Children are our most precious commodity. The book 300 Incredible Things for Kids on the Internet is filled with great resources from the internet which is safe and constructive information.

These resources are virtually a collection of web addresses that you can visit with your web browser. These addresses are full of subjects which range from general reference - dictionary, encyclopedia to specialized subjects - literature, space, history, pets - you name it. It can be all found in this book.

Another rewarding experience with this book is that both the parent and kids can go online and browse to find valuable information.

The Internet has many fun and exiting things for kids and their families to do. Ken Leebow has produced 300 Incredible Things For Kids on the Internet to provide them with many things to do that will educate, entertain, and otherwise keep them busy exploring the vast sums of information available online.

This book is a compilation of links arranged topically. Kids and their families will be able to visit famous places such as the White House and other government buildings, they will be able to read up on our Presidents, they will learn some US history, visit libraries and museums, obtain college entrance information. listen to music, play games, and do other things.

This Internet directory makes the perfect gift for kids and their families. It's compact, very easy to read, and will provide many hours of fun for the entire family. It will make an excellent gift and promotional give-away at parties, tradeshow exhibits, and other special functions. The book can also be customized for any company and organizational promotion!

300 Incredible Things for Kids on the Internet is a must-have for anyone involved with kids! No other Internet reference book is as exciting for kids, and adults, as your book and the knowledge gained is invaluable!

I have greatly enjoyed this anime series. The antics of Keitaro keep getting him into trouble with the girls in his house. Eventually they grow to love him, and you will too. On the other hand, I have read both this version of the Love Hina series and the Bilingual version. While the text is almost identical, the bilingual version translates the in frame descriptions off to the side. Things like "chop chop", "ashamed", etc are only translated in the bilingual. Beyond that, the bilingual version is printed on higher quality materials and features the outer cover common to manga, which the english version does not. Also, all of the volumes are available in the bilingual form, so you dont have to wait until december to get 6, 7, and 8. So, my final summary is that the story is very amusing, but you should get it in the bilingual form, which can be found online for only [$$] more.

Love Hina is definetely a great manga for everyone. It follows the antics of 19 year old ronin (student who fails his college exams) as caretaker of a womans dorm. I own both the Tokyopop version and the existing Kodansha bilinguals, but I think that the Tokyopop version is a bit more of an ejoyable read than the bilingual. For one, the Japanese cultural references are made easier for a Western reader to comprehend, and the dialogue comes across as being much more fluid. However, the bilinguals tend to translate some things that the tokyopop version skips, like sound effects and dramatic asides from characters. If you're looking for an exact translation at the expense of the plot, stick with the bilinguals. But the bilinguals are much shorter than the Tokopop version, so really, #6,7,8 of the bilinguals are just #4-5 on the tokyopop, so don't think you can buy the bilingual to get a jump on Tokyopops stupid release schedule. (One book a month!? don't they know how long that is to wait??) I haven't seen the anime yet, but I hear it compresses a lot of the plot and downplays the character depth, which is by far the best part of the series. No matter who you are, you'll love the eccentric cast of characters and the way the interact with each other. I've read some of the as yet un-published manga online, and it just keeps getting better (and weirder.) Hope this review helped you a lot. All that said, this is the coolest manga ever, and is a great buy for anyone who likes manga or just Japanese culture in general.

, write more. Hi-Q SF-VR. cool driving. rank to 2001, enders game. without those fillers. wraps u, causes tears. book-keeper, alarm.

While having a very dark view of the new millenium, I found the book somewhat thought provoking and very appropriate for the age group to which it is intended. While I am an adult reading a book of science fiction for young adults, I'd say appropriate for the 13 and older crowd, I still found enough of interest. While written in a manner that the young reader will appreciate, it's not too underwritten that an adult will feel that it's not worth the time to read. The main character, a teenage girl going through school in a generation stricken with virulent plagues is attempting to better herself with getting the best marks at school that she can so as to obtain that perfect job off planet. You'll have to read the book for more as I don't wish to ruin it. There are some relationship issues which is what makes science fiction just plain GOOD fiction. Try it, if you are a sci-fi junky or just in need of a good quick read, I'd suggest this book. I'd like to read his Deepwater series upon which the SCI-FI channels' "Mission Genesis" series was based but apparently it hasn't been released to the US audience, only available down under. Please consider making this series available as I'm sure if you like this book, the others would be of a similar read.

The future is a hard place to live. After more than a century of filling the world with poisons, the world have fought back. The ozone layer has been depleted, and now the sun is avoided because of its deadly rays. There are nearly no animals left, and Earth has become dependant on its off world colonies. The worst thing is the plague epidemics that have decimated the populations of the world. In the midst of all this, Allanah Berry must decide her future in a world where options are rapidly disappearing.

This view of the future is a somewhat depressing, but very well written. Ken Catran has published loads of science fiction books for teenagers, including Deepwater Black which was made into a television series. I really enjoy the way that Catran writes - his characters are both believable and unbelievable at the same time (a very disconcerting mix). This book is one of my favourites, though I can't exactly say why.

If you can find other books by Ken Catran they are well worht reading. His fiction in other areas are also relatively well wirtten. I think the part that I like best about books like "The Onager" is that they are written from a teenagers perspective and are often teenagers working to overthrow the constraints laid upon them by "well meaning" adults.

Sci Fi movie buffs may not recognize the original novel by Mary
Shelley, any more than movie goers would recognize the real Tarzan in ERB's debut book. For this 1818 novel introduces us to a surprisingly articulate monster--who is never named by his idealistic young creator. Its antique literary style offers a tale presented by three different first-person narrators. Letters (tales within a tale) are the inevitable legacy of suicide or premature death before the story is really over.

In contrast, the basic theme appears remarkably modern, especially in the light of 21st century scientific debate over the inherent dangers of too much knowledge (as in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)or genetic tampering (The Island of Dr. Moreau). Man is simply not morally csapable to assume the role of creator. Lofty-minded but overwrought Victor Frankenstein conceives the blasphemous idea of creating a living being of gigantic stature. Despite his noble goal of benefitting mankind, the experiment goes grotesquely awry. The youthful natural scientist endures a few years of tortured, morbid existence, which swell to a crescendo of horror as a result of his cerebral "Hybris."

Frankenstein's obsession gradually dominates his life--spilling blood onto those around him, as the people dearest to him are viciously and deliberately murdered. Is there no way to stop the rampage of terror which he has inadvertantly unleashed upon a helpless, unsuspecting world? Linked inexorably by the bonds of unholy creation, both Victor and his monster live only for Revenge. But can either truly be said to be alive, if the other should perish? Are they not mutually dependent on each other to sustain the fires of the hunt? Despite uneven pacing, this thriller/chilller has captured the imagination of kids of all ages for almost two centuries. Bear in mind that Hollywood has transformed the original monster, spawning the idea that Frankenstein Is the monster!

Mention the name "Frankenstein" and the first image to pop into people's minds is one of a big, dumb, green guy with bolts coming out of the sides of his neck. Anyone reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the first time may be surprised to learn that in the novel the creature is neither inarticulate nor ignorant. He is the product of a zealous doctor's quest to take life and death into his own hands. The creature is shunned by all mankind, including the one person who should feel some compassion or responsibility for him, his creator, Dr. Frankenstein. All the creature ever wants is to be accepted by society and to find companionship. With an intellect superior to that of the average human being, he learns to speak and read. It isn't until after he understands that he is doomed to a life of rejection that he seeks revenge, turning violent and murderous. The underlying question of the novel is, who is the real monster here, the formidable creature or the creator who abandoned him?

Through the creature's own words, we hear of his confused awakening and search for understanding. From the start he recognizes that his appearance is so horrifying as to repulse anyone who sees him. Fittingly, once he has taught himself how to speak and read, his first attempt at communication is with a blind man. When he realizes the futility of his search for a friend, he focuses his efforts on another objective - revenge upon the one who brought him into this cruel world. The creature sets out to make Frankenstein's life the same sort of hell as his own.

The scientist Frankenstein goes to great lengths to complete his experiment, realizing too late that there are consequences for interfering with the laws of nature. He brings to life a most unnatural beast, and flees in horror from the being he has created. Feeling no responsibility to comfort the creature in any way, he instead wishes to completely abandon it and forget that it even exits, leaving it to struggle single-handedly in a world where it does not belong. Is it any wonder that his creation becomes slightly incensed at his abandonment and seeks to create for Frankenstein a life equal to his own in misery and isolation?

Who deserves the label of "monster"? First-time readers of Shelley's novel may have a hard time accepting that the creature is not a purely evil or demonic being; contrary to popular belief, he does not just wake up and start strangling people. The creature in the novel has qualities we more easily identify with, such as the desire to be loved and accepted. On the other hand, Dr. Frankenstein's actions are questionable at times. Is the creature justified in his revenge? Or does Frankenstein get the bad end of the deal, his originally well-intentioned experiment gone sour? Either way, reading Mary W. Shelley's novel presents to us the viewpoint of a very different "monster" than we expect.

After seeing at least five versions of this tale in film - one of my great childhood monster loves - I was happy to finally read the novel. As so often occurs with classics, I was as surprised as I was fascinated.

For starters, the characters are far more subtle than any of the film versions: Victor F appears as a brooding and obsessed genius, but also as a great lover of life and nature. The monster, who is an articulate and literate creature who read Goethe, is even more interesting, from his hopeful beginning to his bitter reaction at rejection and his thirst for vengence. His eloquence was vivid and his pain horribly realistic.

But the work is also fascinating as a window into the mind of the Romantics, who at once strove to reject the rationalism of the Enlightenment yet reflected it. The creature starts off empty and what it becomes is due entirely to his experience. Knowledge is not always good, etc.

Finally, the themes are timeless and full of conflict: creativity giving birth to unimaginable destruction, tampering with nature as its necessities overwhelm even genius, and the like. THe book is a kaleidescope of philosophical reflection. The pain of the creator and the monster alike are inescapably linked like father and son.

I did find the style of the book a bit difficult. It is full of florid rhetoric and lengthy circumlocutions, as the doctor and then the monster tell their stories in almost identical prose.

Highly recommended.

As pointless as a bankrupt browsing in a mall. Sparling needs something to write about.

This book is so beautiful and magic. It's the best book to come out of the ninties. Ken Sparling has such an understanding of modern life that opens your soul & face.

While working in a bookstore I spotted this interesting little book and read it in one sitting.What impressed me was the unique style in wich it was written.Almost as if the author left a sheet of paper in his typerwriter and casually added a paragraph or two as he was living it.My only regret is that there isn't anymore to read.It's refreshing to see an author willing to throw away the "traditional" method of writing , stick his neck out , and bare his soul.Granted this book is not for everyone , but if you have an interest in literature that is off the beaten path , then this is one for you.

If you're a big Love Hina fan like I am, you'll probably end up buying every book anyway, and there's nothing wrong with that - all of them are hilariously written (translated), drawn, and feature the same great characters that you love.

However, in the grand scheme of the series, nothing of real importance happens in book 2. Naru and Keitaro take the Tokyu U exam, and Keitaro begins to believe Naru might be his promised girl, but all of this is pretty much negated at the beginning of book 3 (hey, the series lasts another 12 volumes! these things take time). What book 2 does end up being is a collection of "day in the life of" stories. If the job of book 1 was to introduce the characters, book 2 further fleshes them out and shows us a typical day, so that Ken Akamatsu can shake up the formula later (trip to Kyoto, introduction of Seta, etc). It also allows him to rehash jokes later on, after Keitaro has gotten more familiar with the Love Hina gang (the Guri-Choco). All of this is fine, but it's not very memorable - I'd have trouble telling friends what book 2 was mainly about if they asked.

Those wishing to read Love Hina in order may wish to purchase book 3 at the same time, which introduces the fan-favourite Mutsumi and is better at developing the overall plot. Those who are short on money or have seen the anime may wish to come back to book 2 after reading the later, more relevant installments.

In this second volume of the Love Hina manga, Keitaro and Naru try out for the official test to enter Tokyo university. Wierd and wonderful antics of all kinds take place as fate causes all sorts of misfortunes to befall them - even before they get there! This is wonderful reading and is highly recommended!

GETTING REAL is an excellent book for those looking to improve their young adult ministries. The authors offer radical concepts for ministry. I have already implimented some of the principles found in this book in my young adult ministry. Our group is beginning to thrive. The young adults in my group love being able to take part in leadership! If you don't already have this book, buy it!

Ken Davis writes in a humorous way, which entertains the reader. 'I Don't Remember Dropping The Skunk But I Do Remember Trying To Breathe' is known as the survival guide for teenagers. It deals with issues like identity, money, parents, sex, peer pressure and much, much more! It's is a must read, for those who are finding it hard being a Christian as they go through their teenage years. It's sure to give you a good laugh and some wise advice.

Love Hina volume three, by Ken Amatsu, may be the best of the three volumes released at this date.
Keitaro and Naru have both failed the exams, and independently decide to take a little vacation to relax after all that hard work (studying, racing to the U, etc).
Well, as you may have quessed, they run into each other, quite literally, on the train.
They continually run into each other (not so literally this time) over the next chapter or so, and turns out, they were both using the same travel brochure ((-_-;)).
They begrudgingly decide to travel together.
Along the way, they aquire a waif-like girl named Mutsumi, who might be considered the female Keitaro ^ ^.
Unbeknownst to them, everyone from Hinata House is searching for them, from Suu to Shinobu. Well.... much craziness ensues.
To find out exactly what happens, I guess you're just gonna have to read the book.

Ken Follett can write better than this, and he has on several occasions. That said, this is still a better thriller than 95% of the novels in the genre - the rating is based solely on that comparison.

As other reviewers have pointed out, Follett gives the reader an excellent course in the design, interior, and the "feel" of the Pan Am Clipper; I didn't know anything about this aircraft before I read the book, and Follett's lessons are designed so that any layman can understand them.

But while the plot of this story is well-designed and totally logical, the people come off as cartoon characters. None of them are fully developed human beings in any sense of the word. And the conclusion is curiously incomplete - something unusual in a Ken Follett novel.

As an introduction to Follett's work this would turn anyone off of his other, much better, works - "The Key to Rebecca" and "Eye of the Needle", to name two. I would recommend this book only if you've read some of his other novels, so you can judge for yourself what he's really capable of writing.

I thought this story was interesting enough to keep you reading and I found the concept of a flying overnight boat to be interesting. I love books that take place during world war 2 so I liked the setting as well. The characters, to me, acted fine, they were much better drawn than people in some of the other books I read and they acted understandably. Diana got jealous, and sulky, Margeret had surprising dimensions as you read through the book ( at the beginning she seems like a good little crusader), I liked Harry's character, I thought he was really amusing. I didn't think Nancy was that interesting but she gave the book flavor, and I liked Mervyn more than I liked Diana's other lover. The political situations and beliefs added spice to the story, as well as the conflicts.

This is the first time I have ever read a book by Ken Follet, after many suggestions from my husband and I really enjoyed it. Not my usual genre, I like non-fiction he reminds me a bit of Sidney Sheldon, but not so corny (sorry, Sidney). But I really enjoyed this book, a very quick, light, read.

Try it, I bet you will enjoy it, you feel like you really know the characters and want to get to another chapter to find out more about them.