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"Carmilla," which predates Stoker's "Dracula," introduced the lesbian vampire to literature, and this reading of the entire text by Megan Follows breathes real life into LeFanu's somewhat antiquated Victorian style. Follows makes the narrator Laura into an intelligent and compelling guide through the tale; she also puts the proper ambivalence in the descriptions of Carmilla's advances, vampiric and otherwise. Indeed, what's most impressive is how clearly the lesbian subtext is presented, and how much emotion is involved. Altbough the plot is a little obvious after two centuries of rip-offs, LeFanu's innate storytelling skill and Follows' presentation make the anachronisms fairly painless, and the uniquely unsettling bits still have their chills.

This story is a very nice and true children's story. It is well loved by my kids who like stories about knights and chivalry. It is short enough that you can read it as a bedtime story, yet long enough for them to settle into bed. This story really teaches lessons about friendship. It is great to see a book like this when you have so many children's books that have no real moral to the story. The only negative I would say is that it would be better if it was in a hardcover.

Caught in the spiers web is an amazing book. According to my information and some research that I did myself, not only the main storyline, but every tiny detail in this book is absolutely, perfectly true. Nevertheless, the book is more gripping than most fictious novels. Personally I thought, that I could never become addicted to gambling, that I was far too clever to go into this trap. After reading 'caught in the spiders web' I had to reconsider this position. The book tells the story of a woman who encounters gambling only in her later years. A large portion of the book is devoted to her earlier life. This detailed account of her childhood and adult years tells you that she is not a weak or stupid person. She has lived through the world war, was married twice and most importantly ran her own company very sucessfully over many years. When you read the book you will understand how this strong and successful person can become addicted to Roulette and how it slowly destroys her life. Being no stranger to business and finance she realizes that she is constantly losing. Nevertheless, she goes to ever greater length to keep playing. Seeing it with her eyes you realize that it not the weakness, but the strength of her character that keeps her gambling, even when the only way to go on is to turn to crime.

"Caught In The World's Web" will open the eyes of Christians to a multitude of satanic snares which the devil uses on a daily basis to trap us into living "...according to the course of this world," which is in direct opposition to God's word. I never realized that Satan has a "world system" which he uses to constantly alienate us from God. This book explains the foundations of "the world system" and breaks down their functions in a clear way that makes perfect sense. I will never look at politics, economics and so-called "religion" in the same frivolous way that I used to. In church you hear them say that we should not be "worldly," but we don't really know the true biblical meaning of that term nor the impact that being "worldly" can have on our relationship with God. This book makes the concept of "worldliness" crystal clear for the first time! Every Christian needs to read this book. It will have an important effect on how we view life and everything around us from now on. As the author says, it will help believers in Jesus Christ to see everything around us with new "spiritual glasses."

This book is a comprehensive reference to CGI programming in Tcl and using the Tcl browser plugin. It is very accessible and should appeal to a wide audience, from beginners who have never written a CGI script to more advanced users who need to develop industrial-strength CGI scripts and the occasional Tclet. People who make their living writing CGI scripts -- in any language -- should definitely take a good long look. People who write Java applets and need a solution with quicker turnaround should read the sections on the Tcl plugin. All in all, this is a very comprehensive book that I will treasure having on my shelf.

Our age is most fortunate, in that the conjectural association of Mythologies with scientific evidence is no longer considered heretical. Archaeology, for example, which used to be a matter of frantic digging to expose, catalogue and museum artifacts of ancient civilizations, has made enormous strides since abandoning the principle of avoiding controversial views that ran counter to 'acceptable' documentation. Hopefully, education here in the USA, and in other parts of the World, will follow suit, and become informative instead of following social guidelines established in less enlightened times by close-minded thinking.

Angiras, as a Scientist, provides a lucid and entirely valid argument for an alternative theory of how the Solar System organized itself comparatively recently, contrary to popular belief. Two things strike me as remarkable in the context of his argument: - Sumerian Mythology relates the events in an allegorical fashion, which Angiras explains scientifically. Recent research into origins of 'current' humanity indicates that Dravidians, migrating from Sind [around the valley of the Indus in north-western India] took their culture, Earth-based religion, and corresponding Mythology into Sumeria and neighboring areas. These people were ancient enough to have observed at least after-effects of the propositions made by the Author, - In recent months, Geologists, examining close-up pictures of the Martian surface, have concluded that many features of the landscape can only have been formed by the flowing of vast quantities of water.

Read this book with an open mind, even if you think you may not agree with the theories that are posited therein, while keeping in mind that the aforementioned Dravidian people, in 4000 BCE, knew that the Earth rotated around the Sun [not a popular belief in later times!!]. And pay careful attention to seemingly anomalous discoveries that are consistently emerging as we get closer to our World, and its immediate neigbors.

Reading this book [and the prior publication by the same Author] is not only great entertainment, but also provides vast insight into how much of a skeptic you actually are!

"Charlotte's Web" might have been the first book that I read that did either of these things: portray values and lessons to be learned and cherished; not have a happily-ever-after ending but still be a book I wanted to read and re-read. Wilbur the pig barely survives his birth and infancy, befriends Charlotte (the spider who lives above his pen), learns what fate is in store for pigs on a farm, has that fate altered by his friend, and then must deal with Charlotte's own fate. While I already loved animals before reading "Charlotte's Web," reading it enhanced that love. It also helped cultivate my lifelong belief that friendship is one of the greatest gifts we encounter in life. I re-read "Charlotte's Web" not too long ago and, while I saw that the reading level was definitely aimed at children, the book still shines above most other books that I have read, and remains a true treasure for the mind, the education, and the heart. Submitted by Chris McCallister, trying to remain forever young, and true to my friends.

West's Time Machine
George's Pond: Created in the Beloved Tradition of Charlotte's Web

Being a children's author and teacher, I often enjoy reading Charlotte's Web as a child and now I enjoy reading the book to my son and my students. I think part of the reason this book has remained one of my favorites is because of the classic friendship between Wilbur and Charlotte. Both characters demonstrate an unselfish kind of love that is demonstrated from the time they meet. As a mother I want to teach my children the valuable life lesson of being a good friend and I think this story teaches that lesson in a non-didactic fashion. Charlotte's Web will forever be a classic in my heart.

E.B. White's classic story for children provides them with many valuable lessons about life by endowing the animals on a farm with some very human attributes. The child in the story, Fern, strenuously objects to her farmer father's intentions to kill a newborn runt piglet.

The story continues with the inclusion of several creature characters who illustrate some very human feelings for each other.There is Templeton, the rat, who never did anything for anybody without a selfish motive, and Charlotte, the spider who uses her web weaving skill to advertise Wilbur, the piglet's value to Mr. Zuckerman, the practical farmer who doubts Wilbur will be worth the trouble to raise. Many others, like Gander, the old sheep, and the people at the Fair, add color and life to this wonderful story.

Our children today can still learn valuable lessons from this suspenseful, yet delightful tale of the value of life, and just how "terrific" and "radiant" any of us may be with enough encouragement.

A truly great story from an author who also gave us "Stuart Little," "Trumpets of the Swan," and a priceless gift to writers, "The Elements of Style."

Long may this story be available to our children. It is a fable with lasting impact on the formation of their character and sensitivity to others.

This story is the story of a little gril named Fern who loves a little pig named Wilbur- and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte, a beautiful large grey spider who lives with wilbur in the life of Wilbur. Who is some pig.Atimeless tale of friendsship. i recimmend this book to kids who like animals and like to take care of them.