Charmingly written by Ethel Pochocki, A Penny For A Hundred is an engaging story for young readers about a nine-year-old girl growing up in America in 1944. When German prisoners-of-war are brought in to help harvest a potato crop, she befriends one of them in this gentle tale of compassion and hope for the future. Very highly recommended reading, A Penny For A Hundred is illustrated in soft colors by Mary Beth Owens that are evocative and reminiscent of an earlier time.

This book is a wonderful book which shows that not all POW's were bad during WWII. The book shows the warm heart of a child who befriends a POW...This is an excellent book!

A.A. Milne was born in England in 1882 and wrote some delightful books about Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. Pooh was actually inspired by a teddy bear belonging to Milne's son, Christopher. His books have been translated into over two dozen languages are favorites of children and adults throughout the world.

So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True,
It isn't much fun for One, but Two
Can stick together," says Pooh, says he.
"That's how it is," says Pooh.
-Us Two, pg. 3

Ernest H. Shepard illustrated the Pooh books and Milne was so pleased with the drawings for the first book that he invited Shepard out to his home in Surrey, England so he could sketch the actual woodland settings for the stories.

In this book we find "Us Two," "Winnie-The-Pooh And Some Bees," "Sneezles"and "An Expotition To the North Pole" followed by two poems and then a story about Tiger coming to the forest and a prayer.

In the first story, Pooh falls out of a tree and it wasn't quite what he meant to do. He really just wanted some honey. "Sneezles" is about Christopher Robin which is a real tongue twister. In the next story after a simple meal of marmalade spread lightly over a honeycomb or two, Pooh goes off to see if Christopher Robin wants to go off on an "Expotition." Yes, that is the spelling.

Then, I the middle of the night, Winnie-the-Pooh woke up suddenly and found a tiger named Tigger. The two have a hilarious little conversation and then after breakfast they go off to see piglet, Eeyore and Kanga.

These are the most delightful stories to read to children and have that added touch of charming humor that will delight adults and children alike. The illustrations are quite cute and the rhymes invariably silly.

Far more wieldy than the complete works of Pooh, I heartily recommend this for wee ones who are just being introduced to AA Milne`s Winnie the Pooh. This slim, light volume with an assortment of three stories and five poems and color illustrations on every page, (varying in size from one-eighth to two-thirds of a page,) is easy to hold and view. My boys, now five and seven, still find the big book rather daunting, and will ask for the "bee and balloon story," or the "Tigger story" or the "North Pole" story from this book, rather than the larger dust collector. And I should mention that the poem "Sneezles" is a favorite whenever we have to lie in bed with a cold, and this is far easier to take to bed and less lumpy to sleep on.

The main desire of Ptolemy in writing his Almagest is to explain and account for the motions of the apparently erratic celestial beings in terms of perfect and circular motions. In doing so he introduces the epicyclic (which states that the center of a smaller circle orbits around the earth and the object orbits around the smaller circle) and the eccentric hypotheses (which supposes that the center of the circular motion of the planet is not exactly centered on the earth), which are ultimatly equivalent to eachother in terms of result. Begining with the motion of the sun in the sky and moving on to the less accountable outer planets, Ptolemy moves his mathematics brilliantly with a nod to a story teller's art. Some may find his introduction of his equant (something that is often said to defile his principles of perfect motion), which explains the retrogradation of the outer planets, to be a let down to the fanfare of perfection in the stars. Yet, overall, the Almagest manages to recapture the magic and wonder of the universe through complicated mathematical hypotheses and to succesfully lay the ground for the break throughs of Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler to come. If you are at all interested in astronomy or mathematics, you ought to read this.

The mathematics is difficult to follow, but as it is developed from Euclid and Eratosthenes it is reliable. The observations have been made from a very wide area and over a long time; but while the mechanics may be rather mysterious the results are impressive.

Does the front cover always show Penelope weaving at her loom? - the ancients obviously thought highly of Homer and the Greek myths.

The Tetrabiblos survives together with the parallel Greek. Since the Almagest went through successive transliterations/translations (and interpretations?), it might not be too surprising if the Greek text has disappeared.

And what of Ptolemy's other books? - his geography for example. The Almagest has observations from Ceylon to Thule, including Britain. The ancients must have travelled widely.

Is there anywhere an account of the origin of the names of stars and constellations? These seem to have accumulated over time. Many star names begin "Al-", from the Arabic, I suppose.

Well done!

Fairy tales have not been lost! We had a great time searching for the clues and finding familiar items from traditional fairy tales. With a very clever twist, fairy tales have hit the 21st Century. I enjoyed this book so much that I bought a copy for my 48 year old brother-in-law!

Everyone thinks they know fairy tales. Everyone thinks they know what Snow White and the 7 Dwarves looks like, Red Riding Hood looks like, even the 3 bears, Right? Wrong! Think again! This book will show you these characters, and more, like you've NEVER seen them before....eg: Did you know Cinderella really wears size 14DDD shoes, Prince Charming rides a stunt motorcycle, Little Red Riding Hood delivers PIZZAS, and the 7 dwarves are really surfers? Or how about Jack and his famous beanstalk...Where have you seen HIM before (clue) 'Little Pigs, Little Pigs, let me come in'.... All this and more, with a million things to look at and for, not just the same guy on every page, although that too along with a whole bunch of the corniest gags and wordplay ever. Kids from 5 to 105 will love this book! The guy who illustrated this is TOTALLY off the planet....how do I know this? Simple. It was me. Mea Culpa! Enjoy!

I am currently studying to be a teacher and taking a course in teaching ESOL. Our class uses this book and believe or not, it's actually one of this textbooks you can't put down! The authors keep the audience interested by giving examples of real-life scenarios. I highly recommend this book to get a better view of how to make ESL students adapt to a new environment. Very beneficial!!

Peregoy and Boyle have written an outstanding resource book for elementary and secondary school teachers who work with English Language Learners (ELLs). This book focuses on the literacy development for ELL students which is so critical to their success in education and in life. The book includes relevant research information pertaining to second language aquisition, literacy development, and cultural issues. Theory is transformed into practice with solid guidance for teachers working with ELLs in process writing, literature study, and content area studies. Background information, scaffolding techniques, in-depth teacheing strategies, and activity examples are seamlessly merged into a tremendously helpful resource guide which enables teachers to truly employ "best practices" in classrooms with ELLs. I first used this book while obtaining a Master's degree in education, and as a classroom teacher, have found it to be an invaluable resource. It is well worth the (relatively small) monetary and time investment for any teacher who cares about offering ELL students the bast instruction possible.

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You will be revealed great truths that can and will heal every sickness imaginable! And drugs and poisons will never be the answer! There are very wide opening truths in this book everybody needs to read before it is too late for our world.

I'm so glad to see this book still in print! This was a favorite "Bedtime Storytime" book in our public library when it first came out...and the story bears out that love is stronger than adversity, longer-lasting than physical beauty, and, in the end, the rewards of love far outweigh vanity and pride. A sweet and funny book for all ages, especially for those with a favorite pair of pajamas that are put on the clothesline to dry!

I am delighted that this book is back in print! It is an engaging story illustrated with gorgeous watercolors. Rosebud is a rather refined nightgown, and is not impressed at first with Red Flannel, the pair of long johns that adores her. How her opinion of him changes and her respect for him grows is a story that parallels many a human love. Their deep commitment to each other is a lesson in lasting love. This book would be a lovely wedding present.

Although I loved the Rough Riders movie on TNT, they got the character Buckey O'Neill wrong. This book will set you straight on a forgotten hero, who did more in 38 years than most men would do in a life time. Just how far would he have gone had he not been killed at Kettle Hill? The next time that I'm on Whiskey Row, I will give a toast to William Owen O'Neill. This is a great book.

Dale L. Walker's biography of O'Neill, one of the early West's most fascinating figures, is richly drawn, authoritative, and distinguished. O'Neill is best known as one of the Rough Riders of the Spanish-American War, but Walker meticulously depicts all the other facets of this legendary Arizonan. This is surely the standard work on O'Neill.

I wish I had read this book years ago! Daniel Owens has written the best book I have read yet on evangelism. I never believed the "in your face" evangelism that some practice was very effective, and this book points to a better way. Daniel Owens proposes that real and effective evangelism requires time and sincere love invested in individuals. Furthermore, we need to be laying the foundation through prayer. Throughout the book, he presents practical and specific suggestions of how to become sincerely involved in the lives of non-Christian friends and neighbors. Filled with anecdotes and very readable chapters, this is one book every Christian would benefit from reading.

Dan Owens is just like me and you but has the words from God to help us all share Christ's love, as hard as it may be sometimes. So many things he has written have shown me that to be a Christian doesn't mean being perfect or even close to it....and simple loving ways to show how my Saviour has changed my life and can change other's lives. Thanks Dan!

There is something noble about those things that inspire you. I got this book because I speak for a living and wanted to read the words of some of the most articulate speakers of all time. When I got this book, I found a volume of inspiration beyond what I expected. There are, of course, the great speeches like MLK's "I have a dream" speech and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but there are also a good number of jewels that most people haven't seen; like a brief submitted to the Supreme Court by Mother Theresa that made me think long and hard about a very tough subject and reexamine my stance somewhat. If you purchase this book, you won't be disappointed.

This is a remarkable collection of famous speeches, as well as those that are not very well known. It is organized in chronological order, beginning with Moses and ending with Hilary Clinton. If you're looking to expand your knowledge of history, or simply looking to see what great speeches are made of, this is the book for you!