This book is great for instruction in Reading Comprehension, Grammar usage, vocabulary, creative writing, and test-taking skills. The math section will not stand alone for instruction, however, it is great as a supplement. The test-taking section is great practice to prepare students for standardized tests. Though the book was written a few years ago, the practice for tests, such as Stanford Achievement Test, is still worth the cost. I would recommend this book for anyone wishing to supplement their child's public or private school education. As a home schooler, I use this book as a guide of what to teach in English and Grammar. This supplements the use of interesting books to read, which is the best method of English instruction. Overall, this is a great book to use!

It is very funny. I'll give the The Walrus In His Chair a "two thumbs up." I memorized The Bat for a Poetry Reading for school. I give The Barracuda some very earth-eating competition. niknnik (Evan, 9)

Very well written and easy to read, this book is all about helping you pick a voting system. The professor helps you pick criteria that are important to you. Then, he explains the major types of voting systems, and explains their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, you get help on how to take those criteria and election systems and determine what system you prefer.

In the context of this crazy presidential election, for example, you can compare the advantages and disadvantages of plurality voting v.s. two round runoff voting v.s. instant runoff voting.

A must read if you are interested in voting systems, you are a student of voting systems, or *especially* if you are trying to make an informed choice about what voting system best fits your community.

Reed's review of world power behind the scene is quite detailed with many quotes from world political figures and he details the intrusion of global zionism and communism into government at every level. Of particular interest I found references to "the Group for a New World Order" prior to 1951 when the book was first published. Reed's disclosures make it apparent that our present world chaos is not happen-stance but carefully planned and that those with money and property are little more than serfs and those without are in reality slaves. The dialogs and cronicle read like a diary and one feels like he is there observing the action in person.

Having lived near the town the fictional Granby Lakes is based on my entire life, it was certainly interesting to read this hilariously funny account of Jack Douglas's aborted attempts to make the Honeymoon Mountain Inn a successful and lucrative business. Reading this book I could picture perfectly every stroke of bad luck and every act of ill will, which all seemed typical of the local population. I'd read some of Mr. Douglas's other work, and enjoyed them all thoroughly. Benedict Arnold Slept Here was not a disappointment. My only problem is that all of Jack Douglas's books are out of print and hard to find. Their lack of availability is maddening, because they're such great books!

We recently used this terrific book in exploring some wonderful and little used roads in Pasco County. It's great to have direction to unique Florida locales that aren't centered around Disney World or the beach.

Great Book for a Good Sex! Here Just a 3 examples for a Dietary Tip for a Romantic Dinner: Rule 1. On the big day, don't eat garlic, onions or heavily spiced foods, unless your significant other has eaten exactly the same foods. Eating the same foods negates any breath problems. Rule 2. At dinner, drink no more than one or two small glasses of wine or champagne for women, two or three for men, before or during the meal. Drink no other alcohol except for perhaps one good but small brandy or liqueur after the meal. Why? Any more than that dulls the libido and can actually put you to sleep especially if the meal was large. A mimosa (fresh orange juice and champagne) or wine spritzer (half wine, half sparkling water) are refreshing ice breakers.

Rule 3. Keep the meal light and the size moderate. Caesar, Italian, or Greek salads are all delightful ways to start the evening. For the main course, try quail or a small piece of cod, scrod, crab, or catfish, but avoid turkey or salmon -- they contain trytophane, a natural sleep inducer. Dairy products like hollandaise, cream sauces and cream pies contain trytophane as well. Good side dishes would be wild rice, mushrooms and green vegetables, with fruit or sorbet for dessert.

This book would make an ideal resource for pastors and churches who want to help their members understand how Christians ought to think about marriage, and based on that, prepare for or work on their own marriages. By presenting complex ideas plainly and clearly, the author helpfully sorts out the confusing notions about marriage that float around in our heads, and offers a vision for what marriage can be. This vision is based on a broad and careful study of the Bible (not just proof-texting, thankfully) as well as research on successful marriages and observations from the author's experience as a pastor. I found the explorations of the covenantal and sacramental views of marriage, the history of Christian attitudes about marriages, and the brief history of romantic love especially helpful. The list of "Ten Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me about Marriage" would make an excellent set of talking points for any engaged couple. The author is Protestant, but so respectful of other parts of the Christian family that I think this book could be very helpful even to pastors and parishioners who may not agree on every point.

This is an excellent book that shares the Biblical problems with the PK movement, which should lead readers to ask questions about the inner workings of PK. Where there's smoke, there is fire.

If Pogo and his friends had not been in the friendly confines of the Okeefenokee, but, instead, had been mired in the swamp of a typical modern workplace, the vision transmitted to them as chiseled on a mountaintop would have read: "We have met the enemy, and it is Reductionism!" Authors Neil Douglas and Terry Wykowski, two true students of the real-world organizational mores and imperatives that bubble underneath today's seemingly ever-changing management processes, have successfully identified and dissected the major stumbling blocks to positive change, a phenomenon they aptly title "Reductionism." They use this word to describe the modern penchant of too many who have been intrusted with the obligations of management of complex organizations (and the humans who comprise the organizations) to reduce every process and interaction (and, ultimately, every "job") to a simplistic, jargon-filled state. This book serves as both a breakthrough text and as a teaching aide to those who would seek to have their organizations function in truly efficient, functional and successful ways. The authors identify and describe in detail (and with true to life examples) the constraints on organizational change, and place the onus on the manager (at whatever level) to learn to recognize both objective and subjective factors and imperatives that comprise the status-quo of any organization. The authors give practical advice on the tools of actual management of organizations, the primary one being "delegation." Refreshingly, in dealing with this tool, the authors don't offer it as a trite panacea, but, instead, stress the absolute need for actual delegation with purpose and the need for accountability on the part of those to whom there is delegation. Douglas and Wykowski give many good working examples of how both individual "managers" and the "organizations" themselves can subvert ill-conceived and ill-managed attempts at organizational change. Like the subject and point of the book, the authors fill the pages of the book with facts, examples and discussion. There are no cartoons or other fluff that overly simplify or detract from the thesis and the message. This is not another "management according to Sesame Street" book. However, as it is a serious, thoughtful and thought-provoking book, it would serve well as the basis for organizational study, particularly in groups. The examples utilized are wide-ranging, and relate to many types of, and levels within, organizations. This book is a "must-read and must-study" for a down-sized, right-sized, out-sourced, Kaizan'd, process engineered, empowered, quality-council'd, low-hanging-fruit, change-focused world.