Both my 5-year-old son and my 3-year-old daughter request this book over and over and have learned so much from it. Each page is so rich that it can take you an hour or more to read the entire book (sometimes this approach can be a little exhausting!). Some of the pages devoted to the larger numbers (30, 40, 50, 60, 1000, etc.) are a little much for my younger child, but she still hangs in there and participates in her way. We highly recommend it.

This counting book has simple text that invites the reader to find a certain number of items on a page. Bright color photographs, and good math questions. Excellent book for students from K through the 2nd grade, and is recommended for the teachers, as well.

Armchair travelers and globetrotters alike will find "Crimes of the Scene" the ideal map to their overseas destinations. Washington Post book editor Nina King and her collaboraters have ransacked memories, libraries and references to compile this extensive list of mysteries set in foreign parts. Here, you can find the best book to read on a canel step in front of the Zanipolo in Venice (Donna Leon's "Death at La Fenice"); the best one about Fiji (Frank Arthur's "Who Killed Netta Maul?") and that Michael Dibdin's "Cabal" is ideal when seeking to roam around Rome, although avoid Ngaio Marsh's "When in Rome," whose "attempts at druggy hipness are merely embarassing." "Crimes of the Scene" is full of laurels and barbs like these, and these clear-eyed critical notes save the book from becoming a dry reference work suitable only for brief consultations.

An imaginative, entertaining combination of two favorite kinds of reading--travel and crime. It's packed with information that gives the flavor as well as some highlights of many mystery and spy stories. Could also be used as a guide when shopping in bookstores (including amazon.com). CRIMES OF THE SCENE is a great success! Charles Sullivan

Although this book based on a set of talks at SUNY Binghampton in 1989 has been hard to get (except in library collections), its impact has been instant and abiding: the collection is still being used by cultural critics and social science scholars from England to Australia and Taiwan, as I found out during my visit there as National Science fellow in 1995 where it was being used to help map cosmopolitan-yet- local strategies of "Asian/Pacific Cultural Studies."

Anthony King's collection, with a stunning and much-cited essay on transnational and ethnic complications of cultural identity in England by Stuart Hall called "The Local and the Global: Globalization and Ethnicity," on the one hand, and rather more homogenizing and predictable mappings of the capitalist culture of globalization by major sociologists like Immanuel Wallerstein and Rowland Robertson on the other, opens up the problematics of mapping global and local interactions, flows, contradictions, and synergies. King's own solid scholarship inquiring into the colonial infrastructures of transnationalizing global cities gave him a solid base on which to construct such cultural and ideological dialogues across disciplines and areas, and the collection remains a site where critical dialogue and trans-disciplinary interaction did take place.

In sum, the collection shows how some emerging new sensibility of "global paradox" complicates the globsl/local power of the local, sub-national, ethnic, and tribal to alter the seamless workings of global domination and transnational restructuration. Noteworthy in the collection, as well, are powerful critiques of reigning globalization models by Ulf Hannerz ("Scenarios for Peripheral Cultures") and an internal critique of the whole collection by Barbara Abou-El-Haj, who shrewdly remarks of such models (as theorized by the keynote speakers in the collection, Hall and Wallerstein), "Our ambition to do equal justice to the global and local is limited at the outset by our failures to generate a comparative language beyond the set of tiny binaries which reproduce the global regime in the very attempt to eviscerate it: center/periphery, core/periphery, western/non-western, developed/developing, etc."

This trans-disciplinary way of theorizing and representing global/local interactions called for in the collection does comprise what Abou-El-Haj notes is "a qualitative step forward." Subsequent collections of national/transnational interaction like Donald Pease and Amy Kaplan, eds., Culture of United States Imperialism (Duke University Press, 1993) and Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan, eds., Scattered Hegemonies: Postmodernity and Transnational Feminist Practices (Minnesota UP, 1994) have been working out the far-reaching implications of these new global/local discourses and frames.

My interest is for the impact of globalizacion in México and LA

This, along with the Dake Study Notes on your Palm Pilot, will keep all Dake-Bonoists sufficiently wired.

I recently bought The Interactive Dake Bible CD Rom Version 1999. I found it very easy to load unto my hard drive without any technical questions or problems. Installation took me around 5 minutes.

Upon running the program, I found a great tutorial that answered my later questions. Not being someone who usually does the tutorial right away, I launched myself quickly into using the Bible program. I already have the full Logos package, so what I wanted to have access to the Dake's notes and charts. It is so smooth transitioning from format to format. I found that the Strong's Lexicon is easier to utilize that in the Logos format.

Nav Press puts out this product and you can get every Bible version in English, Hebrew and Greek, but this version comes with only the KJV. I was surprised that this version also came with some helpful maps that can be printed or imported to my word processor.

All in all, I found this a very enjoyable product.

"You may have never seen yourself as the fragrant rose, the delicate orchid that completes God's work of love. But you are." That's what you first read upon opening the box. I received this as a gift at just the "right" time in my life, a time when I wasn't feeling very special. It lifted my spirit to read of the special place women hold in the LORD's heart. The book includes the testimonies of women who were woven into the fabric of humanity, what they must have felt and thought, how they overcame and fulfilled their destinies in God's grand design. These are women I can identify with and call "sister". Included in this gift set is, not only the treasure of this book that will last a lifetime, but also a bottle of fragrant oil scented with frankincense and myrrh (very precious and sacred throughout history) ... packaged in a beautiful gift box. This is a most prayerfully thought out gift set for any woman, especially those who love the LORD.

Daughters of God is a message of hope, value and inspiration to ALL of God's Daughters -- no matter your age, ethnic origin or belief. (The fragrance packaged with the book is not only symbolic but heavenly smelling. It is completely natural -- olive oil from Israel, scented with Frankincense and Myrrh.) As women, we are often wounded in relationships with our earthly fathers or other males in our lives, which ultimately affects the way we interact with men and the way we view ourselves. This book was written from the viewpoint of a heavely Father -- one who sees our inherent value, our dreams, our aspirations, our fears. The book portraits the lives of five women from the Old and New Testaments. There is young Mary, the teen-age mother of Jesus. Eve, the mother of mankind; Rahab, a common prostitute; Anna, an elderly prayer warrior; and Elizabeth, a middle-aged pregnant woman. As they lived our their lives before God, they became a sweet fragrance unto Him, enduring lies, ridicule, hardships and danger.

Taken directly from Holy Scripture, the stories bring to light the hard decisions, the obedience, and ultimate faithfulness of God in their lives. Each section features a letter written directly to the reader -- words of encouragement, words to illustrate God's love for His daughters; and words to motivate women to consider the fragrant destiny that awaits them.

Packaged in a unique and beautiful four-color gift box, the product includes a book, and frankincense and myrrh fragrant oil from Israel, bottled in fine French crystal. It is a wonderful gift. The oil is symbolic of how a woman's life can become a sweet fragrance unto God. It is a reminder of the beauty of our Creator.

The frankincense and myrrh contained in the bottle are based in a special virgin olive oil, pressed on a kibbutz from the Souri (soo-ree) variety grown in the Galilee region of Israel. The essences of frankincense and myrrh come from Oman in the Middle East. Thousands of years ago, perhaps three millenniums before Christ, frankincense and myrrh were two of the most sought after and valuable essential oils in the world. Known for their sacred and healing properties, these essential oils were considered more valuable than gold in many cultures, including Egyptian, Greek and Roman. In the Hebrew culture, oils were used for special anointing (meaning to "rub with oil") to designate a new king, or consecrate a person to God for a special mission or healing.

In later times, frankincense and myrrh became associated with the birth of Jesus Christ when the wise men from the East delivered three gifts to Him -- two of which were these extracts. Biblical references to frankincense and myrrh, as well as to the "carrier" of the fragrances (olive oil) are numerous and symbolic. Frankincense represented sweet aroma, prayers and fragrance in scripture, while myrrh was symbolic of suffering, bitterness and fragrance in scripture. Olive trees symbolized "the anointing" and spiritual life in Israel and the church.

A small portion of hte oil also comes from olive trees scattered on the Mount of Olives. Jesus and His disciples walked and prayed in this historic place where the Garden of Gethsemane is also located. The word, "Gethsemane" means "oil press." When we, like the olives are "pressed" or "crushed" we can be used for a greater purpose in God's kingdom.

Many women today feel crushed with responsibilities and circumstances of life. It may be their work, children, or personal relationships. Perhaps they live with an addict husband or are a single parent trying to sustain. Maybe they are experiencing financial instability or out-of-control habits. Whatever their burden, God sees their crushing. This book is meant to draw women closer to a loving Father, one who knows their pain and can see beyond their circumstances to the fragrance of destiny that awaits them.

"Day hiking Kings Canyon" may well be the best book on day hikes(1 to 10 miles one way) in Kings Canyon national park and in the wilderness areas surrounding the park. It covers 50 trails in 5 areas: cedar grove, monarch wilderness, grant grove, redwood mountain, and jennie lakes wilderness. Each of the five sections starts with a brief (2-3 pages) introduction about the history, climate, and specific features of the area. The description of the hikes are concise (1-3 pages each), and yet very detailed. There is an individual topographic map for each trail, half-a-page to a whole page in size, which is located either at the beginning or at the end of description of each trail. Besides the total length of the trail, estimated hiking distance, elevation gain, and relative difficulty, the author provides detailed description of what to expect on each mile of the trail, suggests on which parts of the trail it may get hot in summer, where one can expect mosquitos, where the vews are beautiful, and even where one can find swimming holes on the river. Frequently, alternative return routes are suggested to make hikes more interesting. Finally, parts of the trail where the hikers should exercise caution due to slippery rocks or other hazards are indicated.

I studied this book side by side with two others, Frommer's "Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks", by Don and Barbara Laine, and "50 best short hikes in Sequoia/Kings Canyon" by John Krist. The first one is a pocket guide, contains much fewer hikes, and the descriptions are about a paragraph each. It is a very decent guide for the visitors arriving for a day by car, but does not help much on the trail. The second one is similar to "Day hiking Kings Canyon" in the way how the hikes are described, but the descriptions are shorter, maps are less acurate, and they are located at the very end of the book, so you have to flip pages from the middle to the end of the book to follow the guidelines. I found it very inconvenient. Hence, of these three books, my book of choice is definitely "Day hiking Kings Canyon". The only two drawbacks are that it does not have ratings of the trails in terms of their scenery, so it takes some reading to decide what to choose, and that it has very few photographs. It also could be squeezed in a smaller format (by using smaller fonts) to make it lighter and easier to carry in a backpack. Other than that, this book is an excellent source of information for any hiker.

our family has been going to KingsCanyon and Sequoia for over a hundred years now, and I wish I had found this book sooner. I have been on a lot of the trails and learned a few. Very easy to understand, an easy read and informative in area history. I am going to give a copy to all my family for Xmas.I'm at the mirror. * randella*

Absolutely hilarious, if your ego can withstand uppity Indians.
Audio File review is plainly and hopelessly clueless on this one.

I'm Canadian (but not First Nations) and laughed so much during the first of these cassettes that I had to stop and buy all of them. The humour is consistent, the delivery is excellent, and the topics are hilarious - I keep listening just to find out how many different ways Jasper Friendly Bear can make Tom buy his coffee.

This is possibly the funniest audio recording I own, but if you aren't Canadian, and/or Native American you probably shouldn't bother. They are able to make me laugh even while harpooning me for behaviours I have been guilty of, and while making incredibly cynical comments on European treatment of North America's first residents. Because of the humour, they can make comments that would otherwise be harsh beyond belief. The cast also has a fine sense of the plain slapstick, and absurd presented with great comic timing. I've had to pull the car over several times while listening to it because I was laughing too hard to drive safely.

I was one of the kids who wrote letters for the book 4 years ago, and it was an amazing thing to me to be a "published author." A lot of my friends got to read their letters on Oprah and other TV shows. I really enjoyed reading my copy of this book. I would definitely recommend it to everyone, child and adult.

Saw the book featured on Oprah's show on Martin Luther King, Jr., and bought it. Have bought three more for all grandchildren. Touching, funny, revealing and very well designed. Every kid, of any age, should have one.

I enjoyed the pictures in this book, they're like looking at physical replicas of a dream world.. the use of color and depth in the room, and the variety of houses shown were awesome. From open naturally lit and colored spaces to lofts adorned with bright Mexican artwork each is different and inspiring. The lighting in some of them is really unusual. I recommend this book. I felt it was a spiritual experience looking at the pictures!

In Designing With Spirituality: The Creative Touch, Carol King surveys more than thirty residences, showing how each reflects the individual designer's spiritual viewpoint through design and how each one has reinforced and elevated its owner's spiritual perspective. King also reevaluates good interior design in terms of its profound connection to the human spirit. Designing With Spirituality is a welcome and greatly appreciated contribution to personal, professional, and community library interior design reference collections.

I did this study 1.5 years ago and still remember much of the information gleaned from it. This is a great way to understand differences between judges, kings, and prophets of the nation of Israel. The life of David is a main portion of the book.

This is a terrific encouragement to Christians who want to grow closer to God and to have a desire for His own heart in themselves. We have all fallen short, as did David so many times, but David kept coming back and so can we.

It is six lessons to be done over a six week period and can be used with the International Inductive Study Bible.