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Gregory has transformed a simple Gyro in to a mouth watering look at the Microcosom of the "True Greek Art" Of cooking. This book breaks down mere Mussaka into ingredients and simple directions so you can cook it yourself. No more do we have to depend on Greek diners to treat us to the culunary creations of the Greek Isles, we can do it at home for ourselves.

Somebody needs to give this guy an award for his simple cookbook. Read it, Love It, and Go Greek!

Note: No Windex was used in the creation of this review. But I should have.

I have the 1972 edition of this book, and have used it for many years. The plants are grouped by family with a color photo of each plant. The descriptions are very short, stating the common and scientific names, months of bloom, height, and habitat for each plant. For some plants, it also gives a description of a similar species which is not illustrated. The book covers the Great Lakes area, including all of Michigan & Wisconsin & parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario & Quebec. If you're an amateur looking at a non-woody plant in this region and want to identify it, chances are it will be in this book. The photos are very clear and easy to use for identification. There is a kind of chart/key to guide you to the plant families. Highly recommended! (The authors are Courtenay and Zimmerman, not Courtena.)

Guitar Chords Deluxe from the Hal Lenoard Corporation showcases more than 1,600 guitar chords, each of which is clearly and completely illustrated with full-color photos and diagrams. Included in this highly portable instruction manual are easy-to-red chord grids, readily perceived color photo illustrations, basic chord theory, basic fingering principles, open chords and barre chords, partial chords and broken-set forms. Each chord is perfectly framed for the guitar student with five consecutive photos in a vertically arranged column on the left side the page, with an accompanying five vertically arranged diagrams matching the photos on the right side of the page. Guitar Chords Deluxe is a welcome addition to personal, music department, private instructor, and community library music instruction resource materials, substantially making earning to play the guitar has been made easy and faster than ever.

My child has a reading disability. I was given this book to review before allowing my child to have it. My first concern is would the book be morally O.K., fun, entertaining, and would she like it. I have to find ways to encourage her reading, and a book that reads like shakespear discourages my daughter from reading. However, once I read the first three sentences, I was hooked. The way the words flow, wonderful. The illustrations are capturing to the eye, wherein you can look at the pictures and it tells its own story. The story line full of fun,with a tale that dreams come true as long as you continue to do, instead of not doing, no matter how tall, how small; no matter how smart or not so smart. Its rare I find a kid's book I enjoy -- especially the illustrations, coloring, 3-D image, the details are great. My daughter enjoyed it and wants more "Hombeez" books.

I have twin girls who are 17 months old. We just bought this book, and they love it! They both want to read it over and over. It makes the concept of emotions understandable for them. It shows pictures of children laughing, crying because they fell down, sad because of a broken toy... Now when they fall down they tell me that they are crying. This is a wonderful book to help your young child begin to understand his or her emotions.

This book is just another example of the fun a four year old can have in dinoworld! My son really relates to Harry and plays for hours on end as if he is there too.

My son really enjoyed this book. It helped us prepare for the possibility that he may not get exactly what he wants for Christmas, but he may get something better.

This book, which is a sequel to "The Wee Free Men" has got one of Discworld's greatest young adult heroines AND some old favorites like the Nac Mac Feegle (the sheep-stealing, kilt-swinging little blue men), Granny Weatherwax, and Death, Himself.

Pratchett brings his usual weird energy to the story of Tiffany Aching, a nine-year-old sheep-herder's daughter, who is also a witch. She proved herself in "The Wee Free Men" when she rescued her sticky little brother from Faerie AND became Kelda (Queen) of the Nac Mac Feegle--at least temporarily. Anyone who hangs around with the little blue men for any length of time will soon be glugging Granny Aching's Special Sheep Liniment and saying things like "Ach, Crivens!" and "oot." However, Tiffany wants to become a `real' witch, not just the Nac Mac Feegle's wee big hag. So off she goes to apprentice herself to Miss Level (a split personality if there ever was one).

Unfortunately for Tiffany, a fell creature comes crackling out of Faerie, searching for the mind of a powerful but untrained dealer in magic. It needed a new mind/body after months of drifting in the void. A young witch's mind would be like a dollop of Cheese Wiz on the Cracker of Life.

The Wee Free Men ken the weird beastie that's tracking Tiffany, but she herself doesn't have a clue. She thinks her biggest challenge lies in confronting a snobbish clique of goth witches, who absolutely jingle with occult jewelry, but don't seem to have a clue as to what a real witch does.

"A Hat Full of Sky" has a wonderful climax where Tiffany and her feisty blue friends go face-to-face with Annagramma, the leader of the jewelry-laden apprentice-witch clique. To top matters off, the young sheep-herder's daughter participates in the celebrated Sheercliff Witch Trials, confronts her inner monster, and goes a round with Death, Himself:

"I WAS NOT EXPECTING A NAC MAC FEEGLE TODAY, said Death. OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE WORN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, HA HA."

"The Wee Free Men" is the first book in a trilogy starring Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle. Read their continuing adventures in the third book, "Wintersmith." I can truly say these books changed me forever--at least, they changed my vocabulary--"Ach, crivens, ye daft loonies, don't just sit there and watch yer life gae doon the cludgie. Read these books!"

I enjoy Native American folklore and this was an easy read. Most of the stories are short enough to keep a child's interest and there is humor and cute illustrations. It is also a good introduction to the Pueblo Indians. This is a great book for young and old readers.

If you have not had the pleasure of listening to Thich Nhat Hanh--start with this CD. Its lessons are so simple and powerful.. His voice calming and energizing. Be prepared for his quiet, soothing tone---and enjoy his message.