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I credit Alexander Scourby for helping me truly understand the New Testament simply because of the way he reads it. Whether listening in the car or reading along at home, you will get much more out of the New Testament with Mr. Scourby.

These Bible cd's are priceless if you love reading or learning about the Bible. I play them at work or in the car during my drive to and from work. Amazon delivered a top quality product in a very timely manner. I couldn't be more satisfied.

This is a wonderful way to listen to the New Testament while doing other things, like cooking, exercising, etc.

I like Scourby's voice and drama.

I have a rather long daily commute. With Scourby's KJV Old Testament/CD, I fell in love with the Bible "again" for the first time. In ordering Scourby's KJV New Testament/CD, I was not disappointed. My endorsement of BOTH of these products is heartfelt and without qualification. My commute is now a joy and a pleasure.

This book is a treasure and a new classic. I've given several copies to friends and family. If we're very lucky, this story of a six year-old boy 'Little Lion', will be just the beginning of a long-term relationship between children and a wholy original character that is adorable, eccentric and very special.

In addition to being an engrossing, colorful read, and a great way to introduce or reinforce the values of tolerance and individuality, Little Lion is also a beautifully written, poetic work of children's literature. In the much more eloquent words of Jamaican scholar Dr. Elsa Leo Rhynie, "Little Lion is a book that should be in the library of every Caribbean boy and girl...The flow of rhyming is like music to a child's ear."

With great animation and just the right inflections, this book is perfect fodder for bedtime reading for toddlers.
Since I am determined for my chil to be literate by the time she is 3, I have been reading to my daughter since infancy and now she mocks my behavior by grabbing one of her numerous books and reading to herself.
I introduced this book t her after meeting the author in a bookstore and having it signed. My 2 year old fell in love with it immediately ! The next day I saw her in her favorite chair, trying to mock my voice while flipping through the pages. Mind you, this was only after ONE reading!
Ms. Magnus has that "it" Oprah raves about .. to write outstanding children's books. This book has a storyline any child can relate to and appreciate. This is a highly recommended one for your child's library.
The illustrations are outstanding as well.
This one is right next to my other favorite "Please Baby Please"
PICK THIS ONE UP... YOUR CHILD WOULD LOVE YOU FOR IT!

I simply love this story! Little Lion is truly an inspiration to children and adults regardless of ethnicity or cultural background. The illustrations are vibrant and fun, and the themes and tenets of the story are witty and heart warming.

I fell in love with this inspiring story. I'm Jamaican so I really appreciated the cultural references, but I've shared Little Little with some of my American friends and they enjoyed it too. My son, who is almost two, also loves it. He's particularly fond of Little Lion's shoes and socks (the illustrations are great).

If you want to know more about the Lizzie McGuire series then this is a must.

The Lizzie McGuire Official Episode Guide rocks! It's so totally awesome, and a must have for any Lizzie McGuire fan. There are cool coloured pics for each of the sixty five episodes. For each episode, it shows the name, writer, cast, episode summary, bloopers, and a "Did You Know?" section. The "Did You Know" section has lots of ultra cool facts. The bloopers are really funny, check the episodes to see if you can spot them. There's also a cool sneak peek of "The Lizzie McGuire Movie". It shows the cast, a summary, and a "Did You Know?" section. There are also biographies of Hilary Duff (Lizzie), Lalaine (Miranda), Adam Lamberg (Gordo), Robert Carradine (Sam McGuire), Hallie Todd (Jo McGuire), and Jake Thomas (Matt). There are also mini bios of Stan Rogow, Susan Estelle Jansen, and Terri Minsky. A must have for every Lizzie fan!

this episode guide is perfect book ever. it the best book out of the series.this episode guide will tell you everything to Know about lizzie mcguire the t.v series.it has the tv episode summmry a " did you know" seletion and it tells you the bloopers they have.Also it has pictures of all 65 episodes and the cast Biograghy in the back. You sould buy this book if you are a Lizzie McGuire FANATIC!!!

this book has a lot of cool information about the show it is sooo coolit has can you spot the bloopers and a all about the show and then an all about the episodes and cool color pictures of all 65 episodes if you are a lizzie mcguire fan this is a must have

My 8 year old son was a reluctant reader. It was this book that finally got him "hooked." He could not wait to read the next chapter. He has since read several more of the A to Z books and loves them all. I highly recommend this book and series for Second and Third Graders!

The book Lucky Lottery is a good book because it is interesting to read about the mystery. The book is kind of hard to read, but it is fun to see what happens next. We recommend this book.

We really liked this book (Mom included). Josh, Dink and Ruth Rose worked well together to solve this mystery and catch the thief. We were all surprised about the ending. We wish we could cross-country ski all over our town! Ron Roy's stories always entertain us and we can't wait to get the next in the series - The Missing Mummy.

I wish I could win a seven million dollar lottery ticket for my very own. If you would like to win a lottery ticket, you will sure like this book, because the three best detectives in the whole wide world are in this book and they catch a real lottery ticket thief! The book is also set in winter, many kids favorite time of the year. Although my favorite A to Z Mystery book is The Absent Author, I think this one is pretty good, and I think you'll like it too.

As many versions of Authorware I have used (3 through 6.5), this book has proven to be one of the "must have" in anyone's reference library. Great examples and simple explainations of all functions and variables. I only wish Joe Ganci would publish a new revision for Authorware 7.

This book is a must have for any serious Authorware programer. It is easily the best reference for an Authorware Programer and a nice addition to the documentation that comes with Authorware 3.X. This book is filled with usefull and practical tips on how to get things done in the most popular multimedia authoring language around.

Joe Ganci, active contributor to numerous online discussions of Authorware, has created a wonderful reference for those who want to squeeze out the functionality from Macromedia Authorware 3.

This book details how, when and why to use the functions that are invaluable to Authorware power users. I've reviewed this book more throughly at my Authorware book site (http://pobox.com/~betsy/).

Betsy Bruce, Authorware Consultant

Even though Macromedia has released Authorware 5 Attain, this book still is a very handy reference. The explanations and examples are great, if just all programming manuals were this clear and to the point... Highly recommended! /Johan Lundstrom

I got a number of these books for my 4-year old nephew for his birthday, and he has absolutely loved reading them.

"Magenta's Visit" is the first book ever in the series of numbered "Blue's Clues" book releases. Both Blue and Steve are excited to have Magenta over and Steve wonders what Magenta's favorite thing to do is. We play Blue's Clues to figure out what it is.

Much of the fun in this book centers around Magenta's visit. She and Blue play together throughout the house and have some fun with dress-up. We also look in on some of our other friends' favorite things to do. We play with Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper, Shovel and Pail, the felt friends and Tickety.

The opening note states that the book focuses on skills such as visual perception, associations and problem solving. One great example of this is with a set of photos taken at close range which readers try to identify.

This book is loosely based on the events of the episode "Magenta Comes Over." It's a wonderful choice for the first book in the series and should appeal to all fans of the show.

My sons love this book. Every page has something for kids to figure out. They can find where everyone is hiding and figure out what close up picture belongs to which person. It's good book for any fan of blues clues.

My sons love Blue's Clues and everything to do with it. Theylove this book too. We have read it many times. Not many stories haveMagneta in them so I think that is one reason why they like this book.

Este libro lo recomiendo al 100 % , no es como las tipicas novelas de finales felices . Nos enseña como la protagonista lucha por lo que quiere , cae pero se levanta a pesar de todo lo que pasa a su alrededor.

Es lo mejor que he leido de Steel.Despues de haber leido esto las demas de Steel son aburridas.

Gil Scott-Heron is in his own League.his Music&Words are still Striking after all of these Years.His Genius COvers so Many Styles&Topics with Such Ease.even though when you here the Material here you know he put his Heart&Soul into it.You Feel Jazz,Rap,Blues,Soul,Pop,World in his Work.Did You Hear What they Said alone Represents many Styles&Feels From this Genius.Check this Out from one of Musics Greatest Minds.

Este es un maravilloso libro donde Danielle Steel nos hace sentir una vez más un íncreible orgullo de ser mujer, de amar y odiar con intensidad a sus personajes, especialmente logra involucrarnos en el drama de Grace Adams quien ha sufrido abusos increíbles por parte de su padre y vive una vida durísima para finalmente encontrar el amor. Estupenda Novela.

Some of the real life business cases in this book puts emphasis on the different behavior in every organization. How an organization react to the unstable economic condition of the country, How an organization maintains the M's of Management namely: Man, Machine, Money. How's the TQM of every organization, How sensitive an organization to the needs in the market, How they accept upcoming competitors and investors.Lastly,a must to read book Because everything you want to know about today's business environment is here!

I've read this book way back 1997, in one of my MBA subjects. This book comprises of real life business issues and what really is happening in the external and internal environment of an organization. Management does not only mean the people but also, time management how we budget and allocate our time to different areas of responsibility.

I've read this book way back 1997, in one of my MBA subjects. This book comprises of real life business issues and what really is happening in the external and internal environment of an organization. Management does not only mean the people but also, time management how we budget and allocate our time to different areas of responsibility.

This book has something to do with today's business world, some of the featured real life business cases puts emphasis on how the M's of Management namely Money, Man, Machine, Materials interacts and how we utilize them to function efficiently and effectively.

If you care about the language, you'll find this book invaluable. I like it better than any English grammar book I've seen. Dr. Arnold's book is a remarkably strong, easy-to-understand book. It's a book I always turn to when I am in a crunch with my own writing.

I was a student of Dr. Arnold's at Marshall University, so I'm not completely unbiased. With that said, however, this book, the author aside, is always the first or second book I consult for journalism problems, questions or concerns. Completely different than the AP Stylebook, which focuses more on getting names/places/things correctly identified (read: how to correctly spell and hyphenate "Band-Aid"), this book is a wonderful source for basic English refreshers, such as noun-pronoun agreement, prepositions and sentences and syntax; punctuation, including how and when to use and not use periods, question marks, etc.; and, it includes a terrific "Quick Reference" section detaiing words that are frequently confused and misspelled, such as "over" and "more than," and a section on wordiness and trite expressions, such as not using "first annual." I am still working out of my 1996 edition, and find there are many days I wouldn't make it through without it! Thank you, Dr. Arnold, for your instruction and this wonderful book I'll carry with me throughout my career. (I may even have to update to a more current version?)

I've used Arnold's book since 1997, when I purchased it for a journalism course at Marshall University. If I had known what a valuable resource this book would prove to be, I would have bought several. As a writer, I turn to this book on a regular basis. The pages are worn, the metal binding is bent, but I will never stop using this book. Media Writer's Handbook is a great source for writers and editors in all genres.

Dr. Arnold's book should sit next to any journalist's AP Stylebook. That says a lot about the number of times I've pulled it off my shelf to double-check the use of a verb or just to make sure I'm using the correct word or punctuation for the writing situation at hand.

It's quick, it's easy and it's also a reminder that despite the number of years I've been writing in journalistic style, there's an awful lot of ways to foul up. This book helps make sure I don't embarrass myself.

"Mediamorphosis" by Roger Fidler is a breath-taking, sweeping overview of communications technologies and their impact on the media through the millenia and in the years to come. The treatment is academic and scholarly, with numerous case studies of the interaction between various media forms. Major principles guiding the evolution and evaluation of media technologies are illustrated.

Ten chapters cover a wide range of issues including media evolution and convergence, media traits, digital technologies, Internet publishing, socio-political forces of control, new media experiments, virtual reality, user interactivity, and future trends. A list of acronyms and abbreviations is also included. Cited works feature "InfoCulture" by Steven Lubar, "The Story of Language" by Mario Pei, "Brainframes" by Derrick de Kerckhove, "The Control Revolution" by James Beniger, and "The Gutenberg Elegies" by Sven Birkerts.

Roger Fidler (rfidler@saed.kent.edu) is a well-known electronic publishing visionary and practitioner. He has worked in the newspaper business for more than 34 years. He was the director of the Knight-Ridder Information Design Laboratory, founder of the PressLink online service for newspapers, and a key member of the Knight-Ridder Viewtron videotex service. Roger is currently a professional in residence at Kent State University. He is also quite active on the international conference circuit, and is a captivating speaker.

Mediamorphosis, a term coined by Fidler in 1990, refers to the transformation of communication media, usually brought about by the complex interplay of perceived needs, competitive and political pressures, and social and technological innovations. Instead of studying each form separately, mediamorphosis "encourages us to examine all forms as members of an interdependent system, and to note the similarities and relationships that exist among past, present and emerging forms," Fidler begins.

According to Paul Saffo of the California-based Institute for the Future, new ideas take about three decades to fully seep into a culture. There are three stages of diffusion, marked by phases of excitement, penetration and standardisation.

The rate of adoption of a new technology in a society, according to media scholar Everett Rogers, is determined by factors like its perceived relative advantage, compatibility with existing technologies, overall complexity, reliability, and direct observability. Additional influences, according to British academic Brian Winston, come from accelerators and brakes such as socio-economic forces and political motivation. Fidler illustrates the interplay between these various factors in the manner in which FM radio at first floundered for about thirty years before dethroning AM radio in North America within a spurt of adoption of 10 years.

Based on these perspectives and his own personal insights, Fidler identifies six principles of mediamorphosis - coexistence and coevolution of media forms, gradual metamorphosis of new media forms from old ones, propagation of dominant traits in media forms, survival of media forms and enterprises in a changing environment, merits and needs for adopting new media, and delays from proof of concept to widespread adoption of new media.

Fidler then classifies media forms into three domains: interpersonal, broadcast, and document (including newspapers and Web pages). He sketches the evolution of each of these forms of media through history. These media domains differ in flow and control of content, presentation, and reception constraints.

According to Fidler, there are three great mediamorphoses in human communication: spoken language, written language, and the digital language. Spoken language led to social group formation, complex problem solving skills, and the development of "broadcast" forms like storytelling and ritual performance - which in turn divided society into performers, gatekeepers, and audiences. Written language ushered in the development of portable documents, mechanical printing, and mass media.

Digital language - unlike spoken and written - enables communication between machines, and mediated communication between humans. In digital language, according to MIT's Nicholas Negroponte, human distinctions between text, images and sounds are irrelevant - they are all represented as bits. We are in the earliest stages of such transformations, says Fidler - but we can already see "how computer networks using digital language are greatly extending human interactions throughout the world."

Three chapters cover technological and cultural contexts of the third mediamorphosis, as well as case studies of successes and failures of new media technologies like online services. The third mediamorphosis was marked by the invention of electricity, the convergence of telegraphy and photography, electro-mechanical and electronic technologies, computers, and networks. "The linking of tens of millions of individual minds through the Internet and other telecommunications systems may, indeed, be accelerating the cross impacts of emerging technologies and the development of new media," says Fidler.

Accompanying socio-political forces in the U.S. over the last century have been competition between various media organisations, changes in government regulation, and increasing competition for existing advertising revenues. In such a context, early incarnations of online services like the TV-based Viewtron failed due to unrealistic expectations, misunderstood customer needs, and inertia on the part of the investors. Interactive TV, too, failed to take off as a mass market medium.

"Generally overlooked were the traits of the interpersonal domain - two-way, participatory, unscheduled, and unmediated," Fidler explains. "Electronic mail services that combine text, graphics, voice and video will be integral to nearly all emerging forms of digital media," he predicts.

Three chapters sketch out projected scenarios of mediamorphosis in the interpersonal, broadcast, and document domains in the year 2010. "The Internet and consumer online networks will meld with telephone and satellite/cable-TV systems to form a seamless, global computer-mediated communication service," says Fidler. Software agents will act as personal librarians and researchers, users will interact in virtual reality systems, and concerns will arise about social fragmentation and individual privacy.

Broadcasters will use the Web to broadcast to growing numbers of cybercommunities. Ethical issues will be raised over the use of sophisticated morphing technologies and the role of parental control. "There is, however, one fusion that does seem all but certain - the melding of video and film," Fidler predicts.

Newspapers represent the "most complex as well as the most immediately challenged form within the document domain," says Fidler. They are challenged by the trend towards online publishing as well as public perceptions of waste and environmental problems. Portable digital tablets are already beginning to emerge in the form of personal gadgets like the Apple Newton and Sharp Zaurus. In the future, news may be distributed through "a global network of electronic newsstands similar to automated teller machines," according to Fidler.

"Despite the present fascination with the apparently limitless amounts of information that can be found in cyberspace, I am convinced that manageable, branded packages of information that provide an editorial context and have a clear beginning and end will continue to be preferred by most people," says Fidler.

The last chapter addresses some of the promises and challenges posed to media, audiences, educators and governments by technologies like the Internet. "Governments are worrying that they will lose control over sensitive information and will be unable to monitor financial transactions across state and national borders. Parents worry that their children might be exposed to hard-core pornogrpahy and accosted by pedophiles. Already there are growing concerns that African Americans and Hispanics may be left out of the electronic loop," says Fidler. Though these are serious concerns, the truth is that "societies have always been affected and transformed by new forms of media," with mixed outcomes.

"As the age of digital communication bursts forth, I believe the most valued characteristics of future mainstream media are likely to be their credibility and connections to the communities they serve," Fidler concludes.

In sum, "Mediamorphosis" is a valuable, insightful piece of work for media analysts and practitioners. A list of online resources and discussion lists would have rounded off the material perfectly. There is also lit

Fidler's book covers a lot of territory: he divides all of human history into three mediamorphoses, the first being speech, the second printed speech, and the third electronic speech. Along the way he covers such varied topics as the three types of communication (interpersonal, broadcast, and print), why interactive TV didn't work, implications for the future of print, and scenarios for how we will deal with information in our digital future.

He's also written for a wide audience: he defines even basic terms like _personal computer_ and _mouse_ but also challenges the reader with detailed visions of new media and new lifestyles built around it. Some of the information is easily skimmed, some needs to be carefully examined and considered.

Finally, he presents some interesting historical accounts of the effect of the Gutenberg printing press, early radio and television, and early interactive television. I recommend it for anyone who wants to know more about media's place in society and society's place in the media.

Roger Fidler shows in a clear style what new media is all about: the interpersonal domain, the broadcast domain and the document domain. He also tries to learn from the mistakes of the past especially from the Videotex experiments in 1976-86. Read it!

This is clearly the most intensive and scholarly book on the future path for newspapers. Newspapers are not dead. But Fidler shows that cyberspace and technology will dramatically change the role of traditional newspapers during our next generation.