This hardback is small for an art book (measures 6 in. wide by 8 in. long), but it is packed with full-color plates of Smith's work. The book seems to have been published in connection with an exhibition at the Kestner Gesellschaft in Germany. The plates include details and installation shots from what appears to have been a large and fairly comprehensive one-person show.

Smith's work is elegant and direct, wide-ranging in subject but closely related in meaning. In his essay, Carsten Ahrens states "Kiki Smith has ....continually hinted at the close proximity between art and the ideas of Catholicism, which are similar in their belief in the spiritual potential of the physical." Though I found most of the essay difficult to digest, I consider that statement a gem. To me, Smith's art is about the frail, feeling, physical world and the force of life itself.

The back of the book features a selection of Smith's iris prints. I was delighted to discover these, as I was unaware that Smith does work in photography. I think they are quite nice, and I am impressed that she is able to work in such a range of mediums.

Though I do not consider the book a substitute for a monograph, it is an excellent resource. One star deducted for photo quality--well-composed but occasionally fuzzy.

Kiki Smith's work may seem impossible to document in book form but this book does a terrific job of conveying the power and delicacy of her art. The reproductions are gorgeous, and the essay is extremely readable. A must for any contemporary art book collection!

Prolific and out on her own sense of self Kiki Smith is jaunting into areas both powerful and perplexing. She's not who you think she is.

While the previous book in the Lizzie McGuire series ("When Moms Attack") suffered from stilted dialogue and a lack of explanation, it did get its facts straight at least. When one goes to read a novelization of a television series, besides expecting additional insights into the characters and situations presented, one also expects it to be factually accurate, in keeping correct references to the show's continuity. Sadly this is lacking in "Totally Crushed".

In fact, there are so many errors, some so blatant that one has to wonder how it ever got approved by Disney, that one can't help but wonder if the author, Kiki Thorpe, ever watched the episodes she was adapting. One gets the feeling that her information came by way of discarded drafts of the Shooting Scripts for the episodes featured in the book, which may account for SOME of the errors (but surely not all).

One of the most obvious blunders is presented to us on the very first page no less.

The two episodes adapted in this book are "Scarlet Larry" and "Lizzie and Kate's Big Adventure", both from the first season of the series. And as had been established (multiple times), Season One was the gang's 7th grade year. In the first season the kids are in the 7th grade. That point is clearly made.

Yet, for some reason beyond comprehension the author of this book lists them as being in the 8th grade. During the events of "Scarlet Larry" they are very clearly in 7th grade, yet the book puts them down as in the 8th. A major continuity mistake.

And it's not just that the mistake was made, it's that the fact is/was so widely known that it seems inconceivable that anyone could even make it. And to add insult to injury, the fact that the proofreaders at Disney Press didn't catch it either is deplorable. This is their *job*, quality control. When the most basic fact of all (that they are in the 7th grade) is overlooked one has to wonder who's asleep at the switch.

In addition to that, the author takes liberties with the show's characters and the way scenes were portrayed in the respective episodes.

A grievous example takes place on page two of all places. The author describes the character of Kate as having a 'belly ring'. Yet it is plainly obvious to anyone who's watched the episode even once that Kate is wearing no such thing during the scene described. What's more, people familiar with Kate's character would know that such an accruement would go against the character's sense of fashion.

Again, one has to wonder what the people at Disney press were thinking.

Admittedly, this is a smaller mistake than the more basic blunder described above, but it just highlights how shoddy of a job the research of this undertaking was. A simple viewing of the episode would have remedied the case.

There is also the obligatory adding of gestures and movements the characters did not exhibit in the episode. But this goes with the territory of a novelization. And it is fully possible that if the author *did* work from a Shooting Draft of a script then these additional bits were originally included but never made it onto the aired episode.

This would apply to the added/changed dialogue as well.

But the most unpardonable action is the utterance of (mild) profanity. The show takes *scrupulous* efforts to avoid ANY profanity of ANY kind. It is strictly "G" rated (which this show should be). So the inclusion of this is unforgivable. Not only is the author to be blamed, but also a greater degree of blame should go to Disney Press, for it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that these publications meet the criteria demanded of them. They did not to their jobs in this case. That simple.

All that being said, one shouldn't come away with a totally negative view of the book. Kiki Thorpe's grasp of narrative here is much more natural sounding than that of "When Moms Attack". It flows better, and really fits the characters and situation involved. It's the right 'voice' if you will, and well deserved of praise in that regard.

In reality the "bad parts" only make up a small part of the overall book. The problem arises in that these small parts are SO wrong that they tend to overshadow the rest of the book. It's not so much a matter of being mistake ridden, it's the fact that these mistakes were *easily* avoidable. Easily. And even more easily caught.

Disney Press can (and hopefully will) do much better in the future.

As for the stories themselves, part one is a novelization of the episode "Scarlet Larry", which is about Lizzie finding out that the "biggest nerd in school" has a crush on her. She then has to work through conflicted feelings on the subject. Does she turn him down and preserve her social status, or does she do the right thing and give him a shot?

The second story in this book is a novelization of the episode "Lizzie and Kate's Big Adventure". In it Lizzie and Kate, former best friends, are forced to work together on a school project and learn that, just perhaps, their friendship isn't as "dead" as it would seem.

Unlike the previous book in this series, there is no real unifying link between the two stories (unless you count Kate being in both of them as a "link").

At the end of the day, the stories are well written enough, but there are those fundamental flaws I mentioned before. If Disney Press had done its job in editing this would have been an even finer book. Buyer beware.

Lizzie Mcguire woke up one morning felling sick, and found out that she has to work with Kate Sanders on a school project, her worst enemy. But the weird thing is that they are having fun together. Now whenever in school ,Lizzie and Kate look at each other they smile
I recommend this book to girls because boys will not like it it's too girlish .I think that you learn something because if you are having a fight read this book it should teach you a lesson. You should probably be over 2nd grade, it's fiction. Read part two.
That's what I am telling you about.

This book is about two episodes of Disney`s number 1 show, Lizzie Mcguire.
The first one is where Lizzie finds out that the biggest nerd or "dirk" in school, Larry Tudgeman likes her. She goes out with him and actually likes it.
The second one is where Lizzie gets paired up with her enemy, the most popular girl in school, Kate Suanders for a geography project. They work together and like it.
Lizzie Mcguire is my all-time favorite show so I LOVED this book. Any person who likes the show, or has never seen it and wants to learn about it should read this.

This modest 118-page book would best accompany one of the standard graduate texts -- Spanier, Dold, Switzer, Massey, Husemoller,Maunder, Munkres, Bott and Tu, Bredon, or Greenberg and Harper. It can't be used as a text.

The book presents the most basic ideas pertaining to homotopy, homology, cohomology, fibre bundles, spectral sequences, and characteristic classes. The emphasis is on simple examples and simple calculations to demonstrate what is going on. Rigorous definitions, proofs, and even frequently even the statements of theorems, are avoided.

One good aspect of the treatment is the axiomatic presentation of homology and cohomology a la Eilenberg and Steenrod. Some of the essential material is also presented, e.g. the cup product that gives a ring structure to the cohomology group, the Kunneth theorem, the Universal Coefficient theorem, and so on.

The book would afford a bird's-eye view, a conspectus, to a bright undergraduate or beginning graduate student. It goes without saying, of course, that this is for motivation, and it doesn't replace the hard technical grind required to master the subject.

The book suffers in comparison to the one by Fomenko, Fuchs and Gutenmacher (Homotopic Topology), but that, alas, can't be had for love or money.

there are much examples. so good to understand.

Being a veritable Kiki virgin before I read this book, I found Kiki's Memoirs more than helpful in showing the atmosphere of 1920's Paris. I did, however, agree with Ernest Hemingway's sentiments from his introdution-it is impossible to translate Kiki's words very well. It seems like Samuel Putnam was unable to get more than four sentences out without putting in an exclamation mark. This breaks the narrative up considerably. I would have given this book three stars, but I loved the Man Ray photos in it. The real strength of this book lies in the artwork.

This is Kiki in Kiki's own voice, no one could say it better.This is a wonderful book for those who love Bohemian Paris, and even those who don't.

This is a good book to familiarize your children with the spanish language and it's a cute story.

The quarter mile of the Left bank in the early 1920s is what Marcel Duchamp called, "The first really international colony of artist we ever had". This book contains thousands of photographs of the Montparnasse in the 1920s. It's an excellent resource if you are researching Man Ray, Calder, Duchamp, Matisse, Hemingway, Picasso or Stravinsky. Alice Prin or Kiki, was the queen of the artists' quarter. She had a beautiful body and a fine voice. She was the Man Ray's lover and modeled for many Left Bank artists. The book adds the human side of the times, and the art that was made in them. I would recommend this book to any working artist or collector.

when Heinrich Harrer wrote that he came from the Stone Age, what would A.M. Kiki say? He truely transcended many millennia of human "development" and shows (human) "Evolution" to be what it is - a religion (equals control mechanism). Having lived in Papua New Guinea this reader can attest to this book being a gem which the "specialists" should read before writing their far-flung theories. 4 Stars with a comet-tail!

"Learning about Fairness from the Life of Susan B. Anthony" is A Character Building Book written by Kiki Mosher. This brief biography for younger readers examines the idea of fairness in the life of a woman who was well known for her life long efforts to secure the right to vote for women. However, Mosher makes it clear that Anthony was interested in fairness and equality as it applied to not only gender but race as well. This book is illustrated with full page historic photographs and engravings, only a few of which are actually of Anthony. The facing page contains a paragraph of simple text detailing incidents from Anthony's life and relating them to the idea of fairness. Other titles in this series teach children dedication from the life of Frederick Douglass, compassion with Florence Nightengale, honesty from Abraham Lincoln, leadership from George Washington, and bravery from the life of Harriet Tubman. I like the idea that biographies can teach students specific lessons, whether in regards to character or some other concern.

Kiki Mosher's "Learning About Leadership from the Life of George Washington" is aimed at younger elementary school students. Each two-page spread offers a full-page picture (mostly painting of George Washington from around the time he lived) representing the chapter in his life. Most of the "chapters" (they are one page each) focuses on his military career as examples of Washington's leadership abilities. The problem, of course, is that for most of his military career Washington was a "failure," simply because he was on the losing side until pretty much the end of the Revolutionary War. Obviously this is a concept that will prove troubling to younger students and Mosher keeps the focus on Washington's great success in simply keeping the Continental Army together long enough to eventually win the American Revolution. The book does make it clear that there was no other choice to be the nation's first President and that Washington was universally admired. It also makes it clear how the President functions in our democracy. A glossary highlights 14 words students, such as "democracy" and "surveyor," are introduced to in the book (they appear boldfaced in the text along with the pronunciation in parentheses). This volume is "A Character Building Book," one of a series of volumes The other five books look at Abraham Lincoln and Honesty, Frederick Douglass and Dedication, Florence Nightingale and Compassion, Bravery and Harriet Tubman, and Fairness and Susan B. Anthony. The idea of focusing on specific character traits in terms of a diversified roster of famous Americans is certainly worth pursuing.

Even as an adult, I saw this book and had to play with it. It is made of very thick, sturdy, laminated, cardboard and has only six pages. The book asks you to sing and record various parts of "Old MacDonalds Farm" while you are visited by a chicken, pig and bear. John Lund mixes photographs of what seems to be stuffed animals with his own illustrations. I thought the illustrations were very busy, but probably gives the child plenty of visual material, considering the short length of the book.

The interesting part of this book was the small digital recorder. The recorder was extremely easy to use--you hold down one button to record and one button to play, and the recording and playback quality was good for such a small size. This book could certainly lead to many hours of entertainment.