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The Necronomicon Review

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(More customer reviews)I am presuming this is probably just Kuriakos again with a different name - all the books , if you could call them that are cynical moneymaking ploys, bereft of content.

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This book takes the Necronomicon and cuts it down to the bone with step by step simple evocation rituals to summon The Elders (good) and the Ancient Gods (evil) as well as a Book of Shadows to record your rituals and results. The spirits in this book are NOT in the Necronomicon Spellbook by Simon. This Necronomicon Ritual Book is the most powerful simple to the point Magick you will ever do! These are the most powerful spirits of good and evil from the original Necronomicon. You have been warned so please proceed with caution

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Whats Your Story Postcard Collection Review

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(More customer reviews)This limited edition book was only available from Waterstone's in the UK. It contains postcards with very short stories (some illustrated) on the front, suitable for mailing should you choose to pull them out. It was done as a fund raiser for two charities, Dyslexia Action and English PEN.
Included are original, new stories from best selling authors such as JK Rowling and Neil Gaiman (and many more), and also winners from Waterstone customers and booksellers.
The stories vary from funny to sad - it was hard to pick a favorite although Lisa Appignanesi's effort about a woman who got what she thought she wanted in love would probably be it if forced. My sole complaint on this is that some of the handwriting is hard to read. I guess it makes me feel better about my own penmanship - at least I have one thing in common with some incredible authors.
Enjoyable to read and for a good cause, this collection of short stories is well recommended.

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BARRY TROTTER AND THE DEAD HORSE Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a rather funny parody of the Harry Potter series. While some of the language is not appropriate for persons under the age of 17, I found it very enjoyable. I would recommend this bool for anyone who likes Harry Potterand does not want a serious read with adults in mind.

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From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850 Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is for adults, not children. It is an anthology of children's reading materials from before 1850 that was compiled for children's literature classes at the college level. It is an excellent overview of the genre, but definately not actually meant for today's children.

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The second edition of From Instruction to Delight is a thorough update of Patricia Demers' essential anthology of key works of children's literature from 1000 to 1850. It includes approximately 70 examples of children's literature, ranging from complete and excerpted short stories, verse, and lessons for children, along with critical introductions, headnotes, and original black and white woodcuts.

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Royal Doulton Collectables: A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Fourth Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)If you collect Royal Doulton, you are probably already aware of the Charlton Catalogues--as far as I know, they are the only current price reference guides. It is black and white, with 32 pages of color inserts of Bunnykins figures. The following is listed for each figure: photo of figure, photo of base, name, number, designer, height, color, dates issued, versions, quantity made if a limited edition, series (if applicable), varieties, and prices for each version in US, Canadian and Australian dollars, and British pounds. (I generally find that figures will sell on eBay for 25-50% of the book value, though rarer figures can be higher).
This paticular guide features figures produced through 2005 (copyright is 2006) in the following Royal Doulton lines:
- Bunnykins Tableware
- Bunnykins Figurines (porcelein and resin)
- Alice in Wonderland
- Brambly Hedge
- Frosty Family
- Harry Potter
- Noddy
- Nursery Rhyme Collection
- Old Bear and Friends
- Paddington Bear
- Rupert Bear
- St. Tiggywinkles
- Snowman Gift Collection
- Thelwell
- Wind in the Willows
- Wizard of Oz
- Disney Characters (101 Dalmations, Cinderella, Disney Princess Collection, Disney Showcase Collection, Disney Villains, Fantasia 2000, Film Collection, Mickey Mouse Collection, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Winnie the Pooh)
- Advertising Characters (figures dating from 1999, in limited editions of 2,000)

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The 4th edition of Royal Doulton Collectables will be released January 21st, 2006. The name change (formerly Royal Doulton Bunnykins) was made by the Charlton Press's desire not to cross brands. With the Beswick brand now having new owners we thought it best to keep the Royal Doulton and Beswick catalogues separate. In the new Royal Doulton Collectables catalogue are:Tableware: In the year and a half since the third edition of Royal Doulton Bunnykins was released many interesting discoveries have occurred in the tableware collectables field.Thirty-six new shape/pattern combinations have been added to the pricing tables and twenty new pattern combinations have been added to the listings, several in the "rare" pattern category.Most notable in the shape/pattern combination is the discovery of a fine white china Rex Mug, large size, combining Proposal (HW11) with Pulling on Trousers (HW2), and a Beaker, large size, with the Artist (HW1) design. In pattern combinations two of the more interesting finds are Carving the Chicken (LFc) / Medicine Time (SF1) and Wedding (LFd) / Lambeth Walk, First Version (HW16).Charles Noke's Bunnykins Teapot (D6010) rose to new highs and now catalogues at $2,000. +.Bunnykins Banks: Finally, the Grey Rabbit has been sighted, however, the rabbit itself is not grey, but his jacket and hat are. The Royal Doulton pattern book states a grey colourway, and it was assumed the colour referred to the rabbit. We now have a grey-blue coated rabbit, and a green coated rabbit in two sizes, with mould variations in the two sizes. The grey-blue coated rabbit or First Version, carries the Tug of War backstamp.Figures: The early earthenware issues of 1939-1940 weakened a little in pricing as on-line auctions brought more pieces to market. Billy and Mother Bunnykins are the two pieces which surface more frequently. The modern series of Bunnykins, 1972-2005, again came under pressure from the weight of the on-line auctions. The tremendous number of figures changing hands in 2004-2005 leads us to believe that the supply is moving into strong collecting hands, and while prices are trending slightly lower, the curve is starting to level out. This is always a very helpful move with any collectable for the lower price on new issues expands the collector market.Fifty-five new DB numbered figures have been added to the 4th edition. While this is a fairly large number to add to the range, the MSRP fell due to the move of the production of these figures to China, and from what we can see, with no loss in quality. Certainly the body is lighter, but this is simply from a difference in slip makeup. A real positive is that the lower price will allow for a wider distribution of the Bunnykins figures into the market place.Another interesting addition to the DB range are two sets of Bunnykins Christmas Tree ornaments (DB342 to DB349), each set containing four pieces. The last Christmas Tree ornament (DB-62) Santa Bunnykins now sells for over $500.Storybook and Cartoon Characters: Ten models have been added to the Rupert Bear series, and a new series Frosty Family, with six figurines in the series, has been included. In the Disney Section thirteen models have been added to the Winnie the Pooh series, and there two new series Cinderella and a new Disney Princess Collection.

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Boyd Bailey and the Magic Spectrum Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book because of all the hype calling it the "new Harry Potter". What a joke. The only comparison would be in the storyline, which is similar, but there it ends. The book is appallingly badly written, to the extent of being almost unreadable. I cannot tell you how the story develops, because I never made it beyond the third chapter. I had always thought that it was difficult to get a book published, but if this is the required standard then your average ten-year-old could do it. Take my advice, save your money!

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When the magical Boyd Bailey goes to summer camp with other magical kids, the supernatural adventures begin.

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Bug Sweeper: Book 1: A Flower in the Depths Review

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(More customer reviews)From what I could get through of it it was too drawn out and lacked excitement. Sorry I am being truthful. By the past reviews and the description of the book it sounds very interesting. Unfortunately for me it was a serious let down.

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Six years ago, eleven year old Mindy Brown's father (a pilot) disappeared along with his plane, leaving Mindy and her mother struggling to get by and longing for his return. Finally, things take a turn for the better when Mindy has an idea...a very brilliant idea. When Mindy sacrifices her meager life savings to launch an after-school business, doors that she never imagined are opened to her. When one of her clients and his young assistant reveal that they're alchemists and ask her to join their team, her life is changed forever. The whirlwind adventure that ensues takes the three unlikely heroes (and a few devious rivals) abroad in search of the first of the three remaining ingredients, where an unprecedented exploit unfolds and a centuries old mystery begs to be solved. A Flower in the Depths is the first installment of the Bug Sweeper trilogy.

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Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction Of Childhood (The Edge, Critical Studies in Educational Theory) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a collection of essays on the theme that childhood is a creation of society and today it is the corporations who are constructing childhood.Topics examined include Disney movies,"educational" television,Beavis and Butthead,video games,television wrestling, Barbie, and Macdonald's.Children are shamelessly being exploited for profit with no consideration for their welfare.Graphic violence and sexism is promoted in many video games.The writers want to expose the hypocrisy and exploitation of the corporations who have taken over the minds of children.Macdonald's promotes a family friendly image, yet employees have to put the company well ahead of family interests.Never have a generation of children been subject to such intense exploitation, as this book shows.The writers hope that more parents and teachers question what is being done to the kids.

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For corporate America, children—and their parents’ money—are one of the most targeted groups in our consumer society. There are TV shows, movies, video games, toys, books, and restaurants that are specifically directed at children—all of which has produced a “kinderculture” run by marketing and advertising executives. Through a series of entertaining and insightful essays, Kinderculture: The Corporate Construction of Childhood explores some of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of children, from Beavis and Butt-Head to Barney, from Disney movies to Nintendo.Contributors drawn from the fields of education, sociology, and popular culture analyze the profound effects and the pervasive influence of these corporate productions in a style parents, educators, and general readers will welcome. Arguing that the experience of childhood has been, with or without our consent, reshaped into something that is prefabricated, Shirley Steinberg and Joe Kincheloe bring home to readers the impact our “marketing blitz” culture has on our children—and on our beliefs about childhood.

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Nicholas Flamel and the Philosopher's Stone Review

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(More customer reviews)PROMPT DELIVERY. WAS A MUCH SMALLER BOOK THAN I EXPECTED. NO USUAL QUALITY BUT OK.

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

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Star Wars Instrumental Solos (Movies I-VI): Alto Sax (Book & CD) (Pop Instrumental Solo) Review

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(More customer reviews)I really like this book. I recently got back into playing the saxophone and this was one of the first music purchases I bought for it. The music is overall pretty simple. It comes with 16 songs, as it has listed. The great bonus for me is the CD that comes along with the book. The CD has 33 tracks on it...a warm-up track to start with, and then 2 tracks for each song. The first track of each song is an orchestra playing and you can play along with them. The second track is that same orchestra, only without any saxophone. Essentially you become the saxophonist in the orchestra.
The big plus for me was learning some songs from a major movie that pretty much everyone has seen. When I play these songs (with or without the CD), it's fun to actually have the person listening to me go, "Oh! I know that song!". Definitely recommend.

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For the first time, Star Wars(R) A Musical Journey (Music from Episodes I-VI): Instrumental Solos includes selections from all six Star Wars(R) movies arranged for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn in F, Trombone, Piano Accompaniment, Violin, Viola and Cello. The arrangements are completely compatible with each other and can be played together or as solos. Due to level considerations regarding keys and instrument ranges, the wind instrument arrangements are not compatible with the string instrument arrangements in this series. Each book contains a carefully edited part that is appropriate for the Level 2–3 player and a fully orchestrated accompaniment CD. Each song on the CD includes a demo track, which features a live instrumental performance, followed by the play-along track itself. Also included is 4-color art as well as black and white art from the movies. Titles:Episodes I – VI1.Star Wars (Main Theme) Episode I: The Phantom Menace2.Jar Jar's Introduction3.Augie's Great Municipal Band4.Qui-Gon's Funeral5.Duel of the Fates6.Anakin's Theme7.The Flag ParadeEpisode II: Attack of the Clones8.Across the Stars9.The Arena10. The Meadow PicnicEpisode III:Revenge of the Sith11. Battle of the HeroesEpisode IV: A New Hope12. Cantina Band13. The Throne RoomEpisode V: The Empire Strikes Back14. The Imperial March15. May the Force be With YouEpisode VI: Return of the Jedi16. Princess Leia's Theme

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The Very Best of John Williams Instrumental Solos, Cello Edition (Book & CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great book to practice cello and have fun with these movie melodies, the CD is a helpful device, there are some pieces a little bit difficult for me that I'm a begginer but not too much, I'm very pleased with this book and CD.

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The award-winning music of John Williams includes some of the most popular and well-known movie themes ever! This incredibly versatile new collection includes some of Williams' most-loved titles arranged for Level 2-3 instrumentalists. All arrangements are completely compatible with each other and can be played together or as solos. Each book contains a carefully edited part and a fully orchestrated accompaniment CD. Each song on the CD includes a demonstration track, which features a live instrumental performance, followed by a play-along track. The piano accompaniment book includes a CD that features various instrument demonstration tracks from the series. Titles are: Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from Superman) (Superman) * Cantina Band (Star Wars®) * Double Trouble (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) * Duel of the Fates (Star Wars®: Episode I The Phantom Menace) * Fawkes the Phoenix (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) * Harry's Wondrous World (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * The Imperial March (Star Wars®: The Empire Strikes Back) * May the Force Be With You (Star Wars®: The Empire Strikes Back) * Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles) * Star Wars (Main Title) (Star Wars®) * Theme from Superman (Superman) * A Window To the Past (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban).

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Crackdown 2: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)The Crackdown 2: Prima Official Game Guide. Everything you want to know about the game is here; every mission, every item, and yes, every orb. The guide is divided into ten useful categories: Basic Intel, Enemy Dossiers, Agency Arsenal, Vehicle Blueprints, Mission Walkthroughs, Orb Collection, Rooftop Races, Road Races, Stunt Rings, and Unlocking Achievements. The largest section of the guide is devoted to Orb Collection, naturally. The author does a fine job in his attempt to bring a little method to the madness of collecting orbs. All the orbs have an adequate amount of info for locating, each with a picture, and most with approach pictures as well. And I mean all the orbs! Every Agility, Hidden, Renegade, and Online. The Audio Logs are also revealed using the author's Orb method. There are tips and suggestions for all the fun things available to do in Pacific City. Want to know where to find the Quacker? Or maybe all 25 Ways to Die? Having trouble with a Stunt Ring? All of the info is here. Now, put it to use, Agent.

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*All Orb locations shown with maps, screens, and directions to find them!*Mission walkthroughs with maps!*Breakdown of enemies, weapons, and vehicles to help you choose the right tools for the job!*Strategies to complete all Achievements!

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The Straight Line Wonder Review

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(More customer reviews)The illustrations in this book are terrific! The story revolves around three lines that are friends and the language is amazing. Mem Fox is a wonderfully creative author.
A fellow teacher shared this book with me. She fell in love with it at the Florida Reading Association conference last month and just had to buy it. We are studying intersecting lines, parallel lines and perpindicular lines in my fifth grade classroom. I thought this would be a fun book to read to the class so that we could discuss different types of lines.
After I read the story to my class we listed all of the verbs in the story and believe me, they are original! I don't want to spoil it for you by directly quoting from the book. We also talked about being different, of being true to yourself and not being afraid to think outside of the box. These were univesal themes the books touched on as well.
I recommend this book, you can certainly use it to teach "across the curriculum."

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True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier Review

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(More customer reviews)When I was starting out as a PhD student in Artificial Intelligence at Carnegie Mellon, it was made known to us first-year students that an unofficial but necessary part of our education was to locate and read a copy of an obscure science-fiction novella called *True Names*. Since you couldn't find it in bookstores, older grad students and professors would directly mail order sets of ten and set up informal lending libraries -- you would go, for example, to Hans Moravec's office, and sign one out from a little cardboard box over in the corner of his office. This was 1983 -- the Internet was a toy reserved for American academics, "virtual reality" was not a popular topic, and the term "cyberpunk" had not been coined. One by one, we all tracked down copies, and all had the tops of our heads blown off by Vinge's incredible book.
*True Names* remains to this day one of the four or five most seminal science-fiction novels ever written, just in terms of the ideas it presents, and the world it paints. It laid out the ideas that have been subsequently worked over so successfully by William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. *And* it's well written. *And* it's fun.
In my grad student days, we loved to sit around and discuss the implications of Vernor's ideas. Sixteen years later, I do research at MIT, and it's still fun to sit around and talk about how Vernor's ideas are coming to be.
(Amazingly enough, Vinge has done this not once, but twice: *Marooned in Realtime* contains ideas even more interesting than *True Names* -- all in the setting of a murder mystery that takes place 50 million years in the future.)
Vinge has subsequently written other, very popular and enjoyable books, such as *A Fire Upon the Deep* and his just-published *A Deepness in the Sky*. However, it's always been very frustrating to me that *True Names* has been essentially impossible to find. It's always out of print, and you have to know one of the elect who snapped up copies back when it was marginally possible -- and these copies are now jealously guarded. I won't let people read mine outside of my home. (The same goes for *Marooned in Realtime* -- seminal work; out of print.)
So I am really, really delighted that *True Names* is now back in print. I note that it is now fashionable to write books "explaining" the Net and the near-term future of our society to the layman -- books such as Negroponte's *Being Digital,* Gate's *The Road Ahead*, or Dertouzos' *What Will Be*. These books are a waste of time. If you would like to explore the implications and likely future of the computer revolution, I would recommend three novels, instead: *True Names* (Vernor Vinge), *Snowcrash* (Neal Stephenson), and *Neuromancer* (William Gibson).
Vinge and Stephenson are not only excellent writers, they are trained, competent computer scientists. *Neuromancer* is the best-written of the three; *Snowcrash* is the funniest and hippest; *True Names* -- well, *True Names* is the source.
-Olin

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Lord of the Rings Instrumental Solos: Flute (Book & CD) (The Lord of the Rings; the Motion Picture Trilogy) Review

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(More customer reviews)I was completely impressed with the Lord of the Rings Instrumental Solos for flute.
I have been playing flute for about two years now after taking music classes both inside school and outside for additional advice. I was able to master this beautiful instrument in no time. And I hope to keep up my talent for it.
Now, the features you will expect of this book are:
- 12 featured pieces from each of the three films. These are "The Prophecy", "in Dreams", "Concerning Hobbits", "Many Meetings", "The Black Rider", "Gollum's Song", "Rohan", "Even Star", "Forth Eorlingas", "Into the West", "Steward of Gondor", and the great "Minas Tirith".
- Each piece ranges from at least one page to two; however repeats, rests, and Codas may make the piece longer.
- The book contains full sized pictures of screenshots from the movie.
- A level of playing that is challenging enough for a person of nearly any level.
- Well organized pieces that are easy to understand and read.
- A flute fingering chart at the back to make sure you are able to look up every note.
- A wonderful CD to listen to with full orchestral backup or to play along with. In my case, the demos on my CD feature a professional flutist who plays each piece. When you wish to know the tempo and speed of each piece, this really improves the experience. In fact, the CD is amazing enough to be sold as a sound track for the films by itself.
- This book is available for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Horn in F, and Trombone. This means that if any concert bands are interested in playing familiar Lord of the Rings music, the pieces will always be in key for each instrument.
In my opinion, this amazing book has completely brought me on to a new level of playing. If any of you are musicians, reading this, you know the feeling you get when you create such a soul-full, emotional piece of music that your mind and audience is touched by every note that weave themselves through each melody? This is what I felt during getting to know each piece in this book.
Howard Shore, this music is brilliant! Thank you to you and your full orchestra and team to putting this together to give musicians wonderful music to play from an inspiring trilogy of films!
:.Midnight's Mist

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Twelve themes from all three blockbuster films. Includes: The Prophecy, In Dreams, Concerning Habits, Many Meetings, The Black Rider, Gollum's Song, Rohan, Evenstar, Forth Eorlings, Into The West, The Stewart Of Gondor and Minas Tirith. Each book contains a carefully edited part that is appropriate for the Level 2-3 player and a fully orchestrated accompaniment CD. Each theme on the CD is presented as a "demonstration" track (which features that particular instrument) and also as a "play-along" track without the solo instrument.

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