If you are interested in reptiles, and you travel a lot, then this item may come in handy one day. All you need to go along with it is a pair of good binoculars, and you are ready to observe some of the most interesting reptiles in the world.

I do not read fantasy books but this book has hooked me to it. The story is kind of mysterious and I love it. I 've been reading this book over and over again. Its a great book.

Nikki Larssen and Gren Wilder are two totally different people with one thing in common--both of them have terrible secrets in their past they would rather forget. As Nikki lives day by day in fear, wondering what will happen if they find her, Gren becomes more determined to find out her secret. He isn't going to rest until he knows what it is that Nikki is hiding. He has an ear for news and senses that Nikki's story is one for the papers. But can he get her to reveal the truth? Can Nikki trust Gren with the truth?

Cheryl Cooke Harrington keeps you on the edge of your seat with this gripping novel full of suspense and secrets needing to be told. One for Sorrow, Two for Joy is a spellbinding story of one woman desperately fighting to hide the truth about her past, and a man's quest to learn the secret she is hiding. It's definitely a story any reader will have trouble putting down before the end.

Other teachers and I love this book! It has helped many students transition from Spanish to English with friendly characters that they love. I would recommend this to anyone helping a student find the words to express their knowledge!

A board book with simple cartoons of basic events -- "trays crashing, drinks spilling" etc. Might prompt young listener to imitate noises and activities described -- or if your child is quieter, he might like analyzing the details in the pictures. It's mainly about activity, not words.

This is a nicely laid out book which provides basic information on a wide variety of personal finance topics in an easy to use and understand format. Among the many topics is information on how to get more out of your current income, advice on insurance and annuities, and the benefits and pitfalls of investing in real estate, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and treasury issues.

A nice feature is the inclusion in every chapter of a section called "Fast Forward." This is in reality a quick reference summary of major points of the chapter. Busy people sometimes don't have time to read the whole thing.

Another intersting feature is the use of easy to recognize icons to call the reader's attention to areas in which there might be a question or special information. Sprinkled throughout are icons of a pensive scientist with "Expert Advice." Here there tips on such things as using credit for meeting emergencies, using 401k's and IRA's to accumulate savings, and where to find yields on government securities. Caution signs warn about possible repercussions of taking a specific course of action. Important definitions are signaled with an icon of amuscle man. Finally, and icon of two musical notes calls attention to "margin notes" on various items of interest.

This book succeeds very well in its intended purpose. It serves as a quick introduction to many important areas of personal finance without bogging down in complicated theories and charts, gives some very helpful basic advice, and serves as a handy reference book for further study.

The world of poker is sharply divided.

On one side of the cardroom are the tournament players, "famous" within the closed world of poker, but occasionally exposed to the real world limelight when a famous tournament such as the annual World Series of Poker takes place.

Its an amusing little secret that many of these players aren't that good, and owe a lot of their success to a lucky break or two that establishes their reputations.

On the other side of the poker room are the work-a-day professional players. These are the guys (they are almost exclusively men) who play the game to make money, day in day out. They keep a low profile but are the true stars of the game when it comes to ability, competance and discipline. And among the most respected and feared of these players is Roy Cooke.

Cooke played professional poker for well over a decade, and still plays semi-professionally today. The only reason we know of him is through his regular column in CardPlayer magazine, and this book collects all those columns in one chunky volume. Card Player is a free magazine, distributed in casinos and card rooms around the USA and the quality of its writers is variable, to say the least. Cooke's column is the great exception and has been for years.

The columns are well written thoughtful pieces that cover almost every aspect of the game, provided your game is Hold 'Em. Cooke plays at the upper middle limits, $20-$40 or occasionally $30-$60. These limits are among the highest spread regularly in Las Vegas, and are some of the toughest games in the world.

Typically Cooke takes you through his thought processes as he plays a hand, and uses it to illustrate a principle or particular tactic. Unlike most other knowledgable poker writers Cooke has a secret weapon, John Bond. Bond may not be a good player himself, but he can certainly write, which is what distinguishes this book from all the others - you have excellent advice and insights written in an entertaining and stylish way. Some of the jokes are even funny, unheard of in a poker book...

There are a couple of minor niggles. Firstly, most of us play at much lower limits where many of Cooke's sophisticated tactics won't work (paradoxically, to make fancy plays at poker you need fancy opponents). Secondly, like one or two other poker theorists, Cooke can't help but use "insights" gleaned at the table and tell us they apply to real life as well. These occasional "preachy" pieces of bar-room philosophy can become irritating, although thankfully, there aren't too many of them.

Perhaps the best effect of the book is accidental. Taking these individual articles as a whole, you gradually realise how difficult it is to play top level poker consistently, day after day, year after year. Cooke has seen hundreds of professional players come and then go, and doesn't ignore some of the uglier aspects of a game that "brings out the worst in people."

Highly recommended if you are a serious poker player, or those of you who play casually but want to get an insight into how complex and tough this deceptively simple game can be.

A lot has been written about evolutionary economics and regional innovations systems. This book explain the origin of this tradition and do go into depht with the concepts. It discusses examples of industrial districts and other agglomerations in a very interesting and inspirating way, witch lead you further into theese thoughts. For those who are interested in innovations and modern approaches to these, this is something! Thus, this book might be worth reading for you!

roni horn has had a strong impact on contemporary photography . Her works incorporate the ideologies of many important movements of contemporary art which have been underrepresented in the fine art photgraphy world....this may be contested but i think that in the majority of the FA Photography there are extremely conservative currents, that run back to its stepchild role among the "truely" fine arts. Thankfully horn represents a challenging view for photography.

Six famous transatlantic figures: 3 English and 3 American men, all of whom had a legendary meaning in the seventies: Charles Chaplin, H. L. Mencken, Humphrey Bogart, Adlai Stevenson, Bertrand Russell and Edward VIII. I liked his style of writing and he really provided insightful surprises on each of these famous men. An interesting read, if not for the history alone.