This book has a wealth of creative recipes for grains, and the ones I tried were delicious. The "Four Seasons Olympic Bran Muffins" are so good, you could easily forget they're bran muffins, but like many recipes in the book, they have a very high sugar content. Low fat is definitely not a priority in this book either. In many of the recipes, the whole grain is a very minor ingredient. The book provides excellent general information about each grain and is useful for creative inspiration, but if you want healthy recipes, look elsewhere.

This is a good book because it covers a lot of different foods as well as prepared foods. The way it is layed out is also good because it restates the name of the food when it crosses over to the next page and this makes sure you are tracking the same line.
The issue and it is a big one is that all the foods were tested using different measurements,so comparing is difficult. Not only were the measurements different but the switching between standard and metric further confuses the issue.

This is another book in the Rookie Reader series. This book is ok. It is about two boys who are outside on the ice. There is not really much of a story. There are only 58 words in 28 pages. The pictures are excellent though. It is targeted for early readers. It might be hard for a child to tell you what happened in this story since it is so short. I really like some other Carol Greene books better.("Hi, Clouds" and "Rain! Rain!")

Imagination Greene is a higher-word-count picture book based on anachronism. It's set in the early days of America, and in it, two siblings make wishes. One of them wishes for three strange contraptions - a carriage that moves without horses, a machine that can carry voices long distances, and a box that displays moving pictures. His family laughs at his wild imagination, and they nickname him Imagination Greene.

While young children might find the idea comical, they'd probably miss the message therein. And older children would be turned off by the illustrations, which are unfortunately rather flat, and the format.

Not Ormondroyd's best book - try his juvenile fiction instead.

Maria Greene is back with the second book in her highwayman trilogy. When Nicholas Thurston and his friend Rafe hold up the carriage, they don't expect to take a hostage, but that's exactly what they do. A blunderbuss-bearing young beauty tries to defend herself and pulls off Nicholas' mask. Because she has seen his face, he can't let her go free. He holds her hostage, first in a cottage, then in his house in London. Serena is running from her murderous uncle when her flight is interrupted by her abduction. Her life is ruled by fear, and she is the only witness to her father's murder by her uncle. She grows to love Nicholas, even though she can't get past his criminal activities, which she knows are committed to raise money for an orphanage. This novel is engrossing, but not up to the standard set by the first book in the trilogy (A Bandit's Kiss).

The title of this book is "The Presidency of George Bush." Needless to say, to adequately cover even the most insignificant president you need more than the paltry 200 pages that this book provides. So if Mr. Greene believes that he has written a major book on the Bush administration, he falls well short. Nevertheless, perhaps Mr. Greene sought to write a book offering fewer facts but more analysis. In that case, he also falls a bitshort. The final result is a hybrid of newspaper reporting, old and new facts, and a sprinkle of original analysis. It makes for a repectable work that is worth reading. Mr. Greene's final analysis of the Bush presidency is a positive one. He finds that "Poppy's" virtues of prudence and patience worked well in dealing with foreign countries and in conducting the Persian Gulf War. While admitting a dearth of domestic accomplishments, the author does praise Bush for the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Clean Air Act, both passed in 1990. One thing that stands out in particular is the author's emphasis on Bush's charcater. He sees the ex-president as a genuinely warm friend and gentle family man. This is absolutely true. In comparison to the other post-WWII presidents, George Bush probably would be the one you would most want to be your father. Nevertheless, I do not see why this quality should be an end in and of itself. This goes back to the recent debate over the role that character has for those who preside in the Oval Office. I do not believe that private values are an end. Instead, they should be a means to articulating public values. This lesson has been imprinted on Bill Clinton. Bush was a decent man but his public values were either a failure or more likely, unknown, because he never artiuclated them. The "vision thing" plagued him throughout his public life and his four years on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue did not awaken him to this essential aspect of any great presidency. There are three significant features when looking at the Bush presidency. First was the ending of the Cold War. Bush is given credit for this development even by many of his critics. But let's not forget that in 1989 when Bush took the oath of office, the die had been cast. The USSR was dying of a terminal disease. Bush largely sat and observed. He does deserve credit for not tipping the boat but that's hardly a compliment to build a legacy on. Bush deserves real applause for his handling of Germany's reuinfication. It was there that the Loan Star Yankee took an active and positive role. But should we ignore his appeasement of China following the Tiananmen Square masacre or his shiflessness on the ethnic cleasness in Yugoslavia? Its a mixed record. The second key issue was the Persian Gulf War. And clearly Bush's orchestartion of the allied campaign against Iraq was nearly flawless. But for every compliment that Bush receives here, he deserves criticism for his policies toward Iraq immediately prior to and following Deset Storm. With a little less prudence and more decisiveness, we could have either avoided the invasion of Kuwait completely or is so, removed Saddam Hussein from power following the war. The third issue was Bush's undoing: his lack of a domestic agenda of any shape or form. In 1989 it is true that he faced severe limitations when working with the legislative branch. But after the Gulf War he could have gotten a 30-acre personal mansion from Congress if he requested it. Instead, he rested on his own laurels, convinced that there was nothing he could do to help an American public, hurt and restless in the midst of an economic recession. He chose to do nothing and worst of all, he seemed blind to the concerns of his citizens. Who will ever forget the supermarket scanner? The result was a re-election fight that ended with 62% of the voting public unmoved by his pleas for a second chance. George Bush is a good man and he was not a bad president, per se. But he obviously had serious shortcomings as both a president and a public leader.

the secret seven are agroup of interesting children who form their own club.they are very inspiring for children like me who want to form their own club and interact with children of their age. they are extremely believable, normal group of children drawn into extraordinary situations which they solve with their cleverness and couragre. amust read for children aged 7-13.

This is very good book helpful in learning the basic building blocks of ASL. A small book packed with useful information for the beginner. Includes chapters on Background, ASL Building Blocks, ASL Grammar, Games, Poetry and Music. Illustrated with photos and clear drawings. The author, Eva Barash Dicker, is known by me in person. She is the daughter of Deaf parents.

TOO MUCH LIKE RIGHT takes the term 'Going Postal' to a
different level. This short book of poems about postal life
candidly covers the day to day operations, frustrations and
limitations of something as basic and as necessary as the mail.
The poems touch on the recalcitrant supervisor, the co-worker
from Hades and even the money snatching vending machines. But
they also take you beyond the daily operations to discuss issues
like terroism, the anthrax scare, and their impact on the

ordinary citizen.

Ms. Greene's poetry is a small tribute to the endurance of
the mail carrier and a realistic peek into their world. This
book brings home the fact that postal workers are not machines.
These are very interesting antidotes seen through the eyes of
a poet.

Reviewed by aNN Brown
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewer

I'd give this book a five star rating for readability. It's actually a very good read. Greene has an anecdotal, sometimes racy style that is captivating. The real estate information in it, however, is a little outdated. He recommends obtaining real estate through options among other techniques. The book also describes his buying spree in Marin County in the 70s. You'll enjoy reading it but it's not a primer by any means.