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41. DNS on Windows Server 2003
 
42. A Pocketfull of Cricket
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43. My Spin on Cricket
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44. A Social History of English Cricket
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45. The Magic Indian Cricket, Revised
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46. The Tented Field: A History of
 
47. The Very Quiet Cricket
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48. Legends of Cricket (New Speciality
 
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49. 2007 New Zealand Cricket Almanack
 
50. Oxford and Cambridge Cricket (The
 
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51. Nicholas Cricket
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52. Kangaroo and Cricket
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53. Eye of the Cricket
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54. The Cricket in Times Square Study
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55. Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
 
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56. Cricket in a Fist
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57. The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket
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58. My Own Very Quiet Cricket Coloring
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59. Raw Health: Pathways To Natural
 
60. Cricket Grounds Then and Now

41. DNS on Windows Server 2003
by Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, Robbie Allen
Paperback: 416 Pages (2003-12-01)
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Asin: 0596005628
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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While computers and other devices identify each other on networks or the Internet by using unique addresses made up of numbers, humans rely on the Domain Name System (DNS), the distributed database that allows us to identify machines by name.DNS does the work of translating domain names into numerical IP addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services, so that users require little or no knowledge of the system. If you're a network or system administrator, however, configuring, implementing, and maintaining DNS zones can be a formidable challenge. And now, with Windows Server 2003, an understanding of the workings of DNS is even more critical.DNS on Windows Server 20003 is a special Windows-oriented edition of the classic DNS and BIND, updated to document the many changes to DNS, large and small, found in Windows Server 2003.Veteran O'Reilly authors, Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, and Robbie Allen explain the whole system in terms of the new Windows Server 2003, from starting and stopping a DNS service to establishing an organization's namespace in the global hierarchy.Besides covering general issues like installing, setting up, and maintaining the server, DNS on Windows Server 2003 tackles the many issues specific to the new Windows environment, including the use of the dnscmd program to manage the Microsoft DNS Server from the command line and development using the WMI DNS provider to manage the name server programmatically. The book also documents new features of the Microsoft DNS Server in Windows Server 2003, including conditional forwarding and zone storage in Active Directory (AD) application partitions.DNS on Windows Server 2003 provides grounding in:

  • Security issues
  • System tuning
  • Caching
  • Zone change notification
  • Troubleshooting
  • Planning for growth
If you're a Windows administrator, DNS on Windows Server 2003 is the operations manual you need for working with DNS every day. If you're a Windows user who simply wants to take the mystery out of the Internet, this book is a readable introduction to the Internet's architecture and inner workings. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Updates are always good.
I was already fimilar with DNS from the first issues of this book.But this new issue does cover Microsoft DNS which I believe is excellent.

More ISP and System Admins nowadays are reliaing on MS DNS because it comes free with Microsoft Servers, high performance, it has a text based like Unix DNS, it is easy to maintain and the big reason is that it's easy to pass on the DNS responsibilities to any lower cost IT staff.

1-0 out of 5 stars Don't use this book if you are preparing for 70-291.
I just recently bought this book because of the fine reviews people gave.

The reason i bought this book is to get a clearer understanding of DNS related to Server 2003. I don't want to be a paper MCSE so i look voor as
much study material on the subject where i can get my hands on.
To cut corners if you are studying for the 70-291 please buy this book read it and come back here and tell how much it helped you. For me it was
a waste of money. The info can be obtained by smart Google searches.

That was my oppinion now about the book itself.

It starts very good i have to say with the explaination of DNS in an overview. The book is ok until you are getting at chapter 5 of the 16th chapters.

Chapter 5 is about MX records Exhange etc. The chapter is much to brief in my oppinion arround 9 pages or 4 A4 pages.

Chapter 7 is better but after that downhill. I skipped chapters.

Chapter 15 and 16 are again uphill.

To recap my experiences, the Book starts very promising in the first 4 chapters, they walk you through the installation of some DNS servers, and
the strange thing is they leave that path. The stuf gets boring to read over the chapters that follow and it turns out in a dry textbook.

TO end there is an old saying in Holland perhaps english speakers know it also: 'In the land of the blind one eye is King'. Consultants
are being payed to Design and set up in this case DNS solutions, its like shooting in your own foot to write well written books on those subjects.
And thats the problem, i found the official Microsoft 70-291 and the DNS discussed there of a better quality, a big Shame on you guys!!
Matt Larson, Cricket Liu and Robbie Allen.

5-0 out of 5 stars The book for Windows DNS
I got this book coming from a BIND background and wanting to move to Windows DNS (I do have a valid reason). The first few chapters cover DNS background similar to the BIND book. After that it moves on into how to do things in the Windows world. It uses examples that are straight from the BIND book but done in Windows 2003. There are lots of screen shots and clear explanation. One of the really good things, for those coming from a *nix background, are the chapters on running from a command line and using PERL scripts to manage DNS. Overall it is a great book for anyone running DNS on Windows.

4-0 out of 5 stars Good review
Well written book, it needs to be updated for newer operating systems that are now being used. Good examples and illustrations, the book will be a good review or refresher for those that haven't been around DNS in a while.

5-0 out of 5 stars An absolutely painless way to fill your DNS knowledge gap!
I find O'Reilly books to be like Cisco's or Apple's books, in that they place a value on being readable, witty, and scrupulously technical. You will understand DNS on Win2K3 if you read this book. ... Read more


42. A Pocketfull of Cricket
 Hardcover: Pages (1970)

Isbn: 0030468353
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43. My Spin on Cricket
by Richie Benaud
Hardcover: 304 Pages (2005-09-01)
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My Spin on Cricket tells the story of the great game through the ages, through personal anecdotes and a lively, well-informed narrative by Richie Benaud, the popular cricket commentator and former Australian cricket captain. With the emphasis on the modern game, Richie puts current events under the spotlight and relates them to the past. He discusses all aspects of the game, including gambling, sledging, leadership, and technological development in this entertaining and highly informative book.
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44. A Social History of English Cricket
by Derek Birley
Paperback: 400 Pages (2003-07-11)
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Asin: 1854109413
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45. The Magic Indian Cricket, Revised Edition:Cricket and Society in India (Sport in the Global Society)
by Mihir Bose
Paperback: 284 Pages (2006-04-28)
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In the last twenty years, Indian cricket has been transformed. With the arrival of global television networks, mass-media coverage and multinational sponsors, cricket has become big business and India has become the economic driving force in the world game. For the first time a developing country has become a major player in the international sports arena.
This fully updated and revised edition of Mihir Boses classic history is a unique account of the Indian cricket phenomenon. Drawing on a combination of extensive research and personal experience, Bose traces the development of the Indian game from its beginnings as a colonial pastime to its coming of age as a national passion and now a global commercial powerhouse. This illuminating study reveals Indian crickets central place in modern India's identity, culture and society.
Insightful, honest and challenging, Bose tackles the myths and controversies of Indian cricket. He considers the game in terms of race, caste, politics, national consciousness and ambition, money, celebrity and the media, evoking all the unpredictability, frustration and glory that is the magic of Indian cricket. ... Read more


46. The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America
by Tom Melville
Paperback: 280 Pages (1998-11)
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Asin: 0879727705
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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This book presents a detailed, full, and well-documented history of cricket playing in America, focusing on its period of growth in the 1840s and its periodic revivals and the social and cultural factors and circumstances of these revivals of interest. Its argument essentially is that cricket failed to take on, or resisted an American identity but that the sport had considerable appeal and recognized virtues both as a bat-and-ball sport and a "gentlemanly" sport that fostered sportsmanship, control, public manners, and decorum. Cricket found acceptance mainly in the upper leisure class but also appealed to working-class people. Melville argues that cricket resisted changes in the rules or style of play that would have made it a faster-moving sport of alternating cation (offense and defense) and that it remained a club sport that resisted professionalism and organization for profit. ... Read more

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3-0 out of 5 stars Slow Pitch
Sports histories fall into two categories:fans' histories - replete with memorable games, famous players, rules changes, league standings, and team and individual records - and academics' histories, which brush aside those matters in favor of sociology, cultural analysis and politics.While Tom Melville is a cricket fan (author of a proselytizing primer, "Cricket for Americans"), he writes here as an academic, with chapter titles like, "The Retreat from Cosmopolitanism and the Fallacy of the Chadwick Thesis".The upshot is a thoroughly researched volume that concentrates almost exclusively on what Americans thought about cricket and why they did (or more often did not) take it up.

The main subject of "The Tented Field" is cricket's unsuccessful rivalry with baseball.The older sport had solid foundations in pre-Civil War America but progressively gave way to its younger cousin.Mr. Melville traces the peaks and valleys of cricket's popularity from the 1830's, when organized play first appeared, through the first decade of the 20th century, when a final upswing failed to take hold.He has much to say about who played cricket, and when and where and why.How they played and what they did scarcely enters the picture.Save for an occasional brief anecdote and several reproductions of photographs and engravings, cricket itself is all but invisible throughout the work.As a small instance, Mr. Melville has unearthed the box score (to use the baseball term) of a famous 1845 match, legendarily the first in which native Americans held their own against immigrants from England.He uses this evidence to probe the ethnic makeup of the sides but neither reprints it nor tells us what happened on the field.

The author cannot, of course, be blamed for having chosen not to write fans' history, but anyone who picks this volume up under the delusion that he will find accounts of the exploits of American cricketers should be forewarned.The academic delver into sports history will find better rewards.The research is prodigious.One quakes at the thought of how many yellowing newspapers and forgotten magazines Mr. Melville had to turn over to compile his 57 page list of American cricket clubs.On the other hand, the conclusions drawn from this mass of material are a bit confused.The summary statements in the final chapter are difficult to relate to what has gone before, and the ultimate verdict, "Cricket failed in America because it never established an American character", sounds less like an answer than a restatement of the question.

"The Tented Field" contains abundant raw materials for a history of cricket in the United States, but that history, from the point of view of either fan or academic, has yet to be written.

5-0 out of 5 stars An excellent book
This is a superb book, one of the best, if notthe best, historical treatments of cricket ever written. Anyonetrying to promote cricket in America had better read this.

5-0 out of 5 stars A ground breaking history book.
This is an excellent book.Not a rah-rah, scores and biography history,but an attempt to explain why cricket failed as an American sport. Readerswill be amazed to learn how extensively cricket once was played in theUnited States (the author includes a state by state, city by city listingof 19th century American cricketclubs from around the country).Thisbookisn't light reading, but worthwhile for anyone who wants to know howAmerica's sporting culture developed

5-0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to cricket currently available.
This is the best book available explaining criket to readers unfamiliar with the game.The work not only explains the basic rules of the game,but also provides chapters on basic game strategy, terminology and worldorganization.It even has a chapter on how to teach cricket to Americans.Best of all, the author does this by drawing comparisons to baseballthroughout the work. Can't see how anyone could do a better job coveringthis topic. ... Read more


47. The Very Quiet Cricket
 Board book: 24 Pages (1998)

Isbn: 0590261479
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Another charmingly told tale by the wonderful Eric Carle! Poor little cricket wants to speak, but to no avail. One magical night he meets very quiet girl cricket...and finds his voice. Cricket "chirp" plays on last page. Vibrantly illustrated with just enough text to keep a child's attention. ... Read more


48. Legends of Cricket (New Speciality Titles)
by Geoff Armstrong
Hardcover: 224 Pages (2003-05-01)
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Asin: 1865088366
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars A Must Own and a Must Read Indeed
If you are an avid cricket fan you should own "Legends of Cricket" even if you don't agree with the author's rankings. Each article is very informative and thoroughly researched. ... Read more


49. 2007 New Zealand Cricket Almanack
by Francis Payne, Ian Smith
 Paperback: 496 Pages (2007-11-01)
list price: US$36.89 -- used & new: US$25.66
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Asin: 1869711203
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50. Oxford and Cambridge Cricket (The MCC Cricket Library)
by Hubert Doggart, George Chesterton
 Hardcover: 344 Pages (1989-06-06)

Isbn: 0002182955
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51. Nicholas Cricket
by Joyce Maxner
 Paperback: Pages (1991-09)
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Asin: 0064432750
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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4-0 out of 5 stars Nicholas Cricket
This is a tale about a cricket and his band.They play beautiful music for all of the animals that come to the lake.The name of the band is the Bug-a-Wug Cricket Band.Their favorite place to play is at the Little Lake and the Little Stream.This story is mainly about how soft and beautiful their bands music sounds and how it gets all of the animals to dance and have a good time.It is a good book if you would like to read it.

Josh V.

5-0 out of 5 stars I really like this book
I have to say that I have enjoyed Nicholas Cricket from the very first time I read it to my daughter 9 years ago.I play the banjo myself and have always been fond of "bugs". I find the illustrations to be marvelous and evoke a joyful jazz age when banjos were hot and zoot-suitswere cool! The text is lyrical and very enjoyable to read aloud.I haverecommended Nicholas Cricket to all my friends and to both public andschool libraries. It is a great book.

5-0 out of 5 stars Beautiful illustrations
This book is full of beautiful, rich illustrations.I enjoy it just asmuch as my 2.5 yr old who insisted we read it every night for a month! ... Read more


52. Kangaroo and Cricket
by Lorianne Siomades
Hardcover: 32 Pages (1999-09)
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Asin: 156397780X
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Colorful and Interactive
My daughters, ages 4 and 2.5, are big fans of the books written by Lorianne Siomades.The bright colors are eye catching, the text featuring large font is easy to read.As a parent I am constantly searching for books that are not only fun to read but educational as well.This book packs in a lot in 32 pages.I can teach my girls the similarities between familiar animals, such as "Dog and squirrel...both bury things."I can introduce animals that are not so familiar, such as a badger and dragonfly.I can encourage my girls to find the wriggly worm on each page.AND - as an added bonus- the author has "hidden" another worm somewhere on the page (hint: look for the eyes).My girls are thrilled when they find those! Definitely recommended reading!

5-0 out of 5 stars A toddler's favorite!
Our 19 month old daughter has two of Siomades' books - this one and "My Box of Color." Undeniably, among all of the books we've gotten her, and she must have 100 by now, these two are her very favorites. Tell her to choose some books to read, and invariably she will come back toting these two. She will want us to read them to her not once, not twice, but over and over again. Often I will find her even leafing through the pages, engaged by their contents, all on her own. Try to interest her in another book, and very often she'll toss it aside and reach for "Kangaroo and Cricket" one more time!

Although we also think they're darling, my husband and I have tried to guess at their great allure through a child's eyes - whether it's the brightly colored illustrations, the rhyming and rythmic text, or possibly the signature little worms on each and every page (some a challenge to find), which at every reading, our daughter takes great pleasure pointing out to us with squeals of delight as she shows us every one.

Whatever the reason, the two books have become a joyous daily ritual of interaction with our daughter, one that never fails to derive many smiles from all three of us at every reading. These are among the moments spent together that we all look forward to the most. This is clearly a toddler's choice for the perfect book. A good choice, in our opinion, as the lesson it teaches is that we all have something in common, regardless of our differences.

As a parent, we live for such things that delight and tickle our children. I would highly recommend this book, and we intend to seek out other books by Siomades as well in order to expand our daughter's "oh so very favorite" part of her library! ... Read more


53. Eye of the Cricket
by James Sallis
Paperback: 196 Pages (2000-04-01)
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Asin: 0802775810
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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His fourth book in the Lew Griffin series proves once again that James Sallis is one of the most death-defying writers working in the mystery genre. Readers who have the persistence to untangle a twisted time line and go with the peculiar flow of Sallis's unique prose will find many rewards. Griffin, a New Orleans-based, 50-ish African American novelist, teacher, and occasional detective, dots his twisting tale with dozens of references to the act of writing, plus verbal samplings of everyone from James Joyce to Emily Dickinson. Griffin is obsessed with searches for missing children: a 15-year-old boy named Delany who has dropped into a dangerous world of drugs; the somewhat older son of Griffin's best friend, who also seems determined to destroy himself; and David, Griffin's own, long-gone son. Looking for a connection to David, Griffin abandons his hard-won sobriety and sets out on a drunken quest through some of New Orleans's seediest sectors. There's not much mystery in this long section, but it leads to an ending that will have you on the edge of your seat. Previous books in the Griffin series available in paperback include Black Hornet and Moth.Book Description

Lew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans, a detective, a teacher, a writer. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son...and himself in the process. Now a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and displaying a copy of one of Lew's novels. It is the beginning of a quest that will take Griffin into his own past while he tries to deal in the present with a search for three missing young men.
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4-0 out of 5 stars A Grim Slice of Reality
This is the 4th book in the exceptionally dark Lew Griffin series. Before heading between the pages of this series it would really be a good idea to work out how susceptible to depression you are. If you prefer happy, light-hearted mysteries then believe me, this book will not be for you.

EYE OF THE CRICKET is an example of southern noir or, to be more precise, it's New Orleans noir told from the first person perspective. Lew Griffin is a black man who teaches French and English literature in between occasional flurries as the author of several novels. He is also known to be quite adept at finding missing persons and so he moonlights as a sort of private detective. He is a man who seems to care a great deal for others, to the point where he has difficulty saying no to people's requests, often to his own detriment.

It is in his capacity as a teacher that he is approached to act as a private detective by a student who had heard of his ability at finding people and asks Griffin to try to find his half-brother. Griffin immediately agrees to help, no questions asked, a typical response.

What is revealed is that Griffin himself has a son that is missing and the tragic irony is, although he is able to find other people's missing loved ones, he can't seem to find his own son, not even a clue of where he might be.

That is, until a vagrant is brought into a hospital emergency room and the only item in his possession that might identify who he is, is a copy of one of Griffin's books - a book he had inscribed for his son. Suddenly he feels he might have the clue that he needs to continue his search.

Although the storyline seems straightforward enough, it is littered with flashbacks, dreams and memories, all of which managed to keep throwing me completely off balance. It was not always clear which parts were actually happening and which parts were just memories. Often times they interrupted the flow so badly I had forgotten what the original storyline was about.

As it turns out, the actual detective work done by Griffin is inconsequential and is given only minor importance as the focus is more squarely placed on Griffin and the question of how he would survive his demons. The missing persons case serves to remind him directly of his own missing son, a fact that he dwells on constantly. Combined with this is the beginning of a new relationship with a wonderful and understanding woman. But this prompts endless memories of LaVerne, his dead wife. Dreams, memories and reality become intertwined as Griffin fights thoughts of his own failings, the results of which form the body of his (Griffin's) latest novel.

Towards the end of the book, Griffin allows himself to sink to incredible depths in his quest to find his son. His willingness to do this typifies the man who, for all his dark thoughts and introspection, is a deeply caring person. There are some points where some truly moving moments can be found. But it is also at this stage that the maximum attention must be paid as Griffin's consciousness becomes distorted and consequently, so does the narration.

As far as the characters other than Griffin are concerned, although there are many of minor players, there are only 2 who play any substantial role in the story, or who are given any real substance. The first is Don Walsh, a police detective who is equally as jaded as Griffin making him a perfect friend. He has seen too much of the seamier side of life to hold any real hopes of happiness and exudes an air of tired desperation whenever he meets Griffin. The other character is Deborah O'Neill, Griffin's new girlfriend and the shining light in the book. She represents a chance for Griffin to break out of his miasmic haze of self doubt and is a breath of fresh air each time she appears.

If you're a devotee of noir fiction, particularly those involving troubled loner detectives, then this book will appeal to you. It reminds me a lot of James Lee Burke's early Dave Robicheaux books. A lot of that has to do with the Louisiana setting, but is also due to the depth of turmoil going through the protagonist's mind.

This is a story that is carried on the shoulders of Lew Griffin. Its darkness is generated by the demons inside his head, but there is a distinct feeling of optimism by the time we reach the last few chapters. While the book doesn't exactly finish with a happy ending or an ending with any real climax, it probably comes as close to one that we're going to get in this moody series.

5-0 out of 5 stars Started on a whole new mystery series and a fine writer.
Am a regular reader of mysteries. How I'd missed Sallis I don't know. I am pleased to "discover" him and his wonderful characters. He has a fine feel for my favorite city to visit: New Orleans, and gives a sound psychological sense to his characters. Even the minor characters stand out as people I would be interested to know. I took several quotes from the book and introduced them to a class I was teaching on Human Identity. The words just fit right into the context of the class. Now I've read Black Hornet and am waiting for more.

5-0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait - I've read them all
New Orleans, old demons and a continuing search for the missing David.How could you go wrong?Lew Griffin is many things but never predictable.Everytime I read another Lew Griffin book I'm left wanting more....

5-0 out of 5 stars A real puzzler of a who done it
Now that he is in his fifties, African American Lew Griffin would prefer to just quit fighting the tide and go with the flow.Instead, Lew finds himself investigatingthe cases of several missing children, including the half-brother of a friend, the son of another friend, and his own son, David.To perform his search of New Orleans, Lew must enter the crummiest neighborhood areas where it's known that a teenager could drop out and turn on.

EYES OF THE CRICKET is the serpentine (try flow charting the plot) twisted fourth entry of Lew Griffin.As with its three predecessors, this novel is well written and filled with numerous twists and turns.Lew is an extremely lovable chap, whose new philosophy of "I Quit" clashes with his reality.Jim Sallis has written a book that will please most mystery afficiandos, except perhaps those who prefer a linear story line.

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54. The Cricket in Times Square Study Guide
by Andrew Clausen
Paperback: 60 Pages (1998-03-01)
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Easy-to-use, reproducible lessons on literary terms, comprehension and analysis, critical thinking, related scriptural principles, vocabulary, activities, plus a complete answer key. ... Read more


55. Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends)
by George Selden
Paperback: 64 Pages (2001-04-09)
list price: US$6.95 -- used & new: US$3.24
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Asin: 0374411816
Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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Chester Cricket--the famous cricket in Times Square--is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night.

Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city!
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4-0 out of 5 stars Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
Haven't read the book yet, bought it for me and my friend to read together, so can't rate it as yet, but I'm sure we'll enjoy it, as we've enjoyed all the books with Chester Cricket that we've read thus far.The delivery of the book was very timely.

So, I rated it 4 stars, just figuring it would be at least that good

4-0 out of 5 stars review for chester cricket
Chester crickets pigeon ride is about a cricket named chester who lives in a sub way in New York with a boy who cares for him and two friends that is a cat and a mouse and they are maried(The cat and mouse are the ones who are maried.)Also when Chester started to feel home sick from his origonal home in the country he began to smell some oak trees.(Their are barly any trees in New York.)So now Chester is tring to find out were the tree sent was coming from,but when he found out were the oak trees were their was a big problem Chester had to cross a bissy,bissy road called Park ave.(The oak trees are on the other side of Park ave,the trees are in a park called Central Park.)Now to get to the park Chester took a cople leeps to the other side and he jumped to the bigest oak tree he layed his eyes on.Next when Chester the cricket landed onthe tree he started to nibble on leafs,but then a pigeon flew right next to him and said,what is a cricket like you doing here in the city?(He is in Time Square,New York.)All Chester did was get scared,but then the pigeon saw that he was scaring Chester so he wanted to make it up to him by showing him the sights in New York like the Statue of Liberty.Also now every time Chestergoes to Central Park he has a new friend who is a pigeon.

4-0 out of 5 stars review for chester
Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride is about a cricket named chester who lived in a sub way with a boy who cares for him and two friends who is a cat and a mouse and they are maried (the mouse and cat are maried.)Also chester lived in time square were their are rarly any trees,but when chester was feeling home sick from his origonal home in the country he started to smell oak trees.So now chester is tring to figure out were the sent of the oak trees are coming from.When chester found out were the trees were he started to them,but he had to cross a bissy,bissy road.(The oak trees are in a park called Central Park.)Now that chester hopped accros the road he took a giant leep onto the bigest tree he saw and began to nibble on some leafs.But then a pigeon flew right next to chester the cricket and said,What is a cricket doing all the way in the city?All Chester did was get scared and the pigeon said don't be scared I'll show you something that will cheer you up(This is when chester is told to go on the pigeons back.)Since chester is on the pigeons back the pigeon takes off into flight to show chester the Statue of Liberty,then after that the pigeon and the bird become friends and every time chester goes to Central Park chester always sees the pigeon

3-0 out of 5 stars Hi
This is a preety good book.I know it can have better details.All of his other books are great! I just love them!

3-0 out of 5 stars Hi
This is a preety good book.I know it can have better details.All of his other books are great! I just love them! ... Read more


56. Cricket in a Fist
by Naomi K. Lewis
 Paperback: 268 Pages (2008-02-22)
list price: US$19.95 -- used & new: US$15.56
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Asin: 086492495X
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One night, Agatha Winter's phone rings. Jasmine, her 13-year-old sister, has run away from home and needs to be picked up at the bus terminal. It's the anniversary of their mother's accident and subsequent split from the family. Jasmine is determined to exact revenge. Their mother, now a flashy self-help guru under a new moniker, preaches "willing amnesia": liberation by deliberately forgetting and disowning the past. But "willing amnesia" is no innovation: it runs in the family. The girls' grandmother and great-grandmother, both Holocaust survivors, have found their own superficially innocuous yet fiercely destructive ways to fend off memory. In separate struggles, the girls work to break free from the burden of their family's silence. Told in three major and two minor voices, Cricket in a Fist offers sophisticated psychological insight. Lewis's rich command of language transports us into a world of richly imagined characters. ... Read more


57. The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek
by Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Paperback: 218 Pages (2007-09-15)
list price: US$12.00 -- used & new: US$6.93
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Asin: 1930900376
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Suppose you were hunting around in the desert for a fossil and instead you found a real (and very large) dinosaur, genus Stegosaurus. Joan and Joey Brown did! Only nobody would believe they had found one, which was just as well because George (as they called him) was very shy.

He was a loyal friend, though, and he did his best to help the twins with their schemes to make money to finance their mother's dry little ranch on Cricket Creek. George ate sagebrush, looked for fossils, and fought an airplane (which he thought was a Pteranodon) with faithful enthusiasm, but his nut-sized brain often made him more hindrance than help. Especially when he went after the bank robber!

Mrs. Lampman has told her hilarious story so convincingly that you'll be looking for dinosaurs around every mesa. And who knows? Maybe you'll find one! ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars The Shy Stegosaurus
I have a friend whose grandson loves dinosaurs.I bought this book and "The Enormous Egg" for him.He will enjoy both.I've read both books to my class and they have liked them.

5-0 out of 5 stars A great book for children
All throughout elementary school, I took this book out of my school library so many times that the librarian used to make me wait a few weeks between each borrowing so other kids could read it too. All these many years later (I'm 44 now)I've asked my husband to buy it for me for Christmas so I can share this wonderful story with my two daughers. They don't make them like this anymore. A truly delightful and heartfelt story that will make you laugh and cry and be so happy that you read it.

5-0 out of 5 stars fond memories for me, too
I, too, loved this book as a shy-ish kid and am so glad to see it re-printed so I can share it with my grandchildren.I really, really wish someone would reprint "City Under the Back Steps", also by Lampman.

4-0 out of 5 stars Which way did they go, George?
I got this book when I was a kid (about 30 years ago), but never got around to reading it.I was looking around the bookshelf for something to read a few days ago, and came across it.I figured, well, why not read it?It's about twelve year old twins, Joan and Joey, who discover a stegosaurus living on their ranch.He has been alive for millions of years, and he can actually talk.But he's shy, you see, and doesn't want the kids to tell anyone else about him.I won't give away any more of the plot, but I will say that this is an enjoyable kids book.

5-0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book.Just as advertised.
I had this book in a Paperback Edition when I was in elementary school. That was back in the early 1960's.Unfortunately I lost the book and was never able to find it again.Then I joined Amazon and did some book looking and I found this book.It is brand new and a hard cover edition as well.I am extremely pleased with my purchase.
William Zinner ... Read more


58. My Own Very Quiet Cricket Coloring Book
Paperback: 32 Pages (2005-09-08)
list price: US$5.99 -- used & new: US$2.56
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Asin: 0399244751
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The Very Quiet Cricket is now available as a coloring book! Perfect for both reading and coloring, this interactive version of Eric Carle's classic story follows a lonely cricket who's looking for love. As all the different insects go by, he tries and tries to make a chirp, but it isn't until he sees another cricket that he can truly sing.

Special artwork made just for coloring and blank pages at the end for your own drawings give this classic story new life. A sure-fire hit for creative children everywhere. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
This book makes a great keepsake.It's a wonderful story with your child as the illustrator.I wish there were more books like this!

4-0 out of 5 stars Great for kids who love Eric Carle's books!
My 2 y/o shows some interest in coloring every once in a while, so I naturally wanted to buy coloring books that would catch his attention.This was one of them!He loves all of his Eric Carle books, and now he can color his own story.Great idea! ... Read more


59. Raw Health: Pathways To Natural Healing
by Cricket Lott
Paperback: 124 Pages (2007-03-07)
list price: US$14.95 -- used & new: US$9.57
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Asin: 1425945007
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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How can you really take control of your health, well being and happiness?Your body is a complex, fine-tuned organism.Thanks to our modern diet, lifestyle and the environment we are taxing this fine-tuned instrument to the limit. In this short book, we would like to make you keenly aware of your responsibility in living up to your potential; not only intellectually, but mentally, physically and spiritually. Let's get started.For you brave souls who have decided to take control of your health, we have something empowering for you.The first and primary step in taking charge of your health is taking control of what enters your body.Did you know that your health begins in a very large way with your food choices, physical activity and related lifestyle choices?Hang on for a speedy, informative ride. Raw Health was written by six women from various backgrounds who came together to share their successes in achieving optimum health. We were all interested in helping others and our paths crossed through our raw food support groups. As we traveled down this road in search of better health, we began to realize each other's gifts.In doing so, we discovered that there are many facets of improving ones' health. Our hearts and minds opened to each other as we realized that we were all on the same path.As mothers who nurture and love their offspring, we dedicate this book to you in hopes that your life is enriched with the knowledge of Raw Health.as these are the days of YOUR life. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Must read if you are wanting to change your lifestyle.
This book is a very informative book about how eating raw food can transform your life. If you have chosen to explore this lifestyle, you know that it is not always an easy one to establish in your life.These women are truly and inspiration and have made it much easier for me to begin my journey of exploring raw food.Thank you ladies! ... Read more


60. Cricket Grounds Then and Now
by William A. Powell
 Hardcover: 160 Pages (1994-01)
list price: US$35.95
Isbn: 0711022895
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