Despite his status of 'whipping boy'with much of the academic community - the 'icon' to be smashed - Wordsworth's literary merits endure. Or rather - his power to inspire, endures. Wordsworth made an important diction - between the public and the people. The pseudo-sophisticated wish to pander to fashionable modes of literary criticism; they will try to convince you that Wordsworth's poetry is passe, the 'tin god' of gemutlich Victorian dreams. Meanwhile, the 'people' still read W, and they always will - especially those who turn to the bosom of nature to nourish the spirit. J.S. Mill cured himself of chronic melancholia after opening himself to Wordsworth's work -the prospect (or 'project') - it endeavours to lead us toward. This text is De Selincourt's judicious editorial work. Otherwise expensive, this p/back version is worth buying.Be warned tho', Wordsworth did not live to see 'The Prelude' published.For that, Stephen Gill's ed is much to be recommnded.

HE IS INDEED THE MEMORABLE OF THE FINNEST ARTS THAT WORLD HAD PRODUCE.HE IS A RARE GEM OF ALL THE JEWELS.WELL INDEED HIS WORKS WERE ONE OF THE RARE COMODITIES IN THIS PRESENT WORLD OF LETURATURE.

This beautiful picturebook is the story of an old Dutch artist's young apprentice, a boy who is so talented at such a young age that the king himself commissions him to come to court to paint a portrait of all the nobles.

Adrian, the apprentice, has learned the art of capturing true likenesses on canvas, and it is for this that the king admires him so. But people don't often like to see their real faces, and when Adrian finishes the portrait the nobles and ladies of the court, they all gather to abuse him for "misrepresenting" them in image and they try to force him to change the portrait to be more flattering- and untruthful.

The Young Artist is a wonderful story about artistic integrity and the meaning of success. It is accompanied by truly magical pictures, created by a man who is himself a master artist. I love the story, but Locker's paintings for his story are what make this book an enduring favorite of mine. I highly recommend that anyone interested in children's literature find and read this and anything else by Thomas Locker they can get their hands on!

In this book Thomas Locker has created a young artist, who must make the choices that will define his career. Locker uses these choice and their consequences to teach his readers a valuable lesson about success. Along with the enchanting story comes a series of pictures, the beauty of which is unrivaled in most story books today. Because of the quality both of the text and the illustrations, this is truely a book that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

I run a group home for young men. I bought a copy of this book and after reading it, I went out and bought 5 more copies.

This is an extremely informative and educational book for teens, adults, gays or straight people. I strongly believe that anyone who reads this book will benefit greatly from it. This book has hundreds of answers to questions about the AIDS virus, how it's spread and prevention. It includes touching interviews with people who are infected. It's a real eye opener that provides facts. The book is well written and easy to understand.

The young men in my group home have commented about what a SUPERB and EDUCATIONAL book this is. They like that the book is geared towards people of all ages, sex, race and economical backgrounds. Too bad this book isn't in schools.

I strongly recommend reading this book and passing it on to your children, family members and friends. It is worth reading and after gaining this type of knowledge, might help save lives.

It was definately worth 5 points and more......

The 1930s: Directions is part of a ten-volume series which uses fiction to follow an umber of families whose lives entwine: they each take place in a different decade of the 20th century, and this is set in the 1930s. This 4th volume tells of the life of young runaway Tony, who struggles through the Depression in a world which is readying for World War II: the events of the decade come alive in the story.

This is an excellent resouce for African American history, well-organized, concise, extensive and enlightening. It begins with a history of Africa, a definite plus. Each chapter starts off with an overview of a time period, all in chronological order, followed by fascinating first-person accounts. Facing the first page of most chapters is a family photo from that time period -it's interesting to see the progression. Not all photos are sharply printed but all reveal truths in telling and immediate ways. Events and dates are personalized in word and picture, what better way can there be to experience history?

The author describes the life and work of two female and three male African American Inventors and Scientists, including the contributions of agriculturalist George Washington Carver and Nigerian-born computer scientist Philip Emeagwali.

The search engines contain a thousand supplementary references to Carver or Emeagwali.

The stories are filled with the themes of perseverance and overcoming obstacles.

The inventions described include massively parallel supercomputers, petroleum reservoir simulation and oil recovery, uses of peanut, lasers for eye surgery, and a new way to make rocket fuel.

Excerpts read: "Emeagwali programmed the Connection Machine to make 3.1 billion calculations per second.... This speed was a new world record in 1989.... The record breaking speed of Emeagwali's invention helped people understand the value of parallel computing."

The photographs of the inventors and the illustrations of their inventions make this a useful book for K-12 school assignments on inventors.

This book is a must for math, science and black history related school assignments.

Both my 7 and 3 year old children loved Arlie the Alligator book and cassette. I also gave it to a friend of mine with children the same age. The 3 year old memorized all the words and music and goes around the house singing. The 7 year old loves to read and sing along. The book is a wonderful, feel-good story. Excellent for both very young and older children.

I do not want to review this book, but I do want to call your attention to the peer review book review that was published in the journal: Archives of Pediatrics in the May journal I believe. Dr. Safer said that this book was unique and belonged on a bookshelf right next to Russell Barkley's book. He said that from a biomedical standpoint it had no equal. The title of the book is Attention Deficit Disorders and Hyperactivity in Children and Adults.

Actually, I only read chapter 18, by Stephen Mcdermott. He describes the struggle of having ADHD so dead on, I had a catharsis. Mcdermott does a case study of a fellow named Jack as he goes through high-school and college. Jack notices that he has to study much harder than his peers, and uses such specific information about specific aspects of himself to make generalizations about himself as a person.

My only problem with this chapter is that it wasn't copyedited well (does anyone know how to get in touch with Thomas Brown or American Psychiatric Press?)

On the last line of page 584 it reads: "The agenda can prevent the therapy from becoming focused on a "crisis du jour," whereby therapists deal only with the crises and catastrophes that patients bring into the session to-week continuity they need to solidly acquire a set of skills."

Then a little further down before and after page 587: To set the stage for other techniques to work, the activation of the beliefs attention needs to be interrupted in order to decrease the stimulation of the activated belief.

Even with these two glaring errors, the chapter is still worth it.

I remain anonymous because I have been fired twice for having ADHD (If you don't know that the Americans with Disabilites Act is a big joke, then you haven't been paying attention (no pun intended)).

This book introduces students to authors and artists, but does so in a clear and concise fashion. My daughter found it extremely enjoyable, and also very informative. Mr. McMahon did a wonderful job in focusing on the important people of our time.