i saw him wearing a scary clown hat

Well, it stunted my growth. L Chunk is my heavy rappa name! Operation Crumb Weasel is exquisit with a capital PPP!

this book reeks of camel spit

five stars for perfect grammar

couldnt put the book down so i glued it to my forehead

the reverend smells like he craped his pants

Well, my 9 years old nephew actually LOVE the book. He carries it around everywhere since I bought the book for him. Creatures described in this book are well illustrated, and it actually ressembles the description in the Harry Potter books. Like Norgwarts of Norway that actually green and fluffy. And the dog Fluffy with its three heads are surprisingly illustrated. If your kids really curious about the creatures of Harry Potter, then this book is definitely for them.

This coloring book is a challenge. The fine tip markers included make it possible to do. For children eight and over (even those 50 years old) a pastime that requires mastering. MH

As a mother looking for starting-out info about homeschooling, I thought "Home Schooling from Scratch" would be a good place to start. What I found, instead, is a book dealing specifically with the issue of how homeschooling families can live frugally. It's probably a good book if that's what you're looking for, but the title did not give me any clue that this is what it's about.

As a home education consultant with 9 years personal homeschooling experience, this book is a great resource and addition to your home library. Mary explains the "how-to's" about homeschooling from A-Z. Every topic is covered from locating textbooks to organization and a great chapter about "Where to find what you need!" I'd highly recommend this book for the beginner and the veteran. I wish I had had this book when I was homeschooling my own children.

If you want a general IT book then don't even think about buying this one, despite its title. This is a textbook for college business majors, and looks at things from the business angle.

The book is less suitable for non-student readers. It is geared for use by a lecturer who can draw attention to the important concepts underlying the field of IT, and can steer students to useful supplementary material.

The book races across the surface of the whole field of IT. The authors have packed in a lot of material, but at a cost. The explanations may be good enough for students to answer a quiz about the various buzzwords, but there is not enough space here to cover anything in depth. The students, and you, may be left without a clear idea of what the words really mean.

At the other end of the scale, the book struggles to make plain the broad sweep of IT concepts. Although the authors try hard, ideas tend to get lost amidst the large number of factoids.

One book is never going to be enough to cover all of IT. Your choices are to be more selective about which area you want to learn about, to pick a book which is more clearly aimed at being a simple overview, or to buy this book and work really hard at following up its leads to other material to fill in the gaps.

It was incredible. I ordered it on wednesday night, it was shipped on friday and I got it during the weekend. Besides the book was new in perfect conditions! Thank you.

One very aggravating part of this book was the mixture of English and Metric units in the problems and tables. This is supposed to be a text on learning thermodynamics. Not one of learning unit conversions. Trying to understand and apply some of the examples was very tedious because the examples used English units while the tables were all done in Metric.

This is an excellent book for actually trying to understand this difficult subject. Firstly its not bogged down with obsolete American units, though it does cover enough examples for anyone who really wants to go that way. Secondly there is a wealth of tables and properties in the index, which alone makes this book worth the money as a reference tool,(and all in simple SI units).Third, there seems to have been a determined effort at getting the message across. The one shortcoming I have found is the lack of a list of symbols/abbreviations used throughout the book (hence the lack of the fifth star rating), though they thankfully are pretty standard. My tip - if you read this very worthwhile book, jot down the symbols as they crop up then you won't waste any time having to track them down again. These comments do not apply to the identical version that comes with a software supplement (I tried it but couldnt be bothered to get up to speed with the mathcad its written with).

I thought that this book was weak. The only positive I can say about this book is that it had some interesting points on the explanation or causes of shame but also it had parts that I didn't understand because I found contradicting points to their conclusions of shame also. Mainly why the book didn't do it for me because of it's style on how to deal with shame. It was too "touchy-feely". Hey if you think staring at yourself in the mirror and saying you love yourself everyday will work for you, then by all means go ahead and buy this book. But I thought that it lacked substance and the feeling I got after reading this book was wanting my money back.

This book categorizes shame in many different ways - almost too many. But it has really good chapters on several of the types of shame with lots of practical exercises. One of the useful analogies in the book is a comparison between healing from shame and healing from frostbite. I'm finding this book to be really helpful in looking at shame in a different way, in letting myself experience the shame rather than run away from it, to hopefully be able to move beyond it. I highly recommend the book.

I thought the book by Kappeler was horrible, i often found that the chapters in the book lead to no point and that often the chapters contridicted themselves. The book really only did good to give a politically biased idea of criminology with many random statisitcs that were from ten years ago or older.

This book has a mixture of great writing and interesting content. It's very easy to read, and enhances understanding of problems with propaganda and crime.

This is a good introduction to the misinformation and mythology that pervades our knowledge of crime and criminal justice. I have used this book as a required text when I teach CJ classes. It is perfect as a complement to traditional textbooks and a good read in itself. While I wish the authors would tighten up some sections and extend their coverage to more topics, this is the best book of its type available. The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice shows how much of what we think we know just isn't so!

I find it difficult to give a self-help book much credibility when it is filled with spelling errors, grammar errors and printing errors. I would think that someone who cares enough to write a book to help people could at least care enough to check her work.

Upon reading this book I feel the author is doing her best through examples of others to demonstrate those that have hit burnout. Once its established if you have reached it, or if you are on your way, she moves on to how this can happen, and how much you are empowered to change this. Tips and ideas are given on how to reduce stress and how to help change or tailor your job in a direction that you have the most power. She does not advocate moving on before you have resolved some of the internal issues that have caused your displeasure at your current job. I feel ths examples of how real people in the book overcame their burnout and became happy and sucessful once again.

There are few books on burnout that deal with practical strategies. Many times, we know - at least in part - why we feel burnout. The problem is moving forward, and theoretical analyses of organization structure, etc. are often not that helpful. This book provides detailed strategies for recognizing the factors that lead to burnout and strategies for dealing with burnout. For example, the book indicates that frequent "negative wins" will lead to burnout. We get a "negative win" when we do something in order to avoid something negative. A kid cleaning her room to avoid being yelled at by a parent is an example of a situation with a negative win. An adult cleaning the living room because he wants to relax in a comfortable environment is an example of a situation with a positive win. Potter suggests that we develop ways of providing our own positive wins when we do not get them naturally from the situation. I find these insights valuable in developing my own recognition of situations that can lead me to burnout. I have implemented some of the strategies, and they have helped quite a bit. This is not the perfect book on this subject, but it is a good and useful book - most importantly, it actually does help. I'm very happy that I purchased it.

To treat Harry Potter as anything but imaginative fantasy is a mistake. Despite Mr. Abanes statements that Ms. Rowlings believes in magic, the magic she believes in is the beneficial magic of imagination, not the sinister magic that Mr. Abanes seems to see lurking around every corner.

Certainly Harry Potter is strongly based on a vast array of British history and literature, including much folklore and mythology which draws from pagan and wiccan practices. However, it is not assumed to be real, any more than it is assumed that the readers can hop on a broomstick and fly away.

At best, this book is an interesting, though often inaccurate, study into the many legends and folk practices used throughout the British Isles and their references in the Harry Potter books. At worst, it is a vicious and narrow-minded attack on imaginative fiction, artistic freedom, invention, and anything that does not closely follow a prescribed set of rules, and a vast reference for occultic thought and practices.

To say Harry Potter is anything less than a well-written, imaginative, and engaging morality story, that encourages children to read and daydream, is an error. Mr. Abanes' book gives far more detailed information into the various practices of the occult, and could be considered a very good reference for young Christians interested in rejecting their faith and exploring pagan beliefs. For that reason, I'd never let a child read Mr. Abanes' book.

The intent of the book shines through. This book was written as an attack, whereas the Harry Potter series was written to enlighten and entertain. I think the distinction is very evident: in one book you leave with a bad feeling in your stomach and bad taste in your mouth, and in the other, with a smile on your lips and a head full of dreams.

I don't doubt that Mr. Abanes has read the Harry Potter books, but I'm not sure that he did so other than to catalogue all mentions of occult within its pages--occult including several instances of folklore. In his research and documentation, he has misquoted Ms. Rowling and takes her to task for not qualifying which sort of magic she *does* believe in--yet when I used his bibliography to find the interviews he used, she did qualify her statement to declare that she believes in the magic of imagination, of good books, of friendship, etc. This is but one example of the misleading nature of Abanes' book.

Another involves his extensive research and explanation of the Hand of Glory, an artifact which appears very briefly in one scene in the Chamber of Secrets. Yet to believe Mr. Abanes, it is a pervasive and recurring evil in the books.

He further misses the point about the Divination classes in the book. Ms. Rowling is clearly spoofing divination and presents Sybil Trelawney as the fraud she truly is--for example, she cannot even recognize when her students, who are not taking the class seriously at all, invent answers to their assignments. The discounting of divination continues in the 5th book, which, naturally, Mr. Abanes was unable to read at the time his book was published.

I feel Mr. Abanes is quite unfair to Ms. Rowling on several counts, first and foremost being his taking her to task for the marketing efforts of others related to the Harry Potter movement. While the marketing of occult items to children is wrong, the offenders should be blamed, NOT Ms. Rowling. To blame her is to blame J.R.R. Tolkien for writing Lord of the Rings because people have sold tarot cards, oracles, rune sets, and other occultic items to cash in on it. Why, Lord of the Rings is inadvertently responsible for the Dungeons and Dragons that Mr. Abanes decries in his book. Shall we view Professor Tolkien's work as evil too?

On the whole, because of such blatant misunderstandings and misquotes designed to build up an argument against Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling, I cannot recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a fair analysis of Harry Potter.

I strongly recommend that parents and church librarians buy this book. If you're purchasing one book that confirms with your religious views on Harry Potter, then this is the book for your collection. It's sold in the Family Bookstores. It conforms with conservative church interpretation of the Bible: that all things concerning sorcery, witchcraft, necromancy, departed spirits, etc. are anathema to Christian families and Bible-believing Christian Churches.

I myself am a volunteer in my church library and I am recommending that the church committee purchase this book.

I have seen the first two Harry Potter movies, and while I agree that they provide polished entertainment, I can see the dangers of their viewpoint: they make evil seem attractive. They show the beautiful side of evil. It breaks my heart that the Christian community hasn't come up with similar entertainment that can provide a safe, alternative environment for our Christian kids to get lost in. Hey Christian writers and filmmakers, let's get with it! Don't leave our kids out of the entertainment loop.

I sympathize with the sincere arguments of Harry Potter apologists who explain away the sorcery aspects of their books as "in the tradition of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, it's harmless, these Potter detractors would ban fairy tales from our schools." Sorry, but I feel that this argument is sincerely wrong. These books will attract children to occult issues. At the very least, the books occupy the minds of children at a critical period of their lives. They could be perusing some of the thousands of excellent children's books available, instead their parents are lazy and aren't pushing them to try positive literature.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

I wish that I'd read a few reviews before buying this item. Maybe I would have saved myself some grief and money.
The packaging was good on this box and it caught my eye directly but the contents were not at all as described in the write up on the back.
The stickers were thin and cheap. The paper also, was very thin and too short for any practicle letter writing. Most disappointing however, was the lightning bolt stamp. It was more a broken line than anything else. It's too small and faint to use and plainly speaking is quite a joke.
I love Harry Potter and have bought a lot of excellent items, but this was definitely not one of them.

This stationery kit is absolutely fun. I ordered one for my 11 year old son from Scolastic Books at school, and both my boys loved it so much I have spent the last two hours online trying to find it to order one for my 9 year old! Both my 11 and 9 year old boys have written letters, and can't wait to write more. Never thought that would be possible. I just hope they can come out with a re-order for the writing paper and envelopes, or put them on a cd you could order for the computer. The lightning stamp is too cute, and even has its own little place in the box. The photo album is just right for a kid to put little pictures in to share with their friends at school,we already put some in it, and my son can't wait until tomorrow. And my boys just love the address book, they came and got mine and copied addresses out of it for their own. This set is just too much fun for kids (please remember it is for kids, not adults, kids letters are much shorter), and for all you get, it is a good price. I intend on ordering as many as I can.

This sationary kit is all kids want espesially when you're a Harry Potter fan. You could spend all day writing letters to your friends and decorating your letters . The only thing is it is too expensive with some exchange rates never the less it is a fun filled pack that every kid wants to get there hans on.