If you want toread a scary,thrilling book I would highly recommend Driver's Dead. Kirsten is terrible at driving and the ddrivers ED classes are not really helping. When she meets Rob she suddenly get better and has the time of her life. When something happens to Rob everything falls out of place.You'll just have to wait and read the book to find out what happens at the end. The good parts in Driver's Dead is an excellent edge-of-your-seat book. The only bad parts in it is that it tends to get boring in some chapters. The most I like about Driver's Dead is that it is very detailed in most chapters. I don't think there are any parts I don't like. On a scale of 1 to 5 i rate it a 3. I live in pacifica on 1159 palou Dr. I am thirteen years old.

What would you do if you were a new person moving into a new town into a house filled with dark secrets about a young Vietnamese boy whose life was cut short due to a senseless tragedy?

In Driver's Dead by Peter Lerangis, Kirsten is the "new girl" moving in to town. Not only is she the "new girl" but her family is the one moving into the Trangs old house. The Trangs son, Nguyen was killed in a car crash years before. Legend is that Nguyen's ghost still wanders around his house. It was said that Nguyen was driving the truck that carried him and two other unknown passengers when it careened into the guardrail and fell into the steep ravine below. Evidence presented at the scene showed that Nguyen was driving when the accident occurred but the events that led up to the accident showed that he couldn't have been Nguyen driving the truck. One day Kirsten seens Nguyen in her sleep and he is trying to tell her something about his death. Kirsten has been told that Nguyen kept a diary of his daily life hidden somewhere in his room which is now Kirsten's room. Kirsten must find that diary and discover the truth about Nguyen's death so that he can rest peacefully. While searching for answers about Nguyen, Kirsten unexpectedly falls in love with a teenage troublemaker named Rob. When Rob turns up dead and when Nguyen starts visiting Kirsten in her sleep, it is up to her to figure out what happened and why Rob was killed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and glad that I chose it for my reading book. These kinds of books, the horror/mystery books are the books that I like to read about. I liked every bit of the book because Peter Lerangis really knew how to catch your eye and keep you in suspense throughout the book so that you never wanted to put it down. There was nothing that I disliked about the book. It was told in great detail and you could keep up with it as it went along, you never got lost. I would recommend this book for kids no younger than twelve years plus due to the fact that it mentions in detail, visitations from the dead and the supernatural. It also deals with murder and cover ups and it might be a bit confusing for the younger readers. I learned that you should go about things with an open mind and believe what you see because it might turn out to be helpful to you. You can become smarter and become more mature with your experiences if you choose to believe.

One of my friends recommended this book to me and it sat on bookshelf for days. I finally picked it up and I loved every moment of it. Kristen wasn't a good driver and in the story she uncovers a murder and a missing necklace and finally learns to drive with the help of a murderer. This book is a thrilling adventure, I recommend this book to teenagers and adults.

I am a seventh grader, and this book is part of our course reading. There are some wonderful short stories in it, ranging in difficulty in both the fluency with which the story was written, as well as in the vocabulary used, for example, the difficult vocabulary in "The Masque of Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe. There are quite a few important, famous, and memorable short stories in Little Worlds, including the infamous story, "The Gift of the Magi," as well as, "The Necklace" and "The Monkey's Paw." But, I do warn you, the book includes some very controversial, yet famous stories like, "The Lottery." Overall, I must say that Little Worlds is a truly wonderful book with exceptional story selections. Some I did not enjoy, but all of them taught an important life lesson to me. Just get a good teacher to tell you about them as well!

Being a student in 7th grade, I highly recomend this book for teaching children my age. But I must say that some stories like "To Build A Fire" are boring. And as for the person who wrote it was horrible... WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!?!?!?!? Please read this book. It also has a wonderful vocabularly to help students and peopel in gernal learn.

I purchased these books as a class set for my advanced eighth grade Language Arts students. The stories are fantastic. The stories will cause students to discuss and challenge the themes presented. Students must understand the short story before comprehending every story presented--today's students expect to be entertained, and, quite frankly, that is not the purpose for all short stories. As a teacher, I found this classroom resource invaluable. This is a wonderful book with memorable stories: "The Monkey's Paw," "The Necklace," "An Occurance at Owlcreek Bridge," "The Gift of the Magi," etc. It's a must have for the accelerated middle school student!

I enjoyed reading this book, when I could under stand it. The main charcter is Paul Kindom. This book is about an army [Deathsingers], trying to take over Dugoum,Nagala, but some gangs in Dugoum they try to get to get to together a big group to take and try to defeat the deathsingers [they do]. They also free Paul's so called dad Micheal Kindom. I would not recommend this book to a kid under 13 like me because there are to many names and different languges.

AK is truly a book worth reading; it has action, adventure, drama, and friendship in it. With never-ending suspense around the corner, its hard to stop reading this book until you've finished it! With historical fiction embedded in the pages, you'll find it hard to believe that this is history!

AK happens to center on a boy of 12 named Paul Kagomi. He is an orphen in the civil war of Nagala, where the NLA (Nagala Liberation Army) fostered and cared for him. Paul was schooled in violence, and has put his trust onto his little AK to protect him. With an overseer named Michael Kagomi, Paul and his fellow Warriors help liberate Nagala piece by piece. Then it happened. Just as easily as the war had begun, it ended. Now Paul can have a real family with his foster father: Michael. But in the midst of the delicate peace, Michael is kidnapped and taken to a concentration camp. Now Paul must free his father and destroy the corrupt African Government."My mother with the war.She was a witch, a terrible demon, eater of people, but she looked after me. It's not my fault that I loved her."-Paul Kagomi

I kind of liked this story because of its adventure and the cover art, which I thought was cool (and a tad bit funny), but I really like the main character. It sort of reminded me of myself. In a way, Paul and I are alike because we both want to prove to others that we aren't just children. We are the future, the next generation. Anyways, AK is always a thriller, a book that gets you on the edge of your seat then makes you want to come back for more.

Dickinson's novel of coming of age in the midst of civil war is far more than an adventure novel for teenagers. This is a very sensitive appraisal of the emotional costs of conflict that are all too real a part of growing up in many parts of the world.

This book (which collects Batman #455-457 and the 5-part Robin miniseries) is best to be read right after "Lonely Place of Dying" where Timothy Drake got accepted by Batman to try out to become the new Robin. Here we see how 'the boy' Timothy Drake has to grow up and evolve to rightfully become 'the Boy Wonder'.

It all starts off with the three part story that runs through Batman #455-457 (with Art by Norm Breyfogle, which is sufficient but nothing great) in which Tim is ordered to stay home, while Batman is out on the streets. This in order for him to become fully prepared before he gets to roam the streets someday. Batman is determined not to make the same mistake with Tim he made with Jason Todd (see "Death in the Family"). But once things get too hot even for Batmans feet, Tim proves his worth (this is a story with one of Batmans major villains which shall remain nameless in this review because guessing who he might be is a vital point during the storyline). Storywise this is the most entertaining part of the book. After having proven his spirit is good, the Robin miniseries starts (with art by Tom Lyle, which is an improvement) with Tim getting send to Paris in order to learn more, and perfect his fighting skills. There he gets involved in a fight with a gang, which later turns out to be more than an average streetgang but instead an organisation lead by a mad man. Together with allies he met along the way he goes out to see if he can make a difference, and so his trip to Paris turns into a worldwide pursuit in which he learns a lot from the others and from himself.

This book is not for someone who's just out to get a nice self-contained Batman story (better get "Dark Knight Returns", "The Long Halloween" or "Batman: Prey" for that purpose) but it's a nice addition for people who like to keep track with the Bat-mythos. It continues right after the events that took place in "Lonely Place of Dying" so I'd really get that first (and if you want to know what all the hinting to 'Jason Todd' in the book is about you might wanna check out "Death in the Family" too, but that's optional, not a must). Given, it's not the greatest Batman-related story you'll ever read nor is it the most memorable, but it DOES make for a couple of hours of good, uncomplicated entertainment and will definately be worth your while (again, IF you're a fan of Bat-mythos).

I thought this Batman graphic novel was great!!! I really enjoyed seeing the new Robin (Tim Drake) taking the mantle of becoming the Dark Knight's sidekick. But it all doesn't happen just instantly, Tim Drake has to prove himself to be a true vigilante superhero by battling his own inner demons and through rigorous and grueling physical and mental training, just like Bruce Wayne had to do before he became the Batman. Plus he has to go up against a power-hungry druglord that plans to wipeout the whole city of Hong-Kong with a powerful secret weapon developed by the Nazis in World War II. I recommend this great graphic novel to all fans of the Batman mythos. I myself can't wait to buy the sequel to this story of the new Robin.

In a time where comics sink to new lows in terms of story & artwork is the "only" thing that matters.... this book is an exception.

A solid story & worthy art in a cute (cheap) little package.

Worth picking up.

This book was more like a childs book and it was not at all like the story described on the back of the book.It was more like a science fiction story than a horror story.I was expecting this book to be more of a horror story from the way they described it on the back and from the cover picture.But overall,it was not my type of story and I was very dissappointed.

I felt that I just had to buy this book when I first set, my eyes on it. When I started reading it I was amazed at how well the author describes the events taking place and also the feelings of the students who are in danger. I ADVISE ALL THE TEENAGERS TO BUY THIS WONDERFUL BOOK.

This story is really incredible...I didn't know how the writer could get all these great events and put them together...I read it more than once and still don't bother if I read it a million time!!!!

This book is a collection of advice on different subjects the author finds important for scientists. Some of the advice is helpful. But still the book suffers from several problems: * Its language is often stilted and old-fashioned * Most subjects are only shortly touched (e.g., writing, the scientific process) and a large part of the advice consists of trivialities everybody involved in science certainly knows already. So if you are really interested in in-depth advice on doing science well, you should probably read other, more specialized books (e.g., Krantz: A Primer of Mathematical Writing). Thus the title of the book is rather misleading: The book is not for scientists (not even for young scientists), but it might be the book of choice for people who have to decide whether to go into science, or for people who just want to have a taste of what scientific life is about.

This book gives information about how a researcher reaches his/her target. Everyone should read it.

Professor Medawar is much aware of following in the footsteps of William Cobbett, (the famous 'Advice to Young Men and (incidentally) to Young Women', written in the early 1800's and still in print), and wishes to avoid being dull and preachy. He is incapable of either, and he here shares his experience of a distinguished career in the biological sciences for the benefit of the aspiring scientist in any research discipline. This book would be useful to anyone entertaining the idea of a science-based career, certainly up to the graduate stage. It is also probably of specific interest to any biologist whether student, teacher, or researcher. This is an original and personal book, by a writer who won a Nobel prize in 1960 for his research in the area of human tissue transplants. He is here both literate and highly practical; the wisdom of a lifetime, normally only acquired slowly by personal life experience, is distilled and decanted with dry humour.

The chapters cover: 'How can I tell if I am cut out to be a scientific research worker?', which contains a revealing and exceedingly quick intelligence test, (and which would probably be of great value as a surprise question in executive job interviews). A psychologist would classify this as a very direct test of 'little g', or the general intelligence factor, and it is refreshingly free of bias due to gender, culture, and educational attainment level.

The chapter 'What shall I do research on?' contains the observations of a typical biologist, very down to earth. Likewise, 'How can I equip myself to be a scientist?', which contains guidance on balancing reading research with hands on activity.

'Aspects of scientific life and manners' is the best chapter: an excellent set of observations on teamwork, respect for colleagues, the scientist's moral requirement of dedication to Truth, how to handle mistakes, giving fair credit for discoveries, and how to keep your friends (by handling the critical scientific habit of mind correctly! Take notes...). The snobismus (a most excellent neologism) divide between pure and applied science, and between technicians and researchers is also noted and handled well.

The professor interestingly distinguishes between four types of experiment. The Baconian or messing around type; the Aristotelian or proving a point type; the Galilean or critical type (the normal type as most think of science today); and the Kantian or thought experiment, much beloved of the other Greeks.

'The Scientific Process' analyses and challenges Kuhn's theory of scientific paradigms and paradigm shifts. And the chapter 'Scientific Meliorism versus Scientific Messianism' concerns the psychology and worldview of scientists, and throws some enjoyable light on his debates with C. S. Lewis, whom he knew well. This latter debate proves (although he would deny it), that although he approaches C. P. Snow's ideal of the man who can bridge the two cultures - of those schooled in the humanities, and those in the sciences - he fails. The disparity in the cultural worldviews is too great. The book is usefully rounded off with an index.

The professor is keenly aware throughout that, as he simply observes, 'scientists are people': practical but fallible, given to snobbery but capable of egregious open-mindedness, technocratic but social optimists at heart. All in all, Medawar is the best of teachers, teaching with his heart and his head: he dispels stereotypes, he advises on handling your emotions, he inspires. This type of book is all too rare.

Michael JR Jose, amarula4@yahoo.co.uk

This book wasn't very good because the climax is cut short and they made a dumb ending to the book. The plot is good, but again, the book needs a better ending. The plot starts out great, then it builds up and gets very interesting, but then it just dies out as they wrap up the story. It starts out, Mollie and five other friends, start a call-in Truth Line. A mysterious caller keeps calling in and threatening to ruin the science competition. Then there is destruction of projects and a threatening killer. The killer threats to cut off body parts unless you don't participate in the competition. Everyone thinks it is a joke, projects get ruined and people almost die from an explosion. Mollie and her friends try and tackle the destroyer of the projects and track down this caller. One of Molly's friend's project is on the computer, and somehow is deleted. The winner of the science competition wins $10,000 check. They couldn't believe that the stupidest kid in the school won the competition. Even after the competition, the caller still threats to kill Mollie and her friends. Will they track down this killer and who was behind this?

I loved the book- you have to have been a fan since Book #1 from Peter Nelson on Mollie Fox, then you would understand everything. Great plot, beautiful humor and story. Still trying to find the book that continues from the end of this story- which of course makes you wonder. Gotta keep buying these books!

This book is great. It is book #5 in the Mollie Fox series, that starts with First to Die(#1), Double Dose(#2), The Third Degree(#3), and Fourth-Quarter Fix(#4). In Death Threat Mollie has to try to find out who is sabatoging the school science projects. During the hunt for clues Mollie discovers some shocking secrets about the people she knows. This book ends on a cliff hanger with Mollie in danger of being killed. The story goes on in the next book in the series, Six Deadly Lies(#6), which I belive is the last book in the series.

The great strength of this book is in highlighting the ethos of Southern gentlemen like Willy Pegram. Carmichael demonstrates that men like Pegram were engaged in a holy war and as such, performed heroic feats on the battlefield. So if you're one of those people who are still facinated by "the cause" of this war, then this is a book for you. If you're looking for a book on Confederate artillery tactics, techniques, and procedures, however, you'll have to look elsewhere.

I found this book a very interesting read. In it, Peter Carmichael describes the military career of the young Confederate officer, William Pegram. The books gives a nice overview of his successful role in the Army of Northern Virginia as an artillery officer. Most of the text chronicles Pegram's swift rise through the ranks as he boldly leads his men, cannons, horses and caissons on the battlefield. Mr. Carmichael uses many of Pegram's letters home to tell his story. More importantly, Pegram's view of the war, slavery, and the Confederate Cause, come through as well.

Mr. Carmichael does a fantastic job of revealing how some of the young Confederate officers like Pegram viewed the Civil War. Since most Civil War books focus more on the Generals than the junior officers who actually fought the battles, I felt that this book really brought a new perspective to my understanding of the conflict.

I do not recommend this book for those who do not already possess a good understanding of the Civil War. Instead, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has gained an appreciation for the war, and is looking to find out more about its participants. This book really opened my eyes about "the Southern Cause", and how it meant different things to different people.

More than just a blood-and-guts biography of a incredibly brave young officer, this book provides really very interesting insight into the minds and motives of educated Southern twentysomethings before and during the war. This is a fine offering from one of the better young historians working today.

Connoly's book is a good read that is quick and filled with beautiful illustrations. Details are wonderful, you feel like you are there when you read it. This book guarantees that I will collect the rest in the series.

Michael Huye

Peter Connolloy has again produced a book useful to those engaged in teaching and learning about Roman history. The illustrations are, as usual, both striking and historically accurate.

First and foremost, this isn't scholarly work, an academic won't find anything new here (apart from the fantastic illustrations professor connolly usually give us). He reconstructs(with a good degree of imagination) the life of a legionary in the Dacian campaign...the illustrations even depict the dreaded Dacian Falx (a sort of two handed scythe/sword, famous for severing limbs) and the added roman protections for the right arm and greaves for the legs (like in the Adamklissi monument) that they used in this campaign, he also paint legionaries wearing several kinds of armor, not just the lorica segmentata (as it is usually known today). This little volume have a second part named "the cavalryman".

Anyone who's looking for an introduction or great art on the subject of the roman army should buy this book, it's perfect for what it was made for...but remember this isn't a scholarly work.

Once again a wonderful litte booklet in addition to Connolly's "The Cavalryman" concerning the life of a soldier in the legions during the time of Trajan. Vividly illustrated in great (and accurate) detail based on archeological finds this book would be enjoyable just for the drawings, but in fact its the story of the life of Tiberius Maximus which draws the attention taken from his gravestone depicting his accomplishments and service in the Roman army. The only complaint that comes to mind is the shortness of the book which could have been very good indeed if it had been fleshed out somehwat.