Mostly well done; the others are noted as I come to them.

Bischoff, David: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice's Apprentice" Coarse, elderly Vincemole Whiteviper, apprentice to the dishonest adventurer Sir Harry Springraff, is narrating his memoirs to his own much-abused apprentice: how he lost what little fourteen-year-old innocence he had on a quest for a suspect wizard's treasury. The plan was for Vincey to seduce Relfalyn, the wizard's beautiful 18-year-old apprentice. Funny how things work out...The physical setting reminds me of an AD&D-based computer game.

de Lint, Charles: "Sign Here" Unusual style: entirely dialogue, without even "he/she said", 4 characters (2 appear only once), only 2 characters per scene. A stranger in a bar offered Peter enlightenment regarding the structure of the world - magic - if he'll sign over his soul. Peter's friend Robert employs unusual tactics to try to free him. The dialogue suffers from *too* much realism.

Friesner, Esther: "Homework" Parody by someone who's read the Evil Overlord checklist. Prince Gallantine is having trouble with his captor Morbidius, who's finally wised up. Then Morby's nine-year-old nephew Andy, seeking to avoid his villain apprenticeship homework, turns up. :)

Helfers, John: "Blood and Scale" A wizard's apprentice, offered only death as an alternative, agrees to become the apprentice of the dragon who wiped out the rest of his party.

Hoyt, Sarah A.: "The Muses' Darling" Shakespeare, as a young struggling playwright, is an apprentice to the meteoric brilliance of Kit Marlowe. This story takes Marlowe's treatment of Faust as having a personal application. I also recommend Neil Gaiman's quite different treatment of Marlowe and Shakespeare in _Sandman_, a subplot starting with "Men of Good Fortune" in _The Doll's House_.

Huff, Tanya: "When the Student Is Ready" Oddly enough, *this*, rather than de Lint's contribution, is an urban fantasy set in Canada (Toronto, not Ottawa, though). Sixteen-year-old Isabel has been encountering a mysterious street person a lot lately - but is it just poverty and homelessness that seems to cloak him in invisibility? (Even complete with smart-aleck talking crow.)

Levine, David D.: "Zauberschrift" is the complex, legalistic Latin in which spells are written, instructions for the immensely powerful but mindless daemons (spirits) forming the basis of a wizard's magic. (The author's note says he based this story on his first summer job; he must have been a programmer. The analogy between the magic system and programming is interesting without being heavy-handed.) The protagonist quit his wizard apprenticeship when he inherited the family dye business on the deaths of his father and older brothers, but his native village has asked for his help after his old master's death. The weather spells that have protected the village for years have been corrupted, and no affordable wizard can be brought in to fix the problem.

Lindskold, Jane: "Final Exam" Narrated by Danny Bancroft, whose Talent killed his mother to save his life at birth. When his family spoiled him as a child, he felt undeserving, because he could remember what happened. Since this manifested partly as bullying, he landed in counseling - with a Talented counselor who may ape Nero Wolfe's body language, but not the rest of his style. (After all, imagine Wolfe as a counselor.) But Danny's been coasting as an endless undergraduate, and with his dangerous abilities, if he fails the senior magicians' test, his magic will be sealed.

Patton, Fiona: "What Has to Be Done" After the events of "The Svedali Foundlings" (_Assassin Fantastic_), Coll has begun his personal crusade to rid Cerchicava of the Trade (necromancy) in earnest, "apprenticing" himself to old Mona Masaccio, despite the fact that as a retired Death Mage, she considers him a traitorous fool, while she represents everything he hates. The latest series of mutilated corpses, however, interest them both, as they carry signs of non-standard organ collection - as though someone's trying something new.

Reichert, Mickey Zucker: "Flanking Maneuver" Amazingly unrealistic story of a young conscript - a blacksmith's apprentice - in a tribal war, and what happens after he meets the captured daughter of an enemy chieftain.

Smith, Dean Wesley: "The Last Garden in Time's Window" The narrator doesn't believe that his grandparents died from a gas stove leak in their trailer. Having just returned from their funeral, he doesn't care about the danger of using his half-learned magic. *Very* rushed.

Waggoner, Tim: "Till Voices Drown Us" Braided non-linear style, following Michael back to his childhood home to learn one last lesson from the great-aunt who taught him to bear his mediumistic powers, when one spirit shows him something disturbing he's never seen before.

West, Michelle: Camille, like all apprentices to "The Augustine Painters", is a foundling - one thread of the story follows her present, in which she faces her do-or-die test of mastery, her best friend apparently having come to grief only days before; the other follows the discovery of her talent. They aren't wizards, as such; in their art, they depict possible futures that, with hard work, may never happen. Not only is this cool - for instance, while they can work more quickly in pencil, they need color to identify strange people, places, and battle standards - but deeper mysteries are revealed even as the story unfolds.

Visually striking layout... fantastic photos of Nelson and some of golf's greatest from that era. Book initially requires sequential reading, then opens up later into short, choppy highlights of tournaments where Byron prevailed. Makes a wonderful book to place somewhere visitors might want to browse through without committing to tons of reading. GREAT GIFT for a golfer.

The gospel and the 12 steps is one of the best class and workshop materials I have ever used. It has brought out many hidden secrets ect from so many that I have used it with in the past 2 years. please reprint this book.

This book is really helpful for all those who want to knoweverything about Oscar's early years. It has beautiful pictures anddelightful stories as well, not just the bare facts. A great piece of work!

THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK I'VE READ ABOUT THIS SUBJECT IN ENGLISH , AND FOR MY IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, AND VERY INTERESTING, I RECOMEND IT TO EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHO TO SAVE PEOPLE IN PROBLEMS.

What a great story. No super heroes or improbable scenarios. Three guys from our generation (37 yrs. old, like many of us, except that they dared to break out of the box and find a better way to communicate. The story is beyond more effective policing techniques but revisits the core values that have made America the place it is. kudo's and continued success to the Slick boys and the communities they serve. they also did a "killer" interview on the Joan Rivers radio program in NYC, that is why I bought the book.

Urban Assault Inside Moves is really cool. It helped me beat the game so much faster. I Think it was worth the money becuse it tells you an entire book of hints on the game. It tells you about the levels, upgrades, and the tanks and air figters. It Is the best hint book I have so far.

I read the reviews here and bought this book hoping to learn to use PSP7 to make exciting Web graphics. Aside from a couple of useful chapters, I found the book lacking in substantial information. The writing is very dry, like a text book. Further, the graphic samples used to illustrate this book are amateurish and...well, just awful.

The tutorials in the Getting Started book that came with PSP7 are much more useful than what is found in this book. I was hoping that Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics would serve as a great supplement to the documents that came with PSP. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.

Paint Shop Pro Web Graphics - Third Edition focuses on using Paint Shop Pro 7 program by JASC Software, with a few diversions. Chapter 5, for example, covers Web Graphic Basics, which may be useful to some readers.

If you are familiar with Paint Shop Pro 6, or work with web graphics on a more advanced level you may find this book not extremely helpful. I do feel it is a very good beginners book for using the latest version of this software. JASC Software has made tremendous leaps to improve this program and with a few exceptions this book covers the software in a concise manner.

On the downside, I was extremely disappointed in their not covering a few topics that the advanced web graphic artist would need, and those were Alpha Channels, Adjustment Layers, Actions, and Masks. . I wish these types of books would come with the images used in the book on a CD. The examples in this book are available on-line as an almost 3 MG zip file.

Software developers are often graphically challenged. We spend a great deal of time pouring over code and usually turn to the artist-types when we need graphics for a web site. But if the artists are not available and you need a basic graphic fast, what do you do? For Paint Shop Pro users, you turn to a book like this for help.

A graphics expert might find this book lacking in detail, but it was perfect for my needs. In addition to describing the basics of Paint Shop Pro, topics such as creating backgrounds, making buttons, and working with layers were all covered. There is also a section on retouching digital photos, something even the casual hobbyist would find useful.

The book itself is an attractive publication containing an extraordinary amount of full-color illustrations. My only complaint was that a few topics could have been covered in a bit more detail. Perhaps a few more web design tips would be a nice touch as well. Those were the only items preventing me from giving the book 5 stars.

I found this book to be very clumsily written. The author's diction is too informal, and he rambles from one subject to another with little or no transition between topics. I was annoyed by the vast amount of irrelevant information that he included. For example, he interrupts his account of Olivia's first days in the Fischers' home to give a seemingly pointless account of the celebration of St. Nicholas's Day in Europe. Mr. Davis is also obviously biased in favor of Olivia Riner. I had the impression that he had made up his mind about Olivia's innocence before he even started his research for this book. He repeats outrageous charges and wild rumors about the Fischer family which were proven false in Joyce Egginton's book, "Circle of Fire." I believe that Ms. Egginton's account of the Olivia Riner case is far superior to Mr. Davis's.

I am not 100% convinced that Olivia Riner committed this murder despite what Joyce Egginton says. Maybe "Circle of Fire" was more in-depth than this book but at least Don Davis pointed out that the police screwed up major time. He pointed out that John Gallagher lied about being expelled from high school and that the half sister conspired with him to lie about his driving record to get him insurance. That is just as bad if not worse than Olivia stealing a bag of baby clothes. How do you justify the police not securing the crime scene? That is the first thing you always do in the case of a crime no matter what. I still do not buy Ms. Egginton's psychological theories. Things are vastly different today than they were 100 years ago when the dissertation was written. You are entitled to your opinion just as I'm entitled to to mine.

Another great book, very well written by Don Davis. It's pretty obvious she was innocent.

What else do I need to say? This book is a garbled version of a Siskel and Ebert review of the latest Hollywood releases. While the intentions seem pure, the result lacks discipline and effect. It's overly sentimental and, at points, pretentious. Thanks for listening.

A few years ago, I reviewed Leland Ryken's The Liberated Imagination; since then, I have received numerous e-mails, from new teachers, recent graduates, or generally inquisitive "thinking Christians" asking for similar books. Their question was essentially, "How do I stay connected to the challenging and imaginative body of work I was introduced to throughout college? How do I keep these great questions important for me?" In short, how can I live so that my commencement really signals a beginning?" At something of a loss for the best reply, I pointed them toward the works of literature which have been formative in my own thinking, those writers which set my own imagination ablaze.

Here is a collection of 100 such replies.

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