The print is clear and easy to read, even when several people are reading over the shoulders of someone sitting at the piano. There are also Guitar chords and grips that makes the book Doubly worth while. This is not a Cheat book. It also gives the copyright information any entertainer needs to know.

This past school year was my last, as I just retired after 28 years. My ED class read, listened on tape, and studied the book Holes. Of course, we went on a field trip to see the movie - awesome!. Stanley Yelnat's Survival Guide makes a very good companion for the book. I even ordered it knowing I was retiring - for 2 reasons. One because I wanted to read it for myself and the second reason was to give it to other teachers if I found it worthwhile. Two very lucky teachers with be getting Stanley Yelnat's Survival Guide. Buy!!

good short little book. i enjoyed it but you really need to read holes otherwise you won't like this book... go see the movie too 'cos it was AWESOME!!!

This was the required text book for a class in musical theater in college. I found it informative but lacked many details that I would have like to have known.

overall a nice book covering the Bway Musicals. I happened to purchase one for a friend who attends the theater (both Broadway and off-Broadway) religiously and she was very happy with the gift.

This book has proven and indispensable part of my theatre library, and if you get it, it will become one for you as well. Want to know what date the original production of Show Boat opened on Broadway? This book will tell you. Who the original stars of Mexican Hayride were? That's in here, too. You will be able to find the answer to just about any question you could ever ask of Broadway's hit musicals. A perfect companion piece to Ken Mandelbaum's Not Since Carrie (which chronicles the flop musicals this book mostly excludes), and a wonderful way of tracking the history of the Broadway musical, Broadway Musicals: Show by Show is as comprehensive, helpful, and essential as reference books on Broadway come.

I thought that this book was a fantastic account of broadway musicals that have graced the New York City Stages during the years 1972 - 1988. One of the more informative books i have read, I was pleased to see that this book gave specifics on the shows as well as a brief description. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of broday shows during a particular period. Enjoy!

When I read Red Mars, the book before this one in the trilogy, I expected Green Mars to have more of the same material. But this book went out of its way to explain the politics and petty arguments and business transactions and such things. I bought this book hoping it would have more information on the actual terraforming of the red planet, which it had some, and I immensely enjoyed the parts that had it. But when the characters are getting older, and have "memory relapses", bittersweet reunions and political meetings about taking down a metanational tyrannny under a hollowed out Martian sand dune, it makes me wonder why this book wasn't classified as "Politics & Government\Romance" instead of science fiction

I enjoyed many aspects of this book... KSR's technical background and scientific descriptions of bringing life to Mars works to prove the scientific possiblility of the colonization of Mars by humans. Along with the characters, most of which are scientists, the reader gets a thought provoking image of the real dangers and discoveries found living day to day on Mars. Though I found myself researching scientific terms to try to understand what KSR was telling me, I felt as if I went though a good explanation of Mars and the possibilites there... I liked Red and Green Mars... Blue is next... and I would only hope for Mars where things will be better for the characters... KSR describes the new pioneers of Mars and some very interesting technologies... Quite a fun book and I learned alot about terraforming.. Buy this book and enjoy learning a little about terraforming Mars and meet some human pioneer characters...

The first book of Kim Stanley Robinson's epic trilogy, RED MARS, wone the 1993 Nebula Award for Best Novel. This sequel, GREEN MARS, won the 1994 Hugo Award. Except for the last Hugo, which went to a Harry Potter novel (something which will taint the award forever), this award is not given lightly. Green Mars deserved all the honors that could be heaped upon it. In some ways it reminds me of Peter Jackson's Two Towers film, in that it is a middle chapter in a much greater landmark saga.

Green Mars starts out about 40 years after the failed revolution by elements of the original settlers to free itself of the rule of Earth. That revolution caused much destruction and thousands of deaths but in the end it failed. It failed because there was no coordination among the disparate groups. Some were fighting to keep Mars as it was, some to change it, some were out merely to seize power for themselves. Now the legendary First Hundred settlers have been hunted down and reduced to just 39. Those that are alive must live in secret sanctuaries hidden throughout the landscape or take on fake identities. And all the while, Mars is beginning to show life on its surface.

Hope springs eternal, for the metanational corporations, the real force that controls Mars, from Earth, are about to embark on a civil war amongst themselves. Also, a new generation of Martians are coming of age and doing something their predecessors didn't. Organizing themselves into a united and coordinated front. Establishing goals and having patience for the right moment to strike. Kinda like a twelve step program for revolution.

In Green Mars, different parts of the book are divided into the perspective of the various characters. Nirgal, the first to be introduced, is a young ectogene, a cellular descendent of the First Hundred, who is taught by Hiroko, the weird and reclusive religious cult figure from the first book. He will try to be the bridge between the old and the new Mars, gathering support from the young generation who see themselves as Martians, not settlers. Art Randolph is from Earth, sent by the CEO of Praxis, a leading metanational company, to infiltrate the underground movement of Mars. His mission is not to harm it, but to help it. Sax Russell's identity is changed by plastic surgery so he can spy on the metanationals. Ann Clayborne, the eco-terrorist from the first book must find her will to fight again. Maya Toitovna must come to terms with her past and find the ground to stand on to become a leader for the new generation as well. Only together will all these elements, will all these different camps be able to defeat the powers of Earth.

This book was great. Robinson's science fiction is not that of Star Wars. His vision of Mars is something to me that could truly happen. In fact, these books have read like future history, if there is such a thing. The settlers didn't land on Mars to fight aliens. They had to fight about what they wanted their world to be like in terms of politics, environment, and society, freedom. This book is a good treatise on what it takes to make a revolution. I mean, to make a good one. The book is really about finding commonality and being able to act as one. Kim is a masterful studier of character. There is no cuteness as in immature sf writers who know nothing of relationships except what they see in movies. This book is strong. It cannot be read alone though, meaning Red Mars must be read first. In some ways, reading this book is like looking at the problems faced by our founding fathers 200 years ago. The formation of a nation. Seek this book out.

Definitely not for the theory challenged as it includes only melody lines and chords -- not full arrangements. Great for auditions if you're working with a seasoned accompanist with solid chord theory and ability to play from charts. Otherwise your audition could trip up on a mediocre pianist scrambling to improvise.

This is a good buy for a pro pianist like me who might get requests for tunes I've never heard of from shows I've never seen. It has three indexes: by tune, by show, and by composers and lyricists. One of the best things in the book is an alphabetical show-by-show synopsis, containing information about each show's history, its major personnel, and its plot. However -- and it's a BIG however; in fact, several howevers: An awful lot of the songs are second-rate and I can't imagine getting requests for them, or even wanting to play them myself. The book proclaims its inclusion of "great songs" from several more recent shows such as "Rent"; gimme a break -- these songs are barely listenable, much less "great." Many of the chord changes are incorrect (this is a musician's constant complaint about ALL fake books). Most of the songs do not include the verse (and for Rodgers & Hart, Gershwin, and Kern these are often essential parts of the song). And there are inexplicable omissions. For example: (1) Some of the included shows are lacking some of their best songs: "The Nervous Set" omits "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Finian's Rainbow omits "Necessity." "The Merry Widow" omits "The Merry Widow Waltz." "Mack and Mabel" omits "I Promise You a Happy Ending." (2) Some excellent shows are missing altogether. No "L'il Abner." No Cy Coleman's "I Love My Wife." And Leonard Bernstein is represented only by two songs from "Wonderful Town"; no "Candide," no "On the Town," no "West Side Story." And of course there are many songs I already own in other collections, although the book is useful as a one-stop source for all of these, and there are about fifty to a hundred decent to superb songs that I own nowhere else. There is ample representation of Rodgers & Hart, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kern, Gershwin, Porter, Frank Loesser, Jerry Herman, Harold Arlen, Lerner & Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber, et al. Despite its flaws, to me the book was well worth the price.

I've used a friends copy of this book and it was time for me to get one of my own. Great selection of tunes. Amazon definitely has the best price.

I stumbled upon this book when searching for other books online. The title caught my eye and I thought it would be a cool book. You rarely ever see childrens books that make reference to the Goddess, so I wanted to get this for my daughter. But after receiving it in the mail, it's really only so-so. It is a very thin book, and with illustrations only on every few pages. The story does not seem written by an experienced author. The language style, and too many uses of words such as "clang clang" and "clinkety-clunk" make it seem sluggish. I realize kids like those kind of words, but this just didn't "flow" or have appeal like most other children's books do.

The story is about a girl who is walking through the crystal forest looking for the Green Goddess, because her mother is sick and dying, and the little girl thinks the Goddess will help her mother. It is a dull story, otherwise. She meets a deer who walks with her. They spend the night with an old tree (all this is rather boring and uneventful). Then they meet the Green Goddess who gives the girl a green crystal heart that opens up to let out green light, and this light gives you perfect health. And the Goddess gives the girl this heart to keep so that she can help people and animals whenever they are in need. And the Goddess tells her she can use it on her mother, and that the heart will give her whatever she asks for.

So, I was not too happy with the theme of the story. Makes it sound like if you ask the Goddess for anything, it will be granted. Which is bound to cause disappointment in children - especially those who have sick loved ones or who are sick themselves. While I believe in the power of prayer and magick, I would never tell a child that they will be granted everything they ask for.

And - the story is dull. Despite its potential. The title itself is probably the most exciting part of the book. It has okay illustrations. But nothing to get too excited about.

It's nice to get this book just to give your child something mentioning the Goddess. But I made goddess magnets with my daughter, and that got her more interested and talking about the Goddess than this book did.

Not a horrible book. But not nearly as good as I was hoping for.

As a satire on the spirit of Oscar Wilde, "The Green Carnation" is definite overkill. Hichens' own epigrammatism lacks the grace and subtlety of Wilde's wit and wisdom, and he drags wall-to-wall his assays into cleverness whether or not they are appropriate to develpment of the context. Disappointing.