Miniature Books

As soon as I got this book I read it to my five-month-old baby, and she loved it! The pictures were so colorful and the book was just small enough that she could grab it and hold it. I think that this book would be great for toddlers and preschoolers, too, because they are just starting to understand the meaning to the words that people say, just as the characters in this book are doing. This book is great for parents to read to their children.

I think she is one of the best cat artists

Cute little cat pop-ups illustrating cats' words of wisdom. Great for a little gift or just for fun for any cat lover. Short and sweet.

Yes, I am old enough and have been playing long enough to have bought this OFF THE SHELF, back in who knows when. A good system for its time, nice collector piece if you can find it.

Chocolate makes otherwise normal people melt into strange states of ecstasy. ~John West

"Chocolate: The Exquisite Indulgence" presents a brief history of chocolate and explains how Belgian chocolatiers created an "even more sensuous experience." Would we have ever tasted chocolate in all its potent pleasure if it had not found its way to Europe as a beverage?

Page after page displays quotes, art, recipes and tiny bits of information to inspire complete chocolate lust.

While this book will only whet the appetite for more information, it is an adorable gift to give with a box of chocolates and your love.

~The Rebecca Review

This is a beautiful book. Not only does it have illustrations of a Victorian Christmas, it also has the lyrics to twenty one different Christmas carols.

This is an excellent book for anyone who loves beautiful illustrations, or is looking for a small book featuring the lyrics to some of the most loved Christmas carols.

I have a speedy berlinetta No810 dino something and i would like to know what it is worth

The Clone Wars Starter Set is the fifth starter set for the Star Wars Miniatures game. This starter set comes with six figures (more information on the figures is presented below). You can also buy the Clone Wars boosters to add significant variety to the game (there are 40 additional figures in the Clone Wars minis set - and this is the 11th booster set for the Star Wars minis game). I'll try to write more about the Clone Wars boosters in a separate review, but the rest of this review focuses on the four key reasons why I gave this starter set five stars.

First, each starter set comes with the same six fixed figures, including three light side figures (General Obi-Wan Kenobi, Clone Trooper Commander, and Clone Trooper), and three dark side figures (Count Dooku of Serenno, Security Battle Droid, and Super Battle Droid Commander). The Obi-Wan and Dooku figures are exclusive to the starter set (which means you can't get them anywhere else). Both of these exclusive figures have amazing stats, special abilities, and force powers (and Obi-Wan also has a super commander effect), so they are definitely worth adding to your collection. And, while the other four figures are available in previous sets, I very much appreciate the fact that you know exactly what you are getting up front. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a misprint on Obi-Wan's card. Soresue Style Mastery says "When hit by an attack...," but it should say "When hit by a MELEE attack..." (this has been confirmed by the game's creator, so be sure to check out the glossary in the new rule book for the correct wording).

Second, and perhaps just as importantly, this set includes two great new maps ("Christophis" on one side, and "Freight Transit Station" on the other side). To me, these two new maps alone are worth the entire price of the starter set (i.e., since the map you pick and play on can influence the game as much as the figures you chose to play with -- and both of these maps are very melee figure friendly). At the time this review was written there was no other way to get these maps except to purchase this starter set.

Third, the starter set also contains a book with the quick start and advanced rules (and both are very easy to understand). Further, the Glossary at the end contains the latest definitions for all key words, special abilities, and force powers for every set released up to this point (i.e., the only place all of this information is located in one convenient location).

Fourth, the set also includes a D20, force/damage counters, and pretty much everything you'll need to play. So, if this is the very first Star Wars minis item you are purchasing, you will still be able to have a fun game right out of the box.

In sum, I think most experienced players will want to purchase this starter set for the exclusive figures and the two maps. However, if you are new to the game and just want to give it a try, this is a very inexpensive and reasonable way to do so.

As a collector and admirer of meerschaum pipes, this is the book I've been waiting for. The author, Ben Rapaport, is well known among antique pipe fanciers for his earlier works, including the standard work, Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes (which discusses all types of antique pipes not just meerschaums, published in 1979 and recently reprinted) and the lovely and informative Museum of Tobacco Art and History Guidebook (1996). But his newly published book, Collecting Antique Meerschaum Pipes, is in a class by itself. Although Rapaport is the leading authority in this area, he primarily lets the pipes do the talking. Of the 176 pages, the first 50 contain the scholarly background which addresses the questions of how, who, why and where these pipes were created. But even in this section at least half of the pages are dedicated to wonderful photographs of pipes, old catalogs, craftsmen and workshops. The remainder of the book is an absolutely gorgeous album of some of the most beautiful and extraordinary meerschaum pipes ever sculpted. The photographs are large so that one may see the exquisite detail, and where appropriate the reader is provided with additional particularly detailed pictures. The photography is of exceptional quality, as one would expect to find in a first-rate art book. At the end of the book the author provides a compilation of the 19th and early 20th century manufacturers and sellers of these pipes organized by country and city, and an international listing of museums and shops where one might view some of these treasures today. It is hard to imagine that anyone other than Ben Rapaport could have created a book like this. The book brings together his many years of experience as an author and collector. But just as importantly he is known and respected by the many collectors who were willing to provide him with their pipes for inclusion in this collection. If you collect pipes, if you enjoy viewing small sculptures, if you are a fan of "working art," if you want to take a look into a small and not particularly well known world of master artists and craftsman of the late 19th and early 20th century then you owe it to yourself to buy this sumptuous book.

Absolutely fantastic book! I purchased a copy and was able to identify every foreign soldier I had and sold them for big bucks. COuldn't be happier!!