my daughter started reading bob books before she turned four. she loves them because it systematically teaches her the tougher words using illustrative pictures and repetitive and rhyming words. the books are just the right size and page length making her feel proud that she has completed them.

I loved this book. I found it interesting and very factual. A good book

This was another very challenging and insight-provoking puzzle adventure from Usborne. They have done a great job with all of their books, and this is no exception. The story goes like this: After reading a comic book in his uncle's attic, Tim finds himself mysteriously transported to Mainsville- a 1950s town inhabited by strange people, including a powerless superhero, a "pack"(read the book and you'll get the joke) of evil villains, and a friendly biker gang. On the way, you get to go to the Barber Shop, the Mainsville Hop, the sewer system, and some very other interesting Mainsville places. Of course, the book centers around the Hypnostone. Once its two halves are reunited, the possessor will have the power to rule the universe. This showdown reaches its climax at the Main Street Carnival procession. A must read for anyone who likes to be challenged.

It's rare to find a book on mythology that conveys the beauty, excitement and wonder of the stories. It's even rarer to find one that puts the stories in a meaningful context. I would put this book on the shelf next to Robert Graves' Greek Myths and Kevin Crossley-Holland's Norse Myths as among the few really successful attempts to capture the essence of a mythological tradition.

But while Graves and Crossley-Holland were writing about the myths of one culture with one language, Bierhorst is looking at the stories of an entire continent that encompasses dozens of different peoples. He manages this nearly impossible task by grouping the many tribes of North America into eleven different geographical categories, and outlining the major mythological themes of each region--but without ever forgetting that each tribe has its own distinct identity and vision of the world.

This book seems to be marketed as a book for young adults, which puzzles me a bit. While a high school or even a bright junior high student could read and enjoy this book, there's nothing in it that suggests that it's not intended to be read by anyone interested in the stories and beliefs of the First Americans.

The Mythology of North America is part of a series which includes books on the myths of South America and of Mexico and Central America. I would also recommends those, though I think that the Mexico/Central America volume is the least successful of the three.

Much is rightly said about generosity towards the poor - yet generosity leaves the recipient inferior. It has always seemed to me that there is far too little said about simple justice, justice being about equality. Christ's "the poor you have always with you" too often seems to be taken only as a guarantee that there will always be the opportunity to be generous. Should it not also strike us as a rebuke? Is widespread poverty inevitable? This book addresses that question.

Some think of economics as a sort of super accountancy, as though to sum up the sums of all the bookkeepers in the land. Not to deny the usefulness of that, John Young contends in his new book _The Natural Economy_ that economics springs from something much more simple and fundamental - the quite natural inclination of us all to save effort in getting what we need in order to live.

To do this, we swap things, since people differ in their skills. Man is the only animal that swaps. Economics is at root the study of these exchanges. As such, it is the study of what is at the very root of the well-being of society - and it is truly a science of plenty since exchanges promote prosperity. In an economic act of exchanging, both parties to the exchange obtain, fundamentally, the saving of effort.

It is in this light that any artificial restrictions on these mutual exchanges are to be seen as a sort of brake on plenty. This is the study of abundance - utterly different from that perverse definition of economics which I had to learn as a schoolboy, that "economics is the study of the application of scarce means to alternative ends," the study of scarcity! Yet many have regarded economics in this light.

So, where do we find such artificial restrictions? According to the author, they abound. Thus, any influence which detracts from the mutual benefit in an exchange will be to the disadvantage of one, or perhaps of both, parties. For example, a monopoly supplier can dictate the price terms for what he sells, sometime! s even to the point of extortion. Or, a trade union, by its policies, can be as guilty of extortionate behaviour as the veriest 'robber baron' entrepreneur.

As a central part of what he has to say, the author deals clearly and at length with a notion much spoken of, yet frequently misunderstood - the common good. Some may wish to read the book for this section alone. It is in terms of fostering the common good, in the face of that which tends to corrupt and reduce it, that the book sees economic science. In this light, it is seen that there are many practices we condone which oppose it.

The book is by no means a detailed treatise on what is wrong and how to fix it. It simply points to certain ills by way of object lesson while leading us to understand the nature of economic reality, and shows in the process that there is an ethical dimension to economics. In its quiet and exact way it is more radically revolutionary than the works of Marx. It is more radical, because it goes more surely to the root of economics. It is also revolutionary. But far from advocating violent revolution, the book begins its revolution by engendering an understanding of what is wrong, by first giving us an inkling of what ought to be.

(John Ziegler teaches at the Centre for Thomistic Studies, Sydney, Australia.)

This book is excellent for die-hard long-time Neil Young fans such as myself. It is essentially a chronological outline of Neil Young's musical career, with some narrative and many photographs interspersed with the outline. It starts at the begining of his musical career and ends at 1994, when the book was published. It also includes a discography. It is printed on high-quality glossy paper. The majority of the photos are black and white, but with a significant minority of the photos in color. It's fascinating to follow the twists and turns of Neil Young's career and his music. The outline tells when Neil Young recorded each of his songs, and it lists every concert he ever played by city and date. The narrative helps to expand on the outline and to move the story along. Highly recommended for serious Neil Young fans.

John Peel is one of the greatest writers to ever grace bookstores with his works. His "Shockers" series is no exception. The best in the series was "Dead End," and this one, "Night Wings," was not bad.

For someone just getting involved with orchids, or for someone who would like a different perspective, this book is perfect. High quality photos on glossy paper make this book a pleasure to read! I felt that it could have expanded a bit more on the subject of home growing, yet it is highly informative at a great price!

i have read some parts of the book even before since it's our textbook in vascular medicine but i hope there is some way by which i'll know if a new edition will be coming out of the printers soon. i think the last edition was printed 1996?! and a lot has happened in this field ever since

This a good book that talks about the past Cy Young winners in a interesting way. If you are a baseball fan that likes to read about strikeouts rather than homeruns, then you'll like this book. You'll read about players from Kaufax to Clemens and may think about pitchers in a much different way after you read this.