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My grandchildren love this book and DVD. They like to watch the DVD and make the sounds of the animals as they appear on the screen. When they come to visit they specifically request the DVD. The photos are great, the touch and feel aspect of the book is fun and the DVD is the best of all. I am happy to let the chidren watch it over and over. The children can now name all the animals they see running and playing on the screen. This is an inexpensive way to educate and have fun at the same time.

I have been looking forever for a basic farm animal DVD for my one-year-old (no ads or promos, no puppets/cartoons/toys, no loud music or over-the-top narration--just animals on the farm), and was wonderfully surprised to find it when I bought this book.

Wonderful book with beautiful photos and touchy/feely fur with DVD included. The DVD, however, steals the show - totally enjoyable by adults and children of all ages - great photography and such fun music - the animals are a delight to see!

Like the other reviewers, while the book is great too, I can't say enough about the DVD. Our 20 month old daughter loves it and would watch it over and over if we let her. The photography is great and colorful and the pace and length of the dvd is just about perfect for a toddler's attention span. If she's having a bad day this DVD really cheers her up!

This adorable chunky Petting Farm book is a special addition to our childrens library. We were thrilled to debut the DVD which is packaged inside the book. All of the children, from age 1 to age 7 were enthralled! It is brillantly shot & edited, and the music is delightful. You will not be dissapointed. I came back to purchase 4 more to keep in our "gift department". Anyone would be happy to recieve this as a gift!
You will return to this Petting Farm DVD time and time again. We do!

I happen to be quite a fan of big, sprawling epics, no matter what the medium may be. "Lone Wolf And Cub" is certainly turning out be quite an interesting one indeed. Continuing the plot from the previous volume, samurai-for-hire Ogami has been seperated from his son Daigoro during a brutal attack by his former masters, the Yagyu. As we begin this book, Ogami is on the search for Daigoro, but on his way he will run afoul of assassins and lone samurai. This volume lays out some great stories, as well as new developments in the series that will keep me reading indefinitely. For those unfamiliar with the series, it's best to start back at the first volume. For me (entrenched in the series already), this is another piece in Ogami's search for vengeance and another piece in the big puzzle of Lone Wolf And Cub.

The Yagyu letter continues to gnaw at Yagyu Retsudo who gives ample proof in Volume 13 of the Lone Wolf & Cub saga, "The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West," that he will go to any length to get his revenge on Ogami Itto. In the five chapters of the manga epic included in this volume is the most shocking act of violence we have yet wetness in this bloody saga:

(64) "The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West" has Retsudo ruminating on how he has sent all of his legitimate sons to be slaughtered by Ogami Itto. But the old man has an illegitimate son and daughter, and horrible plans for them both.

(65) "'Marohoshi' Mamesho" is another one of the fascinating characters created by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. This time around the title character is an old policeman from the capital on the verge of retirement who stumbles across Ogami Itto being commissioned for his next act of assassination. "Marohoshi" has spent his life protecting people and he is not going to let this ronin continue on the assassin's road.

(66) "Spoiling Daigoro" is an offbeat story where the family that hires Ogami Itto persuades him to let Daigoro stay with them while he goes off to do his job. They have a son who is a coward and a weakling with no friends, and the boy's father thinks that having Daigoro around might be good for Suzunosuke. Ogami Itto agrees and thinks go well for a while, but Suzunosuke soon grows tired of hearing his parents praise Daigoro day and night.

(67) "The Hojiro Yaguy" finds Retsudo's illegitimate son planning on using poison darts that can stop a charging horse to slay Lone Wolf. It looks like there is no way on earth Ogami Itto can escape, but, of course, he always has something up his sleeve. Warning: The ending of this one is unexpectedly brutual and shocking.

(68) "The Bird Catchers," is another episode where Lone Wolf and Cub are spectators for the most part as they come across a group of female falconers preserving a dying way of life. But what makes this tale of some significance, especially as the last one in this volume, is that in the eyes of his son, it seems Ogami Itto might have finally gone too far.

"The Moon in the East, the Sun in the West" is another superb collection of stories in the Lone Wolf & Cub saga. Koike and Kojima still manage to provide a new twist and turn in every volume while stringing us out as long as possible with both the short term mystery of the Yagyu letter and the long term quest of Ogami Itto to get his vengeance on the entire Yagyu clan. I read one episode a night right before bed and am almost always surprised to see what new direction each night's story might take. This has to be one of the ten greatest comic epics of all time.

The mystery of the Yagyu letter is apparently forgotten in the five Lone Wolf and Cub tales told in Volume 12, "Shattered Stones." However, one thing that really stood out in these stories is that since he was reunited with his father after they were separated by circumstances, Daigoro has been smiling a lot more:

(59) "Nameless, Penniless, Lifeless" is one of the most disturbing stories in the Lone Wolf and Cub saga. It begins with a woman putting on a sex show for peasants. But what is even more shocking is that the woman has lost her mind and that her husband, whose face is half scared by terrible burns, is the one who talks her into her displays. There is more here than meets the eye, as is often the case in these stories, and the way in which the truth is revealed might remind you of part of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

(60) "Body Check" is another one of those tales in which Ogami Itto has to use his brains to put himself in a position to use his sword for his next assassination.

(61) "Shattered Stones" begins with one of the most different ways that Ogami Itto has met someone who wanted to hire him for an assassination. On top of that the rules of the assassination are quite different (again, I am reminded of a Western parallel in the novel "Sophie's Choice").

(62) "A Promise of Potatoes" is an amusing little change of pace story for this series. Daigoro is off by himself again, being beaten up by a group of kids, when he is rescued by a con artist who teaches the boy to sit by a bowl looking pitiful as a way of making money. But where there is Cub can Lone Wolf be far behind...

(63) "Wife Killer" is a wonderfully ironic title, which we learn is used to describe somebody who gives away the tricks of magicians, who are known as "hand wives." Noronji Hoya, the Princess of Magicians, who has been using a delighted Daigoro as her "assistant," is about the encounter the "wife killer," an old saki-sotted magician who travels with two thugs who extort money from magicians: pay up or have your secrets revealed. But Noronji Hoya has a better proposition: she will perform a trick and if the old man can reveal her secret she will kill herself; if not, then she will take the old man's eyes.

Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima are back to telling tales in which Ogami Itto is more often than not more of a spectator to the action in which other characters carry the stories. One of the testaments to the greatness of this manga epic is that the title character can be almost incidental to the story and it is still completely riveting. Here we are, not even halfway through this saga, and they are still coming up with new and intriguing variations on the basic themes they established early on. The fact that they can maintain this high level certainly justifies the exalted status Lone Wolf & Cub has in the international world of comics.

"Talisman of Hades" is a nice title, but "Thirteen Strings" is the one you are not going to forget of the four stories collected in Volume 11 of the "Lone Wolf & Cub" magna epic. We had been confronted with a major development in the story as Ogami Itto stole the Yagyu letter. All pretenses were dropped as Reshido Yagyu declared open war on Ogami Itto, but Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima were showing the same sort of audacious subterfuge as their heroic creation, for as Ogami and Reshido crossed blades, Daigoro lost is hold on his father's shoulders and literally fell over a cliff. Suddenly the mystery of the Yagyu letter has become secondary because father and son have become separated. Their search for one another continues in these stories and for the first time we see Ogami Itto express emotion for his son:

(55) "Talisman of Hades" finds Ogami Itto is now putting up pictures of a baby cart where once he had pasted the talismans of meifunado to invite clients of death and assassination. A group of young students on their way to an academy stumble upon the mystery of the signs and when they see the strange ronin slay a "priest" (another Yagyu assassin in disguise of course), they decide they must intervene, forcing Lone Wolf to teach them a valuable lesson.

(56) "Ailing Star" has Daigoro finding a place to stay with an old granny who lives under a rotted bridge in danger of collapse. The locals keep trying to convince the old lady to leave, but she refuses. "Ailing Star" forms an interesting counterpart to "Talisman of Hades" as Daigoro has his own little lesson to impart.

(57) "Thirteen Strings" is an 118-page story where Koike and Kojima come up with their own version of a Kurosawa film experience (the rain during the last acts of the story is a clue). When we come to end of this epic tale, surely "Thirteen Strings" will be one of the most memorable episodes. A runaway horse is about to trample a child in the road when Ogami Itto intervenes. The horsewoman turns out to be the Lady Kanae, Daughter of the Go-Jodai of Odawara Han, and a spoiled brat who fancies herself a samurai. Ogami also learns of a larger conflict between the Go-Jodai and the farmers. Drought has blighted the harvest for four years and the Go-Jodai has tightened the screws on the farmers, who "hire" Ogami to attend a meeting between the two sides (because if anything happens to Chosuke, the leader of the farmers, Lone Wolf will bring word back to the farmers). Go-Jodai has his own agenda for implementing fundamental agricultural reform. Meanwhile, his headstrong daughter seeks revenge on the ronin who has insulted her. But then the rains bring a sudden flood that changes absolutely everything. This is a memorable story of surprising depth, showing that Koike and Kojima are absolute masters of their craft.

(58) "A Poem for the Grave" has Ogami Itto seeking help in finding the secret of the Yagyu letter. This turns into another assassination job, which results in an encounter with another honorable soul who seeks to turn Lone Wolf from the Assassin's Road. The question is whether things might be different this time because of Ogami Itto's separation from Diagoro.

I am in awe of Koike and Kojima maintain this level of excellence through a story that is not even halfway over by this point in the telling of the tale. I continue to savor one story each night at bedtime so that I can think about how it fits into the big picture and the ebb and flow of the story. An absolute masterpiece, not just as a comic book, but as an epic narrative.

Back in the late 80's and early 90 I owned a comic book store. This was one of the items I looked forward to every month. The writing was incredible and the artwork supurb. Out of dozens of issues I can only think a one or two that weren't worth my time.

When I first saw these book at the local comic store I ignored them. After all I had all of the issues and didn't need to spend money on smaller reprints even if they were in the origional format. However with the middle of this issue we have stories that were never published in America before.

It didn't hurt that one of the best stories (and the last) story of the full sized comic was here "Mazohoshi Maeesho" For people who don't know the series that story will say it all. The intro story also paints a path for those unfamilar with the series.

It would frankly be a waste of verbage to describe each story. The quality level is as always so high and the stories so interesting that there is little more to say.

If you never read this series start with #1 and enjoy. If you like me didn't buy it because they were reprints then go wild.

How's he do it? I mean I've been there, I've seen it, but damn! The pencil lines this boy puts down just ain't right. Look at this stuff. If you ain't feeling it, check your yer' pulse. Jeral's crap always has flavor, style, character, whatever word you choose to describe it, it drips with it. This is a true glimpse into the Kentucky fried brain of my friend and occasional painting partner Jeral. No suck up here, even if I didn't owe him my right arm for all the info he has bestowed upon me, I would still LOVE his work! His quirky take on objects bent to fit into his version of reality, along with a draftsman's since of depth and perspective leave me stunned everytime. Great book from one of the best dudes I have ever met. Congrats bro! Now where's that coffee table book?

I received this e-mail today from a customer wanting to write a review of the new book...
for some reason, AMAZON wouldn't let this review post for Luc so I thought I'd give it a go for him...

"This was my review:
Sketches, all sketches, this hand signed copy of the book by Jeral is just a travel in his own universe. A big source of inspiration. This little hard cover book is full of what you want to see in Jeral sketches. His awesome talent to see and sketch what is in his mind is just marvellous. Jeral is a great artist.
If you are an artist, if you just like to sketch or you're curious, this book is a must to see and to have.
Thanks Jeral.
Luc Tremblay

(sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language)"

THANKS for the e-mail / review... I appreciate it.

This book is like having a secret decoder ring to the t.v. static that is Tidwell's mind. In the nooks and crannies of any given page, you'll see mentions of other projects or ridiculous things he was trying not to forget while putting together just a few of the most solid and animated sketches for some of the most important pieces of his career to date. This is a great reference book for any artist.

Tidwell's obsession with detail is even in the preliminary sketches. The images are mind-boggling and inspiring. After I finally put the book down, I immediately found myself picking up my own sketchbook and trying my own hand at some Tidwell-esque drawing!

Its nice to see an artist of this style make it as far as he has. The work in this "sketch" book is simply amazing. The copy I got was also signed by Jeral which made even better. Even though much of the work is just sketches, they all looked finished. The best part of this book is the little artist notes included on the pages. Definitly worth buying!!!!

A good read. The title is a little misleading, however, because the book also covers wireless without the Web. In other words, peer to peer networks inside buildings, outside buildings, and to the home seem like the most promising aspects of the wireless revolution, as described in this book. As the author states, it's simply a matter of time, not if, wireless will touch every aspect of our lives.

Wireless Web is a refreshing kind of book. I'm tired of books that introuduce a new technology, paint a rosy picture, and then leave the reader dangling three months later. This isn't one of those books. It tells it like it is. Wireless isn't easy. In fact, implementing a Wireless Web solution is nearly at the bleeding edge of what's possible, as the author states. There are traps at every corner, and you'd better know what to expect. In this respect, the Wireless Web provides a map of the "speed bumps" along the way. If you're going to give it a go on the Wireless Web, you'd better have this book or some other roadmap with you.

Having just put down Bergeron's last book, "The Eternal E-Customer", I was interested to see his visionary take on the wireless web. I wasn't disappointed. "The Wireless Web" compellingly captures the multitude of opportunities which the unethering of the Web affords. What I appreciated most about this book (and Bergeron's style as in his previous book) was the practical advice on how any executive can take advantage of these wireless opportunities. Bergeron succinctly explains how a company can embrace this new technology to their competitive advantage. Five stars!

In just a few years the Internet has revolutionized the way we do business. Email, online shopping and digital music downloaded from the Internet are now integral parts of our everyday lives. Technology aware companies have now turned to wireless web for the next big leap in commerce and communication. The race is on for deploying cutting-edge wireless technology.

As a business and technology consultant I am often asked by clients to provide some guidelines on how to proceed in this new and fast moving industry. Is trading stocks using a wireless PDA really a secure transaction and are electronic coupons delivered to customers via cell phones a technical feasible marketing solution? What communications provider should I use when connecting my sales force via WAP based browsers to a wireless CRM solution? And should we look to Europe and Japan for the future in wireless communication, or will it turn out to be another bursting bubble as we have experienced with too many dot.com business ventures?

"The Wireless Web", unlike so many other books covering technology topics, provides an easy to read and well-structured roadmap on how to develop a winning wireless strategy. Bergeron starts off explaining the history of this industry and it's economic drivers and then provides an overview of the current state of technologies, the various systems, protocols and technical standards used in the US and compares them to the more cohesive and further developed Japanese and European technologies. The latter part of the book focuses on the future, introducing the reader to opportunities and potential risks wireless technologies will offer as well as technical and political limitations it will face as this technology matures He closes with a well structured guideline on how to develop a wireless strategy of any scale.

In summary, this book will familiarize the reader with this new and dynamic industry and provide the knowledge required to develop, communicate, and execute a successful wireless strategy. Although written for the non-technical executive, I recommend this book to every one confronted with wireless technologies, the corporate executive implementing a wireless enterprise information portal as well as the cell phone user confronted with evaluating roaming charges, communication protocols and coverage areas when selecting a calling plan. This book definitely deserves a place on the bookshelf of any technologist.

Many people have been impressed by what they have seen of the new wireless services in Europe and Japan. Based on the promise of these offerings, wireless operators have spent billions of dollars for 3G licenses in Europe that will require tens of billions to implement. Based on the amount of money invested and planned for the next few years, it looks like the days of broadband wireless Internet are about to be with us. What should you be doing now? That's the question that this book addresses.

The Wireless Web is the best book I have seen for describing the background of how technology and customer needs are converging to provide new wireless offerings and the potential for new ways to solve problems. About two-thirds of the book is aimed at providing a layperson's description of technology, social, and governmental developments that will influence what will be offered by companies. The remaining third gives you a template for thinking about what these developments mean for your business. For most people now, that decision will relate to when to get involved.

In my consulting practice, it is clear that there are enormous opportunities now to develop intellectual property and new business models that can be implemented immediately. For those who mainly want to use the wireless web as an adjunct to their businesses, on the other hand, you have lots of time.

The best advice in the book is to be sure that you have the business processes in place that will allow you to connect wireless technology to your business when the rest of the infrastructure and equipment are in place.

Basically, wireless Internet connections will become more important as a disruptive technology than the land-wire connected Internet. By always having a device present (whether a cell phone, personal digital assistant, pager, or some new device), individuals will be able to simplify their lives while they are on the go or in any fixed location. As a result, transactions will be transformed. For example, food manufacturers may have to bid for a consumer's business while she or he is walking down the aisles of a supermarket.

For the first time, you will be able to shape the entire consumer or customer experience around what that person prefers. The potential for positive differentiation becomes enormous, as a result.

My main caution to you is that this field is rapidly changing. This information will become out-of-date rapidly. So read the book now if you are going to.

After you have considered some of the ways that the wireless Internet can improve your offerings, I suggest that you go back to the drawing boards to see how much of these changes you can offer now without broadband wireless connections. In this way, the wireless Internet can be a powerful metaphor now for improving your performance.

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A lot of examples shows how absolutely everything could be attacked and corrupted in the chain of components used for building ajax applications, from css (yes even css) to html, from javascript to http, from browser to server ... Sometimes there's too much lines about evident things and sometimes things seems more proof of concept than real possible attacks. But these guys know what they are talking about. This is an excellent book that every serious ajax developer must have read, specially if they plan to make mashups or let their users bring and share things using their applications.

Ajax Security was the last book I read and reviewed in 2007. However, it was the best book I read all year. The book is absolutely compelling and every security professional and Web developer should read it. It's really as simple as that.

I am not a Web developer. I was not very familiar with Ajax (beyond its buzzword status and a vague notion of functionality) when I started reading Ajax Security. I attended the authors' Black Hat 2007 talk and was thoroughly impressed and disturbed by the security implications they presented. I expected Ajax Security to be a good book, but one can never be sure if talented hackers and presenters can transfer their skills to the written word. Ajax Security gets the job done.

Despite being a traditional network security guy who prefers inspecting traffic to analyzing JavaScript, I had no problem understanding Ajax Security. The authors do a superb job leading the reader through the issues surrounding modern Web applications. They start by introducing a technology, which is critical for someone like me who doesn't deal with Web development issues. Next they describe how it is broken. They continue with defensive recommendations and summarize their findings in the conclusion. This is a perfect technical writing style that is too often lost on other authors.

Ajax Security makes very good use of case studies (both large stories like ch 2 and small ones throughout the text). The book also integrates code, diagrams, and screen shots. The text itself is very clear and the authors keep the reader's attention throughout. Histories for various technologies provide a welcome background, showing readers how we've ended up in our current Web 2.0 predicament.

If you'd like a positive critique of the technical components of the book by someone who is a Web expert, I recommend reading Dre's review of Ajax Security in the TSSCI-Security blog. Otherwise, I give my highest recommendation to Ajax Security, as my Best Book Bejtlich Read in 2007 award.

This is very good book. I've created so many websites using AJAX techonlogy. This book provided me to check how secure the websites are. I am glad that I fullfilled all the details without having the through knowledge of AJAX security. But this book has collected all the security check point at one place.

Are you a web developer? Do you believe you can ensure that your client-side code will function as expected? Well, you are wrong. In Ajax Security you will find out why.

Ajax changes the game in that it moves business logic to the client. In doing so it increases the attack surface of the application. The authors get curious with some real world Ajax frameworks such as Prototype, Dojo, and Microsoft Ajax. They demonstrate with these frameworks how developers might be unknowingly building vulnerabilities into their applications. If you're home brewing Ajax, the authors cover important security considerations you'll need to know so that you don't make the same mistakes the industry leaders have made.

I learned a lot about JavaScript from reading this book. I learned even more about how JavaScript can be used maliciously. The authors describe techniques for function clobbering, JSON hijacking, storage attacks, and presentation layer attacks. One of my favorite parts of the book, not to mention one of the scariest, is an explanation of how to hide malicious JavaScript from signature based anti-virus software.

The authors explain why the Same-Origin Policy is broken and how it can be subverted. Also covered are security considerations for offline applications. An in-depth analysis of Ajax worms is covered. If you are curious about how Ajax is changing web security you should read this book. If your are a web developer or a security professional you should read this book, even if you aren't using Ajax. If you don't believe cross-site scripting is a "big deal", I dare you to read this book and maintain the same opinion.

Anyone involved in developing/testing AJAX should read "AJAX Security." It covers preventing a hacker from attaching your application. The audience includes developers, QA and penetration testers. While there are code snippets, they are explained well. While managers aren't in the target audience, I think they could benefit from understanding the concepts presented in the book.

The book begins with a brief review of AJAX architecture with an emphasis on security. The writing style is quite engaging including a chapter walking you through an attack from a hacker's point of view. All the major known categories of attacks are included including resource enumeration, parameter manipulation (with SQL and XPATH injection), session hijacking, JSON hijacking, XSS, CSRF, phishing, denial of service, etc.

I particularly liked the analogies to things that happen in the physical world such as resource injection into a roommate's "to do" list and hijacking another customer's paid order in the deli. These made it easy to visualize the problem even for people who don't code often.

The authors were realistic and included the limitations and drawbacks of each tool/framework mentioned. I liked the chapter analyzing two major JavaScript worms including the source code. This really hit home on the importance of certain practices!

All information was up to date as of printing including comments on all four major browsers (IE, Firefox, Opera and Safari.) They even mentioned the HTML 5 specification. The book is not server side language specific, which was nice.

THE BOOK DESIGN AND CLASSY JACKET ALONE ARE WORTH THE MONEY. LOVED THE MOVIE. THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT THEY DON'T PUT ENOUGH COHERENT STORYBOARDS INTO THE CONTENT. ALSO, THE NIGHTCRAWLER'S MOCK-UP CIRCUS POSTER DON'T REALLY GIVE ANY ADDITIONAL VALUE OVER THE BOOK'S GENERAL CONTENT.

My first impression was WOW! This book captures the essence of the movie. It's great to see the story boards it just makes you remember every scene of this excellent movie. It's obvious all the crew involved in X2 cared a lot about details and art and this book crowns it. The addition of the movie script is great, i think we fans love to read the original script to see what scenes didnt make it to the final and wonder what they looked like (if they add them in the DVD it would be fantastic). The quality of this book is absolutely great. Beautiful pictures in every page you turn. A must to every X2 fan.

Being new to the world of the X-men, this book has everything to offer for the die hard fan. The Beautiful black hardcover (not to mention its wonderful slipcover with the entire cast on front) is amazing! The book is filled with illistrations, costume drawings, stroyboards, idea drawings of the proposed danger room, characther bios, and the best part...the complete movie script of X2! Well worth buying. I would suggest any fan to buy to add to his/her collection.

An astounding companion to the film, this book should be on every X-fan's wish list, and probably on that of anyone interested in how a real two-hour block of entertainment is made. There is real heart in this film--it stands out from most summer blockbusters as a simple, non-preachy statement on tolerance, gorgeously wrapped up in the craftsmanship of thousands of film artists, performers, computer graphic artists, and editors. It's a work of art, a rollicking ride, and this book is a terrific tide-me-over for anyone yearning to own the film on DVD in the future.

If you are looking for concept art, production stills and behind the scenes photography, this is the book.

The book goes in chronological order, for the most part, and shows the concept drawings and paintings, the storyboard sketches (and text), and places them next to finished photography of the sets and characters, which gives you a great idea of how the concepts are turned into reality.

It takes you into character development for all of the major characters, with concept art to final film stills. The characters covered are: Nightcrawler (with a great full page poster of "the amazing nightcrawler"), Charles Xavier, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Rogue, Storm, Pyro, Magneto, Mystique, Mutant 143, and Lady Deathstrike. Most characters have only 2 pages each, but Nightcrawler, Mystique, Wolverine, Mutant 143, and Lady Deathstrike have multiple pages which show sketches and final photography.

The locations/sets covered in the book are: the White House, X-Mansion, Cerebro, Plastic Prison, X-Jet, Alkali Lake, and Stryker's Base.

This book is 100% filled with great content: drawings, photos, and storyboards, along with a section on the special effects. I wish it were twice as big, but everything in the book is awesome.

This is a fantastic and inspirational book that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. I highly recommend it become a part of everyone's poetry collection, and know that it will be one of those books that you go back to time and again.

Complex, inspiring, delightful, heart-warming, and so much more you will experience while reading this book. There is something for everyone; from the very young to the most mature readers. You will laugh, cry and often wonder what life and the future holds for you. Definitely a book one should have in their personal library. This young talented and sincere author has done a wonderful job. Looking forward to reading his next book. A must read for all.... I

Inspirational poetry written by an obviously inspired poet. A great addition to ones poetry collection and a book to be read and re-read when you are feeling down.

I enjoyed this book and will read it over and over. It is a must have for everyone.!

Poetry that shares experiance, strength and hope to the reader. A must have for everyone's library!

I read this story while my 14 year old Black lab (Mabel) was dying. From the first page to the last I was an emotional wreck. And, as final chapters do, this marvelous adventure sadly comes to a close. However, the ending also offers an element of hope and the dream of reunion. If you love animals, particularly dogs, this is a wonderful story beautifully told. The author has stated that he hoped his book would do justice to the art of Richard Adams, author of "Watership Down" and "The Plague Dogs." I think it fair to say that Mr. Adams would warmly welcome Mr. Smith's story.

This book is an impressive debut from W Bryan Smith. The storylines of the animals and humans intertwine seamlessly into a very enjoyable read. You'll find that you'll go through a kaleidoscope of feelings and emotions as not only one side of the story is told, but you'll also be filled in on what drives the other parties involved. You'll learn what makes the feral vicious, what could possibly motivate a man to maim a dog as was done to poor Buddy, how The Jack could possibly want to leave his happy home, and much more. Do yourself a favor, and make sure that you read this book. I'd also highly recommend W Bryan Smith's second book, Starry Night.

Buddy and the Jack by W. Bryan Smith made me laugh, made me cry, and kept me reading until I couldn't read anymore--a true page turner for me. What I enjoyed the most about this novel is the warm relationship between Buddy and the Jack, and how they survived not only in the streets but against the ferals. I also enjoyed the human romance, which honestly, had me laughing here and there, and the way they got involved with Buddy and the Jack. This is definitely going to be one of those novels I'll be reading again.

What a terrific book for all animal lovers! If you dont already have a pet you may want to go right out and adopt one or more after reading this book.

Pet owners know that our 'children in fur coats' have feelings which they lovingly express to us, yet they can't always communicate to us how much they appreciate and need our kind words and gentle care. Because this story is told mostly from the perspective of the two strays, the reader gets to understand this concept.

It is one of those books that you dont want to put down, yet you don't want it to end either, because the author has you laughing at and rooting for these two characters and their human aquaintances. Buddy and the Jack is a great summer read!! I recommend it to everyone.

Buddy & The Jack is a story about a blind dog and a Jack Russell terrier who helps him. The Jack becomes Buddy's eyes and leads him on a journey through all types of perils. It is an emotional novel that will have you laughing one moment and crying the next. It's not just a dog story; there are subplots involving human characters, too. The book is well written and the characters are very real. I had at one time lost a dog that was dear to my heart and can relate to certain situations in the book that are handled very sensitively. I would recommend this book to anyone who is an animal lover, it will touch your heart.

Excelente transcripcion
se los recomiendo ampliamente
es un disco excelente, con mucha dificultad
Pero en este libro podras ver como va y practicarlo mucho hasta que salga

Compralo esta muy bueno

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This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I would recomend this book to ANY guitar player out there. While it may be a bit discouraging at first, this album has the MOST inspiring/impressive guitar work I have ever seen. This album and it's complexity will leave you speachless.

It's a good book but there are some mistakes in the tabs to the brigde to Erotomania, the notation is good. The songs have a good setup and the whole thing is worth five stars!!

The quality of this transcription is very good, although there are few errors in the TAB (the bridge in Erotomania right after the first guitar solo is the most obvious.) however, the notation is acurate. A very handy resource if you are trying to master Petrucci's style and technique.

This book is perhaps my favourite guitar tab book I own (out of the 25 or so I have). It is great for expanding on your technique, speed + accuracy, and left/right hand stretching/coordination. There are some very fast parts (one bar in "Lie" contains 4 semihemidemisemiquavers grouped together, which are 1/128th notes) which are difficult to master, but once you have perused through the book, it is extremely easy to play and seems to flow from your fingers like pure ecstasy. Awake is my favourite Dream Theater album, and is certainly a must have for any guitarist's collection. There are very few errors - I can only think of two offhand - the first being the bridge in Erotomania, where fret numbers where simply placed one string out in a few places, but this was easily noticeable if you've heard the song before. The second error was simply a bar line which was missed out in Caught In A Web, where the extra string (Caught In A Web is one of 3 songs on Awake which are 7-string songs - lucky I have one :) ) was drawn a little out of whack on one bar (only one bar, so who cares?). This book is a great addition to anyone's collection, so go and get it!!! (and a 7-string as well).

Nancy Clark has provided a wonderful tool for parents and therapists to use with traumatized children.

My son listened intently to the story of the little boy who was so filled with anger and who drove everyone away. He could identify with this boy's feelings of loss and his eventual feelings of acceptance and love from his forever parents.

I bought this for my 10 year old daughter whom my husband and i adopted last year. This book was exceptional in interperting her feelings. She has RAD so any book that you can read with your child and both come away with love for each other is awesome!

I read this story to my foster daughter who has RAD. I did find it was a bit long to read in one sitting, but we did it, and she was attentive. At the end she said "That's like me isnt it." "And you're like the old couple, you love me even when I'm bad." I think it is a great story that kids like this can relate to and help them to understand more why they feel what they feel and why they do what they do.

I found this book easy to read to my 10 year old,who has adhd & attachment
disorder.Being written in fairytale format means it can deal with a lot of issues which could be difficult to approach with children of this sort of age.It certainly encouraged my son to discuss some issues from his past he had not felt able to talk about previously.The parenting guide in the the back was also useful & would have been even more so for someone who didn't
already have some knowledge of attachment issues & how they effect children.
I would certainly recommend it to anyone bringing up a traumatized child
whether fostered, adopted, or biological as my son is.

The book is exceptionally well written. I deal with foster care children and parents and I plan to refer them to this book because it reallhy helps to put things in perspective and explains the behaviors of the children they take into their home. the parenting tips were wonderful. I would recommend this book to any one who adopts or fosters children.