Adam Books

The 13th is Magic has haunted my imagination since I read it as a child more than 50 years ago. I came back to it on discovering recently that The Cat's Fugue is a real piece of music by Scarlatti (Sonata 30 in Kirkpatrick numbering). It has become one of my favorites. Other memorable associations are with whistling, pennies, and Robert Heinlein's story The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (also involving a non-existent floor in a building).

Yes, indeed, The 13th is Magic needs to be brought back into print, or else the copyright laws brought back to sanity. Under the old rules (28 years, renewable for another 28), its copyright would have run from 1950 to 2006. Now I don't even know how long it is protected (author's lifetime plus 75 years=??, but certainly later than 2025), to the profit of nobody, not the author, not the publishers, and especially not the children.

This is a book that definitely should come back in print!

My favorite book as a middle-schooler, it introduced me to fantasy for children in a me (to me) truly exotic location--New York City. How exciting it is to remember Merlin the black cat, who leads young Jill and and her brother Ronnie on magical adventures in Central Park, in a medieval dragon-"infested" castle, among the constellations, with Indian head pennies come to life, and much more. And it's funny too!

I just got this calendar and it totally rocks, I'm glad someone is finally speaking for all of us nerds!!!

Thanks Nerdcore, you should totally do more stuff!!! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

I'll keep this short: every year the passes, the Nerdcore calendar only gets better. Hell, it's not like any other calendar. It's big (12x18 inches), it's printed on quality paper, and even after the year passes, it's still worth holding onto. The 'Nerdy Holidays' are the coolest part -- lots of interesting dates from major movie releases to comic book anniversaries to, one of my personal favorites, the day Marty went back to the future. The guys who made these are really, real dorks. I'd recommend this has a gift to every, single one of your geeky friends... or just buy a whole bunch for them.

Excellent continuation of the first volume. This contains fine writing and atristry. This is not, however, for children.

In 24seven, Vol. 2, Ivan Brandon has once again gathered a wondeful stable of writers and artists from the comics biz who inhabit our very real world to weave tales about a city-world where robots are its inhabitants and robot sensibilities guide their lives. As before in Vol. 1, the list of contributors reads like a who's-who of talented, soon-to-be and established comic book illuminati who've been given free reign to their imaginations and in many instances, improve on the work that was done in the first offering.

In Vol. 1, the stories often used robots to provide insight as to what it means to be human. In that book, more than a handful of stories could have been played with human characters, but in Vol. 2, we're shown what it might be like to think and live more like robots and to understand a futuristic "robot-ness". By that, I don't mean stoic, unfeeling, homogeneous and mechanical. These robots have very human qualities and foibles but their existence and abilities (and foibles) are enhanced *because* they are robots. Their robot-ness is capably exploited in these stories as we see robots age, deal with broken relationships, become victims and participate in crimes, and very likely work through malfunctioning circuits.

It's easy to relate and equate the experiences of the mechs in these stories, but moreover, we're given more of an opportunity to imagine how we, as human types, could react to the human condition as robots. Losing your memory because of old age? Plug in and reboot from a back-up file. Feeling the loss of former lovers? Bolt on bits of metallic ephemera to your robot wings. Always wanted to be a dancer instead of say, a doctor (thereby disappointing your hopeful parents)? Submit to a kind of robotic genitoplasty to be the diva you've always dreamed of becoming.

And so on.

Some stories rise above the others as with any collected works of this nature, but there is well enough to please everyone. Writing and artistic styles vary from story to story, and that's the way it should be as we are provided a broad, imaginative vision from some very gifted human types.

yep, this is NOT a "how to get rich quick" book but rather a pretty simple layout of starter questions for those who thought they knew just enough and for those who are just beginning. i bought this as one graduation gift for my niece and while i doubt she will soak up ALL the info, it's not an intimidating book so she should get some good out of it. (heck, i did.. i read it cover to cover before giving it to her!!)

If you want to skip the motivational money books and the how-to-get-rich formulas and just get real answers to real money questions, buy this book. Peter Sanders answers everything from "What is a credit score?" to "What is an exchange traded fund?" and more. I recommend "The 250 Personal Finance Questions Everyone Should Ask" as a starter personal finance book and as a reference guide to keep handy as you read finance news and make financial decisions.

Reading this book is a great start to understanding money and controlling your financial future.

Filled with lots and lots of great ideas. Easy, fun, educational. Great for having fun and for teaching your kids something worth while. LOVE IT.

This book is a great resource for activities to do with children at any time of the day - not just after school. There is a different activity on each page and each comes with a list of supplies. Some activities require only participation. This book has been a great help to me when I just have this mental block, and I can't think of a great activity when we need one. You should flip through the book and identify the supplies that you could begin collecting - like empty toilet paper rolls, etc. It is kind of hard to come up with l0 empty rolls to play 'bowling' with, if you haven't planned ahead! On the days when I have a babysitter coming, I leave the activity page marked, and the supplies out on the kitchen table, and it gives the babysitter something instant to keep them busy when they get home. The ages are listed from 5-l0, but I don't think participants are limited to this group. My teenager loves playing some of these games. Some are also good for long trips - the word association, and 'scavenger hunt' ideas are great! I will give this to my teenager when she babysits other children, to give her a simple way to keep the children occupied with games that may be different than their own toys. She can even make a 'travel kit' to take with her (with those empty toilet paper rolls!)so she can do some of the activities without having to search through the house. I recommend this book to anyone from church nursery workers, teachers, activity directors, parents, babysitters, big sisters and anyone else who may be responsible for entertaining children in a creative and enjoyable way.

I really like this book. Not only does it have some awesome, fun and easy-to-do activities in it, I like the way it's organized. It's organized by topic (i.e., science, math, etc), there's a great picture-and-word table of contents, and each activity has an age level written on it, so you can easily choose which activity is right for your child. I like the fact that the activities use things you find around the house or outside, instead of having to go buy things to do the activities. That's important for a mom on welfare who wants to educate and have fun with her three children!

This book is great. It has a lot of ideas for games and activities that are educational and still fun. Each activity also has an age range with it which is helpful. The activities that I have done, from the book, with my 5 year old son didn't even involve a lot of planning or extra supplies.

Abigail Adams life was a miracle. The book was so good, that I did not want to finish it. So I didn't read it for about two months. I am thinking about reading more books from this series. It is truly amazing how she survived when she was born. The whole entire world should read it.

This book is very exciting and interesting from from the begining to the end. It tells how Abigail almost dies as a child. She lived through the Revolution. Abigail also marrys the second President and is the mother of the sixth President.

This book was great for us because it provided advice on many aspects of pregnancy. Rather than just talk about the physical aspects of pregnancy Weiss describes emotional aspects as well. I especially liked the section on choosing a childbirth class, as my husband and I were overwhelmed with the possibilities available to us. This is a great book for anyone who is pregnant or wanting to be pregnant.

I loved that Robin includes her personal voice and perspective in this pregnancy and birth guide! It's a welcome change from all the objective, sterile drivel that passes for pregnancy/birth manuals. She also has a way of making you feel like birth is safe, natural and normal. It's like having your own personal doula and birth educator right in your own home! Thanks, Robin!

Great book, if you are eager to make your web searching more productive this is the book for you.

I thought I was pretty good when it came to getting around
on the Internet, but was I ever pleasantly surprised to learn
that I could still learn a great deal . . . and did by reading
THE ABOUT.COM GUIDE TO ONLINE RESEARCH by Wendy Boswell.

You'll also learn, too, regardless of your level of computer
sophistication . . . the material is very readable and
oh-so-informative . . . for example, to find the weather for
where you live, just go to the google website and type-in
weather: then your five-digit zip code . . . you immediately are
taken to a very visual listing that will provide all the information
you need by just looking at it (and not having to click further).

You'll get many tips that I've never seen elsewhere; e.g., this one
deals with how to deal with bibliographies:

There's EasyBib. a free automatic bibliography
composer; Cornell University Library's excellent in-depth article on how
to prepare an annotated bibliography; and writer Diana Hacker's informative how-to tutorial . . . all the specific web citations can be found in the book.

And you'll also find websites galore on such topics as finding crime
statistics, weird news, comparison shopping, job hunting, specific
diseases, and everybody's favorite, time wasting.

Lastly, if such terms as "blogs" and "RSS feeds" still throw you,
you'll no longer need to fear them if you just spend a little
time this most informative guide . . . I'd tell you more, but
it would take away from the time that I still want to spend
on trying just some of the things I've learned from Boswell's book.

A gripping tale of scheming deviants, bent on creating a superior race. What does Hawk, an agile native American boy have to do with this scheme?Set in the 1940's with a still crazed Hitler planning further evil, this story held me from beginning to end. Again Donna Dawson manages to paint pictures with words as the reader traverses water, mountains and lush green forests, and witnesses the agony of children stolen from their parents. The end is surprising and satisfying. I can only say I hope there's a sequel to this book.

For the second time, I've had the privelege of reading one of Donna Dawson's books to review. Wow! I don't know if I've just been shopping for the wrong genre of literature or if she truly is a one-of-a-kind novelist, but I suspect it's the latter.

I cannot say enough about Donna's writing style. There is so much detail, in both books that I've read so far, that I just feel drawn right into the story. It is obvious that Donna puts alot of time and research into the writing of her novels. Each character has a distinct personality, unlike many books I've read where the characters all just blend together. And the plot is ever changing and moving~ always holding your interest.

This particular book, "The Adam & Eve Project", is about a committee of world leaders who scheme together to create a perfect human race. The story spans several decades, beginning with World War II (and Hitler's reign) and ending with modern times. The story revolves around the goal of this particular committee and the many children that have been kidnapped to help meet this goal (through genetics and human manipulation). This is not a book for wimps~ it will keep you guessing 'til the very last page!

"The Adam & Eve Project" contains drama, suspense, murder, government intrigue, and the ultimate means to freedom~ salvation through Christ Jesus.

If you are looking for a book that will hold your interest and give you something to think about long after you've turned the last page, then I highly recommend "The Adam & Eve Project". I wait with anticipation for her next novel~ "Vengeance"!