You must be very clever if you can use sewing machine to mosaic. Haven't worked it out yet. Is it possible that the text doesn't match the picture?

I am wondering if this review is for another book because sewing machines are not used or referred to in any way in our book. If our book is the one referred to please email back with a page number so that we can clear up any misunderstanding. Thank you.

I am a budding medical transcriptionist, learning the trade. One of the ways I learn is to have good references on hand to look up medical terms and drugs. This book has helped me out perhaps 50% of the time. It simply does not have all the drugs I need. If you are looking for a quick consumer reference, this may be just the thing, but on the other hand, it does not have everything. Look elsewhere for complete information.

This is a good book for a fast reference to drug information. It's a compact little book that gives you the generic and trade name of the drug, drug action, contraindications, drug interactions and other helpful information about the drug you may want to search for. It also has a handy medical abbreviations list for a quick reference of medical abbreviations. For the price, it is a good deal. Don't regreat getting this little drug guide. If you can't afford PDR or Drug Facts and Comparisons this one can help a lot.

While this book should be read by every HR person and every supervisor or manager ever hiring a temp or contractor, it is a superficial overview of the contingency staffing industry. As a technical contractor, I was hoping to obtain a better understanding of the ins and outs of the industry to improve the types of contact assignments I obtain. This book doesn't provide that insight.

As a production manager for a medium-sized electronics manaufacturing firm, I am continually challenged with getting better performance from our temporary staffing services. We have struggled with what we have considered lack-luster service and with a fairly high attrition rate. Our selection of services was based upon competive bid, but we did not select the cheapest.

After reading Temporary Sanity, I realize that many of our problems have stemmed from lack of internal coordination as well as a poor communication plan with our staffing provider, both of which are stressed in the book.

Although I have used temporary agencies for over 15 years, I found much of the authors inside information as to the real workings of staffing services to be very insightful, particularly now, when low unemployment rates mean skilled temporary employees can have their pick of the jobs available.

The books continual focus on the importance of treating temporary staff with respect equal to our permanent employees really hit home and, after several meeting with my supervisors and our human resources manager we have developed a plan to involve both the temporary agency staff, and the temps themselves, in our long and short range production goals by truly soliciting their input. After my supervisors read the book, we instituted a quality bonus program for our temporary employees, a temp-of-the-month award, and recruiting bonuses for any new temps which they refer to work for us. Our human resource department is working on written guidelines for all of our temporary employees as well as written job discriptions for all temporary positions. We have also,followed the authors advice about having a liason person from the temporary service meet with us weekly and in person to discuss present and future staffing needs and any individual performance issues. This one step has helped our communication greatly.

This is just a begining, but already we have seen improved moral and attrition, I'm confident I'll see improved production numbers this quarter.

There is enough solid information in Temporary Sanity that I would recommend it for any one who uses temporary staff, whether or not they are having problems. There are time and money saving tips throughout, funny real-life illustrations and anecdotes based on their many years of experience. The chapter on legal considerations may be an eye-opener for many reader...well worth the 14.95 price.

it is a useful dictionary for the general purpose. The number of terms included in this book is not enough for professional use (may be due to the limited no. of pages, 204 pages). Well, I like this book anyway. I recommend this book to the college student and any housewife who loves to know more about foods.

I thought this book was beautiful, both in the dreamlike quality of the writing and rich pictures that vividly depicts the scene captured in snapshots frame don eery other page. However, granting this boy a vision and warning dream seems like stretching the alternative view that doens't glorify Chirstopher Columbus and instead focuses on how his arrival killed off the people with diseases andenslaved them. Perhaps I have been too saturated with this type of view so that the alternatives are just as annoying as the tradition "Columbus was wonderful" stories. Perhaps just telling a more middle line truth would be more helpful. Otherwise, the book is blessed with Yolen's storytelling talent, a touching story, and beautiful illustrations.

Tourism generates over $41 billion annually for the Florida economy, which is more than twice the entire GNP for Cuba. That is why there is a fierce fight for the Florida travel guide market.

This South Florida guide is somewhat more focused and more expanded than the better know "Fodor's Florida" Guide (see my review). SO, if you are going to visit just MIAMI, the EVERGLADES, PALM BEACH, FT. LAUDERDALE or the KEYS, then you will find this guide more compact, lighter and a bit cheaper guide.

The "What to Read and Watch Before You Go" section (books and videos) is a very nice touch. Fodor's is the only So. Florida guide to do this. KUDOS. Also, the detachable road map at the back of the book is another nice touch.

Fodor's publications tend to be for the more affluent travelers and, though Florida excels in great bargain restaurants, few are listed. That said, Fodor's dining recommendations are VERY GOOD and this guide lists some of the best restaurants that South Florida has to offer.. You won't be disappointed by any of these restaurant listings. .

As with the "Fodor's Florida" Guide I was disappointed by SOME of the accommodations listings. One especially stands out. Fodor's profiles and recommends a major name Resort and Spa Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. I stayed there and it was such a run down "has been" of a hotel (bad Service, dirty building, rotted wood railings, refrigerator door broken, hole in blanket, housekeeping did not clean counters or empty trash), that I wrote the company and to their credit, after 6 weeks, I got a full refund.

A lodging index and a restaurant index would be a definite plus for this guide. As it stands now, if you have a restaurant you want to look up, you have to go through all the listings in your city until you stumble across the name you seek or miss seeing it completely.

Fodor's is catching up to other guides regarding website and email addresses, however this is restricted to the lodgings, even though many of the restaurants now have their own websites with photos and menus.

I am a firm believer that any guide book worth its salt has to guide you with quality maps. This guide has very good dining and lodging maps. The few regional maps that are included are very helpful, and the maps clearly show you sites to visit, but with maps, more is better, and this guide begs for MORE specific area maps.

The nightlife, art and shopping recommendations are very good. Sports sections are also reliable and comprehensive. For those living in South Florida, and those traveling to South Florida, this guide would be good, recommended companion. 3.5 stars

If you are looking for a 'how to' guide to havens: tips on interesting and secure locations, security, and ways to add atmosphere to a character's haven this is not for you. This book basically just gives you ten or so sample havens, most of which are just strange and stupid. Storytellers might be able to include some of theis stuff into stories, but for players it is ll but useless.

The basic premise of this story is a sort of love/hate triangle. It seemed to want to be a romance but with erotica and horror thrown in for good measure.

Here's a loose rundown of the plot as I remember it: Elizabeth is a young woman who is killed by the old, but trying to reform his evil ways vampire Adrien. Adrien inadvertently turns Elizabeth into a vampire but she is taken by another vampire, Mikel. Mikel was turned into a vampire by Adrien and they were once friends who used to torture and kill and make sex books together with other vamp types (etc etc) but Mikel now hates Adrien and wants to use Elizabeth as revenge. Mikel uses Elizabeth as a sort of sex slave and tells her Adrien wants to kill her. Elizabeth escapes and gets into a relationship (such as it is) with a human that helped her. Adrien is in love with Elizabeth and has been looking for her all this time. Adrien finds Elizabeth and they find true love. Mikel catches up with them and Elizabeth kills him. Epilogue, Mikel is still alive and kicking, ready for Act 2.

I am not a great Anne Rice fan, but, inevitably, I can't help but make comparisons. Also I find it hard to beat Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series for romance/erotica/horror. All that aside, this story somehow didn't quite catch my attention enough, although it was readable. Vampire story fans will probably find it worthwhile.

Lizard's Home has it's basis in an old hispanic folk tale. A version for older readers appears in Joe Hayes' Watch Out For Clever Women where the villan trying to cheat using the black and white pebbles is a money lender. The simple, but very colorful and expressive illustrations of the snake and lizard in this story are sure to captivate younger readers. The clever little lizard is able to outwit the wily snake without any violence. This would be an excellent read-aloud for kindergarten and first grade story time.

I bought this workbook for my obsessed 15 y/o daughter. It is a good workbook we just expected more reading and in depth thinking exercises. It has good stuff and she will use it but I am still in search of a quality book with more studing for the offseason. She goes to mental clinics for softball that this would be good for in a group setting.