if you are whovian!!! Read it even if you aren't!

The pimsleur teaching method is good, though I feel many words could have used more detailed pronunciation instruction.Unfortunately the sound quality is rather poor. The background "hissing static" sound on the cassettes makes learning all the more difficult. I don't appreciate having to study with my ear literally up against the speaker, to hear properly what's being said.The same applies for the hebrew course.

Ok. Pimsleur won't get you very far, ..., and is somewhat cumbersome to work with. So the rest of this review will be about how in hell did I get to giving it five stars. There are several ways to go about when wanting to learn a language in an audio-only manner. You can get the "Learn in your car" from Penton Overseas. You can get the audio-only course from Living Language. Or you can take Pimsleur. From the lot, Pimsleur would be the ONLY decent answer for the utter beginner, with the other options, you will find yourself replaying the tapes a couple of times. Does any language course that is a self learning course worth this kind of money? No. That's why we have the next paragraph.

Money. First of all, by all means get it used. It is an audio course that I recommend going through only once. So if you're lucky enough to find a CD version used, it will be exactly the same (of course - assuming that the seller is decent enough to sell unscratched CD-s). As for used audio cassettes, well, as much as we want to hear the correct pronounciation, we have to remember - this is not Mozart, it is only recorded speech. However even if you don't find it used, you can buy it, and after completing the course, sell it as used. As this is suitable for first time learning, and is too much for review purposes (perhaps the other audio-only courses will be better for review).

One last thing. Usability. I'll talk technology, but it's essential here. When I bought the heavy package, the first thing I've done was to move it to MP3. So then I had the entire audio collection on a single CD. In such a way you take a single disc to your car, play it with a mobile MP3 player, and stock the valuable course in your closet for backup. In that way, when you finish with the course, the originals stay in a good enough state to be sold as used. However, if you won't convert to MP3, the need to each time take another cassette/CD to your car would be a serious drawback, since storing the entire course in your car doesn't sound as a sensible alternative to me.

To wrap it up, buy it, MP3 it, learn it, sell it.

I think the CA dude needs new speakers!

These tapes have been a great way for me to learn, especially since I learn very well by listening vs reading!