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I write this review with a heavy heart. My name is Sally Richards and I was the agent on this project. I was a personal friend of the late Don Richard and helped him conceive this book idea. Don Richard and co-author John Brodie worked very hard through this material that you may find difficult to read. But, this book may very well save your child's life. Even though I don't have children, after reading this book I now tell friends (who are parents) about things that they never considered risks before. I'm not talking about being paranoid, I'm talking about protecting your children from preditors who walk among us. It's a fact. 140,000 names were listed in the Department of Justice missing Person's Clearing House, about a third of those were children.

There are people who find your children a great temptation for their sexual fantasies and murderous thoughts. That's a fact. All you need to do is read the long lists of child predators who have been released into your neighborhoods (you can go to your local police department and demand a list) to know that this is not paranoia. These people cannot be "cured," and often when one is captured for an abduction, they're often repeat offenders. There was something in their past that pointed clearly to the fact that they would become pedophiles, or one day be capable of murder. Arm yourself with this book and the study of cases and predator behaviors and you will be in a better position to identify risks and protect your children.

The words inside this book may be difficult to read; these pages tell the story of the many years of research Don and John conducted that details the thoughts and actions of men who treat children as objects of sexual pleasure. When I did the first round of editing on this book, I remember thinking how terrified I would be if raising a child in these times. Don and John were very close to their work and, at times, I had to tell them to back away, to be objective, but it was even hard for me to not loathe the people they were writing about. Finally, we came up with a book we thought told the story in a fair and helpful way that educates parents about the patterns and methods of child abductors/molesters.

Read this book and keep your children safe.

California Senator Richard Rainey, John Philpin, PhD, Forensic Psychologist, Francis Koopman, Esq., Lieutenant NYPD (retired) and US Senator Dianne Feinstein all endorse this book.

Proceeds from this book will go to the Amber Foundation for Missing Children

Sally Richards,
sally@sallyrichards.com

My two daughters (ages 2 and 4) request this book be read--at least once a day. It's a typical Dora the Explorer book with Boots. It has big words and colorful pictures. The stories are simple and not too long. I think it's probably geared toward the preschool/beginning grade school set.
Certain words have little "pictographs" with the word that it's for directly underneath it in smaller print. I suppose this is to help the child learn to read these certain words. Since my daughters are still pretty young (the oldest is now just learning the sounds different letters make; she already can recognize all the letters), we haven't really tried to use these little pictures in that way. Although, we've read this story so many times to them that they "read along" by reciting from memory certain parts of the story. All Dora the Explorer books are great fun for the kids because it involves them in the story much like the TV show does.
I highly recommend it.

Happy Mother's Day, Mami! tells the story of Dora finding the ingedients she needs in order to make a special Mother's Day cake for her Mami. There are 3 recipe cards laid out, and Dora asks the reader "Do you see the recipe card that has bananas, nuts, and chocolate?"

Dora doesn't have the needed ingredients, so with the help of trusty Map, she ventures to the Banana Grove, through the Nutty Forest, and finally arrives at the Chocolate Tree. Along the way, she encounters her friends Boots, Tico the squirrel, Benny the bull, and Isa the iguana...all who have created beautiful presents for their Mothers in celebration of El Dia de las Madres.

Of course, no Dora story would be complete without sneaky Swiper the fox trying to swipe something...and in this case, it's Isa's bouquet of flowers that she's about to give to her Mom for Mother's Day.

Dora brings back the needed ingredients, and her papi (father) helps mix the batter for the special cake. Mami thinks the cake tastes delicioso!

This fun story teaches children several Spanish words, including how to count one through six in Spanish. In fact, the inside front cover features a chart featuring 13 English words, the Spanish term, and the Spanish pronunciation of each.

The Manuscript Douce Apocalypse is considered one of the best of the English thirteenth century Apocalypse manuscripts, a genre which had become one of the most sought after luxury books. This manuscript illustrates the Book of Revelation of St. John the Divine. The stunning pictures "have an elegant and courtly aspect, in the manner of chivalric romance, as might be expected for a book probably made for Henry III's son, the prince Edward, later to be Edward I, and his young wife, Eleanor of Castile, shortly before 1270" (pg 9). The book abruptly stops perhaps because Prince Edward had left on a crusade and payment had ceased. Under each illustration is an extract from the Apocalypse text and commentary by a guy named Berengaudus (from the 9th or 11th century). This commentary, with its pictorial accompaniment, helped the reader interpret the sometimes obscure language of the original text.

Some positives from this volume is the immense number of prints in comparison too previous volumes (sadly, not all of them). The editor also includes some very important and relevant information regarding the tradition and development of the Apocalypse illustrations from the early Medieval ages. The analysis of the commentary, analysis of evidence regarding patrons, clerical advisers, and analysis of style is also superior to previous editions. Perhaps the most important benefit of this volume is the placement of the Douce Apocalypse manuscript in regard to the trends in art of the time.

All in all, this is a superior volume to previously published editions (Hassel's for example) since it really attempts to flesh out its analysis, add more plates (50 total), and to place the manuscript within the greater artistic world of the 13th century. Still, this is only a selection of plates and I wish the reader had access to them all. However, this is still a VERY worthwhile purchase for someone interested in illuminated manuscripts.

This is a really good book for all Doug fans (like me). Actually all the Doug books in the series are great!! It is based on the show and has great pictures. It even includes the recipe Doug uses to make dough earings.

A fascinating tale about the downfall of a great news agency, and the charlatans and incompetents who ran it into the ground despite the heroics of an outstanding staff of news professionals. The authors are two veteran UPI newsmen who lost their jobs because they would not allow the owners to censor the absolutely true, if ugly and sordid, tale of management incompetence and malfeasance.

I loved the book! It's true to the episode,of the same name.I loved it when Kim rescued Mr.Barkin,Rufus,and Ron from DNA Amy,That's MY kind of woman who saves the guys! I love the pictures inside and on the cover.I love it when she snowboardinf in her Crimefighting Outfit with gloves and Has Her Kimmunicator and Rufus is Riding with her.

This is a great book!!!! It's not as good as Vol.1, but it's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's about, Son Goku comes to Muten Roshi's house to train for the Tenka'ichi Budokai. He gets a training mate too!! I reccomend buying this!

This book--like the work of Lev Manovich, Jay Bolter, N. Katherine Hayles and others--is an important and bold mapping of digital media in an era when the humanities seems to be in crisis. O'Gorman's book is refreshing because it avoids the pitfalls of digital utopianism on the one hand, and nostalgia for the print age on the other. Particularly excellent is his discussion of the "remainder" and "punning" as strategies that can be used to help chart a digital future that does not abandon humanistic traditions. Plus the writing is fresh and lively. Not only does O'Gorman's book offer compelling theory, but if offers practical insights about digital media-related program development. An important contribution to the field of digital media studies.

Ann Braybrooks' Winnie The Pooh: The Easter Bear? is a humorous Disney storybook for young readers, about the latest adventure of the classic charcter Winnie the Pooh. Rabbit is too busy to play the role of Easter Bunny this year, and so Pooh tries to take his place as the Easter Bear, in this simple and happy story with bright color illustrations by Josie Yee in the classic Pooh style.