Hilarious!! Not only informative but entertaining. The story of life in small town Quartzsite, Arizona, when RVers from around the world flock to the desert for low-priced winter living. The largest Rock & Gem Shows set up all over town selling not only rocks and gems but crafts, jewelry, homemade clothing, rare books,antiques, hats, you name it, it's for sale in Quartzsite.
The author brings you into the middle of her flock as they spread over town looking for the best bargains. Whether you are a rockhound or someone looking for a place to spend the winter on a fixed income, Snowbird Mating Season, tells it all. Small town humor at it's best.

An engaging writer, Jackson follows the journey of social psychology from its beginnings through the 1980's and challenges the positivist paradigm. This is a model for the student of psychology of the ultimate in creative scholarly writing and his treatment of social psychology is respectful and warm. This text surpasses the description of "textbook". Lastly, check out the reference list.

Jackson does an excellent job of uncovering the critical role that social scientific research played in the Supreme Court's classic Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. While many people equate the Brown decision with Clark's classic doll studies, Jackson provides an extremely even-handed look at role that Clark played in the decision, as well as pointing out the numerous studies carried out by other scholars that influenced the Supreme Court. An excellent read for anyone who is interested in this classic decision.

My husband joined the Army National Guard and he read the book cover to cover. He thought is was an excellent way to learn the rules of the military before basic training. It helped prepare him for the future and to know what is expected of a soldier. Anyone joining any branch of the military should read this book first.

I have been using this book since my Missippi Magnolia mother gave me a copy when it first came out. There's not a bad recipe in it. Even the Crispy Chicken Cassarole, which my children called "glop" is good. In fact, I'm making the Strawberries Romanoff for a get-together tomorrow night. My copy has just worn out, therefore I'm ordering a new one, make it two, one for my new daughter-in-law in NJ.

This is such a wonderful book about Spring. It goes through celebrations of spring from different cultures and different times. Also, it explains where some of our current traditions and holidays may come from.

Most of the book has descriptions of the holidays on one page, with a colorful, happy picture of on the next to it. Near the end there is "A Spring Story." This is a enduring 3 page story about the 'goddess of dawn and spring time.' It is a wonderful adoption of an very old myth.

At the very end of the book there is a section called 'Spring Activates.' This section has five fun actives to do during spring. These are things include a new way to paint eggs using colorful tissue paper, a recipe for Matzo bread, instructions to make Japanese origami butterflies, an egg game and directions for the 'No Ruz' feast.

This book is primarily for children, but would also make a great coffee table book to have around for Spring. Its colorful cover and upbeat descriptions would bring a smile to anyone's face.

My 11-year-old niece loved The Spy in the Alley! She laughed and laughed at all the funny parts -- and said she found the story a good plot-twister besides."

The first of a quintet of books under the series title "Sorcery", "The Sorcery Spell Book" is an introduction to a highly entertaining fantasy role-playing series. This volume is solely a lexicon of magical spells."Sorcery" takes the fun of D&D type role-playing and combines it with a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style game, allowing the player to select from a multitude of possible scenarios, twists, and endings. Unlike the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, highly simplistic and meant for young children, "Sorcery" is very complex and thoroughly entertaining for children AND adults. This series is also especially convenient to play; it does not require other people, and needs only a pair of six-sided dice, a pen, and a sheet of paper. Additionally, though this book is the last of five, a player can start from any book in the series. Written in the second person, you travel through the land of Kakhabad, fighting monsters and ruffians, encountering curious folk, sometimes helpful, sometimes lethal. As your inventory of magical items and special weapons grows, your challenges increase. Building your skill and strength is imperative should you live to face the evil Archmage of Mampang.The realm in which the RPing takes place is an enthralling one, and with the illustrations of John Blanche, you are eased into an enchantment not easily broken.

Well, it is clear to me that all of the volumes in the Famous Figures of the Civil War Era series are going to refer to their subjects by their first name, and while calling Stonewall Jackson "Tom" throughout this book does not bother me as much as calling William Tecumseh Sherman "William," I still have a fundamental problem with juvenile biographies that build familiarity between the subject and the reader by this tactic. This is especially true when you are talking about military leaders who led armies slaughtering one another.

That reservation aside, this is an excellent series for teaching young students more about some of the most important figures in the Civil War. Martha S. Hewson does a nice job of capturing the remarkable transformation of Thomas J. Jackson, from an odd professor at the Virginia Military Institute into one of the most brilliant leaders of American troops in the nation's history, immortalized as "Stonewall" Jackson. Hewson does an especially nice job of explaining some of the tactical maneuvers that earned Jackson his reputation. When, after Jackson's death, Robert E. Lee contends that the Confederates would have won the Battle of Gettysburg and therefore the Civil War if Jackson had still been alive, young readers will be inclined to agree. This book is illustrated with historic etchings and paintings, but, surprisingly, no photographs. Side-bars explore details from Jackson's life, such as why the Civil War was called "The Brother's War" and the importance of mapmaking to Jackson's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. This is an excellent series for providing young students more information about the Civil War.

I have been a fan of the American Civil War for over five years, and I have read many books on the subject and especially on Stonewall Jackson. I have never found a book more thorough about both subjects in my life. The author dives into several contravercies like: Why did the Civil War started, Did Stonewall fall asleep at the Seven day Battle? He also doesn't just stick to Stonewall, he also talks about other important figures in the Civil War. So if you are interested, kinda like, or a fanatic about Civil War and Stonewall Jackson like I am, I would recammend this book to every one!