Scott Wolf Books

Any college-level arts library collection including classes or studies in stained glass will want to include this specialty history, which examines the collaboration between draftsmen and glass painters in southern Germany and Switzerland from 1480 to 1530. While Albrecht Durer is the focus here, others are examined for their contributions to the stained glass field and Painting on Light is packed with drawings and color examples of their works in a unique, appealing presentation.

Scott C.S. Stone is a legend in Hawaii. He is a very strong and resourceful man with a heart of gold. He was also a mercenary in Indochina. The Song of the Wolf reflects many of the experiences of the author as a young man. And then some. You will never regret reading such a fine adventure novel.

This is probably one of the best books, of the few favorites of mine, that I have ever read. I have alomost nothing but praise for this book. The only dissapointing thing in this book it that 1 or 2 chapters were axactly like that of which Lad from Lad: a dog had. That one chapter (I think it was one) was a little boring concidering but so far it's been very excellent and I know it will stay that way. I don't kniw why it says age group 4-8. That it completely wrong. It is for all ages. I hate when Amazon screws up because then we get false information. I recommend this book to everyone.

I read this book in a college class. It's a delightful conversation, via school work, between a boy and a teacher and he learns to express himself through poetry.

It's simple, touching, and a most effective way to show some deep emotion of kids.

The book that I read was, Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. This book is about a school class that is learning about poems. There is a student named jack, and he loves to write poetry. But gets embarrassed about it, so he never puts his name on any of his papers. But then Jack realizes that his writing is actually neatly organized poetry and that best poems come from the heart and soul. A wonderful poetic author, Dr. Walter Dean Myers, fascinates Jack. Jack becomes a fan, and eventually meets Walter Dean Myers and becomes inspired. Love That Dog was not my favorite book, but still was neatly written. It was thought out and was appropriate for the age group. In Love That Dog there was only one main character, which made it easier to follow through the story. In my opinion that is one of the main criteria I look for in a book. The book had easy to follow vocabulary, which also made it easier to read. It also made sense as the book went on, not confusing at all. I felt that I understood the book, which was needed when I read the book.

love that dog is about a boy that says he can't write poems, but when his writing is in his jounel and his teacher is writing back. Then an anthors comes to school and see the boys poem and says he sould write more. So he writes one about his dog that a speeding car hits and killes.

It's a charming, delightful, true book about 10 yo boys and poetry. My 10yo boy agrees with most of it (he's not quite as in love with poetry by the end, but he's getting there) I would recommend this to anyone with a child struggling to appreciate poetry but especially to boys. It's so loving and light filled. It's a delightful book and a real treasure. We're keeping it!

When you have 30 minutes to yourself, read this book, or read half of it one day and the other half the next day.

I do not have a dog, but I have known love. Poets, dog lovers, and lovers of the world will find the heart in this book.

I read the book Betsy who cried wolf its about how Betsy whose a shepherd. There's a wolf that's first her enemy and then when the wolf comes town from the woods when Betsy blows her wolf whistle .she cries wolf and then when the farmer's come the wolf goes back into the woods and hides the next day the wolf comes back down and Betsy cries wolf and less farmers came and said if you cry wolf one more time then send you back to shepherd school. Then the wolf comes again and she cries wolf but no farmers came so the wolf was really hungry and so Betsy gave him some pie and then while Betsy was getting her shirt un pricked from a pricker bush the sheep were going down a mountain there would of died if the wolf didn't save them because the wolf turned good. Then as for thanks she asked him to stay with her.
I liked the book because it was different then other books and most people because people don't like all of the books about one book they like different books about another thing.



The message is if someone needs help then help him or her because Betsy helped the wolf then at the end the wolf helped Betsy.



The vocabulary is just right for kids between 8-10 because I'm 9 and its just right for me.


The conflict is that at first
the wolf is Betsy's enemy then they become friends. Because the wolf kept tricking her and he got her in trouble.


The illustrations are great because they have great details and they're colorful.

The characters are great because they're different then other characters in other books.

I don't think there are any other versions but if there are I would like to read them.

I think the indented audience is for people that have a lot of imagination because they have talking animals and you would have to use your imagination.

Hands down, this is my daughter's FAVORITE bedtime book. She loves it and demands it every single night. The pace is great, and it's a really fun book to read aloud. Despite having read this book about 36 gazillion times, I still enjoy reading it. The illustrations are wonderful and really make the book.

"On her eighth birthday, Betsy took the Shepherds' Oath. She was going to be the best shepherd in Bray Valley history. And any wolf who tried to eat her sheep had better watch out!" Well Zimmo, the last wolf on the mountain, had other ideas. He was very hungry and he had a plan to outwit this new shepherd. The next day, just as Betsy was getting started, Zimmo appeared. Quickly, she blew her whistle and cried wolf, and the townspeople came running. But when they arrived, all they saw was Betsy and the sheep. Zimmo had cleverly disappeared. Betsy got a lecture. Later in the day, the whole episode repeated itself, and this time, Betsy was sent back to Shepherd School for a little refresher course. The next morning, the town decided to give her one last chance. She took the sheep up to the pasture and there was the wolf again. But this time, Betsy takes matters into her own hands..... Gail Carson Levine's comical twist on the old, Boy Who Cried Wolf folktale, stars a feisty and endearing heroine, but the story is a bit too pat and predictable, lacks the drama of the original, and concludes with a silly ending that just doesn't ring true. The real star of this book is illustrator, Scott Nash. His bold, bright, and hilarious, cartoon-like illustrations, complete with witty, sheep asides and thought balloons are engaging, expressive, and filled with eye-catching detail. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, Betsy Who Cried Wolf is not the best of the fractured folktale/fairy tale genre, but it's worth a read, if only for a peek at Nash's wonderful artwork.

Using the framework of classic Greek drama for thefiction/metaplot parts, Cohen and DiPesa have put together the first compelling book of Mage's Revised Edition.

For some reason, even though he's listed on the cover, Mr. DiPesa gets no credit with Amazon. What is the deal with that?

As a Mage LARP Storyteller, I found this book to be very useful in helping me deal with the problem of vampires. (And in particular, a certain ghouled mage). The greek style drama about the Massasa War was both interesting and informative.

Other than giving information about the Order of Hermes' reaction to Tremere and vampires and general, Blood Treachery also gives some information on the Celestial Umbrood amd gives information on ghouled mages.

My only complaint really about this book is that it lacks Mind's Eye Theatre conversions. But the information packed into the book more than makes up for this.

This book is a must have book, for those that want to do campaign s where you have mixed characters, or just want to give extra flavor to your stories. It about time White Wolf released a book to explain in cleaner detail, what really happened with the Tremere, what is all that brought them there, and how the Order of Hermes really feels about it. This is besides the point of making rules for the revenant, ghoul mages...

The Legions have the most members compared to the other psi orders. They are the soldiers of humanity. Their primary mission is to protect humanity from aberrants, aliens, and from itself. This book expands on each one of the seven legions in the psi order. New psychokinetic powers were introduced and many of them were useful. The amount of detail on the legions such as their numbers, history, training, recruitment and commanding staff was a fast and entertaining read.

Their homebase of Australia was also given a lot of space in the book. What separated this book from the other ones, was that the cultures of each one of the Australian states were discussed. Though viewed as the new melting pot after the USA became the FSA, Australia still suffers from many social problems. This book was realistic in its portrayal of what the region would be like given its policies and populations.

This is one of the best psi order/region books available for Trinity. Little fluff and plenty of substance. It is useful for both storytellers and players who want to use the Legions and/or Australia in their games.

In the world of Trinity, the Earth is treatened by various forces: the alien Chromatics, the all powerful and lunatic Aberrants and the crossbreeding Coalition. The Earth has the Psionic orders, humans with great but sometimes limited powers. This book tell us about one of the orders: The Legions. Like an armada of soldiers but with the ability to use their mind with the gift of Psychokinesis. This discipline devides in 3 branches: Pyrokinesis, Cryokinesis and Telekinesis. In the book they explain how the Psion uses this powers and the full structure about the order. Besides being an Order book, it explain us about Australia, the Legion's homebase. From political conflicts to local lifestyles, this book tells us what we need to run a chronicle on Australia. A good book, worth a look.

My reason for getting this book is that I am currently planning a plot line for an epic-level Exalted game. Pretty ambitious, considering it'll be the first Exalted game I've DMed. Anyway, the plot line necessitates a repentant Abyssal, so I needed to read up on them.
Abyssals are heinous. That's just the way they were made. I mean, just look at their Charms!!! Ouch. Just, ouch.
I was surprised the book had as much information as it did. Full bios of 8 of the 13 deathlords (intentional, so the storyteller can also make up her own), full character creation rules for ghosts, and three circles of necromancy spells! (and those are heinous too)
It also discussed the turning of Solars to Abyssals and the much more difficult turning of Abyssals to Solars (albeit, in passing). I was thrilled, as this is exactly what my story line will be about. This is an awesome resource, though I would never want to play a truly evil Abyssal.

A very illuminated work about darkness in Creation. Mentions the true name of a Deathlord.

While the book is plumb full of interesting ideas and really abstract and creative details, it's really not the coolest Exalted book so far. In fact, since the Dragonblooded came out, I wonder where the authors' coolness ran. While reading the book I get flashed images of a bunch of middle aged former D&Ders sitting around a table, drinking soda and eating potato chips, trying to fit every single idea into this book. (Like a "Dual Monarchy" which is actually four personalities. Wait? Monarchy? Dual? What?) It's far too detailed, and this really takes away from those initial "cool ideas."
Yeah, the powers are cool, and Abyssals are tanks to fear -- that much is true. Don't by this book for the literature or the setting.

I'm not sure which book the reviewer who called this book uninspired was reading. I would consider this to be quite possibly the most flavorful and inspired offering for Exalted that White Wolf has released to date. As opposed to Lunars or Dragon Bloods where the systems are mere formalities which are there to fill potential holes in the system, the mechanics of the Abyssals simply drip with sanguine flavor. Who can oppose a system with "Artful Maiming Technique" or "Crimson Petal Armor," with in game descriptions that just drip with creepy majesty.

A lot of the descriptions of the Underworld and the way it makes is torn right out of Wraith, but Exalted has always borrowed from the World of Darkness, and Wraith was among the coolest World of Darkness settings (largely unplayable, but übercool.) Reading this book also makes Wraith make more sense, which is helpful.

The weakness of this book is that it's not as playable a game as, say, dragon blooded or the Core book. But it's definitely cooler than either, and not in a "I embrace all things of angst" sort of way. It's creepy and wonderfully detailed, and flows naturally. You have to play either a villain or a tragic antihero, but my experience is that such things yield some of the least angsty characters in the hands of experienced RPGers ("Okay, I'm damned... better get over it and deal.") Despite the fact that it's not as playable as Core or DB. It's significantly better than Lunars and possibly the coolest Exalted book yet.

White Wolf is doing a great job of sneaking out it's large scale settings books mixed in with sufficient crunchy bits to keep the kids interested.

This book is largely about ghosts, and the politics of the underworld with a later section on the hard rules of creating and playing Abyssals. I noticed a certain disconnect over when they were talking about normal ghosts and when they were talking about the Abyssals.

To be honest, I had no intention of ever letting my players play these guys, and just got the book for the setting materials, and a hint of flavour from the powers section. To that end, the book served me well, making many references to the older wraith game, but adding enough new details to give it a unique exalt feel.

If you really want crunchy bits for playing abyssal exalted, or are interested in how the underworld works, buy this book.

If you are interested in old style world of darkness vampires, this game is not for you. If you enjoy party based games like D&D on a smaller scale, then this game is for you. Of course, I wish a shorter version of this book existed.

White Wolf has responded to customer criticism and shelved the proposed liscensing policy mentioned in a previous review, so don't make your decision based on that information...

I was one of those hardcore Old World of Darkness players - I swore that I would NEVER touch the NWoD. What a mistake!

I have begun playing in the new system. The new system I have found to be fast, effective, and fun! The LARP system for NwoD is far more effective and easy to use with more depth and dimension than the orginal LARP system.

Also, this book is hardcover, meaning it can survive the abuses a LARP can dish out even better.

An excellent reset of the LARP system. Most of the book is essentially reprinted from the sit-down book, but there are some subtle changes. Transferring characters from RP to LARP is essentially effortless, as very little changes. A few disciplines change how they work, such as Vigor, but the dots on the paper don't change. I love the new Status system; it'll create even more political unrest and machinations than before. In some ways, Status might be the most important of all the stats in the live-action. Combat is less deadly by comparison; it's difficult to kill anyone now, which is probably a good thing. Poison their friends against them though...which to me is more what Vampire should be about.

I know there are always going to be those that cling desperately to the old ways; gamers are often the worst of the lot when it comes to this, still playing 1st edition Dungeons & Dragons or whatever. But if you approach this with something of an open mind, you will be impressed. I know I was.

This is a very deep and thurough look at the scavenger lands. The only bad part of it is that it often leave certain things without stats, as in these tombs of former exalted that annhilate their would be thieves...eh,jsut pet piev though. But all in all, if you are interested in this part of the game world, buy it.

A must-have if you want to run games in the setting used in the Exalted books. Though the Core book gives some basic setting information, Scavenger Sons actually gives you enough detail to provide starting points for adventures and campaigns, as well as interesting backstories for characters, for any area of the world (not just the Scavenger Lands, as the name implies). If you play like I do, having more setting detail is extremely helpful. Overall, the book is well-written, though be warned that there isn't a whole lot in the way of new rules - if you buy books only for the crunch and could care less about setting detail, you might want to save the money for a new fatsplat instead. However, keep in mind that when the new edition comes out, this book won't become obsolete like many of the others might.

This sourcebook is meant for the Exalted role-playing game and details the lands surrounding the Blessed Isle (known as the Threshold), including the Scavenger Lands to the East. Overall the book is very well done, providing interesting adventure hooks and details to bring the people, customs, and cities in the Threshold to life. The chapter on Nexus is especially well done with lots of adventure ideas and will be useful for GMs who plan to take their games there.

The only con is that there are no maps provided (except one for the Scavenger lands in Chapter 5) and you will have to rely on the maps that came with the main Exalted rulebook.

The chapters are:

Ch1: The North.
Descrbes the frozen lands north of the Blessed Isle and its people, customs and cities. Includes details of the Haslanti League (a loose confederation of city-states on the shores of the White Sea), iceships and airboats.

Ch2: The East
Describes the lands to the East of the Blessed Isle, but deals mostly with the areas outside of the Scavenger Lands proper which has its own chapter. There is a detailed section on the Sijan the city of the dead, and sections on the people, customs and creatures of the forest lands.

Ch3: The South.
Describes the cities and inhabitants of Gem, Chiaroscuro, the Varang City-States, Harborhead, and the surrounding lands. Nexus is described in a separate chapter. There are notes on Firedust and weapons (e.g. Firewands) using this unique substance.

Ch4: The West
Details the islands of the West, including Wavecrest, Coral , Skullstone, and the dreaded Lintha pirate family.

Ch5: The Scavenger Lands
Describes the so-called Scavenger Lands and includes a detailed history of the River Province. The cities of Lookshy, Great Forks, Sijan, Greyfalls, and Denandsor are described in some detail. A separate section deals with the unique creatures of Mount Metagalapa (hawkriders,birdmen, and great rocs).

Ch6: Nexus
An in-depth description of the teeming megapolis of Nexus which includes descriptions of the surrounding lands, laws, the council, the guild, and the various districts and neighborhoods. A separate section details the First Age Tombs of the Exalted in Nexus, complete with their deadly traps.

Appendix1: Groups and Organisations
Describes the various power factions in the Threshold including the Guild and the Children of the Wyld in greater detail.

Appendix2: The Fair Folk
A thorough discussion on the Fair Folk. This chapter covers the varieties of Fair Folk and their unique powers (Glamour) done in much greater detail than the sections in the main Exalted rulebook.