This a good starting place for learning the basics of researching. Covers all the bases

A novel of the life of Edward VII, it is nicely written in that it takes your attention and makes you continue. I found it interesting, though i don't know how much is novelisation and how much is fact, as i know little about Edward (Prince of Wales in this; Volume II sees him as King), and cannot judge accuracy. I suppose the best compliment i can pay is that i now want to find a true biography of Edward and read that.

"Feng Shui Fusion" is a beautiful book. Throughout, many colors are used. There are amusing illustrations. There are fancy, scrolly fonts and plain, sans-serif fonts. There are useful bits of information set off on their own from the rest of the text, in little boxes or circles. Unfortunately, all of these features make this book very difficult to read.

Imagine Brad Pitt walks up to you on the street and tells you to eat more vegetables, then walks away. Are you going to think, "I should eat more vegetables," or are you just going to watch Brad Pitt walk away, and think "omigosh! That Brad Pitt guy with the nice buns and stringy hair just talked to me!"

Well, it's kinda like that.

I found "Feng Shui Fusion" in the yoga section of my local bookstore. This book integrates Feng Shui principles with yoga, emotional wellbeing, and food. Five chapters discuss the five elements of Feng Shui as they relate to the seasons of the year, and to our own bodies and experiences. The chapters are Winter/Water; Spring/Wood; Summer/Fire; Earth Transience, which somewhat relates to the harvest season of the year, Indian Summer; and Fall/Metal. This integration of Feng Shui with different aspects of life is interesting and potentially very useful. I think more attention should have been given to the actual content of the book, though, and restraint exercised with the design elements of it.

Forgotten Foe is a fun read. The characters have distinct voices and interact well. The supporting characters, especially Dennis Sage, are dynamic. The story is solid and a little disturbing, but I won't ruin any of the surprise by revealing it here. The writing style is too loose for my taste. Butler's sentence structure is carefree and blithe. He, like many non-mainstream writers, doesn't adhere to the 'rules' of storytelling. I recommend this book primarily based on the realistic characters and moments of break-neck suspense toward the end.

Although this books provides a detailed look into the life of General Butler, the lack of commentary on the part of the author to expand on the character and personality of the man, makes it less than useful to the student of war.

This book has a lot of cute pictures and things, but not too many recipes. It's very wordy in some parts and it lacks a clear, comprehensive description of the canning process. It's cute though... fun to look through.

This anthology contains the fruits of comic scripter Chris Butler's attempts to work with other cartoonists besides his usual & long-term collaborator Chris Hogg. One thing it definitely proves is that Butler works best with Hogg as the two Butler/Hogg pieces here are easily the best (it's worth buying the book for these alone!). But there are other gems, notably the poetic & mysterious Butler/Ed Pinsent story about a decadent European film director & his search for a malleable actress. Also good is a peculiar two-pager about items being beamed out of TV sets directly into people's homes as the next big thing in product placement. Some of the other strips only just past muster however.

As the Great Fire of London burned the city to ashes in 1666, this book was read to distraught onlookers by a man named Jospeh Van dar Lippen. It is said he inherited it from his great x2 grandfather and that it orginated in medieval times. It is a book of wisdom intended to give people insight into their life's situations. It has an interesting layout as described above.
It is valuable as a curiosty and nothing more. The "pearls" of wisdom are mostly common sense--though it is good to be reminded of them sometimes--and are easily understood despite the archaic phrasing. You will probably read through it once and put it on the coffee table as a discussion peice. I can't see how it can be used as a tool to help you with your every-day life.
If you collect things of this nature, then I say it's worth the purchase. Othewise see if your local library has a copy.

The book Timon's Tide is about a boy named Daniel. He is 17 years old, he lived with his mother who is remarried and prenant. 6 years ago his older brother Timon die of a drugs related accident. Daniel blame himself for his brother death. Now he must accept the fact that his older brother is dead and doesn't have a brother to advise him on how to express his love to the girl he like. He still think that his older brother is still alive because Timon keep on reappearing. Now he must solve the mystery his older brother death so that he can move on with his life. I think the book is confusing because it skip some part that I think were important. It did not talk about Daniel's real problem. The book did not decribes the charaters clearly. It talk about drugs, affair, and mental problem which did not go well in the story. I did not like the ending of the book because nothing good happen and it just leave me hanging. Overall I did not like the book.

I don't know if I liked this book or not. Good points are there are many interesting areas in the Vilhon, and interesting semi-secret groups. Also the city run by Yuan-it is interesting. But the bad is over all it did not explain enough about any one area. It read like an extention of the basic campaign setting, giving you little snippits of ideas from areas, but never diving into the area too much. It works very well with "The Lands of Intrigue" however, as the Vilhon and Tethyr are neigboors practially. Also "Powers and Pantheons" is recommended for full use of this book.