Embark on a gentle, fantastic trip into a magical world that lies between reality and dream. Your child's imagination (and your own) will drift into sleep with images of acrobats, submarines, elephant beds, and so much more!

That this book should be out of print is a complete mystery to me, not enough violence in it, I imagine. As for the used price above, I can just imagine snuggling in bed with my child and an antique book... Books like this are meant to be read again and again, not placed in a gilded cage on a pedestal.

"Not just a white little, tucked in tight little, nighty night little, turn out the light little, Bed."

And this is not just an ordinary book. I came accross it one day and decided to give it a go, having read other Plath works. This book is incredible, te utter childishness of it, every time I think of it, it brings a smile to my face. This book is a must-read.

My son and I read this book for years at bed-time - It was our absolutle favorite. Somehow we have lost the book and I have been searching for another copy for ages. Can the DC reviewer provide me with the name of the British publisher that is going to re-release this book - or any other details that might lead me to a copy? I would be very appreciative!

The following is an author bio "Sylvia Brinton Perera is a Jungian analyst who lives, practices, teaches, and writes in New York and Vermont. She was trained as an art historian and worked as a museum curator. Her work in the Civil Rights movement in America and with disadvantaged children led her to study psychology at the New School in New York City, where she received an M.A. She also is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York, where she has taught analysts in training for twenty years. She lectures throughout the U.S. and Europe, and annually leads groups to Ireland to study the relevance of Celtic mythology to clinical practice."

As an astrologer, Jungian and VisionCoach, I often recommend this book to my clients as a healing journey. It is probably necessary to have a little Jungian and mythological background to enjoy this particular approach to the universal truth of the female. The style is elevated and uses language familiar to Jungian analysts.

You cannot imagine what you will find in this book, though -- it is so different from Women's Lib and and the generalized Greek and Roman myths, for example.

Perera discusses the bi-polar nature of women and mythically describes their arrival to Power and The Deep Feminine.

If you are serious about your path of development on the female side, I can't think of a more worthwhile book.

As a therapist (12 yrs), I have been using the material in this book for reframing the experience of depression for my clients. The clients I have introduced this book to are now reframing their illness as an intiation into a greater understanding of their relation to self/soul. While at times dry for most laypeople, It has become a reference book for my practice.

Ms. Nobel is very talented and gifted. It was also a pleasure to meet her at a book signing! An intense rollercoaster ride of emotions from start to finish. A great who dun it! And she makes you want to visit the beautiful places that she's written about! Run do not walk to buy Dark Moon Rising!

I am in the middle of THE DEVIL'S CRADLE and am completely engrossed! What a fun time it is to be able to visit Kendall O'Dell and tag along on her journies. Both DEADLY SANCTUARY and THE DEVIL'S CRADLE were loaned to be my a good friend, and I have throughly enjoyed them both.

Hopefully, we'll be able to enjoy Sylvia Nobel's next book very soon.

vicki galloway poormansq2@aol.com

I enjoyed Sylvia Nobel's second novel, Devil's Cradle, as muchas I enjoyed her first novel, Deadly Sanctuary. The heroine, KendellO'Dell, is a feisty redhead who is smart, quick-witted and very daring. The book is written in a lively, fun-to-read style that keeps you turning page after page. Each new page adds new questions and just when you think you have something figured out, you find out you are heading down the wrong path. The whodunit ending was not at all what I expected. I challenge any one to figure this story out before they get to the end - it is anything but predictable. In addition to providing an excellent story line, Devil's Cradle gives an excellent description of Arizona and its many wonders. By the time you finish the book - which won't take long if you're like me and have trouble putting it down - you'll feel as though you've traveled with Kendell through the Arizona desert, mountains and plains. If you like a good mystery with a little romance, you'll truly enjoy Devil's Cradle. I hope Ms. Nobel finishes her next book soon - I'm ready to read it.

I would like to know where to obtain a purtaneous distcotectomy as outlined on page 236 by Dr Wagner, to enable me to write a review.
Would it be possible for me to talk to him either through yourselves or myself?
Regards....Ray Kirton ..Sydney..Australia

I purchased "How To Stay Out of the Doctor's Office" several years ago, and I am convinced the book has saved me thousands of dollars in medical bills. Wagner's book helps you to diagnose common physical ailments, and he gives natural solutions for healing. He gives precise descriptions of problems like kidney stones, gallstones, high blood pressure, cholesterol control, thyroid problems, multiple sclerosis, gout, tinnitis, yeast infections, ulcers, and diabetes. I have read some sections of his book several times, and I am convinced that I have avoided/cured gallstones, kidney stones, gout, and ulcers by following his advice. I highly recommend this book to everyone. (jsoverton@excite.com)

Three years ago I read "How to Stay Out of the Doctor's Office" and was so impressed with it that I contacted the publisher to find out where Dr. Wagner was located. Several days later he called me directly and asked how he could be of help. Since then Dr. Wagner has become our family doctor, and we have come to appreciate his straightforwardness in telling his patients to ask questions, to become educated in making informed decisions, and finally, to "take control" of their own health. I keep his book with me at all times and treat it as my "medical bible". Each chapter is extremely informative and I have used many of them to help family and friends with common sense solutions to their medical problems. Easy to read, its format offers the layperson a basic understanding of his/her ailment, what causes it, the conventional treatment, problems associated with that treatment, and then a "no nonsense" approach to alternative remedies that include a good nutritional program, vitamin and supplement support, amino acids, herbs, adjunctive remedies, and exercise regimens. Dr. Wagner is located in Philadelphia, PA. He has a radio program, "The Dr. Wagner Health Show" which airs on Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 p.m. on 1540am. He has written another book, "How to Stay Out of the Hospital" which addresses the problems of orthodox medicine and offers many case histories. With Dr. Wagner's permission, I am including his office number for those readers who need to contact him: (215) 455-0717.

I grew up in a smallish city with only one semi-authentic Chinese restaurant and a Chinese family friend who ran an Asian grocery. She recommended this cookbook to my mother, who then cooked for our family from it.

I have to say that I am spoiled to the day. So many of the recipes in here are much better than what you'd get at 99% of any typical Chinese restaurant. I now live in one of the largest cities in the U.S. and it's still hard for me to find food as good as this.

I have owned this book for over 20 years. It is dog-eared, grease-stained and tattered. I really use this book and love the gentle inspiring quotes it contains. The recipes in it have "wowed" my guests and family for over twenty years. I cannot thank the authors enough for sharing this with the world. I am ordering another copy so that I can keep these treasured recipes for generations to come.

This is absolutely the best book on Chinese cooking! The recipes are easy to follow and most of the ingredients are easily found in your local supermarket. Each food section is prefaced with a short tid-bit on Chinese food history and culture. There is also regional information and a short comment at the beginning of each recipe. A glossary of cooking techniques, ingredients, and special hints is included at the front of the book and is extremely helpful. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to bring authentic Chinese food to their table.

As a psychotherapist often working with the issues of addiction and recovery, I am always searching for a language that speaks to the individual client about this struggle. It is sometimes difficult to hear words that have become too familiar. Sylvia Brinton Perera has taken on the task of offering us another way to think about addiction, not as a substitute for AA, but as a model of an additional kind of support for healing. These old stories of Ireland and the great Irish goddess, Maeve, have much to teach us about the ancient hunger that is part of our modern struggle with addiction in its many forms. We come to a better understanding of that hunger and the belief that transformation or ecstasy is possible only through this drink, this food, this drug, this relationship, NOW. Through the many forms Queen Maeve takes in these legends, we come to appreciate her complexity. The stories are sometimes fierce, which helps us recognize the need for courage and helps us remember the possibility of finding our own. We come to a deeper respect for the complicated process of recovery and an awareness of what strengths might be necessary in achieving it. Ways to recognize and develop the figures representing those strengths within ourselves are clearly explained, so that we may (for example) call on the fierce warrior goddess to serve us in recovery, to stand guard as we attempt to walk that path. Ms. Perera, a Jungian psychoanalyst for many years, is generous with her sharing. She is willing to examine her own hungers, which helps us trust her as we recognize ours. This is not an easy book, but written with such an appealing combination of intellect and clarity that it entices the reader to continue. Her precise use of language, and the richness of her storytelling sometimes teaches us things in spite of our rational defenses, not unlike psychotherapy itself. There is a moving example of the hope this book offers when Perera is discussing the need to cultivate a more objective position, "rather than erupting wildly, disappearing into addictive behavior or shame, despair, and self-hate, the person prone to addiction can, as one man said, 'clear the space to begin to see and want my own life.'" (p.189). It is difficult to imagine a better guide on the challenging path of learning to want one's own life again.

Even the most alert of readers has a difficult time deciphering the paratactic stories of Celtic Mythology. At times, it takes on an hallucinogenic quality, as if inspired by druidic forces. In this book-length study of Queen Maeve, Sylvia Perera accomplishes an heroic feat of her own. She takes a group of myths and tales associated with Queen Maeve and makes them accessible to the modern reader without sacrificing the complexity and nuance of their medieval sources. And then, as if that were not enough, she demonstrates how these stories give us an insight into those joint paradigms of intoxication and addiction. This is archetypal analysis at its best. And it is all very readable. This book is clearly a labor of love, and Ms. Perera's passion for the subject shows through in every chapter.

C.G.Jung made the connection between "spirit" and addiction which became a foundation for modern day 12 step recovery programs. Sylvia Brinton Perera brings us up to date in her contemporary and insightful understanding of what it feels like to be an addict, the effects of addiction on the psyche, and addiction as an archetype.Through her telling of the stories connected to an"ancient addict", she grounds the behavior of that personality in a time-less testimony to this complex. This book is vitally important to both persons dealing with an addiction themselves and for the professionals who try to understand their addicted patients. For those who are searching for deeper connections and understandings of the literal tenets of recovery doctrine, the recovery literature...this book challenges the reader to embrace the old mysteries in the unscathing light of case histories. Maeve was a beguiling woman irresistible, fascinating and like addiction itself hypnotic. Like modern day addiction one could die in her arms. I keep this book close to my bed as a reminder and a guide.

If you are into 4" blocks it is a treasury of patterns if you are an expert at applique this is for you. But if you are a beginner you might find this book a little lite on directions, for coping the block difficult. It is an excellant reference book for later ideas.

This book gives diagrams for 501 4 inch blocks and a few examples of how to make these into quilts. The 4 inch blocks cover traditional designs such as sawtooth, friendship star and attic windows, a wide variety of floral designs, sunbonnets, block for each month of the year, holiday themes, hearts, Christmas, Easter, Santas, Halloween, trees and leaves, birds and butterflies, building blocks, ships and planes, stars, baskets, alphabet, numerals, juvenile, cats, sewing and southwest inspired blocks.Simple instructions are provided. Many blocks lend themselves to foundation piecing.

This is a good book to get inspired. Wonderfull just to look at all the patterns, some are difficult to make. I also use it when somebody mentions a block and I don't what they mean.

"Eight American Poets," edited by Joel Conarroe, is a fine anthology. The introduction notes that this book was "designed as a companion volume to 'Six American Poets,'" also edited by Conarroe. "Eight" follows the same plan as "Six": rather than anthologize a huge company of poets who are represented by only a few pieces each, each of Conarroe's books focuses on a relatively small group of poets, each of whom is represented by a substantial selection. Conarroe's approach allows the reader to get a fuller feel of each poet in the anthology format.

The poets of "Eight" are Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsburg, and James Merrill. Each poet's work is prefaced by a substantial individual introduction.

There are many masterpieces in this book. Curiously, I found the most compelling poems to be those that focus on nature: Roethke's "The Meadow Mouse," Bishop's "The Fish," Plath's "Mushrooms," and Merrill's "The Octopus." Poems like these combine skillfully used language with keen insight, and reveal these poets to be true heirs of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson (two of the featured artists in "Six American Poets").

Overall, I felt that "Eight" was not as strong as its sister volume, "Six." Although there are many poetic masterpieces in "Eight," there is also much material which, in my opinion, hasn't aged well. The so-called "confessional poetry" of some of these writers strikes me as overwrought. Some of the longer poems failed to resonate with me. I was particularly disappointed by Berryman's "Homage to Mistress Bradstreet," especially since I am an admirer of Anne Bradtreet's own work. Admittedly, this criticism may merely reflect my own personal tastes, but I submit it for the reader's consideration.

The fact that so many of these poets either wrote about each other, or pop up in the editor's introductions to each others' work, sometimes gives the book as a whole a creepy, incestuous feel. And the fact that so many of these poets committed suicide, had long-term mental health problems, and/or suffered from addictions further gives the book as a whole a rather morbid feel. On second thought, maybe this group of eight is a bit problematic!

Still, editor Conarroe has assembled an impressive anthology that I would recommend for students and teachers, as well as to a general readership. Although a mixed bag, "Eight American Poets" contains some truly enduring work by an octet whose legacy is secure.

.........the best known and loved poetry of eight well-known twentieth century American poets. Includes well known poems such as Bishop's "The Fish", Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz", Berryman's "Dream Songs", Merrill's "Lost in Translation", Sexton's "Ringing the Bells", and many others.

Like Conarroe's "Six American Poets", the anthology introduces us to each poet with a short biography that is presented before the poet's work. We learn about their lives and come to understand some of the primary forces that have shaped their poetry. I have found that this greatly enriches the experience of reading poetry because I better see the struggles that lead to each individual creation. After each collection, Conarroe offers a list of books and anthologies where each poet has been published so that we, should we wish, can come to know the work of a given poet much better.

This anthology is a wonderful starting place for someone who, like me, desires an introduction to some of the greatest American poetry ever produced. Personally, I feel, after reading this anthology that I have come to truly appreciate the work of Elizabeth Bishop and Theodore Roethke, in particular. I had never known their work well, but suddenly each jumped off the page at me, Bishop for her wonderfully vivid descriptions and Roethke for his intensely moving subjects. Plath and Sexton also really spoke to me, their work so reflecting their lives. Overall, this anthology is superbly worthwhile reading!

Ah, a fine comparison and contrast in studies on the eight best American confessional poets ever. Kudos to the editor on a fine choice of poems, and candid biographies on each poet. Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg, John Berryman, Theodore Roethke, Elizabeth Bishop and the other guy, here's to you.

I am a great fan of Sylvia Louise Engdahl's novels Enchantress From the Stars and the Far Side of Evil. I was pleased to find this book, which I'd never heard of, in my public library.

I read it in one sitting, absorbed by Melinda's struggles, by her friend Alex, and by the philosophical themes that underlie Ms. Engdahl's work.

Though it was an interesting story well told, I did feel compelled to dock it a star. The author has a definite bias in favor of space colonization, and all of the conflicts in the novel are weighted towards that.

Poor Janet, the space-phobic biologist, is the novel's strawman (or woman): all of her objections to colonization are so extreme, they are set up only to be knocked down. I felt the same about Melinda's flaws: To arrive at a faraway place without much idea of how people actually live, (particularly when you've never wanted to visit!) isn't provincial, just human.

Another reason for docking it a star is the novel's adaptation of the concept of Manifest Destiny, glossing over the more brutal flaws of that inspiration to expansion.

Ms Engdahl believes that expansion and exploration are a challenge humanity needs to rid it of war (explored more thoroughly in The Far Side of Evil.) However, America's own history proves this is not so; sadly, we bring our problems with us, rather than leave them behind. New territory alone does not solve them.

That is not say there is no value to the idea of space exploration and colonization. It is true, after all, that humanity needs challenges to grow. I also believe, as she does, that a society with too much material comfort, and too little challenge, can become corrupt, even decadent.

I don't agree, though, that space exploration is the only answer. Though the idea is raised only to be dismissed, there is value to the idea of solving our problems before we export them to new worlds. Certainly there are challenges enough here to demand our creatively, commitment, intelligence and courage for generations to come. Perhaps we shouldn't wait to solve *all* of our problems before venturing to other worlds, but we should at least learn how not to exploit an environment simply for what it offers us.

Now back to the story: Unlike so much science fiction, the conflicts and situations are rooted in what is human and believable, rather than some "futuristic" idea of how people should behave. This is what makes the story so gripping. Melinda meets challenges and grows, without coming across as unusually perfect or good. Alex slowly becomes her friend and guide. It would have been easy for his character to come across as two dimensional or insufferable. Instead he is intelligent and fairly wise, but not flawless.

I did feel a little uneasy with the issue of Melinda's longing for Earth, and how that is resolved--or rather, never fully resolved. One thing is clear: changing planets isn't like changing continents; it is going to an environment entirely hostile to humans. Longing for air, water, plants, animals, Earth landscapes, weather, is more than homesickness. It is longing for the very stuff we are made of, and that makes us. I also had trouble believing that her choice must be a one-time all-for-nothing one, since Melinda is something of an heiress, and could therefore afford more than one trip. There was a little too much sacrifice in the resolution of that conflict for me.

In spite of my misgivings, I was moved, left unexpectedly happy and hopeful, by the ending, especially the final paragraph.

Bottom line: If the book is in your public library, get it! (along with her others.) You won't regret it, especially if you know a girl or young woman who loves new worlds and loves to read.

I'm a lucky owner of this young adult novel. My poor copy is a beaten, bruised thing with a twisted spine and stained pages; I adore it.

Anyone familar with Engdahl's work understands that she lays a foundation of philosophy and bases story atop this sometimes shaky ground. Her ideals, however, are refreshing. Not hard sci-fi, not entirely romantic, and certainly not pushy, but full of hope and whimsy and thought-provocation. Considering that this was published in 1970, the scientific reasoning (surrounding the journey to Mars and Mars itself) is left open-ended and ambiguous, which I actually appreciate. It gives the novel a sense of timelessness and doesn't outdate recent scientific knowledge. What's left is a charming, charming tale.

We the reader even get our happy ending.

By the way, this was the first novel Engdahl wrote. She had difficulties locating a willing publisher and, while still searching, wrote Enchantress from the Stars. It was this second novel that got quickly swallowed by the Atheneum publishing house who then agreed to also print the much beloved Journey Between Worlds.

So, if this book presents itself, I highly recommend it! It's a fast and fetching read, Absolutely charming.

This is a wonderful book, and one of my favorites in the whole world. The reader can really connect to the characters. It's a shame that it isn't in print. In my opinion, Engdahl's novels should be included with other popular young adult science fiction/fantasy classics like The Giver, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz, etc.

Don't pass up a chance to read this book.

P.S. They should make this book into a movie!

i love this book soo very much. it has an un-ending glimmer of magic that captivates you and makes you want to keep reading. it has a quality many books don't have, re-read-ability. i have read this book un-countable times and i love it more and more, it doesn't get dull, it keeps on shining, i recommend this book to anyone who can read, your SURE to love it. {i apologize for the miss spelled words :) }

this was an incredible book of two innocent girls, and one who turns out not to be human. I got this book five years ago, and i am 19 now and still love it. It is truly a timeless classic!!

Molly-Jane-Bryson is on Ambrose Island,and her Oldest friend (Ruby) finds a "SEAl" on the beach. This child is a seal in a discise-like thing. With Molly's little brother Douglas who calls them "SELZ", they have a nice adventure. You must read this Book..... SEAL CHILD by Sylvia Peck