Hank the Cowdog is a series of books.I have chosen one. It is called the one-eyed killer stud horse. I suggest you read it because it is a real good book. It has black and white pictures in the book. The first few chapters are really funny.

A sick dog, A broken ankle, and a dog that was attacked and almost killed, believe or not these are the main events of one of the funniest books ever written. There is a dog named Hank he is head of ranch security at a ranch. He always does dumb things that get him hurt or in trouble with his owner. One of the things he does is eat bacon grease and becomes very sick. But when he tries to do something nice it always seems to backfire and he ends up getting in trouble. If you own a dog it really makes you think how you treat your dog and if you ever talk to your dog. IF you are an adult looking for a fast read or a kid looking to have fun I guarantee you will laugh with this book.

This book was hilarious, as all Hank books are! The best part is the sleep talking scene--"foggy doggy mumbo jumbo". This book was also incredibly dumb but so funny I almost peed my pants. Read this book if you want something light and funny.

I sure reads like one, maybe I'm biased `cause I lived there, grew up with all the doctrine & dogma(not to menton all the great food, they may be killers, but they sure can cook!). I admire the toughness & tenacity[like how "The Hunchback" counted the bullets from the guy shootin` him before he ran out of the phonebooth to tackle him & take away his gun]. This book is a little better, in my opinion, by explaining the details of the connection of the Mayor to the gangsters. I'm sure it's not much different anywhere in the world but you rarely see it documented so well.

I enjoyed reading this book. It was informative, just as good as a book written by George Anastasia titled "The Goddfella Tapes", In both books, they talk about Philadelphia "La Cosa Nostra" and how law enforcement try to defeat them...Wiretaps, Stake outs, asking questions and getting informants...These books are essentailly "Good VS Bad". Go and get them, you'll enjoy them.

The Mafia family in Philadelphia during the 1980s under Nicky Scarfo was by far the most violent group of killers, extortionists, drug dealers, and swindlers in the recent history of the Mafia. Scarfo was a sociopathic killer, ordering killings as a way of doing business, many of his victims were killed on a whim. As the bodies began to pile up, Lt. Friel, a homicide detective, was directed by the Philadelphia Police Department, his employer, to join forces with the FBI's Organized Crime squad.

Friel and the FBI worked well together, a cooperation that resulted in breaking the Mafia's code of silence, and Nicky Scarfo is now serving life plus 40 years. The entire top echelon of the Philadelphia LCN family went to jail with him -- those who he hadn't had murdered during his reign.

Friel is not only a dedicated and very smart cop, he is also a good story-teller. This is an excellent book from start to finish.

There's more going on than Joey Pignattano's big upcoming event: to eat a worm (for a dollar). The second grade teacher is a sweetheart - will she finally win the pumpkin pie baking contest this year? Then there's the really scary story floating around about the real mummy that comes every Halloween -it can't be true, can it? But then . . . the mummy (gasp!) shows up at school for Halloween! Cool fun for younger readers (and not really scary).

It all started with a bet. Joey Pignattano, Jigsaw's friend, is going to eat a worm on Halloween for a dollar. Everyone ( except Bigs Maloney) thinks it's a gross, and I mean gross, idea. Finally, Joey's big day comes. Jigsaw brings some worms for Joey, but just before the school's annual pie contest, the worms disappear! This looks like a job for Jigsaw Jones and Mila Yeh. This book was a little bit duller than "The Case of the Spooky Sleepover", another Jigsaw Jones book. Good luck on new books James Preller.

My six year old loves these books. And for his parents? We couldn't be happier to find a series of well written mysteries for kids. Preller's situations and characters are fun and up-to-date. We're in the middle of reading them all and have liked each one enormously. One caveat: this particular book had me reading a few sections with my stomach in my throat. Of course my kids thought that Joey Pignattano eating a worm was nothing more than great fun. I guess you just have to be under 20 to understand!

When I sent away for this book I expected it to be more detailed and have a wider variety of topics. It does a good job of giving you the basics of the topics it has without a lot of technical jargon. So if you are just starting to learn or read about abnormal psychological behaviors this is the perfect book for you. It also gives good references to other books for more detailed research on each of the conditions discussed in the book.

If psychology interests you, this is a good read. I found it compelling and interesting because the authors give a brief summary and case study and cover a lot of different phobias and conditions that are very interesting.

Well, I went to the library and plugged in eccentric.....i was looking for something else, but found this gem. Everything from necrophilia to trichillitomania is covered in here. Some behaviors i was already aware of, others were newly found subjects of intrigue. If you are as curious about psychology and sociology as I am, you'll find this an excellent read!

The Literary Canon has been more flexible than 'Canon' in the religious sense ever could have been or could be. I think it's a case of bad conceptual metaphor. Let's bring Lakoff and Johnson out of the bullpen.
As a contribution to Canon Formation bookchat, this book is a solid work of scholarship. Yet of course the real cannon fodder in the Canon Formation discursive grapplings (the equivalent of the non-academic, or 'real', world's Ultimate Fighting Championships, only the popularity of the Academy's version leads to far too much influence on the Academy in general) is the readings and discussions of Canonical literature. The other problem is that glib jerks like myself can claim moral authority despite a penchant for horrible puns (cannon/canon) simply by admonishing those who spend seemingly too much time on Canon Formation frolics.
Regarding the multicultural and cultural studies relationships to Canon Formation politics, I respond with some trepidation to Gillory's admirable ideas. Sure, a more nuanced understanding of Canon Formation makes multicultural expansion within the Canon, as well as an expansion of literature's perimeters within the Canon, that much easier and that much more easily defended against the Neocon menace. I also accept the role of judgement, though it says a lot that that had to be brought back to the fore--were we just determining germane discourses and texts through some sort of Super Lotto Big Spin System for a few years there? But to what degree do I follow someone who, I don't think, has the judgement tools to recognize the literary energies of the first Wu-Tang Clan album; the album Liquid Swords by Wu-Tang leader Genius/Gza; the work of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien (rap's Dylan and Whitman at once) on the Deltron 3030 album; everything produced by Prince Paul and Dan the Automator and every record involving Michael Franti, Lady of Rage and Roxanne Shante; Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska and Darkness On the Edge of Town; anything recorded, admired, or smiled at by John Coltrane, Lester Young and Eric Dolphy; any recorded lamentation by Robert Johnson, Son House and Skip James; the Poetry of Eleanor Lehrman, Thylias Moss and Elizabeth Woody; or the fiction of Katherine Dunn and Kate Braverman? Couldn't the fan of any of the above immediately recognize the literary superiority of said work over [enter your least favorite Elizabeth Bishop manque, T.S. Eliot manque, or Robert Lowell manque here]? If Guillory ain't hip to Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cannon, I'm walking, 'cause the reason we shant despair isn't because we might contribute to the Canon Debate, or earn or burn a draft card to the culture wars, but because, if there's a hell below, we're all gonna go. And if I can be aware of the above names AND make a Ricky Nelson reference, then I'm not sure that I need this book as a sort of Fodor's Guide to "The Canon and The Culture". (P.S. If you get the review title, start YOUR book on American Lit. canons. We'll meet up on the backstreets of Medina.)

For any scholar working in the fields of literary history or 'philology', Guillory's 'Cultural Capital' should be a mandatory reference source. Brilliantly assembling the diverse concerns of multi-culturalism, aesthetic theory, post-Marxism and canon formation, Guillory manages to offer a work of impressive relevance and scope.

The principle objective of Guillory's project, as he himself asserts, is to revise the popular misconceptions about canon formation:

'The largest thesis of the book is that the debate about the canon has been misconceived from the start, and that its true significance is one of which the contestants are not generally aware. The most interesting question raised by the debate is not the familiar one of which texts or authors will be included in the literary canon, but the question of why the debate represents a crisis in literary study.' (Guillory: 1993:vii)

Dealing with the canon debate particularly as it concerns Anglo-American pedagogical institutions (his close readings, for example, treat Milton, Gray, Wordsworth and Eliot), Guillory nonetheless also offers a wide-ranging international theoretical buttress to his argument (Bourdieu, Gramsci, Bahktin, Jauss inter alia are cited and analysed with astounding precision and insight).

I would unreservedly recommend this book to anyone interested in the current multi-cultural/feminist/minority debates regarding the canon. Guillory's style is complex, muscular and brilliant. This book will not disappoint the most exigent connoisseurs of literary and cultural theory.

Re: my review, I should have said that the Luxtons died in the mid-1970's, not the mid-1980's. My apologies!

What could have been a lurid tale of murder and madness becomes in Cornwell's hands a elegant elegy for an eccentric family and a lost way of life. Robert, Alan and Frances Luxton, 2 brothers and a sister from an ancient farming family in Devon, England, died violently in the mid-1970's. Though this true tale was well (and sensationally) documented by the British press at the time, the story is probably unknown to most American readers. Cornwell journeyed to Devon to ostensibly uncover the mystery of their deaths. Instead, as he interviews neighbors and friends in the isolated community, he assembles a portrait of not only Robert, Alan and Frances, but of their once wealthy family, its tragedies and eccentricities. The Luxton family becomes a detail in the landscape of an almost vanished way of life in one of the most mysterious corners of England.

This story is about a young lady in the seventh grade by the name of Amber. Amber is very afraid of the dangers that overachieving may bring to the time of her life. The story takes place as Amber doing very well in school and sports.

The problem with Amber is that she tries to pack all of her at and after school activities in all at about the same time , which eventually becomes very difficult and stressful. She was known at school as a role model and known for doing very good in school as a student. Amber was in charge of several school clubs - which also includes the year book committee , science club , and also the debate team. Amber was a straight A student, which also earned her a 4.0 grade point average, and also was a member and played for the schools basketball and volleyball teams. The difficult thing to picture about Amber is that it seemed that she was never really proud of her achievements. If she loses a game on the volleyball or basketball team or loses a match on the debate team , she always seems to blame it on herself.

The plot of this story flies by very fast so you have to pay close attention. It does not catch your eye that easy so , in a way , you may have to search for it. But I guess that it may depend on the reader. Overall this story is fairly easy to understand and brings a great message, which shows intelligence. It provides a positive message for kids and adults. Throughout the story it brings points as in what and what not to do in dealing with your life. I encourage people to read this story because it supplies you with a great message and is quite easy to understand along the way. In terms a rating this book , I would rate it at about a 3 in the fact that some people will read this story and get no point out of it but on the other hand , some will. It just depends on the type of reader and person as well.

This is a really great book. It helped me a lot. Thanks.

this book was decent, it contained pertinent info for taking step two. the material is organized in a proper and stepwise format. also, it is relatively cheap.

This book truely brings getting organized to review for Step 2 to an artform. The questions were helpful,with vignette format for realistic simulation of board questions. The study guides and association lists were the real draw of this text for me, however. After studying, it allows the student to write notes in an organized fashion, in addition to the materials provided, forming your own complete review in one package. I felt like shouting "halleluah" when I found this book in stock. Very helpful.

I am a vegetarian. I've read the book and found numerous errors. Some are little, some medium, some of the worst are omissions. I have read two reviews of this book that pan it. One in Environmental Ethics, the other in Ethics. I respect the author's intentions and respect him for them.

Though I've only read Chapter 4, "The Argument for Global Ecology," for an ecology class, I found it to be very eye-opening. It, and a supportive and like-minded friend, have convinced me to go mostly vegetarian. Hill uses clear writing, sobering facts, and a balanced perspective to make his case for environmental vegetarianism. The reason I gave it only 4 stars is because, while I haven't read the other chapters, I'm not generally convinced by animal rights or health reasons for vegetarianism. However, Chapter 4 alone changed my life.

This is the book that convinced me to become a vegetarian. The arguments are well-presented and the author addresses many important issues such as myths about vegetarianism.

There are people who will start reading this book then about 100 pages into it realize that it's going nowhere fast. Take my advice and keep reading. It gets much better, and more interesting. The ending is really good, and might have even upped this review a star.

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This novel, contrary to some of the other comments, is a wonderful piece of literature. Although not the most uplifting, it is a great example of Hardy and Deterministic and Naturalistic fiction. Despite Tess' best efforts (like Jude in the other Hardy novel), she is unable to escape the poverty and misfourtune which she attempts to leave behind. Although somewhat lengthy, the novel is one of the better pieces of British fiction to come out of the period.

my language arts teacher had my class choose a book to read. I had no idea what I wanted, because she wouldn't allow me to read anything by Stephen King, and I had no other ideas for something worth reading. My friend suggested Tess of the D'bervilles, and so I took it from the school library.

Unfortunately, I started reading it a week before I was supposed, and finished it the next day, and so I must choose another book to read for class.

This is an excellent book that makes you think about what women had to go through a few hundred years ago. It makes you think about the complete lack of backbone shown in Tess untill the very end, when she finally realizes the injustices done to her were NOT her fault. You must remember that she had not been brought up to understand certain things, and could not have understood how to cope, or over come with problems that many women of her time had to face.
The ending was excellent, and rather sad.
If you enjoy learning about history, I suggest reading this book.