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Don't Get Ripped Off! Get Help! Tell It to George is a "consumer survival guide" filled cover to cover with highly practical advice for surviving today's credit heavy, debt-hungry, identity-thief laden and scam-riddles society. Covering a wide range of threats, from tips for home security to how to proofread a prescription to why it is important to be absolutely sure one's insurance covers a particular hospital or medical treatment to the step-by-step process of getting a refund and much more. A practical, no-nonsense economic and financial troubleshooting manual for the twenty-first century, enthusiastically recommended for all individuals and households.

Don't Get Ripped Off! Get Help! Tell It to George is a "consumer survival guide" filled cover to cover with highly practical advice for surviving today's credit heavy, debt-hungry, identity-thief laden and scam-riddles society. Covering a wide range of threats, from tips for home security to how to proofread a prescription to why it is important to be absolutely sure one's insurance covers a particular hospital or medical treatment to the step-by-step process of getting a refund and much more. A practical, no-nonsense economic and financial troubleshooting manual for the twenty-first century, enthusiastically recommended for all individuals and households.

Cynthia's book hits every topic in consumerism. I remember reading her enlightening stories in the newspaper when I delivered the afternoon newspaper as a youngster. Over the years, she has received the support of Government and Business everywhere and helped shape a more honest society. But today, there are new thieves. This book will help you to become better aware of these problems. Identity Theft has become a major problem, costing Americans billions of dollars each year. Visit www DearGeorge org

"This should be a guidebook for the average consumer and a must for all to read. As much as one thinks they know of consumerism, they don't know enough until they read this book. From the scams of a decade ago to the present, it's all covered here and will guide anyone to find the help they need to protect themselves.
I recommend this to all!"

This was an amazing book. I actually read it twice and think that I'll read it again before long. It gave me so much to think about that I want to go back to clarify all of the events in my mind. I am recommending it to all of my friends.

George Ella Lyon has written a provocative, captivating, memoir. Her style is both eloquent and articulate. She truly takes you along in her journey through the unknown, and what was for her, a very personal soul passage. For one who also believes in synchronicity and the beauty of the inexplicable...I found this book to be a feast for the soul. George Ella is convincing, real, down to earth....and writes with the heart of her conviction shining through. Best read I have stumbled across in years! It is indeed, as it state on the back cover, a memoir for particular people. Anyone who loves words, will love George Ella Lyon. She is an artist at her craft,
and her words are spellbinding.

All of our lives contain missing pieces, often presented to us as subtle longings, half-remembered dreams, or a deep craving for something we can't name or understand. Myth tells us that we (each soul) must drink from the Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, before entering this life; therefore, we begin with a faint sense of history and mystery that is carried with us. In her memoir, George Ella Lyon, conscious of bits and pieces of such a past, gathers them into an outline of a young woman whose life is lived with much secrecy.

When the leads play out, the author takes up slender threads to weave a rich tapestry of a heart that cannot forget the meaningful events that shape and bring life its fullness.

With great sensitivity and an imagination that is open to receive, George Ella Lyon allows this haunting story to unfold beautifully.

I couldn't put it down. It was impossible to predict what would happen next. The language is beautiful, the story so full of action I could see the scenes as vividly as if it had been a movie. In fact, I hope it does become a movie.

Ruth, the woman from the past was drawn in such a strong voice I never doubted her existence.
I was so engrossed in the action and the conflicts of the writer I never thought about whether I believe in past lives. The book didn't seem to try to convince the readers. It didn't need to. I was pulled in to the writer's life, her doubts, but most of all, her story. Miss Lyon's writing about her process and the creative process was beautiful.

Down and Dirty is down and dirty in a criminal sense. Apart from the continuing depredations of Puppetman and Ti Malice, there is a gang war on. This is between the mafia and an asian group. Bagabond and her friend Rosemary Muldoon, a lawyer with a secret identity as a mafioso leader, become intimately involved with their friend Sewer Jack, the werealligator.

While Yeoman and the aforementioned deal with the gang situation, another Wild Card outbreak happens thanks to Croyd Crenson and one of his new forms. This version of the virus can affect even previous Wild Card victims, so an ace posse must try and stop him without killing him.

Wild Cards 05 : 01 Only the Dead Know Jokertown - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 05 : 02 All the King's Horses 1 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 03 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 1 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 04 Breakdown - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 05 All the King's Horses 2 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 06 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 2 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 07 Jesus Was an Ace - Arthur Byron Cover
Wild Cards 05 : 08 All the King's Horses 3 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 09 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 3 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 10 All the King's Horses 4 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 11 Blood Ties 1 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 12 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 4 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 13 The Second Coming of Buddy Holley - Edward Bryant
Wild Cards 05 : 14 Blood Ties 2 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 15 All the King's Horses 5 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 16 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 5 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 17 The Hue of a Mind - Stephen Leigh
Wild Cards 05 : 18 Blood Ties 3 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 19 Addicted to Love - Pat Cadigan
Wild Cards 05 : 20 Takedown - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 21 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 6 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 22 Blood Ties 4 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 23 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 7 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 24 Blood Ties 5 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 25 All the King's Horses 6 - George R. R. Martin
Wild Cards 05 : 26 Mortality - Walter Jon Williams
Wild Cards 05 : 27 Blood Ties 6 - Melinda M. Snodgrass
Wild Cards 05 : 28 Concerto for Siren and Serotonin 8 - Roger Zelazny
Wild Cards 05 : 29 What Rough Beast... - Leanne C. Harper
Wild Cards 05 : 30 Only the Dead Know Jokertown Epilogue - John J. Miller
Wild Cards 05 : 31 All the King's Horses 7 - George R. R. Martin

By far the grittiest and nasties book in this series so far. For the background, basically, around the time of WWII, an alien virus was let loose over New York, and spread around the world. Called the 'Wild Card' virus, the effects are quite random. Nine out of ten people draw the "black queen" and die. Of the survivors, nine out of ten draw a "joker" and end up deformed in some massive way. Of those one in a hundred survivors who draw neither, they might draw an "ace" (and basically end up with super-powers) or a "deuce" (and end up with not-so-super powers).

In this collection, a mafia vs. gangs war has broken out in 'Jokertown' where most of the deformed Jokers live, a ghetto in New York, and between the mafia, the gangs, the aces and jokers involved, things get ugly. There is also the continuation of two other plots - the sincerely disturbing Ti Malice, the hate-mongering Reverand Leo Barnett, and the hidden Ace Gregg Hartman, whose powers of manipulation are pulling him further and further towards presidency. The cast of characters are just as solid as ever, and I, for one, was very happy to see the return of the Turtle, my favourite character to date.

Solid stuff, with a nice ending that makes you twinge for the next in the series, which I shall order post haste...

'Nathan

The wild card series is awesome...the alien virus continues to spread adventure and despair thoughout our world.
...all i have to say is that Croyd Crenson is the coolest tough guy on the planet. He totally rampages in this book, Demise, The Gangs, other Aces, and even the general public arent safe from Croyd. The only person who he helps is himself (and snotman by accident) he is a bad dude and makes this book the best of the bunch!!

In fact the first 8 books in this series rock, and so does number 11, (and anything in between with Croyd Crenson aka "The Sleeper") but the other ones kind of drag on....as a rule avoid The one written by Snodgrass like the Plauge...no scrap that...avoid it like the Wild Card Virus...

Buy this book, The Sleeper rules (when he's awake)

Relic113

Down and Dirty is, in my humble opinion and only so far, the best WILD CARDS book. To start with, it has the most impressive cast list: Pat Cadigan, Stephen Leigh, Melinda Snodgras, Walter Williams, the acclaimed Roger Zelazny AND my personal favorite, George R. R. Martin.

Mind you, not all is swell. We get an undesired cameback from Leanne Harper and edward Bryant. Any reasonable person who has read the series must learn to dread those two. Atleast we got rid of Lewis Shiner for this one, although I far prefer his Fortunato to the dreadful Bagabond and to Rosemarry and her straight out of a bad movie mobster friends.

So what did they have in plan for us? Well, the bad stories include newcomer's Cover tale of Leo Barnett or whatever his name is, the priest whose name in ACES ABROAD raised as many cries of outrage as McDonalds would in a French restaurant. The story is quite bad, and Barnett is an annoying type who is not the material of great villians. Harper's story isn't quite as bad as some of her other stuff, and Bryant resorrects Buddy Holly - yeah, that one. I'm a moderate Holly fun, and a big Rock fun, so I survived that story.

OK, now for the good stuff. A quarter of the book takes place between the end of Wild Cards 3: Jokers Wild, and the end of WC4: Aces High. While Tachy and company are abroad, the main plot line is of the gang war between Kien's bunch and Rosemary's mobsters.

One of the reasons this is such a great story is that it completely devided to stories: no less then 5 authors(Martin, Snodgras, Miller, Harper, and even, to my great surprise, Zelazny) - half of the contributers - devide their stories into sections.

The first quarter sees Rosemary's secret revealed (who cares?), and gives us great new insight to Croyd, the Sleeper. If the first Croyd story was tragic, and the second, Ashes to Ashes, comic - then this is about the dangerous side of Croyd Cressen, or as the the Aces Jingle( isn't that a cool idea?) goes: "sleeper waking, food taking/ sleeper speeding, people bleeding" We also see cameo appearences by Demise, Bludgeon( I thought he was dead), and later Golden boy( I wish he was dead).

In the second quarter, the aces return from their around the world trip, and we get some cute stories. Cadigan and Leigh follow stories from Aces Abraod. Cadigan tells us another tale fo Water Lily, focusing on Hiram Worchester, while Leigh continues the adventures of Kahina and puppetman. Leigh is one of my favorite WILD CARD authors, and if his piece here isn't as good as his previous one, its because he can't really push too much. The story involves Chrysalis discovering Puppetman's true identity, while he's running for presidancy.

In the last half, occuring all during one month, we see new plot line, introduced briefly earlier: a new version of the Wild Card virus. This allows for some of Snodgras's best story telling, as she writes her best story since Degredation Rites. Some plotlines I though were drearly, namely Tachyon's grandchild - seem to flurish under her capeable hand.

I still miss the enigma of Tachyon when he has been first introduced. I fear he has become too well known, lost his mystery. I would have liked some of the excitment back.

The two plotlines ar resolved in a rather nice, subdued fashion, that tells us that there will be consequences.

But let us not forget George R. R. Martin's All The Kings Horses. We have a return to the Great and Powerful Turtle - a return of sorts, at least, as Tuds goes through somewhat of a mid life crises. The turtle is an enormously difficult character to write for ( which is probably why Martin only wrote three stories abouthim so far) and Martin uses him to exploar realities of life - as well as the question 'What is it really like to be a superhero?'

Reviewed by Lynn O'Connell for Reader Views (4/08)

This historical novel is framed as the story of Jamestown's founding in the early seventeenth century. However, it is much more. While readers gain a detailed knowledge of the Jamestown situation and Captain John Smith himself, the majority of the book actually focuses on Sir Francis Drake. In fact, the book's title, "The Dragons of the Storm," is perhaps derived from the Spanish word for dragon, draque.

The book opens as Jonas Profit, an old mariner who is tending Smith's wound from a stingray, tells about his years serving under Sir Francis Drake. Throughout the book, Profit focuses on Drake's two best-known adventures -- first, his sailing around the world in The Golden Hind. Profit gives incredible detail of the Elizabethan court intrigues and the pressure from the British crown to discover treasures and win out over the Spanish. The second adventure which Profit recounts is the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1788.

The Jamestown story takes up less than one third of the book. Minkoff focuses on the hardships that Smith faced and generally conquered - mutiny, attacks by the natives, illness, lack of food, and an unwillingness to work by many of the settlers. Pocahontas is briefly mentioned in several of the chapters as well.

The second novel of the "In the Land of Whispers" trilogy, Minkoff does an excellent job of providing accurate details about early British exploration of America - and offering believable hypotheses in cases where no recorded history is available. This novel went beyond many of the other books on this topic, as it delved into the relationships of the place and period - the relationships between the British and the natives as well as the relationships among the settlers themselves. Minkoff also explored the mystery of Roanoke as well as some of the common beliefs of the time regarding tobacco and alchemy.

The book is designed for readers with significant interest in the Elizabethan time period. The book is quite detailed, and Minkoff sticks true to Elizabethan language throughout the novel. Since this book focuses on sailing exploration to such a degree, I compare it somewhat to the novels of Patrick O'Brian. The difference is that Minkoff takes us further into the personal relationships of the characters - and the role which power plays in the settlement of America.

In all, I found "The Dragons of the Storm" to be a thought-provoking book. It led me to think about what it took for the leaders in the 1600s to stabilize America and compare those leaders to our current ones. How much has really changed?

The sequel to "The Weight of Smoke", The Dragons of the Storm continues the "In the Land of Whispers" saga of historical novels set in the earliest days of colonial America. The struggling settlement of Jamestown suffers from famine, sickness, mutiny, and the threat of war with Powhatan and his tribe. Captain John Smith, forcibly made a member of the Powhatan, has taken severe injury from a stingray and lies ill; alchemist and mariner Jonas Profit tells Smith of the amazing circumnavigational voyage of Francis Drake to ease Smith's suffering. An absorbing saga of human greed, determination, and the struggle to survive against bitter odds, The Dragons of the Storm follows John Smith's dedication to lead the colony to success, a journey that will pit him against both mortal enemies and the enigma of his own destiny.

When an author's first book sets a new standard for beauty of language, as did George Robert Minkoff's The Weight of Smoke, readers hope his next work will maintain the style. It does!

Volume II, The Dragons of the Storm, retains the poetical imagery of his prose and the mystery of his style, but is more pleasingly balanced with the concrete. The novel use of nouns as verbs emphasizes action. His wording keeps surprising one and his hints keep one guessing and having something to look forward to.

Content is equally absorbing. The series deals with Jamestown's John Smith and with Charles Francis Drake. Where history records, Minkoff explains. Where gaps occur, he hypothesizes, leaving a coherent story on two interwoven levels. First is what happened. Second are the relationships between colonists and Indians and the relationships among the English. The poetical language gives one the impression of watching a movie and really understanding life back then.

What I most value is the books' demonstration of people's use of power and power's use of people. Much of the world operates like that, but much of our education rests on a theory of leaders acting openly and by the official rules.

I was a great fan of the first volume of George Minkoff's IN THE LAND OF WHISPERS (THE WEIGHT OF SMOKE), and I'm more than ever convinced his is a remarkable voice that should be heard much more. DRAGONS OF THE STORM is a tour de force of sailing literature, focused on Drake's circumnavigation of the world. Embedded in the story of John Smith's Jamestown, it adds remarkable counterpoint and stretches to encompass not just the exploration of North America, but the Age of Exploration as well. Beautiful, riveting, and sweeping. Another great success for Mr. Minkoff.

I am a children's book author. I read "Drummer" to see the techniques and styles another author used to write his book. From the story description, it seemed like a good book. I enjoyed reading "Drummer," which a vivid imagination and good storytelling ability on the part of the author, resulted in a good story.

Johnny Jackson, a young slave, is the main character. I found him to be likable as I read about his adventures. The other characters have unique personalities. The characters are realistic and well developed.

"Drummer" would be easy to read for most young readers. While I do not know if the historical details in the book are correct, the story seemed very real and kept my interest. I didn't feel like skipping parts of the story to "get it over with." Between chapters, I wondered what would happen next and how the book would end. The plot wasn't predictable. Unlike some other books, I was not confused by too many characters.

Assuming the historical information in the book is correct, the story provides a fun way for young readers to learn a little of the history of the American Civil War and the situation of African-Americans during the time period.

If a young reader is looking for a good book to read, check this one out. I believe you'll be glad you read "Drummer" also. Don't miss this one!

Definitely two thumbs up! Great book George!

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George Richardson's Drummer is a young adult historical fiction novel set during the American Civil War. A young slave, Johnny Jackson, escapes and runs to a Union infantry unit when he learns they are camped only five miles north of the Confederate rebels. He befriends a young white drummer, and marches with the Union Army back to Frederick, Maryland, but is not allowed to join the white unit as a drummer. His disappointment gives way to more perils on a hazardous journey to Baltimore, with his freedom always in jeopardy, until he succeeds in joining the First Pennsylvania Colored Infantry and becomes a drummer for Company A. Johnny's battles and travails are destined to change his life in this powerful, adventurous, and sobering read which is very highly recommended for teenage and young adult readers.

This is an excellent story. As a former teacher, I have made some recommendations to my old colleagues to try and integrate this book into their curriculum. Mr Richardson uses excellent imagery to help spur the imagination and place the reader in another time and place. At no point does he "talk down" to the reader (target audience is younger teens?) which encourages the younger reader to keep turning the pages! I would highly recommend this book and plan to send copies to all of the relatives (young teens) for the holidays.

I found this book to be very interesting as a parent. My Son could not but it down. When you can get any child not wanting to put a book down you have found a key that you should build on. Mr. Richardson did a wonderful job of letting your minds eye see what it was like to be in that time period. I do hope he keeps writing about this wonderful young man. I can't wait to read more about him. Thank you Mr. Richardson for helping my child to love to read.

I first came across this book while stationed in Vietnam in 1971. The story is about the life and times of a young geologist who escapes a catastrophe that causes the deaths of almost all of the population of the world. As you read, you see how this young man copes with loneliness and then love after finding another survivor.

These two begin a life together and eventually establish friendship with other survivors and then form a "tribe". As chapters pass by, they are named for significant events in the tribe's lives during the year.

I have read and re-read this book to the point that I will need to purchase another copy in the near future.

Several reviews have noted what they call the essential pessimism of the book: Man Has Fallen, Civilization Is No More, etc. Well, yes, that is all there. But what is also there is a profound triumph of the human spirit: Civilization is Dead - Long Live Civilization. I will NOT spoil the ending, but book ends with a rebirth - an obvious societal pregnancy if you will - of a new civilization, one profoundly in keeping with the new conditions of their brave renewed world.

One can imagine a sequel, and I wish Stewart ahd written one!

I first read this book almost 50 years ago, and have re-read it multiple times. It is one of the best "transition" books ever written. I recommend it on several levels.

I had read this book several times in the past and before reviewing it I read it again.
His author was more than fifty years old when he wrote it. This maturity is perceptible all along this work.

The story is situated in a world devastated by a sudden pestilence that annihilates most of the humankind. Taking into account the last SARS epidemic that jumped abruptly from China to Canada it doesn't look an impossible scenario.

Isherwood Williams comes down from an isolate spot in the mountains to discover an empty world. He starts a search all across USA, from California to New York and back again. He finds only isolate human cells, couples or trios, overwhelmed by catastrophe and in a near catatonic state. Returns to his native town and contemplate with a certain scientific detachment the fading world around him.
Mr. Stewart intercalate brief vignettes describing what happens to dogs, cats, cattle, plants, roads, dams, bridges, contrasting them with Ish's daily experiences.
Little by little the story grip reader's attention and even if action is somehow slow, the book can't be putted down.
Human cells began to draw near each other and a rather feeble structure starts to grow up.
This is the story.

The author approaches universal questions about survival and extinction; civilization and savagery; social structure and anomie. He also examines religious values, ethics and the ultimate sense of life itself.

This book gives the reader a lot of stuff to think about. A very enticing read!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

I am a 62 year old grandmother who has read hundreds of books, but no book ever moved me like this one. It is the story of one thoughtful, intelligent young man spared during a world wide epidemic that wiped out most of the population. While we always expect that the end will come with a bomb that distroys everything, this time, all the infrastructure was left intact. The plants and animals that had evolved to be dependent on humans also succumbed and Mr. Stewart deals with this in a remarkable and sensitive way. Today human beings have brought civilization to the brink, but this book reminds us that no matter what, the Earth Will Abide.

THIS BOOK WAS GREAT FROM THE START. IT GAVE ME A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND EVEN MORE INSIGHT TO THE TECHN. ON TAKING UNIQUE AND AWESOME BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE. IT IS EASY TO FOLLOW AND HAS GREAT PICTURES AND IDEAS!

I got this book at the same time as I got Barry Thornton's Edge of Darkness. I found they were complementary is many ways. George Todd has been at this craft of making monochrome pictures for several decades, and his skill and picture and printmaking ability shine through. Mr Todd has got the picturemaker's trinity of 'tone, detail and texture' pretty much down pat, and the book gives us fine example after fine example of that. Wheras Mr Thornton in Edge of Darkness tells us as much about his heart and his head as about his superb pictures, George Todd has provided an extremely detailed account of each picture from before the shutter was tripped to when the print was ready to mount. There is something for everyone here - technicians, printmakers, photographers, and the house guest who simply browses a well produced book of outstanding images over a cup of coffee. They won't need to read one word - the pictures will speak to them. I like the book most of all because it showcases the ability of medium format so well. If the negative sizes were not detailed, I'm sure most would think these prints were from large format negatives. I'm glad I have it in my library.

I got this book at the same time as I got Barry Thornton's Edge of Darkness. I found they were complementary is many ways. George Todd has been at this craft of making monochrome pictures for several decades, and his skill and picture and printmaking ability shine through. Mr Todd has got the picturemaker's trinity of 'tone, detail and texture' pretty much down pat, and the book gives us fine example after fine example of that. Wheras Mr Thornton in Edge of Darkness tells us as much about his heart and his head as about his superb pictures, George Todd has provided an extremely detailed account of each picture from before the shutter was tripped to when the print was ready to mount. There is something for everyone here - technicians, printmakers, photographers, and the house guest who simply browses a well produced book of outstanding images over a cup of coffee. They won't need to read one word - the pictures will speak to them. I like the book most of all because it showcases the ability of medium format so well. If the negative sizes were not detailed, I'm sure most would think these prints were from large format negatives. I'm glad I have it in my library.

I have several books on B&w photography and George Todd's The Making of Twenty Images is the best I've read so far. I particulary like the fact that he includes his negatives as he reveals what went into each photograph, from composition to film development, printing and mounting.

This text give a top to bottom account of model building via RSM. If you have a question, consult this book.

I do a lot of experimental work for my research and this book is definetely a good investment. I rate it amongst the best in the subject

George Box and Norman Draper have written an outstanding text on model building and response surface methods. This is an excellent companion to Box's text with Stu Hunter and William Hunter on experimental designs "Statistics for Experimenters". Another excellent, more recent and detailed account of response surface methods can be found in the book by Montgomery and Myers.

George Box and Norman Draper have written an outstanding text on model building and response surface methods. This is an excellent companion to Box's text with Stu Hunter and William Hunter on experimental designs "Statistics for Experimenters". Another excellent, more recent and detailed account of response surface methods can be found in the book by Montgomery and Myers.

A great book for those who interested in this unique collection of anatomical wax models. Incredibly well photographed and documented, doesn't skimp on any details. It's good to see this not very well known collection credited and recorded in a thourough reference.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ANATOMICA is a detailed examination of the collection of wax images of the dissected human body which were created in the late 18th century and are housed in a unique museum - Museo La Specola in Florence, Italy. Much like "Dr Tulp's Anatomy Lesson" this collection is not for the faint of heart. Every organ, muscle, nerve, bone, nerve, and vessel of the body have been meticulously sculpted in wax. In ways this is like a Madame Toussad's Wax Museum gone mad. Yet the prosections are accompanied by some truly beautiful three dimensional tableaux of quasihistorical scenes, such as "The Plague", "Syphillis", "The Burial", and others which are dramatic sculptures in themselves. The commentary is brief but informative describing how the models for the body parts were dissected and created. As stated above, this little tome is not for everyone, but for artists who want to study the interior of their models and for all of those who just want a better glimpse of how we are assembled, this book is a treasure.

It is astonishing what the medical wax sculptors were able to do with wax. The models are so realistic and detailed that I had to check the introduction to make sure that they were not actual preserved specimens. Almost every page is dominated by a single high-quality photo of a wax model of some part of human anatomy, and there are 700 pages. There is very little text and almost no naming of the details within a single photo, just a title (giving the scientific names of the major features being illustrated) and brief caption describing the whole model. So this is not a substitute for an anatomy book (though it would make a great companion). Every part of anatomy that I can think of is well-represented, usually by many sculptures showing different layers and cutaway views - brain, heart, lungs, skeleton, eyes, sexual organs, cutaway views of stages of pregnancy, the different parts of the digestive system, musculature, incredibly detailed networks of blood vessels, inner ear, and many groups of different body parts to show how they fit together. My one criticism of the book is that I wish it had a larger format. I have verified the dimensions stated by Amazon, which are 7.87 x 5.70 for the version that I am reviewing.

I saw this book at a nearby bookstore and was surprised to find it so cheap!! The paper quality is good and the color pictures of wax figures are clear and crisp. Almost every page there is color picture in the 700+ pages book.

The pictures are from 25 wax figures, showing the inner parts of the body and also from different layers (muscular, skeletar, etc.). Also includes foetuses, in and outside the mother's body (at various growth stages).

At this price, I find it a real bargain. But if there were a edition of bigger size (say, A4 paper size) I would be very much interested if it were also offered at a good price but I would have no doubt that such a book would not be easily portable due to its weight and size.

On your next visit to a book store, try asking for this book to take a look... If you are looking for a book that shows the innards of the human body, I think you will like this book.

The book arrived ahead of schedule and it was in mint condition. I am satisfied with the service and the product.

I am happy with the purchase that I Made. It was delivered on time and was in great shape.

I was asked to evaluate ths for the textbook selection committee at a local high school for possible use as the text book for an environmental science class next year. Since my degree is in Environmental Science, and I have done a lot of work with environmental education, I have read a large number of environmental science books and have seen the good, bad and worst of books on the market.

At first I just planned to skim the book, but after reading a few pages I decided to look at the book more closely, and I was impressed with what I saw. The book is well written in clear, easy to understand language, using a good amount of well done graphs, charts and photos. The layout, in addition, was good, making the book flow in an orderly manner.

The information in the book was excellent, and covered the entire range, as much as is possible in one book, of environmental science. The biology and chemistry were integrated nicely and flowed smoothly.

I have rated this book as four stars only because I feel the authors didn't cover the section on renewable energy as well as I would have liked. The book tended to move through the subject rather quickly, offering only a limited view of what can be done to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. In all other ways this book was superior to many I have read.

I would highly recommend this for an introduction course in college, and also think it would bean excellent choice for a text at the AP or regular high school level, provided the students had enough science background to be able to understand the science. I even believe that a motivated home schooled student could study from this book and do quite well in the subject. Overall, one of the best introductory text books I've had the pleasure of reading.

The thing that I like the most about this book is the way chemistry is incorporated into the sciences that relate to environment. It has all the basic chemistry skills required for one to be able to relate to environment at the introductory level.

The Appendix on Environmental Chemistry is very well presented. It has most of the concepts that one require in this course. It is written in short and to the point to avoid confusion, but with high clarity. That is what students appreciate. Students do not need to refer to other textbooks. The material includes all that a student need to understand the basic concepts of chemsitry as applied to environmental science.

The format is outstanding. It is best suited for students taking Environmental Science. It just delivers materials of basic interest with excellent problems and things to ponder sections. The illustrations are superb.

Students are often frustrated with voluminous information. They usually buy a book and are turned off and do not read it. They need concise and just the right stuff in it. This book has that quality. Students would love it and I am glad it is on the market.

It was a delight reading this study guide. Excellent job! It just does a good service to students.