If you're looking to travel to Belize for lesisure or study, this book is a required read. With much more information than you can find in ANY travel guide, this book was used for a college class I took in 1997-98. This book includes information on politics & government, the economy, society & ethnicity, social forces, environment and foreign influences! Thats quite a bit of info for such a tiny country, and Barry tells it well. In my opinion, this book is the best reference available on Belize. Even if you're just a casual traveler to this country, you can benefit from knowing so much about it. If you've ever travelled somewhere and wondered about that places' political or historical background, a book like this will answer all of those questions and probably more. And as for the country of Belize, it's truly a gem!

This is the first Vernon Howard book I read and as I was first glancing at it at the store I realized it had answers I had been looking for for a long time and I just had to buy it. The book contains short, paragraph - long stories that illustrate a point of wisdom. As one story points out - "If we could only see it, we are at the mercy of absolutely nothing except our own wrong thinking." Vernon Howard's teachings are mainly about how we are not our thoughts, we are something beyond that and we can experience this through study and practice. As far as this book goes it gives many new ways to look at things and experience life. If you are interested in trying out Vernon Howard I recommend this book or "The Power of your Supermind" as a first read.

Hello. I am an 11th grader in high school and for my algebra II class we are using this book. It's too bad it's not available (I could not buy it) but the book is great. I have understood all the terms used in algebra and I can solve any problem on the book. It has great examples and good definitions. If you are a teacher in look for the book to give a class, buy it... it is great! If you are a student, just like me, and you want to buy it, you won't regret paying what is costs. Happy studing fellow students! Temple of Souls.

The Famous Composers Series attempts to provide more than biographical information about the giants of music for young readers, looking also at the influences and historical events that shaped those lives. "Introducing Gershwim" is illustrated in full color, making use of contemporary works of art, and telling the story of how a street kid from the poor side of New York City became the personification of American music during the Jazz Age. I have long been of the opinion that if for some reason we were only allowed to keep one piece of American music then the obvious choice was Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" (which kids might remember from Disney's "Fantasia 2000"). Young readers should of course listen to some of Gershwin's music to better appreciate his life and work, but they should understand its importance from this informative volume by Roland Vernon. Listening to a Gershwin hits collection while reading the book seems worthwhile, especially if they can find some of the dozen of songs mentioned in these pages.

The back of the book includes a Time Chart of Gershwin's life and an impressive Glossary of over four dozen terms and figures from music history. Young readers might not be impressed by the photograph of a young Ethel Merman, but the rest of us will certainly notice. I especially like how Vernon provides contexts for Gershwin's major works, such as "An American in Paris" and "Porgy and Bess." This is a forthright look at Gershwin's life that should convince young readers of the man's greatness as an American composer. Other titles in this series introduce young readers to Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Stravinsky, Verdi and Vivaldi, and all of the books evince the same high production values without sacrificing information.

By the time Mozart was 20 he was one of the most exciting composers in Europe. He had already accomplished more than 99.9% of us do in an entire lifetime. Mozart's true musical genius was not recognized until after he died, but the extent of is talent is detailed in this juvenile biography of Roland Vernon. This story begins with a recognition of his genius and the more than 600 musical works he composed, then tells the story of the child genius who became a famous musical prodigy and then the darling of Vienna. The book is comprised of two page spreads, illustrated mostly with historic paintings and drawings along with contemporary art by Ian Andrew. The back of the book contains a Time Chart and a Glossary, which covers not only vocabulary terms like "concerto" and "libertine". For those young readers who have seen the film "Amadeus," Vernon provides a final sidebar that pointedly separates fact from fiction. Introducing Mozart is part of a series that looks at the influences and historical events that shaped the lives of the great composers from Bach and Beethoven to Stravinsky and Gershwin. This volume does indeed put the composer's life in the context of the revolutionary times in which he lived and composed his music. Final suggestion: while reading this biography of Mozart listening to his music is a good idea. There are several decent "hits" collection of Mozart's music readily available and you will find that most of those tracks on such albums are specifically mentioned in the pages of this volume.

In reading some of the books in this Famous Composers Series it is surprising how many great composer were not considered great in their own lifetime. Antonio Vivaldi was a brilliant violinist and a gifted teacher, but apparently audiences grew bored with his concertos, church music, and opera during his lifetime. Like Mozart he died poor and alone in Vienna. This book by Roland Vernon is quite informative, working in all sorts of details about the times in which Vivaldi lived while chronicling the musician's life. For example, while talking about Vivaldi's childhood in Venice we learn all about the Doge and Patricians of Venice and the city's most impressive church, St. Mark's Basilica. But the focus is on Vivaldi as a musician and how he was a pioneer of the concerto, who explored new ways of composing solo instrumental passages to be placed between sections of orchestral music. However, all this wonderful information sometimes gets lost because these volumes are full of color illustrations. Ian Andrew provides some contemporary artwork to covers the specifics of Vivaldi's biography, but what really stands out are the historic paintings and contemporary photographs that give us a sense of the 18th century Venice in which he wrote and played music. I have seen a lot of books about famous painters that are not as well illustrated as the volumes in the Famous Composers Series. Other titles in this series introduce us to Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin, Mozart, Stravinsky, and Verdi. As always, it is recommended that young readers being introduced to Vivaldi, or any other composer, should listen to the famous musician's music while reading such a book.

This is a like new textbook. Its fifth edition with
ISBN 0-13-889114-1

Organization and coverage of a great many topics facing the busines person today. There are Chapters that highlight minorities and women in business. Very helpful book for someone starting out in business.

A Superior job of developing the economic environment of Business, as well as in-depth, up-to-date coverage of Governmental, Legal and Social Environments.

I found this book to be a good beginning point for mathmatical studies. Having been a life long "problem math student" this book has made great inroads into my otherwise bleak mathmatical future. It starts at the most basic aspects of Algebra, Geometry, and polynomials finishing up in radical equations.

From the student point of view, I have to say I have enjoyed this book far more than the previous 2 I have had the displeasure of having for a textbook, and I would reccomend it to others for ease of use, learning, and economy of time.

Of the dozens of books published on Mark over the past 15 years, this has to be on anyone's "Top Ten" list. This work is a well-balanced and well-reasoned approach to understanding the author, audience and social climate of the first gospel. Robbins writes in an easily understandable style, and sheds new light on both the Jewish and Hellenistic roots of the gospel. For anyone wanting a better understanding of Mark, this book is an essential read. For those ready to accept the fact that Mark's gospel is a work of divinely inspired rhetorical literature rather than a historical biography of the divine, this is your book. Robbins' other works and journal articles are equally valuable for clarity and depth of insight.