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One of the better Pokemon books.......2007-05-17
If your child loves Pokemon, and mine does to the exclusion of almost everything else, this book is a great one. Mine is a slightly advanced reader of age 8, and more than anything else he loves to read and imagine himself in complicated Pokemon battles, to envision the world of cuddly, but fierce Pokemon. This book, which includes a battle using one of our favorite Pokemon, the elephant-like Phanpy, is one of the better chapter books for ages 8 and up.
The whole gang's here!!!!!!.......2005-11-03
James and his friends are just fall-down funny!!! Jessie is unbelivably gorgeous, Meowth is hilarious, and James is really handsome. James of Team Rocket has always been a bishonen. He loves his friends deeply.
blast off! otn.......2004-11-16
i like this book {kind of}.i got it only 4 1 cent.this book has 4 episodes. this book looks to the passt of all the peoples of teamrockets favorite memories on tri'ne to catch pikachu. if you have olready read the books befor this then do not get this book.
blast off! otn.......2004-11-16
i like this book {kind of}.i got it only 4 1 cent.this book has 4 episodes. this book looks to the passt of all the peoples of teamrockets favorite memories on tri'ne to catch pikachu. if you have olready read the books befor this then do not get this book.
Team Rocket's Rockin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-10-02
James and his friends are back! He and his buddies always make me laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He, Meowth, and Jessie are soooo(...) funny!
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The story of a small group of amateur rocketeers who grew into one of the most influential technological forces in this or any other century is told in this space history.
Customer Reviews:
Good book.......2005-04-01
This book gives an accurate account of the Development of one of Germany's secret weapond in the second world war, the V-2 rocket, from the Germans scientist's point of view that developed it. It accurately describes the experiments, the tests and shows what the scientists behind Germany's V-2 rocket program were really like.
I recommend this book to all that are intrested in the seeds of space travel or World War Two.
Good history, poor editing.......2003-12-15
The author provides an interesting insider's view of von Braun's rocket team. However, the book suffers from poor editing: names of cities in Germany and Belgium are quite simply incorrect. It also seems to me that the measurements of the missiles mentioned in the book cannot possibly be correct; they are given as metric, but are no doubt recalculations of English engineering units. The results are ludicrous. Range of the A4 is given as a convenient conversion of miles; engine diameter is a conversion of 1 foot, etc. If you are interested in a good read you will find lots of hard to find historical anecdotes in this book, but for me the story is spoiled and seriously flawed due to the aforementioned inconsistencies. Unfortunately this is not atypical for these kinds of histories. Some serious editing required!
great historical account of the development of the V-2.......1999-03-24
This book is a retrospective account of the development of the V-2 rocket in Germany during the second world war at Peenemunde by Werner Von Braun and his rocket team. Frederick Ordway draws upon interviews with the engineers and scientists involved, many of whom came to the US under "Project Paperclip" after they were captured by American troops during the end of the war in Europe. The book's attention to detail is excellent, although at times the detailed specifications of the various technologies is why I only give it 4 stars instead of 5.
I first heard about this book in the early days of the net (before the Web when you could read all messages posted to usenet in an afternoon!). It was recommended in the sci.space FAQ as the best treatment of the early days of rocketry that culminated in the V-2 for Germany and became the seed crystal for NASA in the US.
Recommended for all space buffs.
Customer Reviews:
Good Autobiography of a Young Pitching Phenom.......1998-10-29
Rocket Man is a well-done autobiography by a great pitcher that describes not only his playing career, but his childhood as well. With co-author Peter Gammons, Roger Clemens talks of his rough childhood and how he was able to, with hard work and determination overcome many obstacles and become a baseball superstar.
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- Best card guide ever!
- best card guide out there
- Team Rocket Strategy Guide
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Pokemon Team Rocket Strategy Guide (Official Pokemon Guides)
Michael Mikaelian
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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This detailed official strategy guide to the newest expansion of the Pokmon trading card game includes decklists to give you the winning edge over your friends, strategy tips for every card in the set, and a comprehensive checklist of Pokmon trading cards. As a bonus, we've thrown in a card encyclopedia for the Fossil expansion set.
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Best card guide ever!.......2000-07-21
This book features everything you could possibly want to know about Team Rocket Pokemon cards. It features everything from the top 10 Team Rocket cards to amazing decks you can build using Team Rocket cards to a complete encyclopedia of everything about every Team Rocket card! This book is a must-read for all collectors and players.
best card guide out there.......2000-07-07
this guide gives you a great insight into the latest pokemon card expansion-team rocket.it gives you tips on how to build decks. it also shows you twelve decks that you can make using the team rocket expansion. wether you are interested in collecting the cards or just battling with them this is the guide for you.
Team Rocket Strategy Guide.......2000-07-06
Has all the things you learn about being a Pokemon Master!
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- Good book, but began to drag
- A must have for every Rocket`s fan
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A ROCKET AT HEART: My Life and My Team
Rudy Tomjanovich , and
Robert Falkoff
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Good book, but began to drag.......1997-12-22
I am a die-hard basketball fan and read almost anything that has to do with basketball. I have read NBA biographies before this one, and this one wasn't the best. The book started off great. The description of his playing, his injuries, his coaching, all great. But near the end of the book, it began to drag. I remember a lot of that book, but I do not particularly recall much of the ending. The team trainer story was interesting, but other than that, he seemed to be filling pages. This book was way too long. The Grant Hill book ("Change the Game") was a good book that was short but got to the point. I can recall a decent amount of that book, but it's been awhile since I read it. The Tomjanvich book might be a nice title to pick up, but don't expect too much from it.
A must have for every Rocket`s fan.......1997-12-19
Rudy T is one of the great choches in NBA history and here is his book filled with his experience and memories. This is a book for you if you are a Houston Rocket`s fan or if you like biographys. The only bad thing is he spents talkin about his chilhood too much time.
Rudy T Does It Again.......1997-07-15
Rudy T has proven that he has the heart of a champion. This book renewed the excitment I felt for the Rockets as Rudy lead his team to back-to-back championships.
You can really see how down to earth and honest Rudy is through this book.
Thanks Rudy
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Pokemon: Tree's a Crowd
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Treecko wants to save its favorite tree. But who will save Treecko from Team Rocket?
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Here is the story of the Rocket's incredible 93-94 season--a heart pounding, action-filled trek through nine months and 113 games to their mesmerizing triumph over the New York Knicks at The Summit on June 22, 1994.
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626 by 9 is a goal-by-goal chronicle in pictures, stats, and stories celebrating the remarkable career of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. For 18 seasons, the Montreal Canadien in sweater number 9 dominated the sport, chalking up 626 career goals. The book is amply illustrated with pictures of The Rocket in action, the sticks he used to score the milestones, and the awards and trophies he won for setting record after scoring record. Other images of items and events in Richard's life hint at how important he was not only to hockey but also to Canada's history and sense of itself.
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The Houston Rockets (Inside the NBA)
Paul Joseph
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Welcome to Mitford, North Carolina, the small mountain town at the center of Jan Karon's bestselling novels about rector Father Tim and the heartwarming cast of characters surrounding him. This boxed set includes paperback editions of the first four books in the series: At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, These High, Green Hills, and Out to Canaan.
Book Description
Readers everywhere have discovered Mitford is good for the soul. Peopled with a lovable cast of characters and filled with mysteries and miracles, Mitford has become one of the most memorable small towns in recent literature.
Boxed set includes:
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High, Green Hills
Out to Canaan
A New Song
A Common Life
Customer Reviews:
At Home in Mitford.......2007-09-28
So, far I have gotten through the first book for class. I am a person drawn to "story", so this book is one I am reading for my ISSUES OF INTERGRITY class at my seminary, and it really speaks to me (and its not that bad of a read either). Sometimes I am weary about the number of pages, yet the story itself about Father/Rector Tim keeps me glued for hours, which has not happened in a while. There is also a subtle irony in the title, because Tim doubts some in the book if this is where he should be or not. Its almost a transitory title, it could be called "For Now At Home In Mitford" - but I guess that would seem too long.. ha ha
The Mitford Years (1-6).......2007-09-28
Because of a sudden death in my family I haven't had time to read but about 1/2 of the first book (At Home in Mitford) in the boxed set. After reading only 1/2 of the first book I would recommend it highly
Wonderful Series.......2007-06-06
I have read this series myself and have given it several times as gifts. This purchase was a gift for my best friend. I previously gave it to my 102-year-old aunt, my mother and my neighbor. Everyone I know who has read these books, loves them.
AT HOME IN MITFORD BOX SERIES.......2007-06-01
THIS ORDER CAME VERY QUICKLY! IT WAS A VERY NICELY PACKAGED GIFT THAT I WAS PROUD TO GIVE. MOM WAS VERY HAPPY!
Absolutly Delightful!.......2007-05-07
This set of books set in Mitford are such a pleasure to read. Part way through you begin to feel like you, too, are a citizen of this wonderful town. Jan Karon sure can write! I would reccomend them highly.
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The village of Mitford is soothing tonic for a readership that feels starved for community and yearns for clear morals. The recently married Father Tim and his plain-folk neighbors live the best of Christianity in everyday life. Even the rampant gossip in Mitford is the good kind: folks worrying about other folks and everyone minding one another's business out of concern rather than malice. As a result, no one faces a crisis alone. Often the crises are cause for a belly laugh, such as the rectory's new computer system that seems programmed to torment. But just as often the crises have the bite of real-life problems, such as the bloody young girl in shredded clothes, whom Father Tim finds after she was beaten by her drunken father, and the soul-wrenching despair Father Tim feels when he loses a surrogate mother. The heavily quoted scripture gives a day-to-day context for biblical teachings as well as spiritual solace during the sadder days at Mitford. --Gail Hudson
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For years, Mitford's sixty-something rector has been happily married to his parish. Now he's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious next-door neighbor. For Father Tim, life in Mitford has never been so full of surprises. His wife is "aging" his already ancient kitchen walls, not to mention burning his draperies. The mountain boy he's learned to love as his own makes a heartrending decision. And the agony of mastering the church computer system is as boggling as the pandemonium that breaks loose when his quiet rectory becomes a nursery. All this, however, is small potatoes compared to what happens on a wilderness camping trip that sends him home a changed man. In These High, Green Hills, Jan Karon takes her readers on a heartwarming and hilarious visit to Mitford, where her lovable characters always inspire laughter, tears, and fresh hope.
Customer Reviews:
Jan Karon.......2007-10-03
I love this series and would hope everyone would read it. It is how life should be.
Third in the series.......2007-04-17
Cynic that I am, I do not usually like any book that could be described as "heartwarming," and this book has been described with that adjective. So why am I not giving it a review of only one star? Because despite myself I enjoyed the book. I know it is manipulative in the extreme. I realize that Ms. Karon stacks the cards to make everything come out well--e.g. when Father Tim and wife are lost in the cave and rescued before they suffer more than mild thirst. The whole thing is akin to the old western movies where the sandy streets are filled with horses but there is no horse manure--ever. Mitford just doesn't have any hardcore villains, no real crime, no manure. When people curse, we don't actually hear the words. It is, in effect, Pleasantville.
The fact is, this and the first two installment are not novels at all by any strict definition. There is no real plot that works throughout. Rather, there are mostly minor incidents that soon get resolved or are left over for the next book. Oh, people die and babies are born and there are marriages. But nothing of real moment happens outside the pale. Jeopardy does not enter into this little mountain town.
I must admit that I am troubled at times by the theological intrusions. These seem to increase with each book so far. Father Tim, the central character, is an Episcopal priest, so religion is unavoidable within the narrative. Alexander Pope, the 18th century English poet, warned us to beware of anyone with only one book, be it the Koran or Bible or Catcher in the Rye. Not every solution or measure or value can be found in one work. And not all of Father Tim's solutions are found in one book--or so it seems to me.
But it is comfortable for a reader to go to Mitford for a few hours, and in the final analysis, the real reason we read is to enjoy, to escape, as it were. Mitford is an escape from the more trying events of the real world. I'm now on the fourth installment of the Mitford books with five more to go. I look forward to the trip.
Prompt and reliable.......2007-01-12
This item arrived within a few days and was in the condition as stated.
Wonderful... as are all of Jan Karon's books!.......2006-05-12
Mitford is the kind of place that we would all love to live.... a slpeey little town in the mountains where you know your neighbors. I recommend buying this book... and curling up in your favorite chair with a warm blanket and cup of hot chocolate! Turn the phones off and slip away... I guarentee that you won't want to come back!
Karon Satisfies Cravings.......2006-03-20
For those who have been craving yet another helping of Mitford, Jan Karon's, These High Green Hills will surely satisfy your appetite. This third book in the series immediately dives into the newlywed lives of Tim and Cynthia Kavanagh. As frequent Mitford readers know, Tim's marriage to Cynthia came as a shock to everyone, including Tim himself. Being a bachelor for over sixty years had definitely created many habits that Tim finds hard to break. However, with Cynthia's bright spirit, and ever flowing creative juices, Tim soon realizes that change is inescapable, even in the small town of Mitford.
While Tim plunges into married life, many of his closest friends experience variation in their lives as well. Tim's surrogate son, Dooley ventures into the world of private education, thanks to benefactress, Ms. Sadie Baxter. Though she is aging, Ms. Sadie shows the same old spunk, and continues to develop her lifelong friendship with her domestic employee, Louella. When the town helps Ms. Sadie celebrate her ninetieth birthday, the future seems as bright as ever. However, Ms. Sadie takes a turn for the worst when she falls and injures her wrist. Despite the worries of her health, everyone anxiously awaits the completion of The Hope House Retirement Home, Ms. Sadie's largest contribution to Mitford. She is providing the money in honor of the Episcopalian church, where Tim holds the pastoral position. Since Father Tim resides as her priest [her most beloved in her years of membership], Ms. Sadie gives him the task of finding a chaplain for the home. Apart from the worries of this job, Father Tim must still fulfill his duties to his parish, including the labors he detests. For instance, the understanding of technology. Due to the slow progression of Mitford, hardly anyone knows much about electronics, especially computers. However, the church soon discovers that a computer is a must for keeping things organized. Will Tim win the technological battle with his longtime secretary, Emma Newland? Change is forever creeping into the quiet peace of Mitford.
Beyond the borders of the small town lies a rough area known as `The Creek'. Poverty, drugs, abuse, and much more are prevalent throughout this domain. As Father Tim becomes more involved with helping the people in this area, the struggles become involved with him as well. Several situations leave him feeling helpless, and he must rely solely on his faith in God's strength. Tim and Cynthia encounter another faith-testing experience when they agree to help chaperone the youth camping trip.
Throughout the ups and downs in the hills of Mitford, Tim continues to learn the meaning of true faith, and that God is in complete control. He professes this lesson to others during the story, amongst birth, death, romance, new life, and whatever else is served to the town of Mitford. Karon has truly outdone herself this time. She's shaken things up a bit, which leaves readers with the usual: still hankering for more!!
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Readers everywhere have discovered Mitford is good for the soul. Peopled with a lovable cast of characters and filled with mysteries and miracles, Mitford has become one of the most memorable small towns in recent literature.
Boxed set includes:
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High, Green Hills
Customer Reviews:
The Second Go Around.......2007-09-25
These books were purchased for my son who reads them every semester. They are his stress relief and he has just about worn out my copies. I got him these so I could have mine to read. Jan Karon has a wonderful way with characters - you know some of the people she writes about. The books are wonderful reading. Light but filled with the sorrows of life as well. Through these books you are encouraged to deepen your walk with God as He is portrayed so accurately.
Volume 1-3: At Home in Mitford.......2007-02-17
Upon recommendation of the a church librarian, we gave these books to my aunt in Texas. She has enjoyed reading them and appreciated their humor and the real life presentation. She thought they were great and is interested in others from the Mitford series.
Warm, engrossing stories of everyday life in a small town.......1999-11-16
The Mitford books are the most wonderful heart-felt adventures in small town living. The characters are real, their real-life problems and victories speak to all of us, and the feel of goodness and Christian faith stay with you long after the books are finished. Unforgettable! I wish Father Tim were the rector in our parish...
Wonderful place to visit!!!.......1999-09-06
The style of writing in this book transports you there!! I feel like I know these people after reading this series! Maybe because there is a little bit of all of these characters in each of us or we at least know someone like them!!! I look forward to all the Mitford books. Wholesome, fun, and easy to read!!
Please don't stop this woderful series!.......1999-05-31
I didn't think it was possible however, the second installment of the Mitford Series was just as warm, wonderful and cozy as the first! At last, it is such a pleasure to read a series of books dedicated to mature love with decency and something left to one's imagaination. I cannot thank Ms. Karon enough for bravely showing the timeliness and gentleness of what the gift of patience brings to those whose choose to wait on God and to wait for the other person to learn about themselves so that they may into share that knowledge in learning to love someone to include them in their life in marriage!
The literary world has been in need of such a refreshing style and gentleness of touch. That you again, Ms. Karon for giving us back love, respect and commitment.
God's blessings on this and all your future endeavors!
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All nine books in Jan Karon's delightful, gentle, heart-warming Mitford series in an attractive matched set of trade paperbacks. "A trip to Mitford is good for the soul."
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Contains first 6 titles in Jan Karon's Mitford Series:
At Home in Mitford
A Light in the Window
These High, Green Hills
Out to Canaan
A New Song
A Common Life, The Wedding Story
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Jan Karon has attracted an enthusiastic population of fans to her stories set in a little town so cozy that everyone wants to put their feet up and stay awhile. The adventures of Father Tim and his shaggy, scripture-loving dog, Barnabus, begun in At Home in Mitford (RB# 94808), have captured the affection of listeners nationwide. As These High, Green Hills begins, Father Tim and his talented neighbor have just returned from their honeymoon. Settling into life together in the small rectory, they find new adventures and challenges waiting for them. A church group camping trip turns the frisky Barnabus into an intrepid explorer. Troubled young parishioners appear with problems and growing pains that test the newlyweds endurance. Jan Karon has filled Mitford with an engaging assortment of characters, both serious and comic. John McDonoughs warm-hearted narration lifts these residents from the pages and sends them down the streets of this now-familiar town. Sit back and let them share their joys, their tears, and their hopes with you.
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These High, Green Hills (The Mitford Years #3)
Jan Karon
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- Leaves of Grass (Enriched Classics)
- Letters to a Young Poet
- Mathematical Sciences After the Year 2000
- MATLAB(R) for Photomechanics- A Primer
- Matter in Equilibrium: Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics includes CD-ROM (Topics in Physical Chemistry)
- Metal-Catalysed Reactions of Hydrocarbons (Fundamental and Applied Catalysis)
- Nectar in a Sieve (Signet Classics)
- New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics
- Non-Equilibrium Entropy and Irreversibility (Mathematical Physics Studies)
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel
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