It is a PHENOMENAL book!!!! It is scary and gross but a WONDERFUL book! It is a great read aloud!

This is an exciting, instructive, and very well written adventure book about life in the Costa Rican rain forest and a 12 year-old boy from Minnesota who does a lot of growing up before the story ends. I would highly recommend it to any young person with an interest in Costa Rica, rain forest ecology and preservation, and especially neotropical monkeys.

Having just completed "No Mother, No Mirror", I am ready to go shopping for my business wardrobe armed with great information! Not only do I know what will look best on my body type, I know what hairstyle and glasses will complement my face. I also will go shopping this time knowing which fabrics are the best investment for my hard earned dollars. I feel confident that with this information I will look the part for my job and will receive promotions and the respect of my peers. This book is an excellent reference material for the business office as well as students preparing for the business world.It will give the reader the confidence to look their best, feel their best, and therefore perform their best at work.

This books is very pictorial; reads well, and offers clear and easy to comphrend techniques for putting one's best foot forward with dress. Moreover, it addresses clothing problems, solutions and issues that are of primary concern to both men and women in the corporate world...those who are concerned about their appearance and advancement on the job. No Mother, No Mirror teaches even the worst "fashion victim" what to look for when dressing his/her body. It teaches one how to accent the positive features, and downplay the negative ones by choosing colors, patterns, and silhouettes that make you look and feel like a million dollars. Best of all, the book teaches you how to shop for quality and value. It literally takes the fear away from entering a retail store, purchasing what's right for you, and remaining happy with your purchase months after you added it to your wardrobe. It's a must for those who are now putting together a professional wardrobe. Simply follow the example and teachings of Robert and Trisha and you are well on your way to looking and feeling like a winner. Once you've learned how to look your best...you can get the best of whatever your endeavors are.

I found myself picking this book up again and again, reading another one of the many pieces of wisdom on one of the so many topics of running covered by this book. I have been running for over 10 years, from marathons to triathlons to weekend trail runs, and yet this book tells me things about running that I have either forgotten or had not yet learned. And the format of the book makes it easy to read a topic for a quick bit of insight or motivation. A good solid resource for runners from beginners to veterans!

This is an ideal book for those beginning running and hoping to improve. What should you wear, what should you do, how can you avoid injury? All the answers are here in a well written, clear and concise format. Joe Henderson has written many books and for the beginning or intermediate runner this might be not only his best, but the best currently available. Tips, tables and helpful hints from years of experience and years of running are here.

In this book, Audrey Jean Schultz is just getting over the death of her mother and trying to survive without her. One day she finds a ghost dog, who had really died a long time ago. Audrey was a good character, but the book was a little too weird for my taste. Ghost dogs and animals coming back to life are not my type. If you like weird books, this book may be for you.

"Weird" is not the word I would associate with this book. Lynn Hall deserves a lot of praise for dealing with some very difficult subjects - relationships between a single father and daughter, growing up, and of course death - in a very concise story (only 71 pages). The main character, Audrey, has just lost her mother to what we presume is leukemia, although Audrey just says "something in her blood cells." She meets a stray collie whom she names Shadows and begins to heal through talking and playing with him. One of the things I like most is that even though Audrey is an "unreliable narrator," she is entirely believable and the reader trusts her completely. Hall also grazes on some other issues - the fact that Audrey has been left alone with a father she doesn't know very well, leaving behind her imaginary animals, trying to be an adult in the house.

One of my few complaints about the book is that Audrey and her father never really discussed her mother's death, so the reader can only hope that some kind of talk will be forthcoming - specifically that someday Audrey will be convinced that she did not cause her mother's death.

Yes, the dog Shadows has been dead for five years, and perhaps he was just a ghost, but one of the most beautiful lines in the whole book comes in a letter from the dog's former owner:
"I would like to believe that somehow he knew there was a girl who needed him, and that the great love he held for all people enabled him to cross over the invisible wall that separates us from those who have gone on to another form of life, which we call death."

The only plot issue I had was that the book ends immediately after Audrey finds out that Shadows was indeed dead, so the reader can only assume that she never goes looking for the "ghost" again and starts to deal with her mother's death on her own.

This is one of my favourite books from childhood; it makes me cry every time. I brought it with me to college as a short comfort read.

This book was quite good. I read it oily

This book has a short history of the original Standard Oil, and more extensive histories of each of the "baby Standards" since the breakup. Here, for the curious, is the history of who bought whom, who merged with whom, and what brands they used over the years.

Best of all are the photos of old gas stations, signs, road maps, and collectables. I think this book is more aimed at nostalgia buffs and antique collectors than at somebody with an academic or business interest in the history of Standard Oil. Still, for the latter it would be a good introduction.

It covers the history of the "baby Standards" from the 1911 breakup up until about 1996, which means it is already out of date. Since 1996, Exxon (Standard of New Jersey) has merged with Mobil (Standard of New York), Chevron (Standard of California) has merged with Texaco, Conoco (the Rocky Mountain branch of Standard) has merged with Phillips, and BP has aquired Amoco (Standard of Indiana), Sohio (Standard of Ohio), and Arco (Standard's old Atlantic Refining). It seems the history of Standard Oil has yet to be fully written, almost 100 years after the breakup.

All in all, a fun book. As a child, I always wondered on family trips why the Chevron stations would be branded Standard in some states, the Amocos branded Standard in others, why Sohio would be Sohio in one state and Boron in another, and why Esso would use the Enco brand in some states. Now, I know.

I read this book as a child and found it to be extremely heart-warming and sweet. The innocence and truthfulness of young children interspersed with suspense and action make this story well-rounded. I recommend this to all young (and young at heart) who enjoy nostalgic portrayals of the life of children.

Hollis and is older sis Lou are sen to live with thier great grandma in rural Doliver for the summer so their parents can work out some tensions. In Doliver there is a barred off road with a big sign over that says "BONE HOLLOW ROAD, KEEP OUT". The locals say that whatever go down there doesn't come back, but Hollis is just too curious and eventually finds himself ni the heart of Bonehollow. Aileen Kilgore Henderson (author) paints a vivd picture in your head while you read this book. This is one of those books that gives you some chills everytime you see the cover after you have read it. This was a book a had trouble ot read at night. It was filled with mystery, suspense, a little action and a whole lot of butterflies in your stomach. I know there are few reveiws about this book, but that doesn't mean it is a bad book it was just overlooked. But i think this book is one of the best books ever written and is a must for anyones collection.

If you decide to use Intrabuilder as your Web application development tool, this book might give you the best (and the only one) resource for learning. A good book worth buying.

This is a great book. It takes you by the hand and leads through all that is IntraBuilder. The problem is: IntraBuilder isn't a very good product. It's not put together well and the interface is anything but intuitive. However, the book does the best it can with showing you the ins and outs of building Web apps with IB. Henderson's chapters in particular are quite good. I have a couple of his other books and know his style of writing. It's refreshingly honest and straightfoward, even when showing a lemon of a tool.

If you find yourself needing to learn IB, get this book and read it cover to cover.

For those of you who love terrorism in books you'll like this one. It is all about a guy, named Jake MacIntyre, who got into a lot of trouble for taking a few pictures. He ends up draging two tourist, their families, and the government from a couple countries into the whole mess. I think you might like this book for everything it holds because that is why I liked it.

Tourmaline has suspense, mystery, romance, etc. Everything in one book!!! I would highly recomend this book. Jon Henderson's writing captivates you so that you can't even put it down!!! It is one of the best books I've ever read!!!

If you raise sheep you should have a copy of this book. It is a great reference. The only fault I find is that it could use a symptom based index.

Written for the U.K. its an excellent book to have on hand if you have 5 sheep or 5,000.

I actually only read a glimpse of what the book was about but once I received it found it to be very easy to understand and very funny it tells the story of how a young child would view this bump that Mom has growing and all the things that are going through his/her mind wondering what it could be. In the end it's a beautiful story of how it's a baby sister. The photos and the short story lines are perfect for a classroom - if you wish to explain when someone's Mom is expecting - but I recommend it to all. My husband enjoyed it as well.

When I was due with my second child, I read this book to my son, then two years old. The funny, easy-to-read story shows how a kid would see Mom's pregnant stomach-- as a weird, mysterious bump. By happily solving the mystery in the end, Mr. Henderson helped my son finally "get" it and look forward to the new baby! The pictures are hilarious-- you see something new to laugh at every time. I'm giving this book to every pregnant pal.