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I take ballet as a supplement to my gymnastics training. This book is a great help, and has thourougly guided me along the way. All ballet dancers will find this book has a fantastic resource, with tons of helpful info and advice. My favorite part, like always, has to be the section with all the ballet moves. It provides detailed instructions with full-color photographs to explain each move. This book also has advice on what to wear, which ballet school is right for you, and how to sew ribbons on pointe shoes. It also includes a chapter on pointe work skills. All and all, this is a terrific book, and I think all ballet dancers will love it.

This book is great for children with a dream of being a ballet dance good for boys and girls!!!! I give it 100 stars!!

My Ballykissangel books arrived on spring break from college and I was thrilled to have the time to "devour" them. The characters are so genuine and lovable- I can't wait for the next book to continue the heartwarming journey of a rural village that has become like family to me. Thank you to the writers for a delightful tale.

If you have seen every episode of year one, you will find nothing new. However, if you haven't taped all the shows and watched them three times over you will enjoy going back a wee bit in time to rural Ireland--the Ireland without bombs and the IRA. A delightful place to spend your spare time.

The movie "BarFly" is based on three days on author's Charles Bukowski's life when he was 29 years old. I have seen this movie numerous times (at least 50) and still get something new out of each time. One of my buddies once said of the movie, "I felt like taking a shower after watching Barfly." Exactly!!! While some may find it too gritty, I find the movie an honest look at a troubled man's life. Henry Chinaski is like you or me but he is a raving alcoholic. There is a sweetness to him that comes out throughout the film and that is what I see and what I like to focus on. He finds his match in Wanda, also an alcoholic, and together they try and make an honest go of their reltionship. What follows is drunken mistakes and a bond that is held together by a Scotch and water. There is a purity and beauty to their relationship and it is evident that they truly care for one another but problems arise because of their drinking. To me Henry is an almost "Buddah" like character who lives in the moment and dosen't seem to hold too many regrets about his life. I admire his honesty and generosity throughout the movie. At first glance you may say he is out for himself but if you really watch old Henry you'll see flashes of kindness and sweetness. He's a man who dosen't seem to fit in to 9-5p.m. society and he makes no excuses for it, or as Jim the bartender said to Lilly the barfly, "he's as right as any of us." Keep an eye out for Bukowski himself who has a cameo in the film, a bar scene where Henry and Wanda first meet. I lived in L.A. for 10 years and have been by some of Bukowski's old haunts and the film captures the "working man's" bar scene in L.A. These types of places exist, you just have to do a little searching to find them. Henry Chinaski is a beautiful man in an ugly world. I highly recommend Barfly and suggest you view it with an open mind and an open heart. As Henry says in the last scene of the movie as he buys the bar numerous rounds of drinks, "to all my friends, to all my friends." If you would like a look at an honest, but troubled, man's life I highly suggest you check out the movie "Barfly."

or at the very least rent it. It's great-if you like buk. if not you'll probably hate it, my girlfreind did. There's a two second shot of the man himself sitting in the bar drinking and looking all grizzled(he talks about this in HOLLYWOOD). one complaint-Frank Stalone!

Wonderfully written, phenominal charactors, beautiful photography...this book has it all. I only hope the film doesn't butcher this incredible masterpiece.

A young white girl gets involved with a black teacher/coach at a Catholic Junior High? A Lolita rip? Not at all! This story is very different. The author portrays this relationship in a unique and original way. I was most interested in the tension between Mary (the young girl) and Carol (the friend/coach/teacher/former lover of the man). After a few chapters it becomes apparent that the two are on very even terms and know their respective weapons of love. I found this to be an incredibly honest view of love and life, far removed from the hysteria of child sex and pedophilia we're bombarded with by the media.

The book is written in screenplay format with nice black and white photos in the insert. It's very visual. I also liked the attention to detail, e.g. the girl's descriptions of her childhood, the little things the main characters say to each other in passing. I was very much wrapped up into the story and was sad when I got to the last page.

This is The lightest batman book i have read it is not as dark than Batman & Batman Returns. I Love this book it is enjoyable to read. The Villians Are Awesome. This Book Gives You Alot more info about Mr. Freeze & Poison Ivy. It Helps you to understand Them Better.


If You Enjoyed This Book You Gotta Read, Batman, batman Returns & Batman Forever.

We all know about how bad the movie was, but you won't get the full story if you don't read the book. Batman and Robin have just recently become partners. When a new enemy arrives, Mr. Freeze, they must stop him from turning the city into his own personal ice world. But that's not their only problem. Soon, Mr.Freeze joins forces with Poison Ivy and they decide to try and conquer the world together.

While all this is happening, Batman's trusty butler, Alfred, is dying, and Poison Ivy's magic dust is making Batman and Robin fight with each other. Soon, Batman, Robin, and their new partner, Batgirl, must put aside their differences and work together.

This is a great book for any Pamela Anderson or Baywatch fan! I have them for sale also. BUY one from me :)

who will come out the hero you never know you have to watch and see with each episode you get and exciting mysterie. also you can learn from each clue that you get from the show bye paying close attention and figurining out who committed the crime or who is being very clever.so to see more baywatch you have to watch and see so stay tuned and see you next time.

The BearThe Grizzly King: A Romance of the WildThe Bear I have collected Curwood's books for 40 years. The Bear--or Grizzly King is an excellent book for all ages. For anyone who has dreamed of adventure in nature, especially "The Great White North," this book will give you just that!

The Bear was the greatest book that I have read.Although some parts are not true the is still a suspense,drama,and a heartwarming story all in one.If you love bears like I do you must read the bear. WARNING:This book was not meant to teach people about bears.

Nice story for kids at christmas. Suitable for 3 years and over. My 18 month old didnt get it but she is crazy about the bear in the big blue house

Christmas is coming to the Big Blue House, but it seems like the minds of our friends Tutter, Ojo, Treelo and Pip and Pop just aren't on the holidays. They keep stealing glances out the window and are kinda sad because it's dry and windy outside and there's no snow.

Bear helps them all to see that even without snow, it's the holiday spirit that truly makes Christmas great. Another wonderful, and original, "Bear in the Big Blue House" story. The characters look like they do on the TV show, but the rest of the illustrations are original and done by a veteran pro at illustrating Muppet books --- Tom Brannon.

Please could you use the Publishers Weekly review of Beatniks from November 7 2002 - it is brilliant.

Thank you,

Marion Boyars Publishers

...It helps that at the time I bought it I was the same age as the main character and could identify too readily with her. However this is a great read, especially for those of us from the unhip provinces, or an interest in the beats, or anyone who has ever tried to be cool and interesting (which, in all honesty, is most of us).

The narrative rattles along absorbingly and there are many poignant moments and home truths along the way. Toby Litt writes a female character so well I felt slightly duped that he is a man.

And it is, actually, a very cool book!

This book is one of the mysteries on my Top Ten list. I believe it may be the best psychological mystery ever written.

The Hitchcock film Suspicion, made in 1941 with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, is based on this book. The film is wonderful - romantic, suspenseful, perfectly cast, and an excellent character study. But it disappoints in one crucial respect - the movie studio insisted on a different (and very inferior) ending than the one in the book.

So, read the book!! This book is so beautifully written, it stands as a very fine novel, in addition to its place as a mystery classic. A mood of suspense, fear and dread is maintained throughout.

There has seldom been a more sympathetic and believable portrait of the reluctant spinster/wallflower than that of Lina. Her fascination with a charming self-centered (...), Johnny, is poignant and heartbreaking. Lina is swept off her feet by Johnny and impulsively marries him. As her relationship with Johnny deepens, Lina comes to suspect that her handsome husband may be more than an irresponsible (...). She is haunted by a terrifying question - has she married a murderer?

Get a copy of this book if you can - you will not be disappointed!!

Francis Iles / Anthony Berkeley has always been one of my favourites, because his sense of humour is exactly what I enjoy most. His books are very clever and he's good at misleading - though not like traditional writers like Christie. His way of misleading is his own kind - and his sense of humour is very surprising. This is not haha-comedy, but something else.

'Before the fact' has been filmed at least twice, the first one with Cary Grant as Johnnie ('Suspicion' by Hitchcock), so many may know the story but! both movies I've seen give a very different ending than this book, so be warned!

Lina, the main character of the book is almost 30 years old and sure to end up as a spinster, when he meets charming Johnnie, who belongs to an old family but has a shady reputation. The description of how Johnnie charms Lina and how Lina falls for him has startled me with its psychological accuracy - and I was very worried about myself and thankful I'm not going to inherit 50 000 pounds, because too much of Lina seemed too familiar... Their relationship and Lina's attitude towards Johnnie and their marriage is one of the best things I've ever read - more so, when Iles succeeds to convey Lina's errors without pointing them out, just through Lina's own thoughts. Although Lina, of course, thinks she's right all the time. We know before Lina, just how faithful Johnnie really is, we in fact know Johnnie is a murderer, because in the first sentences the writer conveys: 'Some women give birth to murderers, some women marry them... Lina Aysgarth had been married for nearly 8 years before realizing he had married a murderer.' (Quotation by heart, not exact.) Iles really does it this time: he breaks all the rules of detective stories: he tells us there's a murder and who is the murderer, he lets us know the murder/s but we never really know, if they really are murders, we can just assume, and finally.... The ending is unlike anything in detective stories and left me stunned, laughing out of disbelief and then just laughing and thinking: how marvellous! And after all this it's easy to understand, how moviemakers have chosen another kind of ending - because it's still possible after all this. The options are left open.

This really gives a most delicious, yet subtle, description of Lina and Johnnie. I bet you know people like these. In detective stories there are often amoral, charming men like Johnnie - Christie had several - and they are often described as rotten apples, unable to be anything else but still charming to women. Iles gives a fuller picture through Lina's eyes. Many times you wonder, why Lina stays and lets it all happen, but Iles creates her a personality that clearly can't do much more. She's been hypnotized by her own love, her own pride and who knows what. I'm not nearly as clever as Iles was. You read and find out. But beware of the ending!