Bell Books

I really like this book. I got if for my 2 year old to get her familiar with Christmas. Last year she had just turned 1 and had no idea what was going on other than she got to rip a lot paper. It is basically a parody of Jingle Bells and we sing it almost every night as it is one of her top 3 books right now.

This book is absolutely adorable, any child that loves the Backyardigans will absolutely love this book. If you are anything like me you find that you will have a hard time just reading the book. It's written to the rhythm of the song Jingle Bells, so I find it almost impossible to just read it. I have to sing the words to the rhythm of the song. My son gets such a kick out of it. We've spent many nights laughing and enjoying this book. I highly recommend it.

My three-year-old loves to be read to, especially from books that have flaps. This book fits right into her wheelhouse and our reading sessions are more interactive as she lifts the flaps, points out what's underneath, and giggles. This is a must for parents who (like myself) are trying to limit that daily tug-of-war with television.

Just like the "Monster Halloween Party" book, this book is wonderful for any Backyardigan fan and budding book lover. The flaps are so cute, and pretty durable. I would recommend this for any Backyardigan fan.

I bought this for my 2-year-old son who loves the Backyardigans. I love that this book has beautiful illustrations and the foils add something extra too. There are a few flips on each page and keeps my son interested in the book when he gets tired of listening to me reading. (he has ripped a few off, though) The text rhymes and I sing the book's words to my son in the tune of "Jingle Bells" sometimes and he laughs. This is one book he wants to look at and have me read to him. In fact, he got two for Christmas (one from me and grandma) and he loves them both!

Lucia Lucas (born Emmeline Smith) wished the world to know that the recent death of her husband's aunt, who was 83 years old and who had spent the last seven of them bed-ridden in a private lunatic asylum, was "a grievous blow". Suppressed were the facts that neither Lucia nor her husband had hitherto given much thought to the aunt, and the fact that when Lucia's husband last visited the aunt, seven years previously, she bit him. No, the world must be convinced that the death of "dear Aunt Amy" was not a "happy release", it was "a grievous blow", requiring the wearing of veils, the drawing of blinds, and stoically-born, inconsolable suffering.

So begins E F Benson's 1927 novel "Lucia In London", one of six in which the author chronicles the worlds of Riseholme and its social climbing leading resident, Lucia. I say "worlds" because we are presented with two worlds. There is the real world and the world of pretence. Most characters, especially Lucia live in both worlds. What they privately covet, the publically despise. What they really feel, for example at the death of an aunt, they suppress in order to pretend to something more publically admired.

Benson's chronicles are great fun. The pretence, the point scoring, the absurdity, are richly detailed. There's not much testosterone, but there's a chuckle at least in every sentence.

This is the ultimate book for social climbers everywhere - Lucia the Queen of the tiny town of Riseholm goes to London and takes the town by storm.

This is such a brilliant story - absolutely hilarious - full of the beauty of social sycophancy and insincerity. Everyone knowing what is going on except Lucia who is (almost always) triumphant.

When Lucia's husband's aunt dies they are left with a house in London (and when the news is received in Risehome much calculation is doneby everyone based on no real facts at all.) It is up to Lucia's sidekick, Georgie, to wheedle the news out of her about the house in London and the income.

Lucia, who has always stated how she loathes London has now (very reluctantly you understand) decided to go to London for the season. Her departure from Riseholme however has a number of effects - the first being the power vacuum in Riseholme itself, and secondly she really does end up taking London by storm. Even the most vague of acquaintances of hers are treated as close bosom friends and called by their first names and name dropped shamelessly by her everywhere. This goes on till there is a firm group of Luciaphils in London who are so astonished and appreciative of her powers as the Queen of Social climbing that they establish an informal club to help her and to admire her mastery at work.

In Riseholme life does not go on without Lucia, it goes on firmly DESPITE her - everyone is determined to make a success of their village in her absence to show how much she is not at all needed there. There is the museum to establish,and then Daisy Quantock has helped them all discover the Ouija Board and the powerful spirit Guide (Abfou). They spend a great deal of time 'weedj-ing' for signs of what to do next.

If you haven't discovered Lucia novels yet, you must - Benson writes wonderful sardonic stories full of the small, pettiness of village life and its power struggles. This is wonderful light, laugh out loud stuff.

Since the other reviews here relate to the printed version of the E.F. Benson book, I thought I'd chime in with a review that is specific to this CD version read by Geraldine McEwan.

McEwan starred as Lucia in the delightful "Mapp and Lucia" series in the mid-1980s. It's out on DVD now and I highly recommend you snatch it up immediately before it goes out of print. It's one of the very best British comedies ever.

In the series, McEwan establishes what I consider to be the definitive version of Lucia. She is so delightful that as soon as I found out her readings of two of the Lucia books had also been recorded, I bought them -- although I had never purchased books on tape/CD before.

Suffice it so say, I was not disappointed. McEwan is a wonderful reader who brings out all the wit of the books, and I can't stress enough how marvelous it is to hear her once again using her "Lucia voice."

This has my highest recommendation.

Continuing the extraordinary adventures of Lucia, Benson's delightful story is full of the gossip and social-climbing one comes to expect of Lucia. Peppino, Lucia's husband, inherits a fortune and a house in London after the death of his aunt. Lucia has been the queen of all of Riseholme for ages, with her court including her best friend Georgie, an eternal bachelor who embroiders. When she ascends to London, Riseholme is bereft and feeling slighted, but soon they plot their revenge. Unfortunately for them, Lucia conquers London's high society and overcomes all obstacles in her path to greatness. But can Lucia keep up the pace of London society? And does she plan to desert her beloved Riseholme forever? The Lucia series, beginning with "Queen Lucia", is a delicious concoction of maliciousness and snobbery that will convert any reader.

I prefer Lucia in the country, though it is fun to see her get her comeuppance so regularly. Using her best social-climbing instincts and refusing to be embarrassed, Lucia sets out to conquer London and mingle with the beau monde. Soon a secret group of "Luciaphiles" springs up; the social climbers who make up its rank never tire of watching her get into and out of all kinds of trouble.

Although I was a child when I read this book, I still remember that it had a transforming effect on my love of reading. I remember having goosebumps as Nancy risked her life to solve the mystery. This is a fantastic book to read out loud with your child; it will make them shiver with excitement and curiosity!

this book is about nancy drew and her chums bess and george taking a trip to a beautiful seaside place.nancy has two mysteries to solve!her first one involves a lady that goes around selling perfume out of carts and cheating them off threir momey.bess is cheated when she opens the perfume and finds it fake.many other people find they have been cheated out of their money also.the other mystery involves nancy in a dangerous pursiut in a cave when the sound of a tolling bell runs through the cave warning poeple to leave before they drown.when nancy bess and george go to investigate they hear the bell and almost loose their lives!that dosent stop nancy drew though after threats and scares she goes on with the mystery.i would say this is in my top 10.the best part is chapter 19 when the extiment really gets suspenceful and nancy finds herself in dangerous trap!!find out how nancy drew gets out and solves both exiting mysteries!!!

What struck me about the Mystery of the Tolling Bell was its setting-- coastal New England! (Maine, maybe?) such a mystery would delight a Maine-iac like me! Also, it turned out that there WAS a tie-in between that mysterious cave and the
case that Mr. Drew sought to solve for Mrs. Chantrey. It was in this cave where the phonie cosmetic business was in operation. When, after boating accident, Nancy climbed to top of cliff to get her bearings, she felt weak and dizzy and went to sleep. In her dream, two elves carried her away and put them down. The elves were in fact part of the racket, Grumper (who did the chemical work) and his cousin Franz. So, this dream helped Nancy solve the case and bring the swindlers to justice (as she was able to identify two of the crooks). The ringleader, Harry Tyrox,
had a dozen ailases, like Monsieur Pappier, Mr. James et al. So did Mary Smith, the apparent front woman, who called herself Madame, Spanish Senora etc. Like all of the original Nancy Drews, this one is throwback to when many things we take for granted did not exist: there were no computers, transistor radios, dial phones, DVD's, audio CD's, or television (NOT EVEN MUNTZ TV's!) All in all, a very nice one.

This book actually deserves 3 1/2 stars. This is probably my favorite Nancy Drew book but they're not as good as the Annette books.
If you're going to read a Nancy Drew, read this one, but if you want a good mystery, try the Annette books which are better.

This is my favorite of all the Nancy Drew books. I love the story, plot, clues, and charecters. I think that if you only read one Nancy Drew book it should be this one.

This work of scholarship by Diane Bell is a world away from technicist anthropology meant to be read only by specialists: it engages in a highly controversial contemporary landrights issue in a way which demonstrates the profound importance of the act of documenting culture in as polyvalent and multivocal a way as possible. She is also candid about the voices she would like to have represented and could not, those of the dissident women. For me the most valuable section of the book was its re-reading of early anthropology with an eye to the muted women's voice in it. This section demonstrates the systematic bias against recording the rich women's culture, which in the late twentieth century is the powerhouse of cultural reclamation and renovation in many Aboriginal communities. Without engaging in postmodern jargon, this book demonstrates a fine postcolonial and poststructuralist understanding of the complexities of symbolic analysis and the conditions of transmission of epistemologies, both by the Ngarrindjeri and white anthropologists. What the book demonstrates very powerfully is the gender-blind ethnocentrism of the discipline of anthropology, and its tendency to read Aboriginality through patriarchalised eyes.In particular, its assumption that men are the 'natural' makers and controllers of culture. It's a very westernised notion of power relations between the sexes, and one born of at least five millennia of patriarchy. It's a tragedy that 'women's business' as a lens for understanding the role of women in Aboriginal communities was employed in Australia as late as 1941, as by then much dominant-culture contamination and destruction of Aboriginal culture had occurred. It's surely time to pay more attention, as this book does, to the quiet but rich understandings of land and story and people that is vested in women's business. This book will inevitably create controversy because of the financial and deep political investments in the Hindmarsh Island affair, and the appalling bureaucratic fumbles and lack of respect which have marked the public utterances about it. To hear the proponent women's stories, in all their variety, is to be taken into a parallel and very moving universe of discourse, of which we need to learn the subtleties. This book is a great teacher of those. Frances Devlin Glass, School of Literary and Communication Studies, Deakin University

Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin is about big issues like the quality of justice enjoyed by Indigenous peoples and what sort of society we want to be. It is about the particulars of Hindmarsh Island and the writing of ethnography in the southeast. It is about anthropologists and anthropology. It is about the politics of knowledge in an oral culture and those of a print-oriented one. It is about women who insist on being authors of their own lives. And it is about belief, dissent, story-telling and story tellers.

"[A] compelling account that demands to be read... a meticulous piece of scholarship but very readable and accessible." Prof. Fay Gale, President

"[A] formidable collection...It leaves the reader wondering whether the outcome would have been different had the contents of the book been known at the time of the events it describes." John Toohey, former High Court Judge and former Aboriginal Land Commissioner

"Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin falls into the category of books which are likely to be valuable to almost all sectors of the reading public, and at the same time, to be criticised by almost all sectors of the reading public." Deborah Bird Rose

This is a medatative book with short chapters that fit into an inspirational up-lift. It makes an impact on your life.

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR DAILY MEDITATION. THE SHORT PASSAGES INVITE ONE TO GAIN TIMELESS WISDOM WHILE PROVIDING DAILY GUIDANCE. THIS IS A WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE "PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING."

Quite Talks with the Master is a wonderful book easy to read. It feels like a warm gentle hug from above. Read this book and you too will find comfort, love, and peace in the words.

For those of you wondering what this book is about, I can only say that it is profound in that these are the actual thoughts of Christ (Eva Bell Werber being in the presence and spirit of Christ at the time of writing) There is a beauty of spirit beyond words in this work and the other works written by her. When you first read the words there is a feeling of being spoken to directly by God! That is exactly the intent and meaning for all of us. This is what God actually thinks and expresses through those who are able to be in the "Christ Conciousness": I believe these are works by Eva Bell Werber that you will value for a lifetime. God bless.

Sincerely
Kelvin Otis

OH, HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE WORDS...I ACQUIRED THIS TREASURE UPON MY FATHERS' DEATH. THE BOOK WAS A PART OF HIS RARE BOOK COLLECTION. THE FIRST PAGE MADE ME KNOW THIS WAS MINE FOREVER. THE BOOK HAS FALLEN APART, I TYPED IT IN MY COMPUTER TO PASS IT ON TO MY SONS. SUCH A BLESSING, I READ IT EVERYDAY. FOR 10 YEARS, IT HAS BEEN A INSPIRATION IN MY LIFE AND OTHERS. THANK GOD!

Jaina Bell's tribute to her years working in the All-American Group Home rings SO true! I've been in the field for over 15 years and this is the first book I've ever found that speaks to my experiences and those of my co-workers. Bell hits it EXACTLY, and I wish this book would PLEASE come back into print! My copy has been handed around the group home until it's tattered. Jaina, what are you doing now?

This is not just another bleeding heart bulls%@t Gump or Rainman- this is new fiction that defies the genre- it feels right, because it's written with heart, by someone who knows her subject by heart- the entry level "mental health" jobs caring for those with "special needs". It's perfect! But be prepared- you'll either love it, or hate it, there's no in between.

This is a story that no one else has told. There is no effort to be politically correct. It is at once a shocking, funny, poignant and infuriating look at the way our culture treats and cares for the developmentally disabled. Wanna find out what's up with those strangely dressed people you see hanging together in Walmart? Sex, drugs, rock & roll, retards and funding cutbacks - its all here. The ring of truth and reality is either due to the talent or real life experience of first time author Jaina Bell - either way IT WORKS!

This book will knock your proverbial socks off! People either get into the high speed, [thumpin] groove of this roller coaster ride of a book, or they can't take the jarring reality or the grinding pace, start to feel sick, and need to jump ship.

I've worked in group homes, and this book is a real, politically inncorrect guilty pleasure. It truly captures the cartoonesque, surreal quality indiginous to the environment, and knocks the stuffing out of all the P.C. nonprofit, fund raising spin most people see on TV. It's not all smiling, over achieving Special Olympics faces and warm and fuzzy hugs- it's also just as anti-social as "The Osbournes" or "Jackass", and as startling as a cold bucket of water in your face. But don't let that scare you- buy the book if you're ready for something refreshingly different!

Bell presents a fast-paced, comedic and realistic view of contemporary real-life circumstance, from the point of view of counselors to the developmentally-disabled in a residential setting. If many allow themselves this "insider's" journey, they must applaud the counselors without whom life for these clients would be quite dismal, and realize how unsupported our society is in its compensation to these creative workers. How many of us are willing to pull the cushions off a sofa for our bed, the only realistic option for a decent sleep, given the resources, as we provide the needed support and care for others less fortunate than ourselves. Or are they? Bell gives us a look at how the "business" is run and how the humanity is revealed of those often forgotten. Anyone involved in social work can benefit from these stories.

My son's Christian School teacher had this book as the other two books in this series on her reading list, however, it was out of print. We purchased all three and my son was very captivated by the action and story lines. Although written for the Christian, all children will love it.

Wow! This book if full of adventure and suspense! The plot is unique and very interesting! I think anyone of any age would enjoy reading this book. It involves likeable characters (especially Con), and religion. Pick up a copy of SECRET OF THE MEZUZAH now! :o) HAPPY READING!

This book is a great beggining for Con's adventures. You get sucked into the book as soon as you start reading. It makes you not want to stop reading it until you are done, but sad when you finish it.

Secret of the Mezuzah is written for young adults, but was very interesting and enjoyable reading for me, a forty-something adult. I appreciated the history included with the present day setting. The characters are engaging and believable. I would recommend this book to adults and certainly to young adults! Fiction, but not fantasy, events that could have taken place and lessons to apply about the people in our lives and around the world.

This is one of the best adventure stories geared toward young people that I've ever read (and I've read a lot!). The relationships are realistic and handled with sensitivity, especially the depictions of casual, ingrained anti-Semitism that could happen anywhere, not just in Austria. Even people who don't consider themselves Christian will get something out of this story.

"Read all about it" was the common cry all over the land and how we became informed, then, "Seeing is believing" This book suggests another leap of faith.The world isn't flat people!and yet, it was convenient to the few to have you believe so.
Thank you for your patients and dedication in the writing of this book Lloyd Pye. "Read all about it" Read all about it"

The Starchild Skull: Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid? explores amazing possible evidence that humans are not alone in the universe. Author Lloyd Pye chronicles his eight-year-long quest to discern the truth behind an alleged "starchild" skull - from an examination of its bone structure to microscopic scrutiny revealing durable fibers and red residue in its bone, to the results of DNA testing. Could the Starchild have been a human-alien hybrid? Black-and-white photographs and a handful of color plates illustrate this amazing report, enthusiastically recommended for anyone curious about the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life on earth.

Lloyd Pye's six-year saga with the skull that was handed to him almost on a fluke resembles a Joe Campbell Hero's Journey more than anything else. He writes masterfully his story of hanging in there against big odds without false modesty yet with no trace of phony self-importance.

IMHO, the story of the skull is complete: evidence in; jury gone home. Lloyd did the job, and the mainstream science gatekeepers still demanding a nuclear DNA test as the only valid criterion of the skull's true anomalous standing is just more evidence of their boring brickishness. These wonks won't budge even when a nuclear DNA test confirms the rest of the highly extraordinary features of this skull.

So Potential Readers Whom Only the Smoking Gun Will Satisfy: Don't pick this one up by the barrel, or you'll burn your fingers.

Lloyd Pye has not only been on an amazing journey with the Starchild Skull - but he's taken the reader along for the ride too! His courage and determination to reach the final truth are an inspiration - and this book is just the beginning -

It's a great book. Imagine yourself in Europe 1,000 years ago and you found photos of the Earth with the Moon in the background as taken from the space shuttle and you had the wisdom and open-mindedness to realize what they were. Now imagine trying to get anyone to accept what we all know now as the simple truth. Since those times certainly many things have changed, but a great many have stayed the same. This book chronicles Lloyd Pye's near decade of struggles to solve the mystery of this strange skull that he has become convinced is of an extraterrestial/human hybrid and the incredible difficulty he has had even getting simple tests done and trying to get out the truth without getting heckled and ridiculed. If nothing else, this story is a lesson in how the scientific community circles its wagons in the face of something that could contradict accepted dogma. But it's much more than that. I didn't think there was anything to this business prior to reading the book, but I must admit I am now, like Lloyd Pye, very anxious to find out all there is to know about this skull. This book shoud end to be continued... The final, and no doubt most important test involves the nuclear DNA and won't likely be done for several years. In case you're wondering why it will take so long, the technique for sequencing human DNA didn't work! The mitochondrial DNA showed the mother to be human; the nuclear DNA (includes the father's), however is not! A new process has been developed to read Neanderthal DNA (it's not specie specific) but it is only done at one lab and there is a waiting list. Read the book and I think you too will see why this could be one ot the greatest scientific discoveries ever.

This is a very touching, and very unusual book.

It's told from the point of view of an intelligent cheetah, born with a black pelt, and takes place in an alternate earth which, it seems, was ruled by an Egyptian culture. Kichebo's black fur makes it difficult for her to hunt and ambush, and draws the hostile attention of strange flying craft. An outcast among her own kind, Kichebo struggles to find a place for herself in her harsh world.

This is a very unique book that will stick in your memory, if you can manage to find a copy. If you like cheetahs or Egypt (or both) you will adore this novel. (I treasure my copy, even though it has very damaged covers - I found it at a used book store, lucky for me!)

This book was wonderfully writen by C.B. I could tell of her love for big cats as she was extreamly descriptive in her protrayal of these animals. The story is all set in the past, however there are two time periods that she bounces between in this story. Also there are some elements of the future written in as well, but the setting described is still in a time that we all have long lived through. I wont go into details about the storyline of this book as others before me already have, but I will say that this is an excellent book for young adults who love sci-fi elements as well as eygptian mythology and stories, ans espicially for the young adult who loves big cats being the protagonist of stories.

I fuond this rare gem of a book when I was much younger and not too long ago I remembred this book and also the fact that I hadn't finished it.(It was a library book). That is what led me to buy it again and re-read it. Although I enjoyed finishing this book finally, as an adult I wouldn't reccomend this book for older audiences. Certain parts of the plot would leave older readers wanting if a past relationship wasn't already developed with this book. That being said. Young readers... Enjoy! This is a rarity.

I love this book! I found it in my school library a few months ago, and since then have read it at least four times. The story involes a type of cats and Egypt, both things I like. Now if only I could get my friend to read it.....But really, anyone who loves books in different times and/or cats will(or should) like this book!

Tomorrow's Sphinx is an extremely imaginative and thought provoking read. With wonderful characters and beautiful descriptions, Clare Bell has created an exquisite world like no other.
Kichebo, a cheetah who's lucky to have survived past year one, is not like the rest of her kin. She is unique in the sense that she is black with gold tear lines, gold ear tips, and a gold tail tip, and that she is mentally different from her brethren. Shunned because of her differences, Kichebo is destined to find out that she is different in a way that she could never have fathomed. Through the guidance of Asu-Kheknemt, a long dead cheetah who protected and befriended Tutankhamen, a wise, grayed cheetah named Gray Cape, and the affectionate human child, Menk, Kichebo will soon discover what her place in the world is, and find herself.
I would highly reccomend this book to anyone who wants a fresh original fantasy read, you will not be dissapointed!!

Kichebo is a black cheetah, born in a far-flung future. Unlike the gold-coated, black spotted cheetahs around her, her coat is sable with gold markings. Everywhere she goes, she is hunted by strange creatures in sky vehicles that try to capture her. Unable to find acceptance or safety among her kind, she makes contact with another--amazingly like herself. Kehknemt lived thousands of years ago, the companion of an Egyptian Prince. Through these shared memories across time, and the strange friendship Kichebo strikes up with small two-legged creature, the black cheetah hopes to find the answers to the questions of why she is so different, and what her future might hold.

Clare Bell has a real love of the big cats, and provides an insightful look into the lives of these large hunters. Her depiction of the cheetah society does not try to over-anthropomorphize the cats into human beings. Although they communicate in a sentient manner and are provided with personality and purpose, their behaviors and lifestyles remain those of powerful semi-solitary predators. It makes for an interesting glimpse into how an intelligent society of cats might develop. Beyond this, Kichebo's story is one coming of age and discovery of self. The questions Kichebo most seeks an answer to are: "Why am I so different?" and "What is the meaning of my life?" Questions that are universal and easy to understand, if not easy to answer. Kichebo is destined to take her people in a new direction, one she never imagined. The time travel aspect of this book gives us a fascinating look into what might have been in the days of King Tutankhamen, and the reasons behind the young King's early death.

This book is written with young readers in mind, much of Kichebo's search for self and struggle to become who she is will echo with adolescents who are going through the same struggle. I read this book in my teens and have reread it several times since. I think adult readers will find the story lacks the kind of mature sophistication they might be used to in adult science fiction, but it fits the intended readership well. For those who enjoy this book, see if you can find Ratha's Creature, also by Clare Bell.

Happy Reading! Shanshad ^_^

"You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy" the 21st century version of the story of the Tooth Fairy. Using familiar fantasy themes, Ms. Bell-Rehwoldt has captured the imagination of today's child. This is no ordinary Tooth Fairy! This Tooth Fairy uses gizmos and gadgets, she flys through the air on a tooth shaped boogy board, she is athletic and she has ATTITUDE! Well written with fabulous illustrations, the book will entertain both parents and children alike!

This is a beautiful, delightful book! Children will love the story and illustrations by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt and David Slonim. The tooth fairy is a sassy, fun-loving, James Bond type of girl. I love her purple outfit with the floss belt and her riotous mop of red hair! The illustrations in this book are so adorable, they are the perfect match to a very clever story. I bought this book for my son, but I am keeping it for me. :)

My Daughter loved this book and so did I!! It is must buy!!! especially for little ones who are loosing their teeth!!! Great pictures and very funny!

This is a wonderful, very well written story of the tooth fairy. It is humorous and contains great illustrations. It is quite imaginative and stands above some other books about teeth and the tooth fairy. A very nice book.

Reviewed by Samuel Peralta (age 7) for Reader Views (9/08)

In "You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?," the tooth fairy shows kids how hard she works to get her job done. She invents a tooth-o-finder to help her find the teeth she has to pickup, and she uses spy-o-binoculars to get around the houses without getting caught. I liked the book because she tells kids what they should and should not do when leaving their teeth for the tooth fairy. For example, she wants a clean tooth without any spit or blood on it. I also liked the pictures and enjoyed her jokes. She was funny. If you want to have fun learning about the tooth fairy this is a great book.