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A PGA coach and a renowned sports psychologist team up to offer golfers 100 unique physical and mental techniques to improve their putting in a special package designed to slip into the golfer's pocket or bag.

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Simplistic.......2001-06-26

Very much a beginners book. Many of the items included are just common sense (drink plenty of water before you play). Covers the mental aspect and offers tips and drills. Meant to be put in your golf bag as a reference guide I assume, yet offers no index or table of contents to allow for a quick on the course reference.

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The Putter's Pocket Companion
Jim McLean and Fran Pirozzolo
Manufacturer: Hallmark Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0060954612

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The Putter's Pocket Companion
Jim and Pirozzolo, Fran McLean
Manufacturer: Harper
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GRFB7E

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THE PUTTER'S POCKET COMPANION
Jim; Pirozzolo, Fran, Illustrated with b/w Photos and Line Drawings McLean
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEEKXU

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The Putter's Pocket Companion
Jim; Pirozzolo, Dr. Fran McLean
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SE9L1M

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Putter's Pocket Companion
Jim and Pirozzolo, Fran McLean
Manufacturer: Hallmark Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEXZ2M

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The Putter's Pocket Companion
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Manufacturer: Hallmark
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GWKEYO

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Don Potter's Review.......2006-12-22

Marcia K. Henry has been a major factor in my success as a reading teacher. I have used her WORDS program for teaching the Anglo-Saxon, Latin and Greek levels of English for many years. Her new book Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction is a comprehensive introduction to the letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns and morphemes patterns of English. It is a reference book I wouldn't be without.

A Must for Elementary Teachers!.......2006-02-23

This book is a must-read for elementary school teachers and would make good reading for parents of young children and perhpas even teachers across the board. Too many of our reading programs in this country are put together in a rather random and haphazard way, even though NCLB is trying to remedy this situation. Unlocking Literacy explains why and how to put together a "cohesive, systematic, explicit, and direct" reading program. It should be required reading of every elementary teacher in training, parent of a young child, and educator in the country.

Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction.......2005-07-22

Easy to read and understand. Very teacher friendly.

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A Very Rushed Version of the Anime.......2007-06-01

*This Review does contain Spoilers

The "Wolf's Rain" mangas are only two volumes, which should already give away the impression that they don't follow the anime series all that closely if the mangas are only two volumes. And if you had that impression, then you are right. The mangas are far off of what the anime series had to offer.

In the future, wolves were said to be extinct (though this probably applies to all other animals of the forest since everything has been stripped bare) however they exist among the humans as humans, mentally cloaking their true forms. It is never explained how the wolves do this, but they manage to pull it off quite well. Though a certain white wolf, Kiba, refuses to stay human and wanders around town as a white wolf. He is the star of the series, the only survivor of a large pack who searches for paradise.

The artwork in the mangas are pretty, but the backgrounds not merely so. The wolves in the mangas are very different from the ones in the anime. In the manga, they are very much long-legged and their appearances are different whereas in the anime they do look quite like real wolves.
In the first volume, it starts off the same as it did in the anime series, where a gang of thieves find the resting Kiba under a large tree. Among the humans is a wolf named Tsume, a macho who seems to not care for others but himself. He sees that Kiba is not just another large dog, and tells two of his fellow gang members to pull the wolf out. Upon trying, one man is wounded, the other killed, and as Tsume pursues the wolf, he is revealed to be a black and white wolf, though in the anime he is a gray.

As they end up fighting, miles away the Flower maiden named Cheza awakens from a deep slumber, a reaction to spilled wolf blood causing her to open her eyes, though she is very much blind. It is never quite explained how she was created, or why did she react to wolf blood. And so it is in the anime. Basically, mostly everything in volume one is a choppy version of the first three episodes of Wolf's Rain. The appearances of Quent, the wolf hunter who vows revenge because he thought that wolves destroyed his family, along with his wolf-dog named Blue, although he doesn't know his dog is part wolf at all in the manga, though he realizes her true form in the anime.

The parts where Kiba meet Hige, a ladies man and a wolf who always thinks with his belly, are pretty accurate, though how they meet Toboe, a timid runt, is rather rushed. Also, if you've seen the anime, Toboe never sees Leara again. Leara was the girl who gave Toboe something to eat while the young wolf was savaging food.

However, volume one does provide something the anime didn't have. When the four wolves meet--Kiba, Toboe, Tsume, and Hige--they stumble into an isolated, hostile village who kill outsiders. Toboe befriends a shy young woman named Tia who is supposedly growing the last Lunar Flower. Soon, the village is attacked by Nobles, humans who own the world, led by Darcia, a man who also hunts for the same paradise as the wolves. There, Cheza slipped from his grasp to fall into the company of the wolves.
Volume one was a disappointment. It left out a lot of things, such as Kiba's pack running into a town where wolves are treated as slaves, working for humans so they can have something to eat. And the way they met Cheza was way too soon. But for all the volume's flaws, it wasn't as bad as volume two.

Volume two starts off with the wolves giving Cheza, the Flower Maiden, a proper greeting and how Kiba is convinced that she will be the one to lead them to paradise. With Quent and Blue hot on their heels, the wolves come across a very large pack of wolves who sent the Flower Maiden and go completely insane, killing one another in their efforts to claim Cheza. The leader of the pack tries to contain order, but he is greeted by fangs from his pack mates. Having no choice, he kills them in his true wolf form, but is shot and killed by Quent. His pack mate and two children are at the mercy of his other packmates who try to kill them, but Quent ended up shooting them, thinking that the mother and two cubs were actually human. When he realized they were wolves, he freezes in place. The mother is dead and the two cubs soon disperse from their dead mother's side when Blue tells them they have to leave. There, Blue shows her form as a young woman, realizing the wolf in her, shows mercy and realizes that maybe Quent had made a few mistakes.

Of course, that part isn't in the manga. Nothing in the manga is the same at all as in the anime show. Darcia kidnaps Cheza once again, and in the aftermath also takes Blue because he senses the wolf in her and uses her to open up paradise. Everything is choppy and rushed so badly that it is never fully explained why things were done the way they were. Why does Darcia have one wolf's eye? Is he really a wolf? Where was Jagara, the woman who betrayed Darcia and tried to open a false human paradise using Kiba, not Blue? And why doesn't Quent realize that Blue is half-wolf? The book of the moon, a fable that explains about how wolves are the only ones to open paradise, is never fully explained as well. The manga series should have been a perfect explanation to what the anime had failed to answer, but instead was a major disappointment.

The two wolf cubs that walked away from the harsh battle have grown up in the very end of volume two, and as teenagers, they also hunt for paradise, which is assumed already exists and that four wolves had opened it. Of course, such two wolves do not exist in the series, though it probably would have actually been better if they did, to open up to a sequel and better explain what had happened because the ending for "Wolf's Rain" the anime, was something you either loved or hated.
The battle scenes are also pretty choppy, especially when the wolves fight amongst one another. A lot of blood is spilled, but the wounds somehow disappear as we enter a new scene. The last battle scene does not exactly apply to this.

I do not recommend the manga unless you watched the series and want to complete your "Wolf's Rain" collection. It isn't a perfect follow-up to the anime series at all, and I recommend you skip over these two volumes. Get it for collection or for the artwork only. It is also somewhat of a frustrating read since every other word has (...) and distracts the reader from what is going on.

Good, but missing something...........2007-03-23

Wolf's Rain is a story about four wolves named Kiba, Tsume, Toboe, and Hige. The world that they inhabit is something like that of the Ragnarok myth(at least, in the anime): a cold world with continuous winters with very little population outside of cities/villages. In Wolf's Rain, wolves have been rumored to have been extinct for 200 years. However, wolves actually do still exist. But they hide themselves by having a human form, which is actually seen as an illusion to normal humans.

All of the four wolves end up meeting each other by accident in the city. Tsume meets Kiba in a confrontation for example, while later when Kiba is captured in wolf form, he meets Hige. Toboe literally just stumbles upon Tsume while walking in the city. Kiba is looking for a place called Paradise, which can only be found by following the scent of a lunar flower. Lunar flowers don't even really exist, except in the form of the flower maiden named Cheza. Cheza was an experiment, formed from a lunar flower, made to lead the Nobles(basically the "ruling people") to find their own Paradise. Darcia III, a Noble, is the one who wants Cheza for himself, so he can open up a Paradise just for the Nobles. The four wolves eventually befriend Cheza(since she is the only one who can lead the wolves to Paradise) after she escapes the hands of Darcia III.

Although the wolves are the "main" characters, there are other minor characters just as interesting as well. There's Quent and his wolfdog Blue. Quent mercilessly hunts down Kiba, Tsume, Toboe, and Hige, since he can see their "true" forms. Quent decided to hunt down any surviving wolves after his family was supposedly killed by them. Blue will ultimately awaken her wolf form, thanks to the appearance of Cheza. Then there's Cher Degre, a researcher who studied Cheza. After Cheza is taken, Cher goes on a mad hunt for the flower maiden. Then there's Hubb, who is either a detective or police officer, who is Cher's ex-husband. Hubb actually doesn't play a major role in the manga, but he does make his appearances while questioning Quent.

The things that are missing: character development, relationship, and smooth storyline. There are many things missing that was originally found in the anime. One example would be the relationship between Blue and Hige(Blue plays a more prominent role in the anime), which doesn't even exist in the manga. The story was rushed too fast; there are many events that didn't happen in the manga that were seen in the anime. You can't really grip onto a lot of the character's emotions. Probably the only thoughts that you could read were those of Kiba, Cher, and Darcia.

Overall, watch the anime. The manga is good in its own form, but there's a lot of material missing.

SEARCHING FOR PARADISE.......2006-08-01

In a dying world, there are some that know of a place to escape to known as "Paradise" where life can be restarted. But it's not the humans that know of this place. The wolves, once thought to have been extinct for 200 years, are the only ones that know how to get to it. But they need a guide. The "Flower Maiden", Cheza, whose is said to have been born of a Lunar Flower, is that guide.
But she is being held by human scientists in a lab in a coma-like state. Meanwhile, wolves, attracted by her scent have begun to gather in the city. They can move among the population because they have an unexplained ability to appear as humans. Kiba has come looking for Paradise. Tsume roams with human gangs, robbing the Nobles. Toboe is wandering aimlessly, looking for companionship after being raised as a dog and having his owner die. Hige too has been drawn by the Lunar Flower scent. But the wolves have been followed as well by a ruthless hunter known as Quent who has vowed to kill every wolf he finds. When Cheza awakens, the long and tragic quest for Paradise begins.

This manga is based on the 30 episode anime of the same name and being a 2 volume manga, you know that most of the story is going to be left out of the book. I didn't really find any complaints about the manga though I would suggest watching the anime before reading this so you won't be left with any holes in the plot. The art was great, maybe a little TOO well done, so that there isn't a lot of pacing in the rigid drawings, but the layout makes up for this some. It's been so long since I watched the series that I found this volume a welcome reminescence of a show that was ultimately kept from greatness by its flawed ending.

Can there be a paradise at a time like this?.......2006-04-10

When the Wolf's Rain animated series came out, I gave it a shot, watching 5 episodes. I didn't understand a single minute of it at all. I don't know what it was, but something with that show just didn't click with me. Sure, it had beautiful music and animation, but there was something about the wolves that could turn into humans to hide their identities that didn't sit well with me. And yet, many people consider it to be one of the best animated shows of this decade. At the same time, many people consider Dragon Ball Z to be one of the greatest animated shows of all time, so that isn't really saying much. But a few weeks ago when browsing through a book store that was going out of business, I picked up a few books that I'd been meaning to give a shot, and I noticed that there was a book for Wolf's Rain. Remembering that this was one of the rare cases when the animated series came out BEFORE the comic, I wondered if it'd change my mind about Wolf's Rain at all, since some things would of course be taken out, given that the books are made up of two volumes. Well, Wolf's Rain was the last of the books that I read, and I can't say that it was the least interesting of those I purchased. But it did hold my interest in the time it took to read. Undoubtedly, this comic is mostly for fans of the show, but those who were put off by the show may want to give it a second chance after reading them.

Wolf's Rain is a story that centers on 4 wolves that can turn into humans whenever they want, as to keep their identity a secret. The world is in a state of despair: forests are pretty barren, cities grow larger each day, and there aren't many animals to be found any more. Apparently, the wolves have been hunted to extinction, and these 4 are the last ones around. Them being Tsume, Kiba, Toboe and Hige. Tsume is the tough guy of the group- when we first meet him, he's part of a gang of homeless people who raids shipments to companies and takes the food, which they desperately need. He isn't the most sensitive guy, and this costs him some lives. This doesn't fly with his gang, and they eventually say that they don't want him around any more. He doesn't make a big deal of it, and goes about his business. Kiba is a, for lack of better term, lone wolf. He's out searching for the Flower Maiden, someone who isn't explained very well in this book. She's linked to the wolves somehow, and was awakened when they drew closer to her location. She's also locked up in a lab somewhere, where tests are run on her. Toboe is the more fragile member of the group, trying to help everyone out while wondering what the meaning of everything is. Hige is the more carefree type, but still manages to keep his head straight. He saves the guys a few times in this volume. The group comes together after they suffer similar fates and/or bump into each other while running away from a hunter who knows that they're wolves, even in their human form(s). This hunter claims to have killed all the other wolves, and won't rest until these 4 are gone as well. The gang leaves the city in search of the Flower Maiden from Kiba's vision, which gets them into more trouble later on. Tsume gets sick of following Kiba's visions, and begins to doubt him, and especially his constant mention of searching for "paradise". Paradise is what gives Hige and Toboe hope as well. At times like this, doesn't a word like "paradise" give you hope?

I can see that a lot of fans of the animated series are 50/50 with these books. On one hand, they finally have a more portable way of getting Wolf's Rain. On the other, many things were removed, and some more minor things were added in. Seeing as how I don't remember much from the animated series, I can't vouch for this. If anything though, the book does move faster, which is something I wished the animated series had done more of. What I do remember was that some of the episodes dragged on and on, full of drawn out scenes. Some people have said that the first volume here ends where the 7th episode of the animated series does, so volume 2 is going to be a breeze compared to the 20 or so animated episodes left in the series. But I can't help but wonder how much I'm missing since the animated series is officially how Wolf's Rain is. I guess I'm torn between saying that this is for fans, and that it's for people who may've been turned off by the show. Maybe it's best to say that this is a small sample of the show, and to give it a shot if you like both books?

Visually, Wolf's Rain isn't anything too special. The character designs look similar to other characters I've seen before in other comics, but you can still set them apart from the others in the book. Explosions and backgrounds are given a fair amount of detail, and the use of greys is pretty good. I just wish there would've been more detail during the action scenes. When someone is shot, you can't tell if they've been hit or not until a later panel. The translation here bugs me a bit. While it's nice that they changed katakana sound effects to English (it was always odd to see katakana in a translated book, even if I can read it), some of them are silly. Reading "bang bang bang" now at age 20 doesn't have the same effect that it had when I was 7. Also, what's with the lack of swearing? Characters are cutoff from finishing any profane word. Not that I really care if a book has cussing or not, but when someone's about to say a word, but doesn't finish it, leaving off the last letter, it irks me. It should be noted that honorifics aren't used here. Because the characters are so casual with each other, and don't know one another very well, there's no "san" or "chan" to be found in this book.

If you're a massive fan of the animated series, then you probably won't like this book, since a few things are missing here and there. But again, if you didn't get the show, but want to give it another shot, this would do nicely. Wolf's Rain is a nice story of despair and hope, but deals with it in a fairly mature manner. No random lapses into chibi forms here. This is the real deal.

A Howlin' Good Time!.......2006-03-20

After watching the anime series, I beagn to read the book and was a little dissapointed. For two reasons:
1. It's short
2. After seeing the anime series and comparing it to the book it is missing alot of...sauce!

200 years have passed and humans have expanded their territory. Desroying rainforests and killing of numerous species of animals and plants. The extinction of wolves and other animals followed this movement. Or so the humans thought. Much like normal evolution, animals adapt to new surroundings and environments. But these wolf's can walk among humans and can't be spotted! Kiba, a white wolf, searches for a place called paradise. The one place where wolf's live in peace. But he's in a race against time. He must find paradise before the humans do! Full of action, suspense, drama and sci-fi this book is recommended to all anime readers!

Though the book series is only two novels long it still is pretty well put together. In the end Wolf's Rain Box Set (Volumes 1 and 2) get: 4 stars out of 5

My name is Amone. Adios!

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Little Wolf, the rain dancer
Terry Shannon
Manufacturer: A. Whitman
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Little Wolf, the rain dancer : Pictures by Charles Payzant

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Little Wolf, the rain dancer : Pictures by Charles Payzant
Terry Shannon
Manufacturer: A. Whitman
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LH2UYQ

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A Spectacular History of America's Rain Forests

The Rain Forests of Home: Profile Of A North American Bioregion

Manufacturer: Island Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1559634790

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Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been for thousands of years home to one of the highest densities of human settlements on the continent. Given its mild climate, magnificent scenery, and abundant natural resources, the region should continue to support robust economies and vibrant communities for many years to come. However, the well-being of this region is increasingly threatened by diminishing natural capital, declining employment in traditional resource-based industries, and outward migration of young people to cities.

The Rain Forests of Home brings together a diverse array of thinkers-conservationists, community organizers, botanists, anthropologists, zoologists, Native Americans, ecologists, and others-to present a multilayered, multidimensional portrait of the coastal temperate rain forest and its people. Joining natural and social science perspectives, the book provides readers with a valuable understanding of the region's natural and human history, along with a vision of its future and strategies for realizing that vision.

Authors describe the physical setting and examine the geographic and evolutionary forces that have shaped the region since the last glacial period, with individual chapters covering oceanography, climate, geologic processes, vegetation, fauna, streams and rivers, and terrestrial/marine interactions. Three chapters cover the history of human habitation, including an examination of what is known about pre-European settlement, a consideration of the traditions of local and indigenous knowledge, and a description of the environmental and cultural upheaval brought by European explorers and settlers. The book concludes with an exploration of recent economic and cultural trends, regional and local public policy, information gathering, and the need for integrating local knowledge into decision making.

Interspersed among the chapters are compelling profiles of community-level initiatives and programs aimed at restoring damaged ecosystems, promoting sustainable use of resources, and fostering community-based economic development. The case studies describe what coastal residents are doing to combine environmental conservation with socioeconomic development, and document some of the most innovative experiments in sustainable development now underway in North America.

The Rain Forests of Home offers for the first time a unified description of the characteristics, history, culture, economy, and ecology of the coastal temperate rain forest. It is essential reading for anyone who lives in or cares about the region.

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A Spectacular History of America's Rain Forests.......2006-08-03

A breathtaking synopsis of North America's best kept secrete, "The Rain Forests of Home" give the reader an in-depth look at some of the most beautiful lanscape the earth has to offer. The intelligent insight from some of America's top biologists is verbalized in a way that even George W. could follow. This is a must read for anyone who takes interest in wildlife, nature, or just their surroundings in general. I had a fabulous time indulging myself in this fountain of information, and I highly recommend it.

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LITTLE WOLF The RAIN DANCER.
Terry & Payzant, Charles. Shannon
Manufacturer: Albert Whitman & Co.,
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NYE978

Wolf's Rain [Magazine ZKC] Vol. 1 (Wolf's Rain) (in Japanese)

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Wolf's Rain

Wolf's Rain [Magazine ZKC] Vol. 1 (Wolf's Rain) (in Japanese)
Iida
Manufacturer: Kodansha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: 4063491390

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Wolf's Rain.......2007-04-04

This book is called Wolf's Rain. It is about four wolves who are struggling to survive and find the fabled Paradise. Thier leader is a white wolf named Kiba,then comes Tsume, a black wolf, then Hige a brown and white wolf and lastly Toboe, a young timber wolf. The four will stuggle to stick together and and learn how to survive out side the city walls. They will also learn to trust each other.

Wolf's Rain [Magazine ZKC] Vol. 2 (Wolf's Rain) (in Japanese)

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Wolf's Rain [Magazine ZKC] Vol. 2 (Wolf's Rain) (in Japanese)
Iida
Manufacturer: Kodansha
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic
ASIN: 4063491617

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