In Speaking And Writing Well: Empowering Yourself With "Proper" English -- Your Dynamite Guide To Conquering The World, Kathy Alba draws upon her many years of experience and expertise as an adjunct professor of English and published novelist to provide a single volume guide to the proper use of English both in speaking and in writing. With a text designed to be informatively conversational and enhanced with illustrations, readers are treated to practical and accessible examples of how to enrich and enliven the way they express themselves. An invaluable acquisition for family, school, and community library reference collections, Speaking And Writing Well is highly recommended for anyone seeking to improve their ability to speak and write, and would be ideal reading for anyone learning English as a second language.

Excellent resource for those interested in getting into the field of Accounting. It's concise and gets right to the nitty gritty! I highly recommend it as a great starting point for career seekers interested in business, finance and/or accounting!

this book is about a family all women who live in spain , and who fight family traditions, genertions, and woamns rights.

This is an incredible play, and it is hard to imagine that it was written so long ago, for it has an everlasting effect... It deals with culture, bitterness, love, loss, tragedy and family.

It is above all a book about the great expectations a young girl has with life, and how her mother and sisters destroy them. It is a sad tale, but it is written in such a powerful way that you simply cannot put the book down without finishing it.

Es un libro conmovedor que hable de la cultura, la familia, la tragedia, la separacion y el amor...
Los personajes son muy reales, crudos y a veces muy crueles.
Habla sobre una joven y sus suenos, asi como las consecuencias de sonar y de querer lograr mas de lo que se esperado.
Es una historia triste y tragica pero escrita y manejada de una manera incomparable por un escritor brillante.

i have read this play 3 times in classes for spanish language literature, and i just can't get enough. it is tough at times, vocabulary and such, BUT well worth it! tugs at the heartstrings and takes a good look at the way women were treated and considered in those times. buena suerte y si alguien quiere platicar conmigo de esta obra, mandame un email a tcherepashka@aol.com!

This book was exceptionally helpful for the Beginner and Intermediate Spanish speakers both for the pronunciation guidelins and the Phrases in the back. Certainly the expansive list of words is not to be missed.

Actually, I am in the category of those who think they can and find out otherwise at the least opportune moment: try on a business trip to Mexico!

Most of us have had formal training in Spanish... over 10 years ago. So, if you want to build on what you know -no matter what you know- and bridge the gap to where you want to be -without resorting to a beginner's manual that calls you names... "You Know More Spanish Than You Think" is the way to go!

ps: All my apologies to Ed, the chemist who got stranded by his interpreter and was sitting next to me in the plane to Mexico. I really considered giving you my copy of the book... Really, I did. But I couln't part with it... Sorry!

I have to ask myself why Alejandro Casona didn't win the Nobel Prize for this play and others and why he isn't better known outside Spain and Latin America. This stuff easily stands comparison with the best of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams and even (dare I say it?) Shakespeare.

"La dama del alba" is an extremely sad, profound play, very well written, and one that keeps your attention continuously. While I wouldn't say that Spain's postwar playwrights are the most optimistic in the world, but Alejandro Casona is a happy exception. Even though his plays don't exactly have "happy" endings, they still don't end in a depressing way, something that makes them stand out against the bulk of "serious" plays written in the 20th century. They're endings are full of hope, something that makes them essentially end-less. They could almost go on acting themselves out beyond the stages on which they are performed.

And what's more, this one takes place in Asturias, one of the most beautiful regions of Spain and "patria chica" of a favorite professor of mine. Where was the Nobel Committee in 1944?

I read this play in a college Spanish class. The play was very good, and It really motivated me to figure out what was being said. Reading Spanish literature is a great way to learn Spanish, this is a must read for anyone who is learning Spanish.

This play is a masterpiece of the Spanish language. The play is inspiring, rich in the use of the language and a precise reflection of the people of Asturias (a region in Northern Spain). I fully recommend it. There is no reason for anybody educated not to like it (unless you're from Newton, MA, you're name is Alan Flamerwald and you don't know how to write nor read in Spanish). Please, read the play and judge.

I used the immunohematology section to review an area with which I am very familiar, and found numerous errors and omissions. Typographical errors in blood group names (e for E, etc.) lead to confusion. In a discipline which changes rapidly, outdated information is worse than useless. Because the format is ideal for exam review I would suggest using this text as an adjunct to a standard work (eg, for blood banking, the AABB Technical Manual.)

Me gustaria que este comentario llegue al autor Alba. Me estoy preparando para el Test of Lab. Scientist, compre sus libros hace 2 semanas y lo he encontrado muy práctico para repasar mis estudios. Pero con gran preocupación he notado que su libro tiene una serie de errores que se prestan para confusión, solo voy en la página 50 y he encontrado más de 2 que no pretendo enumerar (errores de contenido como en la pregunta 1 pag.27, errores tipográficos). El objetivo de mi e-mail es preguntar si esxiste una Fe de Errata de sus libros o de que manera me puede colaborar para seguir usando con confianza sus prácticos libros.

Sin otro particular y en espera de su respuesta, Leonor Palacios-Osma

Albas ha resumido en dos tomos los aspectos mas interesantes y prácticos del laboratorio clínico, desde la estequiometría, pasando por la parasitología, bacteriología, inmunología, bioquímica, permitiendo a quienes quieran aplicar para obtener la licencia, hacer un repaso muy conciso y claro de todos los aspectos vistos en la universidad y capacitándolo para presentar el examen que exigen las leyes de USA. El sistema de dos tomos uno con los contenidos y el otro de preguntas y respuestas es de gran ayuda. Además es supremamente útil en la docencia y en el propio desempeño de las actividades laborales.

I was somewhat disappointed by this book. It is very poorly written. The novel seems as though it was written by a 5 year old. It also did not go very in depth. All the information in this book you can find on just about any Jessica Alba web site. Also it is already out-dated. One of the good things about the book are the pictures. They picked some nice pictures to illustrate the book. This is one of those things you could skip, unless you're a real albaholic like me.

This is a good book for Jessica Alba fans, since it gives all the basic essentials about her. It has great photos, and is short enough to read quickly through. It serves as collector's item for Jessica fans.

I love Jessica Alba, and this book is a book for Jessica Alba fans. It will intrigue you, and find out more on Jessica Alba by reading this book. I think this book should be a longer book, but she is only starting out in her career, so I'm sure there will be more information about her and her future works later on. But this book will please the fans, because it is about her. I enjoy reading about her, just as any other fan of Jessica. I feel this book delivers in depth about her. She is truly a talented and gorgious actress who needs to be in the spotlight more. I certainly suggest this book to the Jessica Alba fan, and if anyone knows how to contact her, please let me know, Thank You!

Calor is a beautifully illustrated story of a child's understanding of the concept of warmth, emotional, physical and visual. The child, who is never identified as a boy or a girl, equates warmth with love of family, physical strength and the coming of spring.

This is a great book providing an introduction to Dianic Wicca. It definitely deserved to remain in print. The author is a very knowledgeable, intelligent writer. Sections are: Dianic theology, ethics, magic, the cauldron and the tools, forming a group, ritual construction, and the rituals. This book is basically all you need to form a new group of Dianic practitioners. Even if you don't want to do this, perhaps simply learn more about the Goddess (as I did), it is still very valuable. You could adapt the rituals for Solitary use. I especially liked her ritual for Beltaine (The Red Ritual) which I will adapt for celebrating the beginning of my monthly cycle, each month.

My only complaint about the book is that the author is awfully earnest, to the point of needing a sense of humor sometimes. So much earnestness comes across as bossiness sometimes. And for many of the rituals, I couldn't picture myself actually doing those actions. You would need to be a very close-knit, trusting, and open group of women to do some of the performance art (my description) described in some of the rituals. But better performance art than something vague and boring. Definitely buy this book to add to your Wicca library.

In 1990, Farley Mowat wrote a book about the Vikings in Greenland and North America. After that book, he began to doubt the conclusion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to visit these areas. This book is his reconstruction of history, based on the conclusion that these first "Farfarers" were the pre-Indo-European people remembered as the Armoricans, the Picts, and the builders of the Hebridean broch. This work is an interesting combination of an essay, and a fictional account of Farfarers throughout history.

When I began this book, I enjoyed it immensely. His stories of Romans and Picts really caught my imagination. However, later I began to find his argument less and less plausible. His rewriting of the Icelandic Sagas seemed quite strange to me. And worse, his contention that the existence of the North American continent was widely known in Europe in the 11th century struck me as frightfully implausible.

Therefore, let me say that while this is an entertaining book, I found it far from convincing.

In 1990, Farley Mowat wrote a book about the Vikings in Greenland and North America. After that book, he began to doubt the conclusion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to visit these areas. This book is his reconstruction of history, based on the conclusion that these first "Farfarers" were the pre-Indo-European people remembered as the Armoricans, the Picts, and the builders of the Hebridean broch. This work is an interesting combination of an essay, and a fictional account of Farfarers throughout history.

When I began this book, I enjoyed it immensely. His stories of Romans and Picts really caught my imagination. However, later I began to find his argument less and less plausible. His rewriting of the Icelandic Sagas seemed quite strange to me. And worse, his contention that the existence of the North American continent was widely known in Europe in the 11th century struck me as frightfully implausible.

Therefore, let me say that while this is an entertaining book, I found it far from convincing.

Although Farley Mowat's re-interpretation of threads of evidence from such varied literary sources as Caesar's "Conquest of Gaul," Tacitus's "Agricola," and the North Atlantic Viking sagas may never be confirmed by archaeologists, his retelling of those stories makes great reading.

The Farfarers tells the tale of the Albans. It follows their westward migration from their origin in Gaul, from which they are forced to retreat to Scotland by Caesar's armies, through their subsequent movement to the islands of the north Atlantic to Iceland, Greenland and finally the coast of North America as they seek both safety from Vikings and other pirates and more favorable hunting grounds for the walrus and seal.

Based upon the scant evidence that remains, the history the Mowat relates of the Albans' exploration and colonization of Iceland, Greenland, and the North American coast seems plausible enough. But even if the evidence ultimately does not support Mowat's conclusions, the story that he weaves is thought-provoking and I found myself fascinated by his interpretation of the events underlying The Greenlander's Saga and the Saga of Eric the Red.

The "historical" chapters in the book are interspersed with Mowat's fictional tales of Alban life. Although entertaining, I found that these fictional stories detracted from the flow of his "historical" account. I was much more interested in Mowat's detailing of the evidence that supports his historical reconstruction of the westward migration of these early Europeans.

Nevertheless, in this year of celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the discovery of America by Leif Ericson, The Farfarers makes especially appropriate reading. I highly recommend it to anyone who has even a passing interest in early northern European history, Vikings, or the discovery of North America.