very very good, no jargon, analytical, no genuflection to postmodernist shibboleths, packed with ideas,

A model of interdisciplinary/literary scholarship. The prose is lucid and informative, the ideas innovative, and the overall effect of a densely packed but readable study.

Blocks was so much fun for our baby. He memorized it from our earliest readings. He kept it under his pillow and "read" it to us every night at bedtime. What a delightful book!

Colorful, simple for the kids to grasp and easy to play along with. Everybody has blocks, don't they?

Most of the Nate Heller books are good. This one is very good. I enjoy the characters and the ties to history. Basically, a Forrest Gump/Spencer type of read.

It was an excellent book. A little bit too much language. It got crazy on pg. 140 (read that page). It had a whole bunch of explosive sex. And a whole lot of bloodshed.

We LOVED this book - What a wonder sense of humor this author has! It's great take off on some standard fables. I wish I could by this book for each and every child between the ages of 4 & 7.

The best thing about this book for me was the fact that I, as an adult, could enjoy it as much as the children. It is totally different to any other children's book I have read. I found it to be witty, charming, and imaginative.

The story sounds like something thought up by a parent and young child, with ideas from both, and some teasing from the parent. Altogether a great read, and something I would definitely reccommend to young readers

An excellent historical mystery, with Collin's Nate Heller filling the role of an real-life private detective who investigated the murder of Sir Harry Oaks.

Look for the reference to Dick Tracy that Collins ames at the end: "It hurts."

A fitional novel about an actual event that held my interest better than any other non-fiction books on the Death of Sir Harry Oakes

Farnsworth's love of human trivia makes this case book far more compelling than most. It is a captivating introduction to the subject.

I learned contracts with this book and it is excellent!

I am an intermediate to lower-advanced level classical guitarist. Without a doubt, this is my favorite book of solo Christmas selections. Most of the arrangements in this book are intermediate in difficultly, though one or two (such as Pata Pan) are more challenging. Allan Alexander is an extremely talented composer and arranger, and his arrangements of Christmas selections will not disappoint. The tunes are all familiar. My personal favorites are I Saw Three Ships, The Holly and the Ivy, The Sussex Carol, and What Child is This, though they are all tremendous. I played a couple of these in church during the advent season, and they were extremely well-received. The thing I like best about Allan's stuff are his variations, which are so intelligent! The selections are all extremely accessible, and most addictive. I never get tired of playing his arrangements. Enjoy!

Not the usual compilation of Christmas tunes but a delightful departure for anyone wishing some original music for the season. The variations are creative and a joy to play. I enjoyed them all.

I got this cookbook just before I got married, when I hosted my first Thanksgiving. I've used it for several years now, and many of the recipes in it - including the gingered sweet pototato pudding, the glazed parsnips and carrots, and the pumpkin cheesecake - have become staples of my family's celebration. I haven't tried a single recipe in this book that wasn't utterly delicious. It offers creative twists on traditional holiday fare, so it satisfies both the gourmets and the traditional holiday eaters. It also includes several recipes for "extras" (such as a yummy and very easy recipe for minted cranberry sauce). While some of the recipes take a little extra effort over your traditional mashed potatoes and stuffing, they are very well worth it. Even my husband, whose palette is hardly experimental, loves *everything* I've made from this book. I've now given it as a gift to several of my friends, all of whom have found new recipes to treasure in it!

This is hands-down the best cookbook for the holidays, or anyday really. Everyone loves the cranberry relish and yams.

This new hardbound 176 page beauty of a library volume with colorful plastic laminated covers features 125 full color and 20 black and white very large, sharp photos of these gems. Its loaded with information including: Development of early printing and advertising, role of promotional materials in the early years of the Coca-Cola Company, Distributor Calendars, Bottler Calendars, Foreign Calendars, Home and Reference Calendars. A complete Guide For Collectors tells you what to collect, preservation and display of early calendars, protecting, restoration info, and a very complete grading guide. 1999 values are shown in 3 grades. A really beautiful and unique new reference that belongs in the collector's library.

Second book in Petretti's/Beyer's comprehensive look at specific areas of Coca-Cola collecting. This book provides a great deal of history behind the calendars as well as some beautiful color pictures of nearly every calendar that Coke ever released, including some very rare pre-1900 calendars. There is a guide to storing and preserving calendars in the back, as well as the most up-to-date price guide available on the subject. Those who bought Classic Coca-Cola Trays know what to expect and others should be pleasantly surprised. Recommend this book to collectors (a must!) and to anybody that is interested in the history of advertising.

This is a truly wonderful book, and I'm glad our english teacher Ms. Kasper recommended it to us.

This book is intelligently and efficiently written and doesn't talk down to its readers. I like the matter-of-fact way in which the author defines terms and gives suggestions. The sample questions and passages were extremely helpful. One of the particularly valuable things about the book was the analysis of good and poor essay answers.It helped me understand what AP exam readers are looking for. According to the back cover of the book, the author himself has been involved in writing and scoring the AP English Lit exam for many years. That in itself is a powerful reason for using this book.