Shaw Books

As the author I'd like to tell you a little about what to expect in this book. Also, when you see "out of print" or "not in stock" this is because I have chosen to make this a "print on demand" book. When you place your order a copy will be generated especially for you and it will normally only take a few days. This makes ecological sense as it saves trees and saves wrecking the planet . . . . . now read on and enjoy!

Sally moves on in this fast-paced second volume of her adventures. Handed a certificate of competence by the Cooks' Academy and slung onto the job market at the ripe age of 35, Sal wonders who on earth is going to employ someone so over-qualified and under-experienced. So when Cyril Groot, the World's Ugliest Man, reveals that there is a vacancy for a cook at the Zoo where he is doing a summer season, Sal jumps at it. Leaving her offspring on her mother's doorstep, with a £10 note pinned to their clothing, Sal takes off for the wilds of North Yorkshire, where she quickly finds that the chefs are more dangerous than the animals! Sweating in the intense heat of one of the hottest summers on record, Sal develops muscles as she rolls pastry for pies that would gladden the heart of Desperate Dan. The kitchen is a pretty fair approximation to Hell-and, as the beer-swilling Head Chef tells her - "If you can stand this you can stand anything" - he should know, he is the worst thing in it. After hours, Sal quickly homes in on the nightly `cabaret' - a bizarre re-enactment of a 17th century hanging said to have taken place on that very spot, where a bunch of lads from the local village dress up and kick hell out of each other in the name of art. Sal's arrival stirs up some interesting sub-currents as the Victim and the Jailer compete for her attention.All too soon the school holidays arrive and the notorious Cleo and Alex escape from their grandmother's clutches and head for the zoo - posing Sal a problem, not least in the romance department, Cleo now an extremely beautiful fifteen year old, knocking her mother into the shade, and throwing the monkeys into fits of jealousy when their keeper gets the hots for her. Life never runs smoothly, but Sally gets what she can out of it, as always! Be prepared for sex and humour, and a different take on life.

This is a great little book and a super gift idea for teachers. Its true-life stories are punctuated by a balanced dose of humor and reality and offer encouragment and hope to any teacher who has wondered, "is teaching really worth it?" No matter the level of education or the environment, there's an encouraging word for all teachers in Bob Bittner's book!

Time Travel for Fun and Profit

A Review of "The Technicolor Time Machine"

by Harry Harrison

Publication History

Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine - "The Time-Machined Saga" March 1967.
ISBN-10: 020286703X

The Technicolor Time Machine, 1967, Publisher: Doubleday.

Technicolor Time Machine, 1968, Publisher: Berkley Medallion.

The Technicolor Time Machine, 1976, 1980 and 1981, Publisher: Tor Books.
ISBN 0-86007-887-6 and 0-523-48506-9

The Technicolor Time Machine, 1985 and 1991, Publisher: Tor Books.
ISBN 0-812-53970-2 and 0-812-51607-9

This book is a science fiction comedy about a motley group of movie makers who travel to the eleventh century to film a Viking adventure.

For such a short book there are an amazing number of surprises, plot twists and turnabouts.

This is a fun book to read. "The Technicolor Time Machine" is funny book as well as a stimulating adventure story.

See Also:

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1967 (Volume LXXIX, No. 1)

The Technicolor Time Machine

The Technicolor Time Machine (A TOR Book)

The Technicolor Time Machine; Vikings vs. Hollywood and the Blood is Real

I enjoyed this book; I wholeheartedly recommend it to others.

Written by Maura D. Shaw and illustrated by Stephen Marchesi, Ten Amazing People is an inspirational nonfiction picture book, profiling the lives of ten great and influential people: Black Elk, Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Janusz Korczak, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Albert Schweitzer, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond Tutu. An enlightening survey of real-life role models, Ten Amazing People is very highly recommended -- especially for school and community library collections for young readers.

so good. finally there's a book i dont feel like an idiot giving to my kids. sure it's not all g-rated but neither is TV anymore. this book talks straight + smart + real. and it says all the things id never be able to say without blushing. [...]

I bought one copy in August in Virginia. I wish I would have purchased a dozen. It is a beautifully written book about the precious gift of a child

The colors in this Eskimo village in the Far North are warm, rich and soothing. They give you the impression of a soft darkness, illuminated by the Aurora Borealus. Tiktala, a young girl who expresses a desire to be a great sculptor of soapstone, goes on a quest to find her spirit guide. She is transformed by the spirits into a Harp Seal and learns what it is like to live as one, in the beautiful and dangerous wild.

I picked this up just on a whim at the library and had to buy my own copy. I have 2 daughters, 14 and 5 and they love it! Some of the suggestions CAN be a little intimidating, but practice on a piece of paper can help at first. I currently have grass green nails with orange flowers and yellow middles. LOTS of compliments on them. My youngest has red with white polkadots. The older is visiting grandmother but checked the website and no telling what she's doing.

the suggestion for an old eyeliner brush is a good one, but add a capful of polish remover and paper towel to dip between strokes and clean. I have a feeling that we'll be doing polish parties at slumber parties this year. Have a wedding planning for fall and have some great ideas for it. I do suggest using the less expensive polishes until you are good at it...they stay on just fine and wear well with a good topcoat.

The instructions are quite clear and a great jumping off place for your own ideas. All around well-written book and LOTS of fun.

Opened 1927, the Tokyo subway today has 12 lines (240 km), and more sections are under construction. More than 2.7 billion passengers per year travel the system. In this distinct subway net the trains are high-tech, stations are incredibly clean and safe, signs are bilingual Japanese/English, and staff is equipped with white gloves.

But you'll have a problem if you want to get further information in English about this interesting system. This is the only book I found, and it is quite good though small. It includes chapters about the subway companies, safety, future, ticketing, statistics, and the subway museum. All lines are described separately with images and text about historical and technical details. This little book even mentions the often-heard anecdote concerning staff hired exclusively for pushing passengers into overcrowded trains. According to this book, it is just regular station staff preventing passengers' clothes getting stuck between the doors. And, by the way, when I was in Tokyo the trains were never overcrowded.

When you travel to Tokyo, take this little book along (or buy it there) and don't miss the excellent subway museum at Kasai station!