I should've looked more closely at this book before buying it for my one-year old. The illustrations are really terrible. There is a pig in a wig that is particularly awful -- and sort of frightening! This book is just not worth buying.

This book was a gift at our baby shower and out of all the books that are in the nursery, my son loves it! It is by far his favorite book. We read it over and over. The rhyme is fun and kind of silly. We think that it will help with spelling and when he starts talking. I wouldn't recommend the book for the age group suggested. It is a must have for anyone who reads to their baby.

This book is a great tool for beginning readers. It showschildren how they can make new words by changing the initialconsonant. It also teaches them about rhyming words in a fun,simple and playful manner. My 2 and 5 year old children love it.

Unfortunately, I must differ with the praise this book has received. For starters, even though the book covers over a year and a half, Andre doesn't grow and his hair remains nicely cut (Notice that his short pants in the beginning are the same short pants in the end) Even though the book mentions that he snuck scraps of food and water from the kitchen, it's hard to believe the author doesn't mention how hungry he must have been (Boys this age are constantly eating). And he looks so clean when he is found out, how does he do that? Where did he go to the bathroom? And then there's the unbelievable heroics - give me a break!! Realistic fiction for children, no matter the reading level, must be accurately told in both words and pictures. In this case the book fails on both counts.

Historical fiction for children, this tale is set in 1880s France. With simple, charming text and lovely, expressive illustrations, it tells the story of Andre, a young orphan in Paris, who visits the site where the Statue of Liberty is being built. As the statue is about to leave Paris, Andre decides to stow away on the ship that will bring it to America. Along the way, the ship hits a terrible storm. Will Andre and the statue make it to America together? Read this book and find out. My kids loved it. We highly recommend it

I generally liked this book. It was well-written and is a very quick read.

However, I do have some complaints. There are no footnotes on where the author found her quotes, only a thin bibliography of the author's sources. The last chapter on Alexandra Of Denmark and her sister Dagmar is, by far, the weakest chapter. It should have been titled "Alexandra", for it barely has anything on Princess Dagmar and her influence on Russia. She also gets her geneology mixed up.

If you find this book at the library then I encourage you to pick it up and read it. Otherwise, don't waste your time or money in searching for this out-of-print book.

The best thing that I can say of this book is that it will get you interested in its subjects. If you do wish to read more about royal subjects, then go to Frasers.

This book is very good.In the sources part of the book it doesnt say where she got alot of her recources.She knows these things because shes related to almost all of them.If not by blood then by marriage.All but two of the royal houses of europe still running or not were intwined by marriage.So that is how she got most of her resources.

I got this for my mother who wanted to get an idea of the value of some trains she got as a kid. Unfortunately, this book did not give her all the information she wanted or thought she would get with this book. It is a very thin book. It does not have the value of train sets. I don't think this book is available in the library, so we couldn't peruse it prior to purchase. It did contain some price guides for some items she has, but not everything.

This handy reference guide has current values for all Marx Trains including 6", 7", and scale. Includes tinplate and plastic locomotives, cars, and accessories. Marx HO production is also listed. This is also a convenient guide to current Marx production made by Marx Trains, Inc. An invaluable reference for all Marx collectors and operators.

Has lots of tables and charts, and is adequately explained. The author also writes study guides for standardized architecture tests, and that pretty much sums up the style: no opinions, just facts. Very thorough though. Personally I don't need a whole chapter on locks, but I suppose there are those who do. Presentation and graphics are a bit low-rent for an architecture book.

This book should be on the shelves of every interior designer- it's so thorough that it's a little cumbersome at first. It should be used as a reference book, it gives chapter-by-chapter explanations on the specifics for the construction and application of windows, casegoods, partitions, etc. If there is ever any doubt in a designers mind as to how exactly something is constructed or works when it comes to the specifics of interior design, this book's for you.

For an aspiring principal, being able to see how to balance a school leader's roles seems very difficult. Administrators are expected to perform daily managerial tasks efficiently while at the same time provide a dynamic vision and school culture. Through reality-based cases, Deal and Peterson show that creative endeavors can allow principals to balance their seemingly dualistic roles. The Leadership Paradox offers insight into how to balance the technical and symbolic sides of the school leadership role. After reading this book, principals will be better equipped with some cognitive templates and action repertoires that will help them respond effectively to issues as both a technician and artist.

Deal and Peterson are on to a--paradoxically--simple and yet equally profound truth: leadership is a paradoxical enterprise. The heart of their analysis focuses on the false dichotomy between (left-brained) rational-technical-logical "management" and (right-brained) symbolic-artistic-passionate "leadership." As their title suggests, they wisely conclude that the most effective school leaders practice a more balanced "bifocal" approach.

Most of us probably tend naturally to prefer one of these approaches over the other. We are thus likely to recognize both ourselves and our nemeses described in the authors' discussions of the respective strengths and weaknesses inherent in these two contrasting styles. Their answer, predictably, is to encourage us to cleave to a more paradoxically-sensitive middle way, or "via media." I tend to agree.

If you happen to see life as rife with paradox and ambiguity already anyway, you are unlikely to learn anything earth-shakingly new from Deal and Peterson's account in this book. But I don't want this review to sound too ambivalent. Paradoxically, perhaps, I found this to be a thoroughly worthwhile work to read--despite its (un)remarkably (extra)ordinary thesis.

My spouse's fibromyalgia is relieved by massage. I wanted to get a little comfortable with some of the theory behind the moves and this book helped me. I will keep it as a reference as I learn to improve my massage skills.

This is a gorgeous book visually and a beautiful book in it's welcoming attitude and clear approach. Anne Kent Rush is a classic authority in both massage and yoga. Her long experience and creativity allow her to bring the two disciplines together in Massage for Total Well-Being. The book shows, chapter by chapter, how to combing massage with yoga's seven centers of health. It's a book you can read in it's entirety or pick up at any place and learn new ways to enhance your well-being. I found comfort in simply reading it. This would be a great gift for those too-busy people on your list.

This book offers a great many things, but is lacking in practicality. The book offers a good amount of information and detail of the language and does compare the language with others. Kent shows a good knowlege of Latin and Greek, yet his representation of New Persian in the comparisons are, at times, very inaccurate. Kent relies on the transcription solely and admittedly changes some of the characters with others that usually represent completely different sounds, yet his key is not an easily understood one. His treatment of the grammatical features are a bit disorganized at times.

Professor Kent's monumental book is still the most widely used work on old Persian. Although it is old (about fifty years old), it provides us with a complete overview of the inscriptions and their transliteration and transcriptions. In many cases, like the style of teaching the grammer, the need for a newer book is felt, something in the league of Nyberg's A Manual of Pahlavi. Still, a great buy, if you can find one!

Very dull, very dry, very expensive

Liked the entrepreneural perspcetive.

My first Accounting Test consisted of three chapters from my Mangerial Accounting text. My professor was very vague on what material to focus on from each chapter, and did not go over much in of the material in class. I used the Study Guide for the corresponding three chapters, and after taking the test was thouroughly satisfied with my preparation for the test. The Study Guide has multiple choice questions to cover the objectives of each chapter. It has True/False questions to test your knowledge of relevant subject matter. More importantly it gives you extra practice with the Accounting problems. It answered many questions I had after leaving a lecture with my professor. When you do not get and answer correct, the answer guide in the back of the book gives you good explanations of where you went wrong. For example, with the multiple choice questions there are excerpts next to the correct answer.

I found this book extremely disappointing. Not only was it short on facts and technical information, but every question I wanted an answer to was dodged by saying "best left to experts".

I expected something more along the lines of "Tuning BL's A-series engine" by D. Vizard. I could have gotten what little information exists in the book with a few phone calls to local engine tuners.

I bought this book as there were some important questions I needed answering. Namely Head modifications... which to my dismay were sadly missing. The message to the reader was that such modifications should be left to the experts. Pray tell me what was the point of the book?

covers all critical areas for repairing or modifying the Kent motor. Good research. Photographs are excellent.