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This book is outstanding. The characters come to life immediately, and you get more and more attached to them as they mature. You get the opportunity to follow the main character all through her life. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good read. It takes place in the 20th century...a memorable time for us all. Thank you Dorothy E. Lee!

This is a must read book. You feel you are there in that time. The detail, the "must keep reading" aspect, is all there. The characters are important in what they have to say and you keep wanting to know more about them. Ms. Lee has "painted" a realistic and enjoyable portrait. It's a gift! Thank you!

The Revision by Dorothy E. Lee is a remarkable story of family and friendship. When I finished reading it, I was lost, because I wanted the people in the story to go on and on. It is a story of the latter part of the twentieth century, capturing so many of the changes of the times and of the people who lived through those times. A must read for anyone who cares deeply about our times and ourselves.

The beginning of this book is actually the end -- so for people like me who need to read the end of the book before I get there -- it was a perfect novel! The book revolves around Eleanor. Her life holds many of the same challenges, joys, despairs, and celebrations we all encounter. Yet while reading this one realizes that each of us is extraordinary and the sum of many events, encounters and experiences. I laughed with El, cried with her, shared her life and felt it represented a real life experience. Ms. Lee does a remarkable job of telling a life story that everyone can identify with and feel a part of. A great read!

Prof. Lee sets the norm of mathematical exposition. I would give it 5 stars if it were more comprehensive. There is so much to say about Riemannian manifolds and it would be a pleasure to see them under the light the author sheds on such subtle concepts. One very nice feature of the book that underlies its structure is that it uses four theorems - pillars of Riemannian geometry as a guide of what should be included. This approach, besides improving considerably the organization of the book as compared to other books on the subject, it also motivates the reader who now has a target in his mind, namely the proofs of these important theorems. It is really nontrivial to introduce people to mathematical areas as broad as Riemannian geometry. Also, useful suggestions are given in the preface for further reading.

I used this book to teach about half a year of a graduate Riemannian manifolds course. It is a very good introductory text. I wish it has a bit more background on curves and surfaces, but otherwise it was excellent. It doesn't get into a lot of more advanced topics, but the treatment of Jacobi fields and so forth is really good.

I never had much use for formal education and quit school back in the 10th grade. I work on the line at a fish cannery and do an honest day's work for an honest day's wage. I don't understand people who make a living sitting around all day just thinking or writing things. What's getting made? How do you just think about things and expect people to pay you for it?

Normally I kick back with a cold brew and whatever sports is playing on the tube. Last book I read was in school. I was too busy with football, basketball and girls to waste time with studying. So you might think, what in the world would make me pick up "Riemannian Manifolds" and start reading a graduate text in mathematics? I don't know, something about the title just grabbed me.

You know what? It's a pretty good book. I'm not saying I understood everything Mr. Lee was talking about. I mean, I sorta remember stuff like algebra and geometry and triangles and proofs and things like that, and all that math stuff helped me get through the first four chapters. But when I got to chapter 5, talking about Riemannian geodesics, I got kinda lost. I took a piece of string, used it to connect two cities on a globe, and then I understood. After that, the book picked up pace and finished really strong with comparisons of manifolds on both positive and negative curvatures. I'm thinking I'll read "The Laplacian on a Riemannian Manifold" next. Who ever thought all this math stuff could be so interesting?

I just got this fella, and I'm really just through the first four chaptors but so far I'm very pleased. He really tries to tie the definitions and theorems to something you can think about. He gives three "model spaces", the n-sphere, R^n, and hyperbolic space and keeps coming beck to them as he does new things. I like that after he defines connections he shows some in R^n. You know, things like that. Anyway, I'm not a specialist but this seems to me as good an introduction to Reimannian curvature as you could ask for. At least as good in my opinion as Del Carmo's book.

So thanks again Dr. Lee. You keep writing them and we'll keep reading them.

This quiet sleeper is more than just a supplementary tool for Native American rites of passage programs. This is a bondafide spiritual growth tool which is suitable for youth and adults. I have seen few books that are written in such easy to read language but truly FULL of information.

This book will cause introspection and it will give a wonderful roadmap for those that are courageous enough to take the journey. I recommend this book to peoples of all colors. The Native American Sacred Tree and Medicine Wheel applications in this book are incredibly useful.

Great message presented in an almost poetic way. The kind of book you would not abandon in the bookshelf but would use as a companion throughout your journey into becoming your very best.

This book is simple and profound. It started me on a path that helps me see the big pictue and still feel comfortable on the planet.

For all the people of the earth, the Creator has planted a sacred Tree, under which they may gather to find healing, power, wisdom and security. Its roots spread deeply into Mother Earth, its branches reach to Father Sky. Its fruits are the good things that our Creator has given to all peoples, the path to love, compassion, generosity, patience, wisdom, justice, courage, respect, humility and other great gifts.

The life of the Tree rests with life of the people, but if they forget to take its nourishment, many would grow sick at heart, lie, quarrel, and abuse the land, poisoning everything they touch. The people would be as in sleep, to awaken again to their search for the Tree, whose knowledge rests with the elders. I find this an especially calming and beautiful book for these terrible times.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

This is a great book for those pursuing scientific study, but it is also a great piece of writing on critical thinking - something which is largely lacking in today's society. Lee's writing is easy to follow and understand, and he makes very sound arguments without them coming off as attacks (e.g. in the pseudoscience chapter). Topics include philosophy of science, scientific misconduct, critical thinking, pseudoscience, research, and the scientific method. This book was the course "text" for the honours thesis course at my undergraduate university. I never read it then, but I'm glad I did now as I pursue a graduate degree.

Thank you for sending me my product quickly. take care and good luck in all that you are doing! again, thanks so much...

This book by Dr. Lee is very well written, and is easy to understand. I have not read all of it, but a near majority of it. This book makes several different aspects of science interesting. I have him as a professor, and he is a really good educator. Maybe he will read this and give me an A. But if he doesnt, thats fine too...Ill work on the A myself. But honestly, this is a very well written book. It is very interesting and helpful to grasp some deep scientific knowledge.

I teach a university-level senior seminar course in biology, and I was strongly considering using this interesting little book, but it has it's downside. First though, the plusses...

The book is well-written, and the author covers interesting and timely topics including:
- an introduction to the practice of science
- what and how one goes about doing research
- what is means to be part of the community of science
- scientific ethics
...and other topics.
It is also short enough to be easily digestible while covering an interesting range of topics.

Now for the minuses (well, one BIG minus). When I had nearly decided to adopt this book for my course I checked the per copy price and found a $43 price tag!!! I was expecting something in the $10-20 range. Sticker shock was more than enough to put me off, and I will not require my students to pay that much for this short book.

The book is only 186pp, it's paperbound, and is only about 1/4" thick.

I hope that the author and his publisher will take note of this feedback. They would have made an institutional sale if they hadn't set the price so high.

I give the book 5 stars for content, presentation, and applicability, but loss of a star (and a sale) for the excessive price tag on this book.

Part 4 in the Scott Pilgrim series lives up the the standards set by the previous three volumes. I won't go into detail describing the plot, as that as been documented pretty well. I will say this is a fun, entertaining read. Every time I pick up the newest volume, I re-read all the previous episodes and enjoy them as much as the first time I read them. A highly-recommended series. Can't wait for the next issue.

after waiting for over than a year, the new scott pilgrim book pays off already at the first few pages (which are actually in color- another manga detail). without spoiling the plot, it can only be said that it's somewhat darker than the previous books, but it's still flawless in its pacing and storytelling. the probable reason for such a long delay between books is most likely because of the art- much more thought out and refined now. sometimes it works against the book (seeming a bit too clean and missing the raw power of the first book), but most of the time it's just a beautiful book.

in any case, still one of the best books on the market, strongly recommended for you and everyone you know (i bought four).

The first three Scott Pilgrim books have shown that he is immature, thoughtless and sometimes mean. Sure, he's charming and funny, but is that enough to balance out his laziness, selfishness and ignorance? That depends on the reader.

Deep thought aside, this book is hilarious and as fun as it's predecessors. Mixing comic books, kung-fu movies, music videos, and especially video games, it truly makes them into a pure fun mixture.

In this one, Scott fights another of Ramona's evil exes. Not an evil ex-boyfriend, though. to find out what that means, you'll have to read it!

You can't Love a book as much as I love this one. If you did it would get gross.

Buy all the Scott Pilgrim books out one through this one: four, when they get to you house call in sick and read them cover to cover. When your done you'll want to move to Canada, or into a video game.

They will brighten up you whole year.

After skimming through a friend's copy of A Separate Cinema one evening, Mr. Danger was so impressed that I purchased it myself the very next day. This is an amazing book, essential to the collection of any student of American film. Within it's 150 oversized glossy pages are theaterical posters, from hundreds of mostly forgotten Black films dating back to the roaring twenties, to train your eyeballs on. Entire chapters are dedicated to the great Paul Robeson, Jazz and sports themed pictures, and early Black musicals such as the classic Hallelujah!. Donald Bogle contributes an essay on the often obscure history of American Black cinema, and every poster is accompanied by a paragraph about the film it represents. Spike Lee even wrote the introduction! Rarely have I gotten so much replay value from a single book. In fact, I've been inspired to watch as many of these films as are available on DVD (criminally few). The only drawback is that ASC seems to now be out of print, but don't let that deter you. Scour the used bookstores and flea markets in your area. It's well worth the effort.

A simple love of movie-posters has turned into a serious interest of African-American cinema. Something I never really knew about. This book showes the viewer a history in pictures about pictures mostly unseen in The Netherlands or anywhere outside the US. If you just like posters, it is unmissable. If you like film-poster history, it's unmissable. If you're interested in anything besides pure Hollywood-soaked books and paraphernalia, this book is simply a must-have. Fantastic!

I doubt any future book will cover the subject of black cast movie posters as well as this one. As a designer interested in the look of popular culture I was surprised that there were so many posters for this niche market. Over two-hundred are shown in this very well designed book (thanks to Debbie Glasserman) they are all in color and each has a very detailed caption. I must say though that as designs they are all uniformly uninspiring (except for Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1927 and The Green Pastures, 1936) but what they lack in stylish graphics and type they make up for in an exuberance of color, flamboyant images plus huge angled titles and cast lists, all to put across what the movie was about and pull the customer into a downtown picture palace.

Donald Bogle writes a short essay on the history of black movies but strangely makes no comment about the posters or who produced them. John Kisch, who collects black cast movie posters suggests in his Author's Note that frequently the poster artwork was more interesting than the movie itself. Get this book if you are into the graphic history of American movies, it covers one small historical part and does it very well.

***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.

The images of Black in the history of American cinema is in constant need of exploration. Too often what we are presented with are images and visions created by movie moguls and mavens that bear little resemblence to the rich vitality of Black life and culture in America. Mammies. Coons, and Sambos are omnipresent in most studies, adding a buffoonish, yet toxically inaccurate picture whenever Blacks are portrayed. Fortunately, "A Separate Cinema" is a move in the right direction of presenting an alternative view. Complete with colorful and vivid posters and information, the reader is returned to a period where such early pivotal Black auteurs as Oscar Micheaux attempt to show Black images on screen through Black eyes. Paul Robeson is shown in all of his splendor. The sauve and handsome Ralph Cooper makes his appearance. Movies that are now in the dustbin of history returns to the viewer. As a teacher of U.S. history and African-American history, "A separate Cinema" never fails to enlighten and impress my students - both Black and White. This book is a must for those willing to move beyond the stereotypical version offered by traditional hollywood accounts. It not only offers a Separate Cinema, but a separately created vision of reality. I highly recommend this book for all progressive students of American film history.

A poignant and touching story woven together from journals and notes. It speaks of true Christian faith, love of family and sacrifice for others. It is rich in desription and brings back many memories of living in a small town and attending a local Methodist church.

This book offers the reader hope, understanding, and how the Robertson's faith saw them through so many hardships. The Robertson's suffered pain, sorrow, and adversity, but their steadfast love and abiding faith in the Lord always prevailed throughout the turmoil in their lives. Even though it was a simpler era of time, the hardships that they endured then is still prevelent today. I would strongly suggest that anyone suffering these adversities to read this book in order to gain a stronger appreciation for what we have and to gain faith and understanding for tomorrow.

Shadow Dawn is a one-year diary/journal kept by a pioneer "steel magnolia" during the mid-thirties. Mary Adelaide Webb and her Methodist minister husband, Doctor Webb, take the reader on a journey of faith of the shadows before miracle drugs or bypass surgery as well as the joys of their "holy vow" kept throughout a forty-year Christian marriage. The reader is swept up in the optimism Mrs. Webb exhibits even under dire circumstances and the grace she imparts through her thoughts and actions. I wish I could have known Mary Webb; what an inspiration she is!

This is a truly inspirational book and extremely well written. It focuses on the life of two people after the Civil War and the struggles they endured and gives the reader hope and encouragement for a better tomorrow in the world we live. Those principles applied at that time as well as today. The book is a comfort to the hurting in today's world.

It has always been my opinion that if a book is good it should be able to transport the reader to another time and place. "A Silent Cry" by Mr. Lee did that for me. Uncomfortable at times while reading this, one walks briefly into a life of poverty, pain and rejection.

Charles Lee's book is a slice of Americana - Black Americana, that I found hard to put down. With each page you feel the frustration and despair of Mr. Lee, only to watch him rise later to yet another challenge. And the way Mr. Lee understates the painful events of his life, one begins to understand why his is a "Silent Cry".

"A Silent Cry" really moved me. It is amazing how one can tell their memories of life, along with the trials and tribulations that one go through.

I found this book to be interesting, since I, myself, had to go through a lot. Who would have thought that reading this book would heal some wounds. Now I know that I was not the only one who has been down a rough road of life.

Charles Lee really told it like it was. I could hardly put the book down!

I have recommended this book to several people. As a matter of fact, my copy is now missing from my library!

I was very impressed with a "Silent Cry" by Charles Lee. The book captivated me with it's depiction of Mr. Lee's life situations. It was also very motivating to see someone who was faced with so many obstacles throughout his life, but never gave in to defeat but rather arose to each battle that life dealt him.

I particularly enjoyed chapter 7 when Mr. Lee finally meets his soul mate. It was enlightening to see love prevail in the end. I would definitely recommend a "Silent Cry" by Charles Lee to all of my friends and family.

I really enjoyed the book "Silent Cry" by Charles Lee. What I thought was interesting is that the writer was able to give my imagination the surrounding and the time in Era, (years, age,place) and description of the surrounding during his episodes. Also this writer was able to put details of his feelings, and his inner thoughts on paper, during his year growing up. I thought that most males, have a hard time expressing feelings, such as pain, failure, and incompatability with the opposite sex. I though feel that he isn't alone, with the way he was brought up. I think that as more people read this book, they will find apart of their lives being lived by this writer. I liked that even though he had a lot of negative obstacles and people in his life, (as we all did/do in our lives.) He was able to have positive people that were able to purge the negativity from his life. I am sure this book touches a lot of hearts, both his family and strangers. I can tell that Mr.Lee is a simple man, and was inspired to read this because we can get a hold of a lot of reading material on famous people, (president,movie stars,athlete,etc) negative lives, and people should that we all have in common negative energy (people/obstacles) that finds everyone no matter what colour or country you come from. In closing I want to say that Mr. Charles Lee, probably wrote a brief part of his life, as I am sure he has lived more since his closing of the book "Silent Cry" I do await part 2. Thank you for your time in reading my review. Sincerly, Joni

This story in this reprint comic from 1992 is indeed a high watermark in the history of the Fantastic Four comic series. It represent some of the finest work from the creative team that developed it, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and Joe Sinnott. This story arc is taken from the last half of Fantastic Four Comics #48, all of #49 and the first half of FF #50, all published in 1966, at the peak of the Silver-Age of the Comics.

Some minor corrections and clarifications. Yes the second Silver Surfer arc from issues #55-61 of the Fantastic Four is stunning as well, but to be clear, those issues are NOT reprinted in this volume. Further, there are NOT ten "golden age" stories, but essentially only one, extracted from three comics that come from the "silver age".

It should also be noted that this story arc is available in other Marvel reprint books. In particular Marvel Treasury and Essential volumes. Both are still in print at the time of this posting. Marvel has also reprinted it twice in comic book format prior to this.

-jb the ib -

As others have said before, this is the best collection of the original appearance of the Silver Surfer.
This is Jack Kirby and co-ploter Stan Lee at the top of their game, when Marvel Comics had really hit their stride and were tremondously popular on the college campus.

I bought these books as they came out on the spinner rack in the mid 1960s, and thought the stories were incredibly dramatic and cosmic in scope. Little did we know that the series was at the high water mark, and Kirby's growing dis-satisfaction with being overlooked for creative credit by Lee in interviews despite his continual content input would spell the end of their collaboration in just two short years. (Kirby would start witholding his creative ideas, waiting for the right deal to be struck with DC in 1970... when he jumped ship from Marvel and stunned the comics world!)

If you have only one opportunity to buy representative Fanatastic Four stories, make this the one. Even at inflated re-reprint prices, this would be a bargain!

PS: There were two other editions of this material (FF #48-49-50) pared down into JUST the Galactus storyline that were issued as $5.99 and $6.99 graphic novels in the early 1900s. If you can find them, that represents the cheapest way to pick up the first arc, known throughout comic fandom as "The Galactus Trilogy" even though it may be retitled Silver Surfer: The Coming of Galactus.

'nuff said!

I have been a fan of the Silver Surfer ever since I was a kid, and this collection of stories did not dissapoint. Collected in this edition are ten "golden-age" stories which truly capture the surfer at his freshest and best. Buy this if you appreciate the true art of comics. Peace.

If you were going to get just one volume of reprints from the "Fantastic Four" I would argue that "The Coming of Galactus!" would be the best of all possible choices. The focus is on the Silver Surfer, who first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #48 as the herald of Galactus and ended up being exiled to earth, stripped of his space-time powers for daring to betray his master and stop Galactus from eating the Earth. The result is that this one volume has some of the greatest stories from the comic book that proudly proclaimed itself "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine," with some of Stan Lee's best stories and some of the finest artwork of Jack Kirby's distinguished career.

Essentially you have two great F.F. sagas with an intermission. We begin with the Galactus saga: #48 "The Coming of Galactus," starts with the F.F. leaving the hidden land of the Inhumans, thereby separating Johnny and Crystal. However that matters little when the Watcher shows up and tries to help hide the Earth from the Silver Surfer who arrives and summons Galactus, who shows up ready to drain the planet of all elemental life. #49 "If This Be Doomsday" has the F.F. fighting a losing battle against Galactus while the Silver Surfer meets the blind sculptress, Alicia Masters, who teaches him something about humanity. #50 "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer" has the sky rider of the spaceways fighting against Galactus, while the Human Torch travels through sub-space to bring back a weapon that might stop Galactus in his tracks. The F.F. wins the battle and the Silver Surfer is now stuck on earth.

In between the sagas there is the story you knew that was coming, #55 "When Strikes the Silver Surfer!" Ben is worried about Alicia, and when he shows up to visit his girlfriend he finds the Surfer is there. Of course the first thing the Thing does is punch the Surfer through the wall ("My former friends is displeased!" notes the Surfer as he flies through the air). The fight is pretty good as basically the Surfer takes it easy on the orange skinned Thing (and even gives him a lovely parting gift). This is probably the best Surfer story of the bunch, mainly because he has more to do in this issue than any other in this collection.

But if you are talking the Fantastic Four then sooner or later that means Doctor Doom has to enter the picture in a story line that is every bit as good as the Galactus epic. #57 "Enter...Dr. Doom" starts with the F.F. have a minor skirmish with the Sandman and the Wizard while in the kingdom of Latveria Dr. Doom invites the Silver Surfer for a visit. Then, the bad doctor steals the Silver Surfer's cosmic power (you know this cannot be good, especially as Doom gloats in the full-page shot on page 15). #58 "The Dismal Dregs of Defeat" has Dr. Doom fighting and defeating the members of the F.F. one by one until even Reed Richards has to admit Doom is unbeatable. #59 "Doomsday" has the F.F. trying to unite the world against the threat of Dr. Doom while the weakened Surfer is in a Latverian dungeon. Meanwhile, Black Bolt frees the Inhumans from being trapped behind their great barrier. #60 "The Peril and the Power!' has a great Kirby cover of Doom and the Thing going toe to toe as the F.F. take on Doom. Of course it is not brute power that is going to bring down Dr. Doom when he has the Silver Surfer's powers.

Granted, the Silver Surfer is reduced to a spectator in this second story arc, but since Dr. Doom has the Surfer's cosmic power these stories rightfully belong here. I really do not think that Kirby's art was ever any better than it is in these issues, inked by Joe Sinnot. Kirby was even experimenting with using reproductions of photographs in a couple of these issues. At this point in the history of the Silver Surfer we know nothing about his back story (his true origin was not revealed until he got his own comic book several years later), but even as a supporting character he remains one of the most captivating creations by Lee and Kirby.

This text is a fitting tribute and memorial to the original personnel of VF-17. It and the associated photographic illustrations, also give us later generations, some insight as to how the F4U Corsair was developed and improved as a warfighting tool in WWII.
Well Done!

Just adding my 2 cents to "Country's" comments. My Father and Country were wing-mates with VF17 and I have had the privilege to sit down and talk with Country about his and my Fathers war efforts. He is 100% right about Lee Cook's book and if you love Navy squadrons and information about the Corsair, there is no finer book. Lee's attention to detail and information is second to none. A must read for any Corsair fan.

Jim Bitzegaio

Tremendous interest in following the retired squadron members. A very well developed book worthy of a place on any aviation enthusiast's bookshelf.

This review is not a review. My Jolly Rogers shipmates and I lived it and some of us died in the struggle for the Solomon Islands and the Japanese kingpin at Rabaul.

My good friend Lee Cook from faraway England dedicated himself to this task for the better part of four years, and succeeded admirably.

We were bentwing Corsair fighter pilots. We gave it our best. For a time we were the uttermost tip of the spear of National power. We made a difference.

I hope you read about us.

Lee offered me the privilege of writing the foreword. I accepted as a heartfelt honor.

Very repectfully,

Wm. L. Landreth Commander U. S. Navy (ret.)