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As the mother of a newly diagnosed child with Fragile X, I found this book very encouraging. It doesn't hide the difficulties of life with a child with special needs, but she reminded me that there is hope.

It was a fairly easy read. I think I finished it in one day.

First off, I'm a bit biased as Elizabeth is my sister-in-law and Zack is my nephew. But even so, I was wasn't expecting to relate much with Elizabeth except in terms of family history and common experiences. I found however that my wife and I had shared many of the same frustrations, worries and anxieties with our own three kids, albeit on a much smaller scale. My point is that I think all parents and even would-be parents would get something out of this book. They will relate to much of Elizabeth's story and at the same time will gain valuable perspective on special-needs families. I'd also say this book is a must for any child care professional. Finally, it's a great read! Elizabeth has a very rich, dynamic and engaging writing style that draws you in. I could barely put it down and finished it in two sittings. Get a copy for yourself and one for a freind!

This is a book that you wish wouldn't end because each chapter is flush with technical and artistic lessons of enormous practical value. Mr. Rockwell teaches you how to use paths and points in remarkably sophisticated ways to simulate reality. He covers the most complex FreeHand operations and manipulations in a style that is thoughtful, instructive, and easy to follow. How often does one encounter a skillful artist, adept technician, and superior communicator all in the same skin?

If you have a serious interest in refining your vector skills, and if you take pleasure in artistic discovery, then get hold of this book and don't let it go until you've read it all. But be forewarned: you may find yourself using FreeHand in ways you never thought imaginable. You may even find yourself preferring paths and points to pixels and paintbrushes!

Finally, a real illustrator who can write too!! This book is packed full of inspiring real world desgins. The author then proceeds to teach us how to produce these top class images using FreeHand.

Instead of teaching how to use FreeHand it is an INTERMEDIATE book which shows you how to do cut-out designs, theres a car, a bird, a realistic jewel case, products with labels added and much more. If you go to a bookstore, browse the 32 page color section and you'll be blown away with the quality of the projects contained in this book.

There is photorealism, drawing with stylized brushes, wonderful perspective projects, 3D for the web, using envelops and TONS more.

This is the book to get if you are already comfortable with FreeHand and want to expand your creative abilities.

The year is 2073. The United States has been divided with parcels of land given to African Americans. These are institutionalized ghettos, surrounded by walls, guarded, and monitored heavily by police (called "Bruisers" for their love of inflicting pain). The story follows two men living in New Watts: Ashleigh and Zeke. Ashleigh is a radical actor who presents street plays based on outlawed books such as The Autobiography of Malcolm X (his great, great grandfather). Zeke works for The Man by day (for which he gets a pass outside of the city) while running a cell of Black Radicals by night.

It's only a matter of time until the two men's paths cross. As it is, the whole book becomes "a matter of time." From the opening scene which sets up a device used by law enforcement to reverse time after a crime has occurred (where the criminal would be arrested for something they intend to do), author Kent Smith introduces a science fiction element which sounds like it might rival the "pre-crime" scenario of Philip K. Dick's "Minority Report." When Ashleigh and Zeke team up, they decide to hijack the time travel device and use it for resetting history, going back to 1964 and encouraging Malcolm X to initiate a Black Revolution.

When Ashleigh finally sees his ancestor, it's the moment when Malcolm X is stabbed in an airport bathroom. Scared out of his wits, Ashleigh pulls off the greatest performance of his life, taking over the life of X. Black Power meets the Space Time Continuum in this insightful take which draws upon Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. Future X also strongly recalls Michael Moorcock's sci-fi classic, Behold the Man, in which a time traveler assumes the life of Jesus of Nazareth, bowing to a fate which seems predestined.

Holloway was a notoriously cheap publisher. It's obvious that they didn't spend much (if anything) on proofreading Smith's work. It's dotted with typos, occasional homonym abuse (perfectly understandable), and an occasional misspelling ("looser" rather than "loser"). Luckily, these are easy to overlook due to the story being so compelling.

As a young Blackman who has been an astute reader since I was a child, I found this book incredible. Kent has a wonderful ability of story telling unlike anything I have read in quite some time. In the book I found this extremely interesting that he fingered the RAND Corporation in experimenting with time travel, Marshall Law and "the outlaw of reading books", just like it used to be back on the PLANTATION............. HMMMM. If you like science fiction, then this is a must have, you won't be able to put it down till your finished.

This story shows marvels southern beau in a new light. See how he is without the other x-men to keep him inline buy this book

I have read TONS and TONS of graphic novels, however this one stands out in my mind as one of the best. In the 90's (this may shock a lot of you) wolverine was not the favorite character of at least 50 percent of x-men fans. There was another character that had much of the spotlight, Gambit. This character was mysterious, a thief, whom none of the x-men knew much about. This story was about some of his mysteries, it had great art and afterwards Gambit gained many fans. I recommend any fan of comics to give this a try. The art is amazing and I believe you would like it.

I need to review the admission sensor of the motor, my car is 1996's mode

I need to review the function, how to repair and the cost of "admission sensor" of the motor, my car is 1996's model

Richard Thau and Jay Heflin have assembled an extremely smart and useful anthology for anyone of any generation (especially Gen Xers) who feel in their bones that the next quarter century will bring real trouble. Among their best items are a remarkable 1911 exchange of views between the middle-aged Cornelia Comer (of the Missionary Generation) and the young Randolph Bourne (Lost Generation) that sounds quite similar to the Boomer-Xer dialogue of the '90s--and very different from the Generation Gap of the '60s. It's an instructive example of the cycle of generations at work. You might as well face it, Xers and Boomers: You're going to be tested on all this material, when Social Security enters its melt-down phase later in your lives, so you might as well read the book.

This book would not be possible if not for the federally sanctioned, penultimate pyramid scam known as social security. The viewpoints illustrated in this book put into perspective what generational warfare is all about.

I truly recommend this book to readers that are either living...THE LIFESTYLE or have an interest in it.This book is truly a gem and truly helps readers to better understand that a Dominate / Master need not be cruel or mean but rather loving , caring and very protective over HIS slave / property.This book makes the person reading it actually FEEl AND GO TRHOUGH THE MANY EMOTIONS THAT THE SUBMISSIVE / slave goes through in this book.I personally cried, laughed, smiles ans YES got wet..blushes now..........THIS BOOK ROCKS.............grinz......good luck Sir .hugs, marina.aka THE better one.winks

I went into this thinking it would be just another "BDSM" book,
and was quite suprized to find just how informative this book was. Being new to the "Lifestyle" it gave me much to think about. I could not put the book down! I related to Lisa and felt as though i was living through her, or longed to anyway.
It taught me a great deal about what i want, and the difference
between staying because i wanted to and staying out of fear.
It showed me just how loving a Master/slave relationship should be.
I highly reccomend this book for anyone who has so many questions,(as i did)or just for some good reading.
I found my emotions coming to a head, and in the end, as i read and cried....my heart felt good!
This is a MUST READ!!

I read this back in 1976 immediately after reading Teichmann's Smart Aleck - The Wit, World and Life of Alexander Woollcott, and I could see reading both books again, as Howard Teichmann has a gift for bringing wit to life. However, Kaufman has the more interesting life by far--and I don't just mean because of Mary Astor! Teichmann captures the atmosphere of this circle of unparalled wits, so that you can enjoy the humor with hangover optional. This book would also be interesting to re-read along with Moss Hart's, Act One, to see their play writing collaboration from both sides.

This biography of George Kaufman is excellent and that's just for openers. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of this brilliant playwright, satirist, ladies' man, genius, comic wit, husband, father and friend. He led an incredibly full and fascinating life. The company he kept was unparalleled. The book reveals his earliest days as a child growing up in Pennsylvania,to his marriage to Beatrice, along with his many collaborations with the top writers of the period; many who joined him at the Algonquin Round Table. The book discusses the many women in his life, of which there were many. Not surprising. One chapter is devoted to his relationship with his daughter, Anne. The entire book is excellent; a real page turner! George S. Kaufman was incredibly talented and complex. I love this book! I've read it probably thirty time easily. Obviously this forum wasn't expecting this book to be reviewed or it would have given the option to rank a book 10 stars, which is what I rate it. I can't say enough good things about George S. Kaufman. The book also reveals the meaning behind his middle initial. BRAVO!

Susan Meagher, one of the best writers in lesbian fiction today, shows off her range in this impressive collection of sexy "girl meets girl" stories. Readers are treated not only to fresh characters, but stories told in different voices, with different tones, and in multiple styles and lengths. It's nice to see an author stretch her wings a bit. And Ms. Meagher does that fully with "Girl Meets Girl." This is another solid offering from Brisk Press. Give it a try.

I love Susan X Meagher's stories, and getting seven in one shot is a real treat. Except I read it very quickly and now I want seven more.

The erotica is as advertised -- scintillating -- but there's more to Girl Meets Girl than sex. Meagher's done a great job of stirring adventure, romance or promise into each vignette. That's difficult to do in a short story, but this isn't your typical anthology. With only seven tales -- instead of the twenty or so found in most collections -- Meagher is able to deliver deeper characters, people you'll cheer home.

If you're looking for a formula, you won't find it here. There's nothing in the ordinary. You'll be swept into each story quickly, as you were in "Narc," her sizzling contribution to Undercover Tales. Just don't try to predict how the story will end.

this book is out of print, but I recommend you try to find it used. such a wonderful book. it's set in Northern England at the time of the miners' strike in 1929. I used to get it out of the library several times a year when I was a kid, and as an adult I sought it out. it absolutely stands up to reading it as an adult; there are so many nuances I didn't get when I was 11. It's simply marvelous.

What a great great book! I have read this book many years ago in its Hebrew translation and have been searching for an original language copy ever since. I finally succeeded in purchasing this book through Julian Brogi, one of Amazon used book dealers. Reading the book in its original form has been a wonderful, unique experience. The author uses the slang and common language used at the time and place of the book (although the words can be understood from context, the book provides a glossary in the end) and this adds to the total experience of feeling "Coalgate" in its true form (as far as I understand Coalgate is not a true town, but more a combination of a few coal mining towns but I might very well be mistaken) One short example of the language can be the following arbitrary chosen phrase "Ay, I heard, said Mam. Dear knows how it'll all end. What does your man say?' Mr. Park was a pitman. 'Does he think the' really will strike? You couldn't blame them... That old Strike: folks'd been going on about that Strike for weeks. '... but there'll be a bonnie lot hungered if the' do...the bairns..." .
The story is about Jinnie Friend, an 11 year old girl who has been feeling bad lately due to her "overdoing it" in school, following a period of exams. Jinnie is troubled by her worries that she will not get the scholarship she needs for attending the Secondary school on her way to becoming a teacher. Jinnie's dad, the strict Mr. Friend, adds to her worries by claiming a person "should stay in the station to which God has called... not try to get above yourself which was a sin..." The doctor recommends that Jinnie has a complete change and have a week holiday, and hence Jinnie is on her way to her favorite "Gran at Coalgate " for a week vacation. What a vacation this turns to be! Coalgate is not like home, with Jinnie's father, who is very strict in religion and does not allow any "regular" life enjoyments...Gran lets Jinnie to go to the movies, eat fish and chips and even go to a dance, or more a "church social" as Jinnie constantly reminds herself (so as the word Dance will not slip out of her mouth). Coalgate visit is a "growing up" experience for Jinnie. She is insulted when treated as a child but can not always understand the grownups and their weird ways. This confusion is very well described and so is the way an 11 year old thinks. The story is also a story of the "pitman" - the miners and their way of life, described with a loving eye. Daily life is described in detail and so are the family and neighbors surrounding "Gran's" compassionate, understanding figure. This is a true hard working woman, stable as a rock, who struggles to cut ends and make a living for her family but does not forget for one minute what's important in life.
I can not understand why this book is marked as fitting to ages 4-8. I judge it to be appropriate for young adolescence ages 12-16 and have enjoyed it tremendously as an adult. I am quite positive that younger kids will not be able to understand the story. Also, as the previous reviewer mentioned, there are many nuances you can understand only as an adult and thus, the book is more enjoyable. The author (who has grown up in Northumberland, England) describes the area and its people that have inspired (as the cover says) all her books. Indeed, you can feel how acquainted she is with the place and people and can share the love she feels for them. So be a bonnie lass and get this book for yourself!