Great adults come from great kids made in the home and Shelley's creative ideas help me to make my home a fun place to be and give me ideas for fun things to do with them so they love being there.

I would like to thank Shelley Wille for helping us find fun, creative ways to interact with our families. These ideas provide quality, fun experiences that not only entertain, but teach and build character. Doing activities "out of the ordinary" make lasting memories for our children, that help keep our families close.

I abhorred History when I was at school. When I've matured and grown more realist I've started to consider the importance of history to try understand what happens around me. I started with The Penguin History of the World" by J.M. Roberts; I don't recommend that book for beginners though it's a good book (I actually hadn't courage enough to finish it, it exists in audiobook too). This book is written by five american scholars which I think gives it a more general scope than others written by a single author. It includes a CD-ROM with the whole book plus a multimedia summary of human history read by a beautiful voice, photographs, Questionnaires, Quizzes, maps and the Complete Webster's New World Dictionary. There's an exclusive webpage for the book with quizzes, add-on reports and links to other history websites, there you can have your questions answered and your exercises corrected (I haven't used it yet though). Sincerely I didn't expect this book to be so good. The CD-ROM is the same for each of the separate books or for the complete version, so, buying the first or second part alone you have the full CD-ROM encompassing all world history.

No book captures the authentity of world civilizations as this one does. A masterpiece

Three children of a widowed mystery writer strives to solve the murder next door - to get their mother some publicity (and maybe a love interest). This is a great read! Read it years ago and adopted the children's secret language to use with my friends. Am still reading it at least once a year. If ONLY the movie made from this book (starring Dean Stockwell as the son, Lynn Bari as the mother and Peggy Ann Garner as one of the daughters) could be re-released on videotape!! It was a three-star rated movie and beats anything other old movie shown today!

I'm very happy to see this book back in print. If you're a Rice fan as I am, you've probably had to scour used book stores, desperately seeking any beaten up old copy of a novel by the once famous, now forgotten, Craig Rice (under one of her many pseudonyms).

Though it lacks the alchohol-inspired zaniness of her Malone books, this novel more than makes up for it in charm.

The three children of a rather neglectful mystery writer (yes, the novel has autobiographical elements to it) solve a murder and play matchmaker for their mother at the same time.

If, after reading the previous sentence you're still with me, I recommend you give this book a try. It may be Rice's most-loved novel, and no wonder. I didn't want it to end. The children are charming and sweet without being too charming and sweet, if you know what I mean. The mystery itself is rather slight, but you won't mind.

The lightness and humour of this book were exactly what I needed during a rather difficult time. For that reason I'm breaking my usual rule and giving it five stars.

I've been wanting to ice climb for quite some time now, i got this book as a gift, and it is wonderful. a great no bull guide to getting started, from gear to techniques. if you want to get into ice climbing BUY THIS BOOK.

An excellent resource for ice climbing! Concise and clear, provides all the essential knowledge. Also provides further references for subjects not covered. Great book.

When the two authors wrote this book - they had to have me in mind. I just received it last week and it easily paid for itself the first day. Now when a problem occurs, be it big or small, I just reach over for it, look it up in seconds, and "presto" - solved. I equate this work of art to having a "little man" inside telling me the answer.

Excellent get-acquainted source for AOL users. Very "user-friendly"!

True stories about Americans who volunteered to serve Israel at the time of her struggle for Independance. Americans can be proud of the military contributions they made to the fledgling zionist state with extremely limited military resources struggling against powerful Arab countries.

EVERY ONE IN THE WORLD SHOULD READ THIS BOOK. YOU CANNOT PUT IT DOWN ONCE YOU START IT. THE AUTHORS HAVE DONE A SUPER JOB IN RESEARCH. ANY ONE THAT HAS EVER BEEN IN AVIATION SHOUL HAVE A GREAT INTEREST IN READING THIS BOOK. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WAR IN ISRAEL AND SHOULD KNOW ALL THE FRUSTRATIONS AND FACTS. THE AUTHORS HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANDER BUT THEY HAVE CREATED AN EXCELLENT BOOK.

This book helped me make important decisions about my health and my babies health. Not even the pharmacist knew how to answer my most basic questions about over the counter drugs and pregnancy. Dr. Towers has made this import information easy to read and comprehend. This is a must book for any woman thinking of having or is currenty having a baby.

This book written by Dr. Craig Towers is one that has been needed in the healthcare arena for years. It has been difficult to get information about over-the-counter medications for the pregnant mother. I have been providing education to pregnant mothers for 20 years and now will have a book available which will provide guidance to the pregnant women regarding these medications. Part one of this book will allow the patient to understand the important of knowing how these medications can affect the pregnancy. The patients will receive the basic information about genetics and how the use of medications puts the patient at-risk for birth defects. The seond part of the book is a good analysis of how one develops a cold or the flu. The book also provides different categories of medications, explaining the different affects of the different medications. The patient will be able to refer to this book as a guidance during pregnancy making sure what medications they take over-the-counter are not putting them or their baby at-risk. For the most part this book is easy to read, but the lay person may need to ask their healthcare provider for some clarification. Obstetricians, nurse practitioners and nurses will have a great reference book for providing information to their patients when they have a cold.

I don't know how Manguel did it. He offers more "variety plus quality" than some or even than many other gay male fiction anthologies. (1) Big and international author-names. Francoise Sagan, Alice Munro, Yukio Mishima, Isaac Basheivis Singer, others.....(2) Nice serving of gay-gay classic writers. E. M. Forster, James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams, James Purdy, Christopher Isherwood, Edmund White, Truman Capote. (And Denton Welch's overlooked but crisp tale "When I Was Thirteen.") (3) Heterosexual American writers. Anderson, O'Hara, Hemingway, oh and John Cheever....

(4) But above all, Manguel shares some gems which even I, the inveterate buff of non-porn gay male short fiction, didn't know! "Punchlines," by W. P. Kinsella, efficiently frightens in its portraying the blood-pressure-intense damage when a macho type suppresses his gay side--for a while....."The Cold Wind And The Warm," by Ray Bradbury, is a lyric watercolor of a very-gay contingent wafting into a staid Irish hotel--but everyone survives just fine....My two favorites include "May We Borrow Your Husband?" by Graham Greene. Never was "gay seduction" more crisply portrayed, though the seductee (a young British bridegroom) survives just fine also.....Finally, "Torridge," by William Trevor, re-creates in front of us the chilling, calculated revenge of a harrassed British schoolboy triumphing years later. At a dinner, the formerly-triumphant straight (or at least married) school "chums" and their families, collapse gently and stately like falling dominoes under Torridge's triumph--a scene to behold indeed.

Nowadays, yearly series of gay male short stories emerge--good ones, too. But IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST carved out an indispensable "woodcut" in this genre; seek it out.

In Another Part of the Forest is a must buy for the Collector of gay literature. Manguel and Stephenson have assembled an anthology of gay short fiction by some of the worlds most reknowned authors that depicts the role of the homosexual in the course of recent history. At times sad and frustrating these stories expose the bigotry and hatred spawned by prejudice.

There are a lot of books on Chicago history; Inside the Wigwam takes a unique approach at the Windy City as a political powerhouse for the rest of the nation. It tells the stories of presidential nominating conventions from the unlikely candidacy of Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860 to the bloody battle of the 1968 Democratic convention. Sautter and Burke have put together a magnificent tome, full of fascinating anecdotes and lively illustrations. The result is a popular history that never fails to entertain as it informs. This is my favorite book on Chicago history.

INSIDE THE WIGWAM is the "must have" book for anyone interested in political science and/or government. Authors Burke and Sautter have packed this fascinating book with the insights necessary to truly understand the American election process. This book should be required reading for every American voter.

The book was one of the best books I used throughtout my career, it's good for economist, finance people, and anybody who is in the international field in general.

This is a good study guide accompanied to the hardcopy of thetextbook Each chapter begins with specific objectives and an chapteroutline. Then all the definitiional, true and false and MC questions with easy access answers are presented. Readers can therefore quickly identify topics that are unfamilar to them and refer to the textbook for going into details.

Good for both students and busy professionals. END