ABC Books

the reviewer below is right--this ISN'T your average kids' book and that is what makes it so much fun! its silly rhymes make my 2 year old laugh out loud and although he can't say all the words, he does like to try. stick with winnie-the-pooh if you like, but if you want some bright, nonsensical fun, try this book.

Vladimir Radunsky captures all the true spirit of Lear's alphabet verse by pasting up this classic into a virtual scrapbook--full of colors and images for the next milennium. The dumpiest of pumps, a goose-stepping little goose kicking off his boots, and even Edward Lear himself runs wild through the pages. But this is not just an expression of virtuosity, it's a lot of fun, too. A wonderful introduction to the alphabet and the work of two masters.

I am going to invest in a TIC and bought this book. I found it helpful and written in an easy-to-read way for a complicated subject. I feel like I understand what I need to know about TICs. I have done a 1031 exchange before but anyone who has not will benefit from that chapter, too. The book had some practical advice.

This is an excellent primer on a very complicated, but increasingly popular, form of real estate investment. The author clearly understands the relative risks and benefits of TIC deals and explains the key issues in everyday language. Real estate investors considering 1031 like-kind exchanges would be well served to read this book.

This is a great book to help children learn historical events as well as make meaningful connections to math and quilting. It would be fun to have them make a quilt of their own. The ABC format adds to the charm of the book

As an elementary school teacher, I incorporate the whole language philosophy into my classroom. I spent an entire month linking the curriculum of my school district to Ms. Ann Whitford Paul's literature. My students learned about math, science, social studies and reading using "Quilts" as our theme. We created individual quilt squares to represent each of my 33 students and I lovingly sewed them together. Quality literature is at the core of my teaching. Eight Hands Round demonstrated such quality and brought joy to my classroom.

My Spanish is not the best so I prefer to write this in English. I wanted to send the small button run without foot pedal sewing machine to my sister in law in Mexico to learn to sew on so I also purchased this book to go with it. She said the book helped so much and she has read it. As the information for the book, descriptions and photos were excellent I decided to purchase this one. It came in excellent condition and it looked very good for a beginner. So far she has made pillows and a skirt for her daughter using this book and the small sewing machine that my other sisters in law are raving about such that they also want sewing machines. They loved this book and it helped them. They have never used a sewing machine or made clothing before and this book helped them. I figured if they had time to do punch needle they might as well learn to sew. For now I am top of their list for thinking up gifts such that the husbands who are working electrical contracts here are asking me how to send packages to their wives now because of the sewing machine and book they love so much. Thank you for describing and selling this so well in Spanish and English such that I know it is in Spanish.

Es un excelente libro para personas que estan aprendiendo el arte de la costura. El libro contiene informacion sobre el equipo basico, como pegar botones, zipper, como utilizar el equipo. Las fotos son de gran ayuda.

this is the work of a great visual artist.

see also James Williamson's
"Ladybug's Birthday" - a masterpiece

- this is a world class artist with a fully developed
individual gift - unlike so much of what is sold
to your children - this is not "product "
this is a vehicle through which light can pass.....
beautiful

how great for your kids imagination!
enjoy!

What a clever story! This is a great way to get young children interested in learning the alphabet. It is so funny to see what happens when L, M, N, O and P get fed up and leave the ABC's. It really teaches kids to appreciate each and every letter. The subtle messages of appreciating language, value for the individual, and good, old fashioned enunciation, come across as playful and fun in this wonderful book. The pop-ups and tabs are really great and the characters are bright and lively, so that even the youngest children can play and learn.

A refreshingly varied and up-to-date coverage of areas of American culture that have been impacted significantly by Jews.

Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, the "Encyclopedia Of American Jewish History" is a two volume compendium of information covering every aspect of more than three and a half centuries of Jewish immigrants and their descendants with respect to their influence and impact upon American culture -- as well as the Jewish communities elsewhere in the world. Here detailed are the seminal contributions of Jewish Americans to academia, the arts, politics, the professions, the sciences, music, and American popular culture in general. Enhanced throughout, this two volume set features essays, maps, documents, tables, charts, and a thoroughly 'reader friendly' text that makes it especially appropriate and strongly recommended for school as well as community library Judaic Studies and American History reference collections.

The 2-volume set Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions is a top pick for any high school to college-level collection strong in world religious studies. It packs in an A-Z listing of articles on sociology, religious studies, and philosophy, surveying various religious traditions, beliefs, mind/body/spirit connections and philosophies, and more. Each article comes with a bibliography for further reading, perfect for supplemental religious studies review, and important as introductions to world religious beliefs on love.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I won't feign objectivity ... I believe this invaluable resource will prove to be amazingly helpful for anyone who is interested in the great religious traditions of the world. That's why I signed on to the project with Yudit Greenberg, and why I'm honored to have two articles in this encyclopedia (on the topics of Christian Teachers of Love and Hospitality Across the Religions).

There are few subjects that interest us more than love, yet for all the ways we use and abuse the notion, just what is love? It bears such profound importance in so much of human religiosity yet are we prepared to offer a definition for it? This volume will surely be of great use to those of us who are thirsting to understand love's place in the teachings of the great religions. Every library should invest in a copy. I believe it's destined to be one of those important, comprehensive resources that must not be overlooked.

I've been reading and studying about the Korean War recently. I had bought this encyclopedia some months ago in anticipation of this. While I have read only a few entries in the encyclopedia, the ones I have read have all been very informative with good depth. As might be expected given the length of the book, there is a wide range of topics covered.

As to format, there is a very useful listing of all the topic entries at the front of the book, along with a plethora of plain but clear maps. I might mention though, that the map on p. xxviii, intended to be a map of the Inchon landings, is actually a reprint of the initial North Korean invasion map. Also, under the entry for "Orders of Battle", one is directed to Appendix I, which seems to be missing. However, in an undertaking as extensive as this, these anomolies are minor.

In sum, this book is a very important and useful addition to Korean War historiography. I'm certainly glad it exists and that I bought it!

Encyclopedia Of The Korean War: A Political, Social, And Military History is deftly edited by Spencer C. Tucker and presents the reader with a thorough, comprehensive, in-depth, and deeply researched compendium of knowledge over the Korean conflict often referred to as "The Forgotten War." Entries are listed in A to Z format; black-and-white photographs sparsely illustrate the detailed, matter-of fact text. Strongly recommended for school and community library military history collections, the Encyclopedia Of The Korean War is a superbly presented reference for looking up details concerning people, places, weapons, politics, military actions and much more about this pivotal Asian conflict.

Very strongly recommended for both school and community library historical reference collections, Encyclopedia Of The Wars Of The Roses by historian and educator John A. Wagner is a thorough and informatively presented historical account of the grueling war of the fifteenth century between the House of York and the House of Lancaster that came to be known as the "War of the Roses". These were two factions of the British aristocracy who shed a great deal of blood in political intrigues and armed confrontations as they strove for the power to rule England. Entries are arranged in "user friendly" A-to-Z format giving detailed information on the battles, historical figures, key events, and more for a prolonged civil war that became a engaging subject for Shakespeare plays and Hollywood movies.

Arranged in an A to Z format, John Wagner's Encyclopedia Of The Wars Of The Roses is a superbly presented survey of the war that took place by rival factions for the English Throne in the second half of the 15th Century. The House of York fought against the House of Lancaster in a conflict that ebbed and flowed for ten decades before achieving a final resolution. Here are all the personalities, events, politics, issues, and battles that comprised this historic and often bloody conflict from the 1460 Act of Accord, Richard III, and Henry VI, to the 1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross, the Neville-Percy Feud, and the Tower of London. John Wagner's Encyclopedia Of The Wars Of The Roses is an impressive, very highly recommended, single volume reference that covers the socioeconomic dimensions of the conflict as well as the military aspects of this era of English history.

This book is very informative in helping me create an authentic early home. The illustrations by the author are fabulous. I recommend all of Eric Sloan's books to anyone who is interested in learning about earlier days and how people lived. His books are wonderful! I have learned so much from Eric Sloane's books regarding how people lived their day to day lives and what objects they made to use for different jobs. A very easy read but, extremely informative.

From the basic european tithe barns and farmhouses that matured into this country's architecure and repeats it's basic load bearing beauty across our america, and is as much a stamp of who we are, as an american eagle is. To see our architectural heritage, and America being both torn down and copied, is quite moving i'm sure to a purist such as eric sloan. i have a large library of rural american country structures, and eric sloan is not only the guru of farmhouse source material, he is the only one who really knows, reminding us to get right and keep it right, before we sell our heritage off completely, as many other unique countries have done. i am thankful that he is being published again, as i have a small fortune into his old books, in trying to track them down used and rare over the years. i re-look at them more than any others on my architectural shelf. his "an age of barns" is also a must own book.
jim brolin...los angeles designer/builder Rural