What a wonderful resource for young women. I found the book to be at the same time both practical and inspiring . It's full of contacts and connections, while breaking down stereotypes around what being a girl is all about. As a dad with all boys of my own, I often struggle when thinking about gifts for girls. Now I've got an answer.

How many young women do you meet that are full of questions relating to "how do I...?"or "where can I find...?" This is the book to which you can turn. It's a compendium of information organized by large subjects (e.g. sports, science, politics) to allow girls and/or their parents to access multiple sources (books, website addresses, camps)of support and information. I have given this book to many teenagers; their parents and schools have ordered copies after being introduced to it. (There's a website coming online in October or November that expands its utility.) Have this one on your shelf for the young women in your life!

i hink this was a great book loved it i gues

I am a seventh grader, and this book is part of our course reading. There are some wonderful short stories in it, ranging in difficulty in both the fluency with which the story was written, as well as in the vocabulary used, for example, the difficult vocabulary in "The Masque of Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe. There are quite a few important, famous, and memorable short stories in Little Worlds, including the infamous story, "The Gift of the Magi," as well as, "The Necklace" and "The Monkey's Paw." But, I do warn you, the book includes some very controversial, yet famous stories like, "The Lottery." Overall, I must say that Little Worlds is a truly wonderful book with exceptional story selections. Some I did not enjoy, but all of them taught an important life lesson to me. Just get a good teacher to tell you about them as well!

Being a student in 7th grade, I highly recomend this book for teaching children my age. But I must say that some stories like "To Build A Fire" are boring. And as for the person who wrote it was horrible... WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!?!?!?!? Please read this book. It also has a wonderful vocabularly to help students and peopel in gernal learn.

I purchased these books as a class set for my advanced eighth grade Language Arts students. The stories are fantastic. The stories will cause students to discuss and challenge the themes presented. Students must understand the short story before comprehending every story presented--today's students expect to be entertained, and, quite frankly, that is not the purpose for all short stories. As a teacher, I found this classroom resource invaluable. This is a wonderful book with memorable stories: "The Monkey's Paw," "The Necklace," "An Occurance at Owlcreek Bridge," "The Gift of the Magi," etc. It's a must have for the accelerated middle school student!

This is not a good book to teach children the value of money and its worth in their lives. This author must have gathered all the Wall Street Journals for the past year and written in her own words what the Journal printed. It is choppy and teaches nothing about real money sense. Look further. A parent of five!

A lively, engaging book on a topic that won't go out of style: Money Sense for Kids! helps youngsters develop the financial savvy to be smart consumers and wise investors. The book is filled with amusing "case studies" and fun reinforcement activities that explain money concepts in age-appropriate ways. An excellent gift for budding entrepreneurs and piggy-bank prisoners alike, Money Sense for Kids! should be on everyone's bookshelf!

THIS EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE BOOK PROVIDES YOUNG READERS WITH ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS .

THE "RISK " ANALOGY TO BICYCLE RIDING IS READILY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL GENERATIONS.

THE EXPLANATION OF THE CURRENCY IS FASINATING AND ENTERTAINING

The recipes are only 20 minutes worth of prep if you happen to have all of her odd and exotic ingredients on hand, particularly spices. I would have to wait for the mail order spices to arrive or visit a gourmet store a few hours away.
The recipes also include a lot of pizza and omelettes, things that are probably in every other vegetarian cookbook, or even Betty Crocker. I bought this along with the Italian Vegetarian cookbook two months ago. I use the Italian one regularly and haven't used Rose Elliot's book once.

I have not been this excited about a vegetarian book since "While the Pasta Cooks" (well, it's MOSTLY vegetarian) and "Vegetarian Sandwiches". Just reading it made me want to order a bunch of groceries and try a handful of these recipes! I'm always looking for fast and tasty new recipes and this is perfect. I don't think this book has very many "exotic" ingredients, but you could usually come up with a suitable substitute. Personally, I dislike lima or butter beans, so I always substitute soybeans for them - and there are a few recipes in there I would change. Or just skip those few "exotic" recipes. There are 200 to choose from!

I've tried several of the recipes in this book (so far Mixed Vegetable Curry is my favorite), and they are wonderful. This is a good book to have if you're just learning to cook. Exotic ingredients aside, the instructions are fairly simple, and the most complicated part of many recipes is chopping vegetables. Also, most of the recipes in here will satisfy a meat-eaters palate.

this book was confusing and very not meaningfull i thought that page lambert did a bad job.

Very good reading, with excellent comments on the Grand Canyon, the experiences of rafting the river and essays on how the canyon touches people in different ways. I have just completed an 8 day trip of over 280 miles in the canyon and experienced every emotion and awe-inspiring moment described in the book. The photographs are worth the purchase price alone. A must read before and after taking a trip down the wonderous Colorado in the Grand Canyon

Writing Down the River grabs your heart and broadens your understanding of the power of the western landscape. The photographs are amazing in themselves; the essays stunning.

Sybil Downing, award winning author of Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange

I wanted more bear action in this novel. It seems the "extinct" bears got less play than the romance? between exes Jack and Cassandra. I know I wouldn't want to be in some deep, dark cave with my ex! All in all this book reminds one of a few recent books like "Extinct" and "The Trench" where thought to be extinct creatures come in contact with man with expected results. I'm not saying this is a bad novel, just that there are better examples of this genre out there.

I have to admit that I could not put this book down. A fast entertaining read. The story line moved and subplots were good. If you need a book for the plane or the beach, Get this one. I for one liked the ending and the far fetched plot. I like a book that I can read enjoy and feel satisfied with. If I want a book heavy with reality or more realistic could be, I read one. Sometimes I just want to read books because I want to be entertained by them. This was one.

The setting is an unexplored cave near Carlsbad Caverns and the scientists who study it ' and begin disappearing. Something is evidently down there, and amid issues of nuclear waste and research lies evidence of a new threat to mankind which must be stamped out. Cavern features fast action and a thrilling plot which will keep readers guessing to the end.

The book is well written and I've learned quite a bit. However, I don't like that there isn't a photo of every piece (like the child's plate) or how to tell the difference between a casserole and a covered vegetable. I also didn't like that the price guide doesn't break down the year the item was made, just prices of American made, and made in England. Is one made in 1941 worth more than one in 1980??? The book and the guide doesn't say. I also felt as though it was CLEARLY written from a SALES perspective, complete with a photo of The Replacements headquarters on the back cover!

This is probably the best book on Franciscan dinnerware around. It gives a lot of information on the company, it's history etc. I would have liked to see more information and photos on the handpainted items, namely the Apple and Desert Rose varieties. There are only a few pages devoted exclusively to them. There is a price guide included that covers most of the items, although it doesn't show photos of each piece. I think it's a pretty good book though and I'm glad I bought it.

Bob Page and Dale Frederiksen did a terrific job assembling this reference guide. 7 full pages are devoted to 1 plate of each Franciscan dinnerware pattern, making pattern matching a breeze. Follow up pages show the entire line of available pieces within a pattern, a check list for each item in a particular pattern, and in many cases a picture of an original catalog page. Lot's of collector's notes with interesting tidbits about a particular piece and pictures galore make this reference guide a must have for anyone with an interest in Franciscan

I too found the translation "dry bones" with no spirit to give life...I think it takes a poet to properly "translate" a poet.Literal translation just won't do. My highest praise in the exciting poetry of Hafez, will be found in the translations of Mr. Daniel Ladinsky : The Gift...or The Subject Tonight Is Love... Sorry Ms. Bell.

First one must understand that to translate means to change. With that in mind all the Persian poetry translated is changed poetry. Ms. Bell's book is exceptional because it has both Farsi (Persian) and English. To truly understand Bell's Hafiz book you must not only be able to read Farsi and English or you must be conscious enough to "understand" the "meaning" of the poems. Since most people do not fit in this category selecting Bell or Ladinsky, or another translation will only matter to your personal taste rather than accuracy. So maybe it's best that you read different translations to get different "flavors" of Hafez. Enjoy the books and love one another, remember "all you need is love."

In the first place, you have to admit that this job really can't be done. The principal pleasures of Hafez are to be found in his intricate imagery combined with the music of his verse.

After a diligent search (and knowing some Farsi myself), I have concluded that these are by far the best English renditions of Hafez, done by a brilliant Englishwoman who was highly fluent in both Arabic and Persian. If you read these translations, you will get a good sense for the meaning of Hafez.

To dismiss these brilliant renditions -- comparable, in their way, with Fitzgerald's stunning translations of Omar Khayyam -- is simply a subliterary act, and to prefer the fraudulent new-age nonsense perpetrated by Daniel Ladinsky to the authentic merit of these informed and passionate renderings, is simply to proclaim yourself a Know-Nothing.

Highly recommended!

This book greatly disappointed me. The book does include a CD with a web page design program on it. That would have proven useful had I opened it. I read the book through, first, and was not able to keep awake. I have found that the book serves me only one good purpose; a drink coaster for my computer desk.

This book has proved helpful in creating my first home page. Although the book talks mainly about how to use the software, there is a breif bit on HTML and where to host and advertise your page. The software included, (Claris Home Page Lite 2.0) is very easy to use, and good for beginners. If your looking to get your feet wet, I'd recommend this book.

I purchased this book because I was familar with other SAMS 24 Hour texts. The book is well written with lots of good examples, a very useful CD with a working, no limitations, web page editor, and the author and publisher have excellent support via telephone or on their web pages. If you buy one book on creating a home page and you do not want to learn the technical ins and outs of webmastering, make that book this book.

I bought this book solely based on the greatness of another Page-Jones' book:"Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design". I figured that if this book was half as good as the "practical guide" was, my money would have been well spent.

This book is very inaccessible. It keeps you so deep in "buzz-word soup" that reader has to work very hard to understand his points. The examples are very abstract hard to follow.

I've been programming and designing systems using object-oriented languages for years. I can safely say that OO programmers do not anything in this book to be successful.

This is a good book, but it's been obsoleted by a newer version that uses the UML instead of the non-standard notation in this book. The new book is "Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML".

I already had a book from this writer (Meilir Page-Jones). So, I expect no less than high quality. I was not disappointed. This is one of the best books that I know of that can be bought about object-orientation. The problem with most other books, that is all other books that I have seen, is that they usually sink very quickly in the mud pool of the teeny weeny details of some object-oriented language. And before you know it the language syntax is discussed and the object-oriented principals are totally forgotten or at its best difficult to extract.

This writer never looses track of the subject he is trying to explain, namely: object-oriented design. As far as I can judge this is about the only book that succeeded to do this. This despite a lot of other books and highly acclaimed writers. On top of that this book is well structured, well built, and, God forbid, actually fun to read!

My advice, run to the bookstore and buy this book!