The brothers Goncourt were supposedly great critics; however, I saw little criticism in this particular book. Most of it is naive description, retelling of the artists' lives, and the occasional poetic flight of fancy; however, none of the works described are in any way interpreted. Furthermore, mediocre painters such as Chardin are overpraised, and at the expense of Boucher too, who is dismissed as "vulgar." If you are hoping for insightful, accurate estimation and insight of the painters, look elsewhere.

I picked this bok up at a local used book store because the title grabbed my attention, even though the promise of 25K/year is nothing big. That's inflation for you! The premise of the book is that if you work your butt off doing many different kinds of writing, including editorial, promotional and fiction you can make a living wage no matter where you live, even in Fargo, North Dakota where the author lives. Really should be updated since it was written before fax, internet and e-mail became as common as they are now. She relies quite a lot on snailmail in her advice which is not very applicable today. A fun read except for her disdain for New York, which was more of a publishing capitol than it is now. I'm from New York so the digs hurt. They're also not entirely true since even in NYC you have to have talent, drive and the right contacts to get any career off the ground. No hard feelings, though.

The basic premise is that animals and insects share a common language which is understandable by humans if they were to hear it spoken. There is magic, mischif and nobility in this transhumance world. I could see this work as an animated feature for children.

The book is written in a rhyming prose format. It depicts the life work of Mr. Halley, not merely the work on the comet named after him. It is filled with all kinds of science references. It is most appropriate for upper-elementary school children. While the pictures and prose would work well for the younger grades, the science contained in the book is most appropriate for the older kids.

In 1961 Edward Hamilton published Battle for the Stars. It was printed in 1964 then 1967 before the Tor double listed above. This is a pulp sci fi novel that has many facets that are similar to a world war II action novel.

"Where Duty Calls: The Story of Sarah Emma Edmonds" is a recently published, fictionalized account of the life of Union spy Sarah Edmonds. The plot of the story itself is quite interesting, chronicling the adventures of a female who poses as a male spy during the Civil War. The book, although not noted as relevant to a certain age category, is more suitable for younger children. Although it includes excerpts from Edmond's autobiography, and does well in sticking to the facts, it reads like a young adventure novel. It is definitely a more fictionalized account of Edmonds life, and doesn't go into the more intellectual and historical issues of gender roles and Union spies. If you would like a well-written, simplistic overview of Edmonds' life; or if you know a young child who likes to read about real life spies, then "Where Duty Calls" is the book for you.

This book was a huge disappointment! It was a waste of money! I looked forward to finally buying a book about the hall director position so I chose this one. This book has many grammatical mistakes and looks like a first grader wrote it. I let other people see the book and they could not even get through the first 2 chaters. I on the other hand took the time to read the entire thing in hopes that it would get better...but it didnn't. You will be tempted to get the red pen out and mark up the pages! I thought I had bad grammer, but this lady puts me to shame. I am ashamed to think that she has a master's degree and still has this many mispellings in a book. Wendy Edmond, think again before you start to think about writing something else!

I was so happy to see that someone had finally written a book about life as a live-in professional in college residence halls. And then I wasted my money on Wendy Edmond's memoir. Even if I ignored the fact that there are at least 10 or more spelling and/or grammatical errors on every page, I wouldn't be able to get past Edmond's style, which sounds as though a first-grader wrote it. Working as a housing professional is a challenging, unique job, and any attempt that Edmond has made to share it with the world is overshadowed by her horrific prose. Don't spend the money !

I read the negative review of Ms. Edmond by those immature readers who don't know quality from quantity. The book is written in memoir format and not in novel form. The format of the book is written differently in a memoir prose... Great insights to college living. So what if there is one grammatical mistake... All books have them..

Unfortunately you may be required to buy this book for your class, and have no say in whether it should be used. But if the option is there, my suggestion is you run as far as possible from this text. Unless you already have a good knowledge of calculus, you may find yourself thoroughly and ridiculously lost as you are led through this book. In my experience with mathematics texts, most follow a predictable pattern; most sample problems will follow a step-by-step explanation of how the problem is solved, while explaining WHY the problem is solved in that particular manner. Through its entirety, this text leaves out the WHY. Being that this book is not used for higher level calculus courses (at my university, it is a requirement for a freshman year math course), it is perplexing that it is not written to cater towards its audience. Assuming you are not a mathematician or do not absolutely love math, this particular book leaves one feeling mentally challenged.

I'm not really sure if this book stands out that much from the countless calc books that have been written, but the selection of problems is quite good. We use this book at Santa Barbara City college. It is a good book to teach from because the overall coverage of topics is good. Some of my students have complained that the book is hard to read. Well, I thought that too when I first learned from Larson and Hostetler. If you are are a student reading this, I would reccomend Stuart's Calculus book over this one. There is one thing I need to comment on that definitely has confused some of my students. Mr. Tomastik doesn't feel the need to devote a section of the text to partial fraction expansions, but he uses those ideas in the text, especially in the sections on solving differential equations!!

A simplistic book about the 8,000 mile march by Mao and the Communists to escape the clutches of Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. This book was written for young people, but the book is too simplistic. If you read the book, you would believe that Mao was a hero, rather than a bloody dictator. I hope those who read this book also read something about the crimes Mao committed in the course of his career.
This book is not critical enough of Mao. Edmonds seems charmed by Mao. I hope readers are not.

Reading through this book is a BORE! :( Examples are almost non-existant, there's like nothing (like definitions) on the sides of the pages, and no glossary. How poorly written! Please find an alternative to learn this rather interesting subject. Thank you!
-Upset reader of this school book

Having previously read "Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts" by the same people, this book was a disappointment. It came off as incredibly dry, and was not all that clear in its presentation of the concepts. The "Fundamental Financial Accounting" volume is great, but I'd recommend another author for the managerial book.