This book is extremely well researched. It is the most definitive collection of world goddesses available. The book is broken up into pantheons and attributes with an alphabetical index at the back. Though the descriptions aren't as in-depth as they could be the authors have done a great job of timelining the development and adaption that has taken place with each goddess over the centuries. I am astounded at their success in conquering such a magnitude of information. I reference this work constantly and am so glad to own it. A must for any goddess worshipper or academic scholar of mythology and religions!

Piper Seatls The Show is a book that teaches honesty while delighting you with the adventures of the little mouse Piper. He just "borrows" things from the circus show only to find out he's really caused quite a comotion. In the end Piper learns that stealing not only hurts the one you take from it hurts yourself too! The illustrataions are well done and Mark Lowry has the gift of humor and rhyme.

Children will love this holiday inspired timeless story! It's a wonderful Christmas gift for kids...plus the CD as an added bonus!! The illustrations made it come alive! It's a definite holiday must for children of all ages!

This book attempts to cover the whole gamut of wildlife for the Amazon basin and Pananal. It can't do it; no book can. It did make an admirable attempt and as such is a great book for the tourist traveling to the area. On a recent trip north of Manaus, it covered 98% of the bird life. It is concise enough that the occaisional bird wathcer will be able to identify most birds. It is not quite as adequate for other species- fish are very superficial, as are reptiles. I would like to see these expanded. This is a terrific guide for the tourist- concise, adequately complete, and easy to use.

I used this book for a recent trip to Brazil's Pantanal. The book is specific to only two geographic areas: The Pantanal and the Amazon, admittedly, Brazil's biggest natural draws. However, since the Pantanal and the Atlantic rainforest were my destinations, the book's usefulness was only partially utilized. Also, it is a heavy volume, and when considered with the other guidebooks I packed and used for cross-referencing, this book was by far the heftiest.

The book does fill a unique niche, that of ecology and natural history guide to these two unique wild places. No other book that is easily carried provides as much enjoyable natural history reading on the Amazon and Pantanal. The illustration plates are uniformly excellent, but it is not noted whether species occur outside of the Pantanal and Amazon. Many species do occur outside, as I quickly found out. Eliminating the rest of Brazil all together just seems a bit restricting. An average traveller to Brazil is most likely to make a stop in Rio de Janeiro, perhaps visit the easily accessible Parque National de Tijuca, and wonder if what they're seeing is that similar looking bird in their book.

Brazil is a big country, and no guidebook has yet to cover all its flora and fauna in one volume, in English, and travel-sized. This guidebook attempts to cover at least the animals and birds of Brazil's largest natural treasures, and succeeds for the most part. Given its quality of illustrations and plates, written descriptions of behavior, ecology and geography, this book is a good when used in conjunction with other bird and mammal guides.