A titled gentleman, without an heir, usually re-marries. Sebastian, Visount Sterling, has no intention of ever re-marrying again. Until__ a certain mis-directed Valentine is delievered to his home and fills Sebastian with curoisty of the young woman who sent it. Rebecca, so full of youthful fantasies, sends a valentine to the young man of her dreams. She is mortified when she is confronted by Sebastian. Will his heated kiss change a young woman's heart?
I loved this book. It really brought laughter and extreme enjoyment. This is the beginning of Patricia Wadell's gentleman's series. Don't miss this fantastic book.

Es una Historia muy buena, aunque en realidad no es una novela o algo asi es mas bien un gion para una miniserie talvez no le guste a todo debido a la manera en como esta escrita la historia aunque nada tiene que ver con su trama es muy buena los personajes son bien definidos ambientes muy detallados, es el mejor libro que e leido de Stephen King, se trata en una pequeña isla esta apunto de ser asotada por una gran tormenta y antes de que esto suceda una anciana es assesinada y ahoran tienen que lidiar con un assesino que no saben si es un humano o no y es asi como comienza con algo tan tan malo que nisiquiera los isleños queiren saber...... bastante aterradora, interesante, muy buena se la recomiendo. cuando se lo recomende a una amiga que nunca lee novela por su propia cuenta quedo facianda y ahora ella es una fan del famoso autor Stephen King

This book is 100% great - it goes in to evey aspect you could want to know about the relationship of Law and medicine. Areen is a great author and continues to teach at Georgetown Law Center in D.C. - I have read this book twice - and it's just great.

This book is a well-written, thoroughly-researched examination of ancient Maya political structures, both as models and in actual functioning. It is based on Classic information sources, Colonial documentation and modern anthropological observation and discusses the tensions, pitfalls and benefits generated by the Maya way of political organization. I've read several works on Maya politics in the past few years, and though this volume is slim it is rich with both data and discussion of how the data can be viewed to rebuild a functional political system. Professor McAnany is much less interested in creating an elegant theory and much more concerned with trying to postulate how Maya politics actually worked, based on what the Maya themselves tell us. For those with an interest in the Maya this is an important book which pulls together older political theories and the latest information in a way that breathes life into the ruined cities and the people who built them.

This book is a wonderfully comprehensive set of instructions to make a Victorian style dollhouse, complete with family, servants, and shops to go to. The book includes wonderful step-by-step instructions, which show you exactly how to make the various parts. Exploded diagrams show you the parts coming together, making construction easy, and many wonderful photographs (mostly black-and-white, but some color) show what the finished product should look like.

I can't say enough about this book. If you are interested in making dollhouse furniture, then you must at least look at this book!

I bought this book not realizing that the exquisite miniatures in it were made from the cheapest findings available and throwaway items. Furnishing a lavish Victorian dollhouse is affordable at long last. The incredibly talented author/professional art instructor writes with great humor and enthusiasm. Exploded views of all items demonstrate very easy construction techniques. No special equipment or training required. Beautiful color photos of fully decorated, Victorian room boxes are included. A most delightful book on antique dollhouse furniture, totally lacking in the elitism and tremendous expense which are normally encountered on this subject.

I discovered this book at a local library 10 years ago. As a First grade teaher it is inspiring to see how this talented Kindergarten teacher helped her students learn about this special man in our history. She also helped them share their understanding through their own words and pictures. I have been trying to locate a copy of my own now for 5 years. Please bring it back into print! The best thing about this book is that even the youngest child can learn about greatness by reading this story.

This is the second book in the Enchanted Forest quartet, and I recently finished reading it for the fourth time. The whole series is brilliant! King Mendanbar's casual stroll through his kingdom, the Enchanted Forest, leads to one thing after another when he discovers somthing seriously amiss. In trying to answer his questions, he meets the extremely practical witch Morwen, who sends him to visit King Kazul of the dragons. He instead encounters the King's resident princess, Cimorene, and reluctantly sets out with her to search for a missing friend. On their way, they meet the magician Telemain (whose sentences generally contain at least three 20-letter words), a giantess, Rumplstilskin's grandson, and many more unforgettable characters. Less fortunate meetings include several wizards, whose intentions are less than good. Add a leaky magic sword, a defective flying carpet, and eight buckets of soapy water with lemon juice. This is truly one of my all-time favorite books!

What? Only five stars?!? I need more to do this series justice! Patricia C. Wrede writes marvelous fantasy. It's like "Mixed-Up Fairy Tales" or something, but funnier, more engaging, and ripe for repeat reading (I just graduated from high school, and I just finished reading the entire series for the third time in a matter of days). These are timeless tales. Even her NAMES are inventive. Cimorene, Mendanbar, Kazul, Morwen, Telemain, Daystar, Shiara...and let us not forget Zemenar and Antorell. The chapter headings induce chuckles immediately, simply by their existence. She writes in a style that incorporates intelligent fantasy with enjoyable humor. The characters are some you would like to know personally. And nowhere else have I seen as unique a discussion of magic in its many forms as in these four books. I did notice a trend of centralization. Dealing was Cimorene's book. Searching was Mendanbar's. Calling was Morwen's. Talking was Daystar's. I wish the series was not concluded, because I'd love to see Telemain's book. And perhaps Kazul's book could be somewhat of a prequel. Oh, and what about a book from Antorell's perspective? That would make for an incredibly funny story. The Enchanted Forest and its surrounding is a world I want to know about. Not many authors can create an entire world that entices the reader so greatly. But Mrs. Wrede has. Unlike the Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide series, which got progressively worse, each book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles compares to the original, as fresh and brilliant as ever. Needless to say, this series is one of the best ever. I have not really sampled a lot of the adult fantasy by Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey and such, but I doubt they can compare with the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. This is not mindboggling fantasy like the Lord of the Rings trilogy: this is fun. Oh, and remember: ..."Argelfraster."

What? Only five stars? I need more to do this series justice! Patricia C. Wrede writes marvelous fantasy. It's like "Mixed-Up Fairy Tales" or something, but funnier, more engaging, and ripe for repeat reading (After graduating from high school, I read the entire series for the third time in a matter of days). These are timeless tales. Even her NAMES are inventive. Cimorene, Mendanbar, Kazul, Morwen, Telemain, Daystar, Shiara...and let us not forget Zemenar and Antorell. The chapter headings induce chuckles immediately, simply by their existence. She writes in a style that incorporates intelligent fantasy with enjoyable humor. The characters are some you would like to know personally. And nowhere else have I seen as unique a discussion of magic in its many forms as in these four books. I did notice a trend of centralization. Dealing was Cimorene's book. Searching was Mendanbar's. Calling was Morwen's. Talking was Daystar's. I wish the series was not concluded, because I'd love to see Telemain's book. And perhaps Kazul's book could be somewhat of a prequel. Oh, and what about a book from Antorell's perspective? That would make for an incredibly funny story. The Enchanted Forest and its surrounding is a world I want to know about. Not many authors can create an entire world that entices the reader so greatly. But Mrs. Wrede has. Unlike the Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide series, which got progressively worse, each book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles compares to the original, as fresh and brilliant as ever. Needless to say, this series is one of the best ever. I have not really sampled a lot of the adult fantasy by Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey and such, but I doubt they can compare with the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. This is not mindboggling fantasy like the Lord of the Rings trilogy: this is fun. Oh, and remember: ..."Argelfraster."

This book consists of ten eerie tales of the supernatural--begging to be read Alone on "a dark and stormy night," or retold around a friendly campfire. These tales present Black protagonists from the slave era, throughout American history, right up to the present. The title refers to the half hour of semi-darkness which precedes true nightful--when all tales seem spookier because of the shadows and rustling of nocturnal creatures.

The stories vary greatly in subject and style: slaves atempt to escape rather than be sold off, or they invoke ancient voodoo rituals to punish a cruel master. A callous bus driver gets a ghostly brand of justice; an old pullman porter tries to cheat death aboard the 11:59; a man uses ESP to try to
save his family. A distraught mother encounters a sasquatch; a little girl has an unreasonable terror of a monster in the chicken coop, and more.

My personal favorite presentsa Nigerian legend about the Dark Women who tried to cheat a goddess; they exist solely to trick unwary moderns into inviting them into their homes, where they wreak havoc upon the unsuspecting tenants who naively think they are safe in the 90's. Only the Gingi can protect these hapless souls from such vindictive spirits. Like Dracula lore, which insists that the victim must cross the threshhold of his own free will, the evil visitor must receive an invitation before entering. An entertaining and chilling anthology--for those with a premonition of disaster. There are no references to Halloween, yet this book makes for perfect October reading. Are you brave enough to finish it? BOO!

I am a middle school reading teacher who was given a copy of this book when it was first released. I fell in love with the stories as did my students! Each school year I start by reading "The Chicken Coop Monster" with every emotional fiber in my body. I require my students to write down the 10 rules randomly disclosed in the through out the story. This school year the book is completely worn out and I purchased another! No story will disappoint you in this book. This book leaves my students in awe as I read the stories each year! Equally pleasing is the art work by Brian Pinkney.

The Dark-Thirty was great because of how McKissack told stories that were based true happenings in the world with racisim. I strongly suggest that any type of reader read this book. The pictures by Pinkney were brilliant, so dramatic. I loved it. The Legend of Pin Oak is the best story in it.

The third book of the four Enchanted Forest Chronicles continues the clever stories of Cimorene, Mendanbar, and company. Each volume is sucessive, so reading them in order is a good idea. Morwen, the practical witch who brought all the characters together one way or another, is a major player this time (along with her equally sensible cats). This one takes place after the events involving a magic sword that controls King Mendanbar's Enchanted Forest. The sword has been stolen and the rescue team consists of Cimorene, Morwen, her cats, Telemain, Kazul, and Killer the rabbit-donkey.

The ladies are great role models of intelligence, reason, and strength. All of which they need when they encounter fire witches, hungry vines, and a whole lot of mud. Telemain and Killer provide the comic relief.

Again, Patricia Wrede is in fine form with her trademark sly humor and fairy tale jokes. The detail and plot are complete *and* completely fun. Many fantasy books get bogged down in their own importance. Wrede never takes it that seriously, all the while maintaining a high degree of authorial responsibility. This is particularly important in this book because it ends on a cliff hanger that gets resolved in the final book. Again, Wrede does not disappoint. Her books, which I first read in junior high, have been the perfect comfort reading to cheer me up and take me away to a world every bit as convincing as other great fantasies like Narnia, the Dark is Rising books, and Jane Yolen.

What? Only five stars?!? I need more to do this series justice! Patricia C. Wrede writes marvelous fantasy. It's like "Mixed-Up Fairy Tales" or something, but funnier, more engaging, and ripe for repeat reading (I just graduated from high school, and I just finished reading the entire series for the third time in a matter of days). These are timeless tales. Even her NAMES are inventive. Cimorene, Mendanbar, Kazul, Morwen, Telemain, Daystar, Shiara...and let us not forget Zemenar and Antorell. The chapter headings induce chuckles immediately, simply by their existence. She writes in a style that incorporates intelligent fantasy with enjoyable humor. The characters are some you would like to know personally. And nowhere else have I seen as unique a discussion of magic in its many forms as in these four books. I did notice a trend of centralization. Dealing was Cimorene's book. Searching was Mendanbar's. Calling was Morwen's. Talking was Daystar's. I wish the series was not concluded, because I'd love to see Telemain's book. And perhaps Kazul's book could be somewhat of a prequel. Oh, and what about a book from Antorell's perspective? That would make for an incredibly funny story. The Enchanted Forest and its surrounding is a world I want to know about. Not many authors can create an entire world that entices the reader so greatly. But Mrs. Wrede has. Unlike the Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide series, which got progressively worse, each book in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles compares to the original, as fresh and brilliant as ever. Needless to say, this series is one of the best ever. I have not really sampled a lot of the adult fantasy by Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffrey and such, but I doubt they can compare with the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. This is not mindboggling fantasy like the Lord of the Rings trilogy: this is fun. Oh, and remember: ..."Argelfraster."

The third installment in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles was no disappointment. The book starts out with Morwen living with her not one but nine cats. However when Morwen learns that the magic in the enchanted forest is disappearing and King Mendenbar's sword has been stolen she is determined to get it back. With much protesting from Mendenbar they finally decide who goes. Morwen is accompanied by the pregnant Queen Cimorene, the magician Telemain who is most liked when he doesn't open his mouth, Morwen's two cats, Kazul the King of Dragons,and Killer a rabbit who mysteriously turned in a donkey and don't get me wrong but there will be more transformations. As if their quest isn't hard enough they encounter a fire witch, mud, vines that want to eat them, and the all too familiar wizards society.(Need more lemon juice?) Can they get the sword back in time to save the Enchanted Forest and Mendenbar? A cliffhanger ending that you just can't miss!! These Chronicles are probably the best fantasy books I have ever read! I hope you enjoy them too!! Can't wait to read number 4. Too bad it is the last one!