The Goldfish Bowl is one of the best mysteries I've ever read. It combines real detective work, a complex network of clues, believable characters and realistic dialouge. In the book, an elusive sniper kills eight people in the dark, rain-soaked streets of Vancouver, Canada. At the scene of each crime, the shooter leaves an object that is a clue that points towards the next victim. Laurence Gough has done a superb job on the Goldfish Bowl. The book is, truly, as tense and tight as a trigger. When you read it, you will be hanging on every delicious word, as did I the first time I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Gough's book.

Hi, my name is Laurence Gough. I'm the author of 'The Godfish Bowl, Funny Money, etc. No, I don't want to review one of my own books. I just want to draw your attention to the misspelling of my name. That's Laurence, with a 'u'. Not a 'w'. I know you must be awfully busy, but I'd appreciate it if you'd make the correction, when you can find the time.
Sincerely
Laurence Gough

Bernard Shaw is a great playwright. In this particular play he exposes the shortcomings of English upper classes. They only think of mariage, business, politics, but England is in fact a drunken skipper, a skipper on which every sailor and even the captain are drunk with rum and unable to see the danger coming up and to deal with it. So the skipper is condemned to break on the rocks. England in the same way is condemned to break on the rocks because no one, in the upper classes, thinks beyond their interest. This catastrophe coming up is shown by some kind of supernatural explosion at the end of the play and the members of these upper classes admire the event as being beautiful and they are totally unable to cope. The picture given by Shaw of England is particularly pessimistic. Their is no future and no hope for that country. Along the way he discusses important issues such as the liberation of women within their enslavement and their power is nothing but hypnotism or drowning men in a sea of words and charm. The only sane man in the play is the captain, with an allusion to Whitman, « Captain my captain », who sees the catastrophes coming and is unable to convince his own daughters or their husbands and friends that they have to control the boat if they don't want it to capsize. But does he really want to convince them ?

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

I recently saw the production of this play in Atlanta and I was blown away. This is a fascinating, fast-paced comedy with dark undertones about a bankrupt society. It is set in the late nineteenth/early twentieth c., but the issues turn out to be very contemporary: the question of capitalism, security vs. adventure, gender roles... I recommend it!

The Imp that ate my homework
By: Laurence Yep
...Period: P.1

The book is about a boy named Jim who doesn't know what to do when his teacher tells him to write an essay about his grandpop. All the people in Chinatown call Jim's grandpop the meanest man in Chinatown and well, Jim thinks there is nothing nice to say about him. Jim manages to think something up, write it down, and go to bed. In the morning, he wakes up to find a green, four-armed imp peering down at him. First the imp rummages through his backpack and eats his homework and from then on he knew that the imp was no good luck charm so in other words he was lots of trouble. Then the imp threatens Grandpop too. In the end, Granpop and Jim became teammates and chase the imp together catching it at last. That's when Jim learns there's more to Grandpop and Chinatown than meets the eye.
I have two reasons why I liked this book. One reason I liked this book is because it showed that you need to get to know someone before you assume presumptions. For example Jim thought of Grandpop as a mean old man, but once he got to know him he acts like a supernatural warrior. The second reason I liked this book is because it shows that teamwork is better than individualization. Like Jim and Grandpop worked together as teammates to capture the imp.
I also have two reasons why I disliked this book. One reason I disliked this book is because I hated the awful drawings of the nasty imp. Second reason I disliked this book is because I think the imp should have done more damage to Grandpop's life than Jim's because Jim didn't do anything to the imp. In the story the imp barely even tried to wreck Grandpop's life.
My favorite part of the book was when Jim woke up with an imp on him. Then the imp went into to his backpack and ate his homework. If I woke up with an imp on me I know the first thing I would do is scream as loud as I can. If an imp ate my homework I still would scream as loud as I can, but this time I would be screaming because of anger not fright.

Young Jim is not at all interested in his family's chineseheritage. But that all changed when "The Imp "eats his homework and gets him in further trouble at school. Not knowing what else to do, Jim asks his Grandpop for help and that's when the ride begins. Turns out that The "imp" wants revenge on Jim's family because Grandpop is really the reincarnation of a legendary imp-fighter. Together Jim and his Grandpop chase the imp all over San Francisco's chinatown, all the while learning a bit here and there about chinese culture. By the time this delightful book ends, the imp is captured and Jim has a new found respect for his heritage.

The Imp That Ate My Homework is a wild romp that's perfect for a child to read with their grandfather. True this book focuses on chinese culture, but it's really about any child learning about their family heritage. This is a sweet, funny book with deep roots in culture that will delight children and adults alike.

A must buy for your children.

I picked up this book on a whim and found it engrossing from the first page. Since I was born after the baby boomers, It explained alot of things that I had always wanted to learn more about. Certain cultural references made about those times have been cleared up for me. I didn't give it five stars because it is a little wordy, but it is a great commentary on our culture. Read this book if you are a history buff.

Although I had to read this book for school, I found it to be suprisingly good. I would reccomend this book.

I really like reading this book. It is upto date in terms of algorithms and theory. You can find nearly every basic topic about integer optimization in the book. I consider it as a complete referance in integer optimization. The sequence of the topics, chapters, also make it easier to understand the contents. The book gives both the theory and solution strategies. I recommend the book for people who work or study in the following areas:industrial engineering, operations research and operations management.

This book features great contents. Integer programming is one of the most interesting subjects and this book captures the beauty of it through the use of nice explanations and a neat and organised notation. The author carefully describes the algorithms used to solve some of the classic integer programming problems. The theorems are generally followed by proofs and the contents are presented in a very comprehensive order.

For an early childhood assignment I have been asked to take this book and develop an activity for each of the areas of development (cognitive (math & science), aesthetic (art & music), physical (fine & gross motor), affective (emotional), social, and language. This book has made it so easy. There are so many ways to expand the text and illustrations. With young children you can expand on animals, love, appropriate forms of affection, or simply just read it for the joy of reading it. The illustrations are wonderful!

This sweet book is so much fun to read with/to your baby or child! You kiss and cuddle your child while reading the book, just as the big mama lion kisses and cuddles her cub. It's our fave at bedtime!

My brother is a casualty of the Korean War.  He came back alive.  He was never wounded, never captured.  His patriotism was the casualty and his government the instrument of its death.  What happened and how it happened will accompany him to his grave.  Only the "why" can be understood from reading a book as good as Last Seen Alive.

What John M.G. Brown did in Moscow Bound with only 144 references, Jolidon expands here with photographs, maps and transcripts of official documents, including a list of 510 names of American POWs taken into the Former Soviet Union-given to Senator Bob Smith (R-NH) by the Russian Federation officials in February 1992.

The number of declassified documents unseen by POW activist and families continues to decline.  In a year or two, as more is known, another edition of Last Seen Alive could be in order. 

A trickle of South Korean soldiers coming out today-in their 60s and 70s-is proof that it is possible for American POWs to survive the most brutal environments of North Korea and China. Soon, let us pray, an American will come out of the Siberian gulags of the FSU as a Japanese WWII veteran did in April 1998.

"The best use of the truth about the events dealt with here is to light the dark pathways of the past, so that we can better see the future," Jolidon writes. What he is going for here is vital for our brave volunteers today and tomorrow. 

We should have learned to reject so much secrecy surrounding our POW/MIAs in Korea.   The fact that we didn't resulted in a repeat of our mistakes in Vietnam and the Gulf War.    Let each of us "light a candle"-the way Jolidon's Last Seen Alive did-and dispel the shadows of deceit.  My brother may not understand my willingness to take on the USG to bring the men home, but it is the right thing to do. And with devine help, we'll get the job done.

AS A FORMER KOREAN P.O.W IN 1951 IT MAKES ME GLAD I AM HOME. IT IS TOO BAD THE OUR GOVERMENT KEEPS STILL. I WAS CAPTURED WITH COL EDGAR TREACY JR. IN FACT IT IS A LINK OFF MY WEB PAGE CALLED CRAZY AS A FOX. THIS MAN SHOULD HAD RECEIVED THE C.M.O.H. http://www.fn.net/~sgt/

I picked my book up at Fort Hood Tx. and told others about it.

I love the recipes in this book which are simple, and the length does not overwhelm. I especially love looking at the pictures which evoke France.

A Little French Cookbook is excellent for those who are overwhelmed by the thought of French cooking.

The recipes are classics, and are easy to follow. For example, the croque-monsieur is an excellent choice for lunch or a quick supper. Tarte Tatin is delicious (this is like an upside down apple pie); we tried this out after tasting in a restaurant while on vacation in Montreal. Another favorite in our house (which includes a French husband) is the salade verte which gives the traditional vinaigrette recipe.

The recipes are prefaced by brief 'historical' descriptions which tell of the recipes' origin.

This was the first book I read on the subject of Tequilla, however not the best. The color illustrations and proposed tequilla-based drinks are great. However, more consideration and depth is given to tequilla history, manufacturing processes, and culture in "The Book of Tequila : A Complete Guide". If you intend to further your exploration of tequillas in the SF Bay area, you might consider visiting Fiesta Del Mar in Mountain View, the Blue Agave, or Maya in San Francisco (2nd & Folsom). These restaurants have excellent tequilla menus from which to select.

The first thing that strikes you about this book is the quility of it's pages and color photographs. It is of extremely high quality and the size is most convenient. I actually had trouble putting this book down. The author makes the words flow like few other "guide" type works I've seen. The information is straightforward and comprehensive without bias. If you enjoy tequila, you need this book. Only the lack of an index and a comparative chart keep this book from the highest rating.

Mountain Light shows how a friendship can survive the adversity of war and ancient grudges. The two characters are hardly alike but they seem to be the same person.

this book was a great sequel to The Serpent's Children, which i recommend. it shows a more subtle romeo+juliet deal, except less dramatic and fatal. it shows us that friendship and love can conquer all.