This book was written by a broken hearted mother. Thankfully lacking the glitz of "true crime dramas" that intend to shock you with gory details under the guise of entertainment. Instead the focus is on the the true emotion of the immediate family members who lost one most dear. This is reality! It was eerie for me as I grew up in Windsor, live near Marlboro now and have visited many of the places mentioned in the book and know some of the professionals mentioned; too close to home for comfort. Shirley tells it like it is, from the mess of the system, to the unfair rights of offender versus victim rights. You will be outraged, angry, uncomfortable when you see yourself in response to others grief, and hopefully more compassionate toward the never ending plight of homicide victim survivors. A refreshing look from an angle not often seen. True crime written from a police, prosecutor or defense angle is meant to dazzle (think Vincent Buliogsi (sp?) in Helter Skelter). This angle is strictly meant to educate and inform, it could, unfortunately, happen to you. Will you respond with the same courage and determination of the Bostrom's?

This translation of Lazard 1957 which was printed in Paris could be used as a fantastic source of linguistic inquiries on Persian grammar. Lazard has given precise notions on contemporary Persian grammar. It is a kind of scholary book and may not be used as a training course in Farsi. Those who research on Persian grammar should apply for it.

WOW! The photos in this book are excellent. Johnston and Schezen have really captured the essence of the Riviera. This magnificent display of architecture and landscape is one of a kind. What a great coffee table book and conversation piece!

The very short 1981 edition currently before me features black and white illustrations by Philip Gough, and was translated by Naomi Lewis.

There's been a trend lately for fantasy authors to take traditional fairy tales and retell them, either as novels (as in Mercedes Lackey's case, or Peggy Kerr's _The Wild Swans_) or short stories (Tanith Lee did this even before Terri Windling came along). Hans Christian Andersen's little gems *aren't* traditional folk tales - he did the work - but quite often serve to fuel such fires anyway.

The translator, Naomi Lewis, has included a brief introduction discussing Andersen's life and career, and a few pages of notes at the end of the book discussing the original publication and origins of each story herein.

"The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina", "The Emperor's New Clothes"

"The Little Mermaid" - If you're only familiar with the Disney version, I warn you that they discarded much of what makes this story truly great. When evaluating a translation of this story, a quick test is to check the last scene between the mermaid and her prince to see how well the translator captures the actions and feelings of the characters.

The youngest of the seven mer-princesses has always been more fascinated by her grandmother's tales of the world above than any of her sisters, but she has the longest to wait for her first trip to the surface on her fifteenth birthday. Since mer-folk turn into seafoam at the end of their 300 years of life and have no immortal souls, she is especially curious about her grandmother's tales of how humans, when they die, can rise into a higher world just as the merfolk rise to the ocean surface, but one the merfolk can never reach, save through a human's love. (Oscar Wilde once turned this upside-down in "The Fisherman and the Soul", a very good story in which a fisherman fell in love with a mermaid and magically cut himself free of his soul to join her in the sea.)

As each of the sisters in turn makes her first journey, we see the world through their eyes, and since each has a different temperament and their birthdays fall at different times of the year, each sees and seeks out different sights. But when the youngest princess' turn finally comes (her name is never given), she has experiences that even the 3rd sister (the most adventurous of the lot) never had: a prince's birthday celebration at sea is struck by a great storm, foundering his ship before her eyes.

"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" - A toy story.

"The Nightingale" - Try Lackey's _The Eagle and the Nightingales_.

"The Ugly Duckling"

"The Snow Queen" - Check out Joan D. Vinge's novel of the same name.

"The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" - They're porcelain figures who have fallen in love, but when her grandfather arranges a marriage for her with a mahogany carving instead, they decide to run away together.

"The Happy Family" - One of Andersen's lesser-known stories, of a little family of snails who know that they're the most important people in the world. :)

"The Goblin at the Grocer's" - The poet rescued an old book of poetry from the grocer who was using it as scrap paper, and the household goblin took offense at what was said. But when he entered the poet's room to play him a spiteful trick, he got more than he bargained for.

"Dance, Dolly, Dance" - Very short story about a poem written for little Amalie and her dolls.

Before I used this book I thought that I would not pass the AP test. But, after I bought the book and study for a week, I felt that I was ready for the test. When the scores came back I learned I passed, I was happy and I knew that the book really helped me out.

This book/CD combo is great for the beginner wanting to learn to yodel. I have very little experience with music at all, and have never sung. Yet, this book is really showing me how to do what I need to. The beginning with Rudy Robbins features a number of very easy yodels and songs that are fun. Shirley Williams parts are challening but very fun to yodel. The only compaint I have is that much of the middle of the CD is on one track making repetition of some of those yodels tedious. If you're interested in getting starting yodeling then this is the book for you. Besides it's the only one out there.

This book is SO funny! And so true-to-life. You'll find yourself thinking "that is SO TRUE!" Life's everyday situations looked at from a hilarious view.

I think Dean Ewing's grasp of animal life is fairly accurate and comes with his many years of varied experience. He makes you realize how intelligent animals can be and how much we need to try and understand them.

Dean has great insight into pets and their owners and has some wonderful tales to tell. Every pet or animal lover should be able to relate to some of these delightful but sometimes sad stories. I only wish there were more people around like Dean Ewing who make house calls! Hopefully he will have another book to follow this one!

Very enjoyable reading and worth passing along to a friend! They will thank you for the recommendation!

This is an awesome book to use in conjunction with other social study texts. We used the Viking section for part of our US History. For us, it made history more interesting because it wasn't all reading a hardbound book but "playing " with the computer as well - computer skills and history! Can hardly wait for a U.S. History one!

The Irish Cinderlad is a continuation of Climo's journey in theCinderella folktales. Children can see how a boy can also be part ofthe Cinderella story. Educators can use this story to demonstrate thesimilarities between different cultures around the world. The illustrations in this book continue with the high standards set in the other "Cinderella" stories in this series.