I am taking the real estate fundamentals course. This is the text book for it. It is very explicte in its explanations and gives in practice examples. Some information is outdated. It is a good prepatory for anyone purchasing a house. If you want to see if the real estates business, is your cup of tea then GET THIS BOOK.

A must read for anyone considering a major in nutrition or dietetics. It describes many careers and gives additional resources to help one find a job.

A beautiful, young teacher comes to a small southern town to teach high-school. Within a week's time, a student, a married man, and several bachelors fall in love with her and ask her to marry them. A little far-fetched, but interesting and fun. Crux of the story was the woman always wants the man she couldn't and shouldn't have and that is her downfall. In addition, the women are jealous and start scandalous rumors about her. A tense tale.

"Renovating Your Own Home" walked us through every step of the renovation locating the addition on the property, designing the renovation plan, working with a designer, how to hire the subcontractors, how to deal with suppliers and subcontractors, and finally scheduling the project on a day to day basis. The book is easy to read with the illustrations I needed.

The Periplus Adventure Guides are organized into chapters like stand alone essays on a region's culture, history, geography, animal life, and each major subregion. It's like reading a series of well-researched magazine articles that can be read independently or in sequence. The color pictures, maps, printing are of very high quality. The Sulawesi guide is no exception; it's a book that's worth keeping as an addition to one's travel library.

If you are looking for a book to chase away the winter blues then look into reading Summer Magic. I found four enjoyable stories by four remarkable authors. What I found so unique about this anthology is the originality of the four stories. All stories had one goal in mind that true love shall conquer all. Usually anthology's tend to only feature three authors, but with Summer Magic you get the added bonus of a fourth well known author. Each story is a unique work of art. They take you to settings far removed from one another. Each story can be read in one sitting, this is an added bonus for anyone pressed for time. Pamela Morsi, Jeane Anne Caldwell, Ann Carberry, and Karen Lockwood should stand up and take a bow, because they have wrote a master piece which soon will not be forgotten.

MAKING HAY Pamela Morsi Shy Vassar Muldrew and Lessy Green had become engaged. They were the most conventional citizens who looked forward to the most ordinary lives. Little did they know that when a haying crew pulled into their farm a outgoing man named Ripley would change their outlook. Ripley would open their eyes to what it meant to be truly in love.

A very sweet read. This was the first Pamela Morsi stories I have read, I look forward to seeing more of her work.

SUMMER DREAMS Jeane Anne Cardwell A horse race is the deciding factor in three people lives. Who will be the winner, and what will be the outcome for Spirited lass, Dorina Stevens, heartless Lord Julien Humbly, and the elusive scared Richard Michaels, Earl of Gloxbury. With the stakes held so high you know true love is not far behind.

Cardwell presents in this story with so many plots and twists it will get your hooked in the story right up until you finish the last page. I found myself holding my breath at the final end to see who the winner was in the horse race.

HOG Heaven Ann Carberry

A pigheaded Loralie Davis refuses to see what her future could hold. She is perfectly content in raising her pigs. Little does she know handsome Gabe Curran has other plans in store for her. Somehow I don't think it includes pigs do you?:)

Don't let the name throw you off, this is a delightful read. I found myself smiling right upon until the end.

WINTER HEATHER Karen Lockwood

Returning home to Scotland after being absent in America for the past five years Lord Glenncannon is shocked to learn his thirteen year ward Anne has grown to a desirable eighteen year old woman. Having secret hopes of returning to Scotland to wed Anne he is heartbroken to learn of her engagement. Now he must figure a plan to win the heart of his beloved Anne.

With such a rich description of Scotland, Karen Lockwood weaves this enchanting tale of love into the readers heart. Also it made we want to do further research on the history behind the Winter Heather.

Tommy and his little brother want to buy a big special marble from a tough kid down the street. But first, they need to find out how to get the money - without trying to sell mom's prize roses! His brother and he find a snake and try to make a trade with that. Several episodes fill the hunt to get such an exciting marble. Each episode is its own chapter and seems to end with Tommy getting into trouble.

A nice introduction to chapter books, because the chapters are kept short. Furthermore, kids can relate to Tommy's adventures because the logic he uses is common for 9 year olds. This book is a slight departure from Fletcher's usual intermediate novels but is none the less enjoyable.

Why 4 stars?:
I liked this book from a teacher's standpoint because of its value as an introductory chapter book and realistic characters (something found in all of Fletcher's books), however, I didn't find the story to be very interesting. This could keep kids from continuing in it and getting a negative feeling about chapter books. Still, most children will still enjoy it and so it does belong in a classroom. It is already in mine.

For this adventure the mists of Ravenloft steer you to the burning desert wastes of Har'Akir, Ravenloft's Egyptian realm. You have a big problem all the time: Has the dread mummy Anhktepot risen to walk the land again, or is something else terrorising the village of Muhar? Everything at a place where the fear don't leave you alone...

Michael J. Caldwell has written a very entertaining first novel. Not only does he introduce us to the art of wine and food without the snobbery, he entwines this education with the tale of a 3-generation winemaking family that we can actually care about. We are invited into their lives, we dine with them and we get to know their "varietal totems." I especially enjoyed the shift to points in time that shaped the future of the family. Grapes are on the vine and love is in the air. There's a little something in it for all you beer lovers too. So kick back and enjoy this book with a glass of your favorite red or homebrew. Salud!

I have not yet read the book, but have the chutzpah to be writing a review of it. Why? Because this is the first full biography of the subject, who may be the most important of the uncelebrated Founders. Or maybe the least celebrated of the important Founders? I hope that the biography is up to the subject. I give it four stars unread, because Findley deserves it.

In the first significant published debate of the new Republic, Findley both invented modern interest-group pluralism (an apercu of Gordon Wood), and provided a far better justification of the Jeffersonian ideal than Jefferson himself ever did. (This was the 1786 debate over the rechartering of the Bank of North America: brilliant polemical fireworks from both Findley and Robert Morris. Tom Paine participated from the sidelines, on the side of Morris and capital.) Findley was, as far as I know, the only realist about the new commercial Republic from we would today call the "left." (Jefferson certainly was not; neither was John Taylor of Caroline. Madison perhaps, although he did not seem troubled by the matter.)

And if that's not enough, Findley invented the committee system of Congress. A mighty politician and political thinker.