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This book, Mr. Tucket, is written by my favorite author, Gary Paulsen. Gary Paulsen is a distinguished author of manybooks for young people. These include : The Winter Room, Hatchet, Dogsong, and many more which I have read most of them. This book, I enjoyed as much as I enjoyed many of Gary Paulsen's books. Also this book, Mr. Tucket, is a historical Fiction book and so many people and Indians introduced really existed ruing the 1800's.

It was around 1847. Many people from different places were heading for West, to Oregon. People traveled in groups in wagons because of Indians, and Francis Alphones Tucket is one of the many people moving to Oregon. It was his 14th birthday and he had received his first rifle. He was so happy, he wanted to practice shooting with it. But soon he was captured by Pawnees Indians. His rifle was taken by the Pawnees and he was used almost as a slave. During the stay at Pawnees village, little kids jumped on him and wrestled him. Francis found it really irritating and wanted to leave. Then he saw a white mountain man trading some stuff with the Pawnees. He only had one arm and looked very strong. Later at night, the white man came to release Francis and let Francis run on a black mare by himself. The next day, after Francis was running hard, he saw the white man and introduced himself. Mountain man, known as Mr. Grimes didn't like Francis nor the Alphones, so he called Francins Mr. Tucket.

That's how Mr. Grimes and Mr. Tucket finally met. Mr. Grimes helped Mr. Tucket to shoot and practice with the rifles. He taught Mr. Tucket to find meals by shooting rabbits, antelopes, and dears. Mr. Grimes showed Mr. Tucket the Sioux Indians. Mr. Grimes and the Standing Bear, the chief of the Sioux Village decided to have a competition of wrestling with Mr. Tucket and a one of Sioux Indian. Mr. Tucket was sure he was going to lose, but he didn't, and instead he won. He was rewarded a new black mare and was given buckskins. Then Mr. Grimes took Mr. Tucket to Spot Johnnie's house, Mr. Grimes' friend. After meeting Spot Johnnie, Mr. Grimes took Mr. Tucket to pond of beavers. It was located in Crows Indians' territory, so Mr. Grimes tried to be very careful. After few days after building a cabin near the pond of beavers, another mountain man, Mr. Grimes' friend, Jim Bridger came to the cabin and had a talk with Mr. Tucket. After killing 200 beavers, Mr. Tucket and Mr. Grimes skinned and stretched out the beavers.

When Mr. Tucket thought it was really bored, he rode his mare around the pond where he could see his own cabin. But saw 5 Crows Indians. He almost died, when Mr. Grimes shot 2 of the Indians and saved Mr. Tucket. They hurried and left the place and went to Spot Johnnie's house. Then suddenly, Mr. Grimes said in a very concerned voice that there was a bit too much smoke at the house and ran hard to the village. The buildings all burned down and many dead bodies were around. Mr. Grimes searched for a second and finally said that it was Pawnees Indians. They wanted powders from Spot Johnnie's, but they didn't have any, so the Pawnees just killed them. Mr. Grimes hurried and found some people riding wagon on road to Oregon. He told them to take care of Mr. Tucket and left for another fight with Braid, a war chief of Pawnees Indians.

This book tells a tale about a boy who leaves his wagon train to try out his new rifle when he is suddenly captured by a group of Pawnee Indians and is taken back to their camp. He is rescued by a gritty mountain man known as Mr. Grimes. Francis Tucket along with his name, changes his life. This book gives you a clear view of how there are many stops and starts on the journey to manhood.

Gary Paulsen's Mr. Tucket is an exciting story of capture and escape, friendship, loyalty, and perseverance. If you love the romance of the Old West, you'll love this book. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, and you can't stop turning the pages.

Francis Alphonse Tucket celebrated his fourteenth birthday while traveling with his parents and little sister in a wagon train bound for Oregon. His father had secretly brought along a Lancaster rifle as a surprise birthday present. Francis loved the rifle, but he strayed a little too far behind the wagon train practicing his aim. He didn't even get to eat his birthday cake! About the time he noticed the wagon train was out of sight, a band of Pawnee Indians showed up and captured him. They fled like the wind to their village, erasing the signs of their passage so rescuers wouldn't be able to track Francis. At the Pawnee village, Francis was treated poorly, then lost hope when a raiding party came back with a doll that looked just like the one his sister had. It was at this sad time that Francis saw a white man riding boldly into the village. He was Jason Grimes, a one-armed Mountain Man. He was leading two pack horses loaded with goods to trade to the Indians for their furs. Francis was quickly exiled out of sight by the Indians, but Mr. Grimes had seen him. After a long session of spirited trading with the Indians in which he got most of them drunk, Mr. Grimes found Francis and released him, and helped him escape. Francis rode off barely holding on to a galloping Indian pony, heading for a place where Mr. Grimes said he would meet Francis.

The rest of the story is just as exciting as the beginning. Francis runs in and out of trouble, while learning how to survive in the wilderness and how to stand up for himself. Jason Grimes plays a large role in the story, but Francis is the star.

This first book is one of five in the series about Francis Tucket, so there is a lot to look forward to, and plenty of questions to be answered. Did his family make it to Oregon? Will Francis ever see them again, or will he become a Mountain Man like Jason Grimes, living off the land and trading with the Indians? You'll have to read it to find out!

With a lighthearted touch and an appealing sense of humor, Liz H. Kelly offers a handbook for today's dating scene. Using examples from personal experience and interviews with friends and acquaintances, Liz Kelly has compiled a manual for women over 30 who are looking for a mate. She has devised convenient codes to describe different personality types of available men and provides questions to ask before making serious moves. She also reviews and assesses the mechanics of meeting and dating in today's world, including internet options and commercial match-making ventures. The book is great fun to read, focusing on true stories that will make you laugh and feel not so alone out there in the dating world.

Although this book is written for women, and I can see where a single women who wants to have a more enjoyable dating experience would find it invaluable, but I really had a great time reading it and found it enlightening and the stories enjoyable.

By the way, I'm always looking for how to be more romantic, and now that our youngest has graduated from college, my wife and I can go into full time dating (each other) and Liz Kelly gave me some great insights.

One of the tools that Liz Kelly uses to help women evaluate the type of men they date is a Man Code. There are 26 of them and she has pegged them to the Alphabet. These gave me some insight into how to become more attractive.
ASF - All Sports Fanatic
BA - Bachelor Available
CMF - Curios Male/Female
DGI - Dysfunctional Guy with Issues
ESS - Executive Search Seeker
FE - Fitness Extremist
GWO - Guy with Offspring
HGG - Hello Goodbye Guy
IP - Internet Psycho
JJ - Justifying Juggler
KOF - Keeper of the Fire
LS - Lost Soul
MBA - Married But Available
NN - Nourishing Nester
OO - Over-Achiever Obsessor
PTS - Post Traumatic Soul
QP - Questionaire Perfectionist
RR - Relentless Renter
SG - Social Guru
TT - Tasmanian Traveler
UA - Under-estimated Ally
VV - Vacillating Vortex
WD - Wounded Divorce
XXB - XX Brain
YE - Young Explorer

I interviewed Liz Kelly on "The Inside Success Show" and wow was it fun! She presents dating in a very proactive way and that's saying a lot coming from a guy. I highly recommend this book for men & women.

Here's some other things you can learn from Liz:

** How Liz Kelly was able to have 4 to 7 dates per week
** Why you need to spruce up your self-confidence!
** How you can choose what the report will say about you
** What are the 26 Man Codes and how to use them
** Why it's important to trust your GUT (and get a simple formula for how)
** How to determine who Mr. Right is for you and how to find him
** And much, much more ...

Liz Kelly makes the concept of dating fun for everyone and I recommend her book.

Randy (Dr. Proactive) Gilbert, author of "Success Bound"

I remember Liz sharing dating tips with me during high school in Baltimore. She had a natural knack for giving advice then - and now has taken her talents to a new level in a new century. She is genuine, sincere, and provides excellent advice in this book. I especially like her 26 ABC Man Codes - they made me laugh and gave me a lot of insights on men. Go Liz Go! Go SMART Man Hunting!

This is a good book and i would love to read books that are of similar type. I can relate to this book because my sister is also have a problem with her love life. Her marriage also made the 2 family headache but i'm happy that everything is getting better. I would buy this book and keep that as a lesson for me and a reminder of my sister... A very nice story.

I first read this book when I was fourteen or fifteen, and loved it from the first time I read it. For a long time, I re-read it every year or two, but eventually lost my well-worn copy and hadn't thought of it in years. Then one day, out of the blue, I remembered something said by one of the characters. Memories of the whole book rushed back and I felt the need to see if I could find a copy of it somewhere! I find it impressive that a book that I first read over thirty years ago left such a lasting impression on me, and it seems to be just as well-liked by today's young people. The book is so well-written that teens can really relate to the characters and understand the problems they experience in their lives, even though our society has changed greatly over the past 35 years. Even though it was written as a young adult book, I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a well-written, thoughtful book.

This is by far the best book I've ever read. When I read this book I fell in love with the book, the characters, and the story. I find myself thinking about the book all the time. It is a beautiful story with excellent detail and superb storyline. The detail Anne Head uses is amazing. It makes it seem like you actually know the characters. I recommend this book to everyone. It is the most realistic book I ever read. So, grab a box of tissues and sit back for an excellent read for teens and adults.

A House for Mr. Biswas was my first foray into V.S. Naipaul's writing. Perhaps I should have started with a shorter book. However, the character of Mr. Biswas is one I will never forget.

Take your time reading this one. Naipaul's writing is wonderful but a bit slow at times. You will be rewarded in the end as this novel will stay with you for quite some time. It definately makes me want to explore other novels by Naipaul.

This is probably the best fiction book I've ever read! I just finished it a week ago and I am ecstatic. Naipaul's prose is superlative, his narrative style beyond comparison with the vast majority of modern and classic writers. Naipaul doesn't fuddle his story with lengthy descriptions of insignificant detail or write so esoterically that no one can understand what he's saying. The tragi-comic story of Mr. Biswas is at times wonderfully hilarious and at other times agonizingly sad. His struggle for economic independence from his well-to-do in-laws produces scenes of touching emotion and rollicking comedy. And throughout, V.S. Naipaul's remarkable ability to write clearly, evocatively, and precisely will keep any reader enthralled. Paul Theroux, who has taken Naipaul as his mentor, wrote that "A House for Mr. Biswas" possesses all the power of Dickensian comedy and even satire without Dickens' lengthy tirades. I believe this book is more powerful and well-written than any nineteenth- (and many a twentieth-) century classic I've ever read. I heartily agree with the other reviewer below that Mr. Biswas kicks butt!

Like most of the other reviewers, I was captivated by Naipaul's obvious mastery of the language. This book is worth reading for that alone. But it also worth reading for the beauty of the story. It is a simple story: a man is born into a world devoid of opportunity; he feels himself belittled by that world, trapped in a role that makes him merely an appendage in other people's lives; against the odds and all expectations, he carves out a place for himself, a home, where he can be his own man and the leading actor of his own life. While it is true that the character Mohun Biswas is not entirely sympathetic -- indeed he is often exasperating and occasionally contemptible -- I felt I understood why he acted as he did, and could empathize. This is a testimony to the power of Naipaul's artistry; he has, in tracing Biswas from birth to death, created a fully developed human being, as perfect a simulcram of a real person as exists in modern literature. Being able to understand, and share in, the life journey of such a character is a powerful experience.

I am a reader at...school. I liked this book because the auther realy gets into the detail. It teaches you alot about sailing and it feels that you are actualy in the book. When you read it it seems like it would be a nonfiction book but it is actualy a fiction book. If you like reading nonfiction books or books that teach you new words, then you will like this book. The author is Jean Lee Latham. If you liked Holes then you probully will like this book because there are lots of adventures.
The book is about a boy named Nat Bowditch. He wants to go to Havered. He learns lots of things about sailing. He goes on many voyages. During the voyages he had lots of adventures. There are lots of sad things that happen in nat's life.

If you like great adventure and historical fiction get this book now! It is about a boy named Nat Bowditch. He is a boy whose family is poor with many kids to feed. Nat is interested in learning and school. He grows up to be a very smart mathematician. Also he is very good at navigation. Nat becomes a captain and he has to sail to very treacherous destinations. Along with his crew they have to face fog, no wind, and bad, bad weather. I would not recommend this to people who don't like when people die in the story. This book is an absolute good book to buy. Something exciting or sad is happening on every page. I'm not into reading much but this book made me want to read it.

This book was so well written! My boys ages 6 and 9 loved this book and so did their Dad. They read well past bedtime every night and talked about "Nat" during the day. When we finished the book my boys were interested in stars and navigation and had a keen interest in sailing ships. They even looked up Nathanial Bowditch on the interent and found the details fascinating. "Wow, it's a piece of living history," my 9 year old said of the story.

I enjoyed how the author made the reader feel as if you were there as the events unfolded. With the author's descriptive writing and the wonderful mystery in this book, I was on the edge of my seat. As the mystery was solved I felt I was either in Jack's state of confusion or at Pete Hautman's desk thinking up the events in my mind and putting them in the mind of my readers. Alyssa Wallace, 6th grade, Highland Elementary School, Clarkston, WA

This book was appsolutely Incredible! At first nothing makes sence, but keep reading, and all your awnsers will hit you so fast you'll have to stop reading for a second to think about what you just read! The exciting and complicated plot makes this a book you won't be able to put down! (I finished this book in less than a day!) It was so exciting! I would completly recomend this Book to any one who loves to read, loves excitment, or complicated plots. A MUST READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Was is definitely one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. A friend recommended it to me, and I couldn't put it down. It's incredibly well written and will appeal to a wide variety of audiences. Absolutely five stars!

The classic tale of Dr. Jekyll struggling with his inner demon, Mr. Hyde. The story is told mainly from the point of view of Mr. Utterson, the lawyer of Dr. Jekyll, who is trying to find out who Mr. Hyde is.

This is a great book, one of those classics that everyone should read at least once. Stevenson gives great descriptions of the battle between Jekyll and Hyde. I highly recommend it.

Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is an extremely well-written horror/mystery. While a relatively short novel, the intricately woven plot offers all the right details at different points. And at the end of the book, the characters all seem to make sense, with all of the given clues fitting very well.
This story of the nice, mellow Dr. Jekyll and his hidden mad-man persona, Mr. Hyde, is a classic clash of good and evil. The author does a wonderful job of keeping the reader wondering about each one's true identity. From Hyde's first trampling, to his murder, to the bitter end, he is portrayed as the exact opposite of Dr. Jekyll, despite an odd, hidden relationship. Only at the very end is the mystery compltely solved.
What makes the novel most unique is the inclusion of numerous other developed characters besides Jekyll and Hyde, such as Utterson, Lanyon, and Enfield. All in all, this is a timeless tale, a true stoy of inner conflict. What this novel lacks in length, it makes up for in well-developed characters, and a superb plot. A must-read.

Henry Jekyll is a renowned scientist and a respected man. But lately, his behavior has become strange, reclusive and mysterious. So his friend Utterson tries to find out what he's up to. In the meantime, terrible and strange things are happening by night in the streets of London. As the tale unfolds, we discover Jekyll's dangerous games with his own psyche. He discovers a drug that reveals his evil side, without any moral restraint, and gradually loses control of the drug. The narrative technique of Stevenson in this short masterpiece is simply perfect; its philosophical stand is frightening; its moral implications are relevant; and the construction of the story superb.

The onion-layer style serves very well its mission to reveal every event in a semi-slow but tense pace. The environment is insuperable: the dark, wet and gas-lighted streets of London, where Mr. Hyde's steps resonate frighteningly. The ending is horrifying and very well written and, overall, this is a gem of a book. It should be best read in loneliness, in the dark. It is much more than a simple horror novel, because it says something very real and very terrible: without moral restraints, our deeper self can be unbearably evil. It's true.

Coming to Ms Highsmith via Mr Hitchcock (Strangers on a Train, The American Friend) I was struck by the way in which the writer had me liking Mr Ripley and disliking most of the other characters in these stories, even though Mr Ripley is a liar, a murderer, a thief, a cold calculating fish who delights in deceit and undermining others, manipulating the world around him to suit his selfish ends - maybe he represents the child in us, a character who gives expression to the dark side of our nature by allowing us to live through his adventures. He is superior, snobbish and incredibly attentive to detail. His knowledge of the art world, of Europe as the civilised centre of the universe, and many other matters make him something of a gourmet, bon vivant, idler. The world is just a large play pen for him to indulge his urges, but at some considerable risk. Tremendously entertaining stories composed over a period of 20 years by Ms Highsmith in clear stylish English make them a pleasure to read. This excellent Everyman Edition provide these stories with a worthy home. A bargain.

Tom Ripley is probably the most unique...and compelling...murderer in literature today. This is no serial killer like Hannibal Lecter; this is a man who defies description. The most relevant fact about Ripley is he's NOT an evil man. He just has some strange views on the importance of human life. When you read the Ripley novels as a body of work, you realize that he doesn't kill anybody that the reader has much sympathy for. His victims tend to be more self-centered and insensitive than Ripley himself. Ripley also never kills for pleasure; he kills when someone backs him into a corner. In "The Talented Mr. Ripley", Tom is a confused young man trying to find an identity, no matter whose he has to steal. By the second book, "Ripley Under Ground", he has his own life, a home, an income, and a beautiful wife. And he is more than willing to kill to keep all this safe. "Ripley's Game" shows what Tom can do when angered, and what he does when he feels he's gone too far. "The Boy Who Followed Ripley" has him taking a protege, and the final novel, "Ripley Under Water", pits Tom against someone even stranger than he is. In all of this, we find ourselves, against our better judgment, actually pulling for Tom. These novels are must-reads for any devotee of suspense, but fair warning: they are not for the weak of heart or the impressionable of mind.

If you like characters in fiction that get under your skin, then this anthology is for you. Under the darkened pen of Patricia Highsmith, Tom Ripley, her most memorable character of fiction, brilliantly comes to life. Growing from a poor, insecure boy, to a suave, albeit dangerous man of the world, Tom Ripley takes you along through the passages of his life, holding you as a willing hostage to the dark secrets he keeps. From the Sunny shores of Italy to the elegant French countryside, we are allowed to eavesdrop into the inner workings of a master deceiver. Rarely do we get the chance to watch a character mature as the author matures, but over the course of several decades, Ms. Highsmith, accomplished the task by writing 5 books dealing with Tom Ripley. Her three best novels of the series are presented here.

For a good old fashioned, up all night, reading marathon, you can't go far wrong with this anthology. If you enjoy the feelings of hope, excitement, dispair, fear and loss then you'll love this compilation. Having read all the Tom Ripley novels, the only dissapointment I have is that there are no more.

Whew. This book was funny, in the purest sense of the word. Granted, the level of my enjoyment may have directly linked to the fact that I've been studying for the MCSD for the last two months, and after having read enough "tech books" to cross my eyes, this was a more-than-welcome relief. Maybe I laughed extra hard because my nerves are frayed. Still... slightly irreverent treatment of programming and ActiveX, but very funny, especially if you have a good understanding of Microsoft technologies. Even if you don't, you should still get most of the jokes (such as the chapter index beginning at 0 instead of 1). Take a break, put down that COM manual, and read this book.

After reading through many books on ActiveX control and programming this book was a welcome relief. It is funny and witty and short.

This book is written largly based on using ActiveX control in VB. Anyone familiar with VB (even if they don't know ActiveX)will get most of the jokes and diagrams.

I would recommand this book to anyone that has had just a little too much technical documentation and would like a mental break. Hey, you may even learn something in the process.

I'm not exaggerating. This is one of the best examples of whimsical humour ever, and I speak as a life-long fan of Monty Python, The Goons, Steve Martin, Beachcomber, John Lennon's poems, etc. etc. The contents page alone is God-like.

Mr. Commitment is a gorgeous novel by Mike Gayle, it's protagonist is Duffy, a 28 year old man who reaches the dramatic moment of getting finally engaged whit his girlfriend. Duffy isn't enthusiastic at the idea of being committed and his girlfriend breaks up with him.You can find Duffy's story a common one, but the way it is told makes it a truly pleasant reading; the reader is pushed to read on by the desire of knowing how the book develops even if, in fact, is pretty intuitive. So what is the alchemy that forces the reader to read on? The answer is simple: the writing skills of M.Gayle,his ability at giving a vivid portrait of every day life.
You find yourself (I'm referring especially to male readers) surprised when you discover how much you can identify with the protagonist.
The people around the main character are also carefully characterized, and they provide a coloured "cast".
The result if this element mixture is a narration brilliant and well done as a comedian monologue; light and never boring, full of original and interesting inventions, sometimes sharp, always ironic.
After so many "Bridget Jones" we finally have an absolutely rightful picture of mail psychology... because: who isn't Mr. Commitment?

Mike Gayle has come up with a winner with "Mr. Commitment", the story of Ben -- who goes by his last name "Duffy" coming to terms with his 4-year-relationship with his girlfriend Mel. To date, they haven'y even moved in together and now Mel wants to get married. Duffy loves her but doesn't want to get married. Wavering and cold feet ensue, as do massive fights while furniture shopping in IKEA.

Duffy has the sardonic tone of the protagonists in Nick Hornby books. He is witty, immature and hilarious, as are his best friends Dan (his flatmate) and Charlie (his brother-in-law). He is admittedly selfish but there is never any doubt that he loves Mel. But does he love her enough to get over himself and his issues? That's the real question -- read this to find the answer!

If you haven't already read Mr. Commitment then you are missing out! Mr. Commitment is a great novel that will keep you turning the pages. I read this book in a few days even though I was only reading at night. The fact that it was written by a male author made it more interesting to actually read about the way the male mind works. The only thing I didn't really like about the book was how much British language was used because I didn't understand some of it. But overall the book is awesome!

I definitely recommend adding it to your collection!