This book is great for fans who haven't seen the first six episodes of the second season. It gives the lines and stage directions to them so you feel like you've seen the actual episode. It even includes scenes which may have been removed from the original episode.

This book chronicles the first arrival of Spike, whom is now an important character. It also has "Halloween" which includes some funny stage directions from Joss Whedon.

If you haven't seen the beginning of the second season of Buffy or if you want in-depth information on the episodes' scripts, you should definately buy this book.

Tell the truth. You know you have all of the episodes from Season 2 of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" so what is the point of picking up the scripts? Well, there are two points. The first is that the stage directions can be lots of fun, especially when series creator Joss Whedon is doing the scripting. The second is that there are lines that get cut in the final version that ends up being televized, so if you sit and follow along with the script while you are watching these episodes on DVD, then you can discover what had been cut (e.g., from "Lie to Me," when Angel says, "Yeah, I eat too. Not for nutritional value--it just kind of passes the time."). Contained her in Volume 2 of the Season Two scripts, are episodes 7-12, which brings us just short of the pivotal "Innocence"/"Surprise" two-parter when Buffy gives Angel that one true moment of happiness and he turns into Angelus. You will find herein:

"Lie to Me," written by Joss Whedon, in which Billy "Ford" Fordham, Buffy's former crush and best friend from her old high school, transfers to Sunnydale. It seems Ford knows about Buffy being the Slayer and has joined a club of vampire wannabees, thinking that if he turns the Slayer over to Spike, the Big Bad will turn him into a vampire as well.

"The Dark Age," written by Dean Batali and Rob Des Hotel, finds the past catching up with Giles once again, which means old bud Ethan Rayne is in town. It seems that once upon a time back in merry Ol' England the lads made the mistake of summoning the demon Eyghon, who is now in Sunnydale jumping from body to body and is now inhabiting Jenny.

"What's My Line? - Part 1," written by Howard Gordon and Marti Noxon, adds a major element to the Slayer mythos as we discover that when Buffy was technically dead for three minutes in the Season One "Prophecy Girl" finale, a new slayer was called. Thus it is a very surprised Buffy who encounters Kendra the Vampire Slayer. Meanwhile, three supernatural assassins from the Order of Taraka are in town hunting down the Buffster.

"What's My Line? - Part 2," written by Marti Noxon (who does commentary for both parts on the DVD), finds things becoming more complicated. Not only does Buffy have to deal with the assassins from the Order of Taraka, but Spike has captured Angel to use his blood to help restore Drusilla to the precarious level of sanity that for her passes as normal.

"Ted," written by David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon, has Buffy discovering her mom has a boyfriend. Everybody likes Ted, except Buffy, and when he threatens her during a supposedly friendly little game of miniature golf, we figure there is more to Ted than meets the eye. Still, given how upset Buffy was in the previous episode that somebody was messing with her boyfriend, it is rather ironic than in this one she kills her mom's boyfriend.

"Bad Eggs," written by Marti Noxon, finds the Groch brothers, a pair of lunatic wild west vamps, in town for funny. That is the good news. The bad news is that the gang have a class project that requires them to care of eggs like they were children and, of course, those eggs are not ordinary eggs (eerie music plays).

Now, there are ten episodes to go from Season 2 and if they can figure out whether to break it down as five and five or six and four or all ten as the "Angelus" story arc, we can continue with our textual analysis.

I happen to like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and I love reading through the scripts when I'm bored with watching the same episodes over and over. Its just nice to be able to read.

Imagine buying a delapidated old manor house old manor house with a large overgrown garden for a very reasonable price and finding that not only was the house historically important but the garden, invisible under weed growth, had been designed by one of the most famous of English garden designers. It's hard to imagine who was most fortunate - the purchasers who lucked into this masterpiece but who paid for it many times over in the toil and expense of careful restoration, or the nation who almost lost a yet another treasure to developers.

The Wallingers, looking for a house that was fairly close to London, but within their price range, took a chance on a most unprepossessing house. This book tells the story of the restoration of the garden to the exact specifications of Gertrude Jekyll. It must have been a daunting task. The plans themselves, once they were unearthed, were difficult to read. To be honest, they look like a bunch of scribbles and scrawls and to have deciphered them at all is a remarkable achievement.

This book covers the first fifteen years of the garden's re-birth. It is a detailed account, taken from Rosamund Wallinger's diary, but it is written with wit and style and her frustrations and triumphs are felt rather than read. And all along you can follow the illustrations of how the garden progressed from months of ripping up and burning to the glorious borders, wild garden and rose garden of the present.

But this is a value-for-money book with the story of one family's life work , not just a collection of pretty garden pictures. Not many people restore gardens, we usually start off from scratch. So this is a whole new viewpoint, and there is much that we gardeners can learn from it.

In 1983, Rosamund Wallinger (the author) and her husband purchased a turn-of-the-century manor house in Hampshire called Upton Grey, a large estate that needed many repairs and a derelict garden that was overgrown with weeds. While researching the history of the house, Wallinger learned that the garden was designed by the great garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. She had no interest in gardening before she moved to Upton Grey, but she did recognize Gertrude Jekyll's stature in gardening history, and so she set out to restore the garden to its original splendor, a task that would take more than a decade. She located Jekyll's original plans at the University of California and began a difficult process of translating the plans from Jekyll's bad handwriting and attempting to locate the plants that were originally used in the garden. Fortunately for us and herself, Wallinger kept a journal in which she documented her progress. The before and after photographs are amazing and the reader becomes quickly engrossed in Wallinger's project as well as a growing attachment to her menagerie of dogs, ducks and geese. This beautiful book will be an inspriation to any gardener, especially those have a formidable gardening challenge ahead of them.

During research for restoration of a derelict Arts and Crafts home, which had been designed by the famous English architect, Edwin Lutyens, to fit around the shell of an Elizabethan farmhouse, the new owners discovered that the original garden had been designed in 1908 by the legendary Gertrude Jekyll.

Rosamond Wallinger began research on the garden, discovered Jekyll's plans in the University of California's Bancroft Library, and 'with the ignorance and enthusiasm of a true amateur', decided to restore the garden to its exact original glory

This story is a fascinating account of the labors, heartaches, and joys which accompanied the sixteen year project. It took her and her husband two years to remove the brambles and weeds which covered the two acres of original garden. The detective work required for the location of exact plants specified in the plans involved a global search and brought her many connections throughout England and Europe, gardeners who shared her enthusiasm for the project and provided information, seeds, and cuttings.

Wallinger, whose previous gardening experience was nearly non-existent, freely confesses the mistakes and mishaps which occurred during the project. Her meticulous records and beautiful photographs show the emergence of the now complete garden, the only fully restored Jekyll garden still in existence. Readers will enjoy the unfolding story, told with self-deprecating humor, which also contains practical advice and insight into the Jekyll's ,methods.

An eminently readable book of interest to garden historians, garden enthusiasts, and arm chair gardeners as well.

(The garden is now, in season, open to the public on a regular schedule, and visitors today can enjoy the paradise garden envisioned by Gertrude Jekyll nearly a century ago.)

During a trip to New England, the Aldens learn about a mysterious ship, the Flying Cloud, that had been lost at sea years earlier and that supposedly reappears during a storm. Can the children find the truth about the ghost ship before they are too late?

The Ghost Ship

I liked it because I like mysteries

This book is about three kids trying to figure out who killed the guy in the ship. They found out by reading a book. Find out who killed the guy.

The beginning starts off really good. You find out more about the kids. The plot is one of her best ones. It's a great book if you want to learn about ships and ship stories. A must read!

In Yellowstone the Aldens wonder who is trying to find the lost cabin on Lost Cabin Trail. From a disapearring map to a bear following the children to a snowy day and a man walking on the trail section that is closed makes this a terrific mystery. I only gave it a four because it didn't have as good as a plot in the beggining.

The Aldens had go to yellow stone park for a trip. And they heard of someone say someone lost a bag of gold there, so many people try to find it. But a person put a sign "Close" so no one can get it but her. Do you think the Aldens will find the gold?

It is really interesting and its hard to find out who the theif is. It also teaches you a lot about YellowstonePark!

The fabled set of mystical narratives composed by St Gertrude, and the addenda committed by her nuns forming the second half of the book, together comprise one of the crown jewels of mediaeval mystical literature. The relationship between Gertrude and her sister St Mechtilde becomes one of the pillars of the book, and keeps watchful witness, proving itself central in understanding Gertrude's mysticism. A genuine garnering of the goods Gertrude offers, however, seems imperiled, since only the literalists are any longer interested in publishing these works, though not all scholars lost contact with them over years of de-listing. Interesting that those who read Gertrude insubstantially WANT to read her thoroughly, while those able to fathom Gertrude's genuine mysticism have fallen prey to mere academy mind, without a true scholar's heart for the blood and bone of a saint's mystical art! Gertrude's is an especial art: laden and drenched and bottomless and cold and lavish and you're not permitted a second's respite from all of that, but still she prevails. A loving heart prevails - and some ineffable philosophy - and a sumptuous rendering of another world... It's a marvelous accounting of things mystical, however you read it, but without disinterested teachers, the subtle light coursing through Gertrude's temple runs risk of disappearing under less subtle shadows.

The words of our Lord (pg 563): "I have placed this book thus upon My Heart, that every word contained therein may be penetrated with Divine sweetness, even as honey penetrates bread. Therefore, whoever reads this book devoutly will receive great profit for his salvation."

This is a beautiful and eye-opening book. Even life-changing. It is a shame that these revelations granted to Saint Gertrude 700 years are little known today. I am buying another copy for my Mother right now. And I only send my Mother the best.

This should be a good book, and I love these kind of books. Buythis book! It is new, and I would love it no matter what! It is so awesome!

As the book opens, Mrs. McGregor is not feeling like herself. So the Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet & Benny tried to cheer her up. Mrs, McGregor's child home might be sold, which I guess it's supposed to be an inn. Mrs. McGregor's sister lives there. In fact, Mrs. McGregor had a mystery lady visited her at her house when she was a child. But Mrs. McGregor nevered find out her name.

The children's grandfather droves them and Mrs. McGregor to her house. Mrs. McGregor's sister doesn't believe that there is a treasure in the house. Her name is Madeline. Benny had remembered in the car that he forgot a book called The Alphabet Mystery by his favorite author Amelia Quigley Adams. It turns out that Mrs. McGregor was aslo a Amelia Quigley Adams fan. And has her books at the crooked house (Mrs. McGregor's house). There is a guest that is staying there too but she isn't very nice. But the Alden children didn't think they would find a mystery. This is a must read for Boxcar Children fans.

This is a great book and you will love it. It is very clever, and I feel that it is one of Gertrude Chandler Wilder's best works.

When their grandfather's friend, Carrie Bell, invites the Alden youngsters to help her restore an old castle, the children become involved in searching for a missing Stradivarius violin, investigating mysterious lights and following a treasure map. Can the children solve the mystery hidden within the castle?

Children who are creative thinkers and problem-solvers will enjoy trying to solve the mystery found in #36 of the Boxcar Children series. The story takes place in dreary Drummond Castle, a smaller version of a German castle that is built on a cliff with a cave beneath. The Alden family has been invited by Grandfather's friend, Carrie Bell, to help turn the once-magnificent home into a museum. When the Alden children learn that a Stradivarius violin owned by the original Mr. Drummond has disappeared, they work together to find the missing instrument.
Three shady characters become the children's suspects: Mr. Tooner, the groundskeeper; Sandy Munson, Carrie's assistant; and Tom Brady, the antiques expert. As the Aldens bravely encounter seeing lights coming from uninhabited parts of the castle, hearing eerie music at night, and being locked in the cave, they succeed in figuring out who really has the valuable violin--and the true identity of one of the suspects comes as a surprise to all!
Being a second-grade teacher, I recommend this book to children who are entering the world of chapter books. The spooky setting and strange happenings will keep young readers highly interested. The clues and foreshadowing of the book will stimulate higher-level thinking skills, as well. Parents or teachers who read this book aloud to children will undoubtedly have insightful discussions as they try together to solve the mystery.

Besides The Boxcar Children, The Castle Mytery was the best Boxcar Children mystery I have ever read. And I have read 34 Boxcar Children Mysterys. Anyone who loves The Boxcar Children just has to own this. Its great. Get it as soon as you can. It is so good you will read it in 2 days! Kids from age 8 to 12 just have to read this and own it.

The Alden Children were visiting their Grandfather's friend, Edward a zoo keeper. When weird things start happening at the zoo!!!Their are two suspects, is it Helen Brooks who wants to close the zoo, or is it Mac Thatcher who owns the bookstore? They have to find out fast or the zoo will be closed down!!

I love mystery books and this book was the one that I liked best.
This book also tells about how important animals are.
This is a story about the Alden kids ,who visit their grandfather's friend, Edward, who owns a zoo. Strage things happen at the zoo!!!! There are 2 suspects. Helen Brook, who wants to close the zoo and Mac Treacher, who owns a book store.
The Alden kids try to solve the mystery of the zoo and I'm pretty sure that you will love this book.

I love mystery stories and this book was the one I liked best.
It also tells how important animals are.
This is a story about the Alden kids who visit their grandfather's friend, Edward, who owns a zoo. Starange things happen at zoo!!!! There are 2 suspects, Helen Brook, who wants to close the zoo and Mac Treacher, who owns a book store. The Alden kids try to solve the mystery of the zoo....

"Tender Buttons," by Gertrude Stein, is a short work (52 plus ix pages in the Dover edition) which one could classify as a collection of prose poems. The Dover edition includes a short introduction; it notes that the book was initially published in 1914.

"Tender Buttons" is divided into three sections: "OBJECTS," "FOOD," and "ROOMS." The first two sections are further subdivided into short entries: "A RED STAMP," "A BOX," "A PLATE," etc. Thus it seems like Stein is presenting the poetic version of a series of still lifes.

Stein often uses repetition, alliteration, and other rhythmic techniques. She totally liberates her compositions from standard syntax and punctuation. Words are strung together in odd combinations. Ultimately she creates a playful, even musical dance of words across the pages.

But I must admit I found this dance largely incoherent. It often reads like some pidgin variant of English, or like the writings of someone who has suffered a neurological trauma to the language center of her brain. I could also compare it to some sort of secret code language of an occult society.

Examples of the style in this book: "Apple plum, carpet steak, seed clam, colored wine, calm seen, cold cream, best shake, potato, potato and no no gold work with pet, a green seen is called bake and change sweet is bready, a little piece a little piece please" (from "APPLE"); "A curving example makes righteous finger-nails" (from "ROOMS").

The book as a whole has an experimental feel, and while I'm not sure how successful the experiment is, "Tender Buttons" is nonetheless quite a remarkable work. At times it's even fun. My suggestion: read sections of the book aloud to someone who does not speak or understand English, and ask them how the pure musicality of the language strikes them.

The playfulness & intellectual rigor of the best of the
Modernist movement unite in this small book of exquisite
prose poems that may be read, on one level at least, as
an extended allegory of eroticism (e.g. "tender buttons"
are nipples); & on another, as a manifesto of what was
to become L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry. But you don't really need
to be a scholar to appreciate the freshness & lovely
rhythms of the poems. They are like nothing else that
existed at the the time they were written (not even the
great Victorian "nonsense" poets dared to be this non-referential)
& though they have cast a long shadow across late 20c. PoMo,
there really has been nothing quite like them since.

I gave this book to my six-year-old nephew when he was starting to read. BOY did he get annoyed- but he kept coming back to it. "These are not poems!" he would sputter. While Finnegans Wake is supposed to be difficult to comprehend, one can "diagram" Joyce's sentences- the "grammar" is "normative," only the words are peculiar. With Stein, the words themselves are "normal," even banal, but the sentences are more Out There than a Zen Koan. Anyway, as the late lamented Beatle George supposedly said about a painting, "it's either groovy or it isn't." Tender Buttons is.

We have used two of the recipes (Sauerkraut Soup and Bagels Jake) and both were failures (p.s. we are usually quite successful cooks). The bagel failure was especially bothersome since we tried several times. After checking online recipes, we finally found the problem: the recipe is wrong! Boiling bagels for 20 minutes is crazy!

A Jewish cookbook that leads you astray on bagels??

The Jewish mother/family humor is dated and a little over the top, but it doesn't matter. The recipes are great. This is genuine, unmodernized Ashkenazi cooking, the way my grandma cooked. There's a great selection of recipes for every occasion--everyday, Shabbat, and holidays. No fancy ingredients, and the recipes are easy to follow.

If you want to wallow in nostalgia, this is it.

In my library of over 100 cookbooks, many of them Jewish in content, this is the one I consult first before looking at any others. The recipes are truly wonderful, easy to follow and typical of the Jewish cookery I was brought up on. I have given copies of the book to my children and friends interested in the "real thing" and they all agree with me. The blintzes are outstanding and never let me down. It's the 1 book I couldn't be without to try "new old recipes".