Lee Books

If you're just looking for an historical fiction with gay sex in it, you're in luck, but don't count on reading too much action. If you're concidering picking this up because you want to add another age of sail era novel to your collection, leave this one on the shelf.

I really had high hopes for this book bases on other reviews. Yes, the book does focus on the blooming relationship between two naval officers. However, anyone looking for a historically acurate novel with homosexual characters will be left out in the cold.

Unfortunaely, the author should have done more research. In the era this novel is set, the premis is completely unfounded and impossible.

Also, I encountered some confusion and much disappointment as a C. S. Forester fan when the author quotes nearly word for word the leiutenant's exam that Hornblower fails in "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower." This is either a very, very close coincidence, or the author is too lazy to make up their own material.

Set in 1796 when coming out was not an option and being in the Royal Navy where sodomy was a hanging offense, acting Lt. David Archer keeps his love for fellow officer, Lt. William Marshall strictly on a friendship level. Marshall is a bold and promising young man who is favored for promotion. He's also killed a man in a duel for trying to force advances upon him.

Assigned to the Frigate HMS Calypso, under prize-winning Captain Sir Paul Andrew Smith, both men have been given their first command over two small captured French ships. They accompany the Calypso to Portsmouth to be repaired and refitted. Sadly for fans of naval engagements, the details of the action take place off-screen.

The Captain rewards his two young officers with a meal on shore. Afterwards, when on their way to see the master of the repair dock a messenger arrives saying that the Admiral wants a word with the Captain immediately. After hopping into the awaiting carriage they discover it is a trick. A gang of kidnappers has been operating in the area, previously targeting rich merchants or their families, but never before any Navy officers (although the Captain had been warned to protect his family). They speculate that word of their prizes and the deep-pockets of the Captain's family must have been the temptation.

The dangers of their unpredictable captor, who may decide this is the last kidnapping and kill them all after the ransom is paid, and possible punishment if any attempts at escape are discovered are suspenseful enough. With the added threat to Archer and his fear of anyone finding out, it is worse. How they can escape--or be rescued-- and their eventual fate makes for an engrossing tale.

The kidnapping plot is a bit far-fetched, but written with enough explanation to not worry overmuch about it. The sexually sadistic, unbalanced captor is another slightly over-the-top element, but also explained and presented well in the text. The relationship between Archer and Marshall could also have been unbelievable, particularly as they move from friends to lovers suddenly, but again, the author manages to deflect total disbelief, and the way it happens is surprising and somewhat puzzling, but also realistic, given who they are and the characterization is strong and the relationship is well set-up. I'd like to have had some indication, however, that Marshall knew he might be somewhat predisposed, but then, given the period, denial--or never even considering such thoughts-- is probably to be expected.

Although there is some action depicted, particularly at the end, it wasn't the naval battles one might expect. However, given that this is a romance plot (despite the great focus on the suspense), one should probably go elsewhere if sea battles and life on a frigate are what you want.

The setting and bits of historical detail felt authentic enough. Although I'm no expert, I've read a number of historicals and nautical adventures and nothing struck me as being out of place. Archer and Marshall and Captain Smith are sympathetic and admirable characters whom I would love to read more about. Personally, I enjoyed this story and will certainly seek out the sequel.

Kidnapped by pirates, can two young officers of the Royal Navy find a way to free themselves before they give in to their growing desire for one another?

Ransom is a perennial favorite of mine, which I read over and over. It's not just because I love the period and the setting - so vividly brought to life here. Though I must say that the era of battles and bravery on the high sea has a romance all of its own, which Ransom perfectly captures. It's not just that Will and Davy are such splendid young men, each very different from each other, but each in their own way thoroughly admirable. I think what I love best about this book is that it has such a strong story. Even if you're not into gay romance for its own sake, watching Will and Davy - and Captain Smith's - attempts to escape; their plans, frustrations, sufferings and indomitable refusal to give up is page-turningly exciting in itself. Combine that with a mystery plot as the kidnapped officers' shipmates try to work out who has taken them and where to go for a rescue, and you could read this as a straight adventure and be delighted.

But add the slowly building tenderness of the m/m love story too - the beauty of this relationship forged out of hardship, which somehow redeems both lieutenants and helps them to grow into their strength - and you have a classic of the genre. One that you really ought not to miss.

Reviewed by Alex Beecroft [...]

I absolutely love historical gay fiction. However, I do not like the erotica that has 1 page of plot for every 5 pages of sexual content. This book actually develops a story that is believable. The men don't go at it, ignoring all the social constraints of this time; it feels real. If you like your historical fiction to seem like it actually took place, then this is definately a great book for you.

Outstanding historical romance involving two naval officers in 1796 who are captured by pirates along with their captain (a terrific character), and who unexpectedly fall in love with each other. Strong plot and strong characters. Note: The short review is to save you time. The long version can be found on my Obsidian Bookshelf website.

This is a review of the movie version of this book which, except for a little confusion about who killed whom at the end (Boo or not), is fairly faithful to the spirit of the book. The main points apply here as well.


This film is an excellent black and white adaptation of Harper Lee's book of the same name. The acting, particularly by Gregory Peck (and a cameo by a young Robert Duval as Boo Radley), brings out all the pathos, bathos and grit of small town Southern life in the 1930's. The story itself is an unusual combination, narrated by Peck's film daughter (and presumably Lee herself), of a stage of the coming of age story that we are fairly familiar with and the question of race and sex in the Deep South (and not only there) with which we were (at the time of the film's debut in 1962) only vaguely familiar. That dramatic tension, muted as it was by the cinematic and social conventions of the time, nevertheless made a strong statement about the underlying tensions of this society at a time when the Southern black civil rights struggle movement was coming in focus in the national consciousness.

The name Atticus Finch (Peck's role) as the liberal (for that southern locale) lawyer committed to the rule of law had a certain currency in the 1960's as a symbol for those southern whites who saw that Jim Crow had to go. Here Finch is the appointed lawyer for a black man accused of raping a white women of low origin- the classic `white trash' depicted in many a film and novel. Finch earnestly, no, passionately in his understated manner, attempts to defend this man, a brave act in itself under the circumstances.

Needless to say an all white jury of that black man's `peers' nevertheless convicts him out of hand. In the end the black man tries to escape and is killed in the process. In an earlier scenario Finch is pressed into guard duty at the jailhouse in order to head off a posse of `white trash' elements who are bend on doing `justice' their way- hanging him from a lynching tree. On a mere false accusation of a white woman this black man is doomed whichever way he turns. Sound familiar?

The other part of the story concerns the reactions by Finch's motherless son and tomboyish daughter to the realities of social life, Southern style. That part is in some ways, particularly when the children watch the trial from the "Negro" balcony section of the courtroom, the least successful of the film. What is entirely believable and gives some relief from the travesty that is unfolding are the pranks, pitfalls and antics of the kids. The tensions between brother and sister, the protective role of the older brother, the attempt by the sister to assert her own identity, the sense of adventure and mystery of what lies beyond the immediate household that is the hallmark of youth all get a work out here. But in the end it is the quiet dignity of solid old Atticus and the bewildered dignity of a doomed black man that hold this whole thing together. Bravo Peck. Kudos to Harper Lee.

A good book but not as good as the movie. The exact ending as to how the attacker was killed left too much doubt as to who actually was the killer--I don't think this was a good way to end the book. If Boo actually was the killer it should have been clearer to the reader instead of making the reader play a guessing game.

There is a reason that this book is extremely popular, and now that I've finally had a chance to read it, I know why: I consider it to be one of the most well-written books I ever stumbled upon.
Lee's writing is so precise and sharp that it makes me wonder exactly how long it took her to come up with the first idea of the story, and then finally to have turned in the final draft for publishing. A story with characters like this could take years to write.
For those who have never had the privilege of reading this masterpiece, do not overestimate this book by its mass popularity; unlike the countless books out there that are popular, no matter how bad they really are, Lee's book continues to thrive in both classrooms and bookstores alike because of the universal lessons it has to teach.
It can be enjoyed by both the young and the old, but I suggest that you wait till you're older to read it, as the mind may not be able to fully appreciate it until it is well seasoned.

I've only read one or two other books that I loved as a child, re-read as an adult, and found more to love about it. And out of those, this one was my favorite.

Some books so fluidly transcend the stories they contain that the characters and setting almost become incidental to the universal themes they express without contrivance. Such a book exists in Harper Lee's masterful 1960 novel, one of the most revered pieces of fiction this country has ever produced. Set in rural, Depression-era Alabama, it is a classic coming-of-age story about a precocious nine-year old tomboy named Scout. What she experiences is palpable in the virulent racism surrounding the persecution of Tom Robinson, a black man unjustly accused of raping Mayella, the abused white daughter of an unrepentant bigot, Bob Ewell. Representing Tom in court is Atticus Finch, Scout's father and the moral compass of the story.

The plot moves toward a deepening exploration of the intractable conflict between tolerance and ignorance and how the pre-existing environment of hatred and mistrust makes innocent people guilty by pure circumstance. Scout embodies these themes within her own journey toward womanhood and her questions of what society expects of her. Through the travails of Tom and the town's outcast, Boo Radley, and primarily through her father's example, Scout recognizes how innate goodness can exist even in the direst circumstances. Likely because the story is semi-autobiographical, Lee is able to vividly capture the rural south and the pervasive mindset during the Depression with spellbinding accuracy. Yet for all that, the book's lasting legacy has more to do with Lee's particular lierary gift in bringing a genuine universality to her themes.

Other characters weave in and out of the story - including Dill, Scout's wannabe boyfriend and the Truman Capote doppelganger - and each plays a key role in shaping the novel's core conflicts. I have to say that the author's particular literary strengths come to the fore in her empathetic depictions of the evolving relationships between these characters, for example, Scout and her father Atticus, Scout and her brother Jem, the children and Boo. Nothing seems extraneous in the story Lee tells, no small feat for a 336-page novel. She brings intense emotion to her prose, especially in describing the uncontrollable fury created by racial hatred and false accusations, for instance, in the lynch mob scene before the trial and in the vengeful attack on the children. The timing of the book's original 1960 publication turned out to be prescient, as the Civil Rights movement was just becoming national in scope thanks to the efforts of Martin Luther King and his brethren. Even if you have seen the masterful 1962 film, you owe it to yourself to read Lee's literary masterwork and sadly the only novel she ever wrote.

When I saw this book and seen the reviews, I figured that it was just going to be "cool". Then when I finally got this in the mail I was completely overwhelmed by the imaginative visions that Barlowe puts into each of the paintings. Each picture is filled with detail and rich color. The captions get really in depth with what the picture stands for and which Demon is shown and when you think about it, it can be fairly creepy if this is what Hell was really like. Barlowe talks about making his way into the lowest reaches of Hell and bringing back the images to share with the world. The artwork in this book will completely blow you away.

Wayne Barlowe has long been one of my favorite artists, up there with Bekinski and Giger. He has a real talent for pulling the viewer into his world, so that we can almost smell the sulfur. This and its companion piece Brushfire are my (current) favorite art volumes, as I seem to be in a very hellish phase right now. But even when I'm not feeling hellish, I'm in awe of Mr. Barlowe's talent. I love the texture of the worlds and characters, the deep, roaring, ash-filled atmosphere of the environs of hell he portrays. I am always inspired by his work.

Normally I am reserved in my reviews but this one stands out as an entity that deserves high praise. I had been researching visions of Hell for some years when this book came out. It was an exquisite find as the author's vision was finely detailed and provided a wealth of information. His Hell is different yet similar to Dore's vision which appealed to me. It is as if he took Dore's vision and placed his own ideas and concepts on top of Gustave's.

This is highly recommended. The pictures are stunning and the text adds some nice thought as well. One reviewer wrote that he thought the souls looked to much like statuary and while I do agree with that criticism it is a minor quibble and is not always the case.

The book was not as good as I thought it was going to be. When I read certain passages of it at the bookstore I thought it was going to be a fictional narrative of a doomed person's experience in Hell. Instead it was more of an artists explanation about his paintings. The book still drew me in and made me think and feel about what Hell might be like. For this reason, the books ability to make me seriously think about Hell in a literal sense, I will give it four stars.

This collection is basically Barlowe's visual interpretation of Dante's Inferno from The Divine Comedy. Each painting has a page of description pointing out the purpose and reason for every detail in the image. From a tortorous picture of Lillith, to the haunting painting of a minor demon riding on the backs of several tortoured souls held together with muck, they are each fascinating to examine. Like Dali and other fantastical artists, one can look at these paintings and see something new every time. The color work is fantastic, and in some paintings actually appears to be digital photography until one looks closer. A ver well-thought-out project, it is pleasing to see another side of Barlowe's intelligent work.

The book is a very good reference with excellent example code. I was a beginner when I purchased it and it was invaluable. I look forward to using volume 2 of this book.

This combined with the subsequent Class Libraries AWT, beans and applet for 1.1 by the same authors are the best Java books I have purchased. Combined with the jdk 1.1 Nutshell book and VisualAge for Java from IBM...you are able to find methods quickly and easily...and then utilize them. Great Job!

If you are doing JDK 1.02 programming, this book is required. I can find anything I need about any class quicker with this book than with any other Java class reference. I need to know specific return values from methods, its there. I need to look at an example of how to use a class or method, it there. This is the easiest (but heaviest) Java reference book I have used.
However...

If you plan on coding exclusively with JDK 1.1 I would wait for the upcoming two volume set (by the same title) from these authors. If they are as good as this volume, they will be worth the money in the time that they save.

This is a great book, but you want the second edition, which covers up to Java 1.1. Its ISBN is different.

I have the book by my side at all times when working on my Java code. It is indispensable. All the classes are list alphabetically which helps in locating what you need. The 2nd edition is out now that covers Java 1.1 classes. A must have!!!

The story line definately builds up the suspense to the question of when and how the title of the book comes into play. From the moment that the plot begins to twist, the reader is constantly hit with facts and courses of action that Honeycutt justifies to a level of reality. THe reader can clearly see why the book is under the "Suspense" category. Any human being, especially those who lived or are living in a house with small children will read this book on a more personal level. This book was amazing!!

I found the book to be well written. The book kept me wanting to read more. The book starts out like a love story, builds up into a suspense, then into a trajedy, but ends up in a happy ending. I enjoyed the book very much, and I found myself not being able to put the book down. I can rarely find a book and stay focused and wondering whats going to happen next. I have enjoyed reading it so much that I have recommended to many readers.

I was very enthused by this book. I am a frequent reader and have not come across a book like this one. I was unable to put the book down. This book was one that allows you to really feel the characters feelings. I like the fact that it was a romance and also suspenseful all at the same time. This is truly my favorite of all time.

I was very enthused by this book. I am a frequent reader and have not come across a book like this one. I was unable to put the book down, This book was one that you can really feel the characters feelings. I like the fact that it was a romance and also suspenseful all at the same time. This is truelly my favorite of all time.

I have never read a book that has moved me like this book. There is humor, joy, and great sadness. I laughed and I cried.
I will recommend this book to everyone I know, and would like to thank the author, Teressa Lee Honeycutt, for giving me the opportunity to read this wonderful book.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition is a treasure for those -- like me -- who love this Christmas classic. It is a great "behind the scenes look" that includes photos of the cast of characters whose voices are so familiar. Give it as a gift to the "Peanuts Fan" in your life.
Philip D. Halfacre
Author, Genuine Friendship

While we've been treated to many Charles Schulz documentaries and remembrances over the years, "A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition" is the first book to focus on the first Peanuts' television special. The book includes in-depth interviews with producer Lee Mendelson, animator Bill Melendez, and Vince Guaraldi's children. This book is the ultimate backstage pass to the recording studio, with interviews with the original child actors who voiced the characters and sang on Guaraldi's "Christmas Time is Here." As a bonus treat, the script and original animation art round out the book.

I loved this book! It has material for every fan of the famous TV special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas". I may not be musical, but if you are, this book includes the music. I am fond of the discussions of the people involved in creating the production of the TV show and the script. I will be using the script in my classroom for Reader's Theatre. The book has a lot of material that has meaning for me personally. I was young when this special was shown on television and it was always one of my favorites. The book was not a disappointment to read and own. I am very glad I bought it.

This is the ultimate companion to the tv show. The art work is from the original show and the dialogue is a great bonus! The book is also packed with great trivia and information about the decisions "behind stage" that led to the creation of the ultimate Christmas Special.

"Charlie Brown Christmas" is the crown jewel of Christmas specials. Heavy on holiday introspection, but with the dry wit and humor you'd come to expect from Charles Schulz's creations.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition" just expands that experience, by outlining how the famed special came to be -- the music, the animation, the voice acting, even the advertisement to get people to watch it. It's a charming, nostalgic little book, and a good accompaniment.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" was spun up quickly, when Coca Cola wanted a Christmas special in less than a week -- and Charles Schulz's lovable loser Charlie Brown seemed to be the ticket. But the special was made very differently from other cartoons -- 2-D animation, no laugh track, uncutesy kids, and (horrors!) a jazz soundtrack. It was doomed to fail, they said.

Well, instead it became a booming hit, and has been running every December ever since. Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez reminisce in here about the much-loved Charles Schulz, and about Vince Guaraldi, who made the distinctive piano soundtrack, and why it's so beloved -- it dares to approach holiday ennui and commercialization, then dashes it away with Linus' description of Christmas' meaning.

As for the "making of" portion, there are storyboards, musical scores, test photos, clips of television reviews, and rare photos like Melendez and Schulz doing the football gag. Finally, there is the entire script of the special, framed by colourful stills from the cartoon.

You couldn't wring this much information from most half-hour animated specials, no matter how much fun they were. But it's a bit different with "Charlie Brown Christmas." It was so completely unusual -- and has proved to be so timeless -- that a book on the making of it, and its effect, seems completely right.

It's a very conversational, reminiscent book. It feels like sitting in a room with Melendez and Mendelson, listening to them reminisce about "Sparky." And we also get input from other people involved in the project, such as Christopher Shea (Linus), who talks about his famous "Second Chapter of Luke" speech, as well as odd bits of trivia (the little girl playing Sally had to be fed her lines).

The Christmas special is more than able to stand on its own, but "Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition" is a wonderful accompaniment. Full of interesting tidbits and history.

Congratulations to Mira Tweti and Lisa Brady for producing such a delightful children's book. We think it is absolutely wonderful. Of course the magic of it is that it is not only for children, it is important for adults to read it as well. While being wonderfully entertaining and involving, it manages also to be educational and makes the reader aware of the responsibilities that come with owning a pet, particularly one of the parrot family. These are very intelligent birds who deserve better than to be placed in a cage and forgotten.The book also mentions that even parrot poop has its place in the ecological chain. A nice touch! The closing pages were of great interest as well, focusing on the important Parrot Project in Indonesia, and the serious problems many parrots have in captivity. Well done! More like it please!

Barry McKnight & Roger Cowland.
Australia.

MIra Tweti is an award-winning animal welfare journalist whose focus is parrots and this book is based on years of research. It's a "must read" as the OC Register reviewer said and no one should miss this great story. Tweti's in depth research and knowledge about parrots shows! It's accurate down to the backgrounds which are of mountains in New Guinea, to the facts about Lorikeets, to their behavior and to how they and other parrots fare in captivity.

This book is gorgeous and has a nice story. It's fun to read, but remember it's fiction.
As it's intended to be a semi-'educational' book I am bothered by a variety of incorrect information. Everything from the idea of a wild-caught parrot turning up in a New York pet store to the ecological role of parrots in the wild is incorrect in this book.
Rainbow lories are very common birds in the wild, found throughout Indonesia and Australia - common to the point of being serious pests of vineyards and orchards and being common backyard birds visiting birdfeeders in Australia.
While wild caught birds undoubtedly suffered to adjust to captivity - it has been illegal for wild caught parrots to be imported into the US for decades. Though there is a small amount of illegal trade existing in some rare and valuable species, rainbow lories are not one of those, being commonly bred. The very idea of any wild caught rainbow lory making it into the US very highly inplausible.
Parrots (even lories) also are seed predators - meaning they crush and hull seeds they eat, killing them. They have no role in dispersing seeds. I have seen my own birds selectively pick out, crush and eat even tiny seeds from figs, strawberries, raspberries, ect. If you find your parrot has undigested seeds in its droppings, you had better get it to a vet! Parrots absolutely do not have any kind of ecological role in seeding the forest.

In Everyway, this is a beautiful book. The delightful, heartwarming tale illuminates the wild life of this intelligent, highly social family of birds and educates on the tragedies and responsibilities associated with keeping them as pets. Very fun, vibrant illustrations grace the pages. And it doesn't stop at the end of the tale, but goes a step beyond to provide interesting histories of real-life birds and information on how one can help.

I bought Here, There and Everywhere and I love it. The artwork is absolutely stunning and the story is as interesting as it is educational. I will be purchasing a bunch more to give as gifts to all the children I know as well as my parrot loving adult friends.

I definitely recommend buying this book!

This is a beautiful book, with beautiful images. It is entirely worth it, to get a glimpse of the people of Africa. Excellent.

Ahhh. This book, obviously, is many things to many people; not unlike its bountiful subject matter--- the original mother, Africa.

It is also many things to me, each equally beautiful. Most important, it is a powerfully evocative visual link to the 3 years of memories I carry of my life in West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer. The photographers saw and captured a lot of what I deeply love about the peoples, the land and the life of Africa. The simple and complex beauty; the extraordinary and the mundane; the joy and the frustrations, the good and the bad. It's just life as it is lived everywhere else on the planet, and how good it is to see it presented from a part of the world that is not often shown much appreciation.

While I appreciate another reviewer's criticism of the book's failure to show more modern infrastructure of urban areas, I disagree that the omission is a disservice. True, there is a great deal of development in Africa, but what is shown in this book is still a good and true representation of the vast majority of people and their lives. Far from being stereotyped shots of suffering and drudgery, I find the photos varied and well beyond cliché as they take us into the rhythm of the lives of everyday people. It is a beautiful book. Place it on your coffee table , but keep it in your heart.

I found this one of the most beautiful representations of the continent that I have seen to date. Instead of animals and Egyptian ruins the photographers have taken a diverse array of photographs that potray the people. In addition, the representation of even the least renowned countries in Africa is accurate.

I am also partial to this book, because the proceeds go towards AIDS prevention in Africa.

Africa is a beautiful continent with immense potential, and it never looked better. The 100 or so photographers who took the pictures did an outstanding job. The pictures are the highest quality I have ever seen ...digital technology, I suppose. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this books value is in millions.
The first few pages feature full page pictures breathtaking scenery. One shows a lone teacher under the shade of a tree, a dog sits at some distance. Another show the Victoria falls in its full splendor and the there that magnificent mountain peak. Well by this time if your aren't seated, I suggest you do so for and stop operating heavy machinery. Across from cape to Cairo and across the Sahara these talented photographer have captured the wonderful essence of Africa.
Having in mind the much maligned western Medias portrayal of Africa and it on the tragic. In my opinion this book treats the subjects, e.g. Pictures of HIV sufferers, with adequate sensitivity.
Lastly I would like to salute the producers and sponsors of the project. It's a noble gesture.

This is an absolutely heartstopping collection of photographs from everyday African scenes. I have to disagree with the reviewer who said that it only presented stereotypical portraits of African life. I agree that the collection would have been enriched with more portraits of urban life, but I don't think that this was a typical "National Geographic" variety volume.

It did have diversity, and it did show that many Africans live in modern homes. However, the sensitivity of the portraits was so deep, and their beauty so stunning, it certainly transcended "look at the natives starving/doing something weird/suffering from disease" type photography. Rather, it showed many of the marvels of Africa-from the artwork thriving in so many areas, to areas where ingenuity and industry thrive against all odds, from the thriving markets of Lagos, to the beauty of the desert. This book is so gorgeous that it is rather a testimony of love for Africa and its people-not in some patronizing way, but a true celebration of its spirit. It shows tragedy, but it shows beauty and people loving life and affirming it as well. Isn't that a balanced and fair picture?

At first I just borrowed this book but I found that it was so helpful that we needed to own it! It's got good views of horses in a variety of poses. Our children were able to use the step by step method with barely any help at all. Ages 5 and 7, they have been drawing since about 2 years old or so, and may be slightly more advanced in drawing skills than average. They also like horses a lot, but have sort of run dry on ideas for new ways to draw them. Now, instead of asking Daddy to draw horses running or rearing or jumping, they have a whole variety of examples to learn from in one book. Very nice.

Great illustrations in this book. It will make it fun for you to learn to draw horses.

This book brings many creative ways for any age to draw a variety of horses. I ordered it for my daughter's birthday, because she was going for a horseback ride and it would help keep the memories fresh for her. She enjoys drawing on a more professional level; thanks to this book.

This is a awsome book! it tells you step by step how to draw any kind of horse you want too. it is easy for anyone, like me, i'm definetly a beginner! If you love horses like i do, then you will love this book!

My daughter loves horses and constantly tries to draw them. This shows her the steps in order to draw a great looking horse!

I felt better knowing that my fears with my illness are not mine alone.

I recently read this book, and I can't honestly say that I liked it. I too have been diagnosed with MS. I'm happy that Mr. Lander can find humor in his condition, however I find nothing he had to say not in the least bit funny.

MS is a terrible diease that affects the Central Nervous System and there's nothing funny about that. Even the title of the book is seriously upsetting(How Squiggy caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody). You can't catch MS, and to put that in print is misleading.

I take my MS, the treatment for it, and all the symptoms very seriously. I have no desire to joke about them.

Some of the information in his book were very informative and very much worth reading, however I believe his approach is less than ideal.

When my father finally told me he had MS (like David Lander, he kept it a secret), he suggested I read this book. The insight it gave me was priceless. Everyone will find their own path, but I can tell you that by sharing his experiences, Mr. Lander has helped me to be the best son (and friend) that I can be.

I just loved this book. It is a very quick read and very upbeat. For someone with MS or caring for someone with MS it is a story you can relate to. My husband was recently diagnosed with MS and has been very reluctant to read anything about the disease. I am going to have him read this book because while I whink it might confirm some of his fears, at the same time it does so in a positive manner.

The book is a quick read. Sometimes you feel very alone with MS. This book will help you feel better. And, it explains some of the MS symptoms that you are experiencing better than a medical text. It will put some words on your feelings.