This is an excellent buy. Easy to understand for someone who finds most tax information baffling. I finally figured out that municipal bonds don't make sense for me.

Everyone interested in building wealth needs to review the basics from time to time to ensure they stay focused. As every football coach knows -- when you forget the basics you lose. This book provides the guidance and reinforcement necessary to keep the reader focused and on the basics of financial investing. There are numerous ways to can win in the investment environment. This book lists these winning strategies. This is the type of book you will forever use as a reference.

Everyone needs a vacation every now and again. Nameless is no exception as he escapes from the memory of his ex-partner's suicide and goes off to a mountain resort for rejuvination. Peace, quiet and solitude is just what he needs!

Revenge, payback and hatred is what another vactioner desires as he plots the demise of all those who made him suffer when imprisoned. He too, desires the solitude needed to hatch his murderous plot. When he and Nameless encounter one another an explosive adventure begins leading both into mayhem.

Pronzini takes us into the mind of a mad man whose psychosis keeps Nameless on the edge. Allow yourself to be intrigued and put on the edge by another exciting thriller in the Nameless series. Let's go fishing with Nameless.

This was a book that holds your interest from start to finish. "Nameless" drives some friends to a mountain lake resort. A murder occurs nearby, made to look like an accident. Nameless has a gut feeling though and when the widow asks him to find the murder. the chase is on! Action builds and maintains itself throughout the book until finally Nameless comes through and solves the crime. Exciting reading. Makes me want to read other Pronzini books as soon as possible. Interesting approach to have an un-named hero..does he ever get a name!

Whatever you do, do not read the ending first. I found the wait almost unbearable, but very much worth it. And if you possibly can, read parts I and II first! I first read the book at a gulp, in one night, without breathing, gripped by the story as if by an iron vice. I read it again next day, more slowly, sitting down now and then in the middle of the page to enjoy the landscape. Our hero from the parts I and II has grown more powerful and therefore more tormented, and quite grim. His destiny - what a destiny! - he bears without even thinking of whining, only exploding a little now and then. We never really knew him, before. He is great. And the story is worthy of him.

This is the final chapter is the series (Winter of The World), and what a way to finish. On the front cover of the book, there is a quote that "the pages turn as if by magic". I have to agree. You just can't leave this book down. M.S. Rohan carries you to another time, another world, a place full of magic, honour, pain and joy. If you haven't read all three books, then stop reading this and start reading them.

John Scott's book is very informative and useful in a clinical hypnosis setting. I am glad I chose this book to get an introduction to the basics of psychotherapy and how that can be utilized in clinical hypnosis.

Dr. Scott shows how people react to the traumatic events of their past and how to correct faulty education appearing real (fear) using Medical Hypnoanalysis. We don't behave by accident and Freud wasn't always right. Medical Hypnoanalysis is a brief treatment that works & Scott describes how & why in clear terms with scientific references. There isn't any reason to continue to be stuck with symptoms once you know how they developed & what to do about them now.

Ben Abbott is a fiesty, resourceful, (innocent) ex-con realtor who is a great observer of people and a real sucker for the ladies. Financial and emotional needs land him inadvertantly in the middle of a murder mystery in a (usually) quiet get-away town north of NYC. Ben is personally vested in one of the victims (his cousin), and would like to be with one of the suspects (a lovely, lonely woman).

Justin Scott's writing was truly refreshing, like the New England autumn in which his wonderfully woven story takes place. His characters' dialogue is sharp and character-consistent enough that the reader doesn't need constant reminding who is speaking (like so many modern mystery writers whose characters are completely flat). Scott's discriptions of action and settings blend seamlessly into the story, and often are contributing factors. He addresses all sorts of folks, from NYC big-time business brokers to backwoods bumpkins, and he writes them all very well.

This is not a book to be "skimmed" -- if you do, you'll miss a number of Justin Scott's wonderful little additions. Scott has such superbly gentle command of his storytelling in HARDSCAPE that there is a great deal of depth to his characters that can be read between the lines. For instance, the hero, Ben Abbott, has many great traits, but his internal dialogue is also humorously honest about his flaws. Being a single man who loves female companionship, what Ben notices and thus describes about other characters he encounters is different: he talks about the men according to their physical size and strength (just what an ex-con would notice and evaluate - can I take him?), and he takes note of other characteristics of the fairer sex - their clothes, hair, smiles, etc... It's a really brilliantly executed character development device. Scott paints such a pretty picture of the New England countryside that one can almost smell the smoke of the wood-burning stoves.

While the plot is not extraordinary and the conclusion a little too Matlock-neat to fit the rest of the lush tale, everything else IS extraordinary. HARDSCAPE is the most smartly written, engrossing, and enjoyable fiction I've read in the past year. I'm looking forward a great deal to Scott's second entry into the Ben Abbott series, STONEDUST. I highly recommend HARDSCAPE for those seeking a clever, fun mystery to get wrapped up in.

I was really suprised to see no review for Hardscape. Justin Scott has written an excellent mystery. What made it stand out for me is the protagonist Ben Abbott, a very likeable, believable, if flawed character. If you like your mysteries with some solid writing and excellent characterization, give this series a try.

Madeleine and J Lane Miller have written a valuable resource for the study of everyday life in Bible times. The blurb inside the dust jacket says that there are 74 subjects in 14 sections with 150 illustrations. There are sections on geography, homes, food, clothing, medicine, family events, the life of a nomad, the life of a professional, etc.

Let's say one is reading the story of David and Bathsheba. One might turn to the section on military life and read Soldering under David. There one might read that Saul was the first to establish a professional army in Israel rather than depend upon a militia. David added mercenaries to his army. In Israel mercenaries worked for wages but had no rights as a member of an Israelite tribe. A mercenary so totally belonged to the king that when a king died, like a concubine, a mercenary passed on to the king's heir. This raises the question to mind as to whether Uriah the Hittite was a mercenary along with other members of "the Thirty." One then might decide to read the section on Prostitutes. Prostitution did exist in Israel and there may have been temple prostitutes at Shiloh in the pre-monarchial period. Deuteronmic Law prohibited both male and female prostitution, but prostitution was a fact of life throughout the Ancient Near East.

Though the Millers have included a section on the Industrial Life, their book is lacking in discussing the economics of Bible life. There are no chapters on money or taxation. Even so I found this to be a valuable resource. When a favorite sister-in-law admired the book, I gave her my first copy. And then I missed the book so I went out and bought a second copy.

This book really has an excellent cover!

As a valuation consultant for many different companies, it is imperitive to fully understand the industries within which a company will interact. As a precursor to NAICS, the SIC classification offered the best understanding of industries. However, as industries have expanded, so to has the need for another, more descriptive classification. This book is by far the best guide to the new NAICS code, and is a must for anyone in business. It clearly leads you from the old SIC code to NAICS, and then describes every nuance of the new system, allowing anyone to become a pro in no time.

As someone that uses industry data on a regular basis, the switch to NAICS from SIC codes has been as helpful as it was inevitable. This book helps me capitalize on the transition. It is very informative, has a nice layout, and is easy to navigate through.

After Separating, I realized things were becoming increasingly difficult for my daughter. I knew I needed help. So when I saw the title 'HELP!' I bought this book immediately. I have never been so impressed with a book. It asks the questions that kids have, but often are afraid (or unable) to ask and gives parents a way to answer - without too much information. HELP! assisted my daughter in breaking the silence with her therapist and to sort out some issues she had with her mother and me. It acts as a guidebook - informing children of some ways to speak up if they feel that their feelings are being squashed or if basic child/parent rules are being broken. HELP! even describes what some of those basic rules are. I'm actually purchasing one for my Ex-wife that she can read with our daughter. One of the best things that has come from this book is that my daughter now keeps a notebook and writes down questions for me in it, I respond to her and we bring those in to her therapists office. This approach lets us all know what important issues are on her mind, and how best to HELP! her through these difficult times. The best review though - I can't go more than a few days without being asked to read from the book.

Being a stepmother of two beautiful children that came from a not so beautiful divorce, I was determined to help them understand the divorce and my role in their family. This was a wonderful book that allowed me to sit down with my stepdaughter and read the book together. The book is broken down into sections ranging all the way from feelings of divorce, mom and dad dating again, to acquring a stepmother or stepfather. Each chapter opened up with a fictional "letter to the editor" type letter written by a children asking for advice. My stepdaughter enjoyed reading the letters out loud and I would respond with reading the chapters out loud. I would end each chapter by asking her how she related and what her thoughts and feelings were. This book allows a great opportunity for stepparents to interact with their stepchildren and provides some clarification to the child as to what divorce is all about.

I read this book eleven years ago in Brisbane. The girl I fell in love with had a friend who'd lived in Canada and been given it. I was blown away by the concentric plot, the language and the flawed dignity and the weary beauty of the narrator's tale. I'd love to read this book again 'cause I was nineteen back then. I don't have a credit card so I'll just keep grazing in old bookshops with the faith in them funny ordinary little miracles. This book is one of the, say, two dozen novels that have truly added magic to my sweet short life and have given me that extatic gratitude [that sweet, sweet feel] for art and life. I reckon you should read it...

The obscure, tortured and lovely Heroine was given to me by a good friend who, while going to Concordia University in Montreal, was fortunate to get to know one the few small circles of readers who worship this book. It is a stunning novel. Our narrator, the Heroine, lays in her bathtub, trying to focus on the "small spot" beneath the trickle of water, waiting for release. As she lays there, memories of love and politics in 1970's Montreal surface and submerge in complex, dreamlike layers of narrative. The novel seems timeless as Scott masterfully captures the reader in the moment of a psyche - with all its memories, conflicts and scars. Against the backround of politically volotile Quebec, the heroine cannot find a balance between her leftist ideology and her need for romantic love. Never sentimental or indulgent, Heroine is a tense, powerful read.

I read this one to my 7 year old son and it held his interest from start to finish.
I wish there were more books like this around.

There aren't many books around for young people who like to hunt, so this book is a welcome surprise. In it Butch and Brian learn the ways of deer, and eventually Butch succeeds in getting his first doe. The book is easy to read, engaging, and holds the readers attention throughout. Certainly a great book for all young outdoorsmen and women.