Best Selling Books by David Weiss

Family Musical Book by W.A. Frankonis Music by Will Severin and George David Weiss Lyrics by George David Weiss Characters: 5 male, 5 female, 5 children plus chorus of 6 male, 6 female (doubling possible) A delightful new spin on the classic tale set in Venice, this musical has lots of Italian spice and fire. To find love and happiness, a self reliant, strong and beautiful Cinderella must overcome a powerful amuletto d''amore to free her father from her

Come back with us to the days of the Wild West, when men were men and ducks were deputy sheriffs, with disastrous results! And speaking of disasters, Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam try to work together with power tools.

Bugs Bunny trespasses on Yosemite "Strongman" Sam''s turf; Porky Pig gets big trouble instead of his mail; and Daffy Duck "fowls" up Elmer''s TV show.

Coyote''s building a pyramid to trap the Roadrunner! Plus, Bugs defends Earth''s carrot crop from Marvin the Martian.

This book contains both black and white and colour plates of Peter Fischili and David Weiss''s sculptures.

Porky is finally taking the plunge and joining a gym! But he gets more than he bargained for, thanks to his new personal trainer, Daffy Duck, whose personal motto is ÒNo pain, no gain, no refunds!Ó If Porky survives DaffyÕs Òintensive workout regimen,Ó heÕll certainly be in shape...but it might just be pretzel-shaped!

"This book discusses how ancient Japanese mythology was utilized during the colonial period to justify the annexation of Korea to Japan, with special focus on the god Susanoo. Described as an ambivalent figure and wanderer between the worlds, Susanoo served as a foil to set off the sun goddess, who played an important role in the modern construction of a Japanese national identity. Susanoo inhabited a sinister otherworld, which came to be associated with colonial Korea. Imperialist ideologues were able to build on these interpretations of the Susanoo myth to depict Korea as a dreary realm at the margin of the Japanese empire that made the imperial metropole shine all the more brightly. At the same time, Susanoo was identified as the ancestor of the Korean people. Thus, the colonial subjects were ideologically incorporated into the homogeneous Japanese "family state." The book situates Susanoo in Japan''s cultural memory and shows how the deity, while being repeatedly transformed in order to meet the religious and ideological needs of the day, continued to symbolize the margin of Japan."--

A classic Looney rivalry hits prime time as Elmer hosts a TV fix-it show and Bugs throws a monkey wrench into the mix! Plus, Daffy and Porky become superspies, and Sylvester is forced to guard Tweety with his life!

Shhhh! Quiet! Use your inside voices, please-librarian Porky is determined to keep his library quiet. But that''s easier said than done when his new (and bored) library assistant, Daffy, decides to liven the place up with fireworks, conga lines, and even a halftime show!

Daffy Duck the detective!

In the jungle the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight. Hush my darling, don''t fear my darling, The lion sleeps tonight...

Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.

From its origins in sixth-century China and subsequent flourishing in Japan, the branch of Buddhism called Zen has spread around the world. But it is more than a religion. Zen teachings touch on all aspects of practical life, with emphasis on mental focus and heightened awareness of reality. This book is divided into ten chapters, each intended to be read as one in a series of hour-long Zen lessons. They explain how to apply the qualities of simplicity and harmony inherent in Zen to everyday things for a more joyous, meaningful, and intensely experienced life. The ten lessons cover the following subjects: A brief history of Zen, Zen teachings and precepts, Meditation and self-mastery, Zen and relationships, Zen and health, Zen and food, Zen and the workplace, Zen and the home, Zen and the garden, Zen and the arts. The author discusses several aspects of Zen, including forms of meditation, the paradoxical Zen phrases known as koans, and the Zen way of cultivating goodness. The text is enhanced throughout with full-color photos and illustrations.

"A 900 page edifice erected atop and around the life and nigh incredible achievements of the 17th century architect, astronomer and mathematician who served under five monarchs and the Commonwealth. In the beginning -- when Weiss deals with Wren''s childhood, as the son and nephew of highly placed clerics, as bewildered schoolmate (at four) of Prince Charles at Windsor, as hard-working student at Westminster -- the author''s patient, loving detail promises the reader of commercial historicals a comfortable stretch of winter reading. However, there is no strong emotional focus, except possibly Wren''s determination to rebuild St. Paul''s (a 33 year obsession) and as Weiss picks his way through the politics, religion, science, arts and notables of Wren''s 90 years on earth, there is simply no keystone to hold the whole mess together. Also there are implausible moments -- the monarchs and Cromwell all tip their hands to Wren at one time or another and just about anybody who was anybody files by -- from Pepys to Milton ("Cromwell like(d) the way he writes"), Van Dyke to Newton (who makes his "great ocean of truth" observation in casual conversation to guess who), to Nell Gwynn who compliments Wren on his theater design: "Charles, this theater is a great improvement. Spacious, comfortable, light. The town talks of nothing else." As for the architecture, the little learning here is not enough (was "Gothic" referred to as such in the 17th century?): In referring to St. Paul''s, the author has King William remark: "Don''t bring it up again Mary. If you''ve mentioned St. Paul''s once, you''ve mentioned it a dozen times." Sound fellow, William..."--Kirkus

You could say that Little Mirror is a book-length conversation with an inanimate object. Or you could say it''s a monologue in forty-seven fragments told to a different kind of fragment--a piece of mirrored glass. Or it''s a confession made to a listener who cannot hear. Or a cri de coeur to a fellow traveler who cannot feel. Or a series of meditations on failure and grace and how to live, addressed to a companion who can reflect but not reflect on. This is a book whose plain talk with a thing of little value becomes a refiner''s fire to burn away self-deception and dishonesty and replace it with clarity.

Forty-eight years old and about to produce some of his finest work, Rembrandt''s genius goes unrecognized as he comes under fire from the church for refusing to marry his mistress