Jones Books

A little boy who doesn't like to read much is entranced by these Jack Sparrow books. They're well written for kids with a sense of adventure. Like the Hardy Boys or a dozen other series before them, they deliver a consistent and familiar character in cleverly worked plots. The one thing I'd like to change would be to add few more illustrations. All you get here is the illustration on the cover.

The shipment was on time. Honest description of the product. I got what I was hoping to get, it was received sooner than anticipated. My 11year-old son for whom this book was purchased, was especially happy to get the book wihtin three days. Will most likely purchase other products from this seller.

Both my son and I love this series. Even as a young man Captain Jack is true to himself. He hasn't changed a bit!!!!

I question whether Rob Kidd actually exists. For the Disney people to have come up with William Kidd would have been too obvious. So they came up with Robert, which is just as 17th century sounding a name as William.

This being said my nephew seems to love these books, which is good. He seems to have little interest in the true literary swashbuckling classic "Treasure Island," which is unfortunate. I do not think, however, that we should blame Disney and its team of Kidd writers for that...yet.

As I said, my nephew loves this series and while they are not R. L. Stevenson they are mildly entertaining and not long, so no a lot of time is consumed reading them. There are some definite holes in the plots and inconsistencies but they are not the kind of thing that 9-year-olds typically tend to overlook.

I would love to be reading something of more literary merit with my nephew but that is not to be, not at this time anyway. In the end it is not the worst book you could choose to bond with a child over.

A vintage Jill Jones novel. Extraordinary characters and a deliciously wicked plot that turns the expected inside-out and then upside down. As a reader, I've come to expect the unexpected, emotional delights in a Jill Jones novel, and in ESSENCE she does not disappoint!

ESSENCE OF MY DESIRE sweeps the reader into an erotic world of rapture and sensual allure. Ms. Jones writes with flare, style, and a through knowledge of her subject. Characters unique and interesting people her book, making us eager to know them and turn the pages ever faster in our attempt to do so. She weaves the romantic thread of sexuality with precision, offering fans a beguiling and bewitching treasure. Kathee S. Card

Jill Jones has done it again! She has penned an incredible tale -- one that will sweep you away into the magic of lost love redeemed in a most compelling love story. It's all there -- romance and passion, the mystical and the lyrical . . . what a fabulous read! Rekindling a love after all that's happened between Simone and Nicholas seems impossible ... except when Jill Jones takes pen in hand! Read this for the sheer pleasure this master wordsmith will bring to your heart and to your soul. I haven't read a book this powerful in years!

Ten years ago, Nick Rutledge betrayed his love for Simone Lefevre by selling her father's perfume formulas to save his family's failing company. In the end, his actions cost him his love and he never regained control over his company. Simone, who abetted Nick's nefarious activities out of her love for him, watched it kill her father and destroy her father's company.

Now, he has a small vial of a strange perfume that induces sexual dreams. He wants to duplicate in order to make the splash on the world that eluded him a decade ago. Simone, feeling guilty over her part in Nick's deception, has the same perfume with the same desires. Both separately sniff the strange perfume and dream of making love to each other. Simone and Nick separately try to break down the formula, but fail. However, their efforts lead them back to each other but can they overcome their ghosts and make love without the aid of a chemical?

THE ESSENCE OF MY DESIRE is a well written novel that will be enjoyed by many readers due to its unique story line. The motives of the lead characters, especially ten years ago, is brilliantly developed, leaving the audience filled with empathy towards them. However, some readers might be turned off by the use of a chemical to enhance sexual desires.

Harriet Klausner

Excellent pocket reference. I'm a 3rd year FP resident and have found it helpful in the office and in the hospital. Just wish there was a new version -last one was in 1997.

Mark Graber and staff have done it again. The 3rd edition of the Family Practice handbook is the most complete day to day reference I use. A practical and common sense approach to medicine that includes almost all family medicine topics that can be encountered each day. I even bring this book home each day for review and to assist me on my call nights. I feel this book is especially designed for the busy practioner who needs quick access of the latest medical info. I feel it is reliable and authoritative and I encourage anyone who practices family medicine and is looking for reliable information to assist them in their daily practice to try this book.

This is an evidence-based pocket wonder. Mark Graber, M.D., et. al. do an amazing job of packing the relevant practical facts needed in a daily practice or ER in a small space. The emergency care chapters particularly provide the kind of memory jogging details of care that one needs while on the job.

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take one family practice book, this should be it. (But wouldn't you take a good novel instead?) It covers the waterfront with details of diagnosis and treatment of all of the common and most of the uncommon disorders without the clutter of the rare. Good for students and residents in my estimation.

Who would have guessed that such a simple, straightfoward musical would be the longest running show in New York history? Read this copy of the libretto, and you'll know why. The show is very simple and very honest. It has drama and lighthearted comedy in just the right amounts to create what is, in many ways, the perfect musical. This volume also contains lots of extra information about the show, including the lyrics to a new song written for the show in its later years, and a number of photos. The music is missing, of course, but even without the OCR to the show, you get a great sense here of what makes The Fantasticks so, well, fantastic.

It never fails to amaze me that Jones & Schmidt were capable of such powerful poetry while still studying for their masters degrees. This thesis show is a powerhouse of simplicity and a panorama of minimalism. Sound oxymoronic? It is. The show is so disceptively simple, but the stories it tells are universal, and they are guaranteed to ring true for even the most tarnished audience member. One read, and it won't be hard to "try to remember" this show for a long time!

This is one of the most wonderful musicals ever. It has a wonderful story and plot but the best part about it is the music. The music is absolutely FANTASTICK! The musical contains a wide variety of songs, each with its own mood and purpose. There are funny and amuzing songs, ominous songs, loving songs, wishful songs... there's something for everybody. I first saw the Fantasticks in New York and fell in love with the music. I have almost all the songs completely memorized and I am working on putting a few of the song into my audition repertoire. This is music that every true musical fan should have. Its brilliant.

It has been two years since I was first introduced to The Fantasticks. Ever since I saw the show I have been captivated by its remarkable story, lyrics, and music. It was only recently that I read this 30th anniversary edition and truly found out how amazing this show is.

Tom Jones' personal account of The Fantasticks shows the reader what exactly goes in to a show before it actually debuts. The first section "Try to Remember" is well set as the first chapter of the book. The reader will benefit more from reading this chapter before the show.

The third section (the second was the libretto) is a look at the actors really shows you the life of the longest running Off-Broadway show.

I know my words cannot do justice to this amazing book. I would recommend this book to any die-hard Fantasticks fan, or to anyone interested in getting to know the best musical ever written.

This book leads you into the creative imagination. It is the place where your soul can heal through loss. The book tells a story, and then, you are given exercises to allow creative healing to begin.

This is a fish tale that is true to life. It is a story written with Universal Wisdom drawing the reader into that place where soul's understand life when their personalities cannot. Sam's other book is good as well. It is titled "What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living."

A Fish Named Ed is a book on grief and loss. This children's book can be used in homes, hospitals, and hospices anywhere. It touches the heart and inspires the soul to heal as life's challenges encourage us to find Divine Guidance within that place of attention inside us only the soul can journey into.

Very interesting book for any age. Fantastic illustrations that make you smile and easy to understand, helpful learning techniques that are not "teachy" but get the point across in a very real way. I highly recommend this for grief or just life changes!

Excellent bible study book on worship to be used individually or in a bible study group! Detailed and informative with lots of space to make personal notes. Well researched and written.

This book was used for my Worship class at Virginia University of Lynchburg. However, because of the content, the scriptural references, and in-depth study, I plan to use this as a personal enhancement study guide for worship. It opened a whole new dimension for me as far as my worship to God.

Following God--Life Principles of the New Testament Men of Faith is a great study tool for those wanting fresh insights into some of the most important characters during the life of Christ and the early-Church era. Color maps including one of Paul's Missionary Journeys and snazzy looking charts are a big plus for this title. Well worth reading!

This is a fantastic bible review of the men of the OT. It is well written and very current on the biblical thinking as related to current times. Looking forward to studying all five of Barber, et al Following God Series.

Rather predictably, the first play offered here is "A Doll's House", the most famous of Ibsen's works. Strangely enough, this ended up NOT being my favorite of the four plays provided in this small collection, but I'll get to that in a moment. Next we have "Ghosts", "Hedda Gabler", and finally "The Master Builder".

"A Doll's House", 86 pages long, is also provided here with the alternate German ending. The ending was deemed so scandalous that Ibsen was forced to write up another ending, in which things go slightly differently. "A Doll's House", a play about a woman who rather does the unthinkable (in that time, at least) to help her husband and then once again to herself, is remarkably interesting. Ibsen plays are generally extremely fun to analyze, simply because there's always something there. Nobody would read dull plays, after all. The alternate ending provided is actually the most interesting part of all. It shows us what the impact of this play was on society at the time that it came out. Perhaps we find these things somewhat more "normal" (though they're actually not, and are still considered rather scandalous) and acceptable, so this ending really reminds us of WHY this play was so impressive and WHY Ibsen was such a strange character for his time. An intriguing play, though not my favorite.

No, that falls to "Ghosts". A play that once again touches on difficult subjects that are most intriguing, "Ghosts" chilled me from beginning to end. It was a more interesting play, overall, because it seemed to me more human. That's not to say that "A Doll's House" wasn't human (it definitely is), but there was something about "Ghosts" that touched me more than the other plays. At 73-pages and with fewer characters, "Ghosts" is an easier play to really read, and certainly an enjoyable one.

"Hedda Gabler" changes things a bit. The plot suddenly becomes a bit more interesting with a touch more mystery and intrigue. There are moments that positively creeped me out ("I'm burning your child") and moments where I just shivered. The ending is a bit more intense than in the previous plays, though less surprising. The play felt very different from "Ghosts" or "A Doll's House", though it was still clearly an Ibsen "morbid but interesting" play.

For me, "The Master Builder" is the odd play out. It's the one that, a. Bored me the most, b. Seemed to take the longest (though only barely longer than "A Doll's House, at 88 pages, and shorter than the 97-paged long "Hedda Gabler"), and c. Seemed the least realistic. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the ending wouldn't seem to work on stage. I felt like at some point Ibsen kind of forgot that he was writing a play and mentioned things that wouldn't really work (unless they have a complex blue screen, but those didn't exist in his time...). There are ways around it, certainly, and it's a minor flaw, but I found that "The Master Building" just didn't have that spark that the other plays seemed to have. No, it's not a BAD play, but it's not my favorite among these either.

While there are many options out there for buying Ibsen plays, this one is certainly a good buy. While the Signet edition also gives us four plays for a few dollars cheaper, instead of the incredible "Ghosts", we get the reasonable "The Wild Duck". For those few dollars, I'd opt for "Ghosts". Also, the book type itself is better in this edition as opposed to the Signet Classics one.

Highly recommended to anyone interesting in a good play to analyze and enjoy. Enjoy!

it was an older book, but it was in good shape. good plays too.

James McFarlane's and Jens Arup's translations of Ibsen have long been classics and are arguably the best. Although they were published in England almost forty years ago, they still sound remarkably fresh and will be in print for many years to come.

In "A Doll's House" (1879), Ibsen casts us into the world of Nora Helmer, a young Norwegian housewife and Nordic Madame Bovary. Highlighting the restricted position of women in male-dominated society, the play sparked such an uproar in Scandinavia when it appeared that "many a social invitation during that winter bore the words: 'You are requested not to mention Ibsen's Doll's House!'" In fact, Hedwig Niemann-Raabe, the actress who was to play Nora on tour in Germany, was so appalled at the ending of this play -- at this female "monster" -- that she demanded Ibsen write an alternative one in German, which he did (a "barbaric outrage", in his words). McFarlane has appended this German-language ending (and a translation in English).

Based on the theme, "The sins of the fathers shall be visited on the children," "Ghosts" (1881) is one of Ibsen's most riveting plays. Like "A Doll's House", it, too, was denounced on its début ("crapulous stuff", "an open drain", one London reviewer called it -- certainly a Victorian exaggeration). As in most of his plays, Ibsen probes the hypocrisies of patriarchal society, which he deems to be rotten at its core, and stultifying provincial life ("Doesn't the sun ever shine here?"). Typically, he also casts women in a favorable light.

"A Doll's House" and "Ghosts" established Ibsen's reputation as one of the finest playwrights in Europe, but his next two plays -- "Hedda Gabler" (1890) and "The Master Builder" (1892) -- gave him undisputed international fame. As McFarlane points out, the 1890s "were the years when the publication of a new Ibsen play sent profound cultural reverberations throughout Europe and the world." "Hedda Gabler" marks Ibsen's shift away from highly controversial dramas primarily concerned with social and sexual injustice to "domestic" plays that addressed the struggle of individuals to control each other, people who "want to control the world, but cannot control [themselves]." "Hedda Gabler" is a thoroughly electrifying drama about a married woman's devouring sense of decay and confinement. "The Master Builder", which Ibsen coupled with "Hedda Gabler", is his riveting look into sexual potency and the domination of youth by age.

These plays are not as dark and dirty as they might seem. Whatever reviewers may have said about them when they came out and whatever gloomy stuff psychiatrists have written about them since, if you're at all familiar with prime-time television, they won't offend you -- in fact, you probably wont even lift an eyebrow. Still, I found myself glued to them for hours and I've read them before. Find a copy for your shelf!

Actually, I've only read two of these plays before but I did
want to list the names of the four included in this volume:

A Doll's House;
Ghosts;
Hedda Gabler;
The Master Builder.

Masterful social drama (to sound like a back-of-the-book blurb).
Seriously though, Ibsen's plays are wonderful.

I was very pleased with this product... keeping in mind that this was a comic book. I have read the death dealer series by silke and had to take my expectations down for the writing... but once again this was a comic book... the oversized hardback collection came in a hard outer cover sheath embossed with the title that is very impressive. the collection includes all six original paintings of death dealer by frank frazetta as well as a two page bio by his son. there is also original art by nat jones. superb product worth every penny.

This big and beautiful book is sure to please fans of Frank Frazetta as well as lovers of comics or great fantasy art. Although it does not contain original Frazetta art, Nat Jones and Jay Fotos bring Frazetta's most iconic character to life like never before while sticking to the style that makes Frazetta paintings so powerful. Together with Joshua Ortega, these artists have created a strikingly vivid atmosphere with mystery, adventure, and beauty that I'm sure Frazetta himself is happy with. This deluxe hardcover edition is of the highest quality, with tight binding, glossy, full-color pages, and a red ribbon page holder. It comes in a black slipcase with a certificate of authenticity stating that it is part of a limited edition and will never be reprinted. Hopefully future Death Dealer stories by this team are produced in a similar format.

The story here is good but short. Even though this volume is over 190 pages, the actually comic story takes up little more than half of that space. It tells the tale of the rebirth of the Death Dealer, who comes to save the lands of Isparia from the menacing Mirahan, a sort of daemon bent on destroying all of life. The Death Dealer himself remains much of a mystery here, never uttering a word, but facing the darkness with grim determination. Other characters in the story are more developed and bring the human emotions of love, fear, bravery, and sacrifice. The story primarily revolves around them.

This deluxe edition also contains a number of very nice extras. A bio about Frank Frazetta written by his son is very good and highlights Frazetta's amazing life so far. Lots of additional art (including finished work and sketches by Nat Jones) fill out this volume nicely. A large portion of this book is dedicated to this extra art making this volume desirable even to those who already own the comics contained within.

Overall, this is an excellent tribute to Frazetta's creation, full of breathtaking art and containing a good story. This limited edition is sure to be a highly sought-after collector's item.

well i have to say i was surprised by the quality of this book,i was expecting youre average thrown together trade with a few rough skethches thrown in but this has delivered a beautiful book with extras you might even look at more than once which is more than most collections offer these days, the story itself is big and grand even if it seems a bit rushed at times tring to introduce deathdealer into the story but just wait until you see the art it highly detailed and it seems the artist is chanelling frank frazettas style perfectly with muted colour palete scheme its gorgeous to behold, this book is going for 30 odd american dollars which is a bargain anyway you look at it and it would look great on anyones shelf, buy it!!

I got my copy yesterday and have fallen in love with it!

The book is a wonder of binding and printing. The over-sized hardcover is encased in an embossed slipcase with Frank Frazetta's famous signature across the spine and front. The interiors really bring out the artwork in a way not seen before. Forget the single issue versions, this collection brings out the lines and colours in a whole new vivid way.

This special edition is very rare and will NEVER again be reprinted. Get it now for a fair price or prepare to pay through your nose when it hits auction sites later.

Highly Recommended.

Hi, I'm the author, Dr. Warren I. Hammer, DC,MS. The real reason for entering this arena is to announce to Amazon that the 2nd. edition of this text is now available. The new text is twice the size of the first and filled with the latest information about examining soft tissue and treating by soft tissue methods.

Dr. Hammer is a great writer. He doesn't ignore the subluxation complex as in some texts supposenly related to chiropractic. Dr. Hammer shows how soft tissue injury is related to the subluxation. When I took the national boards of chiropractic, I used this book as one of my references for Part II section--Chiropractic Practice, and also for Part III. Little advice for taking the boards, get Souza's book, Differential Diagnosis for the Chiropractor. Also, Patrick Leonardi's study guides, National Board of Chiropractic Part II Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers, National Board of Chiropractic Part III Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
These study guides have questions that were excellent because they were the kind encountered on the exams. Also souza's book was very helpful for chiropractic practice and Part III. Dr. Warren's book was also on the mark for Chiropractic Practice section of part II.

As an athletic trainer at a large high school in Pennsylvania, I found this book very helpful in every day treatment of various ailments my athletes complained of. Although the process can be complex, the soft tissue treatments are very helpful and this book I have found to be a very valuable asset.

Dr. Hammer has done a marvelous job in describing and picturing the soft tissue component of the subluxation complex. As a Chiropractor, this book has been invaluable to me AND the patients who have benefitted from the knowledge I have gained from Dr. Hammer. THANK YOU, DR. HAMMER!

I got a huge relieve when I found out I wasn't alone, it made me so happy. I'm glad I have this book to be my guide, and I can read it over and over when I want comfort...

I got this book and opened it right away. I skipped to the chapter on downlow and coming out. It made me feel a lot better. I didn't come out yet, but I will, because it tells me how to do it safely, and with a backup plan. This book helped me a lot.

This was an outstanding book.......i even let a couple of my friends read it......I wish i had this book b4 i started in "tha Life".......i say that because it tells you damn near EVERYTHING you need and want to know about "Tha Life".......It left out little things, but i would recommend this book to anyone coming out, out, about to come out, or in the closet......My Hats off to the author...... A job WELL DONE!!

its a great and real book. i kove how it comes from a young person