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Great work. One of the "must haves."Review Date: 2005-11-26
Great history with medium depth on the cigar reviewReview Date: 2006-05-30
Best havana reference available in the USReview Date: 2004-12-10
Excellent historical referenceReview Date: 2005-06-13
Mr. del Todesco's book, though now nearly ten years old, remains a valuable addition to the library of anyone who has an interest in Cuban cigars. The first 130 or so pages contain a detailed history of Cuba's cigar-making as well as a seed-to-cigar description of the creation of Cuban cigars. Most of these pages consist of excellent photographs of Cuba and of the farmers, torcedors and others whose skill and knowledge contribute to the manufacture of, arguably, the best cigars on earth. The last half of the book consists of sepia photgraphs and brief descriptions and tasting notes of the brands (marcas) and sizes (vitolas) of Cuban cigars that were in commercial production in 1996. Comparing these notes to more recent reviews of examples of later productions of these cigars is fascinating.
I'm glad that I happened to have stumbled onto the existence of this beautiful volume.
Unquestionably the finest book available on Cuban cigarsReview Date: 1999-07-04


A title that shouldn't be missedReview Date: 2007-08-20
GO PLAYER GHOST Review Date: 2007-02-04
I've found over the years that I can read manga or watch anime that get me interested in subjects I would never have sought on my own. The game of Go was something I had heard of but had no idea how to play before watching and reading Hikaru No Go. Even though I didn't understand every move being played by the characters I did get the GIST of what was going on, and felt suspense or excitement in what is essentially a mental game instead of a physical one. That is the true triumph of the writer and the artist. Making something that shouldn't be inherently interesting to non-players exciting and entertaining. Yumi Hotta's passion for the game really shows. Sometimes you can get swept up into another's passion through sheer force of will. The characters introduced in Volume 1 are likeable even though Sai is a little too girly for me. There's even a rival for Hikaru to go up against that is his own age, Akira Toya, the son of the best Go player in Japan, and a great talent in his own right. Great book. The anime series is good too.
best go player ever!!Review Date: 2005-08-30
The kids love it.Review Date: 2007-05-14
A great stratigic manga!Review Date: 2005-09-15
Hikaru no go is a great manga promoting the ancient chinese/japanese game go. The object of the game is use black and white pieces and occupy most of the board. You can "eat" sections of your opponent's part by totally surrounding a portion of his pieces. Hikaru no go is about a young boy (6th grade) named Hikaru who just happens to find a go board in his father's attic! It seems that only he can see the blood stains on the board and suddenly a human/ghost come out of the board and has been longing to play go for the past hundred years. Sai (the ghost that looks totally like a person) couldn't die and go to heaven until he mastered the "divine move".
At first Hikaru, like any sane person, denys Sai what he wants (to just play go) Then, also like any sane person, consents when Sai's unquenchable sadness causes Hikaru to get sick. In Japan some people devote their whole lives just playing to and become go instructors. The game originally came from China, but it became more popular in Japan. Back to the story, Hikaru goes into a go club and finds that the whole place is full of adults. The suddenly he spots a boy his age and asks to play with him. Turns out, however, that the boy his age named Akira is the son of the best go player in Japan! Sai directs Hikaru in where to put the pieces and he wins without any effort. Akira is naturally shocked seeing that the way Hikaru holds the go pieces is like a beginner, but his moves are from hundreds of years ago! Akira has basically never been beat before, being a go prodigy, so now he has a new goal: to beat Hikaru.
The story progresses and tells about how hikaru gets taught by Sai in how to play the game, and expert moves. Hikaru learns very quickly and goes from a school team, to the city tournament, to applying to become a go instructor for life! It also tells of his struggles to beat Akira and how all the upper go players are keeping an eye on him. It's interesting when Hikaru and Sai go play on-line go with other real players from around the world. You get to see Sai kicking other countries' best player's butts!
Oh yeah, did I mention that only 3 people get become go instructors each year? Akira already got a spot the year before. Do you think Hikaru is up to the challenge? If he does get in, will he be able to compete with people on/above his level?
If you like this manga, I strongly recommend "Whistle!" as well

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The I Spy books are greatReview Date: 2009-04-24
The only problem I have with them is that the riddles are too hard - we can't find everything!
I Spy BooksReview Date: 2009-01-29
Very satisfied
A great bookReview Date: 2009-01-15
Special BookReview Date: 2008-11-23
Such a fun book & good for Alzheimer's patients.Review Date: 2008-04-28

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great bookReview Date: 2009-05-03
Fun art with "Stuff" found at home!Review Date: 2009-03-23
Practical IdeasReview Date: 2008-08-11
Great ideas for PreschoolersReview Date: 2007-01-07
Brilliant for school holidays!Review Date: 2007-01-10
I haven't seen it for sale in Australia and am very glad to get it from Amazon.
We love it!

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Accurate in 2007!Review Date: 2007-11-15
There are lots of laughs to be had, and you'll find yourself sharing parts with other coaches you know.
Little Leauge Confidential: One Coach's Compleletly Unauthorized Tale of SurvivalReview Date: 2006-02-27
Favorite bookReview Date: 2008-03-06
could this be true?Review Date: 2008-02-04
In the epologue Geist confesses that he want his son Willie to be a star player but was satisfied that he made the high school varisty teams. In the end no matter how good or bad they are in little league they all eventually stop playing to do other things that interest them more or they find to have more success and rewards.
To illustrate the humor in the final game losing 12-4 Geist gives the kids sugar treats to pick up their energy. A rally starts but thinking ahead with the worst hitter Monique likely to come up with two outs, Geist gets a 40 ounce drink and gets her to leave on a bathroom break. ... This book has short easy to read chapters and integrates Geist's softball and basketball experiences in the theme of the little league season whereas Dunow had long chapters going back and forth from little league with his son to his childhood experiences with his father. Both books are good in their own way. But this one is much easier to read and more light hearted.
I am Mean Gene HuffmanReview Date: 2006-01-31
Great story. I never knew my drunken high school antics were witnessed by Bill Geist until I got to the end of the book. Geist saw me crash through his bushes and play some sloppy basketball with his son and friends for a few minutes while reminiscing about the old Little League days. And, he parlayed my mishap into a convenient parable on lost youth to wrap up his story.
Well, he's just lucky they were playing basketball that night and I wasn't trying to unload my ferocious fastball or swing a bat. Stay young, eat flax, and long live the glory days of Little League.
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Good, but could be better.Review Date: 2003-02-26
Can the Clans be stoped?Review Date: 2002-07-06
The Conclusion of the Clan invasionReview Date: 2002-02-01
The final confrontation between Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht of ComStar and ilKhan Ulric,along with Kai and Deirdre getting in love with each other (FINALLY!although it requires
almost half a year in the wilderness),only to break up again.
I LOVED the fact that SOMEONE puts an end to Romano Liao's life
(the whacko had started to get on my nerves),and Victor and Galen.......oh,well you'll see.This book, alongside with the rest of the 'Blood of Kerensky'trilogy is impossible to put down!I,personally, finshed the trilogy in two weeks.It is , simply the best of the best.READ IT!
The best I've read so far (note : PAY ATTENTION HERE)Review Date: 1998-12-30
The book is enthralling!Review Date: 1999-06-20

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A Must Have for the Recreational MathematicianReview Date: 2009-06-25
ExcellentReview Date: 2008-04-14
Martin Gardner has written very entertaining and engaging books about an incredibly wide variety of mathematical worlds and puzzles, and in the process made complex mathematical ideas come to life. This CD features 15 of his books in pdf form. The pdf files consist of page scans, which makes the pdf scroll a little slowly, but that isn't much of a problem.
I highly recommend this to anybody interested in recreational mathematics.
Garner is enlightening and engagingReview Date: 2007-05-13
Mathematical gamesReview Date: 2007-05-06
A searchable collection of ALL of Gardner's Scientific American columnsReview Date: 2007-08-04
This CD-ROM is a collection of all his articles organized according to the book in which they appeared. The books are:
*) Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions
*) The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
*) New Mathematical Diversions
*) The Unexpected Hanging and Other Mathematical Diversions
*) Martin Gardner's 6th Book of Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American
*) Mathematical Carnival
*) Mathematical Magic Show
*) Mathematical Circus
*) The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix
*) Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements
*) Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Bewilderments
*) Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers . . . And the Return of Dr. Matrix
*) Fractal Music, Hypercards and More . . .
*) The Last Recreations: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications
The opening page displays icons of all of the books and clicking on any icon switches the display to a split screen where the left section contains the table of contents and the right contains the text of the book. Clicking on any entry in the TOC takes you to that article. The collection is searchable, so if you have only a dim recollection of an article you read years ago, you will still be able to find it.
Martin Gardner is a very humble man, arguing that his skill in mathematical exposition is due to the fact that he does not know very much mathematics. He claims that this forced him to research his subject thoroughly before he began writing the article. I find this the only questionable position that he has ever taken; in my opinion the man is a mathematical genius.

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True Mind Candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Review Date: 2008-12-16
Readers of the first installment will be pleased to see that Mr. Miller has not lost a step with the follow up. New characters are introduced that manage to play an integral part in the novel without taking away from the core characters from part one. I don't want to give anything away but please know that the hunt for Nan has been intensified and NYPD is Nan's least concern as he goes forth on his mission to avenge the death of his loved ones.
Nan: The Game of Trife will offer closure but there was an opening left for a third installment aptly titled Trifecta. This closely resembles the word perfect which alludes to know doubt what I know the future release will be because Mr. Miller is definitely offering his readers mind candy!!!!!!
Hanging onReview Date: 2009-01-08
Pieces of a puzzle....Review Date: 2008-12-12
Although a story within a story, Mr.Miller introduces a new character Jada. Both Jada and Nan's path will cross on one fateful night, that will effect one another. Like pieces in a puzzle the story fits together.
Mr. Miller is on a whole other level in the writing game. He is an extremely talented writer. I totally agree with Nardsbaby he is an author that is underrated and more people really need to be checking this man's work out. You will be pleasantly surprised how this author can weave a tale.
Will It Ever Stop???Review Date: 2008-10-23
I think Mr. Miller did a wonderful job with Nan: The Game of Trife. He makes the reader root for Nan regardless of the murders he committed. The passion in Moses Miller's writing has you on the edge of your seat, wishing you could help save Nan from harm and allow him to live a normal life. Nan: The Game of Trife is a great read and a good sequel to Nan: The Trifling Times of Nathan Jones.
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HE'S DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Review Date: 2008-11-05
Ok who is this man and where and how does he find the time to entertain us readers in the manner that he does? The Game of Trife definitely picks up where The Trifling Times of Nathan Jones left us "hangin'". Moses doesn't disappoint not one bit with this sequel, it has all the action of a silver screen movie and flows like a melodic tune. Page turner is not the word I'd use to describe this book at all! I swear Moses makes us readers feel such a part of the book. He's definitely turning the literary world upside down and while he does that I sit anxiously with baited breath waiting for him to amaze me again!!!!
Purchasing the Trifling Times of Nathan Jones.......... $14.95
Purchasing Once Upon a Time in Harlem.....................$12.11
Purchasing Nan: The Game of Trife..............................$14.95
Tickets to the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Ball...............$1000.00
Reading a Moses Miller masterpiece..............................PRICELESS!!!!!
What are you waiting for? Now go out and buy all three, my name is Carla and I approve this message!!!!!

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Pokemon Pokedex is tops with my kidsReview Date: 2007-01-09
Pokemon pokedex Collector's EditionReview Date: 2006-01-16
The book on PokemonReview Date: 2006-03-22
Not bad.Review Date: 2006-03-25
Also, the book really needs a list of the various Natures and their effects.
Overall, it's a nice purchase, though, and the hardcover is a great plus.
It's a WINNER!Review Date: 2006-02-03

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Polymer Clay For the First Time-BookReview Date: 2009-06-26
You go girlReview Date: 2008-10-26
Polymer clay bookReview Date: 2008-07-02
Excelente guía para principiantesReview Date: 2007-09-05
Felicitaciones a la autora Syndee Holt.
great bookReview Date: 2008-04-27
Related Subjects: Conventions Game Design Game Studies Resources Developers and Publishers Play Groups Gambling Video Games Miniatures Trading Cards Puzzles Dice Internet Board Games Card Games Play-By-Mail Tile Games Hand Games Hand-Eye Coordination Roleplaying Party Games Coin-Op Paper and Pencil
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While this book does have descriptions and evaluations of various vitolas, the ones in MRN's book are much more thorough and complete. That does not mean that the ones you will find in the book are not useful, but they are best treated as an overview. Don't look for detail here. But then again, this book is less than half the price of the MRN book, and it is much easier to find.
Again, you probably need both books, but buy this one first. You won'd be disappointed. Makes a great coffee table book too!