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Palindrome

When both your past and future spell fear.

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Great Book - awful typing
I love to read Stuart Woods and this one is a great story.When the publisher had this converted to a Kindle - no one proof read it.There were so many words that were typed wrong or made no sense at all.I have read over 50 books on my Kindle and this is the first one that has been an issue.BUT if you overlook this annoying mis -types.. the book is - as always - another hit for Stuart Woods.

SO UNBELEIVABLE
I am very disappointed with this book. It has the potential to be a good read, but the characters and how the plot was executed is so unbeleivable. I thought since it was written by Stuart Woods it would have been somewhat engaging...it's not.
I was annoyed and angry because I feel that the author took the easy road with how easily Ramsey got away with multiple murders and how dumb Lee Williams was even after he supposedly KNEW how crafty Ramsey was (this is where I just gave up). I finished the book ONLY because I had wasted so much time already).
The twin, who was Liz's love interest ran around in a loin cloth (what the crap???) and never stayed still long enough (after sex with Liz he usually left) for me to connect with him.
And please explain to me why the two african americans who lived on the island were still living in "slave quarters" and why young James Moses/Drummond was uneducated? I was so insulted...at one point a doctor who had come to call on old Angus referred to James as "the colored boy"!
This book has the make-up of a romantic fiction piece.
I was very disappointed because it started off ok. I was excited for Liz taking a stand and seeking help to get away from her abusive husband (Ramsey). It seems as if she will get a fresh start when she leaves for an isolated island reteat, but it goes downhill from there...

Reprint of an excellent book
I gave this book a 5 star review because it deserves it.
But, this is a reprint of a book Woods wrote waaaaaay back.To produce it
as if its brand new sucks.If the name had not stuck in my mind because I had to look it up in the dictionary at the time, I would probably have bought it again.
Then I would have been mad because it was an original in 1991.I have the hard copy in my library which fortunately is catalogued and only took a second to double check.
So, those of you who are Woods fan, if he is starting that crap, check each release.

PALINDROME
READING STEWART WOODS BOOKS HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TILL THIS ONE. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE.

Both Sides
For a break from all of the holiday cheer I picked up PALINDROME by an old favorite author Stuart Woods. The 300 pages flew by as he pulls the reader deep into the sands and time of Cumberland Island. Two stories twine and mix as Liz Barwick seeks shelter from an abusive ex-husband on a private island off the GA coast and finds herself drawn into the family who've owned the island for centuries.
A fast paced, each read for the perfect escape from family feasts. It is not the book to take to bed on Christmas Eve because you'll still be up when Santa makes his entrance.
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Bob has a problem. He's a palindrome. In fact, once he learns what a palindrome is, he starts finding palindromes everywhere: his little sis, Nan; his pup, Otto; even his Mom and Dad! It's making Bob feel like a kook. Is there no escape? Mark Shulman and Adam McCauley have joined forces to create a wonderfully visual, ridiculously clever book of wordplay. Join the hilarity. . . do your civic deed, don't let your pupils slip up, and find the over 101 palindromes hiding in the words and pictures of this zany book. ... Read more

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Good seller
Product came in a timely manner and was a good price.The book was in excellent condition.

Good book
Grand daughter with a Palindrome name so really enjoy reading this to her.Hope you like it too.

Daddy Daughter time
The palindromes are great. My husband and daughters enjoyed reading it together.And I know the lesson of palindromes will stick with my daughters between the book and the game we played with scrabble tiles letting them rearrange words to see for themselves in a tactile way.

As for whether to buy it or not, I'd rather check it out from the local library.The art was garish. I wouldn't be able to read this one over and over with the kids like I do with our favorites.

A fun little book
Bob has a story to tell.He starts by telling you his name is nothing serious to the reader but it almost did him in(literally as the word Bob is about to fall on him). The other day his teacher taught the class about palindromes and the only one in class with a name that is a Palindrome is poor old Bob.

Much to his dismay he learns palindromes are everywhere!Even mom and dad are palindromes!

Bob, in a panic, runs through the city and finds even more palindromes!

In the end he figures out they are just words and nothing to be afraid.

This was a cute book.The artwork really helps with the pod people approach to the story line.

My daughter wanted it read many times and has read it a few times her self. Mark of a good book!

A lot of fun for my class
I used this book as a read-aloud to introduce palindromes to my fourth grade class.The students loved looking for the palindromes hidden in the pages.Great book. ... Read more

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Word lovers of all ages will love a collection of more than sixty wild and delightful palindromes, such as ""Wonton? Not Now,"" each with its own illustration. Reprint. AB. K. ... Read more

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Clever Stuff from Agee


A palindrome is a word or phrase that can be read from left to right like DEED, POTATOP, and the titles of two of Jon Agee's other books: SIT ON A POTATO PAN,OTIS!andSO MANY DYNAMOS! These little marvels are entertaining, amusing, clever, and incredibly difficult to create. Try writing a few of your own to see for yourself the thought and effort required to give birth to these linguistic gems.
Pairing his palindromes with his appropriate black and white cartoons gives life to the palindromes, flesh to the bones, and layers of humor and meaning not readily evident in the bare words.

I like every one of the illustrated palindromes in this book, but like everyone else I have a few favorites. Most of the palindromes that impress me have a preposterous picture scene accompanying it or an impressive length of words and/or letters. The title palindrome illustrated on the cover is depicted again on the inside of the book with a two pager. On the inside title page we see a chubby boy, fork in hand, running towards a colossal plate of lasagna. Preposterous? Ridiculous? Funny? Yes. Yes. Yes.
The School Library Journal recommends this book for grades six and up; it requires the mental gymnastics and reasoning skills of an older, more capable reader. They suggest that Gifted and Talented students will have a field day with this book, and I agree.

The palindromes themselves are terrific, but many of the cartoons standing alone are monkey barrels of fun and amusement.

This is the kind of book one reads multiple times, often to find surprises in the cartoons missed the first time around.

Even the price listed on the back cover is a palindrome. Good luck finding a new copy for that price.
This book's measurements of 5.3 by 8.1 by .5 inches are also palindromic. Incredibly its perimeter dimensions are exactly the same when measured clockwise or counterclockwise!

I thoroughly enjoyed this linguistic lollipop that ends too soon; it's satisfying to the last lick, lingers languidly on the palate, and whets one's appetite for more Jon Agee treats.

Brilliant and Hilarious
I have loved this clever book of palindromes ever since I got in in elementary school about fifteen years ago. This hilarious book is chock-full of inventive palindromes, which are each accompanied by a great black-and-white drawing. One of my favorites shows a little girl in a karate outfit, standing next to her karate instructor. Her mom is there, as well. The palindrome says, "Amy? Must I jujitsu my Ma?"

Also, check out Jon Agee's latest book on word-play, Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue.

STAR RATS!
Both the text and drawings of this book will have you in stitches, and keep you wondering.While seemingly simplistic, the small phrases like "FLEX, ELF" accompanied by a drawing of a dwarf desperately trying to muster up to large cloned muscle men are absolutely hilarious. If you love words, language, and a sharp wit, this is the book for you.Truly one you will want to return to again.

STAR RATS!
Both the text and drawings of this book will have you in stitches, and keep you wondering.While seemingly simplistic, the small phrases like "FLEX, ELF" accompanied by a drawing of a dwarf desperately trying to muster up to large cloned muscle men are absolutely hilarious. If you love words, language, and a sharp wit, this is the book for you.Truly one you will want to return to again.

STAR RATS!
Both the text and drawings of this book will have you in stitches, and keep you wondering.While seemingly simplistic, the small phrases like "FLEX, ELF" accompanied by a drawing of a dwarf desperately trying to muster up to large cloned muscle men are absolutely hilarious. If you love words, language, and a sharp wit, this is the book for you.Truly one you will want to return to again. ... Read more

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Fascinating word-lover’s treasury brings together over 1,100 different anagrams and nearly as many palindromes, plus a host of related phenomena—charades, circular reversals, vocabularyclepts, etc., plus much high-level commentary and observation.
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Word lovers rejoice!
Anyone fascinated by the world of words will be amazed by this wonderful little book. Although small, it's packed cover-to-cover with palindromes and anagrams, beyond your wildest dreams. This is one of those unique books you hold on to for a lifetime.

Palindromes and mirror symmetry
The relationship of language to mathematics ( in symbolic and linguistic terms) seems important. When there is a mirror as in palindromes,
there is actually twice the number of symbols to the amount of information..?
The anagram humor and the neat palindromic poetry are very entertaining in this volume, but one might have hoped for more, like type of symbols used byDan Brown and some cryptography or bible code references maybe?
Also more mathematical analysis. more serious poetry and real anagrams from history might have been enlightening?
But seriously the text was well written, original and interesting, worth the effort of reading it, and the anagram humor madeup for many minor faults.

The Best Book of Its Kind I Know
This short, inexpensive book contains the best collection of anagrams and palindromes I have ever seen.My copy is dog-eared from repeated use.The book contains an enormous amount of top-notch palindromes that are far from over-familiar.Some samples:

* A new order began; a more Roman age bred Rowena.
* A dog, a pant, a panic in a Patna pagoda.

Those samples may strike you as silly and meaninglesss, in which you are not a palindrome person, and this book is not for you.Or they may make you want to see more, in which case you should definitely buy this book.The palindromes by J.A. Lindon, which make up the book's grand finale chapter, are amazing tours de force.

Trust me -- this book has the goods.If you are a wordplay enthusiast, you'll love it.If you know one (perhaps a co-worker), it could make a great inexpensive gift.Strongly recommended!

A must for wordplay enthusiasts.
Howard W. Bergerson, former editor of Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics, presents more than a thousand anagrams and hundreds of palindromes (with sources, where known).

This volume (aninspiration for many books including Michaelsen's "Words at Play"and Jon Agee's collections) is a must for wordplay enthusiasts, especiallythose with a penchant for these particular curiosities.

You will get yourmoney's worth on this one. ... Read more

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Find out how the beginning and the end equal the same in this fun-filled story about kids who are very special just by the nature of their birth given names.

It's a backwards and forwards adventure as Ava and Bob discover they are Palindrome kids. Join them as they set out to find other Palindromes to join their brand new club.

The first in a series of fun-with-words books, The Palindrome Kids will delight as well as educate children as they begin to discover the unique and interesting patterns of words. ... Read more

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Such a wonderful learning tool!
I love this book! It is one that can be enjoyed by children and adults as well! I think even some of my adult friends that I have shown it to have learned a thing or two. The illustrations are so bright and cheery, and the story is a fun way to teach children. Great job! ... Read more

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Hungry? Thirsty?
Stop Here.
The Grand View Restaurant.When her family buys a little roadside restaurant with a gas station out front and an apartment in the back, Hannah thinks she knows what to expect: She'll still go to the same school, her best friend will still be Aggie Branagan, and she'll still have to put up with that pesky boy, Otto Zimmer.

But life at The Grand View Restaurant turns out to be full of surprises! Hannah never imagined that a piano could play by itself, that she would discover a new secret place by the river, or that square hamburgers could be so perfectly delicious. In fact, life is full of wonders-- her father's amazing inventions, her mother's magnificent garden-- and in the middle of it all, Hannah makes her own discovery about the remarkable magic of home.

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Welcome to the Grand View, Hannah
In WELCOME TO THE GRAND VIEW, HANNAH, Hannah and her familymove to Route 9W. Hannah's father buys the Grand ViewRestaurant. Hannah finds a new and exciting life on Route 9W.I liked this book because I felt like I was Hannah. I recommend this book very much. It was so good that I read it in one day. ... Read more

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HANNAH IS A PALINDROME by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky, illustrated by Karen Ann Weinhaus. Stated First Edition 1980. Hardcover in dust jacket 124 pages. Harper Collins publishers. ... Read more

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Well-known author and illustrator Jon Agee has been playing with words again, and now a third collection of clever, absurd, and hilarious reversible phrases is the result. These palindromes and their accompanying cartoons will inspire laughs long after first sight. One may feel compelled to go through the book again backwards -- appropriately palindromically -- to revisit his or her favorites.
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Read, Dear
The word palindrome is derived from the Greek word palindromos that means running back again. A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same in both directions. Some elementary examples are: RACECAR, DEED, LEVEL, MADAM, RADAR.The words are spelled the same and read the same from either direction. It wouldn't be too difficult to come up with a list of words with like properties. The challenge comes in creating longer strings of words with the palindromic pedigree that also make some kind of sense.

Jon Agee's pen and ink drawings illustrate and clarify his palindromes, some of which seem to be nonsensical. The subject matter varies widely - businessmen, computer geeks, children, animals, cowboys, musicians, elves, and kings all targets of Agee's insane humor.For the palindrome of the title, we see little Otis sitting on an upside down frying pan with whole spuds lying around him on the floor.Later we see a grocer with a cart full of fruits, all boxed and clearly labeled. The grocer while pushing his cart is announcing to all " No lemons, no melon! We see a large billboard emblazoned with the words "Fruit of the Year."The image of a huge, smiling papaya wearing a fruit of the year sash looks down from the billboard at three little fruits, one of which says ruefully, "NO WAY A PAPAYA WON."

I very much enjoyed"Sit on a Potato, Otis", enough to go around the block with it several more times, each time discovering a little nuance in the illustrations I had missed the previous times around. This is a book with appeal for all ages, though it may be too sophisticated for the very young to understand or appreciate. I would have liked to have seen a listing of the palindromes in the front of the book first so that I could have tried to imagine how they could have been illustrated. This might add another layer of fun to this incredibly enjoyable book.

Immensely creative and witty
This book has been thoroughly enjoyed by our whole family, even our kindergarten son.The palindromes are amazingly creative and are brought to life by the clever illustrations.Palindromes that might not make sense in isolation are paired up with funny pictures that make perfect sense.This would be a great gift for anyone who appreciates creativity with the written word.

A must if you love wordplay
While I took this book from the children's shelf of our local library, this "older" kid still loved it. The palindromes are funny and the cartoons that accompany them are well drawn and relate to the palindrome. My favorite is the extension of the classic, "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama" , "A man, a plan, a cat, a bar, a cap, a mall, a ball, a map, a car, a bat, a canal: Panama."Palindromes that are a sensible statement are not easy to write, so the author is to be commended in his ingenuity in constructing such wonders, especially some of the longer ones.
This is a book that can clearly be enjoyed by children of all ages and as soon as I am done with this review, I will be handing it over to my children.

More wordsmithing from the Palindrome master!!
Jon Agee may be best known for his illustration of children's books ("The Halloween House", "If Snow Falls").However, he has also proven himself a proficient wordsmith, easily and playfully pulling words all apart and putting them together."Sit on a Potato Pan" is one of five books delighting in the oddities English spelling.

Palindromes are words or phrases that are spelled the same way forwards as backwards.Take the title of the book and spell it backwards, and it's the exact same title!!These things are not easy to create, and the longer the phrase the more difficult it is to both spell backwards and still make sense.The fact that "Sit...Otis!" is one of THREE books of palindromes by Mr. Agee only proves his genius at manipulating words and letters.

Like his other two books of palindromes, "So Many Dynamos!" and "Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!" (now THERE'S one that must have taken a few days to create!!), "Sit...Otis!" is illustrated with wonderful drawings that make the palindrome live and sparkle.For example, in one of my personal favorites, two gents in the Old West are looking at a wanted poster.Pictures of large cats are on the wanted poster, and one man says to the other, "darn ocelots stole Conrad". Another is of three men staring at 9 little pieces of scribbled on paper.They make their own notes about them, and the caption is "some men interpret nine memos".

Needless to say, these things are not easy to write!!Especially the longer, more complicated ones like "naive was I ere I saw Evian" and the one that makes the title of this book.While not a book geared for young children, students in, say, third grade and above would no doubt get a kick out of these and other palindromes.With Mr. Agee as a guide, it's a perfect opportunity for students to go on and create their own.What else is Otis capable of?? ... Read more

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If you were a palindrome, you would read the same forward or backward. You could be a PUP, a MOM, or a DAD. Find other palindrome examples in this book. ... Read more

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WOW, give this book a PEEP to find palindromes.
If you want to get the definition or idea of a palindrome across to your child in a fun way, this is a great book that illustrates what one is! Colorful illustrations and a simple dialogue will hold a child's interest. The back of the book lists most of the palindromes used in the book as well as the sentences and phrases. There is also a small glossary and a short bibliography for further reading as well as a website and code to find more words that reads the same way spelled backwards or forwards. ... Read more

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What do "worm row," "leg gel," and "smug gums" have in common? They're all palindromes--a word or phrase that reads the same foreward and backward. Amazing in their diversity, these 100 palindromes from the wildly inventive mind of Craig Hansen range from the wonderfully simple ("drawn inward") to the wacky and weird ("Now sir, a war is never even. Sir, a war is won.") Line drawings. ... Read more

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An award now, eh? - He won!Draw Ana!
Clever, often dazzling use of language and image: Mr. Hansen must have taken advantage of ancient mystical techniques to create such strange, witty drawings for his inspired palindromes, the best illustrated collection I've seen.

In other words:

He won!Draw Ana!Ana, Craig, o yes!U use yogi arcana?An award now, eh? ... Read more

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was it a rat I saw?
Palindromes are, of course, words or phrases that are spelled the same backwards or forwards."So Many Dynamos!" is a palindrome as well-- go ahead, spell it backwards!!

Mr. Agee has collected some fantastically complicated and funny palindromes in this collection.All of them are illustrated, which add so much to the palindrome itself.For example, two rugged cowboys are running away from a huge pair of pants."Massive Levi's, Sam!" one man shouts to the other.Another of my favorites is of two scientists gazing through a massively huge microscope at something on a small slide. "snot or protons?" asks one scientist.

Making palindromes is no easy task, though there are hundreds of them.Mr. Agee has proven himself brilliant by not only putting them together, but illustrating some rather difficult ones that then make perfect sense (I'll let you find out what "No!Put egg getup on!" means...!!)

Clever and entertaining
In any event, Jon Agee's extremely clever palindromes and accompanying illustrations are absolutely fantastic. My personal favorite is the papaya war, but you'll have to read it to understand. :)

A delightful book
Not the best book you'll ever read, but certainly somethig fun to pick up for someone's birthday, a young child, or an old child :) who's easily giggled by wordplay and cartoons. Think Far Side, focused on palindromes. I'm not sure if it thrives for as many pages as this goes, but it's agenerally enjoyable book. ... Read more

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Language skills will fly through the air with the greatest of ease as kids join in The Circus of Words. Children of all ages are delighted by anagrams, palindromes, acrostics, alliteration, riddles, and puns, yet few books on wordplay are addressed to middle-schoolers. This creative and challenging activity book shows kids how to juggle letters to become ringmasters of wordplay. "The Shrinking Spotlight" shows how larger words become smaller words when certain letters are removed. "Clown Cars" introduces the idea of words hiding within words, and "The Acro Bat" and "Silver Spoonerisms" show off letter clusters that change from one word to another. The whole bandwagon is here, enabling kids, who are natural language enthusiasts, to cavort through that endless entertainment, the English language. ... Read more

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(A tale of matricide, patricide, infanticide, incest, buggery, insecticide and lycanthropy set against a backdrop of money laundering, larceny, securities and bank fraud, kidnapping and murder -- an insider's account of life within a disorganized and dysfunctional crime family.) ... Read more

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A picture puzzle book consisting of jumbled captions which, when the letters are rearranged, spell out a palindrome. ... Read more

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Madam, I'm Adam.Too hot to hoot!'Was it a car or a cat I saw? A palindrome is a word, phrase or sentence that reads the same forward or backward. Here are some of the most famous palindromes ever written, and lots of new ones. all of them illustrated with hilarious cartoon drawings. They're so much fun you'll want to yell. "Wo! Nemo, Toss A Lasso To Me Now!" ... Read more

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Palindromic wordplay for the child
I am a fan of wordplay, so this book was immediately interesting to me. The palindrome is one of the most interesting messages, since long one are very hard to create. People seem to have a natural interest in palindromes, as editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics, I have seen many math papers with a specific interest in palindromic numbers.
The palindromes in this collection are all short and accompanied by an illustration. The illustrations really enhance the quality of the book, as they are simple in design, yet effective in their message. I recommend this book for all elementary school libraries.
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