It's hard to imagine Ralph's stories getting better, but he's done it again with this one! The story definitely keeps you turning the pages. Ralph's brought back some characters from previous stories and it feels like seeing old friends again although, some aren't so nice. The story is very well told and has the many twists and turns that Ralph throws in. You wonder how so many seemingly unrelated incidents and characters can all come together, but they do, and they do it nicely. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to sit back, forget about work and the everyday stress of life, and just ride the dust covered range for a few hours. Keep 'em coming, Ralph!

I read all of the 3 books he wrote and I enjoy them. My husband a western reader and I ask him I would like to read a western and he gave me book 1 of this series and I like it. I always like western movies now I found an arthor that I enjoy reading. He very good writer aand I hope he keeps up the good work.

As a writer myself, I bought Misery Express after seeing that Shadow of A Noose is a New York Best Seller, the first western best seller I have seen for quite a while. Reading Misery Express, I will not be surprised to see Cotton writing MANY! MANY! more best sellers. This book has too much going on to try and explain. Suffice it to say, if you do not ordinarily read the Western genre, try this one. You will be delighted! Terrific work, Mr. Cotton. Give us more!

The story of Seabiscuit is the story of an underdog who succeeds. Seabiscuit was a grandson of one of the greatest racehorses ever, Man O'War. In spite of Seabiscuit's pedigree, he was not regarded as a promising winner. Misunderstood and overlooked, he was overworked when very young and nearly faded into obscurity.

An unlikely trio saw his potential and raised him to greatness. Charles Howard, a bicycle repairman turned wealthy automobile dealer and thoroughbred owner, purchased the horse. His trainer, Tom Smith, was a former frontiersman, who knew many secrets about training and doctoring horses. Red Pollard, a product of brush-league riding, became Seabiscuit's jockey. With the help of these three men, the outcast horse became a legendary winner on the track.

"Come On Seabiscuit" is written mainly for children, but as others have said, it is a good read for any age. It is an inspirational story about love, trust, friendship, and tapping inner potential in the face of obstacles. Having read this book as a child, I'm thrilled to see it reprinted.

If you like this book, another good one on the same topic is "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand. The Hillenbrand book is written for adults, and includes details about the rough realities of the racing world.

This short book seems to be intended for children, but really is suitable for everyone. Seabiscuit's story is amazing. He starts out as a rejected ugly outcast and ends up as a champion. This is a true Cinderella story, beautifully told by Mr. Moody. It is a shame that this book is so tough to come by. It has recently been reissued, so hopefully many more people will enjoy it.

A great story that combines an insightful look at horseracing with the love of people for these beautiful animals. I read it as a child and again several times as an adult.

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have gathered the world's leading scholars of religion and mythology. This set consists of Joseph Campbell's selections of the best papers from that conference. This is Volume 2, "The Mysteries". The fourteen papers include: Paul Masson-Oursel, "The Indian Theories of Redemption in the Frame of the Religions of Salvation" and "The Doctrine of Grace in the Religious Thought of India"; Walter F. Otto, "The Meaning of the Eleusinian Mysteries"; Carl Kerényi, "The Mysteries of the Kabeiroi"; Walter Wili, "The Orphic Mysteries and the Greek Spirit"; Paul Schmitt, "The Ancient Mysteries in the Society of Their Time, Their Transformation and Most Recent Echoes"; Georges Nagel, "The 'Mysteries' of Osiris in Ancient Egypt"; Jean de Manasce, "The Mysteries and the Religion of Iran"; Fritz Meier, "The Mystery of the Ka'ba: Symbol and Reality in Islamic Mysticism"; Max Pulver, "Jesus' Round Dance and Crucifixion According to the Acts of St. John"; Hans Leisegang, "The Mystery of the Serpent"; Julius Baum, "Symbolic Representations of the Eucharist"; Carl Jung, "Transformation Symbolism in the Mass"; and Hugo Rahner, "The Christian Mystery and the Pagan Mysteries."

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have gathered the world's leading scholars of religion and mythology. This set consists of Joseph Campbell's selections of the best papers from that conference. This is Volume 4, "Spiritual Disciplines". The twelve papers include: Heinrich Zimmer, "On the Significance of the Indian Tantric Yoga"; Erwin Rouselle, "Spiritual Guidance in Contemporary Taoism"; Theodor-Wilhelm Danzel, "The Psychology of Ancient Mexican Symbolism"; John Laynard, "The Malekulan Journey of the Dead"; Carl Kerényi, "Man and Mask"; Martin Buber, "Symbolic and Sacramental Existence in Judaism"; Friedrich Heiler, "Contemplation in Christian Mysticism"; Maw Pulver, "The Experience of Light in the Gospel of St. John, in the 'Corpus hermeticum', in Gnosticism, and the Eastern Church"; Fritz Meier, "The Spiritual Man in the Persian Poet Attar"; Rudolf Bernoulli, "Spiritual Development as Reflected in Alchemy and Related Disciplines"; Carl Jung, "Dream Symbols of the Individual Process"; and M. C. Cammerloher, "The Position of Art in the Psychology of Our Time".

Since 1933, the Eranos Conferences have gathered the world's leading scholars of religion and mythology. This set consists of Joseph Campbell's selections of the best papers from that conference. This is Volume 3, "Man and Time". The twelve papers include: Erich Neumann, "Art and Time"; Henri-Charles Puech, "Gnosis and Time"; Gilles Quispel, "Time and History in Patristic Christianity"; Louis Massignon, "Time in Islamic Thought"; Henry Corbin, "Cyclical Time in Mazdaism and Ismailism"; Mircea Eliade, "Time and Eternity in Indian Thought"; Carl Jung, "On Synchronicity"; Hellmut Wilhelm, "The Concept of Time in the Book of Changes"; Helmuth Plessner, "On the Relation of Time to Death"; Max Knoll, "Transformations of Science in Our Age"; Adolf Portmann, "Time in the Life of the Organism"; and G. van der Leeuw, "Primordial Time and Final Time."

For 16 years, I looked for a book that combined the best of standard, allopathic medicine with alternative therapies but was consistently disappointed until I found Dr. Golan's book. I've lost count of the number of copies of Optimal Wellness that I've given as gifts. If I could recommend only one book to have in a family's personnal health care library. this is it.

I really like this book. It sits on my bookshelf next to my two other favorite natural medicine books, the Balch & Balch "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" and the "Family Guide to Homeopathy" by Dr. Andrew Lockie. These three form the cornerstones by which I monitor, guide, and protect the health of myself and my family.

Golan's book is less encyclopedic than the Balch & Balch, and focuses more on the roots of disease and disorders, both the physical roots as well as the mental and emotional ones. His book is truly "holistic", he sees the human entity as a whole, and understands that we are all like giant mobiles; if one aspect of our lives is out of balance, it throws the others off as well.

The book is easy to read, thorough, and, for the most part, the suggestions of changes to make are practical and relatively easy to do (for most of us). It's an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to take control of their health and their life, and I recommend it highly.

The doctor can write! I finally understand the immune system, which vitamins to take and what's the big deal about free radicals and antioxidants. My friends constantly call me to look up what their doctors didn't explain clearly to them. The answers are always in Optimal Wellness. I tell them to buy the book. It's a real bargain.

The portrayal of our defense industry in this story is unfortunately accurate. We have placed so much emphasis on "smart weapons", that we have forgotten the real effectiveness of our military. The action and pace of this book will keep the reader enthralled and they will not want to put it down.

I've read almost all of Ralph Peters' novels, and this is probably my favorite to date. I passed it over in hardcover--frankly it didn't sound very interesting. I couldn't have been more wrong: it's one of the best written, engrossing novels I've read in a long time. Peters is one of the few military thriller writers that can name drop Thomas Hardy novels and actually make us believe his characters read them. I know what a cliche this sounds, but I couldn' t put it down. Peters has within him his best novel yet--some day he'll write the Once An Eagle of his generation of officers.

After 25 years in the defense industry, watching the Services buy big things they don't need while neglecting small things they do (like enough pay so the troops don't have to be on food stamps), it continues to disturb me that the American taxpayer continues to allow Congress to sell out to what Ike Eisenhower called the "military-industrial complex". TRAITOR could have been a documentary. This is a great novel, thrilling and unpredictable, but it is also based on the real world and all the more gripping because of this.

The book suggests 7-9th grade students and I tried it with my 10th grade remedial classes--english language learners and some special needs kids. Although I thought the sentences were solid and the vocabulary cues subtle but effective, after about a month my kids were bored with the Romeo and Juliet story. I tried the strategy of using my own story line, which the book explains and suggests, but they just never had the excitement of following a running story line through the week's warmups that I thought they would get. I think this is a super system but Keister's grade level recommendations are definitely not stretchable, and I would be even a little leery about using this with 9th graders. Overall an awesome strategy!

Before I found Jane Bell Kiester's books, I didn't have a clear path to follow when teaching writing. The Caught'Ya books solve the problem of teaching your students grammar and mechanics. Each day students are given a sentence that adds to a story line appropriate for their age group. Students become engaged in the learning process throughout the story and often can't wait to see what happens next. Students become intimately involved in the story as they become part of the story when the teacher inserts their name as a character in the story. Although Caught'Ya's are integral to the teaching of grammar and mechanics, the greatest bonus I found in using these wonderful sentences was the fact that students naturally and easily learn to paragraph appropriately. This is a difficult task to teach and for students to understand. Caught'Ya's solve this for teachers and students alike. If you can't purchase any other resource this year, you must purchase one of Jane Bell Kiester's Caught'Ya books! Your students will learn to write in a way that will improve all test scores! Do not hesitate! This is the perfect purchase.

i teach high school english, 10th grade honors, to be exact. our school has no real grammar program -- and it shows! i've struggled with what to do about grammar, because de-contextualized grammar doesn't work and in-context takes longer to work than i have with my kids. i see almost no improvement. i grant that my situation is particularly abominable, but the point is: i got this book this summer and i have been doing it and i talked two of my colleagues into doing it with me and right now i don't even know where my book is because my dept seems to be sharing it. i haven't been doing it long enough to be sure, but i think this is going to work. it feels like it. it feels good so far. i think some stuff has already started to stick. that's cool.

I recently bought this book at a science fiction convention in Tornonto, Canada. Because it was a sequel to Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124 C41+, I almost didn't read it (since I did not like the original). Boy am I glad I changed my mind! This book was really great. It was full of surprises. It's a book that I'm sure I'll read again and again!

I've always loved to read science fiction, but have often been frustrated by the lack of female protagonists. Most of the time, it is our male counterparts who are responsible for saving the world. Not only is Celeste likeable and believable, she's very definitely a new millenium kind of super hero! Hooray to the writer for letting this gal show her stuff!

When I first started to really get into this book, I was blown away! The story was, as they so deftly described it--riveting. The characters were so true-to-life, I felt like I actually knew them. And the insight was otherworldy. When I finished the book I wished that it would just keep going. So do yourself a favor.....BUY A COPY AND READ IT!!! (You'll love it.) P.S. If you're on the lookout for a great Christmas gift for the avid reader, the search ends here.

All I can say is Emerson changed my life. Once I read "Self-Reliance" in school, his writing sparked my interest. I read a few more of his essays, then became "addicted" to this book. Despite its length, I read all of his essays and poems in 6 months. I highly recommend this book to anyone. Emerson is a genius. Everyone should read at least one of Emerson's essays in their lifetime. They are amazing.

After perusing the wonderful assortment of Emerson's work in this marvelous compendium, I was inspired by the sheer genius of this man. I found his work inspirational because it reminded me how insightful and profound we humans can be. As we go through the day-to-day of modern life, it has become apparent that our culture believes the more basic you speak the more real you are being---well after reading Emerson, modern "realness" can take a hike. Here's to the intellect!

Buy this book, sit back and read what thoughts we are capable of forging, and enjoy!

After reading the essay, "Self Reliance," I had a new perspective on my own intellectual capacity.

Emerson's faith in reason, truth, and the potential of the individual, are inspiring.

These essays are a great introduction to learning to trust yourself to find your own spiritual path.

He is religious with out being dogmatic. He wonderfully marries the intellect with wonder. mmmm.

Highly recommended.

I enjoyed this book that gives the background of the creator of "The Waltons" and also the background of the TV show. I enjoyed reading the summaries of each episode and the specials, since I'm not at the level of fandom where I've seen every one. I also enjoyed reading about the museum, which I hope to visit one day. The only drawbacks are that I would've liked to have more included about the cast (the glimpses of them as they were when they were hired was the best part of the beginning of the book). I wished there were more quotes from the actors (there are some accompanying the episode summaries). I wished there could've been photos of them today (when the book was published) and more about their lives post-"Waltons." Also, it upsets me that you can't look up the shows by title in the index. If you're watching one in syndication on TV and you try to look it up, you have to page through the episodes section (and there were nine seasons)! This is a lovely book but it feels like it was put together a little hastily. Improvements could've been made.

Goodnight John Boy is all I hoped it would be and more. This book answers most of my questions about the Waltons, the characters and the actors behind them. It tells about individual episodes and how actors felt about them. Someone in the book talks about the series as for writers and he or she was very correct. The character John Boy is the one that got me started journaling and then writing poetry and essays. It is also for families and anyone else who wants to read it Every video of the Waltons I have seen and now this book pushes my inner writer to write for the enjoyment of it as well as the hope to get published. Now I just want to meet Mr.Hamner, Richard Thomas and the actors who played those parts. I love storytelling also and will definitely recommend it to writers and storytellers.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It felt like a family reunion. I grew up watching the Waltons and reading this book brought back memories of sitting with my family and enjoying the show. Photos are fun and stories inspiring!

I read this book because I admire Nader and I wanted to find out more about him. Nader: Crusader, Spoiler Icon is a very detailed and well-written book. It doesn't waste too much time on his childhood but instead dives into the interesting stuff: the work Nader tirelessly did to make the country better.

I was hoping for some more info on Nader's private life, but apparently he never really had one. When you work 18-20 hours a day, 7 days a week there isn't much time for leisure. I enjoyed reading about his ascent to power and (being 22) I never realized how much power he had when he was in his prime. This book is quite balanced: it covers his successes as well his wacky failures. Example: Fight to Advance the Nation's Sports, a silly campaign against bad food and high ticket prices at sports games. We learn about Nader's extreme myopia, fighting hard to get something done and mercilessly lambasting anyone who gets in his way, even former allies. Apparently Nader developed a bad habit of alienating people when he needed them the most.

In the end, despite learning of Nader's many blunders, I came away respecting the guy more than I did before. He is certainly one of the most important people of the twentieth century. Never have I come across a figure in history who so throroughly rejects the pleasures of life in favor of a constant devotion to the cause. Nader is, apparently, something of a secular saint. If you want to get the inside scoop on the battles Nader fought, I recommend this book.

I gotta say, who knew this guy was this cool? I kind of thought Ralph Nader had a story behind him. And here I find it in full living color. Martin, who wrote the fab Greenspan book from the high falutin era, now takes on an "icon" whom no one really knows...which is the point. Since Nader's plan was to stay silent and mysterious so it is wild to see Martin foil it in such an artist, comprehensive and above all, surprisingly fun manner. (Nader with his clothes off, so to speak...) I'm sure no one expected to see 'fun' and 'Nader' in the same sentence and in this book you finally get to see what all the fuss was about. I'd stood at a brick bookstore perusing a copy of Nader's quasi-autobio and thought "What is this?" Was all jargonish propoganda. This book is terrific and fascinating cause Martin goes for the jugular in a style that is refreshing - and yet not muckraking in the least. I say this bio is a new form of art: taking the wraps off someone no one knew or even thought of as more than a figurehead, and showing what that person has really done - and the consequences too. Oh and the cool part - that he's more than a political geek, that's for dessert.

I've long followed the career Ralph Nader, so when
I saw NADER: CRUSADER, SPOILER, ICON by Justin
Martin, I just had to read it . . . and I'm
glad I did, in that in doing so, I came away with a balanced
(though not overly favorable) view of the consumer advocate
that I have long admired.

Nader has been tireless in his efforts to bring about change
in America . . . while sometimes spreading himself too thin,
he nevertheless has accomplished a great deal in his lifetime.

Though he tries to deny it, Nader had a profound impact on the
last presidential election . . . this book helped give me
a better understanding as to his thinking on why he ran.

I also came away with the impression that he rarely sleeps . . . and I got a chuckle out of the description of one appearance with Jay Leno . . . when asked about what he did for fun, he said "no" to dating and movies . . . but when pressed, he did finally admit that he ate strawberries!

There were many memorable passages; among them:
* Alan Morrison--a longtime friend and colleague of Nader's--has the following observation: "I have never known anybody who has more ideas about more things than Ralph. He's not interested in two or three or five or ten things. He's interested in a million. He sees things differently
from everybody else. He just sees injustices, unfairness, and improper ways of handling situations that everyone else just accepts. He has a cosmic view of these things, very broad, but at the same time, he is a person who pays enormous attention to details. I never met anybody who can think so big and think so small at the same time."

* As a boss, Nader remained an original. He once claimed that his number-one criterion for hiring people was that they be thick-skinned. "People often ask me how I choose the people to work with me," he explained. "Well, you start off by saying they have to be bright, hard-working, the usual traits. But the one key probably is how willing they are not to be loved."

* Nader asked [Bobby] Fischer his secret. Fischer explained that there was calculation in many of his decisions, whether showing up late to matches, canceling interviews, even refusing an invitation to visit the White House. It made him seem like a
temperamental genius, even more than he actually was, and the
public ate it up. "If you want to get attention to the game, you have to manipulate the press," Fischer explained.

For Nader, this was confirmation of his own instincts. His aim was to draw attention to the cause of consumerism. During this era, he was a marionette master when it came to the press. At every opportunity, Nader cast himself as an indefatigable advocate, grave, selfless, working away while the innocent citizenry sleeps. This had the advantage of not being too far from the truth. But it was not the whole truth.