A perfect gift for your child entering preschool or kindergarten. The poems are very short (about 4 lines) and easy for a child to understand. The illustrations are very well done in primary colors using foam board, plaster and acryllic. Each humorous poem is about an object found in a primary school classroom.

This book would also be an appropritate gift for a kindergarten teacher.

I have read a lot of children's poetry, and this is one of the best children's poetry collections I've seen.

Jennifer Clauson

The 22nd Massachusetts Infantry was raised through the efforts of Republican senator Henry Wilson. It met its first trial by fire at Yorktown. Later, the regiment suffered tremendous casualties at Gaines' Mill. The regiment, part of the Fifth Corps, was engaged at Malvern Hill, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, the 22nd Massachusetts and the 2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters, which was attached to the regiment, were engaged in the wheatfield, near the Rose woods. In 1864, the regiment served in the Wilderness and Spotsylvania battles, losing a large portion of its rank and file. Due to its heavy losses throughout the war, the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry earned the distinction of being one of Fox's "Fighting 300" Union regiments. Included is information about the 2nd Company of Massachusetts Sharpshooters and the 3rd Light Battery, both of which were attached to the 22nd Massachusetts.

As a student at Emory University, I had the unique pleasure of taking a course on the history of the modern Middle East with Kenneth W. Stein. As I learned in the classroom and later when I was finally able to read Heroic Diplomacy, Stein is indeed an expert in the complex and intricate field of Arab-Israeli conflict and in the confusing nature of the peace negotiations. In his classroom, I began to understand the conflicting goals of the major players in the region, and to appreciate the crucial role of Arab, Israeli and outside leadership in elucidating and beginning to resolve these issues. Heroic Diplomacy masterfully expounds upon these themes through a detailed account beginning with the October War of 1973, and continuing through the subsequent negotiations that ultimately led to the Camp David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.

This book is especially unique and important in that it draws from interviews with over eighty participants in the actual military and political negotiations between Egypt and Israel. The author conducted personal interviews with prominent leaders in the peace process, ranging from U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Jordan's King Hussein. Stein thoroughly examines the issues and sacrifices that the leaders confronted, particularly through his detailed discussions of Sadat, Kissinger, Carter and Begin.

But perhaps even more interesting, the book chronicles many of the intricacies of the negotiations through interviews with low-level career diplomats, foreign service officers and statesmen. These individuals, as Stein discusses in his introduction, have virtually become the archive of the Arab-Israeli peace process. Since few if any of them have written personal memoirs of the small portion of history they affected, Heroic Diplomacy might be the only account that will remain from their contribution to Arab-Israeli diplomacy. Information obtained from these interviews, combined with the insights gained from his discussions with world leaders, fills the book with a fascinating and timely history of this particularly contentious period.

Heroic Diplomacy is a critically important contribution to any understanding of the Arab-Israeli peace process. Stein confronts a complex and often emotional question: how could Egypt and Israel, two nations that seemed utterly opposed to one another, shock the world by signing the Camp David Peace Accords in 1978? This historical account of the negotiations answers that question in great detail. Further, the book is written in a clear and engaging way, and can be appreciated regardless of whether or not one is already a scholar of the Middle East.

I feel fortunate to have shared the classroom with Dr. Stein, and this book is a testament to his knowledge and expertise. As such, Heroic Diplomacy is crucial for anyone interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict. And for those less fortunate, who have not been able to spend substantial time studying with the author, it is a must-read.

'Hidden Value' is an excellent guide to IP, written for and from the perspective of business people who need to know the answers to a comprehensive range of questions, from 'What should my company be doing about its IP?' to 'What are the major differences between Patent Law in different jurisdictions across the globe?' It manages to provide an unusual balance between user-friendliness (it is engagingly written, amusingly illustrated, and takes examples from intriguing and colourful business histories) with a tremendously high degree of accuracy on technical matters of the law. Most comparable books fall between these two stools. I particularly enjoyed the practical case studies at the end of the book -- especially the story of how Dow Chemical saved large sums of money by active, preemptive management of its patent portfolio. The style of the volume is unusually elegant and precise, making it a pleasure to read as well as extremely useful, and the editor, Richard Poynder, has done an excellent job in integrating the chapters by different experts in the field including himself. If your company has any form of IP at all (and who doesn't these days?), then you neglect the publication of this fascinating and factually reliable guide at your peril.

Jeffrey Carlson displays a unique and intriguing blend of old fashion Minnesot-ian life in this radiant best-seller. With his old-school charm, he'll draw you into this historical album. So, you think you know all there is to know about Minnesota, eh? Jeff thinks you're wrong! Read this book today. Best historical album, hands down.

This is an obscure book long out of print which chronicles the history of American Military music from the Revolution up to World War II. It is a very good resource book for band and field music which I was fortunate to find a copy in the University of Connecticut Music Library.

You will certainly get your money's worth from this book. It is full of cute, simple designs that come together quickly. If you can sew strips of fabric together, you can have wall hangings, table runners, banners, or even christmas stockings ready to quilt in just a few hours. You will want to make more than one project out of this book. It has great directions for how to speed piece log cabin and courthouse step blocks.It also has full size templates for any applique or embroidered embellishments for each of the designs.

Patience Essah's book is a landmark work on a seldom-studied area of American history: the question of slavery in Delaware. While books on slavery in larger states abound, and books on slavery nation-wide are myriad, neither truly addresses this issue in the First State, Delaware. What makes the subject so important, and what Essah illustrates so well, is that slavery in Delaware is slavery at the margin. Just south of the Mason-Dixon line, Delaware seemed more often to be drawn to Philadelphia than Baltimore or Richmond. As a state torn between these two powerful poles of attraction, Delaware featured the liveliest debate over slavery of any state in the Union. The Quaker and Methodist influences coupled with soil depletion served to make the preservation of slavery in Delaware precarious, and the political climate surrounding the peculiar institution, galvanic. Essah adequately portrays the struggle for emancipation in Delaware and gets to the heart of the anti-slavery struggle. The only criticism one could make is that she does not address the organization and methods of the pro-slavery forces as well as she does for the anti-slavery groups. A closer look at that side of the issue would lend greater understanding to the epic struggle between the forces of slavery and freedom in Delaware. All in all, a good book, and the best one available on the subject.

This is an extraordinary work of scholarship, quite in a league of its own in this field. Carter is sharp, informed and passionate. Her writing on the German woman in film is particularly insightful. Read.

THIS BOOK IS A GOOD BOOK TO READ TO YOUR FAMILY AND READ TO YOUR FRIENDS AND ASK THEM TO READ IT TO THERE FRIENDS ASK THEM TO READ TO THERE FREINDS AND ASK THEM TO IT TO THERE MOM AND DAD.