I'm a lover of books and bookstores, but for all of the author's enthusiasm, she didn't turn me into an unqualified supporter of the independent bookstore. If anything, I came away with a negative attitude. I found the book overly preachy, and the positions not fully explained. I did enjoy the entertaining stories about various author visits. And the descriptions of the authors that Burton likes were enlightening. I do admire her devotion to the business - the unfathomable amounts of money she must have sunk into it over the years, and the determination she has to keep it going. But much of the book rubbed me the wrong way, culminating with the Harry Potter book release story: Buying up the chains' stock to sell at their own store sounds like an unseemly business practice to me.

This is an extremely fun and informative book. It is easily understood, and great for an Art teacher, as well as teachers of other subjects who wish to incorporate more art into their classrooms. It would also be helpful to parents or homeschooling families.

I recieved the book before i expected it to arrive. I was in need of the book for classes at school.

Really now! This DVD is so bad that it sits on my shelf collecting so much dust that I'd be better off putting in the trash! Yes, Maxim Mironov is truly a wonderful singer, but the soprano is really hard to watch. Her singing and gesturing are too strained and overstated. The stage is over crowded and cluttered with much too much nonsense. It's looks like a kid show run "amok." I'm only sorry that I waited too long or otherwise it would have been returned. I know these comments probably will not be printed but that's ok. I say the "truth shall set you free."

Recently I've noticed my music library is a little heavy with not enough Fun to balance out the angst. This album adds just the levity I was looking for and there's nothing actually wrong with any of the songs. A good song for me is one that can hold my attention, that provides a nice soundtrack to life. This album does that.

Like most of the CD's that record companies release, there's only really one good song on there: Superman - the well known theme song used in 'Scrubs'. Other than that, the rest of the songs pretty much suck. It's like when iTunes came out and the record industry resisted the idea of selling tracks individually, since people would just buy one good track and skip the fillers. That was way back in 2001, which is around when this album came out, so maybe artists and record labels have changed their ways since then, and are filling the whole disc with good songs?