This is an amazing book full of stories that warm the soul. It's nice to finally see people who recognize the value that trees hold in our hearts!

Tree Stories: A Collection Of Extraordinary Encounters is a wondrous collection of original short stories and poems by both adult and child authors, each about a special tree that influenced the writer's life. An enchanting, lyrical anthology that celebrates trees half in prose and half in verse, Tree Stories is a most charming and delightful gift book for nature lovers everywhere. Waiting For A Message: Trees help you see slices of sky between branches,/point to things you could never reach./Trees help you watch the growing happen,/watch blossoms burst then dry,/see shade twist to the pace of the sun,/birds tear at unwilling seeds.//Trees take the eye to where it is,/where it was,/then over to distant hills,/faraway to other places and times,/long ago.//A tree is a lens,/a viewfinder, a window./I wait below/for a message/of what is yet to come.

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This book is full of wonderful and beautiful pictures. The book captures the true beauty that NZ has to offer on all the islands. I like how the book is divided into subjects like forests, mountains and lakes, farmlands and coasts. Fabulous book to see things as they really are and to appreciate the beauty the country has to offer.

This score is a must for those who are performing "Grease." Although it differs slightly in places from the vocals in the hard to read hand written score provided by French's Musical Library, the accompaniments are identical. Measure numbers are exactly the same as the French's edition. Every music director of "Grease" should buy this edition and make the minor adjustments necessary to agree with the French's edition.

GREASE IS THE ULTIMATE ROCK AND ROLL MUSICAL.A GREAT SHOW FOR TEENS,ESPECAILLY,EITH SONGS SUCH AS GREASED LIGHTNING AND MANY OTHERS.JOIN IN ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS GREAT MUSICAL AND LET GREASE STILL BE THE WORD.

When one thinks of "fire" and "ice" in terms of food terminology, one should almost feel the explosions of textures and flavors that should be presented to the taste buds. Linda Mathie-Jacobs and Sheri Morrish have attempted to do just that in their book "the Fire 'n' Ice cookbook". This cookbook, filled with around 200 recipes, has more "fire" then "ice", but the fire can almost be felt in just the title of each recipe alone. Many of the recipes also blend the two worlds together.

Recipes include: Chili Fruit Salad; Guacamole Loaf; Bandito Bread; Bacon-Jalapeno Muffins; Mexican Roll-Ups; Diablo Cheese Bowl; Piñata Puffs; Mexican Egg Rolls; Tex-Mex Coleslaw; Jalapeno Caviar; Cabo San Lucas Salad; Chicken Jicama Salad; Gazpacho Rapido; Salsa Corn Chowder; Pollo Mexicana; Turkey Salad Burritos; Hot Mexican Meatballs; Mexican Lasagna; Jalapeno Pork Chops; Pepper Pasta Salad; Cumin Rice; Grilled Vegetable Kabobs; Cauliflower Mexicana; Flan De Fresa; and Margarita Loaf are just a few.

The cookbook adds some incredible mouth watering full color pictures of complete recipes throughout the book and brings a spiral bound book to a new level. Each recipe is either on one page or facing pages, never requiring the user to turn the page to finish the recipe. All ingredients are pretty much readily available at most grocery stores and most recipes are easily made. The cookbook sells itself as "Mexican food with a bold new attitude", and the co-authors have well succeeded in accomplishing that task. It is not at the caliber of a Mexican Kitchen by Rick Bayless, but I recommend putting this book on your shelf.