I finally got my hands on a copy of this amazing book. It has lived up to everything I've heard about it from my fellow Elvis fans. First of all it's huge. It's 626 oversized pages of nothing but Elvis. It has over 500 photos ( I stopped counting at 500). Many of the photos were completly new to me. If you were from another planet and didn't know anything about Elvis this book would bring you up to speed. I predict this book will become "the bible" of Elvis fans all over the world.

The book is divided into 33 chapters. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of Elvis and his fans. Some of the chapter titles: Elvis music, Elvis and family, Elvis and the Army, Elvis and romance, Elvis and the martial arts, Elvis and food, Elvis impersonators, Elvis and animals, Elvis in person, Collecting Elvis, Elvis in cyberspace - It's sort of a "how to" book on being an Elvis Fan. It's like a Peter Guralnick book with a sense of humor and a lot more photos.

Not only does it tell you everything you want to know about Elvis himself, it tells you about what has emerged in the 25 years since he's been gone. At the end of every chapter is a section called " The Elvis and You Experience." This is where the author's suggest things to do to enhance your enjoyment of Elvis. The suggestions are a lot of fun. Some are really silly. Just like Elvis!

My favorite chapter is "The Pilgrimage". It lists all the important places to see in Memphis during tribute week. A lot of stuff only Elvis insiders know. I'm studying up to get ready for Tribute week 2002. If you're going to the 25th anniversary Elvis week in Memphis this August. I have one thing to say about this book. Don't leave home without it!

"Elvis & You", A comprehensive book like this deserves just a short review as it contains within it vast scope it's own recommendation. Elvis fans will be delighted with it's in-depth research, and the less scholastic will enjoy the eccentric humorous nature of the book as a whole. A work to explore at leisure and delve into for those important links to all things Elvis. A bargain for the photos alone!

As a discerning fan of the late Elvis Presley since 1957 yours truly has read a library of Elvis books-this one is amongst the very best.

I JUST RECEIVED MY COPY OF ELVIS & YOU AND I ALREADY LOVE IT! I GIVE THESE AUTHORS (5) STARS! I HAVE AN ELVIS KING CREOLE FAN CLUB OF MY OWN AN I LOVE IT! THIS BOOK TO ME IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ABOUT ELVIS' FANS! THANK YOU LAURA & JOHN & ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED THEM OUT WITH THIS GREAT BOOK! I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH IT!

The Maya Riviera map by Laura McFarlin is a marvel of information design! It's clear and concise illustrations pin-point almost every building and attraction along this coast and is informed by the use of geo-positioning technology. And, unlike many other travel guide books, it is very compact and easily packs along with you in a pocket or your purse. It is also the most up-to-date source of information for the area available today! The author and her husband travel frequently through-out the year to the Maya Riviera to revise and update the superb guide.

I ordered the Riviera Maya guide/map for our first trip in July. It answered all our questions we had as to where certain destanations were from where we are staying and so forth. It showed how far south of Cancun we will be staying. All kinds of restaurants to try and shops to visit. I was certainly interested in the ruins but always heard it was quite a trip from Cancun. We will be staying in Playa Del Carmen and that seemed a little more centrally located on the map.This will be the first thing I pack for the trip! Thanks to Laura and Perry for such a great map.

The value of this map cannot be overstated. It is a bargain at twice the price. Don't go to the Riviera Maya without it! Laura and Perry McFarlin work hard to keep it up-to-date -- no minor feat in this fast-changing area of Mexico.

Long after the first read, I enjoyed playing mental games with the subtleties rasied by the characters in this dynmaic and moving book. DeNooyer-Moore reveals in rich and meaningful ways the shadows that so often color life's understanding of concepts of right and wrong, black and white, past and future, perfect and imperfect. With a deep love and respect for the culture, the land, the people and the language, the author invites the reader into this time and place, into the life of a family with roots in the soil of the Appalachians - a family that sturggles to do right.
A quiet humor laces the culture and people together. Details paint pictures of characters so real that one makes mental plans to look them up next trip to the mountains.
That's why, when I play the mental games about so long, I pick up the book for one more read - knowing that I will enjoy it long after the last word is read.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book- reading all 422 pages within 3 days. Each chapter ended in such a way that I wanted to keep reading.
The character development in this book was excellent.Each character had a personality of its own. The excellent use of dialect and folk tales, that were intertwined with the theme of the story, made it hard to believe that the author wasn't part of the time and culture herself.
Laura DeNooyer-Moore had a very artful way of using the English language. The descriptions of the setting and characters were very well done. I often felt as if I were sitting on the front porch with this family, listening in on their conversations.
I hope there will be a sequel to this novel. I would definitely read it.

All That Is Hidden longs for answers to the enigmatic questions raised by the progress of the last century. In this way, it reaches into the spaces described by all of our great Southern novels-however, in a way that is real and immediate, dealing with wounds not yet healed, more in line with the rebellious spirit of the Agrarians than with any romanticized Antebellum past-that-never-was. Set barely a generation ago, in small-town Appalachia, DeNooyer-Moore weaves a tale composed of several thematic strings. Central to the tale is Tina, the young girl who, along with her community, is coming of age in a tumultuous time.

Secrets abound here, as they do everywhere, but a line is drawn in the hard-worked soil of this farming community between the frivolous and lyrical secrets of childhood and the high stakes secrets of adulthood. DeNooyer-Moore leads us on a romp and a dance back and forth over that line as Tina grows up and pays her first ante into the game of adulthood. Taken back, as we are through Tina, to the troubling move from self-interested childhood into the awareness of adulthood, we are again reminded of the murky, shifting nature of modern morality. What is right, what is wrong, in a world where the lines are being redrawn constantly?

Throughout all, however, life, family, hard work and play, community, and love are affirmed, recast continually through the language of the novel itself, which is based on the sing-song of Southern idiom and the fluidity of the oral tale. Each section of the novel opens with a tale, an oral tale retold on paper-reminder that the world of the novel, magical as it is, is only an approximation of the real magic of people telling tales to people, passing down little bits of truth from generation to generation, teaching the young ones a new step to the beautiful dance of their lives.

A book obviously written by a teacher. Ideas are clear for students to understand and assemble. One page directions with materials easy to find and prepare. Workable plans for huge displays that engage all students. Projects celebrate creativity at all abilities and provide students with art lessons that enhance seasonal themes. Extremely useful for the classroom teacher with artistic limits, that wants to introduce students to a variety of art media.

As an elementary teacher, I believed that bulletin boards should be made by my students and not me! I wrote Big Bulletin Boards with this concept in mind. Most of the boards within my book have been successfully constructed by students. Children will be introduced to 23 different forms of art mediums; while developing creativity and building self esteem. The boards are quick, easy, fun and creative for both boys and girls. What a wonderful way to teach cooperative learning! Big Bulletin Boards: A Cooperative Approach was previously published by Prentice-Hall, Inc. selling over 16,000 copies. I revised the book and released the Second Edition in 2001 under Hide and Seek Press. I hope you have fun making BIG bulletin boards with your students! I sure did and they became the "talk of the school."! *Note: This is a great book especially for beginning teachers, preschool/elementary teachers or librarians.

Now and then, you have to invest in a book that pays big dividends in time and creative energy for you, as a teacher.
Karen Robbins has given us just such a book -- generously sharing nearly a hundred pages of bulletin board ideas for all the months of the year, including summer! We know that learning takes place best when we get children involved with all their senses -- what I especially like about this book is the "cooperative" in the title, because from now on bulletin boards will not be a teacher chore, but a child's delight! Thank You for this guide for those of us who are less artistically inclined!

10 years later the magic and mystery of Lynch's Twin Peaks remains close to my heart. 29 episodes of dream like sequences and wonderful black humor are enhanced and explained in the short, but truly brilliant Secret Diary of Laura Palmer. Jennifer Lynch has achieved what seems to be the unachievable by capturing the desires, fear, hopes and dreams of a fictional character and collecting them with in the pages of a fictional but yet strangely real diary. The diary tells of the years running up to the horrific murder of Laura Palmer in the small town of Twin Peaks. Here we learn of the abuse she suffered at the hands of bob from her 12th birthday onwards. Her introduction to her own and others sexuality and interest verging on obsession into the darker sides of sex. The details of her life are described in her own words, and pages are missing from the book just as in the series, torn out so as not to reveal the identity of Bob. This is a must for any Twin Peaks Fan, but also for anyone who wants to get a harrowing and disturbing picture of a young girls suffering under the influence of mind altering drugs, and the vicous hands of men

I believe Twin Peaks premired August 9, 1990. I was twelve. I turned thirteen August 12. What an incredible birthday present Mr.Lynch and Mr.Frost. My mother and I were glued to the television for that pilot episode. So I completely digressed... I picked up the diary, well actually one of the professors at my mother's office, Mary Catherine allowed me to spend the day at her home outside of Charlottesville, Virginia one day when I had a bad soar throat. She was a big fan of the show as well. She said for me to read this, but to not tell my Mom she let me because "It was kinda raunchy." I thought yeah!! I can really read about my girl, Miss Laura. I did. wow Bob Wow. You learn almost everything. What a beautiful tortured soul. I wasn't then, well I had repressed a lot of memories. I just turned twenty-four and I was headed in the same direction as Miss laura Palmer. I am trying desperately to turn my life around. Parents: Listen to your children. We have so much to say. When I was younger, I used to think that if I knew the character of Laura that I could've saved her. Now I realize that some of us have to die in order for some to be saved. I however do not want to die.

If your a Twin Peaks fanatic you have to own this book it ties everything together and makes things make sense. For example the Log, the flesh world mag, and many other obscure tidbits. You'll understand the relationship between Laura and Audry better. If you are a fan of the series and don't get or don't like the movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me this book makes it make sense. Read this book, watch the movie, then watch the first pilot, and then the first season. You'll be saying wow till the cows come home. Then you'll know [stuff] for shineola.

For all you women out there this is a very good book of coming of age and coming into that wonderful world of sexuality. It shows the trials and tribulations that Laura goes through and why she is so messed up. It struggles with alot of those questions and situations. God, if only Laura had a stronger mother or a stronger female figure ... Well we wouldn't have a story then would we.

This book is GREAT!!! THIS IS A MUST READ!!!!

I just finished reading "Fatal Convictions," and I can only say, what an incredible book! I couldn't put it down. Ms. Geller is a fabulous storyteller. I'm looking forward to her next book...

Even after reluctantly closing the book for the night, I found myself still going over the details of what I had read, wracking my brain to figure out who the murderer was.

With lots of descriptive power, the book almost immediately drags you into the story. You are almost shocked by the sheer fury unleashed by the killer, but never become jaded.

This book keeps you guessing(and reassessing your guesses) up to the very satisfying ending.

Please finish that next book, Shari! Your fans are waiting impatiently.

This is a "can't put it down" novel. I did not know who did it until the end and was shocked. Keep up the great work, Ms. Geller!

I am really finding myself enjoying many of the new entries into the extended Little House family, this book included. However, I did not like it quite as much as others in the series (and of course not as much as the originals, but that goes without saying!). I don't think this is the writing, but perhaps just the setting, more urban than any of the others, so not as full of descriptions of self-reliant country life. This book is well written, and I do look forward to following Charlotte's life and seeing how it fits into the big story of the Little House family! I especially enjoyed the description of school life in the early 19th century Boston area.

This is the first book of the new series about Charlotte Tucker, Caroline's mother. You should definitely enjoy this book if you are a Little House fan. It takes place during the War of 1812, and even discusses what is happening with the war. Besides that, you will meet Charlotte and share her many adventures. Charlotte was born just one generation after America was formed which doubles the excitement. You can read about Charlotte's many adventures. Charlotte has several brothers, and sisters which makes it even more interesting. Charloote has Scottish backround, and you can learn about Scottish traditions, and stories. Also don't forget to keep up with Charlotte's ongoing childhood series!!!!!!!

I absolutely LOVED "Little House by Boston Bay." Whenever I go to get my Laura & Rose books, I include this one right along with it. There seems to be a certain warmth and attractiveness about the book. From bold 12-year-old Lewis to doll-eating infant Mary, I love it! It's also nice to see Martha from "Little House in the Highlands" all grown up, with a mind and a voice of her own. Overall, the book was great and I recommend it to all people, fans or no fans.

When my children were babies and toddlers, I found overwhelming amounts of information about their needs and care-- magazines, books, TV shows. Now that they are 15 and 9, I can't find much worth reading to help me with their needs. I found that this book was very helpful. The author interviewed many teenagers and profiled 12 of them in this book. The book is an interesting glimpse into their lives, and the lives of their families, and the unique problems they each face. Although this is not a "self-help" book, with prescriptions for how to solve the problems parents face, the final chapter summarizes the author's findings from the interviews and gives advice to parents. This summary should be copied and posted where every parent of a teenager will see it frequently because it's a very complete summary of things that teenagers need from their parents.

I am also starting to work my way through the books listed in the bibliography. It appears to be a great resource for further reading about adolescents.

Finally, I wanted to explain the reason I awarded only 4 stars. I felt that the book focussed too much on teenagers who have some kind of "problem": poverty, drugs, neglect, etc. Although the book was useful for all parents of older children and teens, I think it would have been better for me if there had been a few more middle-class kids who are doing well in school in the book. That's the kind of kids that I am dealing with, and they still have problems. I suspect that's the kind of kid a lot of... customers are raising too.

I felt like I was reading "MY Last Best Shot" as I read through this book. I have three sons, ages 10, 12, & 13, and this book was lent to me by my middle son's teacher. I liked it so much I bought my own copy. Every chapter opened my eyes to something else I didn't know about or have not been doing with my sons. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with children near or at the pre-teen age level, particularly parents who find most parenting books boring, patronizing or unrealistic.

For Christmas 2000, I only requested a few gifts. Besides paper white bulbs and a red matte lipstick, I wanted this book. As a parent of younger children and a youth development consultant and writer, I had committed to reading it in the New Year!

I read Last Best Shot in less than 2 days and enjoyed it immensely. In 12 profiles of young adolescents, the author touches on the turbulence but wonderful promise of young teens. She cuts through all the theoretical jargon with an amazingly graceful writing style. This is its finest strength---to communicate what experts in the field know about youth development in engaging storytelling profiles. This makes it a wonderful read for anyone, with children or without.

Beautifully insightful, and at times poignant, the private look into the lives of these children gives you the freedom to draw many of your own conclusions. It is also extremely refreshing to see children from many backgrounds portrayed--Children of married families, divorced ones, white, city, rural, Hispanic and African American. My only wish is that we will see a followup. What will happen to all these children in three or four years?

We gave this book to our 8 year old son as a First Communion gift. The book is the moving story about a young bear asking his mom if his parents love him. The story continues as mama bear explains to the young cub how God have given them the miracle of his birth and walks the cub throught the pregnancy, the waiting over the birth of the baby, the first night at home, and so on. Our 8 year old son loves to cuddle at night and listen to the story of a mom and dad who are so thankful to God for the gift of their cub. Beautifully illustrated and written, this book is a gift to share between parents and their children.

This beautiful story is very appropriate for my three year old daughter's questions about where she came from. This book chronicles a the birth of a baby bear from when her parents pray for a baby bear all the way through birth without all of the medical details. It simply shows the Mommy bear's tummy growing and the parents preparing for their new arrival. It tastefully omits the actual parts of conception and delivery. It leaves these details for parental discretion. My daughter loved it!

This book is a beautiful way of explaining where baby comes from without giving an adult answer. The simple message that your child was a gift from God sums it up, and in a sweet story. The illustrations are soothing, and the story is a good bedtime read.