This is an excellent book. It details not only Mr. Gray's life, it also speaks about the struggle of an entire nation of people. I recommend this book to any and everyone who would like to have more information about the struggle of black people for their basic rights,ie to seat any where they please on a public bus, to vote, to an adequate education in your own state. I enjoyed the book immensely. I will continue to use it as a reference.

Very well-written, fascinating treatment of this important period in history. Shows the importance of the Persian Empire and its influence on the Greek and Mediterranean empires than came afterward. The book manages to cover a great deal of material rather efficiently -- a must-have for anyone who wishes to seriously expand their understanding of civilization.

this item was great for my 10 year old who enjoys making up poetry herself

I love this story! The dialogue is so natural and fun. It answers questions many african americans have wondered about. The main characters are like typical urban kids. I recommend it for all multicultural classes. The illustrations are excellent. It's a fun read for kids, especially those who are deprived of the pleasure of interacting with those of other cultures. Makes a great black history project. Pick it up! You won't be dis-appointed!!

This is an excellent book on the healing power inherent in healthy, intimate relationships. But this is not just another flaky "positive thinking" "how-to" book. Written by a noted therapist and researcher, it summarizes extensive research done at the Timberlawn Research Foundation, in Dallas, Texas, and presents the results, along with interesting and insightful case studies, in a clear, easy-to-read style for a general audience. It is thorough and informative enough to be useful to professionals in this area, and includes the Timberlawn Couple and Family Evaluation Scale, which can be used to rate couple and family relationships in terms of healthy functioning.

An excelent resource, likely to become a classic.

In a beautifully written analysis of O'Connor's life and work, Balee displays considerable knowledge of the cultural and historical background of O'Connor's world, and provides rare and revealing photographs. A must read, and apparently the first biography of O'Connor.

Coming out of RazorBlade Press, Hideous Progeny is one monstrously beautiful anthology that explores the world as it would have been if Dr. Victor Frankenstein's gruesome experiments had not gone awry. Writers such as Tim Lebbon, Peter Crowther, Steven Volk, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Rhys Hughes (to name just a few) each donate a small literary organ to the mix, and everything is skilfully stitched together into a marvellous book by first-time editor Brian Willis.

Cosmetically, the book is a two-face: while cover design by Chris Nurse is nothing short of outstanding, the internal layout is not without blemish. For example, outside margins are too wide, story titles are not always at the same height in the page, and the author's name is italicised in some but not all of the instances. Another gripe I have is that page numbers on the right-hand pages are left-aligned; plus, headers have no indication about the stories presented below them: these will give you a bad time if you want to riffle through the book to look up a specific something. There are a few extra typesetting warts and moles as well, as I noticed some characters showing up in a different size than the rest of the text, uneven spacing between words, typos derived from bad OCR, and so on. I sincerely encourage RazorBlade Press to pay more attention to internal design in the future, and run a few spell checks as well. Still, don't let appearances fool you, because the writing on these pages is top-notch.

In the whole, I was not in the least disappointed by Hideous Progeny while expecting quality work. Many short stories surprised me by their original angles, and all are very well written. The subjects are quite varied too, although some do overlap a little - it seems inevitable given the limitations inherent to their collective premise. I have my favourites, of course: Peter Crowther's piece is shocking yet touching at the same time, and the idea behind "Mad Jack" is a simple but nevertheless brilliant one. "The Banker of Ingolstadt" is perhaps the funniest in the book, and I found Steven Volk's "Blitzenstein" to rank among the best.

Whatever shortcomings the book has, they're quickly overwhelmed by the superb fiction it it, not to mention a downright gorgeous cover. For £6.99, it's well worth getting Hideous Progeny: not only will you be adding a fine specimen of a book to your library, you'll also be helping small press business to thrive. Because I want to see more from RazorBlade Press. Oh yeah.

I am like any other golfer who wants to hit my drives with more distance. I have read other books on golf but nothing like this one.I used to hit my drives around 220 to 230 yards, but after reading this book and following Mike Dunaway's instructions I can consistently drive the ball 270 yards. My golf buddies can't believe it.We all used to drive the ball around the same distance. But not anymore hee-hee! The book starts out fine with stories of Mike winning long drive contest and out driving golfing pro Fred Couples, and a list of other long driving contestants. And having John Daly introducing him as the one man that can out drive him. Wow now that says something. I took my time to read this book, which is very easy to understand. I have taken lessons from 2 golf pro's and they never did tell me or show me how to develope long drive power. Sure I hit it straight but I could never reach the par 5's in two strokes, now I can thanks to Mike Dunaway. I am 43 years old, I have been playing golf for about 4 years. I own the books "Swing like a Pro" by Dr. Ralph Mann and Fred Griffin, and also the book "How to perfect your golf swing" By Jimmy Ballard. Both which are fine books to read. But if you really want to drive the ball far then you can't pass up this book "Hit it Hard"

I took this course in college because it was required for my major. I honestly have to say that this book is extremely thorough. It covers all body systems in great detail it's diagrams are extremely helpful.

My daughter loved this book and finished the book in 4 days. She could not put the book down and immediately asked for the next book in the series. The language is grammatically correct(not based on slang) and age appropriate.