I was suckered in by the beautiful watercolors of this Victorian age and the steam engines, etc. My 3 year-old is a train addict and I thought this looked wonderful and a great way to combine Thanksgiving and trains, but didn't read the text before buying it. The moral issue is the girl knows that she is in the room with a wanted criminal and she decides not to turn him in. Later, she again decides not to tell her mother because she is afraid her mother will get scared. The third opportunity is when they meet up with their father and she again decides not to tell that she knows where the criminal is. The reason is that she likes the criminal "as a person" and thinks he is nice. The train robber told her that he robs from the rich and gives to the poor and therefore he is doing good and is a nice person, and the girl believes this, also mentioned by the robber is that the real robbers are the capitalist railroad owners. The author's note at the end again references that the railroad builders/owners were terrible people who had a monopoly on the railroad system--rather than the train robbers being the criminal. WACKO value systems here--not what I want to teach my children. I think children should know right from wrong and that if one is in a situation with a known/wanted criminal, the child should have turned him in.

With picture books for children like this, it is no wonder our kids have trouble making choices and identifying real heroes! All that glitters is not gold...but you won't learn it here! May I suggest you save the money you were going to spend on this book to buy a book like Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich instead!

Fun and educational reading for the whole family. After reading the book my family would like to learn more about the famous outlaws and the old west.

I'm afraid I found this book boring. None of the characters particularly gained my sympathy, and the plot, such as it was, was thin. Valentine's motivations seemed to change with each page: one moment he thought Phoebe was a fortune-hunter (with no evidence at all, so that was scarcely credible) and then the next he was dancing around her trying not to offend her!

The 'will-they-won't-they' was much more of a 'what-the-hell's-stopping-them' and 'do-we-care-anyway'!

Sorry - not for me.

The book had a great heroine, funny plot, good writing... And one of the rudest heroes I have ever come across in a romance written in this decade. Omigod. He didn't just leap at conclusions, he pole-vaulted into them.

Maggie is a soap opera actress. Her character is having fertility problems. So somebody leaves a baby on her doorstep. I'm not into the "baby" books Harlequin thinks we all love. But this one had potential.

Then, Jared, the so-called hero, came along. He made all sorts of assumptions about the heroine, based on the usual zilch evidence. She's an actress, so she must be vain, shallow, and in it for the publicity. He mocks her, makes baseless accusations, gets hits by feelings of jealousy he can't quite understand. Oh, brother.

Jared's feelings about actresses are later explained -- sort of. I wasn't satisified with the explanation. Also, I was uncomfortable with the idea that this guy who hated show business was a pediatrician who treated the children of performing artists. What a professional attitude.

It should come as no surprise that I gave this a D+ at All About Romance.

My son recently chose this book for a school book report. We were talking about the main theme of the book, the main characters etc. As I quizzed him about the book, I became increasingly frustrated because all he could remember was that the book was about wolves...?

I continued to press him. I said "The title of the book is?" "Ducks in Danger" he said. "Why is it called that?" I said. "I don't know." He said. "The duck get's bitten by a FOX." "Huh?" I said. Then he said "but the main thing is that there are wolves..."

At this point I berated him for not taking time to read the book properly. We ended up getting silly over the thing, and then we came to Amazon.com to see if there was a synopsis. Lo and behold, there were no reviews - but there was an excerpt...about TARANTULAS!

I am really disgusted with this author's style of writing. My son did a book report last year on the Abandoned Puppy, and it was equally bad.

I would have rated this a "1" except that for reasons unknown to me - he likes the stories. This style of writing is commercial at best or at worst - pandering to children. I was angry that my kid could not articulate the plot of this story - only to find out that there was none. I would not buy these books for my kids. If they have to have them, go to the library.

I gave this book two stars because it did offer proper ettiquette. However, the author seemed to focus more on what the second time bride could NOT do. I was hoping for postive help and possibly suggestions on how to handle second wedding issues. Instead, I found the same attitudes and connotations so many people have, who obviously haven't experienced either the lose of a mate or divorce. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you're ready for a "dressing down".

I have to be suspicious of a book subtitled "Everything You Need to Know to Trace Your Genealogy Across North America," because that's patently untrue. The Introduction by Emily Anne Croom, "Getting Started Tracing Your Ancestors," is well-written and touches all the methodological bases - documenting your sources, "clustering," continuing education, etc. - but it's simply not possible to compress a useful discussion of genealogical techniques into seven pages. David A. Fryxell (with whom I'm not familiar) contributes another brief chapter on "Finding Your Family Tree Across the U.S. and Canada," which covers much of the same material and adds advice on planning a research trip, whether to a rural courthouse or to Salt Lake City. The great bulk of this volume, though, is a state-by-state outline of where to find the public and academic libraries, state archives, state and local societies, Family History Centers, and other information sources, with a more detailed discussion of resources in selected major cities in each state. Major genealogical periodicals and web sites for each state are included, as are a detailed list of available federal censuses (state censuses, important for filling in the gaps, when they exist, are only summarized, as "1846 to 1925" Iowa), a list of city directories available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake (though most local libraries have these, too), and other assorted information. The too-brief city chapters are more like "civilian" travel guides, highlighting sightseeing attractions, downtown hotels and ethnic restaurants. (Do vacationing genealogists hot on the trail of a missing probate file actually stay at the Adolphus in Dallas and eat at Commander's Palace in New Orleans?) Each regional section opens with a rather superficial history essay which suffers from lumping too many states within each region. Comments on the historical roots of "the South" mean quite different things in Delaware and Texas. Like many guides in our field, this one tries to be all things to all genealogists, in a single not-too-expensive volume, but it ends up being inadequate (or merely insufficient) in most areas for most people much of the time. This is especially true with the recent publication of the completely revised and hugely expanded _The Source,_ which generally succeeds in those grand goals. I suggest you buy that (on CD, if you carry a laptop on your research trips) and go to AAA for maps and travel guides.

This text doesn't contain anything not available on many of the current biotechnology-oriented web sites. Each business is listed with an address, keywords, and a one-sentence summary. Is that adequate for large companies such as Chiron and Amgen? The preface is fairly generic and doesn't describe job titles in terms of day to day duties and work environment. All in all, I think a non-current (1996?) listing of biotech companies shouldn't cost $45, especially when biotech changes so rapidly.

In general, I thought the book was well-written. The heroine, Sara, was engaging and likeable. The hero, St Quinton was potentially quite likeable as well. However... and this brings me to the first of my criticisms of this plot...

Lady Sara is trying to find a husband (as all Regency misses are) and she's decided to select which gentleman to try to attach from a list her aunts had given her. St Quinton finds out about it and does everything he can to prevent it. Despite efforts to explain away his behaviour by alluding to a traumatic childhood (a concept not well developed), his motivation for his interference comes across as mean-spirited, pointlessly hurtful, and petty. A factor magnified because the heroine is not doing anything to trick her "targets" into matrimony.

My second grievance... At the very opening of the book, the 4 young ladies are meeting secretly in a library while Sara explains her plan. They very clearly indicate that it would be disasterous if anyone found out about their plan. Yet for FOUR(?) weeks St Quinton is sitting casually in a chair in the very room so he can listen. It was a necessary plot device, but once which doesn't reflect very well on the intelligence of the characters. Once, maybe, but four times is extreme. Considering how much they dreaded being found out, you'd think they would check to ensure that the room was clear before speaking indiscreetly. You never know where a truant servant...or eavesdropping Earl...might be sitting...

This is a book I would recommend only for a teenager starting to read romance novels. There isn't much of a plot. As I was reading the book, I find myself thinking: what's the problem? I never understood what was keeping the hero and heroine from telling each other how they felt. The hero kept thinking that it's impossible for them to get together but it was never explained why. At least the characters are very likeable personalities. Still, it's a pretty boring book for long-time readers of romance novels.

The book was supposed to contain test prep questions which would help to get a good score on the CDA test. When I took the test, I saw very few questions and subject material from the test prep book. As a result, I was shocked and distressed during the test and feel that I may not have passed because of it. I did like the computer disk & program that came with it - but it was worthless because the questions on the actual test weren't the ones in the book. Very dissappointing. I did like Amazon's prompt shipping and pricing. Will buy Amazon again.

I have purchased this book and also went through an accredited course. A lot if these questions were NOT covered in my class study. Questions on the state exam were worded like the book...so you had to think and eliminate. I would like to know where they get the information to print questions in this book. Items in the book not covered in the classroom leave me no place to look for the explanation of an answer to know for sure it was correct.

My disk in the back was defective and I am trying to get it replaced.