This is the first fiddle book I bought, some 10 years ago, and I still go back to it for something different on occasion. It has 100 or so tunes, a lot of which are rare these days. This is not a book that will help you to play in celtic music sessions, as the tunes are mostly obscure, and if they are common, Robin always has to throw in some wild variation, or change the tune slightly. His choice of chords is better than anything I've seen in more conventional celtic fiddle books. He teaches the basic ornamentation, and each tune has a paragraph written about it. The record, now a cd, is helpful to learn his stylings and the tunes but only covers a small amount of the tunes printed, 20 maybe. This book has great personality and is much more interesting than the sterile massed produced tune books of today.
My only complaint is that I wish it had more tunes in the book and more tunes on the record.

This is the book that got me into Celtic music in the 1970's, following Robin Williamson from his "Incredible String Band" days into a type of music I've loved ever since. The included little floppy record (hope you have a turntable!)shows that his personal playing style is a bit eccentric compared to more traditional players I've heard since, but this book is a wonderful, accessible, concise, broad and sweeping introduction to traditional instrumentals of the British Isles. Short backgrounds are given for each tune, and the settings are keyed for real instruments. I can honestly recommend this book as an excellent value for any newcomer to the subject. Experienced players could only wish for MORE tunes!

How to Power-Tune MGB 4-cylinder engines is a good all-around book, although some of the language can be confusing. A good point about this book is that it does not only focus on the engine, but on exhaust, intake, tires, carburation, etc. It tells you exact brands that are good, and that is also nice. However, as this book is produced in England, many parts from companies are not available. I highly reccommend this book to anyone owning an MGB.

This book belongs in every MGB owner's library. It's information is accurate and reliable. Peter Burgess well deserves his reputation as the master among MGB Tuners, and his book makes it obvious as to why and how he has come to be considered to be so.

Ch 1 Music is for everyone; Ch 2 Music is rhythm; Ch 3 ...sound; Ch 4 ...language; Ch 5 ...movement; Ch 6 ...singing; Ch 7 ...instruments; Ch 8 ...fun-filled activities; Ch 9 ...a great way to teach; Ch 10 ...classical; Ch 11 FAQ's by parents and teachers

This book provides many games, activities and songs, to help teach children music concepts through play, without the use of musical terms. Very easy to read and anyone can use this book; musician or not.

This book is a great source to have if you care for young children. It offers a selection of age appropriate things to do in rythyme with your children. This book has all of the words to those songs that you sung as a child as well as some new songs. If you desire to make your own musical instruments then this book is for you. There are plenty of instruments to make using available household materials. I recomend this book to parents, day-care providers and teachers of young children. It is a great book!

Textual content: 5 stars out of 5. Textual content is remarkable. Buy this cd rom. Anyway, I will talk about something else. When you put the cd-rom in, you'll find it's size is over 450 MB. You'll say: "Wow, a lot of multimedia stuff must be inside!! Can't wait to see and hear it all!!" And this is where frustration comes out, once you start to dig out the content of this cd rom. Soon you will realize that the real size of this cd is not 'over 450 MB' as your computer (or advertisement in store) is saying. The real size is just 12 MB! This is the reason why i gave 4 stars to this cd. It lacks multimedia.

So what is the rest of the content of this cd rom? Well the rest are songs in uncompressed wav format! Yes dear reader, almost ten years after introduction of mp3 sound compression format someone is putting uncompressed wavs on the cd rom. But why are they doing it? So that advertise can say 'full of multimedia content'? Ok, dear producers, next time don't forget to convert all pictures to uncompressed BMP format. I can guarantee you the same cd rom content will jump to over 900MB, so that you can put in the following advertise: "Seti CD-ROM, over 900MB full of multimedia content! On two CD roms!".

Some may say, another reason for putting wav files is the easy integration in internet browser environment. Wrong! There are dozens of sound compressors which integrate well in browser environment, including mp3. Even if mp3 doesn't work on some browser, the problem can be solved by putting mp3 player on the cd rom. Do i have to mention that this player is freeware?

But this sound compression would put our cd rom producers in a little trouble since the overall content would become 30MB or less. And they don't want that to happen. Right? You can't put an advertise saying 'Buy Seti CD rom! Over 30 MB of multimedia content'. Because one download from Friday night party on your digital camera is larger than that. And one will know there can't be much of multimedia on that cd-rom. And our producers know that too. So I guess they tried to fix the problem by putting uncompressed wav files on the cd rom.

Dear producers, if you are so into multimedia (over 400 megs!?) why didn't you provide some interesting sound files? Let people hear how a pulsar sound like. How does "wow" signal sound like. How it sounds when you point the radio telescope to the Sun on various wavelengths. How does it sound when you point on a distant active galaxy. And many other examples of space sounds and around them. I know there is no much of Seti stuff in there, but people are curious. And you talk about radio telescopes so these sound files count into. It is obvious that such exotic sounds are very interesting to us readers/beginners. Oh yes, i said one lie about radio files. You did put some radio telescope sound files on the cd rom. The whole 2 of them. What a multimedia...

As Executive Director of the nonprofit, membership-supported SETI League, I am privileged to head up a grass-roots, global search for our cosmic companions. Along the way, I've gotten to know some of the most creative and innovative inhabitants of Planet Earth. In "Tune In The Universe!", I write about them, and their shared quest.

Part tutorial, part memoir, and part history, "Tune In The Universe!" is your guide to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. It is a fully interactive hypertext-book on CD-ROM, which you read on your computer using its web-browser software (the book is Windows, Macintosh, and Linux compatible).

Written for the knowledgeable layman, "Tune In!" explains why we are most likely not alone, and where we are most likely to detect evidence of other intelligences in the universe. It teaches you how to build your own amateur radio telescope, in order to join in a scientifically credible search for beings Out There. Since the medium supports it, "Tune In The Universe!" also includes, as a bonus, sixteen of my SETI songs.

You don't have to be a rocket scientist, but if you're interested in SETI, you do have to read this book!

H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D. (Dr. SETI ®)

This political minded cartoon pretty much attacks everything with a humorous angle. The writing and the expressions on people's faces make the book funny. While doing that, he also makes valid points on the media, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and many other issues (from 1994).

tom tomorrow is the most brilliant, original, insightful, important, and hilarious political cartoonist ever to grace newsprint.

a loving tribute to the author's immigrant grandfather and a contribution to American history.Roland Bianchi's style is personal and easy to read.

'Tunes' adresses in Steinbeck or Hemingway like syntax, the plight and remedies, at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, of a peasant from Pisa, Italy, in terms, morals and ethics, applicable to anyones life today. This 'fast read' book is very difficult to put down till you complete it. It reads better than the more famed and celibrated "Angela's Ashes'. Someone in 'Hollywood' has 'blown-it' by not turning Bianchi's plot into a great movie with DeNiro in the leading role. I read about two books, fiction or nonfiction per week, and this story about Roland Bianchi's grandfather rings extremely true with a very wide appeal across a large section of out immigrant population base in the USA. No matter your family's continent of origin, or circumstances that brought you to being American, this book is a must read from ages 12 to 120. Don't buy one, buy two, becuase someone else is going to swipe a copy from you, I've lost 6 copies to good friends who always normally return books I lend out.

This a very entertaining and informative book. It's a book with detailed descriptions of EVERY SINGLE Warner Bros. cartoon ever made. This book even lists TV specials, compilations, episodes of "the Bugs Bunny Show", the "Pvt. Snafu" cartoons made for the Army (and written by Dr. Seuss!), it even lists the pilot cartoon made in 1929! But, I would like to know how they came up with the ideas for certain cartoons instead of just a plot synopses.

For any student of Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (or any fan for that matter) this book is a "must have." Many people call it the "Bible" of LT/MM cartoons.

The book is divided into specific segments = a brief introduction/history of the cartoons = the cartoons listed by year of theatrical release = a section of miscelaneous releases by the Warner Bros. studio = last, a cross reference section that indexes the shorts alphabetically by title, and by featured "character"

In the "meat" of the book, each short has a good synopsis of the story, a list of characters, and artistical support information (director, animators, background design/artist, musical supervision, etc.)

I'm on my second copy of this fine book. Go and buy this thing before it goes out of print!

If you are at all interested in the Looney Tune & Merrie Melodie series from Warner Bros. you should buy this book. I'm serious, do it now! Stop reading this review and go the shopping basket I can wait...

There, don't you feel better knowing this book is about to become yours? This is the "bible" of Warner Cartoons. Each one has been watched and thought about in what must have been a gruelling marathon of cartoon watching (I am SOOO jealous), resulting in a good review (and list of credits) for each and every cartoon made by the studio including some of the offshoots like Pvt Snafu and the cartoons released in the 1980s. If you are a collector of any sort this is really the ESSENTIAL book for you.

I'm a woman who loves cars, especially Fords. This book is an easy-to-understand guide. There are diagrams and illustrations that explain in detail everything you want to know. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to better understand the Ford engine.

Kotzig's book is easy to read and gives a novice like me the will to look into that little mystery box without fear of opening Pangora's Box. My fear of making a little change that would be permanently disasterous is, for the most part, erased; however, a little element of fear isn't a bad thing. I've been an owner of Fords for thirty years, and now I feel like I'm starting on a new adventure with an outstanding, detailed roadmap. Kudos to Kotzig!

This book is very informative and easy to understand. If you like tuning Fords, then you will enjoy this book very much as I did. Thanks again for a great book

The book Tunes for Bears to Dance to, by Robert Cormier, is a juvenile fiction novel. In it, the protagonist Henry faces some real problems. His brother had recently died and this had thrown the whole family into sorrow. His father did not work; his mother was forced to hold down to jobs for little pay at all. Henry works in a grocery store for Mr. Hariston, an evil bigot who would like noting more than to stare out his store window throwing nasty comments about passing people. Henry, innocent to Mr. Hairiston's bigotry trust him to provide a means of income for his struggling family. In due coarse Henry encounters and befriends Mr. Levine, an old Holocaust survivor with an amazing talent. Every day Mr. Levine goes to the town craft center and widdles out of wood an exact replica of his old village that was destroyed by the Nazis during WWII. Henry innocently tells his boss about this along with his desire for a monument for his brother's grave. Mr. Hariston then tells Henry that he will get the monument, his mother will get a raise, and he himself will keep his job if he does "one easy task". That task is to destroy the old man's wooden village. Henry is now faced with a quandary on whether to destroy the village or not. I believe this book, me being an 8th grade reader, is sophisticated enough to get a real impact from. In addition, the problem was introduced late in the story and then was resolved quickly and abruptly. On the other hand the book illustrated the, theme bigotry and abuse of power very well. Both sides of the story were described and the reader got an understanding of the choice Henry could have made and the choice he did actually make. The book has characters that seem real and the struggles Henry faces are those many children around his age face in some way or another.

The book really touched me when the characters talked about the Holocaust and how Mr.Levine survives, but I knew what was going to happen next. The book ended too abruptly. I AM THE CHEESE, though was a better book, with an EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY unexpected ending. THAT is certainly a GREAT book.

I have been a Robert Cormier fan for over four years now and deeply enjoyed all of his books. "Tunes for Bears to Dance To" is meant for a younger audience than most of his work. It is suitable for perhaps fifth grade and up; the protagonist, Henry, is eleven.

The book deals with many issues such as racism, depression and grief, and child abuse. Henry is trying to be a good boy though his family has been torn apart by the hit-and-run death of his brother. His father has lapsed into an almost catatonic depression and his mother is away all the time, working double shifts struggling to pay the bills. Henry tries to pull his weight with a job stocking groceries: and there the antagonist is introduced. It's his evil boss, Mr. Hairston.

Mr. Hairston says nasty things about his customers behind their backs and abuses his young daughter. (Henry's naive eyes do not percieve the abuse, but to the reader it is all too clear.) But the real issue at hand is his racism towards Mr. Levine, a Jewish Holocaust survivor and Henry's friend. When Mr. Hairston learns of Henry's desire to get a gravestone for his brother (his family cannot afford them) he offers a deal: "I'll buy you a stone, but you have to do something for me." The "something" Henry has to do is smash Mr. Levine's beloved toy village that he's been painstakingly carving for months.

This conflict, while ingeneous, is introduced late in the story and resolved rather hastily, in only two or three pages. The story could have been much more powerful than it was; it seemed rather diluted, like strong wine watered down. Cormier fans will appreciate it for Henry's young, innocent narration and Mr. Hairston's surpreme evilness, but those not familiar with the author's work will probably find this book to be nothing better than toilet reading.

4 Stars for writing style; 2 stars for the implications and reason for publishing. One cannot comment on this book without making reference to Gillian Helfgott's book as well. Margaret cannot be 100% wrong. David and Gillian Helfgott cannot be 100% wrong. Therefore, I took both Gillian's book and Margaret's book and began comparisons. Several things struck me: what man would pick up his family, force them to travel 2000 miles, and all with no prospects or money? (I mention this since the biggest bone of contention seems to be the father, Peter--his actions at certains times were questionable behavior by any stretch of the imagination.) Next, why are some of David's siblings literally beaming in the photo (in Gillian's book) taken with Actress Redgrave during the filming of SHINE? I could go on and on, but I think the truth lies somewhere in-between the two books. It's unfortunate that this book has and may continue to overshadow David's career and Gillian's sincerity. Read this book with the proverbial grain of salt. Besides, Margaret's childhood was not necessarily David's, unless she was with him 24 hours per day. The only good thing about the book is the obvious love the author has for her deceased father. Of course, Gillian made an effort in her book, too, to show that there were happy times and love. No stars for how Margaret took some of what Gillian had to say out of context. This leaves the book with a very iffy three stars.

I recall after seeing "Shine", I remarked to a friend that while I enjoyed the film, "It sadly doesn't happen that way in real life".

As a health professional who has worked for many years with people, including artists who suffered from schizophrenic disorders, I can affirm that Margaret Helfgott's book rings only, too true.

As a painful and loving testament to her father Peter, her family and her brother David, Margaret Helfgott takes the reader through the maze of distortion and lies by "Shine's" director Scott Hicks, David's second wife Gillian, and the commercial exploitation of David Helfgott by post production interests. Despite the distorted need to invent blame, the profound reality of David Helfgott's illness will not be altered by the many lies in "Shine" about his late father Peter and his family.

I could not put Margaret Helfgott's book down, and highly recommend it to anyone who saw the fiction of "Shine", read the screenplay, or are just interested in understanding the impact of schizophrenic-type disorders on patients and families.

I have been stimulated by a number of your readers' reviews to once again see the video of "Shine" and re-read the book "Out of Tune".

A number of differences are outstanding. Whereas Margaret Helfgott interviews and quotes from many actual people who knew David in the past, identifying them by name, Scott Hicks "stands by his research" involving "friends, teachers, medical people and colleagues of David's" - however, he does not identify a single one of these people despite being challenged. Similarly, regarding Hick's claim that he was told that Shine's "portrait" of Peter Helfgott was actually "kind" and that there were far greater abuses committed by Peter which he chose not to include in the film. Who were these anonymous people who unstintingly fed Hicks his unconfirmed "facts"? If we did not believe Hicks totally, we might think this was innuendo in the extreme - in the best tradition of throwing mud so that some may stick.

What possible motive could Margaret have for defending her father to such lengths? Could it be Hick's claimed jealousy between the siblings, for which no shred of evidence exists in any of the writings.

Apropos the famed disclaimer at the end of the video "Shine" - it is microscopic! Unlike many biopics which honestly displayed their disclaimers legibly and clearly at the start of the film, Hick's disclaimer was illegible; despite the fact that living family members had NOT given permission for their real names to be used in the film. Once again, if one did not doubt Hicks' integrity one might really think that his advertised claims of "Shine" representing the true life story of David Helfgott, were honest.

Apart from attempting to correct the numerous distortions presented in "Shine", Margaret Helfgott, described on the book jacket as a music teacher, represents in "Out of Tune", a sole individual nobly fighting the forces of the film industry, its exploitation and its millions.

Anyone interested in truth and justice should read "Out of Tune".