This is a classic game for geeks of all ages. The advance rules are the kicker and I can remember hours spent wasting time with friends on this game. One in particular stayed up all night before his SATs. Another was an avid player, but could never win. The pieces, like any board game, were icing on the cake which makes up for a rather weak game system. Marx was right, its all about production--in the 25th Century...

I enjoyed this book because of the truthful way history was brought forth. You truly begin to care about the people and the things they go through.

Este libro es muy fantastico, pero mi espanol es muy mal. Tambien mira a el libro "El Hombre mas Rico en Babylon". Adios, yo necesito estudiar espanol ahora...

Lord Humphery almost runs over Miss Chadwick while drunk and driving recklessly on a fateful night.

Miss Chadwick is orphaned, penniless and homeless while the drunk Lord Humpehery is trying to avoid marrying Miss Ratcliffe - a marriage that was arranged by their parents when they were children. Lord Humphery and Miss Chadwick's answer to their combined predicament is for them to marry each other.

The new Lady Humphery is faced with the daunting tasks of facing society and killing all gossip about the newly-weds. She also has to face the beautiful, witty , highly vicious and scheming Miss Ratcliffe not to mention that she has to win over her in-laws who are scheming right along Miss Ratcliffe's side.

To complicate matters more, she finds herself falling in love with her own husband - a man who insists that she is a 'proper' wife and not a real woman..

A rather heady linguistic work. At times I find myself drowning in a jargon which I don't speak, but at other times, I find myself seeing linguistic connections that I was never aware of (or not a conscious level). Some of the patterns enumerated are ones that have entered my intuitive understandings of language, but seeing them explicitly defined helps me understand why they work the way that they do. I find myself interested in learning Sanskrit after reading through this book. I'll have to look into auditing something at CGS when I get the chance.

An excellent introduction to Halloween, this book follows a variety of activities enjoyed by trick-or-treaters. Tongue twisters about parties, spiders, bats, candy-gathering,
and costumes help youngsters explore Halloween in a humorous, festive atmosphere. Bright, comic pictures depict a cast of characters as they experience All Hallow's Eve. My son loved trying to spot the child in the dinosaur costume. We both enjoyed the tongue-twisting, and ended up memorizing the book. I highly recommend this short book to any child new to Halloween or fond of short tongue twisters.

Gayle Buck's latest Regency romance novel is a rather old fashioned one that may not to everyone's taste, as the heroine of the piece, Miss Guineveve Holland, while she is extremely beautiful, and is slightly older than the usual teenage debutante, also happens to be a very shy and retiring young woman, totally lacking in self confidence.

Guinenvere Holland has always known that she was not her mother's favourite. And indeed Mrs. Holland seems to have reserved all her love and approval for her son (and Guineveve twin), Percival, the new Earl of Holybrooke. And Guineveve has grown used to putting the interests of both her brother and mother before her own, as well as fading into the background until she is needed to perform some task or the other. Now however, the Holland are in town for the Season, and Mrs. Holland has decided to concentrate on seeing that Guin is credibly launched into society, and to seeing that Guin makes a suitable match. The trouble is that Guin's expectations about her future does not match that of her mother's at all: Mrs. Holland, once a much sought after beauty but who (because of her own pettiness) somehow failed to make the advantageous match she so eagerly sought, has decided that Guin will fulfill her own thwarted ambitions; while Guin is not sure if she would like to be married at all. She would like nothing better than to return to the country and to spend her time riding about her brother's newly inherited estate. And then Guin meets the diplomat, Sir Frederick Hawkesworth, who kindly decides to take the shy young lady under his wing and to smooth her way in society. And suddenly London becomes a more magical place for Guin; who comes to the conclusion that she might like to be married, esp to someone as kind and as witty and as handsome as Sir Frederick. But does the kindly Sir Frederick return her regard? Or does he just view her as an object of pity, to be helped and then forgotten? Guin soon comes to the conclusion that she might have to armor her hopeful heart against Sir Frederick's charms, esp since Sir Frederick does not at all fulfill her mother's idea of a suitable parti...

I rather enjoyed "Cupid's Choice." The novel concentrates mostly on showing us how much under her mother's thumb Guin is, and on how retiring and unsure Guin is as a result of this. And because the authour does such an excellent job of arousing our sympathies on Guin's behalf, this novel really works. The authour also does a rather wonderful job of portraying exactly how selfish, unpleasant and pushing Mrs. Holland truly is, and just how little regard she has for her only daughter. The novel also focuses on how, with the help of a few good people, Guin gradually gains self confidence and poise, so that she is finally able to take her life in her own hands and act assertively on her own behalf. As such, Guin's romance with Sir Frederick does get relegated very much into the background. But this was not, in my mind, too great a detraction, as the novel was really about how Guin comes into her own. And anyway, the bits that dealt with Sir Frederick and Guin's romance were rather good and conveyed that tantalizing air of romance that the authour was aiming for.

The novel unfolded smoothly and briskly, though there were a couple of chapters toward in the end where things did bog down a little. Gayle Buck also did a wonderful job of depicting all the characters in this novel -- her portrayal of Mrs. Holland was magnificent. And while I have a suspicion that not too many readers may appreciate our heroine, Guineveve Holland, deeming her too insipid and mousy (the trend lately seems to have been for Regency heroines to be really assertive and feisty), I found Guin to be a rather refreshing change of pace. All in all, a rather fun read.

I love this book! When the babysitters get two calls and the adress is the same, they don't know what to expect. But Dawn finds out alot when she's undercover. I rated this book a five star because it is one of the best mystery books that I have ever read and because of the fact that it was a very good story at the beginning and at the end everything turned out goodand the family was reunited.

This book has very good coverage of Anglo-American trade developement in the early to mid nineteenth century. It contains information not found elsewhere. Originally published in the 1920's there are resources, for example U.S. Government Repositories, which are now availiable. The only negative is that some of the citations in the British Parliamentary Papers have proven impossible to run to earth, though there are problems with the Papers and it may not be Buck's Fault. I am purchasing a copy for my shelf.

A CD-Rom jammed with articles from EXECUTIVE EXCELLENCE. I actually got my copy as a bonus for subscribing a couple of years ago. Many of the articles are interesting, but they are all quite short, almost MTV-ish. This seems to be the preferred style for this publication. If you are a fan of Warren Bennis, or one of the writers who regularly contribute to that publication, this is a good way to pick up some new material from your favored writer. The articles are on a variety of topics, which means that there will probably be something for everyone with an interest in this subject, but by the same token, there will be a lot that won't interest you. The CD includes a search engine that is workable. I benefitted from the magazine and the CD, but they didn't set my world on fire.