All Movie Guide Essays: All Movie Guide is an excellent resource for all matters related to the film world, and the collection of essays on genres, trends, major studios and periods on this page will give anyone interested in movie history a firm grounding. Topics include 'Action Movies', 'Adventure Films', 'Avant-Garde', 'Erotic Cinema' (Got you interested now, huh?), 'Exploitation Movies: Bikers, Babes and Slashers', 'Film Noir', 'Martial-Arts Films', Science Fiction Films', 'Spaghetti Westerns', 'The Supernatural', 'War Films' etc. The writing is clear, crisp and of a high standard, and is refreshingly free from the kind of intellectualizing that puts off dilettantes. There're few decorative graphics here so you call up the page, choose the link and read, all in a matter of seconds.

Classroom Connect: Teachers looking for useful educational information on the Web would do well to visit this site. It may be American but the features have a universal appeal, especially the teaching concepts highlighted in 'Connected Conferences' and 'Connected University'. And 'Connected Teacher', a "community resource for educators", has plenty of insights into successful educational methods. The 'Classroom Today' (a general knowledge resource) and 'Classroom 'Quest' (travel discussion project) sections are also full of elucidating ideas. The homepage is simple and accessible in less than 15 seconds with a fast connection.

Discovering China: China is a big country with a long and winding history that would take a big team of researchers years to record. But three students -- from Japan, South Africa and the US -- have marvellously telescoped Chinese history at this splendid site. Their focus may be mainly on the Cultural Revolution, but their compact version of the history of China is a lot more fun to read than anything found in school history books. There are six sections -- 'History', 'Cultural Revolution', 'Movers & Shakers', 'CityScape', 'Contributions', 'Interactive' -- which besides providing useful facts encourage and stimulate interactive debate.

A Girl's World: Attractively-packaged, fast-loading online magazine for teenage girls "written and edited entirely by girls and teens the world over". Apart from addressing such important issues as boy problems and dealing with uncool parents, the site offers party tips, movie reviews, profiles of hot and hip young stars and even pet-care advice. Most girls would probably check out 'Boyzone' first before moving to sections like 'Family Faire', 'Between Friends' and 'Tuff Talk'. Regular columns like 'Shannon's Guide to Life' 'Lindsay's Sports Talk' and 'Cool Current Issues that Matter' also contain useful teen thoughts, and there're loads of ideas for fun activities in 'Fun Fest', 'City Walk', Feature Fest', 'Club Stuff' and 'Downtown'. You can even have your own contributions featured and have a free newsletter e-mailed to you weekly.

The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices: Enter here to see some of the weirdest medical devices ever made. Not only that, you get to enjoy what is probably "the largest collection of medical chicanery and mayhem ever assembled under one roof". The idea of Minneapolis-based Bob McCoy who plans to house the collection in a multi-storey building someday, this 'Quackery Hall of Fame' features such awesomely awful gadgets as a voltage machine for increasing virility and a radio-wave device for breast-enlargement. You can see more such strange gizmos (like the Psychograph and Radium-Ore Revigorator) under 'Device Collection'. The 'Great American Quacks' link is also worth checking out for some fascinating tales about notorious fake physicians. There's even a 'Quack Links' that helps you delve into the subject further.

Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide: Boasting "almost six thousand links to Web science fiction resources", this homepage should be one of the first stops for sci-fi freaks. The listings include major films, books, authors, online magazines and newsletters, space sites and just about any webpage that has anything to do with the subject. Hot links include 'Clone' ("films about clones, genetic engineering and human duplication"), 'Popular: The 50 Most-Visited Science Fiction Sites' and 'Games/Software'. It's a mainly text-based site so access is almost immediate if you have a good connection.

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