This book is not for those who have experience in the social studies, or experience in working in classrooms.

It presents a lot of vague theory and not many concrete ideas on how to get subject matter taught to your students. YOu had best hope if this book is a required text that your professor has a passion for social studies,and has ideas on how to convey all that social studies really has to offer.

Although he eventually gets to financial planning he spends a LOT of time working on God's design for MARRIAGE and the pain of divorce. I feel that most people who buy this book are already aware of these things and are perhaps struggling and need help with the tight financial planning. I like Larry Burkett and recommend most of his books, but not this one.

Disappointed Mom of 4

This romance book, The Heart Of The Matter from Lindsay Armstrong was just ok, it is not a favorite of mine! It is about a guy named Robert Randall and a lady named Clarissa Kingston, and the story is set in Australia. I liked some things in the book but what has kept me from really liking this book is that I didn't like the part where Rob got mad at Clarry over a misunderstanding and was really nasty and cruel to her.

The book started off great. But, the alien threat was not real, and all the philosophical stuff about the "hide" and it just fell apart. In the end, this book made me want to vomit.

Goro Hasegawa was the Japanese rediscoverer of Othello. Originally, the game was known as Reversi. Two rival Englishmen each claimed to have invented the game late 19th century. Hasegawa modified the rules slightly and his father, a Shakespearean scholar game it the name Othello, because the reversals in the game reminded him of the plot of the play. This book is the only widely distributed manual of Othello strategy. Although it may have some value for the collector, unfortunately most Othello players regard the strategies discussed in the book as being obsolete and even misleading. Readers who are interested in the game should look for resources on the Internet.

I bought this book with the hope of reading how top contemporary Protestant scholars address the issue of ecclesiology espoused by Rome and the Orthodox. It left me sadly disappointed. The chapter that addresses the four marks of the church defined in the nicene creed did not attempt to reconcile Protestant perceptions of those terms with the historical understanding of the council fathers. None dealt substantially with Eph 5:32. I was further saddened that one author criticized the piety of Catholics on the basis of his understanding rather than taking the time to just ask some of them why they were doing it. All guns trained against Catholicism while the Eastern Orthodox hold nearly identical views on ecclesiology. Perhaps someday a book with less rhetoric and polemic will attempt to address issues that build understanding rather than polarizing divisiveness.

Lydia is concerned about the man that her sister is seeing. She is afraid that he is going to hurt her, so she goes to speak to Joe herself. The first thing that he asks her is if she wants to sleep with him. She knows that her sister Daisy should stay away from this character, but her sister informs her that her biological clock is ticking and she wants Joe to be the father of her child. Lydia is shocked, but tells her sister to try to play hard to get instead of falling in his lap. Her sister agrees and both sisters say goodbye. Lydia is going to an Australlian Cattle Ranch to temporarily fill in for the vet there and Daisy is going on a music tour.

Lydia gets to the ranch only to discover that Joe owns half of it and that he has decided to stay on while she is there. He has made it very clear that she is the sister that he wants. Lydia has all kinds of obstacles in her way, her sister for one and her past for another.

The story of Joe and Lydia is strange. There are a lot of layers to this very short story. Interesting, Exciting, no not really. Mostly the reader is just peeling back the different layers, examining them, and than tossing them aside until the next one is there. The reader can see the end result, its just a matter of getting there. I found no real reason to like the characters. I found Lydia to be bossy and inconsiderate at times. I thought Joe was a wimp at times. He was to quick to apologize for everything and he always seemed to give into Lydia. I am not sure I would recommend investing time and money into this book.

This book is a big disappointment compared to the earlier edition. The omissions of most of the WW II data in the appendixes is glaring. Without this information, most of the history of Naval Aviation disappears. The first edition at $21.00 versus $73.00 for the later one makes it a much better buy. Without the first one you don't have much of the history. Of course, if money is not a problem, get both of them. The second will collect lots more dust.

The various subjects were good, but the questions were very sparse. The age group for which it was intended, would probably not use it.

Yellow Bird struck me as nothing more than an excuse to write some very gratuitous sex. It had no more to do with Custer or Indians than my cats. Poor read. I can't recommend it except to those who collect Custer ephemera. linda terrell