This book is quick and easy to read, and gives so much. It's like going through a pregancy with your best friend, who is just a little ahead of you. I would have loved to have this book when I was pregnant, and was desperate to get my hands on anything I could to guide me through these uncharted waters. Now, having been through the experience, I could relate to so much about what the authors went through. I even laughed out loud at parts. Although, as Cindy states, every pregnancy is unique, any expecting couple can relate to the emotional highs and lows of a first pregnancy, and the intimite journey of this couple. If you are expecting, I highly recommend this book. If you know anyone having a baby, it's a wonderful gift that they will definitely appreciate.

We're Pregnant! is an excellent book for anyone who is expecting or thinking about getting pregnant. Once you've read the "fact-oriented" books like What to Expect and The Pregnancy Book, you will enjoy the change of pace in We're Pregnant!. It follows a couple as they go through their pregnancy - from conception to finding out their pregnant, from morning sickness to getting huge, all the way through a detailed and very informative account of their delivery and their first few days as new parents. Being pregnant and delivering a baby is not something you get to practice so the best way to know what to expect is to listen to your best friend and her husband tell you what it was really like - that's just what this couple does. My husband enjoyed this book as much as I did - and that's not something I can say about many pregnancy books. If you really want to know what to expect, I suggest you read We're Pregnant! When you finish, you will feel as though you have been through the whole process yourself.

I was so grateful to come upon "We're Pregnant!" First I devoured the personal and heart-felt words of Cindy and Eugene Kappler, and now my husband is reading the book. This is the first pregnancy book that I have been able to get him to read, and he is fascinated, both by Cindy's descriptions of how she feels, but also by Eugene's descriptions of how he felt and reacted to Cindy's first pregnancy and birth. By the time Cindy describes her labor and delivery of her daughter, you feel like you know the Kapplers personally. I love their open and honest approach and their conversational writing style. This is not a big, scary pregnancy book filled with all the details on every possible thing that could go wrong. There are technical facts, but they are only included to help the reader understand what was happening to Cindy and Eugene. I have read way too many books on pregnancy that have left me terrified, and this is the first one that left me feeling like everything was going to work out, and I will be able to handle labor and delivery. I am also glad that I discovered this book before my pregnacny, and now I plan to re-read it as I reach each new milestone in the next nine months.

After four years of college, I could no longer run from chemistry. After numerous drops from the class, I finally found a chemistry book which is easy to understand. This book has every example problem you could think of. Every chapter gives you a good introduction, then cuts strait to the points every novice chemistry student should know to pass a general college level class. I do suggest a run through of chemistry in high school before stepping up to this book. I would have liked to have seen a book accompany the text which shows the drawn out ways to answer the review questions at the end of every chapter. Other than that this book is very down to earth and easy to follow.

This book is very clear and easy to understand. It 's good for Undergraduate student. For working problems, you should buy a solution manual for full understanding.

THE BOOK IS EXCELLENT. I USED THIS BOOK FOR MY CHEMISTRY COURSE AND I FEEL THE AUTHORS DID A FINE JOB WRITING THIS BOOK. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL OF YOU COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY OR THE ALLIED HEALTH FIELD. THIS IS FOR THE REVIEWERS WHO GAVE THE BOOK ONE STAR. HOW CAN YOU GIVE THE BOOK 1 STAR WITHOUT EVER READING THE BOOK.

This book was well organized and some of the worksheets were a little hard to use but its still one of the better books I've looked at. The worksheets I had problems with were the financial planners. Some of them were not well explained and therefore hard to use. Overall, the book was very thorough and hopefully it will help my plans for starting a business go through.

Pros:
-The sample plans were the strongest part of the book because it allowed you to see how the worksheets were put together.

-Very thorough book.

-Leaves nothing out in terms of how to write a business plan and then how to get the money.

Cons:
-The book fell apart on me after reading through it a few times. For such a high quality text I expect a better put together book.

-Some of the financials were not matching other sections of the sample plan to see how it was put together overall.

-Some of the worksheets especially the financials were not well explained.

This book is super organized. I love the ideas that this book employs to make your business plan effective. The best way to use this book is to jot down ideas as you are reading each section as the book progresses to organizing and creating a great plan.

At first when I was reading this I was like gees this is going to be another boring book but it picked up after chapter one.

The only drawback to the book is that the sample plans dont really completly utilize the information that you had to fill into the worksheets. The worksheets at times can bog you down and not always is it easy to find what the worksheets are asking for. This really isnt geared towards a small business but it is still good for it because it makes you really work hard to find the info.

I have been doing business plans for several years now and Abrams' book is the best out there. It is clearly written, informative without being overly detailed and it walks the reader step-by-step through the business plan writing process. The book provides methods and items to perform research and does a solid job of explaining the difficult job of preparing projected financial statements. I cannot understand why anyone would give this book a dissapointing review. The few bad reviews that I've read criticize the book for everything that makes it such a strong read. If you are writing a business plan you should have this book. If you are experienced in writing business plans, you should have this book for reference.

Though by today's standard this book is quite old I found it very enjoyable. I have been extensively researching the topic of nuclear warfare for school and I found this book quite entertaining. As a teenager I am was privilidged enough to only live in the tail end of the Cold War and this book provides an insight to what might have happened if the you know what hit the fan.

The arms race takes a turn for the worst as a nuclear strike is accidentally started. The fate of millions depends on the diplomacy of the highest echelons of government and the act of one man. It all seems like a bad movie plot now but thirty years ago, this was the fear in the hearts of all. I read this book in 1982 when the nuclear threat was still quite real but nowhere near as intense as it was during the early 60's. You'll finish reading this book wondering, "Were we ever this close to the end of the world?". The greatest horror stories are the ones that could actually happen. As dated as it is, Eugene Burdick still manages to take you on a wild ride to the Apocalypse.

Although it is now close to FORTY years old, "Fail-Safe" puts today's crop of political novelist to shame. A more compelling story has not been written.

The story is simple: a mechanical error send a group of U.S. Bombers towards the Soviet Union. The President tries mightily to recall them, in an effort to avoid the inevitable Soviet retaliation. He has to make an incredible sacrifice to keep the world from World War III.

Forget about the incredibly complex turns of my favorite writer of this genre, F. Forsyth. T. Clancy 's interwoven stories and mind numbing detail does not even come close to this simple, chilling story. Could it happen? Of course not, because of the fail-safe system. Or so they tell us...

Like Coke, this is the real thing.

Do You Live In Dangerous Times? This is not a picture-by-picture how-to book, but a thick volume (394 pages) of sound advice for anyone who is intent on surviving attack in any form. Author Sockut's book is thin on photos, and BIG on common sense. Sockut presents case studies and examples, and then advice gleaned from the events in a series of "Street Survival Lessons". Rather than simply advising us that we can never be to careful, we learn this scenario after scenario.

This volume emphasizes situations where an armed or unarmed individual meets up with an armed antagonizer, and breaks attackers down into categories by their weapon of preference, offering advice specific to each. Covered are bladed weapons (knife & sword), batons and clubs, and guns (short & long). You will learn what to watch for concerning suspects, how to guard against the unlikely, and how to stay focused. You will learn the best way to conceal weapons on your person, and how to be certain your weapons will be in working order when you need them.

Recommended especially for anyone who works in law enforcement, corrections, in a capacity for the military, or other public service employees. A good companion to this is Rex Applegate's "Kill Or Get Killed".

I have been writing on the subject of street survival for more than 10 years. My articles appear in a variety of firearm, knife and survival magazines. I hold black belt in a number of martial arts and, I have also been involved in several gunfights. So, I feel qualified to review Eugene Sockut's book, SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE. I have read and reread this book more than a dozen times. I always learn something new with each turn of the page of this book.
I can't think of anyone more qualified to write on the subject of "Street Survival" than Sockut. who lives in a street war zone every single day of his life. As former Chief Marksmanship and Sniper Officer for the IDF, Sockut's credentials are well-recognized.

Sockut walks the walk and, talks the talk. In the hotly contested area of the Middle East, Sockut can be found wearing a brace of Colt Giovernment Model 1911's on a daily basis. As a much sought-after security expert, Sockut can be found lecturing on the subject of street survival and settlement defense on a regular basis.

SECRETS OF STREET SURVIVAL-ISRAELI STYLE, gives the reader solutions to a variety of deadly encounters. These types of encounters can be found just about any place in the world, not just in Israel. Sockut's book is must reading for anyone serious about street survival.

I just finished this book and it has, without question, become an important book to read if you are in any way concerend with personal security. It is written for the citizen and is not yet another book geared to the police/military community.

Detailing Sockut's Israeli experience, his advice is very timely for Americans. While terror levels in the US do not reach Israeli proportions, his advice transitions easily to US urban street crime senarios, as well as preparting the reader, mentally, for what may become more common. And, if/when terror increases in the US, as it seems it will, this book is a broad based, yet quick, read of mental and physical security preparedness for the armed citizen.

Yancey fills a necessary niche with those who have had experience with church which causes them to fall away and then fill a void that needs filling. However, his bottom line perspective of worship being God has an audience watching worshippers seeking His presence in their hearts is not what God seeks at all. God seeks those who worship Him in spirit and in truth. Thus, where is God in worship? In our heart? What would He want with that sin-filled, darkened, old thing? What He wants is "chesed," Hebrew word for "covenant faithfulness." Our inability totally to do "chesed" caused God to do it for us, incarnate, sacramentally in Christ. Thus, where is God for us? In the Gospel preached in its purity and distributed in the sacraments distributed according to His Testament. Yancey is yet to discover this. Maybe his void will lead him to this. Suggest Yancey and others still seeking God would read Gene Vieth's terrific spiritual journey: "The Spirituality of the Cross."

In this work Yancey traces his Fundamentalist heritage from a conservative WASP church in Georgia, through a Bible-believing seminary in SC, to his ministry at a multicultural church in Chicago pastored by an ex-Bob Jones University grad. By applying the principle of grace in a thoroughgoing way, he shows up the discrepancies of faith and practice in many churches and colleges of the Bible Belt and brings to bear the lessons from Jesus' condescension and ministry.

Unfortunately, Yancey quotes approvingly from Roman Catholic sources and shows a lack of discernment in that area. But overall, this book's a devastating critique of American Fundamentalism in the past several decades. It promises to be a powerful tool in the reformation of a movement that began well in the 1800s-early 1900s.

possibly the best book i've ever read. it is one i will keep and read again and again. i even bought one for a friend.

This 635-page German novel, written by Alfred Doblin and published in 1929, is set in an area of Berlin that no longer exists. In the 1920s, though, it was the hub of the city. The novel is the story of that time and place as well as the story of Franz Biberkopf, who has just been released from prison after serving four years for the murder of his girlfriend. He then becomes a street vendor but eventually turns to crime and has one misfortune after another. This narrative is surrounded by a lot of words spilling out of the author's mind including long surreal stream of conscious thoughts, references to Greek mythology and the bible, constant weather reports, and dozens of short side stories. The result is like an abstract painting, one that is not only confusing, but depressing.

The characters struggle, feel pain, and make horrible blunders in choices they make. Women are treated terribly but are just too stupid to care about. Franz actually loses his arm when run over by a car and later is confined to a mental institution, but I never could relate to him, his world, or his humanity. The author was a physician and a psychologist and the influence of these fields of study definitely permeate the book, which searches to understand the human condition and cruelty of the world. Considering when it was written, and the mood in Germany at the time, it is a foreshadowing of the future.

This book is considered a masterpiece. But to me it was just the unedited outpourings of the author's slightly warped mind. And yet, as I kept reading, I gradually got into its rhythms and appreciated some of its complexities. It brought me to a world I didn't care about, and a way of thinking that is overbearing and pretentious. I did gain a few insights though and I'm glad I got a glimpse of that world. But in spite of its few redeeming qualities, there is no way I can recommend it.

This is the best German novel; mordant, dark, hilarious, packed with the fascinations of Modernism and modern urban life... Joycean literary technique applied by a historical realist to the social life in one of the world's great cities at a critical turning point in its history, it's as close as the German novel can get to Rabelais, Brecht, Joyce and Dickens at the same time. Here's to Franz Biberkopf!

If you're looking for simple dialogue, simple characters, and a simple, enjoyable story, then the Hardy Boys should be right up your alley. If you want to be challenged by one of the great novels of the 20th century - expressionism at its most compelling - then settle in with Doblin. I'm a little tired of the carp "stream of consciousness" when it's nothing of the kind. The diversions into slaughterhouse techniques, newspaper ads, etc. all combine to create a visceral rendering of Berlin of the 1920's. That's the point. It's meant to jar, to attack, to disorient. That's it's genius. If you think that might bore you (or be beyond you) don't read it. You won't get it. It's not meant to be an assigment. It's meant to be an experience. If you're up to it, dive in. It'll change the way you read from then on.

I agree with the reader from Ann Arbor, MI. This is most certainly not the best book on fasting and may, in fact, be the worst that I have read. Many are superior. Lest anyone think that I am prejudiced against fasting, I am currently in my fourth day of a fast following the guidelines of Paavo Airola's HOW TO KEEP SLIM, HEALTHY, AND YOUNG WITH JUICE FASTING, a MUCH better book.

The book gets 1 star because it does, at least, give some background on fasting and can serve as an introduction to the concept.

i am a orthomolecular- nutritionist, and generaly my system is not exactly in the direction of fasting,but the only rule is that there are no rules. sometimes i do recommand to my patients a few days fast,( especialy to my very severe allergic patients). eventhough i admit that i didn't ordered toany of my patients to fast more than 5 days, i am convinced that some cases can benefit from this book.the actualy 2 books combined together explains the mechanisms of fasting, and teach the reader what really happens in the body systems while you are on fasting for 3 days,a week, 2 weeks, and 3 weeks,andwhen and how to understand what and when it became a starvation, and when it is just a cleansing fast. the exact way of introducing yourself back to foods are discovered with great details, and what kinds of illness and diseases are not alowed to do the fast.this is why i said in the begining that this is a responsable book. it is very recommanded!

I was totally skeptical of fasting, but reading this book helped me overcome my reluctance. I now fast 2-3 times a year or whenever I feel out of control with eating. I find fasting much easier than dieting, and this book showed me the way, for which I am grateful.

This novel is a complete trip thru the history of the United Socialist States of America. You heard me correct, Eugene Debs lead a revolution and established a socialist republic during WW1. Byrne and Newman paint a vivid picture of an America that could have been. Their use of characters both real as well as fictional is incredible. This is a must read for anyone interested in Alternative History. It is much more than a novel. This book deals with British and Russian involvement in the Vietnam War, the Great Purges of Capone's dictatorship, to the creation of the Common Wealth of Independent North American States. I highly recommend it to anyone.

The premise is that Teddy Roosevelt was assassinated by Annie Oakley after a successful presidential win by the Bull Moose Party. His Vice President, millionaire Charles Foster Kane (yes, watch out for the fictional characters who appear in the narrative as well as the historical ones who appear in new personnas), plunges the USA into a disastrous early entry into the Great War. This leads to a violent Revolution and the establishment of of a new Socialist state in America, while Russia evolves into a constitutional monarchy.

This is quite a trip! The book is told in the form of separate narratives, from the young Buddy Holly under the regime of Chairman Capone (the USSA's Stalin), a wonderland mirror version of the Untouchables and the Grapes of Wrath, a tale about Ed Gein coldcut supplier to the Party big-wigs, the British experience in the Vietnam War ("Teddy Bears Picnic" -- a wonderful sequence), television under the csar during a Royal Wedding, and much more.

Newman and Byrne are mishugah, and I like it.

Most other AH books are meant to be serious-this one most definitely isn't. It's great mix of alternate history as well as characters and scenes "borrowed" from other great works of fiction. The scenes in the Indochinese War were taken straight from "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket", "Tigerland", and especially "Apocalypse Now" (complete with the musical chopper raid, an analogue to the 'napalm' speach, and even a Kurtz); Hannibal Lector is a USSA Communist Party psychologist; after the USSA falls, the Blues Brothers ride around a war-torn USSA remeniscant of "Mad Max". All in all, a good romp, although the authors should be on the lookout for people seeking to terminate them with extreme prejudice for their borrowing of other fiction.

Eugene Linden explains that most of civilization's history has included long periods of remarkable stability, including the last few decades. However, stability is not the norm and indications show it is ending. Thanks to overpopulation, technological change and environmental degradation, profound instability is likely in this century. The clues to future instability are in plain sight. You can see them when you compare what has happened in the past to what is likely to happen in the future.

In the first half of this book, Linden makes a persuasive case for some of his basic predictions, though he is definitely a pessimist. The scenarios in the second half of the book, intended to illustrate what will happen if these predictions come true, are really speculative fiction masquerading as futurology. Still, Linden's basic premise is sound and his warnings should be taken seriously. We... recommend the book to those involved in long-range business planning and trend research.

And a monkey could not read it either. Eugene Linden makes this seemingly inane point again and again in different ways in this extraordinary book which shows how very not random world events come to be in the long run and how periods of calm will, in fact, be followed by periods of great instability. Just as the monkey may win a game of, say, poker or even 7-4-1 by sheer chance and luck, the author demonstrates very effectively that the monkey could just as easily have lost and given enough chances will in fact incur great losses as well as great victories. This is a book not just about the future but also about the very process that will take us there. This includes many external factors out of our control such as weather and disease, as well as those seeminly randam decisions made by humans, not unlike the many decisions made in a game of poker, which we are totally in control of and yet are made while still subject to the random elements. At heart we are all monkey boys, and the world is our big cage. Order comes by chance - again, just as in a card game. This book really makes you think. I highly reccommend it.

Bought the book six months ago, read it and almost forgot it. But look out -- author Eugene Linden's bold predictions are coming true. Read the book to get a real glimpse of the near future -- in plain sight. Find out what stocks to short -- Linden will point the way. A page turner all the way, and then you'll go back to highlight every prescient nugget. The Chief salutes you, Mr. Linden.