In a world of theory-ladden writing, this book is a breath of fresh air. The authors give us practical, useful advice and helpful hints on how to manage and lead fellow staff members. There's not much out there that is this clearly written and functional.

I found this book of poetry is be very uplifting and inspirational. It covers many of life's experiences and the feelings and emotions that accompany them. The graphics and introductions help to set the tone for each poem and lend to it's easy reading. It is thought provoking yet comforting. This book is written from the heart and will also touch yours.

This is a great book for anyone who loves Point of Grace (like me) or Christian Contemperary Music, or a story of four girls keeping their virtue in a world where singers and movie stars alike are losing theirs. The book is divided up into sections. Each of the girls, Heather, Shelley, Denise, and Terry take a chapter and tell about their lives and how they got into music, etc... and the rest is kind of question and answer sections where they address topics like friends, family, dating, clothes, etc... It is a very inspiring book, besides being great fun to read. I rate it a 10!

I confess - I yell at characters! Too often I think the women in these books get hooked up with verbally abusive, "caught in past experiences" men. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results wouldn't it seem that it is a bit nuts to be with a different women and expect them to also be moneygrubbing liars? (or whatever their lost loves did?) Laura Phillip's characters escape this. In this book her main character is a capable woman who has made a success of her life - and in falls a dream guy with a daughter - But he does not expect all women to be heartless child abandoners - and the daughter is a total charmer without being an angel. This book is fun, charming, believable, and a good read. This author should move up the ranks of great romance authors - I want more!

Citing the developments in technology, changes in the description and arrangement of materials, and the advancements in preservation, the author offers this comprehensive manual on local history collections. Well written and organized, the book covers collection development, access, preservation, new technologies, users, publicity, and administration. The questions raised in each section also provide a basis for more reflection on the topic. Sample forms are represented throughout the book and there is an extensive bibliography at the end. Recommended for any library with a local history collection.

I need to learn English THIS year for one way or another but I will learn it. You can write it.

This book has excellent ideas for crafts, activities, manipulatives and general learning for young children. I was particularly pleased to see activities appropriate for babies on up to elementary school age.

The layout of the book makes it easy to take the suggestions and put them into action. Most items can be found around the average home which saves time and money on purchasing supplies. Unlike many children's activity/craft books, the author suggests things that I would actually want to and be able to do with my 3- and 1-year-old, without the hassles of finding specialized supplies, making huge messes or grandiose ideas that aren't practical with little ones.

Another book that I found similarly appealing is EcoArt, which uses craft supplies that can be found in your recycle bin or using things growing in the yard.

An excellent resource for parents of young children, day care providers, birthday party planners or anyone who wants to have fun interacting with young children.

College-level students of Alcott's works will find the Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia to be a fine reference examining the biographical details of Alcott's life and family. From her place in 19th century history and publishing achievements to her adult and children's writings as a whole, the Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia provides an excellent reference.

"They were by now right in the middle of the river and there was no other boat in sight. It soon became clear that Khalid had not given up on the idea of sex. He sat by the rudder, guiding the felucca further west. Strange birds swept down from the sky and called to each other, before swooping down on the water and floating close to the boat.'Birds don't mind what we do,' Khalid explained wickedly. 'They've seen this before and they pretend not to notice.'

It's 1925 and the deluxe cruiser carrying the young gigolo Jeremy Hessling has docked at Luxor. Jeremy dreams of being dominated by the pharaohs of old, but quickly becomes involved with someone more accessible -- Khalid, a young man of exceptional beauty.

Jeremy is used to trading on his looks in his profession but, as he finds himself in an escalating adventure of sexual intrigue, he realises there's more than one way to bribe his way out of a bad situation. And instead of the opulent temples of his imagination, he finds love and sex among the crumbling ruins where the Nile still flows, just as it did centuries ago. By the author of Convict Chains."- abstract from A Brother's Touch

Levy's book is filled with explorations of neat themes in Lovecraft such as attics (vs. cellars), dreamworlds, stairways dug from underground up... The book's charm as well as weakness is that it points out Lovecraft's relation to other thinkers (Poe, Hawthorne, Freud, Einstein, Le Fanu) but doesn't get bogged down working those relations out.