What an excellent addition to a library dedicated to Mary of Scotland. This book covered her life in a beautiful way, what with portraits (done during her life and modern), pictures of the places she lived, and members of her court. Although every detail of Mary's life just couldn't be incorporated into this book, there was enough to help a person see the time that she lived in and, perhaps, what motivated her to do some of the things she did. For a thorough understanding of her days, please enjoy the grand bio of her by Antonia Fraser. For a quick synopsis of her life, this coffee-table style edition is just wonderful.

This book really intrigued me when I read it at only ten years old. It tells the story of three brothers, two of which build the sand castle, and one who thinks deeper than the sand. Claudelle goes and finds seashells to look up the names of in his books in his room when he gets back from the beach. Then Mary Stolz (the author) describes the sea life living around them. It is very interesting and teaches you a lot for a book with less than 50 pages. It has great illustrations by Susan Gallagher that help tell the story. Overall a great book for a fifth-sixth grader. And even now, at 16, 6 years later, I can still read it and be affected. Great book.

If your doctor tells you it is all in your head, buy this book. If you have heard, "Get pregnant and that will make you feel better," don't do it - buy this book first!!

There are alternatives to this disease. There are doctors who know it and understand it. And this book is a collection of current scientific data, medicines, procedures, diets and stories from women who are going through it, beat it, or found their own solutions to it.

This is the manual for women who suspect they may have this disease or for any woman who hurts too much every month with no explanation except... gee, take the pill. Don't! You have options!! Read this book and you'll hear about diet, excercise, laproscopy, acupuncture, and more, each with their own case studies of women who tried these answers.

Mixed in with the hard data and the emotional retellings of endo is the comic strip, "Joe with Endo" - where the man has the endo and hears the messages from a woman doctor. The reversal of roles shows the idiocy of the messages told to sufferers of this disease. It's great!

Remember - information is power, and your doctor may have less information than you if you read this book... good luck

Concise, grouped by medical, as well as nursing diagnoses, very pratical. Well worth the money spend for good care plans.

Buy it... Very moving.. You will cry your heart out...

Bitov, as one of the original members associated with the Metropol group (imagine a Bloomsbury in the former Soviet Union whose members faced very real consequences for expressing their views), a literary and arts association whose works literally transcended the unthinkable oppression, survives as do Aksyonov and Ratushinskaya. Pushkin House, which takes place in Petersburg, is as Nabokovian yet expressive as they come. The book assumes the guise of a sort of collage, expertly pieced together with incident and memory, the effect being something like studying the dizzing yet always stable and infinite array of refractions emerging from a well-cut gem when held up to the light. For anyone interested in or seriously studying Russian history or literature, Pushkin House, along with Solzhenitsyn, Aksyonov or Brodsky is essential; The book to end all nomenklaturas. A joy to recommend as much as to read

This book left an image on mind. I was ten when i read it and it made me want to live in the twenties. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much is because every last page was so very detailed. The illustration in this book makes everything seem so real. If there ever was a book that i recommend kids to read it would be this book. I also think that the author should do many more books like this one.

Mary Anne Tarr's guidebook to the Gunnison, Colorado area is thorough, interesting, and very helpful for anyone wishing to explore what these mountains have to offer. The book offers a wide variety of trails in the Gunnison-Crested Butte-Lake City area, as well as hints for hiking around here. If you live nearby, or are considering a trip, this is a book you will want to take with you.

What Can I Give You? is Mary Mahony's compelling account of one family's journey to understand the many aspects of their child's chronic condition of scoliosis (curvature of the spine). Here is an intimate, candid, moving account of a mother's love for her child, of a family's struggle to understand and deal with an medical condition that afflicts almost six million Americans of all ages. Also highly recommended is Mary Mahony's There's An "S" On My Back: "S" Is For Scoliosis which she wrote for pre-teen readers and presents Maisey MacGuire, a fifth grader diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis at a school screening. This realistic fiction gives the young reader a day-by-day account of what children with scoliosis experience with respect to peers, siblings, sports, camps, and the normal flow of a school day. Both books are recommended by the National Scoliosis Foundation and commended by the Midwest Book Review for personal, school, medical center, social service agency, and community library collections.

This book had me hooked from page one to the last page ~~ it's witty, quick and brash and at the same time, it is bittersweet. It's a wonderful Southern lit book ~~ and it's one of my favorites. This is the first time I have ever heard of Mary Kay Andrews and I am hooked.

Weezie Foley lands in the midst of a murder-scandal accidentally while looking for a bathroom at an estate sale ~~ and how she gets out of it is a hilarious tale in itself. Then revelations about family members, ex-husband, new boyfriend and friends spice up the entire book with their tales ~~ this book keeps you on its toes and never lets up till the last page is turned!

If you like mystery with a good dash of romance ~~ this book is for you. Not only is it fun ~~ it is hilarious in some places ~~ these Southerners have a great sarcasm and it shows. Nothing seems to stop them except extreme humidity ~~ and an icy gin and tonic can cure that. So grab that bottle of suntan lotion and head for the lake or the nearest shade and enjoy! Don't forget your iced tea ~~ this book will leave you with a hankering for a drink!

4-25-03

What a fun book. Beginning with a brave (or is it brave-faced?) heroine who tarts up very effectively and wrapping up several subplots with snorting good justice all around, this book kept me turning its pages long after bedtime.

I hope Mary Kay Andrews isn't all written out after this book, because she blew tons of great lines and a lot of knowledge about Southern antiques. She introduces some interesting ideas about artifacts in Southern furnishings and shares just enough information about how reproductions, like certain women, can be tarted up to look almost authentic. It's enough to make a girl want to clutch her pocketbook real protectively the next time an Empire table seems to call her name!

Avoid this book, please, if you are easily offended, because you will find plenty of bait here. There's at least a couple of scarlet women, a "non-traditional" couple that is pretty much closeted, some less-than-totally-serious engagement with an older woman's alcoholism, and some send-ups of stereotypes that will send their marks whining for rebuttal.

I don't care. And if you are looking for a thoroughly entertaining romp outside the ordinary lives of most of us, neither should you. You'll enjoy the characters, their stories (including the big mystery at the book's center), and the writer's delicious descriptions and one-liners.

Put in a stock of good wine, seafood and especially chocolate before beginning this highly original culinary/antique/vintage/kitschy cozy. A deliciously wordy dip into a part of the Savannah landscape that Behrendt missed, complete with an antebellum plantation house, an outrageous ex-husband, wonderfully dysFUNctional family issues, and a bit of beefcake. Weezie is a thoroughly wronged ex-wife, with a business in picking treasure from junk piles. Living in the carriage house/garage behind the Savannah townhouse she helped buy and restore (only to be booted out of by her ex- and the home wrecking Caroline). Weezie is managing her life though, until an emergency trip to the bathroom lands her in jail. Accused of breaking and entering as well as a being a suspect for the murder of Caroline. This book rejoices the issues of family, good friends, knowing yourself, helping but not judging and keeping your sense humor - as well a glimpse into a historic city. I found it positively delightful and give it five stars in the beach read category.

The mystery does not totally conclude when you close the cover of this book, I'd suggest a dance over to the author's website, where another mystery unfolds.