Many adults struggle with the acceptance of God's grace and most of those don't even understand it. So, (even though kids probably understand grace better than adults) how does one explain grace to young children? Well, this story based off a part of JONAH does a decent job. It tells about the mean and rotten Ninevites and how God sent Jonah to them to tell them to stop their wicked ways, especially fish slapping. I read this book to the preschool children I teach and they loved it. The illustrations are hilarious and the rhyming of the verses is reminiscent of Dr. Suess. It's a great book illustrating God's grace in a simple way.

I purchased this book for my parochial school 2nd grade class. I try to extend my reading teaching and tap into the personal choices of my students. Students absolutely love Veggie Tales books and movies. I purchased this book after seeing Jonah at the theater and all the current buzz over the movie.

This is a wonderful book in the Veggietales tradition! The rhyme makes it fun and the story is told in such a way the virtues and character lessons, as well as the character of God, shine through! It will remain a favorite for a long time.

This book is less about being black and a poet than it is about breaking boundaries and taboos in any medium. It's poetry written by Jaya Mangelou, a character in the universe of Eric Durchholz. The introduction tells us who she is and the poems tell us what she's about. This is satire, to be sure. And like all good satire, it knows what it is aping. The concept that "poetry doesn't sell" and the "black writer loved by white people" phenomenon. As if just reading a book by a black author makes you understand what it's like to be black. But this collection goes much farther than poking fun. Some of the poems are hilarious at the same time thought-provoking. For instance, "Clearance Rack" asks why black babies are always on clearance. Jaya notes that the black babies look just like the white ones except for skin color. They reside in different places. But all of this is ultimately okay because she can buy the baby at a discounted price. That poem in particular works on many different levels. Much like "Soul Sistah's Cafe", "Cat In Heat" and the fried chicken epic "Don't Know Your Life" all of the poems tell stories within the verse. But the real motivation comes from re-reading and analyzing them. As the follow-up to his awesome ghostly childhood memoir The Promise of Eden, Jaya Mangelou is definitely not what I expected. It illustrates what Durchholz is capable of. Genius is a word thrown around too much these days, but it applies to his work. He's vastly talented at anything he chooses. Whether that be websites, novels, music, poetry or even book design. Though he's still relatively unknown to the mainstream, I predict he will be one of our seminal writers in the next century. People will watch him to see what he comes up with next.

More than just a respectful satire of Maya Angelou, Just Publish Some Of My Poetry 'Fore I Diiie paints a picture of middle-class black life through the eyes of Jaya Mangelou. Sure there are parodies of "And Still I Rise" and "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" but there are touches of brilliance in "Clearance Rack" and "Soul Sistah's Cafe." Mr. Durchholz means no disrespect to Angelou. In fact, he celebrates her. Poetry has never been an easily accessible medium, but Durchholz rattles off little ditties like "Don't Know Your Life" like a dog shaking off water. Whole short stories are encased in a page of verse. The photos are hilarious as well and act as little poems of their own. A must for any Maya Angelou fan!

eric durcholz is a clown demon genius--and there are few who would argue that--but the very notion of satirizing the American Institution around maya angelou firmly plants him in the pantheon of Great American Crazy People.

the character/pseudonym of jaya seems to be part of a larger surreality he has created around an upcoming novel (see www.concretebooks.com) and a handful of movies, stories, and other projects. while there is a mythology behind this bizarre little book, it stands perfectly well on its own feet. this reader recommends reading the poetry out loud--at a party--to friends--in a horribly stilted voice rife with pretention, as if someone had just paid you a couple million bucks to do a voiceover for a bank commercial.

it is shocking, it is crude, it is a trip. it is also quite funny. it touches sensitive little wounds in your subconscious with a rough, salty finger and asks you if it hurt. when you say "yeah, quit it." it does it again.

The best trading book I've ever read. This is not for the faint of heart or the trading beginner. There is a ton of info very well explained and you will need to re-read this several times to truly understand it. I recommend hand charting your own profiles everyday in a spreadsheet and then analyze what happens when the market opens in the value zone, out of the value zone but in yesterday's range, or completely outside of yesterday's range. Eventually you will be able to figure out what the current day will "look" after the day opens with remarkable accuracy. I was almost tempted not to review this publically, since this in my opinion is as close to a Holy Grail as you will get.

The Market Profile has been around long enough for there to be quite a bit of information available for free, in books and in courses. I've read all I can on the web and after reading this book, the Market Profile is finally becoming clear. This book is helping me see how to watch what the other participants are doing based on what they are doing. I'm reducing my reliance on after-the-fact, price-based indicators. It's really a method of trading with the market, instead of following it and being late.

I purchased this book in order to gain a better understanding of CBOT's 'Market Profile'. And the book certainly provides that. But it goes far beyond - this book also teaches you "read the plays" and does so in simple steps...taking you through novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, right up to expert trader. I gained an understanding of the importance of the opening call, what to watch for at the open, how to identify control and when it might be changing intraday, how to identify the extremes of the market, the types of auctions, what to look for at the close, day timeframe pattern recognition, evaluating institutional activity, knowing when to stay out of the market, and value area calculation. The information contained in the 'Directional Performance Relationship' table is worth the price of the book alone. The book is easy to read and understand..and the information contained within is quite unique.

I first became acquainted and fell in love with the work of F.Scott Fitzgerald when I read a hardback copy of The Great Gatsby in my early 20s. Since then, I have read Tender Is The Night and This Side of Paradise, so when I discovered this collection of stories by my literary hero, I floated up to the cieling. My favorites include The Diamond As Big As The Ritz and Bernice Bobs Her Hair, and anyone who has not already been introduced to Fitzgerald, either in English class at school or while browsing in a local bookstore, it's not too late to change your mind, and it is my sincere hope that you will love this man's work as much as I do!

I was delighted to find out that not only were F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories being narrated on audio cassette, but that one of the performers was none other than Robert Sean Leonard. Scottie is by far one of my favorite American authors. It takes an incredible talent to condemn the life you live in your literature, and when I think how he strived for excellence but fell victim to society, I can't help but pity him. His writing is so delicious to read as well. He has such wonderful similies and metaphors, and is so descriptive I can taste the wine, feel the rain and see the stars. The Jazz Age is one of my favorite time periods and F. Scott Fitzgerald captures it perfectly. You see the glittering side but then the glitter gets tarnished as it must. What is even better about this audio is that one of the narrators is none other than my favorite actor, Robert Sean Leonard (better known as Neal in Dead Poets Society and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing among other films). His voice is wonderful to listen to, even if you're not a fan of his acting. It's perfectly clear and flowing and it reminds you of listening to your parents reading you a bedtime story. The tape itself leaves you feeling as if you've been on an emotional rollercoaster. There's a nice beginning, then it peaks with conflict, the resolution, and then the end finishes as calmly as it started. Yet you've gained something from it. Fitzgerald has some incredibly phenomenal themes in his work. The odd part is that I usually don't like getting audio books, but I certainly reccomend this audio of The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald" It's worth every penny.

Surely an icon in the annals of American literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald produced a body of work which epitomized the Roaring Twenties. It has been said that his dominant influences were "aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol." Nonetheless, his writing possesses an urgency, a bite, unrivaled by his peers.

Collected in this superb audio are nine of his early stories performed by accomplished actors. Broadway/film actress Blythe Danner reads "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," a narrative inspired by a lengthy letter Fitzgerald wrote to his younger sister, Annabel, in which he offered advice on how she could become popular with boys.

"The Jelly-Bean," read by Dylan Baker, takes place in Georgia. Fitzgerald credits his wife for her expertise in helping him write a portion of this tale involving crap shooting, saying "as a Southern girl" she was an expert at this endeavor.

The talented Peter Gallagher reads "Head and Shoulders," the first of Fitzgerald's story to appear in The Saturday Evening Post.

Also found in the collection are "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz," "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong," "The Ice Palace," "Benediction," "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," and "May Day."

This is an exemplary combination of memorable prose and oral presentation, a remarkable listening experience.

This is a great book for anyone interested in this subject, whether initiate or not. It provides insight from a number of the initial 20th century pioneers, as well as gives us a window into the inner ritual as performed by the more rural indian "initiates". I would recommend this book to anyone interested in using entheogens, writing about entheogens, or anyone who has used them previously and would like a better understanding of their experience. I especially liked the different perspectives such as referring to their experiences as just that-personal experiences rather than simply hallucinations, which implies something false or nonexistant. It provides a profound respect for these experiences rather than a complete dismissal of the experience as nonsense, as our governments and "health" agencies may be tempted to do.

If you want a number of perspectives on the serious use of psychedelics, this is the book! Christian, Buddhist, spiritual, scientific and legal considerations on the subject are presented.

As an anthology, it will familiarize you with key figures in the contemporary psychedelic scene.

This is an intelligent book for people wanting to explore psychedelics for spiritual purposes. It is not a book for "stoners" who just want to trip to see "pink bunnies"

This is what a book on an artist should be, lots of nice big images, early to current work(presented chronologically) and not too much BS, except for an essay written by Steve Martin(yes the comedian).

.........But the more I look at the book, the more I think Fischl has quality control issues. The more I look at it, the more bad paintings I notice. Don't get me wrong, this is a great book and Fischl has done some great paintings, but the more you look at this book, the more you notice how bad he can be at times-quality control. Some of the paintings should have never left the studio except in a dumpster but when your getting as much money as he gets for work.................... I imagine its hard not to think everything you make is great, when you get the "status" he has as an artist.

but this isn't an art critique, this is a great book on a well know contemporary artist. If you like Fischl, this is the book to get and it may give you more insight then you want, if you have any asthetic sensibilities.

Integrading wireless data technology with assorted meats and cheeses.

Eric A. Kimmel retells this classic Russian fairy tale with such lively language that you are immediately drawn in to the story of a noble archer and his adventures with a magical dove. He faces all kinds of perils including a jealous and treacherous czar. He is given some help along the way by Baba Yaga and Grandmother Frog. In the Land of Nine Times Nine he faces Kot Buyan, a huge and monstrous black cat. He solves difficult puzzles and fights impossible battles with his wits and the magical help of I-Know-Not-What. This rich story is told in chapter format and is accented with the wonderfully evocative illustrations of Robert Sauber. The colorful images are filled with folksy charm and the one of Baba Yaga in her house set on chicken feet captures this traditional Russian witch with delightful humor and a pleasant sense of thrill. This is a fun book to read aloud over a period of several nights, taking time to go over the costumes and details of the pictures and to talk about czars and enchantments and magical spells. It is a super book for cultivating a child's imagination.

This is a really good book. The illistrations are beautiful and I keep on re reading this book. It is one of the few books that doesn't bore me if someone reads it out loud.

In this enlightening and easy-to-read book we are presented with a variety of evidence - biological, medical, emotional, legal, cultural and social - showing that the fetus of a human mother is indeed human! Included are personal testimonies from woman who have had abortions, from would-be fathers, from medical personnel involved with abortion and from an ex-abortionist, as well as descriptions of the very active and responsive life led by the pre-born infant - a being who we now know can see, hear, jump, turn somersaults, such its thumb and feel - all at a very early age. Also included are several remarkable photographs of fetal infants aborted but expelled from the womb "whole," leaving no doubt in either mind or heart that these children were, indeed, members of our own human race. An evocative book if there ever were one! Be prepared for a surprise.

This is clear and compelling evidence brought by the author that clears up any doubt that children are not human until they see the light of day after birth. Not only is there a strong pro-life view; but we are brought strong concise research in biological, medical and legal evidence that is backed-up by facts, that makes "Is the Fetus Human?" the most creditable book on the beginning of life.

This book reproduces the original travel book created by David Roberts in the early 1800s. Though not as large as the original book, the reproductions are quite large and beautifully done. David Robert's lithographs are magical.

Roberts portrayal of the holy land as it appeared thousands of years ago brings to life what once could only be described by the words of the bible. A visit to the mid-east would not be complete without first studying Robert's book. One's perspective as they visit the holy land would then blend today's rituals with that of the past.