Children's

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (Caldecott Honor Book)
$16.00
We read this book again and again - it's been a favorite in our family for years.

Unmistaken Child
$29.99
We have seen the "plot" before in the movie Kundun, a search for a rinpoche, a toddler who is a reincarnated great lama, who embodies his karmic momenta and memory. What is remarkable about this film is Tenzin Zopa, the monk attendant of the old lama who was assigned the task of finding the unique child with guidance of only some name letter clues from an astrologer in Taiwan (of all places!) and a directional pattern in the dust of the cremated lama. We can easily identify with monk Zopa, who feels himself inadequate for the important task. He speaks English well and his charm and sweet meekness help us as we follow him in his search. It leads to his own origins, his home valley...and is that not a fitting metaphor? This is no Nepalese Sherpa village along tourist trek paths, where I have been, but in the deep isolated boonies, where life follows the very ancient ways.

Our doubts on the choice of the child come quick, despite the "coincidence" of starting letter in names of child and father: the shiny, crystal mala-rosary is attractive in its own way. Later, when the child is presented with choices among bells and dorjes and daruma drums, the child selects the correct, unassuming implements. Our eyebrows are raised and our own self-assurance is put into question.

Aside from the parapsychological and metaphysical, religio-philosophical aspects, the film documentary itself as filmmaking is excellent. The scenery, the village and monastery people the monk encounters, the mountain hermitage and rose bushes, all seem to follow some Joseph Campbell mythological teaching. This is a highly educational, enjoyable, spiritual, anthropological film. [For the record, I saw the film on NetFlix.]

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete [Blu-ray]
$38.96
this is a amazing movie with so beautiful graphique, event wall disney can't do better.

The Way To Cook DVD
$24.95
At last on DVD?Julia��s invaluable series of cooking lessons designed to bring her right into your own kitchen to teach you the fundamentals of good cooking

Here is the six-part series (complete with recipe booklet), originally produced in 1985, in which Julia teaches you all the fundamentals of good cooking and offers a wealth of her favorite recipes.

POULTRY includes the perfect chicken saut��� with variations, classic coq au vin, ways with chicken breasts, butterflied grilled birds, roast turkey, and a special duck.
MEAT: Quick and easy saut���ed steaks, hamburgers, pork chops, aromatic stews, a crusty hash, grilled pork, and majestic beef and lamb roasts.
VEGETABLES: How best to cook twenty of your favorite vegetables, plus gratins, stuffed delights, eggplant pizza, and risotto. SOUPS,
SALADS, AND BREAD: The three master soup stocks and improvisations, a French onion soup and a Mediterranean fish soup, tossed and composed salads, plus how to make your own French bread.
FISH AND EGGS: Selecting fish and shellfish; broiling, saut���ing, and oven-poaching fish; plus the miraculous egg?alone or in omelettes, custards, quiche, sauces, and a spectacular souffl���.
FIRST COURSES AND DESSERTS: Pat���s and fish mousse, tart crusts and crepes with savory and with sweet fillings, two master cakes, and a Tipsy Trifle.

From deglazing a sauce and degreasing a stock to thickening a soup and unmolding a timbale, all the important techniques that make for good cooking are here. Now, at the press of a button, you have instant access to whatever recipe or information you need. Watch Julia do it and you��ll be empowered. Bon app���tit!