Excellent reference. Along the lines of, but just not as good as, Miller's classic Review of Orthopaedics.

This book gave a different point of view of the Indian Shoshone woman who traveled with Lewis & Clark's expedition. I've read several books regarding Sacagawea and just returned from the Montana to Idaho historical tour on Lewis & Clark's trail. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Sacagawea.

Though the recipes are truly one-pot, you must follow many steps reusing that pot making things not quite as simple as it sounds. However, the unique combination of fresh ingredients provides results that taste wonderful, and make beautiful presentations.

the bool consists of three plays: Lakeboat- mamet's first play who tells the story of a boat crew who's one of his members is missing. throughout the play, rhe crew is exposed to its weaknesses and desperation, it's a bitter-sweet play, but it lacks the surprise element that can be seen in "glengarry glen ross" etc. The woods- a stoory of an imossible love between an educated yet emotionally cold man and his needy girlfriend, it's a play that floats steadily untill the big burst in the end, for patiant readers only! Edmond- a violent play about a buffled young man who decides to make a journey in search of maening and ends up ruining his life as well as others, it's a merciless look on urban reality

The middle of the twentieth century is in many ways the golden age of science fiction. Science fiction had come into its own with many great authors pushing the genre out into other areas such as mysteries and in this case fantasy. In 'A Yank at Valhalla,' Hamilton takes a sword and sorcerer type fantasy and mixes in strong scientific reasoning. The result is a plausible science fiction tale using Norse mythology. Today the science fiction/fantasy market is dominated by fantasy but back in the golden age, it was writers such as Hamilton that put the science first.

Keith Masters is a pilot on an Artic expedition. He finds a gold cylinder with runes. The runes give a warning about hiding the cylinder. The golden tube is a key that binds Loki and his familiars. If the key is brought back to Asgard, Ragnarok, the Norse equivalent of Armageddon, will occur destroying Valhalla and all the Norse gods.

Keith doesn't believe the runes and wears the cylinder as a good luck charm. While flying a scouting mission north of the main expedition, a storm comes up and forces his plane into a region of the Artic Ocean that blocks light, a gigantic blind spot on the face of the world. He flies through the light boundary and into the world of Odin, Thor, Freya, and Loki. His landing has just started a war between a race of humans with the scientific knowledge to control the weather and attain eternal life.

'A Yank at Valhalla' is a pure fantasy/action story. 'A Yank at Valhalla' is an easy recommendation to anyone who likes fantasy stories and it is a must read for those who are interested in a science fiction/fantasy tale that, if written today, would be dominated by magic.

Edmonds' 1941 Newbery book offers authentic details of life in Dutch New York state--served up in a pleasant format. Children
quickly outgrew the age of innocence on the frontier, when survival for English and Dutch colonists was difficult because of hostile Frenchmen and desperate Indians. Young readers will enjoy the family dynamics in this tale of personal courage and maternal resourcefulness, which is enhanced by the black/and white (and some color) illustrations of Paul Lantz. Readers of all ages will marvel at the determination of a ten-year-old boy.

When Father Teunis must depart with the local militia, to quell an uprising near Albany, Mother Gertrude forms a bold plan to save her young family in case Indians attack. Defenseless without the head of the household? Not at all--thanks to grandfather's old Spanish muzzle-loader over the mantle. Based
on historical fact and family oral tradition, this tale will delight children of all ages. Those were the days when men were Men--and sometimes young boys had to be, too! This story, in its large, softback edition, remains as fresh as when it was originally penned. Americans can appreciate their tradition of proud, immigrant pluck. Edward's family was here to stay!

I am a student of West Virginia State College, currently taking a class on Children's Literature. Mr. Samples (A Wonderful Teacher) has instructed us to review a Newbery winner and write our thoughts on it. I read this book with the thoughts that it would be a classic book for children but was amazed at the difficulty level in reading it. This is a book based on historical fiction, about a 18th century family living in a Dutch settlement here in colonial America. The difficulty came for the extensive use of Dutch words and places. There is no way that a child that is beginning to read, or one that has read for a short time, could read these words in this book. This book has a good story, a bit violent for today, but yet historically valuable. I would recommend this book as a book read by the parent (but read it first to figure out the words) to the child.

Winner of the 1942 John Newbery Medal for most significant contribution to children's literature, "The Matchlock Gun" is one of the shortest--yet one of the most memorable--of all the Newbery Medal books. I've read every one of the Newbery books from 1922 through 2000, and this little story made a big impression on me. The novel covers but a day in the life of a very young boy who is left at home with the huge responsibility of safeguarding his family in the absence of his father.

SYNOPSIS: Edward ("Ateoord" in the story) Van Alstyne's father, Teunis, is a captain in the Guilderland militia and leaves the family overnight to defend their small community outside Albany City, NY against the French and Indians. The militia is unable to hold the Indians at the bridge, however, and five Indians reach the Van Alstyne farm.

Gertrude (Edward's mother) has the foresight to rig up her grandfather's heavy, awkward Spanish matchlock gun through a hole in the window shutter and acts as a decoy, picking beans in the garden, until the Indians reach the house. Edward must then defend his wounded mother and protect his family with the huge, ungainly weapon.

IMPRESSIONS: Today it is quite seldom that extremely young children must bear adult responsibilities in the face of such danger. Historical fiction like this is compelling reading; "The Matchlock Gun" is a very brief but well-written story which should interest any young reader.

This Book begins using something called horizontial statments and then in chapter 5 switches to regular T accounts thus confusing students completely, I have yet to find a student that tells me the book is easy to understand or useful. It would be helpful if there was a solutions manual. Our school will change books next semester. It's not even good enough to make dorm furniture.

I've read the reviews stating that this is a confusing book. I disagree completely. Although the author does not immediately delve into traditional T-accounts, the introduction of the "horizontal model" serves as a good foundation for building the awareness of the accounting equation that should be second nature BEFORE tackling T-accounts. The text's preface states: "A horizontal financial statements model replaces the accounting equation as the predominant teaching platform. The model enables students to VISUALIZE THE SIMULTANEOUS EFFECTS OF A SINGLE BUSINESS EVENT on the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows." I felt as though this methodology was very effective for my learning style. Recording transactions in T-accounts came almost as second nature after mastering the horizontal model.

The "Working Papers" (a separate workbook) makes doing the assigned problems easy by providing a ready-made template for each problem. If you've had to draw your own T-accounts or your own journal in a notebook before, you will definitely appreciate this.

This text serves as a good introduction to the skills necessary to master financial accounting.

This book is an excellent book to go with a Financial Accounting course. Everything is laid out in plain English, and shows you in diagrams and models exactly how each kind of transaction works. I recommend for professors everywhere to adopt this book for their clases. I'm glad mine did!

There are precious few books available which deal with the writing and production of shorts, which is odd considering the grown explosion the form has gone through the last few years, so I almost hate to be critical of what information is available. That said, this 1994 guide is in desperate need of updating, as it does not deal with short films in the digital medium. Now that digital video has made it even easier to produce a short--not to mention that it's opened up the possibilities of what can be accomplished on film on a budget--the process of making a short needs to be addressed in the current context. In addition, with the number of internet sites specializing in shorts, and the practice of most film festivals of accepting digital submissions, the possibilities of making and distributing a short have far outgrown what this book covers. Please, Mr. Levy--give us a new edition of this fine guide!

Edmond Levy in one book has given me a basic outline of what I would need to construct a film from start to finish.

The beginning touches on screenwriting techniques, then moves into some pre-production necessities. From there he briefly touches on production and then a short chapter on post-production (editing) and distribution.

This is a survey book and is in no means somthing to take as the "end all say all." But if you are curious or have some very general questions about the topic, then this is the book for you.

This book does an excellent job on the basics: how to write a treatment, develop a script thru the process of story outline and character profiles, the use of storyboards, the basics of directing and editing and on and on. It's all basic, yes, but a good starting point for the beginning filmmaker. The emphasis is the short, independent filmmaker where most of us started and most future great filmmakers will also. I use it for a course I teach for the American Film Institute called Movie Camp and in the basic moviemaking course I teach at Montgomery College. The students seem to find it very valuable.

It is apparent from the beginning that Edmond Pope felt he was something special from being retired from the Navy and founding a company which specialized in projects related to propulsion through water. It appeared that he felt with all the Navy top secret clearances, they alone should be sufficient for obtaining information from those in Russia willing to sell. He knew about the danger of obtaining the information and how his room was bugged and, this was a risky international business he was in. It seems through his narration, nothing came as a surprise to him when whe was held over in the beginning. His ordeal in the prison showed that he had undergone suffient Navy training not to break him completely. By all accounts his wife was very instrumental in getting public attention to his captivity. The most obvious thing that came out of this writing, was that no where could he convince anyone until he was captive for nearly three months for help either from Penn State where he was wroking for or from our government representatives. It was expecially evident, our most highly impressive Pennsylvania State Senators Arlen Spector or Rick Santorum, who representated him gave no reponse to his wife when she requested their help. Only after he was well on his way of getting a pardon from the Russian president, did Spector or Santorum get on the bandwagon behind Pope. I guess it shows that they only play when things are in a positive mode. The book was very interesting and written well and held your attention throughout.

A very well-written, no-holds-barred account of Ed Pope's ordeal in today's Russia. This book makes it clear that the Russian government still continues many of the more odious Soviet practices, especially when it comes to their paranoia about foreigners and the treatment of accused defendants. Ed Pope and Tom Schactman give numerous insights into today's Russian system of "justice," making it clear that having no hard evidence against a defendant (whether a foreigner or a Russian) is not a problem for the prosecution, when it is backed by the FSB and the courts. This should make Western businessmen who have any dealings with Russian military or industrial institutions have second thoughts. As a former naval intelligence officer myself, I would rate this as a five-star book that should be read by all intelligence professionals, as well as all those who would do business in today's Russia. Terry Wilton, LCDR USN (Ret.).

I met this man in person. The ordeals he went thru, its just insane. But he made the best of his time in purgatory.
This is another example of burachcy.
For those of you who dont have a clue how the world really is
please read this book.