I usually LOVE reading Howe books. But when I picked up this one I had to put it down again and it took all of my strength to keep reading. It was, I'm sorry to say, VERY boring. There was no humor, nothing worth reading about, and I myself would not reccomend this book to anyone, but a person who can't sleep.

In this story there is a young boy named Milo Groot, and he got food poisoning from the school cafeteria. He gets very sick and his best friend Berry tries to help him figure out who had done it? While trying to figure out the mystery some strange things happen to Milo and Berry. Milo just kept getting sicker and sicker and Berry started to see into the future little by little (none believed him not even Milo). And every time he saw into the future he would feel a lick feeling in his stomach. But that wouldn't stop him! In the middle of the story one of the lunch ladies that they thought had done it got very sick and died, so there went one of the suspects! So the person who was poisoning these kids was younger then 30!
Berry being a good detective that he is, figured out the mystery. Milo seemed to be getting better and better after this event because the lunch lady was into witchcraft and was putting a spell on both boys. But she was putting the wrong spell on Berry and that's kind of why he figured out who did it!

Yes I liked this book! It was very informing, but at some points there was no point and it was very boring. I think I liked it more then I disliked it!

I love mysteries, so this book was interesting to me. I also love books dealing with people my age: and Sebastian and his friends were in the eighth grade... perfect. I loved how there were a few things that could be the cause, but there was one Howe focuses the reader on; however, with the experience i have with stories and dialogues, i knew it could not be the obvious. Overall, I give Eat Your Poison, Dear; A Sebastian Barth Mystery a green light, even when it comes to all the books there are out there...

A good book to have on the shelf- will stimulate the thinking of intermediate level Access developers onto greater things.

Nice chapters dedicated to using Access 2002 as a front end to SQL Server and Oracle. If you are planning to do that, by all means this book is a great guide. Also, the first couple of chapters about application development are great for those developers who must spend as much time in the corporate board room pitching their ideas to computer illiterate bosses as they do with actual programming.

BUT: In several places in the book, the authors make reference to the 'CD included with the book.' Well guess what? There is none, but if you want to learn about and use Active X controls through the use of working examples, you will have to look elsewhere.

Most painful is that the authors tantalize you with nice definitions and screenshots of ActiveX controls, and then tell the readers that they should "See this chapter's application on the book's CD-ROM for code examples." ARG! No examples makes learning this stuff really tough!

If you don't care about Active X, or already know your stuff, then you won't be missing anything. Presumably though, you are purchasing this book precisly BECAUSE you want to learn this stuff. The lack of CD hurts especially when the authors omitted printed details from the book, fully expecting those details to appear in CD form.

I don't fault the authors. I fault Sams Publishing. On the bright side, the lack of Active X examples is the only major sore part in this otherwise useful intermediate guide.

The first 100 pages where realy great for all kind of developers.
It's not just for Access people.
Missing the CD and there are some copying from the 2000 version.
Still an importent book

Marcus Hearn's exhaustive research in the early 1990's provides the basis of most of the information in this comprehensive guide to the formative years of Doctor Who, yet nowhere in the book does he recieve even pssing credit. Rather than being presented as a dry 'info-dump',the book's accessibility could have been vastly improved by more user-friendly approach to conveying its wealth of material, some of which is interesting, some mindlessly dull. Unforgiveable, too, is the insulting 'What others said about William Hartnell' section, which is not used in any other handbook in the series, woefully implying some kind of inadequacy, or unreliabilty in Hartnell's own words. Equally annoying are the reviews offered by David Howe for each individual story, which are vapid and predictable in the extreme. He awards 'Marco Polo' and 'The Crusade' 10/10, despite both being broadcast some 35 years ago, claiming 'he really can't find anything wrong' with either story. Is this really the point of being a Dr. Who fan, as Howe claims to be? Strangely enough, the stories that remain intact in the archives (and thus accessible for review) such as 'An Unearthly Child', the classic first ever story, favour less well, suggesting, as John Nathan-Turner once infamously stated, 'The memory cheats'. Although, as usual, it's sheer wealth of information is indispensible, this is by far one of the weaker handbooks in the series.

This book is a must for any Doctor Who fan. From the inception of the show in April 1962 to the end of October 1966, this book looks at the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who. These handbooks are really good. I've only seen these stories recently, but the book brings back the memories of them. It even thoroughly helps out on the missing episodes that can't be seen, by summarising these stories. So you get a sense of how it might've been like to have seen them. The attention to production details is excellent. You learn about interesting facts about the episodes: budgets, originally intended actors, location and studio recordings, original titles, original direction of some stories, etc. The book is divided into 8 chapters: William Hartnell stuff, the Doctor, the stories, establishing the myth, production diary, a focus on the making of the classic story "The Ark", and selling the doctor. The First Doctor Handbook is a great reference source of information on Doctor Who's early years. These handbooks are all great (there are 7 volumes in the Doctor Who handbook series), but the fact is that the first doctor handbook was actually the third one made in the series, published in 1994.

The co-authors trio of David J. Howe, Mark Stammers, and Stephen James Walker have proven themselves to be the definitive historians on the Doctor Who TV series. Besides the handbooks, they have also written three volumes focusing on the three decades of Doctor Who's television run: The Sixties, The Seventies, and The Eighties. I highly recommend all of these books to any fan of the world's longest running science fiction TV series!

The book does not have a wonderful and jumpy beginning, but the ending makes the 142 pages worthwhile! My favorite part of the book was learning in the theater, refer to "Hamlet" as the Scottish play or the play will have bad luck. I am a fan of all of the Sebastian Barth mysteries, but this book ranks as one of my favorites!

This was a great book because, it's very interesting and I did'nt want to put it down. It was both exciting and fun at the same time. Actress Micheale Caraway gets letters that start out to be innocent fan letters, but than turn threatening. The person is not who you might think! A very well written mystery that will keep you on the edge of your chair!

It's a great idea! One book, twelve chapters, twelve celebrated authors. It's a book about being seven years old where all of the lead characters are seven.
Judy Blume, Roald Dahl, Beverly Cleary, James Howe, Ann M. Martin, Patricia MacLachlan, Betty Horvath, Johanna Hurwitz, Suzt Kline, Susan Wojciechowski, Dick King-Smith, and Miriam Cohen all contribute a chapter to this book by sharing one of the chapters of of a completed book. The story lines focus on a seven year old facing one of life's challenges or going through change. James takes a wild ride on a peach. Billy isn't sure he wants pink to remain his favorite color. Emma and Zachery are baby-sat by their childless aunt and uncle. Sophie will go for her first riding lesson. Karen is a "two-two." Nora isn't sure she likes her new neighbor. Bernice lost her tooth down the drain. Ramona worries about her father. Freddy plays the lead in the school play. Song Lee faces her fear of public speaking. Jasper is a burgeoning hero. And Jacob has writer's block.
This book does a good job of giving the reader an opportunity to be introduced to these books and authors. Though each book can easily stand on its own, when compiled as such, they seem to lose their strength. Topics that are great in individual works become melodramatic in this format.
Since nothing new had to be written to package this product, it seems clear that the publisher has little to lose here. One wonders whether the decision to publish this book was made by an editor or marketing director. Was there a need for this book, or simply a market for it?

This is an excellent way to get a taste of a lot of different books at once. While some of the stories are well-known classics, there are enough lesser-known ones to keep it interesting. We liked some of the excerpts so much that we read the entire book. It's a fun 7th birthday present!

This book is a collection of 12 chapters from various books that might interest a seven year old---like a music sampler. None offer a complete story, but they were meaty enough for my seven year old daughter to want to pursue reading some of the books. A good way to introduce a child to some new material. I wasn't too excited about the idea of paying for excerpts, but the reader appreciated the opportunity to "look before she bought"!

This is most certainly the worst trash marketed to young children one could find. Poorly written story of a "vampire rabbit" that is totally inappropriate for the targeted audience.

This book is great for young readers who are just getting interested in books.It attracts children with its great tale of adventure.So join Harold,Chester,and Harold on the wild search to find Bunnicula the Vampire before he uses his powers to conquer the world.

My terminally ill daughter had been to many hospital visits and surgeries when I bought this book for her at four after reading the age range and Editor's Reviews above. She didn't like the real photos of children with tubes and wires in them. It may not be a good choice for children under 7, even if you want to introduce a little reality into the situation. The black and white photos can be bleak and depressing also. It desperately needs new photos!

For older children, it covers everything! Every procedure and machine. But it's kind of like reading a medical dictonary, and seeing all the horrible things that can go wrong, when you just want to see how the heart works.

Although in some ways encyclopedic, this is THE book to have if your child faces surgery or other serious hospital procedures. I agree with the other reviewer that it can be a bit scary, especially for children who may be visiting the hospital for relatively minor procedures such as x-rays or even day surgery. But for the child, at least 4yr and medically savvy, this book is ideal. It covers everything that children might see or experience. It does not offer the same openings for expressing fear and apprehension that A Hospital Story does, but The Hospital Book is clearly designed to be more or a resource book than a story book (and its length does not really allow you to just sit down and read it to your child--although I did with my 4 year old). My daughter was well prepared to understand anesthesia and recovery rooms/holding rooms, etc. and to have some sense of who all the many people were in the hospital.

This cute animal fantasy is a quick and easy read, filled with lots of dialogue and amusing family dynamics. Harold, the
kind-hearted canine narrator, faithfully relates the bizarre events following the introduction of a black and white rabbit into a family of two pre-teen boys. Book-educated Chester, the wise cat, however, is immediately suspicious of the new pet, whose name tag was written in a Carpathian dialect. Easy-going Harold tries to befriend the little fellow, yet even he has to admit that there are some odd stunts happening after dark.

Are humans slower to "catch on" than the four-pawed world? Are the authors making a not-so-subtle-plea for nutritious doggy snacks and humane bunny care? If you recall the self-analysis
craze of the 70's, you'll chuckle at this spoof of America's mania to get-in-touch-with-your-inner-self near the end of the book. Go, Dr. Crazy Cats! This is for kids of all ages--Dracula lite!