This is an excellent reference. Its best feature is that all ( or most ) chemical synonyms. including tradenames, for a specific substance are listed alphabetically. This usually lets you find a substance in one attempt.

This book is a compilation of detective stories published during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. While Hugh Greene, the editor of this book, refers to the detectives featured in this group of Victorian and Edwardian stories as rivals of Sherlock Holmes, not all rate as such. While Dr. Thorndyke, Martin Hewitt, and to a lesser extent the Old man in the Corner are worthy of comparision to the legendary sleuth of Baker Street, others such as Romney Pringle and Dorrington are decidedly inferior. Although not all coming to a standard demanded by the title, none of the detectives in this volume deserve oblivion. In editing this book, Hugh Greene has helped prevent these detectives from slipping into the London fogs forever.

The pathos in this work hits hard- Greene has been there and seen just too much scavanging of kids and families caught off course in our educational labrynths. The book attempts to remedy the 'jargon' that can be a trap for the families- that spoof that our experts employ when they're preening their few feathers.

In his yearning to help as many as possible, he is specific but brief. He reviews terminology and procedures and his thrust should meet most seekers' needs. As such, it works well as a reference and would be a sure value for libraries and school professional shelves. It can get you out of the shadows and on the right track. With his furtive and first hand revelations about the tricks and trials of advocating for kids with enough on their plate- his warnings and advice is right on the mark. It doesn't build a case for you, however, for that you'll have to dig more deeply. (It isn't right, but it's reality- you must often prescribe as well as diagnose- and then go to battle.) It would also be highly worthwhile for student teachers or others who are interested in applying to graduate school or taking qualifying exams. And for the teachers who are working inclusion, it would be a great asset for their own preparedness for IEP's, conferences and 'diagnostics' which allows them to defend their perceptions and get kids services who are suffering but misunderstood. Check it out- no doubt about its accuracy. It may be what you're looking for.

This is a guidebook unlike any other---which is sad, because London, Paris, Zurich and Prague cry out for a book like this. What makes "Rome Up Close" unique is its district to district, street by street architectural maps which provide an aerial, isometric view of the city that includes every byway, building and (it seems) window in a particular area. The commentary accompanying the maps is succinct and to the point, but commentary isn't the point. The maps are.
If you're thinking of going to Rome, this is a terrific book to pack---it's a great walking around guide, but it shouldn't be your principal one. There are no hotel or restaurant recommendations, as such, nor many of the other things you'd expect from Fodor, Frommer or Lonely Planet. But the maps...the maps are really somethin'!

Late on the chilly Texas evening of December 22, 1927, four men drove calmly away from Wichita Falls in a stolen Buick bound for Cisco, 200 miles to the southeast. They were going to rob a bank. "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery," by noted Texas author/historian and newspaper columnist A.C. Greene, was first published in 1972 by Alfred A. Knopf. A new University of North Texas Press edition has just been released. Tracing the lives and ultimate fates of the doomed quartet, "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery" is a fascinating new look at this classic example of a botched holdup, deadly gun battle, bungled getaway, and the unprecedented manhunt that followed. At 24, Marshall Ratliff was already a veteran crook who should have known better than to hit a bank in a town where he was well known on sight. He should also have guessed that wearing a Santa Claus suit on December 23 would not make him invisible to the droves of busy Christmas shoppers crowding Cisco's bustling main street.

Robert Hill and Henry Helms also should have known better, being ex-convicts themselves. When they planned the bank job in a Wichita Falls boarding house, they were fully aware that the Texas State Bankers Association had recently announced a five thousand-dollar bounty for every dead bank robber caught in the act, but "not one red cent for a hundred live ones." But Helms had a wife and children and needed the money, while Hill hungered for the acceptance, adventure and noteriety. Louis Davis, though, was desperate for cash and had no idea what he was getting into when he saw a tempting opportunity to provide a decent Christmas for his huge Wichita Falls family. His first brush with crime became his last when he died from his multiple bullet wounds on Christmas Day. As written, "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery" is also a fascinating glimpse of common life in North Texas at the dawn of the Great Depression. Utilizing a highly detailed novelization technique to recount documented history, Greene makes the era come alive like few authors are able to do, especially in his portrayal of the tough breed of people populating the vast, lonely Texas plains. When Eastland County citizens finally lost patience with Marshall Ratliff and lynched him, after Ratliff shot and mortally wounded a popular Deputy in a failed jail break, their grisly mob actions actually make a certain sense in the face of the otherwise likeable criminal's ruthlessness. That's tough! With a generous selection of photographs, newspaper clippings, and updates on the main characters involved in the infamous crime, including a touching account of Bob Hill's last days before his death in 1996, "The Santa Claus Bank Robbery" is a must-read for anyone interested in those wild Bonnie and Clyde/Pretty Boy Floyd days.

This book is helpful in dealing with a very complex topic;
how to develope your own chord melodies. I have purchased
other chord melody books over the years but I never really
understood the basic concepts until I bought this book.
This is the one to start with...

Greene is a master of understatment and restraint. This book is a lovely if self-effacing coming-of-literary-age memoir that is fun and reader friendly. It's invaluable for its precious glimpses into the vanished world of the 10's and 20's England. Full of curious detail too: I didn't know that Greene was related to R.L. Stevenson for example. The book ends just around the time of his first literary success. I don't know if there are any further memoirs but I wouldn't mind reading them.

"Storytelling: Art & Technique" is an excellent book for anybody interested in becoming a storyteller. It begins with the history, purpose, and value of storytelling. The chapters on selecting and preparing a story are very helpful. Also included is information on storytelling to different audiences, from children with special needs to young adults. At the end are thirteen delightful stories to tell. Each story contains the source, culture, telling time, audience, and notes on telling. I found this chapter as well as the appendix full of sources to be incredibly valuable! Although this book can be a little dry in places, it is an outstanding resource for storytellers, especially those just starting out!

Rafe Howard had been a hard, thoughtless man before he returned to England after the war against the French. He suffers from amnesia, recalling only vague, illusive dreams. A chance meeting with the Midnight Bandit kept him from pursuing the little he gleaned from his dreams. Believing his daughter dead, Rafe returns to his home to a hostile wife who refuses to live with him and blanket animosity from his contemporaries. Rafe has lost everything, including his daughter, his wife Andria, and his memories. Soon, however, he realizes their daughter is not dead. A mysterious woman had been planted in his life with false information. But the question remains as to why anyone would cause such pain to the grieving parents.

Andria misses the powerful, special connection she had shared with her husband. But after a child died that they had loved as their own, the pain seemed to eat at their relationship. Even the birth of their daughter wasn't enough to keep them together. In the last months they had been together, suspicion and false blame replaced gentle love and tender caresses. After Rafe left and her child disappeared, Adria visited every orphanage in London desperate to find her daughter. Resigned to her grief, Andria's life becomes touched with havoc once again with Rafe's return. She'd prefer to deny her feelings for the man she married after he caused so much pain.

Author Maria Greene pens an irresistible historical romance in A STRANGER'S KISS. Revenge and true love provide powerful motivation in this tale of betrayal and redemption. Part of the Midnight Mask miniseries, A STRANGER'S KISS reads beautifully also as a stand-alone. Sketching the deepest of emotions with grace, Greene creates moving and memorable characters. Unfortunately, the distrust between the characters results in a tense reading experience. Recommended.

From whole grain whole wheat bread that really rises to english muffins, biscuits and apple pan dowdy, Diana Greene explains the hows and whys to enable anyone (even my inexperienced 13 year old daughter) to be a success the first time. We love the great success we've had with her recipes, and look forward to trying every recipe in the book!