Alvin is Being Re-Published for 2006!!!
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The Magnificent Inventions of Alvin Fernald is coming back in print in 2006! For those who have enjoyed this book and its companion books over the decades, Bethlehem Press is bringing it back! You can find out the publishing dates, etc., at [...] and it will be available here through Amazon as well.  There is a such an enduring universality of the themes of the Alvin books, that this series will just go on forever...and deservedly so.
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Where was this book when I was in middle school? A neckbeard holybook perfect for the coffee table. I have the second volume pre ordered
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Lots of people seem to be ticked off that the publisher has re-released&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Another-Chance-to-Dream/dp/0425208664/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Another Chance to Dream</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/If-I-Had-You/dp/0425176940/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">If I Had You</a>&nbsp;together in this one title. Apparently those people just hit "buy" without checking Lynn Kurland's site, where she explained that this was the publisher's only method of keeping these books in print. She was very grateful to them for doing it, and so am I!

But an added bonus is that these stories are now available as kindle books!  And you get both for the price of one!

So what's not to like? If you've already got the stories (both of which are historicals, rather than paranormal or time-travel) and don't want more, don't buy it. But if you haven't read them and want to know more...

<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Another-Chance-to-Dream/dp/0425208664/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Another Chance to Dream</a>&nbsp;is the story of a Gwen...a hot-headed girl in Medieval England who has been unable to find a way out of her betrothal, despite years of plotting and planning. She's known who she wants for years...the landless Rhys de Piaget. Rhys loves her, too, but his lack of land and title isn't his biggest problem. His honor keeps him from stealing her away when he should have, before it was too late. But Rhys isn't a man to give up...

This story definitely has its "all is lost" moments, and some don't care for it for that reason. But I love it because of Rhys's dedication. Rhys is who he is, and you just can't help but love him! (BTW...Rhys and Gwen are the parents/grandparents of most of the de Piaget stories that Lynn has written.)

<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/If-I-Had-You/dp/0425176940/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">If I Had You</a>&nbsp;Is Robin's story. Robin and Anne both appear as children in Another Chance to Dream, but they're grown now, and Robin has been haunted by his failures and his past for so long that not even his easy-going brother Nicholas can convince him that things aren't as impossible as they seem. As for Anne, he'd give anything to have her, but what he has yet to realize is that it isn't giving something that will win her...it's facing his past that will open his eyes to the fact that she's been waiting for him since she was a girl.

I absolutely love Robin and Anne's story. Anne is an inspiring woman, for her strength is remarkable, despite her quiet, sweet ways. Who else could love (and put up with) Robin so well? But Robin is a wonderful hero, too. A tortured hero, yes...but most definitely a hero. This one's got some laugh-out-loud scenes, too!

Sooo...enjoy everyone!  (And please stop complaining about it being a re-issue...I promise you, it's a very GOOD thing for all Lynn Kurland fans!)
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I am 27 and the Scary Stories books were a favorite when I was in elementary school. Both the school and public libraries were always out of them, so it was necessary to pester your parents to buy you your own set. I got this anthology when I was in 3rd grade and it was one of my most prized possessions.

When my parents were moving a year ago, I was going through my childhood bedroom and ran across my old copy. However, the dust jacket was gone and it was falling apart at the binding, and I was happy to see that I could get a replacement copy, if at a highly elevated price. I cannot stress enough that if you are looking for the books as you remember them, it is worth every penny.

The books were published again in 2011... BUT instead of featuring the original illustrations by Stephen Gammell, the artwork has been replaced with cutesy dreck. Now, no offense to Alvin Schwartz, but Gammell's artwork was what REALLY made the Scary Stories books terrifying and nightmare-inducing, and replacing it to make the books more palatable to namby-pamby parents is a deplorable travesty.

I highly suggest getting the books with the original artwork however you can, be it this treasury or purchasing them singly if you have to, before the price gets truly unaffordable or they cannot be found at all. If you have kids, they deserve to experience the stories as they were originally intended. To this day, I won't step into a bathroom after dark without turning the light on first because of the "Ghost in the Mirror" story.
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This is an old favorite that I read to my younger siblings and my own children and I'm ordering a copy for my young nephew on payday. I have gotten the board version of familiar books before and sometimes they are abbreviated and don't have the full story.
Has anybody familiar with the original bought the board book? Was it shortened? I love the board format for sturdiness but it's not worth losing content. Thanks in advance, will check back when I place the order:)
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Just wait for New Moon Graphic Novel vol. 2 !!!! Great work Young Kim.
I have an exclusive book. No one will have here in Brazil!!!
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I've loved Dave and Phil since I saw them perform with the Blasters on Fridays back in the 80's.  This CD is a great mix of great songs with the Alvin's style.  And the best part is that they sound like they're having fun!
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I am very happy to see that they seem to be reprinting this book once more. Ariel is a very compelling and well written story that has maintained it's position as my favorite book of all time since I first read it 10 years ago. I could not recommend this book highly enough, and am excited that it is being reproduced for another generation to enjoy. I have two copies of the original paperback, and will have to add this newer print to the collection. I also highly recommend the sequel to this book, "Elegy Beach" it is equally well written and was an absolute blast to read 9 years after reading the original.
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This is an Awesome Book!!! My Dad got it for me. After I read the first book, Aloha, Kanani, I knew I wanted the second book. I also wanted the Kanani doll, but it was too late because it was already 2012. I think everybody should read this book because it's very interesting, and VERY fun to read!!! Happy Reading!!
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I have had this item on my Wish List for just under a year but it was priced like a collector's item because it had been published in 1997! Then the book was re-published THIS YEAR!!  It is a beautiful hardback book with fun pictures and great information. I'm an east coast person so I wish there was a higher representation of our theaters (NJ/PA) but it is still a great book! Don & Susan are my new favorite people and I intend on sending them a letter to thank them for the book.

Background: I own two other Drive-In books and have been visiting abandoned drive-in sites, as well as two operating ones. I intend to see at least three open drive-ins this year (in addition to Delsea Drive-In, my regular drive-in).
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I had to have this book specifically because I got the book when I was 8 years old. I am really glad that they are re-releasing them in an illustrated option. I think that they be a great addition to my original collection!!
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This is the 2nd book in a trilogy (Bridge of Birds, The Story of the Stone, and Eight Skilled Gentlemen).  It appears to be out of print.  I got it from a book seller in the UK.  Barry Hughart is an excellent writer and is obviously well versed in ancient Chinese language, customs, cultures, folk lore, poetry and art.  The last book of the trilogy (Eight Skilled Gentlemen) was published in 1991 and is still in print.  As far as I can tell, Hughart stopped writing after the last book of the trilogy.  He has a lot to offer, if he was tired of Number 10 Ox and Master Li he could have started anew--anybody know why he stopped?  According to the last page of the book "He now lives and works in Tucson, Arizona," (this circa 1991).  If anyone in Tucson reads this I hope you will look Barry up and ask him to start writing again.  If he has other books out there and I've missed them I'd appreciate the info.  Thanks.
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Alvin has once again proven what a great writer he is! I always find myself deep in his stories. The introduction of Zelda and her story was so compelling and bringing back his previous characters from Brush Strokes, Perfect Circle and One Safe Place, was nice, as they are all so familiar. I can't wait until the next one!
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Dear Readers-
 I own the copyright to Midnight Song Quest of the Vanished Ones and I am in the process of adding a part TWO with a new title!!! It should be around 300-350 pages total. The new book will be available on AMAZON hopefully by Christmas of 2013,  We are witnessing the RETURN of the LIGHT to our home planet!  This is the wave of the inter-dimensional travel, the giant crest of the ZUVAH  that Jose Arguelles spoke of in his book "SURFERS of the ZUVUAH" in 1989 (also available on Amazon). BUY that book!! And you will KNOW that all those gloom and doomers were WRONG!! Ha ha!! 2012 was a slippery mountain to climb and fear was an easy way for desperate people to expose us to misinformation to "hacK" the love and hope to BITS!! So, CELEBRATE MORE THAT YOU MOURN. THE BOTTOM-FEEDERS WILL BE AMUSED AND THEN FREAK OUT THAT THERE A BILLIONS OF US IN ALL COUNTRIES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE, BEING- JUST BEING WHO AND WHAT WE ARE.

The resurrected renaissance  of creative arts, music, writing, good movies, spirituality and lightly walking on the Earth Mother RESPECTFULLY is happening at this moment! Paddle your surf boards out, enter the silence, and catch the crest of the wave!! We are BACK!!! I have personally been working on holding the FREE SPACE on the BINGO card since my book, "Dancing the Dream", came out in 1998.  The amazing daily miracles and everyday magic are there, awaiting your hearts' opening like dragonflies assisting you in capturing the spiritual!!!  BY the way, EARTH is an anagram for HEART and our gift is the NOW!!  That is why it is called the PRESENT!

Warning to buyers from the author of this book. It is my only book that is out of print and unless someone is pulling your leg in a greedy way, DON't pay $40.00 or MORE for a "NEW" or used copy of my book when it is most likely a very clean used copy that went out of print in 1990 due to the former publisher's lack of integrity regarding two of my book contracts with them.

As beings using our life force to create a better world, we have asked for closure and it is being given.. I feel it and have for a while. We are being blessed in all ways- OWN IT AND GLIDE THROUGH THE FINAL DEATH THROWS OF A MENTAL HOLIGRAM MADE BY UNINFORMED HUMAN BEINGS- THE GREAT MYSTERY DOES NOT NEED TO BE SOLVED!

Very sincerely your, Jamie Sams- International Best-selling Author
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When I was 10 years old, my brothers and I went to spend the weekend with my parent's friends, the Worthingtons.  Mr. Worthington, knowing I was a voracious reader, gave me a paper grocery sack full of pulp science fiction from the 1960s.  The funny thing is I don't remember much about the books I read that weekend, except that I enjoyed them immensely.  What I most remember is the ad for H. Beam Piper's Fuzzy Sapiens which was in the back of one of the books.  The Fuzzies looked so cute, that I just had to find the book!!

Unfortunately for me, Fuzzy Sapiens was published in 1964, 3 years before I was born, and although classified at the time in the same genre as The Hobbit, never took on the same cult status as Tolkien's highly successful start of the Middle Earth saga.  So for 35 years, my yearning for Fuzzies was limited to my dreams.

Then, last November, I was visiting Art at school in Oregon and we stopped at a used bookstore to peruse the aisles.  I am a huge Kindle fan, but there is still much to be said for a good and worn used book.  The musty smell, the notes in the margins, the browning or yellowing of the dog-eared pages - all of these indicators give me some idea of how much the previous owner (or owners) enjoyed the book.

Anyway, as I wandered the science fiction section (my favorite), what popped out at me but the entire Fuzzy trilogy!!!  I didn't even know there was a trilogy.  Little Fuzzy is the first book and the one I read for this review.

Parts of this book were very pulpy and fun, like watching the original Star Trek and wondering how they could have such "advanced" technology but no one had invented seatbelts?  In Fuzzy Sapiens all video data is transmitted by super fast reel to reel tape.  Seriously?  How many of my readers even remember reel to reel tapes?  Yeah, that's what I thought.

The best part of this book is Jack Holloway, the crusty old prospector who takes to "his" Fuzzies, the way that Grandfather took to Heidi.  The Fuzzies are cute and cuddly and not at all Gremlin-like.  The majority of the story revolves around whether or not the Fuzzies can be classified as sapient beings or "people".  There is a definite tinge of xenophobia in this book, as even those who believe the Fuzzies can think and reason tend to treat the little people more like pets or small children than peers.  Since this book was written in 1962, I give the author some credit for his forward thinking and excuse his lack of prescience in civil rights.
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I think I will make it a yearly thing to read one Stephen King book around Halloween. Whos better at presenting a scary book than Stephen King? No one I can think of.

This year I read his first published book, Carrie which I found creepy, but not the kind of scary that keeps you up at night (like how Salems Lot was when I read that last year). I still found the novel enjoyable and found it a worthy debut. Its hard to imagine that Stephen King has been writing for 40 years! And he is still churning out good stuff even after this long (at least that is what my friends say who have read a lot more of his books, especially the more recent stuff).

Anyways, back to Carrie, creepy, yes, definitely, and well worth the time spent reading it. You really feel bad for Carries character. Poor thing! If anyone out there was treated the same way as she, would you find her later actions justifiable? A question I pondered even after finishing the book. Now I badly want to see the movie, the original one that is, with Sissy Spacek.
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Fantastic! Completely enjoyable. I practically wait on tenterhooks every year in anticipation of that year's release of another Two Lumps book. The comments added to each comic by both the artist and the writer are usually just as funny as the comic featured on the same page.

I have only one negative thing to say: Why, after eight years of producing beautiful books, all in uniform size, did the size of the book change? It truly is "17% Bigger", When I saw that statement on the cover image of the book on Amazon, I simply assumed it meant thicker, not taller and wider! It truly stands out on the shelf where I display my "Two Lumps" items. I wonder what Angry Fish would say if he knew anything about this seeming travesty?