Once I opened it I couldn't put it down. The storyline grabs you and won't let go. And the artwork is amazing. I can't wait to see what comes next from these talented people.

My Uncle works with NASA and has for 16 years. While he can't tell me what he does, once in a while he gives me an article to read (sort of as a hint). Three days ago he gave me a copy of the Red Planet comic book. All he could tell me was that everyone at NASA was talking about it. I read it twice non-stop and didn't do any homework that night. It was just so cool. I've collected comics for four years and have a pretty big collection worth a bunch of money. Red Planet is my favorite comic. The pictures are really awesome with really cool faces and expressions. The story is in the future and it seems like something that could probably happen. I liked that it was made up and yet something I could believe. Anyway, I really like Red Planet and I hope the next one comes out soon. -Michael R.

I thoroughly enjoyed this comic. The characters were engaging and the art is cool. Hope to see more from Elias and Tibbetts, whoever they are.

This books shows, in an easy to understand format-in my opinion-a person how to identify wild edible plants that they can harvest (some even in their own backyard). It shows photos of the plants, tells you if there is a poisonous look alike plant, how to identify them, common locations of the plants, and how to prepare them for a meal. If someone wants to learn more about eating plants that grow in the wild, this book is the one I think should be in their library.

This book is a well-organized listing of edible wild plants in North America. Listings are by season, so you know when to look for a specific plant. Habitat is described including a quick reference range map of North America, as are how to harvest, prepare, and store foods for future use. A symbol key at the left of each plant will tell you at a glance what uses you can put a plant to; trail nibble, potherb, etc. Related edible and poisonous look alikes are also listed. This book utilizes pictures, something none of the other books I looked at did. I think this makes identification of plants much easier than relying on someone's black and white sketch or colored pencil rendering of something wild that I'm plan to eat. The one down side to this is that some of the pictures could be much better; about a dozen pictures are black and white, while others show the plant only at a distance which might make identification problematical. However, scientific names are provided, and if you have the luxury of time, you can do a search online for a more precise picture.

I bought this book to use to gather wild plants for making homemade wines, but now it's a companion whenever I go hiking, fishing, camping, or merely sightseeing. It's that valuable!

The book is divided into an introductory section, guides to harvesting plants in each of the four seasons, the plants themselves (also presented seasonally), poisonous plants, a nutritional guide, and two great indices. The introduction includes great tips on how to prepare wild foods as drinks, snacks, entres, and condiments, along with recipes for 25 jellies, 20 jams and 17 fruit and berry pies. But the good part is yet to come.

Each plant is presented with a good-to-excellent photograph, a distribution map (so a person in the Pacific Northwest doesn't have to wonder whether he or she is looking at a squashberry or a hobblebush berry), a complete description, identification of the edible parts, harvest and preparation notes, related species, and poisonous look-alikes (if any). The presentations are just excellent. My only complaint is that the book isn't twice as thick.

Whether you just want to be prepared for emergencies or you want to collect wild edibles for making jams, jellies, pies, and wine, this book is one of the only two you'll probably need. The other is a good regional guide, because with over 20,000 species of plants to choose from north of the Rio Grande alone, a guide to regional edibles is a must.

Feel the biting cold of a Russian winter as Casca and his buddies try to make it back through enemy lines to safety! Not a book for the faint hearted or squeamish. Those who have ever read the Sven Hassel novels will enjoy this one, and I'd recommend watching the film "Cross of Iron" to get some idea of what Casca went through in this one. One of the best in the series, and see how Hitler REALLY died!

This should be all made into movies. Highlander stole the idea but it doesn't come near to this work of extrodinarry talent that Mr. Sadler had. This is a must read.

This is my all-time favorite Casca book. My favorite parts are where one of Casca's men kills an SS squad herding Jews on a train, and where Casca kills the three SS men with the female Jewish prisoner. The rest I won't give away. The action surpasses any found in those 500+ page epic historical novels. It is simply the best.

"Patent It Yourself" is well laid out and written. It gives enough history and background on the Patent system to help one become knowlegeable on a general level. The book leads the reader through all the logical steps of developing a design or utility patent. Many useful forms are included. Not all of the forms are for the Patent Office, for example there is a form for sharing of a patent among partners. The book has tons of detailed information with a fair index. It can be usefull as a reference for those who are using an attorney but want to be in the know.

I purchased this book to get info on applying for a patent. (My schiester quoted me a huge fee so I wanted to do it myself.) It turns out that I was able to trademark the product and have more protection than I would have had if I had taken out the design patent I was encouraged to pay for!! This book Explains the process of patenting. The various types of patent. If you need a patent or have another avenue avaliable for protection. When to go to a lawyer and how to things your self.

I don't have a solid figure, but this 50$ book probably saved me over 3000 in attorney fees, searches, filing and etc. So you can pretty well guess my opinion of the volume is quite high!

I have used Pressman's Patent It Yourself since the late 80s to file and process 18 patents, and have saved myself and my business partner (a lot of money) in legal fees. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Pressman is not just knowledgeable, he is a master teacher, imparting information with consumate pedagogic skill. He makes learning of complex legal issues as easy as one can imagine. His prose is often humorous and entertaining as well.

One recommendation: If you use this book to write your first patent filing, let a patent lawyer review the filing before you submit. This shouldn't cost you more than an hour or two in attorney fees and from my experience can enhance your submission and improve its chances for allowance significantly. I did this for my first several submissions and learned something each time. Eventually there was little the attorney could offer, and I then ceased the practice.

Wish I could give 6 stars for this remarkable book.

Great reference for all aspects of this subject. Use it every week. Highly recommended for novice-expert.

Its even better than the previous edition. Check my comment in the previous edition's review. Good work Roger Jennings and Group.

Along with Robert Cowart & Kenneth Greg's book on the WindowsNT Bible which is for beginners, this book by Roger Jennings is the BEST that is available for NT.

I have a multitude of books on parenting and parenting techniques and continually find myself referencing "The Mother's Almanac" for that reasuring advise or story that lets me know that my child is perfectly normal. My favorite part to date is the section on lying. I have a 4 year old who fits this description completely, what a creative story teller he will be some day, until then, magic continues to work when the truth is having a hard time being told. Time and time again I wonder why is it that my child does..... and then I read The Mother's Almanac and find that ALL children his age do what I thought was so out of the ordinary. Many thanks to my best friend Amy who introduced me to this book, it's my gift of choice for mother's to be.

My children are now 28, 25, 23, and nearly 20 years old, but today I decided to plant an avocado pit and looked up how to do it in "The Mother's Almanac." My faded, dog-eared copy is filled with notes jotted on the margins; looking at it brought back many warm memories. This book is a wonder, filled with common-sense wisdom. Over the years I have given it to many new mothers, and referred to it, and quoted from it, hundreds of times. From instructions on how to survive the exhausting early weeks, to detailed explanations of creative projects a pre-schooler can "The hours are terrible, right from the start, but remember, at least you are the boss!" Yes, young mothers, you are in charge of these fast-passing days. This book will help both you and your kids to bask in the love, joy, and creativity of the early childhood years!

I bought this book in 1972 when I had my first child, and I still have it. It contains tons of activities that are easy and fun for children, as well as parents. A great help for new moms who may not have a mom nearby to rely on. I still use some of the cookie recipes because my grown children still love them. Now I use this book for activities with my grandchildren.

Elia Kazan was one of the most important film directors of the late forties to early fifties. Besides blazing a trail as one of Broadway's top theatre directors, Kazan also established himself as a top Hollywood director. His films helped blaze new ground covering social themes like anti-semitism (Gentleman's Agreement), racism (Pinky), corrupt unions (On the Waterfront), and the abuse of television (A Face in the Crowd). Films like "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Baby Doll" challenged the censorship of the day with their depiction of raw sexuality.

Kazan also pioneered the use of cinematic realism with his location shooting and the realistic performances of his cast through the use of "method" acting. Kazan would be responsible for launching the careers of Marlon Brando and James Dean.

However all these achievements have been overshadowed by Kazan's appearance before the House Un-American Activitees Committee in 1952. Unlike many other moviemakers and actors, Kazan cooperated with HUAC and named names. One of the most high profile entertainment figures to turn informer, Kazan helped to consolidate the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s. This has made Kazan arguably one of the most hated and controversial figures of the McCarthy era. As a result many people are uncertain of where to stand on Kazan.

In this book, reporter Jeff Young interviews Kazan extensively about each of his films. It's very interesting to hear a little about what it was like working with his actors and how he would coax great performances from them. Kazan was a very good actor's director in large part, I think, because he was good at empathizing with them and making them feel comfortable. Instead of telling them what to do as most directors would, he told them what to think and what to feel. It was touching hearing how when the neurotic James Dean came onto the "East of Eden" set, Kazan moved in to a trailer across from him to keep an eye on him.

It was also quite interesting hearing how Kazan got some of the ideas for his films. For instance, I didn't realize until I read it that much of the ideas for "On the Waterfront" were based on real cases and that the Terry Malloy character was based on a real person who worked on the docks. Nor did I realize that "East of Eden" was a semi-autobiographical film. "Wild River" (alas, to date never released on video), stemmed from some of Kazan's documentary work during the Depression, and "America, America" stemmed from the experiences of Kazan's Greek uncle's journey to the America.

People looking for insight into Kazan's decision to name names may be disapointed. This is not really an in depth discussion of those events, but a loving look at Kazan's films. However, in case you think that Jeff Young has fallen too in love with Kazan, there is a probing question that Young asks Kazan near the end of the book. Kazan has always claimed that he named names because he thought that Communism was a threat to America, not because he was interested in personal gain. However, Kazan doesn't seem to have been prepared for the specific question that Young has to ask him. Kazan's emotional response is quite revealing and manages to take some of the gloss off the way he portrays himself.

For anyone interested in Kazan, this is a good place to start.

If you've read this far you may already know about Kazan's career as a filmmaker and Broadway director. But he is probably best known for his actions before the House Un-American Activities committee in the 1950s. Kazan named names. This had made him an enigma to the dominant Hollywood culture. Today, he is recognized as an important filmmaker in the history of movies, but his political views have made his life somewhat bumpy in his chosen profession.

Kazan proves to be erudite and witty and humorous and surprising. He openly hates some of his own movies, though reviewers consider them classics. He does love his version of a STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, which he also directed on Broadway. He speaks with some regret that he didn't also direct the movie version of DEATH OF A SALESMAN (another Broadway play he debuted).

That is just a small bit, but I would recommend the book to anyone interested in the politics of communism in the 1950s and its aftermath, or any film fan that likes to dissect film directors and their work. I am interested in both subjects and found Kazan illuminating on both.

Illustrated with 72 photographs and 19 original movie posters, Kazan: The Master Director And His Films is based on hundreds of hours of interview during the 1970s with master film maker Elia Kazan by Jeff Young who also drew upon his considerable experience and expertise as a writer, producer, and director, and former studio head for three major film companies. This impressive professional biography and analysis features a summary of each of Kazan's film plots and a discussion of 18 of the director's films in his own words. Of special interest is Jeff Young's commentary on Kazan's final film "The Last Tycoon". Kazan: The Master Director And His Films is well commended and highly recommended reading for all students and fans of Elia Kazan films.

This time it is up to Kane and his companions to discover what exactly is happening on the planet Mars.

The answer is surprising and it leads to one of my favorite editions to the outlanders series.

Overall-If you think that this has been done before you are sorely mistaken, read the book and find out!!

This is the third audio book of the Outlanders series to which I have listened. It was also the best. In each of the other books, the heroes kicked a** and the story went on. This time little guys were the big shots. In the end our heroes won out over the bad guys but you had to stop and remind yourself who the good guys were. After all the bad guys had far more self control and appeared more honest than our heroes. I hated having the spacestation blow up though, I would have been happier with that avenue left for exploring.

I was one of those people prejudiced against Outlanders, thinking it was just a rip-off od Deathlands. Well my thinking got straight after I read Parallax Red. This is only one I read so far and I could kick myself for passing up the others.It has a lot of cool action and the heros are interesting and it's really nothing like Deathlands. I loved the bad guy, Sindri and esepcially all the stuff about Mars.I'll be a fan from now on.

Any book that recommends restraining a preschooler to keep him in time out and removing privileges for a school-age child (privileges such as going outside -- hmm, my parents called that grounding) needs help. This book claims to teach emotionally intelligent parenting but it's a mess: old-fashioned parentally-imposed discipline mixed with some touchy-feely stuff. For example, "If a child does not comply with a command, repeat the command once with a warning, then place her in Chill Out if she does not comply." (pg.103) So where does the self-discipline part come in?

The book is also fluffy -- nine pages dedicated to specific jokes is overkill in a parenting book. If I wanted to read jokes, I'd get 'em on the Internet. And it was filled with psychobabble where plain English would have sufficed -- phrases as "material reinforcer" (also known as a reward) and "developmental adaptation" (changing as you grow.)

I was deeply disappointed in this book and regret the money I wasted by purchasing it. For parents seeking more useful advice, look for "Kids Are Worth It" by Barbara Coloroso.

The authors of this book take a very interesting look at the subject of parenting. I think that this is a very big issue because of the recent past events; such as the Colorado shooting, and others. I believe it is important to enforce good behavior at a young age to help prevent later violent events. This book is a excellent tool to accompish this goal.

The authors make a compelling and cogent argument for the use of humor and understanding in parent/child interactions. Illustrated with useful dialogues, the concepts presented are easy to visualize and implement.

I am usually loathe to read this genre. The instant quantification of an entire field into a few pages generally does not appeal. In this book, no pretense is made. The subject matter is well circumscribed and is covered thoroughly. I highly recommend this book to any parent seeking a more effective means of communication with his child.

This short approximately 100 page book is [not helpful]. It tells you how to collect written options premiums on 'stocks you want to own.' However the premise is a fallacy; no stock should be intended to be held forever [1 stock on the Dow survived the century!]. This point is 'brought home' for instance in Colin Alexander's outstanding 1999, almost 400 page but similarly priced book, "Streetsmart Guide to Timing the Stock Market.

By assuming you will hold a particular stock forever, Elias can then legitimize, ... the unrealistic view that all realized option premiums are 'profit' and then he ignores the price effects of the stocks. As Alexander says "paper losses are real". All of Elias's profit claims in his examples are highly exaggerated for this reason, and he also ignores taxes for those trading outside of a retirement account, which converts in those cases most of his so-called 'profits' into losses.

Elias['s book] has performed a great disservice for the public,... in perpetuating the myth that one should 'buy and hold' one's favourite stocks. Elias does say you should "only buy in an uptrend and sell short in a downtrend" but Alexander takes nearly 400 pages in his book to show you actually how to do that and explain what the relevant trends are and favours stop losses for ALL purchases rather than Elias's ubiquitous written options which actually cost you in a bull market.

Elias has craftily hedged his comments by only discussing stocks 'you want to hold' [forever!] but his flagrant error is in treating all realized option premiums as profit and ignoring offsetting stock losses [that were not subject to stop loss orders) and taxes.

However the book was entertaining to see such a well developed flawed approach. The key is in identifying the flaws. There are useful 'real life' examples provded one carefully uses Alexander's princples as the over-riding criteria! However wait... and don't expect to get rich on this false premise alone!

Not knowing anything about Options, I found this book to be an eye-opener. For example, I didn't know that an options trader could make money before purchasing stock. It is also possible to make money on "loser" stocks as the price goes down. (Something I really needed to know about during the past 18 months.)

The recent real life examples that he uses show the power an individual options trader can have during a bull/bear market.

I have since revised my trading philosophy and style to incorporate the techniques described by Dr. Elias.