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I read these books growing up. My daughter read one of the books that I still have and adored it. She is a third grader. I oredered the St. Claire's collection (a sister series also in a boarding school) and she readsa nd rereads them. She has been pestering me for the Mallory towers collection and I am going to get them for her.

What is amazing is that these books were published in the 1940s. That girls today can relate to them is amazing and is a testament to this author's marvelous writing abilities. I read these books again recently and was struck by how much I was able to still enjoy them.

malory towres is a book what i think makes you feel like your there watching it all . how darrel enjoys her new school and how she makes friends with sally after the accident . she also becomes friends with mary lou and helps her to become more brave .
it tells you about boarding school and how darrel enjoyed i.
i have just read the first one i am on the second now and on my account they are really good so far

I cant remember anything because i read this ages ago
but i know this was a GREAT book! and if u havnt read it then u should coz it was one of the best of enid blytons!

Loved the whole series as a little girl. A similar series is the St.Claires series. These books were all my friends' favorites during the 4th-8th grade age group.

I grew up in the USA and got to read these when a friend brought them back from her summer vacation in the UK. I was in the sixth grade then and unhappy at school, so reading about this boarding school was a wonderful escape, where the teachers were kind and wise if often stern, and the students genuinely cared about working hard and growing into women of character.

The books show strong moral (though not overtly religious) values, but are written in a fun and real way and I didn't find them preachy or old-fashioned. The girls have lots of adventures and fun, playing tricks on their teachers, practicing sports, having midnight feasts, and putting on theatrical productions with their schoolmates.

This first one shows the main character, Darrell Rivers, coming to school, clashing with a spoiled girl and making friends with others, and overcoming misunderstandings and differences with her classmates.

This would be a great gift for a girl 9-12 years of age.

I decided to buy this book in Amazon because it was cheaper than trying to purchase it here in Spain.(36 euros in spanish in a bookshop here in Spain, but only 24 euros in english, everything included).
It is a good book for those how like views of planet Earth from above, and also interested in Geology, Earth Sciences, etc. I wish it would had more text rather than photos. The texts explaining the pictures could have been longer.

It was a surprise to see the photos inside, is very good planned the chapters, and really is look of our earth, from Asia to America. If you want ilustrated the climate change, you have to buy this book.

Most of us go through life with the assumption and perspective that the world around us is stable. The occassional tsunami or hurricane impresses us on the evening news but the world overall is mostly unchanging. This book will change that perspective and assumption.

Changes in climate, population, pollution, the wreckage of wars and other man made causes as well as natural events such as earthquakes, volcanism, floods, and weather on the earths surface are shown with before and after images. The most interesting to me were the changes in Greenland's ice sheets and many of the world's glaciers due to climate changes and the stark deforestation of the tropics due to burning and agricultural development.

I found the section at the end of the book titled "Future Views" to be an interesting collection of concise essays on the graphical presentions in the preceding section of the book. You make take these as factual or opinion piece but they like the book are stimulating and will make for good conversation around the coffee table.

This is a book for those interested in the environment, business, photography or science. I teach business courses to adults. This book demonstrates the awesome power of paired photos to convey important messages about dramatic changes over a very short period of time. This book is worth your investment of time and money. I am grateful to the publisher for this great work. bshaver@bus.wisc.edu

Anybody left harbouring doubts about the reality of climate change will be relieved of them by this book. The images of how glaciers are disappearing, the sea rising to threaten coastal communities or the ravages of intense storms are a jarring sight. The Collins team has performed an outstanding service in compiling such a span of places and conditions in demonstrating what is happening and is likely to occur in our future. With added commentary from a selected group of those interested in environment issues, this is a valuable visual package.

The book is comprised of eight chapters of categorised imagery and one of comment on future conditions. Opening with such natural phenomena as earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones and tornadoes, the images of human activity follow. Although the natural forces are the stuff of The Weather Channel, there are some human-created conditions that will be novel to many. Dutch land reclamation from the sea was depicted in our childhood reading, but the images of a set of man-made islands off the coast of Dubai may be something of a jolt. Looking like some flower or a bizarre insect, they are known as the "Palm Islands" for their resemblance to that plant.

Water, in one of its many forms, takes up a significant portion of the book. Glaciers may seem remote and of little value except for tourism, but some cities, such as Lima, Peru, rely on glaciers as a water source. The loss of glaciers means far more than the loss of a city's supply. As the Polar, Greenland and Canadian snow and ice melt away in rising temperatures, lowland civilisations are threatened with inundation. It may be easy to overlook the drowning of a Pacific Island nation like Tuvalu, but the millions of people displaced by flooding in Bangladesh will be a challenge its neighbours will have to cope with. The map depicting this flooding is hard to interpret in human terms - the scale is too small. Nevertheless, there are people in that zone of beige marked on the map.

The comments concluding the book are of interest, but reading them is a chore. In its effort to give modernity to the book, the page and print colours are far too close for proper readability. However, the reading is worth the effort for such articles as those by Mark Lynas and Tim Flannery. The editors, struggling to deliver a "balanced" presentation, slipped Bjorn Landstrom, the "Sceptical Environmentalist", in as a naysayer. Claiming to have observed the images, he then puts forward the notion that "technology" will save the species. Where Lima will obtain its water or how the Bangladeshi will be replanted elsewhere without social impact, seems to have escaped his notice. The editors might have found a more rational sceptic to include, but those are becoming as rare as the Golden Toad. Nevertheless, it is the images and explanations of their import that render the book an indispensible tool. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

This book was very helpful. It was a good guide to what I can do to help myself when I get a cold or the flu and included ways to protect against contracting it (which I wasn't aware of until I had read it).

I picked up 3 copies for my brothers and sister because they have kids and I think this book can help them understand how to keep their households healthy.

And because of the great timing, I was able to stay healthier this cold and flu season!

Few books written by health professionals can bridge the gap between providing comprehensive advice and information on a health issue and doing so in an interesting, readable and practically applicable manner. Dr. Schachter has achieved this and more. This book is "colds and Flu" for Dummies without treating the reader as one. There is a ton of good, common sense advice for cold and flu prevention through modifying activities of daily living. In addition, he informs the reader about the powerful alternative and nutritional approaches to maintaining everyday health that are available to everyone. This is a book I am happy to have in my reference library.

This is a very readable book that gives you the information your doctor often does not take the time to tell you. The Good Doctor's Guide to Colds and Flu is smart, practical and well researched. Not only does Dr.Schachter explain how to prevent and treat colds, he explains the science behind his advice. I also really liked the way he combined natural and traditional remedies. Excellent job!

I am not really ready to review this book quite yet having just read through it quickly and at this moment, being sick with a cold. But I thought it was urgent to say one thing and then return to edit this review later:

In the chapter called "Treatment" the author recommends (among other things) Zinc nasal spray, using it every two hours. Well I purchased Zicam yesterday for the first time and it seemed to really help... But then I read up about it and learned that there are several lawsuits claiming it caused people to permanently lose their sense of smell and taste after just one use. I believe those people (their stories were very compelling), and will never use a Zinc nasal spray (or gel) again. The reports are not limited only to Zicam, by the way.

To learn more, try looking up the following article from The Los Angeles Times online: "Zinc for colds losing its luster Users of some products reporting loss of smell, taste" By Jane E. Allen Tuesday, March 30, 2004...or "Federal Lawsuit Refocuses Attention on Serious Risks Posed by Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel" dated December 21, 2005...or just do a general search.

To be continued when I'm feeling better.

A very informative and well-written book describing colds, flu, sinusitis, pneumonia and other common winter ailments. Dr. Schachter tells you what's happening with the ailment, how to treat it, and best of all, how to prevent it for the future.

We find this book helpful in our household as parents of young children (and we've had plenty of colds in our house) and recommend it to other parents.

The practical advice (and the clearly defined science behind it) makes The Good Doctor's Guide a very worthhile read for you and your health. A great buy!

I bought my son several of the Let's Read and Find Out books for Christmas. He's a first grader going on 7 years. These are just absolutely fantastic books for introducing varoius difficult concepts. I like that they contain alot of information, but are still easy to understand. Hard to find something "not too young, not too old" for this age. We love them. This particular one was a favorite.

One of my older children brought this book home from a school book sale many years ago. It was a hit with both of my children for several years. Then, as they grew up, the book was put away in a box for another time.

When I had another child, I got out that "box for another time" and stacked the books on a shelf. This one was amongst them, and onto a shelf it went, though I did't expect it to be of interest to him for several years yet.

But lately, at 21 months, Jack has been asking for this book frequently -- and listening with interest to reading after reading! I doubt that the concept of "how much you weigh on Mars" makes much sense to him yet -- but the idea of gravity is one that he is working out, and Branley's explanations of the Earth pulling everything to its center is simple and seems to satisfy even at this age!

Even better, the science is simple, but accurate so it's a good start on his physics education!

Although this book will painlessly teach your four year old what science is and what that abstract concept, gravity, is, it is also excellent for a teenager who is struggling through a physics course. As Einstein said, you don't really understand a concept until you can explain it to your grandmother. Well, this is a book for Grandmother.

This book is as important as it is wonderful. It brings home the Big Secret about science that escapes most people: Science is about the unknown, not the known. There are lots of mysteries out there; the business of science is to change the unknown into the known, which is the lesson, I think, of Franklyn Branley's masterpiece.

In 1990, my husband went to the library and brought home " gravity is a mystery" for our son to read. He loved it! It was his favorite book for weeks! Every night one of us would have to read it to him. This is a fun book that everyone should get a chance to read.

Very complete research on many aspects of life in "Select" colleges. Certainly a good book to read if you have a child, or are a student interested in the highly competitive colleges.

I have studied higher education for 20 years and my greatest frustration has been the public's unwillingness to look beyond the designer label when choosing a college. Prestigious universities get and maintain their reputations DESPITE their typically offering extremely poor undergraduate education. Not only are classes often large and poorly taught, many students find themselves stressed into fearful quiescence in classes and into depression or eating disorders outside of class (with the colleges doing little to prevent it. And for the privilege, the four-year actual total cost of attending such institutions is nearly $150,000, with only modest cash financial aid available to the middle class. Finally, there's a book which, with painstaking documentation, tells some of the tale. I would only add that even the vaunted career-boosting of an Ivy diploma is seriously overrated. Because these institutions attract the nation's best and brightest students (They really can't be that bright if they're willing to pay so much for so little) they would get great jobs no matter where they went to college. Indeed, at less selective students, these Ivy-caliber students would stand out, thereby getting to hold leadership positions on campus, receive superlative letters of recommendation from professors and administrators, and insider leads on jobs--none of which is as likely at an Ivy institution, filled with student superstars. This book is a MUST read for anyone considering attending or sending their child to a "prestigious" college. The truly wise choice is to send your Ivy-caliber child to a public institution that has a substantive honors program. Some of the small publics may be particularly wise choices: Mary Washington, Evergreen State, St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Howard Greene, the most esteemed of all educational consulants, writes of the social, academic, and campus experience of college students. This book is a clear must for anyone interested in what really goes on inside of well known colleges and universities throughout the country. Honest and interesting, Greene has sucessfully accomplished another outstanding book! I can't wait to see what he will publish next! Perhaps a piece co-written with his daughter, a college freshman?

This book holds no punches. It tells it like it is - from the students - on areas such as social life, drinking on campus, safety issues, various academic pros and cons, skill of profs, morale, racism, etc. Shows good differences between schools we think of as "the same" - eg, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth. I like the charts too - they helped me find the information I wanted quickly and clearly. Strong recommendation.

This is the third college guide written by the Greenes I have read. So far, they have all been excellent. This book is an in depth analytical study extracted from a survey of over 3,000 students who attended twenty elite schools (8 Ivies, 9 private universities, and 3 top public universities). As usual, the Greenes writing is impecable and very lively, including numerous direct fascinating quotes from students. This makes digesting this occasionally dry material a lot more fun than expected.

This book is a reality check. Apparently, the character of these schools has really changed over the past several decades. Gone is the collegiate country club atmosphere some of these campuses may have had. Instead, the atmosphere is now described as intense, competitive, and cutthroat by 90% of the students in the survey. Also, 84% of the students indicated that the academic workload was their overriding concern. The grade pressure is intense and made doubly so given the exceptional student body. How can you possibly excel among straight As valedictorians with many of the classes graded on a curve?

The Greenes mention that going to such academically competitive schools may be a questionable choice to maximize your chance to go to top graduate schools. Regarding two Med school candidates with equivalent academic caliber, one has a 2.9 GPA from Yale the other a 3.6 GPA from State U. Who wins? The higher GPA candidate will win out. Additionally, the Greenes remove the illusion that if you go to Harvard undergrad you have a better shot at a Harvard graduate school. You don't. The top graduate schools recruiting throws a nationwide net looking for the best talent (the higher GPAs among other parameters).

The Greenes' survey removes any illusion that these top colleges represent ideal communities. They do not. Their academic pressure-cooking atmosphere results in numerous psychological and social ailments. The amount of drug usage, alcohol consumption, including frequent binge drinking is rampant. Binge drinking is practiced on a regular basis by 80% of the fraternity and sorority houses. For non-Greek members binge drinking practitioners still represent 45% of men and 36% of women. These behaviors result in occurrence of depression, date rape, sexual abuse, and other safety issues. In this regard, women are more vulnerable for obvious reasons. Within the survey, 50% of women indicated they were concerned about their safety on a daily basis.

Another result of the academic pressure and grade competition is the surprisingly high level of cheating. Within the survey, 29% of the students indicated that academic cheating had a direct effect on their class position or grades.

The survey feedback regarding academics was mixed. For instance, Harvard's faculty was criticized for being removed and not good teachers. Is this really the best college in the nation? On the other hand Princeton, Yale, Columbia received high praise for their faculty. Feedback regarding college social life was often more mediocre. As you can imagine extremely high IQ has no positive correlation with EQ. In other words, don't necessarily expect a healthy, balanced, and fun social life from these schools.

But the myth lives on. By many other standards, these schools remain the most successful ones in the nation. They achieve staggeringly high graduation rates ranging from 90% to 97% compared to only 40% for the nationwide average and about 70% for any pretty descent school. Also, 83% of the students indicated they would make the same school choice again if they relived their recent past. This is most probably far higher a percentage than for lesser schools. And, this is despite the high stress, the concern about academic workload, and often the criticism in the quality of the teaching delivered by the faculty. Is this masochism?

The Greenes indicate what it takes to remain sane in such a stressful environment. This entails being self-motivated, with a strong psyche, a creative spirit, a tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty, and a sense of humor to let you take on adversity in stride.

The Greenes recommend an excellent method in selecting a college. First know thyself. Be aware of what academic, and geographical environment you will thrive in. What is your preferred classroom learning environment? How intellectually driven are you really? What are your relevant fears and weaknesses regarding your adaptative skills to the campus life? Only by asking yourself these tough questions, will you know what kind of school represents a good match. Next, look at your achievements (GPA/SATs) and within the pool of schools that represent a good match, you look at the best fit by investigating the schools in details. The Greenes have a three page list of investigative questions to ask administrators of prospective schools including issues on campus safety, campus social atmosphere, quality of campus living, alcohol and drug policy, availability of substance free dorms, crime record. This college selection is a sane alternative to the brand name obsession we have with the top schools.

Do you want a good action book? Well I've got one for you. It's called Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins. This book takes place in New York City. A boy named Gregor is stuck at home in the summer because his famliy does not have enough money. He falls into a air duct, and, he is in a underground world! Join Gregor in his quest to find his...
I personally love this book! I think a lot of youth will find pleasure in this book. It has action and it is pretty funny. Suzanne Collins had great suiccess with this book. Once I started to read it, I could not stop. Read it, it is not a waste of time!

Do you want a good action book? Well I've got one for you. It's called Gregor The Overlander by Suzanne Collins. This book takes place in New York City. A boy named Gregor is stuck at home in the summer because his famliy does not have enough money. He falls into a air duct, and, he is in a underground world! Join Gregor in his quest to find his...
I personally love this book! I think a lot of youth will find pleasure in this book. It has action and it is pretty funny. Suzanne Collins had great suiccess with this book. Once I started to read it, I could not stop. Read it, it is not a waste of time!

I read this to my boys 7 & 10 before bed each night and they loved it. My first concern was that the story might be too scary for my youngest considering there are giant roaches, rats, spiders and bats throughout the entire thing. But, it wasn't. The story has an Alice in Wonderland feel to it that is very nice. All of us are looking forward to reading the rest of the stories.

THIS IS THE BEST BOOK!!!!!!!! The adventures are great. I even read this book twice. I loved it and I believe you will, too. It is all adventure, drama, and action. All through it, you will not want to put it down because you will get hooked. This book is recommended for all!

After surviving a bizarre fall through a gateway to the Underland--conveniently located in the laundry room of their NYC apartment building--eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister Boots discover a world filled with giant talking cockroaches, rats, spiders, and bats. The humans of this formidable world take them in as "guests," but, as Gregor astutely observes, "Guests could leave it they wanted to" (p. 54). Not knowing whom to trust, Gregor flees the palace with Boots, inadvertently igniting the prophesied war between the humans and rats.

Highlighting Gregor's role as the consistently responsible older brother, Collins creates a heroic character for young adult readers even before revealing that Gregor is about to fulfill his destiny as "an Overland Warrior, a Son of the Sun" (p. 109). Yes, there is violence, but not simply for the sake of being violent; Collins's use of violence is appropriate to her story.

Gregor is a great introduction for readers who are new to the fantasy genre. The main characters are human, and are well-grounded in reality--New York City, doing laundry, babysitting, summer camp. Still, there is enough of the fantastic--giant talking animals, gateways into another world, prophecies--to stimulate the imagination and introduce newcomers to fantasy without being overwhelming.

Massachusetts Children's Book Award Honor Book, 2006

Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2006

NAIBA Book of the Year Award, 2004

Reviewed by: Mechele R. Dillard

I do like this dictionary, as a Beginner's dictionary. I really like the easy to read print and blue-colored heading of each word. Some words have contextual to help you use them in the correct sense. (The larger English-Italian "Concise Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary" has even more words and contextual sentences.)

Something I really like about the Harper-Collins dictionary is the blue coded section of pages in the middle. This section has lots of quick information including numbers, phrases, telling time, a huge verb section with verb tables, and a great little section called False Friends. False Friends shows you many words that sound like English words but mean something completely different in context. It gives sentences to help you understand the correct meaning of the "False Friend" word, and then gives a sentence with the correct Italian word that you might think the False Friend word meant. For example (from the book):

"Un bambino fastidioso." --> actually means "An annoying child."
"Very fastidious." would actually be --> "Molto pignola."

"Questo rumore" --> actually means "That noise"
"There's a rumour that..." would actually be --> "Corre voce che..."

False Friends reminds you that you can't always "fake" your way through a conversation. The language barrier could lead to confusion or embarrassment!

I would definitely get this dictionary for most of your quick English-Italian needs, especially your portable ones. But I recommend also getting a more comprehensive dictionary like the English-Italian "Concise Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary" to go along with it.

It is the best dictionary for beginners out there. I bought one from L series (yellow cover) and returned it, because I found this in B&N. Really clear to understand, and in the middle you have th list of all the verbs, and some general info.
Recommended. If I could I'd give it 10 stars.

One of the BETTER dictionaries, at a good price....Like the little extras included !

No reviews for this? Are you kidding me! I mean is this book good or is this book good? Fuggetaboutit, its the best beginers dictionary there was ever made. I know because I have been to 3 different bookstores comparing about 15 different editions and this one was won out very easily.
It's 640 pages, 60 of them belong to a mini-grammar section in the middle of the two dictionaries ie:(english/italian---grammar section---italian/english)
You can not go wrong with this book, I know you will love it.

Sometimes it's hard to know how to use the new words and phrases. This dictionary has lots of examples to show you how to use them in everyday language, and that's what important for beginners, right? Comparing to those dictionaries that only give you the meaning of words but not how to use them, this dictionary is a lot more useful.

I used to be sore and tired after a round of golf, but after reading this book and trying several of the techniques my energy level has increased and my body seems much more energized!

I always thought that massaging myself was pointless, that it was something better left to an expert. Little did I know that in many cases I was the best person for the job. Tight calves and shoulders were some of my biggest problem areas but now I have the tools to take care of them myself. What a great gift!

Sitting cramped in airline seats for hours is not good. Using the techniques in this book is! For someone who travels a lot, this is a great book!

Great book. It has helped a lot with my chronic neck pain.
I would say this is one of the only books that offers solutions and explains clearly how to relieve the aching without being too medical-techy.

I have three kids under 9 and can't get a spare minute to think about getting a massage! This book is just wonderful -- I can de-stress anywhere from the front seat of my minivan to the sidelines of a baseball game. It is amazing how a little pressure on the right spot can really give you back your energy!

These beautiful little books are as charming as the little mice that inhabit the pages. The entire series is a neccesity. The stories are sweet, but it is the intricate,detailed, watercolor paintings that will captivate you and your child.

My daughter and her children and I all love the Brambly Hedge series. The stories and illustrations are fabulous. Anyone interested in porcelain will also love collecting the Brambly Hedge teaset and wall plates by Royal Doulton. Fabric is also available for quilts, tablecloths, etc. Brambly Hedge is a wonderful place to visit.

When I was a kid, I loved these books, I was delighted to find these here, as I still have my original copies from childhood. For those who love the artwork, target has the whole line!!

As in all the Brambly Hedge stories, a sweet story combined with exquisite watercolor illustrations makes this a perfect read-aloud story for the very young -- although older children and adults are certainly not immune from its charm! Those who have an interest in the fiber arts will especially appreciate the plot, as spinning, weaving -and especially dyeing- play an intregal part in this adventure. The adventure itself is gently humorous and nicely evocative of the beauty and hardship of mountain terrains. My 3-yr-old daughter finds it a great inspiration, slinging on her backpack to pretend she is like the young mouse Wilfred Toadflax, intrepid explorer...

All of the Brambly Hedge books are wonderful. The stories are gentle and imaginative, and the illustrations are detailed and creative. I'd give all of them 5 stars except for one thing: the size of the books. On one hand their smaller size gives them a certain charm, but the first Brambly Hedge book I saw was one I took from the library in a "standard" picture book size, and you could just get lost in the illustrations. The smaller size of these books detracts from the loveliness of the pictures -- it's much more difficult to pick out the wonderful details, and the color is also a little less vibrant than the version I had seen, again making it hard to pick things out. What a disappointment, because the illustrations are half the charm of the books. If they had only made these books larger, they'd be perfect in every way.

Piper has once again done a superb job of authoritatively exposing the powerful international cabal of Zionists who have taken control of the U.S. government, media, and nominal (so called) "Christian" leadership. An examination of just one of the Zionists, William Kristol, illustrates the power and influence of these criminals. William Kristol bragged in a March 17, 2003 article in The Weekly Standard (just one day prior to the U.S. launch of its war against Iraq) that "obviously, we are gratified that the Iraq strategy that we have long advocated . . . has become the policy of the U.S. Government." Who are the "we" to whom he is referring? They are neo-conservatives, more accurately described as Jewish Zionists. Their allegiance is to Israel; they are disloyal to the United States.

According to a profile provided by the Project for the New American Century: "William Kristol is editor of The Weekly Standard, as well as chairman and co-founder of the neo-conservative Project for the New American Century." The Project for the New American Century issued a paper in September 2000, wherein the organization stated that the United States must prepare to fight militarily on multiple fronts throughout the world. To do this, according to the project, would require a political and military transformation of the U.S. that would likely take a long time "absent a catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor." It was no coincidence that a year after Kristol and his fellow Zionists wished for a new Pearl Harbor, we were subjected to the well orchestrated insider 9-11 attacks. Evidence has pointed to Israel and the U.S. government as the perpetrators of that attack.

Kristol's political influence within the U.S. government is recognized by those in the know as being so pervasive that Richard Cohen of the Washington Post referred to the Iraq war as "Kristol's War." Kristol, who is Jewish, was one of the speakers slated for the 2nd Annual Ultimate Training Seminar for Pro-Israel Advocates on June 26-27, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The seminar is put on each year by the Israel Project. A memo from political consultants for the Israel Project advocated that "you do not want Americans to believe that the war on Iraq is being waged to protect Israel rather than to protect America." If the war were truly being fought to protect the interests of the United States, there would be no reason for concern that Americans would think that the war was in reality being fought on behalf of Israel. In fact, the Iraq War is being fought for Israel.

Many are not aware that William Kristol has been passed the neo-conservative torch from his influential father, Irving Kristol. Irving Kristol, is a member of the powerful (and subversive) Council on Foreign Relations and is widely credited with being a leading founder of the neo-conservative movement. Irving Kristol was a communist disciple of Leon Trosky, the Jewish Zionist who, along with Vladimir Lenin and others, led the communist takeover of Russia. Communism is actually the ideology of the Jewish Talmud put into practice.

The goal of these evil antichrist conspirators is to make us slaves of their Zionist New World Order. The Zionist Jews have long planned on starting World War III, and the destruction of the World Trade Center is the first salvo in that World War. The 2003 invasion of Iraq is just another inexorable step toward World War III. Not all Jews are evil parasites bent on ruling the world. Some Jews upon learning of the true nature of the world conspiracy, recoil in disgust. Benjamin H. Freedman was one such Jew. Benjamin H. Freedman was an insider in the world Zionist conspiracy. He was a successful Jewish businessman of New York City who was at one time the principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company. He broke with organized Jewry in 1945, when by the grace of God he was saved and became a Christian. He spent the remainder of his life and the great preponderance of his considerable fortune, exposing the Jewish conspiracy against the United States and the world. Freedman revealed the plans the Zionist Jews have for World War III.

Are the Zionists plans coming to fruition? It appears so. Stephanie Innes of the Arizona Daily Star, quoted Raanan Gissin, a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on March 18, 2003 saying: "We've been fighting a war for the past 18 months, which is the harbinger of World War III. The world is going to fight, whether they like it or not. I'm sure."

In order to understand the foreign policy of the Bush administration, this excellent book is an absolute essential. Herein, crusading author Michael Collins Piper accurately describes the rise of the nefarious neoconservatives and their clandestine control of the Bush White House. Who are they? They are committed Trotskyites such as Norman Podhoretz, his son, John, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Irving and William Kristol, Robert Kagan, and many others. What do they seek? The primary objective seems to the primacy of Israel in the Middle East. Ultimately, the plan seems to be for a nominally American, but truly Trotskyite, world empire. In this important, though albeit short book, lies the sinister plan for at least next four years. Read this important book carefully. Then hope and pray that the machinations of the evil plotters herein depicted can be derailed.

Michael Piper has done it again. His attention to detail, so evidenced in his brilliant articles for the American Free Press weekly, has exposed the "neo-conservatives" -- such as Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, William Kristol, and of course Henry Kissinger -- who have taken over the Army, Navy, and Air Force of our USA. Imagine! Some of our millitary leaders objected to using our forces in preemptive war; they were removed or shunted aside. These neo-cons run the Bush administration from behind the scenes. Piper exposes the machinations.

The neo-cons (Trotskyites) have taken over. They are making our forces, our young troops, die for an unAmerican cause... don't expect to read about it in the "major media," also run by these Trotskyites. Hey, read it all in this fascinating book.

Michael Collins Piper has gone beyond the investigative skills and research acumen of such notables as Michael Moore in exposing the global elite who control this nation and who are pushing for a "New World Order", where the ordinary citizens will be relegated to serfdom. It is a must read for American patriots who are disillusioned with the empty promises of politicians and are frustrated to see the U.S. Constitution being subverted by elements loyal to foreign interests. It is comprehensible and well referenced by a distinguisehed reporter and investigator who is concerned strictly with the facts rather than the subjective theatrics we see in the popular media that passes for news. Once you start reading the book, you may find it difficult to put it down until you finish. (p)

Michael Collins Piper should be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for this scholarly work. Unfortunately, the mainstream media are too intimidated by "special interest forces" to invite such individuals for honest and open discussions on the drive towards a global domination based on Pax Americana. Thank god for the internet and alternative news sources that we have voices such as this author!

Preliminary Remarks
Comparison of individuals is a purely subjective matter and often misplaced, yet we all do it to some extent - comparing former friends with new friends, new loves with old loves, the latest holiday spots with the ultra-latest hide-away, cars, etc. Reviewing books is a matter of comparison, of judgment where a reviewer's subjective likes and dislikes are not hidden but form the framework and context wherein someone else's expressed thoughts are evaluated. An ideal book review is one where criticism is balanced.

During my teaching days it was common for students bitterly to complain that, for example, a set text was >boring<. Such students would not even make the effort, through self-reflection, to lift their sights away from their own dull minds to participate - to empathize - with another mind's creations. I reminded few dull minds that it takes many solitary hours to think about, to research, then to write a book, not to say anything about the actual production process of book-making.

Michael Collins Piper has not written many books but the ones he has written have continued to be best sellers in the alternate scene, amongst Revisionists who refuse to believe in any of the orthodox conspiracy theories that are fed into the public domain via government agencies and the controlled main-stream media. His 1994 tome on the Kennedy assassination Final Judgment: The missing Link in the JFK Assassination Conspiracy has been translated into Arabic and Japanese, and to this day has not been superseded in argument by any other book written on this topic.

I first met Michael Collins Piper in the late 1990s when I called in at Willis Carto's then Spotlight - now American Free Press - and The Barnes Review enterprise. I compared him with Andrew Gray whose claim to fame partially rested on his translating Richard Wagner's autobiography Mein Leben - My Life from German into English. I called Michael a mini-Andrew because they both were bubbly and self-contained, perhaps a kind of smugness that individuals develop when they have stopped competing with others, when they are reasonably satisfied with their personal achievements. Lesser perceptively developed persons miss-read this attitude as a kind of arrogance, and do not feel comfortable with such individuals because they feel threatened by their accompanying fearless open mind that will not shy away from discussing anything at all, naturally in a civilized way. There is no taboo topic from which such mature minds shy away from.

No-one could ever surpass Andrew's love of Richard Wagner. Still, all three, Richard Wagner, Andrew Gray and Michael Collins Piper have one common denominator - they fearlessly focus on things Jewish when the need arises, as they would fearlessly focus on other matters. They do not shy away from critically offering their opinion on things Jewish - and that is good because it is a healthy sign for a society where things Jewish can be openly expressed. I know individuals who mystify their references to Jews by calling them >Turks<, >parasites<, and a host of invectives that reflect more on the person's mental make-up than on the intended scapegoat - the Jew.

Perceptive Jews know it is better not to seek legal protection from such attacks because this then forces Jews to develop a victim mentality that has psychological consequences. Such individuals are either in, expecting, or just coming out of a >Holocaust<. It is the neurotic, perpetual victimhood mentality where an individual never grows up and remains infantile in behaviour.

Perceptive Jews are aware of this process because what causes them grief and fear is the hidden criticism against them. They appreciate receiving an openly expressed >>what, when, where, how, why and who of a matter<<.

Among other topics, it has been my aim over these past decades to also reach that point of mature open discussion - as befitting an open civilized society that western democracies reputably are - with things concerning Adolf Hitler and the >Holocaust<.

At the end to the Bibliography in The New Jerusalem, Michael spells out his policy:

>>FOR THE RECORD: After the release of this author's first book, Final Judgment, a critic made the claim that many of my sources and references were "out of context" or otherwise incorrectly rendered. This was not true. Another critic said that "most" of my key material came from one source. AGAIN, this was not true.
However, the fact that critics will not hesitate to lie and defame an author because they do not like what he documents is an ugly reality that this author has discovered on his own. This is why I always encourage people to "show me my errors" and to "show me where I'm wrong."
It seems - to me at least - that when you find yourself writing anything even vaguely critical of the State of Israel or its adherents, then that automatically makes anything you write absolutely wrong. Or so my critics claim, very loudly and repeatedly and most hysterically.
Well, I leave it up to the honest reader to refer to my cited sources and check them against my footnotes and, as I say, if I've taken anything out of context or rendered something incorrectly, then let me know. But don't call me a liar.<<

THE BOOKS

1. The High Priests of War

1.1 Form - Presentation
The immediate impression is that this book literally is crammed, stifled almost, from cover to cover with information. Although it counts 128 pages, I get an extra unnumbered 20 pages, counting the covers. The length is ideal because the book can be read in one or two day's sitting.

Some formatting would have improved this clutter. For example, the `Dedication' page should not have contained anything on its reverse.

A >Contents< page would have offered an oversight of what the book offers. Willis Carto's >Foreword< and Michael's own >Preface< and >Executive Summary< just appear at the beginning of the book. At the end of the book appears >A Final Word<, the >Endnotes<, the excellent >Photo Section<, the adequate >Index< and >A Letter From The Author<. The actual text has no chapters but contains 56 bold-printed headings. I have a faint suspicion that Collins Piper's book may be following the Final Judgment format, which is now in its 6th edition, each one incorporating the latest information as closed archives are opened to yield their secrets to hungry historians. In time these 56 sections will then be developed into structured chapters - I hope.

1.2 Content -The Text
Although written two years ago, this book is as relevant as it was then, perhaps even more so as the US administration attempts to extricate itself from a disastrous Iraqi invasion, and as it currently fends off Iran's move to dis-invest from Europe and re-invest in Asia. It is assumed that the latter is going to cause the USA financial markets some grief. Any country that disconnects from the US dollar, as Iraq wished to do before the US March 2003 invasion, will need to be disciplined by the values driving the US - freedom and democracy - a euphemistic way of saying military domination and economic exploitation, the actual antithesis of freedom and democracy.

The other main economic factor is that Iran is a political and financial power in the Middle East, and the fact that Iran will be moving out of the US dollar and into the Euro, that itself will hurt the USA. So it is imaginable that the USA will do everything it can to prevent Iran from opening its Oil Exchange service on 20 March 2006, as the US objected to Iraq moving into the Euro. When the US attacked Iraq the only Baghdad building that noticeably remained undamaged was that housing the Oil Ministry - so that existing oil contracts could be ripped up and re-written under US supervision.

The foregoing suggests that the attack on Iraq was driven by an economic imperative - oil. That may be so if we believe what some sectors of the world media are saying, but certainly no-one of sound mind believes the official Washington version for invading Iraq: looking for Saddam Hussein's WMDs and spreading `freedom and democracy' to the Middle East. The absurd claim is also made by none less than the strongest `coalition of the willing' ally, Australia's Prime Minister Mr John Howard, that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East.

Before this book was written only a small group of individuals had full knowledge of the conspiracy hatched by the Neo-Cons that controlled the Bush presidency's political agenda. Saturated with Jewish individuals, such as Paul Wolfowitz (who now heads the World Bank), Richard Perle, William Kristol, et al, Collins Piper easily traces the Jewish factor that is driving American politics:

- externally by using US global dominance to secure Israel's dominance of the Middle East, as opposed to Iran's pre-eminence in this region developing naturally;

- internally to get the US Supreme Court to adopt Talmudic legal principles. All this is done under a globalist agenda driven by individuals who were once imbued with Trotskyite ideology

This mental framework needs to be opposed, and Collins Piper says it is time for the American people to >>to declare war on >The High Priests of War<.<< The Americans have been deceived for too long, says Collins Piper. The Cold War dichotomy was a fraud and it has been replaced by the fraudulent `terrorism war on Muslim extremists'.

March 17, 2003, the eve of Purim sees Jews celebrate their victory over their hated enemy, Haman, and on this day George Bush announced to the world that the US and its `coalition of the willing' would attack Iraq without UN approval. In effect, as the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Mohammed Mahatir stated, Israel fights its war by proxy - the USA does such things for Israel.

What made all this easier to execute was, of course, the 9/11 tragedy, that insider-job attack by Americans on Americans. Thanks to the still free flow of information on the Internet, anyone critical of US policy could retrieve information about the US-Israel connection, something that Charles Krauthammer, in a Time article on 17 February 2003, openly bragged about a month before the US invaded Iraq. Also, the >Axis of Evil< - Iraq, Iran, North Korea - focused US aggression somewhat on to the long-range projection that the Neo-Cons had propagated.

The unilateral attack on Iraq was not popular with critical Americans but the media drowned any effective airing of a counter view, but not so in the free flow of information on the Internet. Collins Piper shows how `The Billionaire Gang of Four' - Rothschild, Bronfman, Oppenheimer and Murdoch - are the most to benefit from a continuation of a Middle East war, and these financiers and media giants in turn secure the existence of the State of Israel.

One example how Collins Piper supports his contention is illustrated by the following:

>>It is no coincidence that the Defense Policy Board (DPB) would be the point of origin of a plan to make "heads roll" inside the military. Although ostensibly `independent', the DPB was dominated at the time (and ostensibly remains so) by Richard Perle who - although he never served in the U.S. military - made a fortune in armaments profiteering on behalf of Israel's military-industrial complex and has spent years promoting U.S. military engagements to defend the interests of Israel.<<

He then goes on to quote from a Post article of 28 July 2002 that highlights the existing division between Bush pushing for was with Iraq and senior military personnel refusing to give up their current position of containment, a position also shared with senior staffers in the State Department and in the CIA. Of course senior staffers in the White House and in the Pentagon would wear down that resistance. And who were these men? Perle, Wolfowitz and Feith, among others - all Jews.

Here my usual retort is apt: Don't blame the Jews, blame those that bend to their pressure!

Collins Piper's use of contemporary media reports indicates the information about government is out there if citizens make use of their still remaining freedom of speech as enshrined in the First Amendment. Unfortunately, the fabricated 9/11 incidents enabled the Patriot Act to be adopted by a pliable Congress, as also happened in Australia when the Terrorism legislation was adopted by a pliable parliament. Such legislation is designed not to catch elusive terrorists but rather legally to stifle public criticism of government policies that favour the state of Israel.

2. The New Jerusalem
2.1 Form
What I said about Form, above, also applies to this book. Although it has 184 pages, this time with no extra unnumbered pages, and a Contents page, the traditional Chapter division is missing. The >Preface< and >Dedication< are not listed in the Contents page. Perhaps this method of not numbering the chapters and not giving each one a separate packaged identity, and instead having them flow into one another, is an indication that here we are involved in a process of truth-seeking. Although not named or counted as chapters, there are twelve main headings that present the detailed argument about the new Jewish US elite.

2.2 Content
I am reminded by what the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, stated in December 2005 that so upset the leaders of the so-called Western democracies, that Israel should be dis-banded and the Jews be re-located to Europe. Paris and Berlin already contain a sizeable Jewish population, and most European nations have their `Holocaust' legislation that extends special legal protection to their Jews.

Since 1979 Iranian politicians have claimed the State of Israel is a European colonial entity within the Middle East. Not only that, it is also a racist entity and thus has no place in the Middle East because the Middle East belongs to non-racist Islam!

According to Michael Collins Piper Jews don't need Israel because they are already well nestled in their >milk and honey< country, the USA. In fact, the US is controlled by the Jews, and it is their New Jerusalem.

If that is the case, then surely the reason for the existence of the State of Israel falls away, and there must be another reason why the US supports its existence.

Defending Israel's existence is a strong dialectic trick using a number of `anti-`words. As Collins Piper so succinctly puts it: >>The Zionists now openly charge that critics of Israel are not only anti-Semitic and anti-Israel but also anti-Christian and anti-American, that anti-Israel sentiments are actually the underlying foundation of anti-Americanism and, in turn, anti-Americanism is inextricably indivisible from anti-Israel, anti-Semitic and anti-Christian sentiments. ...The idea that the rest of the planet (with the exception of Israel) is somehow >anti-American< is a destructive and dangerous myth the Zionists have propagated in order to turn Americans against anyone around the globe who dares to question Zionist power in America<<.

Using overt Jewish sources Collins Piper lists the names and organisations controlled by Jews. He details how the media, business and courts/justice system is Jewish controlled. I am reminded how in 2005 the latter was clearly proven by two specific incidents when a corrupt legal process enabled the deportation from the US to Germany of Revisionists Ernst Zündel and Germar Rudolf. Both men made up the powerhouse of REVISIONISM, and they certainly are not criminals, perhaps thought criminals because they refuse to believe in the `Holocaust'. But such category does not belong in a country that prides itself on maintaining the First Amendment which protects our free speech.

Collins Piper's notable disclaimer is significant:

>>Right up front, let it be noted that we are not here to say that Jewish people in American do not deserve the massive and unprecedented wealth and the consequential power that they have accumulated (and which ahs been documented in this volume).
The fact of considerable Jewish wealth and power is not the issue. What is at issue is how the Jewish community has exercised its wealth and power - in league with a hard core group of fundamentalist Christian allies - particularly in the area of influencing U.S. policy toward Israel and the Arab world.
The truth is that two of the great tragedies of our new century - the 9-11 terrorist outrage resulting in the deaths of 3,000 Americans and the unnecessary and disastrous American invasion of Iraq that has resulted in countless lives being lost and ten times that many being butchered and maimed - are both a direct consequence of U.S. policy in the Middle East, a policy that has been dictated by the "Jewish lobby" in Washington and actively encouraged by the American media monopoly that is, for all intents and purposes, largely owned by a handful of families and financial interests who are Jewish supporters of Israel.<<

That all this Jewish activity is not benefiting the ordinary American citizen is evident to anyone who has recently traveled through the USA. One disturbing fact is how the infrastructure is visibly crumbling in the USA, and we saw this illustrated so well when Katrina devastated the US coastline in New Orleans and elsewhere. The world saw the first world USA being reduced to a third world country, something that will continue to have a shocking effect on all those who once saw the USA as a land where milk and honey flowed so generously. The US prison system also speaks of the decline in US generosity. A democracy that has over two million prisoners, and that is building more prisons, has lost the right to call itself a democracy.

Conclusion
Michael Collins Piper's two books offer the discerning reader an unprejudiced factual view of the Jewish influence in domestic US politics as well as in global politics. It is fitting that such books have been written for the sake of highlighting those pressing problems that concerned citizens will inevitably wrestle with as they develop their own mature world view.

The constant use of the >anti-< words to stifle open debate has had disastrous effects on the mental development of citizens who should know better. The so-called dumbing down of citizens is a fact that follows specifically-programmed processes pumped into society via the controlled Jewish media. Thanks to the Internet - our weapon of mass instruction - and thanks to Michael Collins Piper's work, this process has been de-mystified.

Adelaide
25 January 2006