This is a very useful and comprehensive guide for fund-raising experts.

This extensive reference surveying corporate grantmaking for racial and ethnic communities provides a comprehensive listing of 124 major corporations and over ten thousand grants offered to benefit minorities. Grants is a 'must' for those involved in either fundraising or community projects, documenting the major supporters of ethnic communities and revealing trends in minority gift-giving.

Andy Robinson tells it straight and tells it true - this is a very clear and lucid text on the art of getting grants, written from a grassroots perspective. I especially appreciated the wealth of samples and examples. Robinson holds your hand through the whole process from beginning research all the way through to dealing with acceptance and rejection letters.

This companion to the PBS program is a fine armchair read for any fascinated by railroads and travel: it takes a cross-country trip behind the scenes of American roads, presenting eight chapters which celebrate multi-day rail journeys. Rail history and scenery alike are presented in colorful, photo-packed chapters.

Covers the mysteries of the modern era- poltergeists,telepathy,lake monsters,UFO, and Big Foot,etc..

John Sherwood manages to create likeable characters and place them in an interesting setting (the English countryside). The mystery involved is engaging, as is the use of horticulture. Sherwood goes beyond just gardening to add a distinct air to the entire series. Anyone with an interest in plants and gardening will enjoy this series. And if you don't enjoy them, read this book (and the others) anyway.

Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn effectively collaborate to draw from the pages of "Green Teacher" an outstanding anthology of twenty-three articles showcasing K-12 strategies for renewing and enhancing a physical environment conducive to children's learning processes and attitudes in Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats For Learning. More than just a collective overview, the contributors offer a wealth of ideas and examples dealing with a wide range of projects including vegetable and butterfly gardens to an amphibian oasis and avian attractors. There are curriculum tie-ins, activities, and lists of resources. Greening School Grounds is especially recommended to PTA members, school boards, school administrative personnel, classroom instructors, and anyone with an interest in regard to improving the environmental quality of a private, parochial, or public school curriculums.

As the title indicates, this book is an excellent guide to language testing. Henning makes great efforts to explain technical testing terms in very plain language. He covers almost all important aspects in testing, especially reliability and validity. His analysis is clear, detailed and thorough. Where computation is involved, a general introduction of the formula is followed by specific examples, which readers can understand without trouble.

Chapter 4¡ªItem Analysis: Item Uniqueness is very helpful, especially 4.1 Avoiding Problems at the Item-Writing Stage, which, in fact, can serve as a checklist for those who write or edit test items.

Henning gives a summary at the end of each chapter, which not only makes his structure very clear, but also helps readers recapture what they have read in the chapter and get prepared for the following one.

Henning creates some exercises for each chapter. Giving exercises is nothing rare in many testing books. However, what is uncommon here is that Henning offers reference answers to those questions, which are of great use to readers. What I have found equally nice are tables and glossary in the appendices.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the best introductory testing book. I strongly recommend it to EFL/ESL teachers, test designers, language researchers and students.

David Pulver is a marvellous and prolific author, a true credit to the game industry. It therefore comes as no surprise that Alien Races 1 lives up to his usual high standards of excellence. The Zhodani and Vargr are put under the microscope in this tome, examined carefully with a wealth of detail that goes far beyond the original Alien Modules. Homo Zhdotlas is scrutinized in all its psionic glory... the perfect society, carefully regulated by the helping hand of the Thought Police is examined in careful, and one could say objective detail. Utopian or sinister? Its written so well you'll be hard put to decide. The enigmatic, chaotic Vargr are also treated well. Here Pulver carefully explains the personal charisma and pack mentality of the 'Wolves of Space', giving a thorough and very believable overview of why the Vargr "rule" the sprawling, disorganized extents with a patchwork of independent governments, constantly rising and falling. Three other minor races are presented, including the Sheol and Clotho ... and a bonus section on psionics, firming up the Psi rules in GURPS Traveller, rounds off this book.

What can I say? This is an excellent addition to the GURPS Traveller legacy, and an essential aid to any GM running a game in the Spinward Marches. 5 stars, no question.

I am a board certified gastroenterologist and internist. I purchased this book 9 years ago to help me with the first of many lectures I have given on irritable bowel syndrome. Unlike many other books and articles I obtained for the same lecture, I have retained, re-read and recommended this book above all others. Thinking it was out of print, I recently loaned it to a patient who found it a wonderful, thoughtful, straightforward reference that explained a lot of her symptoms and really made a difference in her life. There is a LOT of literature regarding functional bowel disorders available to the lay-person but this one has just the right mix of science and practicality to warrant my highest recommendation.