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It describes the UnderTaker. It amazing. If you wathc him on tv, he's a beast, in the books he a real person! Beauty and the Beast the book?

Lots of great pictures and it follows his career up to 1994. Has lots of PICS not shown anywhere else. A must have for the true Undertaker Fan

I didn't realize Dick Van Dyke was such a marvelous Christian himself. This book has countless religious stories and quips from children that are a real treasure. Dick has done a wonderful job putting them all together with the skill of an excellent writer so that you don't want to put the book down until you've finished it.

This book contains short stories and comments by children of different religious backgrounds who believe God can do anything. They approach the concept of God with a natural child-like faith, believing that God hears and answers their prayers, even when they ask for a puppy, and they get a kitten, instead. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Everything about it will uplift your soul. This book is for anyone who needs a good laugh during their trials and tribulations. The children took a complicated God and made Him simple to understand. The author, Dick Van Dyke, may have written this book 30 years ago, but the comments in the Forward and the opening paragraphs to each new chapter still stand today. The book lets us know that it's not a corporate religion we should seek, but an individual, personal relationship with our Creator (as seen through the minds, eyes and tongues of children).

This is one of the greatest books I've ever read. I found it in my father's house while visiting with he and his wife in South Carolina. When I began to read it, I couldn't stop. I got on Amazon to see if it was sold anymore and am greatly relieved to find it is as I do not want to deprive one household of a copy so that another may enjoy it. I absolutely adore this book. It is such a treasure of simplicity and heartwarming humor, "the things that kids will say" and the belly-laughs you'll get from them. I truly wish that this book would be republished and marketed as a bestseller because it deserves not only that kind of review and publication, it would be good for our fragile, frightened world to benefit from the grace and humor of childrens' perspectives of God. I have literally wept, interrupted my father's evening review of his crossword puzzles (a dangerous thing in this household), and called friends of mine who are at home in Colorado wondering why I am calling them while I'm on vacation to share quips and quotes from this work. It doesn't matter if you're a Christian or not, if you're a member of a different faith, even an opposing faith, this is one of those intergenerational, international, interreligious, totally universally applicable works that only comes along once in a blue mooon. I am so grateful that I found this book, and I hope others come to know, love, and embrace it as well.

I've read several books about the fall of Vietnam in 1975 and the evacuation of the Americans and Vietnamese from the doomed country. "Decent Interval" by Frank Snepp is excellent. Snepp sees the events as an Embassy insider -- and one of his purposes is to excoriate the U.S. government -- and Ambassador Graham Martin -- for its failure to evacuate Vietnamese allies. Compared to "Decent Interval," "The Fall of Saigon" has a broader vision and the perspective is perhaps more balanced as it comes 10 years after the event, allowing time for reflection.

Butler begins the book with the attack of the North Vietnamese army in the Central Highlands on March 6, 1975. He ends it with the evacuation of the American Embassy in Saigon and the surrender of the South Vietnamese government on April 30. The evacuation of Saigon was one of the darkest -- but most dramatic -- events of American history. There are heroes aplenty here, especially young diplomats at the Embassy who took enormous chances to help Vietnamese friends and colleagues escape from the advancing communist army. One has to admire the inexperienced Marines who did so well in protecting the Embassy and Americans during those last days. Butler also gives attention to Vietnamese on both sides of the war although the book focuses mostly on the Americans.

Butler was a journalist in Saigon during those last days and the the great majority of the book is compiled from interviews the author had with the American and South and North Vietnamese participants and eye witnesses, including his own experiences. We are treated to some unique stories, for example, to the saga of a missionary couple cut off in the Central Highlands. Most of the book is devoted to an account of the last days of of the U.S. government's presence in Saigon. This story is complex, involving many characters and shifting of scenes. Good maps and photos illustrate the story and Butler's writing is clear, concise, and compelling.

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Butler was a reporter in Vietnam when the world came crashing down on the South Vietnamese government, the United States that had backed it, and the people who had joined the American cause. This is a searing book, worth any number of lofty Frances FitzGerald tomes. Butler was on the street, in the bars, and driving down the road. What's more important, he loved Vietnam and the Vietnamese. Their tragedy was his tragedy. Go find this book, in a library or a used-book store; it's worth the effort. And if you're a publisher, for God's sake get it reprinted.

This book documents the last few chaotic weeks of the US presents in Vietnam. The human story is effectively conveyed by first hand accounts of eyewitnesses from many strata of Vietnam society. The author, an NBC reporter in Saigon, witnessed these events firsthand. His unique perspective and access to the diplomatic corps adds a fascinating credibility to the book. His discussion concerning the actions and statements of Ambassador Graham Martin particularly intrigued me. Did Martin's decisions during that period contribute to the frantic last minute evacuation that left many friendlies stranded? The author makes no judgments. Butler includes transcript of many diplomatic cables to and from Martin and Secretary of State Kissinger and the White House concerning events and plans for evacuation and rescue. Reading these transcripts today still convevs a strong emotional impact for this reader. Interspacing these high level discussions are the stories of a whole society turned upside down while "we" skipped town. The Fall of Saigon is not an easy book to read. We are forced to confront the final conclusion of our failed crusade. Our goal was the minds and the hearts but we ended up fragmented the lives of the people we were suppose to help. When one considers the sacrifices made by both countries in treasure and lives the facts concerning the events of April-May 1975 are hard to digest, even after 30 plus years. No judgments are made here, no accusing fingers are pointed; we must read, and ponder.

we have a house full of guys who just can't get enough of Far-side, & I like it too

This book will have you laughing all the way to the toilet...What you need to do is gather round your friends and family, even the old ones and enjoy this book together because it's quite fantastic. I started to look at his books at a very young age and was inspired to draw my own cartoons, which i have done for many years. So hopefully in a couple of years time I will be up there with the grandad himself! Richard

Gary Larson has most definitely outdone himself this time. This book is truly brilliant. Every drawing gets his point across and will make you laugh until you cry. Larson is undoubtedly the funniest cartoonist to ever live. Once you buy this book make certain that you do not have anything planned. Because once you start reading you will forget all about your plans. A must have for any Far Side fanatic or for anyone who likes to laugh.

The title Fear of a Queer Planet is a play on the famous essay on race, Fear of a Black Planet; only readers deaf to history would fail to make the connection. This is a pioneering book, with essays by Eve Sedgewick, Henry L. Gates, and Michael Warner, among others, the first to push gay identity politics beyond its limitations within "gay and lesbian studies" and into social, economic, and transcultural theory. It is indeed "planetary" in its attempt to take gay and lesbian theory past the blindness of American identity niche-marketing and and fashion magazine triumphalism.

Queer as used in this title means sexual conduct that deviates from established norms. It is not gender limited. The question then is who is afraid and how does that fear involve the planet? Those who fear, evidently, are those burdened with imposing the norms. The first essay in this anthology tells the story of Balboa's encounter with Panamanian "sodomy." The burden in that case fell upon political and religious figures. The next-to-last essay tells how the defeat of Quebec's bid for sovereignity was blamed on its tolerance of homosexuality, thus situating the burden in the domain of the general culture. The last essay recounts the "outing" in the US pop media of a female entertainer with attendant public anxieties, thus situating the locus in the general culture. But how does that make the fear planetary? The introduction, best read as a postscript, attempts to connect the theme with the planet through the device of Pioneer 10's spacecr! aft design. But the connection is superficia,l and the reader is left to find it in the issues raised by postmodernism, which heavily undergirds much of the volume's ponderosity. Eleven of its 15 contributors are teachers of English, with a lit-crit approach heavily freighted with fashionable structuralism-desctructuralism jargon; but the diligent reader can find a rich cornocupia for reflection here and food for thought; but he/she must look for the planatary connection (and it does exist, we have no doubt) in the areas of ontology and epistomology that postmodernism leaves us floundering in. Howard of Athens

The title Fear of a Queer Planet is a play on the famous essay on race, Fear of a Black Planet;only readers deaf to history would fail to make the connection. This is a pioneering book, with essays by Eve Sedgewick, Henry L. Gates, and Michael Warner, among others, the first to push gay identity politics beyond its limitations within "gay and lesbian studies" and into social, economic, and transcultural theory. It is indeed "planetary" in its attempt to take gay and lesbian theory past the blindness of American identity niche-marketing and and fashion magazine triumphalism.

This book has ever thing that a teenager likses

I first read this book when I was 14 and couldnt put it down. I loaned it to a mate, and teenagers being teenagers, never got it back. Roll on 16 years and with the internet in full swing, I managed to get another copy...
Having forgotten most of the pages, but not all, I was once again gripped by this bigger than life book thats puts you through basic training, patrols, ambushes and firefights with the author from start to finish!!
I dont understand why it isnt up there with guns up! and Chickenhawk...it should be.

im not a writer, i have read this book and loaned it out and it is gone, i have read a number of books about Vietnam there are only a handful that i consider realistic as it puts me back there, makes me cry and laugh, I was with the United States Marines in Vietnam in 1968,also i was at many of the same places named in the book,what more can i say it is one of the good ones,like i said it takes me back their,and i desperatley want to replace it. Thank you.

Jane Candia Coleman has done a superb job of telling the story of Colorado's most famous love triangle throught the eyes of Augusta Tabor, the jilted wife of H.A.W. Tabor and his love interest, the infamous Baby Doe. Jane knows her stuff, and has incorporated as much truth as research allows into this fascinating tale of the pioneer days in Leadville and Denver. Well done, and an interesting and entertaining historical read.

This novel was exquisite and laden with emotion. The characters were so well-developed and so real! i found myself laughing, crying and furious right along with the characters. I picked it up and couldn't put it down! Any avid reader of Western fiction needs to read this book.

I would not normally pick up a Western novel, so I wasn't expecting to really enjoy this book. Boy was I wrong! This book tells an absolutely fascinating story about a pioneer woman and her husband who participate in the gold and silver rush. They travel from Maine, through Kansas, and end up in Colorado. The character development is top notch, although I did feel that the author displayed quite a bit of bias toward the heroine, and an equal bias against her husband...but that is worth overlooking in the greater scheme of the book. I think the husband would have told the story differently, but then again this book is from the perspective of the wife!

I didn't realize the book was based on true events and real people until I finished it, and now I am haunted by their story and their lives. It is inspiring, because of the heroine's independence and hard working attitude, and thought-provoking, because of the personal costs to the main characters. Even though the events took place well over 100 years ago I thought the characters still have a lot of relevance to life today.

Here is a book written by a woman for women. And she is an actual practicing doctor. She is also an accomplished body builder. Great information on how the body is put together. Very good information on diet. And detailed instructions on exercises and routines. And all illustrated with good form.

Every woman interested in weightlifting should own a copy of this one. I keep hoping she will take the time to update it and rerelease it. This is far superior to Arnold's book on weightlifting.

Excellent !!! A must for seriously the health minded

After almost 20 years this is still my favorite bodybuilding resource. It has never received a lot of press, but gives better information than most of the books by celebrities.

As a long time fan of the Grateful Dead, I have not have read such a book. This book has rare photos and quotes given by the band members and other friends and musicians, spanning from their Haight Ashbury era, the Kool Aid Acid Tests, throughout the 70s and 80s, and the early 90s. Also, on the grayer side of things, tributes to musicians like Janis Joplin and one time organist Ron "Pigpen"Mc Kernan were written,respectively: which is sad, but good reading material. I would say more, but I think that it would be better if anyone who has appreciation for 60s classic rock or for the Dead especially should try this book out for themselves, since there are a LOT more thing in this book than I just said. Like I said, this book is for serious fans of the Grateful Dead.

This album is a detailed and complete record of the beautiful happenings inspired and led by the Dead. A must-have for those who admire and respect the musical magic of the band.

The Grateful Dead Family Album by Jerilyn Lee Brandelius is the ideal book for anyone who loves the musical heaven, and cultural influences that the grateful dead brought us. You open the pages into a vivid world that shows how amazing this era was. There are thousands of pictures in this book: wavy gravy; mickey hart; phil lesh; JERRY GARCIA; stanley mouse; rock; mountain girl; bill legate, and hundreds of other recognizable faces. Jerilyn Brandelius writes short paragraphs telling stories of these great times, the causes the Dead supported, the concerts they threw, there tours around the world, and many more stories. This is a book that anybody who loved this era and the Grateful Dead, MUST HAVE!

An almost scholarly tome that I found myself reading sections from randomly when the mood strikes - this is surely a must for the fervent Superman fan and an interesting read for general comics aficionados.

This book is essentially a complete encyclopedia of Superman's adventures up through the mid-1960s. The Superman section alone is worth the price of purchase, never mind the other 400 or so pages.

Of course, it has little or no relevance to today's Superman and the characters with the same name, but if you have a fondness for the Golden and Silver Age versions of the character, get this book. I'm glad I did.

This book is an invaluable tome of cross-referenced historical information covering every aspect of Superman's origin, his history, countless other characters in the mythos (including his friends, enemies, and lovers), and the mythology of Krypton. It is a labor of love and deserves to be in print.