Caren Roberts-Frenzel is a great person and a huge Rita Hayworth fan! I have been subscribing to her Rita Hayworth fan club newsletter for several years now, and I am so happy that this project, a long time dream of hers, came to fruition.

Most so-called biographies of movie stars are written by people that don't really appreciate the subject of their work; it is so refreshing to read a biography written by a true fan.

But this book is really about the photos, and Caren has collected an amazing collection, so many that even I, another long-time Rita fan, has never seen.

The short of this? If you are a Rita Hayworth fan, BUY THIS BOOK!

As a lifelong fan of Rita Hayworth I have to say this is the best book on Rita. The pictures are tremendous and many I have never seen before. Caren gives us a fully rounded portrait of Rita--she does not ignore the unhappiness Rita suffered but unlike another book on Rita she does not paint Rita's life as one of unending misery. This book conveys the same sense of joy and thirst for life that Rita exudes in the best of her pictures and performances. So slip Cover Girl or Gilda in your VCR/DVD player, open up this book and enjoy!

Rita Hayworth is one of the most beautiful and glamourous women ever to have lived. Though her life was marked by tragedy, particularly her Alzheimer's affliction and death at a relatively young age. This book, however, is mainly devoted to celebrating Rita's happier times. Her life is viewed chronologically in both popular and rare photographs. There are so many beautiful photos that it is difficult to take in all at once! My favorite pictures (and just a sampling of the pictures you will find in this book) are: Rita (when she was still Margarita) with her dark hair dancing in a beautiful ruffled dress (p.28), glamourous Rita smiling brightly while reclining on a couch (p.87), Rita clowning with Orson Welles (pg. 114), Rita getting her hair touched up (p. 119), Rita tickling her daughter Rebecca (p. 126), Rita walking solitarily on the beach (p. 140), Rita being welcomed home (p. 165), and Rita in 1981, in declining mental health, but still looking every inch a movie star. If you love Rita and her movies, do not hesitate to buy this book!!!

I was 17 years old the first time I read this book. I also read it at 18 and 20 years of age. Now, I am 36, and I want to read it agian. It is perhaps the best, and most believable acount of war I have been fortunate enought to experience. There is no false patriotism here. Like in any war, each soldier is trying to survive, both mentally and physically, in their own way. As in all wars, soldiers are unable, both mentally and physically, to survive. This book chronicals the experiences of both the survivers and casualties. It brings the average person into contact with the extra ordinary feelings and experiences of the average soldier. This is one of a few books that I have read which combines both the first and third person perspective on situations in a crisp, believable fashion. I never once found myself questioning the possiblility of any situation the characters found themselves in. Anyone who enjoys reading about how average individuals deal with extreem situations should read this book. It is a timeless novel.

My brother and I both read this book when we were teenagers about eight or nine years ago. It made a big impression on both of us, we would both rate it as one of the best books we've read. It even moved me to write a poem about it! Rarely do you find a book that arouses such a lot of strong emotions - there are some very humorous moments as well as the horrific ones. You do get the impression that this is a very authentic account and you really feel like you know the characters. I've been searching for this book for a while and couldn't even find a reference to it in the U.K. until I went on the Internet. I really can't believe that a book of this calibre and surely one of the best accounts of war written is now out of print and so hard to find, and it is surprising no-one ever made a film of it either. I'd love to know what Robert Roth is doing now and if he's ever going to write another book. This should be a classic, I think there should be a campaign to get it back in print and make more people aware of it. A lot of people know about books like "Chickenhawk" but "Sand In The Wind" is a book with wider appeal and deserves much much more recognition. I can't wait to read it again!

As an avid reader of history from the Viet Nam war, this book is the best work of fiction I've read. No other book describing the Viet Nam war moved me so profoundly. I always hoped the author would write again.

I like Sade T. found this book to be helpful in understanding what my friends and family have been going through and can only hope that it will lead to more compassion as we all conitune on our journey. I have five friends who had/have cancer before they were 28. Reading Lisa's book really helped to ease the anger of seeing people being sick so young and put the focus back onto faith.

Lisa you have inspired me to give something back. I am forming a team for our local "Relay for Life 2000" team event to fight cancer. This is a major fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. I encourage other supporters and survivors to look for an event in their area.

We all face challenges in our lives, some more difficult than others, but with courage, hope and faith we can all become a little better because of them. Lisa proved that in her book. Read it and see what it can do to help you.

This is a wonderfully uplifting book on surviving a difficult battle with cancer, but it is even more the story of a family's love and support for each other through that difficult battle. Through this young woman's faith in God's healing power, and the love of her parents and husband she confronted this terrible illness with determination to live and the courage to undergo the treatment necessary to live. It is obvious, too, that her family also had to have a lot of courage and faith in this battle. Where many husbands might have become faint-hearted in this, Lisa's husband stayed at her side and had tremendous conviction that she would recover. He is to be praised for his steadfastness! With her recovery complete, what a blessing Lisa, her parents, and her husband were given with the birth of a son. This is most definitely one of the most uplifting and inspirational books I have had the pleasure of reading in a long while. I highly recommend it!

This is a wonderful book. It will make you cry, but will also bring joy to your heart and a smile to your face. It makes you realize the "choices" Lisa and her family had to make to survive where very hard for her and her family. You will admire her strength, courage, and her determination to beat this. You see first hand how it effects everyone in her family. How the love of her husband, parents, family members and friends are unconditional. It shows us how the small things we all take for granted can be taken away from us in seconds and our world can be turned upside down. How Lisa never gave up and if you "believe" anything is possible.

I highly recommend this book to everyone, not just those dealing with cancer. There is a "lesson" for everyone to learn from Lisa's experience. It's a WONDERFUL story of love, courage, faith and determination of a young woman who is fighting to survive cancer.

This book is a must for your astrological reference library. Written by the world's greatest living astrologer, Robert Hand, and Charles A. Jayne, it is an invaluable "cookbook" of transit interpretation for the budding professional astrologer-to-be. As a professional astrologer myself, an astrology teacher and a contemporary of Hand's, I would venture to say from my own personal experience, that virtually every professional astrologer in the past two decades has cut their teeth on this book. Hand is learned, profound, and sometimes downright uncanny in his interpretations. As I recall, he wrote this book in collaboration with Jayne, while Saturn was transitting his third house. This transit would be a classic for giving someone the discipline it takes to write something as tedious yet invaluable, as this book. It IS the Bible of transit interpretation.

I bought this book years ago in hardcover. I'm happy to say that I had the foresight to cover it with plastic since I refer to this book more than any other astrology book that I own and now, more than 20 years later, my copy is still in good condition. I have an entire shelf filled with astrology books, probably in the area 400+ books. I've been an astrologer for over 30 years and my highest recommendation goes to Planets in Transits. In 1980 I had the opportunity to hear Robert Hand at an astrology conference. He talked about how he wrote Planets in Transit and he said that at the time of the writing, he had a transit of Neptune going over his Sun. He jokingly said, "I don't even remember writing this book." Surely, with Neptune transiting over his Sun, he was blessedly inspired. For all new and intermediate students, this is the one to have on your shelf.

Is your life at this moment in time in a state of upheaval ? Then I bet you have major aspects in fixed signs. Saturn is making his last transit through Taurus (next trip is in 2028) and upsetting some applecarts along the way.

Learning about the transits of Saturn and Uranus has helped me analyze my life and has been constructive in dealing with change, making me resilient and adaptable. Robert Hand, who in my opinion is our greatest living astrologer, has in this book (originally published in '76) the definitive interpretations of the transits of sun, moon, and the planets through the houses and by aspect.

I usually focus on Saturn and Uranus, as these are the big daddy planets of change, but the others have their merit too, though the influence is subtler, and Hand's clear, concise and inspired writing and no-nonsense descriptions will help you get a good grip on the meaning of each transit. If you can read and own an ephemeris, this should be the # 1 book to go with it.

The first 3 chapters are short. One on interpretation, one on timing, and a case history of Nixon and Watergate. The rest of the book is devoted to aspect interpretation...477 pages of some very enlightening information, written by the best of the best.

Fresh out of engineering school, Zack Zaremba quickly loses any idealistic notion of pursuing his profession as a creative activity at International Instruments. He fights gallantly against a thousand obstacles and betrayals perpetrated by bosses, bureaucrats and the system in general, as well as his own weaknesses. But through crushing disappointments and small triumphs, he learns about himself and how to live his life. Along the way you'll meet a gallery of memorable characters populating this demimonde, and laugh out loud as Grossbach deftly plays each one's foibles against the next.

Grossbach is a gifted and knowledgeable storyteller who weaves a tale rich in sensitively drawn characters, ironic twists and turns, and authentic detail. A satirical, disturbing and yet compelling glimpse into the basement below technology's ivory tower.

When I picked up this book I was a little leery of how funny the portrayal of life at a big government contractor could be. After many chuckles, and a few out-loud guffaws, I have been converted. Although I work in a technical industry, it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day nonsense so pervasive today. What a refreshing reminder of how idiotic many policies and procedures can appear to someone new and fresh out of school. As I was reading the book, I felt I knew the characters at International Instruments, having worked with real people very much like those portrayed by Mr. Grossbach. I could also relate to many of the bureaucratic practices described so humorously in A Shortage of Engineers. Mr. Grossbach's sometimes dry, sometimes not-so-dry sense of humor was captivating and held me to the last page. This is one of those (rare) books that made me feel sad when the book ended. I will miss my glimpses into Zack's life and regret having no more opportunities to celebrate the ironies of the workplace with him. I am thankful to have some of my Holiday shopping decided, because several of my relatives will be getting a copy of A Shortage of Engineers in their stockings. But please, don't spoil their surprise!

Bob Grossbach, a very talented author and consulting engineer, in writing "A Shortage of Engineers", deftly describes the trials, tribulations, frustrations and triumphs of, Zack Zaremba , a "freshout" engineer, who, armed with a new engineering degree and tons of arcane formulae, solutions to Maxwell's equations and tables of inverse Laplace Transforms, must learn the true and ludicrous nature of engineering as practiced in the Military/Industrial complex. In this environment one must order parts before the design has begun, specify power consumption before a single circuit has been drawn on paper and satisfy Milestone Madness and the Schedule-mania of bureaucrats and "bean counters".

Grossbach beautifully and very humorously describes the challenges the initially, very idealistic Zaremba, confronts in trying to fully meet the design requirements specified by the customer and the conflicts that arise when his supervisors strongly suggests that he overlook "minor" technical deficiencies (it has a significant chance of failing) in the design. During his rather brief employment as an engineer at International Instruments Incorporated, Zaremba learns as much about himself, life, love, and integrity as he does about engineering techniques.

The book is written with much insight, humor and technical know-how but would probably not be found in the same room as pamphlets with the title "So You Want To Be An Engineer When You Graduate."

Dr. Schuller's first chapter is so aptly titled! "Welcome To The Human Race" - we are all hurting human beings! What sets us apart is our ability to recognize that the hurt is not punishment from God, but instead a reality of our life on earth. Schuller takes his reader through a series of practical analyses of hurt, in much the same way that Elisabeth Kubler Ross taught us to move through the stages of grief. How heavy is the hurt? How hardy (what is its lifespan)? and, How healthy is this hurt? He reminds us frequently that we must constantly examine our priorities and renew our faith that with God, all things are possible. Not an easy road to take, but worth it.

The book is written in an easy to follow manner and uses real life illustrations of both the author's personal struggles with hurt and those of others who survived life's worst tragedies and came out of these fires strengthened and renewed. Had Dr.Schuller omitted his own experiences, this would be just another sampling of inspirational story gathering. But as the "father of possibility thinking" was feeling victimized, he realized that he "needed to delve deep into the meat and potatoes of handling hurts and get over that seductive, self-absorbing, pity-party reaction." And he shares the wisdom of his exploration with us in an easy to read format that time and again reminds us of Schuller's powerful commitment to God.

Both believers and non-believers will find this book helpful as they search for the skills to cope with the hurts that come with divorce, death, destruction and our perceived failures. I liken it to Christian counselor Gary Smalley's teaching that we must learn to "treasure hunt" within a hurtful experience and find ways to bring acceptance and peace back to our lives.

This may be the ultimate gift book for a hurting friend!

Once again Dr. Schuller comes through for hurting people. I read this book in two evenings. If you have a friend that needs some help - I urge you to buy this book. I've already given one to a friend that lost both parents within the last couple of years. Just reading the chapter headings to her was a help!!! I'm ordering a case of these books and going to send them out to hurting people instead of cards and flowers!!

Dr. Robert Schuller guides us once again to learn to live in the positive. It is a caring and well written book with stories that each and everyone of us can feel. We do know life has moments of pain and with this book we can come to understand how to turn the hurts into halos and scars into stars!!!!

This book was very interesting, and it kept me on the edge of my seat. I wanted to yell out to these families that it would be okay, we would get through this. Obviously, I could not do that. However, I am giving this book 5 stars, and I am saying this to all of them: Keep calm, one day someone will find a cure. That's how this world works. I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about children with mental handicaps. It is one of the best I have read.

This book was fantastic. I stayed up all night to finish it, because I got so involved. I am giving this a 5-star review because I absolutely believe it deserves one. I think these families have been through a lot with their children that have CDD/autism. It was well-written, and interesting to read.

As far as I know, this is the only book specifically about the rare and mysterious pervasive developmental disorder known as Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (or Heller's Syndrome), in which children lose previously acquired skills and develop the symptoms of autism after several years of apparently normal development.

With an introduction by autism expert Fred Volkmar, the book presents the stories of eight families of children with CDD, including the editor's own son Thomas, and Jordan Schulze (the subject of his father Craig's book "When Snow Turns to Rain"), as they struggle to cope with and find an explanation for their children's devastating regression.

Hopefully, this book will increase awareness of the under-diagnosed condition and let other families know that they are not alone.

Robert Heinlein is best known for his novels like Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, Friday, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, etc. I list of his great novels being too long to list here.

But he started out writing short stories in Astounding Science fiction (later to be renamed Analog) for John W. Campbell, Jr. This book contains what is called Heinleins Future History stories. Many of his novels fit into this future history as well. But it all began with the short story "Life-line", which was first published in 1939. Is it a great story? By itself, we probably wouldn't call it a great story. But it was the first by RAH.

Follow-up short stories like "The Roads Must Roll", "Blowups Happen", "Requium", "The Great Hills of Earth", "The menace from Earth" and "Methuselahs Children" are all also included here. All great short stories set in the Future History.

This book does have a little overlap with Heinlien's later Expanded Universe collection, but it isn't a lot. Both are worth reading, and re-reading.

Heinlein was made the first Grand Master of SF by the Science Fiction writers of America. An honor that this book shows him to be well deserving of.

Highly recommended book.

This actually was the first Heinlein book I read, recommended to my by a friend. After reading this outstanding "timeline" of his Future History, ranging from Time Line to Methuselah's Children, I was hooked! Since reading this book about ten years ago, I embarked on a quest to acquire all of Heinlein's fiction work. RAH is far and away my favorite author; a major regret in my life is that he died before I discovered his works. I think that after reading all of his books that I've found (I think I have them all), that this book is the best collection of his work ever done - much better than Expanded Universe. This book does a wonderful job outlining his Future History, especially if it contains the graphical timeline of the stories and how they fit into his "reality". If you read this book, all of the other books (except Stranger in a Strange Land, maybe) fit into the pattern and this explains and helps tie them all together. I read this book so many times over the last ten years that it has fallen apart! I am searching for a new copy to replace it. I DEFINITELY recommend this book!

I stumbled upon this book in my younger days when I was tearing through the Sci-Fi genre and I have repeatedly since then gone back to it. Unfortunately, I lost my copy in a move and have ever since scoured garage sales and bargain book stores in vain. It is probably the best collection of short stories and novellas ever gathered in binding. The way Heinlein tells a story is not only mesmerizing but kind of eerie in the way he is able to almost predict a future from so far back. The events and times may not be correct but his vision isn't far off. Aside from being a visionary, the characters in his stories are as real as anyone you know today. In Heinlein's futures people act exactly as they always have..greed, lust, murder, love, loss of love, etc. The magic that is Heinlein is that he allows us to see our flawed selves through his mid-20th century eyes. I highly recommend this book especially if you have never read any Heinlein. I warn you though when you start,(if you can find a copy), be prepared to lose sleep and possibly a few meals....YES, IT'S THAT GOOD!!!!!

This book received a Caldecott Honor as one of the best illustrated children's books in 1990. The rich, subtle watercolors expand the reader's appreciation of the story, and help keep some of its stronger elements in balance for younger children. The story itself is a cross between several favorite fairy tales, most significantly Cinderella, and represents a retelling of a Creole story from the American South.

A widow has two daughters, and lives with them on a poor farm that "looked like the tail end of bad luck." Rose, who was like her mother, was "cross and mean and didn't know beans from birds' eggs." Her sister, Blanche, was "sweet and kind and sharp as forty crickets."

Unfortunately, their mother liked Rose best because they were so similar, being "bad-tempered, sharp-tongued, and always putting on airs." While the two of them chatted, Blanche did the work.

One day, Blanche was getting water and ran into an older woman who asked for a drink. Blanche helped her. As a result, Blanche was late returning and received much ill-treatment from her mother and sister. Running off, Blanche saw the old woman again, who asked Blanche to join her. She warned Blanche not to laugh and to do as she was told. Soon, they are in a magical place where all kinds of strange things happen. But there is plenty to eat and drink. At the end, Blanche is told to bring back certain talking eggs and throw them over her shoulder. When she does, a nice set of surprises occurs.

Immediately jealous, her mother sends Rose to the old woman to get similar help. But Rose cannot follow directions, and the magic either doesn't work for her or causes her problems.

In each case, justice is done.

The story is told in an imaginative way that makes the reader want to know what will happen next. Unlike many fairy tales where you can pretty much outline the rest of the plot near the beginning, this one has some interesting, unexpected twists.

The writing is witty, and makes good use of the story's inherent charm in praising goodness of character.

If you have a sensitive child, this may not be the right book for you to acquire. The treatment of Blanche can upset some children. The magic involves creatures having two heads, and the old woman being able to take her head on and off again. In one scene, Rose takes the woman's head as a ploy to get some talking eggs, too. You can see how this might be a bit much for a sensitive four year old. Children who are able to suspend their sense of reality will probably have no problems with the story.

I enjoyed the watercolors very much. They provided a richness in their exquisite detail that made me feel good just holding the book. Also, it made the book seem more sophisticated than the typical treatment of fairy and folk tales.

The book deals with many realistic problems that occur in families, like having only one parent, not having enough money, having one child be favored over another, having one child be treated poorly, and children looking for sympathy from nonfamily members. This will provide many opportunities to discuss these issues, and find out what your child thinks.

I also suggest that you talk about whether or not Blanche should have gone off with the old woman. The book seems to suggest that looking for help from strangers is a good idea. That's not an idea that I wanted my children to have, so you will probably want to clarify your feelings on this subject as you read the book.

May all be loved, and treated fairly!

The Talking Eggs was a great story!The way the author put the story together was wonderful.Blanche had a mean mother and sister.Poor Blanche had to do all the work. But then she got what she deserved when she met an old woman on the road. I would say that this story was great. I would recommend the book to ages 6 and up.

This is a charming little folktale about two sisters Ð one mean and greedy, the other generous and kind Ð and their encounter with a strange, magical old woman. In the end, the good sister is rewarded and the bad one punished. A nice story with a good message.

But this isnÕt just a nice book, it is an extraordinary one. One thing that makes it special is the way the author uses language. Robert San Souci draws on an African American storytelling tradition and a southern rural dialect that just makes the language sing! The book is full of wonderful, poetic lines and great rhythmic language. ItÕs a joy to read aloud. The words feel good in your mouth. And any parent or teacher who reads aloud a lot knows what a rare quality that is. Even when IÕm tired, I feel like I canÕt read this book badly. The words just flow.

And the illustrations are gorgeous. Jerry Pinkney is one of the best illustrators around and this is one of my favorites of all his work. The composition, the subtle colors, the intricate detail Ð you rarely come across art this fine in childrenÕs books.

I bought this book for my daughter a couple of years ago, and weÕre still reading it over and over again. ItÕs so good, I hope in a generation sheÕll still be reading it to my grandchildren.

Colonel Sun is a sadist. So was Kingsley Amis, as the miniscule details of pain and torture are given as much relish as Fleming did about the class trappings that we enjoy. It's also clear that the style was more "modern" than Fleming, but it still remains true to the character that he built, more so than what's been coming about lately.

Even without the minor details, it's still a great Bond book; compelling throughout.

Forget Raymond Benson. Don't even waste your time with John Gardner. They're hack writers who learned all about Bond from the movies. Markham (aka Kingsley Amis) knew enough about Fleming's vision of Bond to write "The James Bond Dossier", one of the first critiques of Fleming's series. "Colonel Sun" picks up right where Ian's final novel, "The Man With The Golden Gun" left off, and brings 007's career to a fitting close. The writing style is eerily like Fleming's, even containing dashes of the famed "Fleming Effect". Read this one, put in on the shelf next to your original 007 books, and forget about wasting your time with any other authors who attempt to write Bond.

Kingsley Amis was Ian Fleming's true successor. It's absolutely criminal that this thriller remains out-of-print while John Gardner's drivel remains on book store shelves. Raymond Benson claims to be familiar with this novel. Well if he is, then he should try to model his own work on it and stop writing like he's only seen the Bond movies.