I dont know why they called it the case of the mind-reading mommies. I would have called it the talent show, because at the and of the book theres a talent show I gave the book 3 stars because the title didnt make scence. my favorite part was the talent show

If I was the author of this book I would have changed the title because it had nothing to do with mind-reading. I would have called it Kate and the Month of May because it all took place in the month of May. I rated it 3 stars because it not the best book or the worst book I've ever read. My favorite part was when they had the magic show for Mothers Day.

Table of content:
1. Dollarization: A premier
2. Dollarization: Analytical issues
3. Using balance sheet data to identify sovereign default and devaluation risk
4. Dollarization and the lender of last resort
5. Measuring costs and benefits of dollarization: An application of Central Americana and Caribbean countries
6. Dollarization: The link between devaluation and default risk
7. Implementation guidelines for dollarization and monetary unions
8. The political economy of dollarization: Domestic and international factors

Most of these old papers (from the academic time line) can be downloaded from Internet for free by searching from google.com, for example. These days Economics books by MIT Press tend to collect old papers and keep the table of content secret. What a good strategy.

As opposed to most of the literature on the topic (de jure/formal/full dollarization Salvadorean style; NOT de facto financial dollarization that characterizes many developing countries), this volume succeeds in presenting a balanced compendium of papers that summarizes the main issues, informing the reader without trying to sell a particular option. The Primer is particularly helpful for dollarization curious policy makers and economist without an emerging market orientation. While briefing on the contents of the different chapters of the volume, it tackles a number of diverse and related topics, ranging from old-style optimum currency area criteria to modern-style developing-coutries-cannot-manage-their-own-currency type of arguments (the so called monetary credibility argument), to non-economical political considerations, always avoiding easy simplifications of generalizations. For that reason, it may read as a little derivative sometimes, but a second reading and a long reference list provides a fairly comprehensive unbiased introduction that is difficult to find elsewhere. For those whose want more, the chapters elaborate on particular themes discussed in the introductory primer. The language is as diverse as the authors of the papers, going from an analytical presentation of the credibility-flexibility tradeoff by Chang and Velasco to a down-to-earth step by step guide for a prospective dollarizer by Gruber and co-authors, to a descriptive account of the political aspects by Frieden. All in all, a nice introduction for the lay and an up to date reference book for the initiated. (True, papers can be downloaded, some even in the final version, from the Internet. But this happens to be the rule rather than the exception in these days. At least, MIT Press has done an unexpectedly creative job with the cover.)

A world-class gymnast is secretly hospitalized.No-one is sure why but the reason is quite serious.

This book is about a world-class gymnast named Heidi Ferguson....And she's in the hospital-but why? She dosen't seem very sick. Read the book to find out what's wrong with her.

Here's a refreshing approach to dieting - don't do it! The reasoning goes something like this: If you go on a diet, you have to come off of it, and there lies the problem -- keeping the weight off that you just lost.

The solution is to stop dieting and eat really well all the time. Eating well means consuming lots of fruits and vegetables, some low-fat dairy products, some whole-grain products, and a little protein here and there, day in and day out. Filling up on all this good stuff leaves little room for the fattening stuff. And not only can you lose weight, but you will also be able to lower your blood pressure, your risk of heart disease, and your chances of developing diabetes.

Sounds too good to be true, and it IS if you think it can be done in 30 days or 3 months. But in an upbeat friendly style, the authors assure us we can lose 10% of our total weight in a year, three years in a row, and KEEP IT OFF for at least five years.

The book starts off with why this is a good plan to follow, then goes into how to do it. Without sacrificing easy readability, the authors offer scientific and practical information on what foods can do FOR you and TO you. The chapter that meant the most to me is the one on patterns, or ways to improve the way I eat and move. It includes how to eat healthy when eating on the go, eating out, and eating take-out, as well as how to take more steps in a day. Thank goodness they included some recipes to refresh my boring nightly menu. So not only have the authors given me the tools to get to my best weight, but they have also given me the confidence I need to start and stay with an eating plan that can help me stay healthy for a long time.

Sartre scholar Ronald Aronson errs immediately in his intro to Hope Now: The 1980 Interviews by writing that questions about these interviews can be "posed dispassionately" now, meaning, of course, that they can be posed objectively & thereby synopsizes all that has made American liberal education the grand failure that it is. Moreover, Sartre might have disapproved. What did he write about "committed literature?"

In the weeks before his death, Sartre and long-time personal secy Benny Levy recorded a series of discussions, in the form of interviews, some of which were published in a Paris weekly newspaper. Levy, a former Maoist student leader (for the contemporary American student, Maoist student leader is probably as archaic or unknown a term as internal combustion engine) & ardent student of Sartre, fairly attacked the blind & aging writer/philosopher, at times engaging him, at times bullying him.

Thruout the interviews (which take up, really, just one-fourth of the entire book [hence 3 stars]; the rest is all intro commentary & postscripts), Sartre seemed to hold his own, citing the errors of Marxism, existentialism, & the left-wing political movements of the 60s & early 70s. I think the interviews offer the reader a good feel for that period (fondly known in the USA as "the 60s"), when Levy was known as Pierre Victor, Sartre was backing all kinds of radical & left-wing endeavors, & the 1968 student rebellions thruout Europe but especially in Paris threatened to topple the whole knowledge-is-power façade.

In the end, the students failed, but the student uprisings in the USA, then & after, were a mere burlesque of those in Europe: certainly, the knowledge-is-power concept was never questioned (US students just wanted more power with their knowledge), & the smugness that allows Mr. Aronson to pose questions dispassionately has enveloped every succeeding academic iteration.

The famous quote from Sartre's one-act play, "No Exit," was "Hell is other people." Sartre was almost 75 when these interviews took place, and then he said, "It's other people that are my old age...Old age is a reality that is mine but that others feel..." The topics that disturbed so many after the interviews were published were Judaism and Jewishness.

Levy generalizes that Jews fear the revolutionary mob because it may become the pogrom mob; Sartre counters that "there were a considerable number of Jews in the Communist Party in 1917 [in Russia]." Personally, I am at a loss to explain why Levy was reviled by Sartre scholars: Sartre states that he was profoundly influenced by the "Jewish reality" that confronted him after the war, when he met Jews that he saw as having a destiny "beyond the ravages [of] anti-Semitism."

Hope Now seems to me to be more of a coda to the 1972 documentary, "Sartre: By Himself," where he chatted amiably with the editorial staff of Le Temps Moderne and Simone de Beauvoir. That film depicted a leisurely afternoon with friends. Sartre with Levy seems more like colleagues at work. Unlike the current crop of celebrity academics, Sartre always appeared, to appropriate Harry Stack Sullivan's comment about schizophrenics, "simply human."

This volume is far from the author's best work. It was, in fact, a disappointing read. In some places, it was simply inaccurate. In others, the author made statements that needed support - but he declined to use either end notes or foot notes, so we the readers can't check. I believe he wrote this book for casual readers, not serious readers or students.

It is very clear and concise in teaching the principles of corporate finance

Not as authoritative as other books on this subject, and I found too many personal assumptions that I had to disagree with. When I saw an opening page with a picture of a non-coupled rangefinder Argus model C identified as a "Argus C3", I was a bit disappointed. Also, the quality of the photos and the composition themselves is sorely lacking in a book by a fellow who obviously considers himself somewhat of an accomplished photographer. B&W photos often muddy, and poorly focused. That said, however, overall a fairly informative and entertaining read for the beginning camera collector, despite some errors.

A FOURTH EDITION IS NOW OUT COPYRIGHT 1997 NEW ADDITION HAS MANY WHITLES AND BELLS

The book by the co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet would be appropriate for a middle school or early high school student. At that level it would be a good introduction to astronomy. Those above that educational level may be bored. Because of this the book alone would be rated 2 stars. There are intriguing b&w photographs included.

The included CDROM, however is much better (more in depth): 4 stars. It was produced under the auspices of Scientific American and contains the E-text of Leon Lederman and David Schramm's 1995 edition of "From Quarks to the Cosmos". This is an admirable description of how particle physics was brought into astronomy in the early 1980's to elucidate the Big Bang theory. Nobel laureate Lederman and his coauthor Schramm were much involved in this work.

The CDROM also includes a number of Quicktime video clips of other scientists describing various aspects of the Big Bang theory such as inflation, along with other entertaining features such as simulated experiments you can have fun with.

The only drawback to the CDROM is its 640 x 480 format that displays in a reduced center of a 17 inch screen.

So the book and disc average out to 3 stars.