I am a first-grade teacher in Palo Alto, California. When I was first interested in experimenting with student-led parent conferences, I came across this book and found it to be a wonderful resource. It was extremely easy to read, and it was full of great ideas for ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING student-led conferences in my own classroom. I especially appreciated the many real-life classroom examples, taken from the author's own experiences. I now incorporate student-led parent conferences as part of my program, and the parents love it!! I can't recommend this book enough for any teacher interested in student-led parent conferences.

YOU WILL DEVELOPE A STRONG DESIRE TO PREPARE FOR YOUR LIFES DREAM.YOU WILL DISCOVER SEVERAL WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR INCOME POTENTIAL.WHEN YOUR DONE READING YOU WILL RUSH TO SHARE THIS BOOK WITH OTHERS.

Taking Posession of The Land has been beneficial to me. Not only has it encouraged me to be more disciplined in my prayer life, I have also seen miraculous changes take place in my neighborhood. I have owned this book for apporximately 2 years....I was blessed to get a script before it was published! The material is well mastered, and the step-by-step process is easy to follow and understand.

I loved this book! I searched for her other books after I was finished. Jessica Pierce, if you read this please E-Mail me, your #1 reader

After much searching pre-trip, I bought this journal for my study abroad trip. It was absolutely wonderful. The hard cover protected it throughout the trip so that it still looks practically new from the outside. The study wire binding allowed for easy writing without the troubles of a hard spine. the top-open photo pages in the were perfect for photos of loved ones as reminders throughout the trip as well as perfect for holding postcards and business cards and receipts and ticket stubs. The lightly dotted lines allowed for free writing or neat lines. The quotes are quite fun and from a huge variety of people: Mark Twain to Ben Franklin. 8"x5" was a great size for carrying in the travel bag. Writing daily detailed accounts of travels, it held almost 3 months worth.

Olive Pierce and Carolyn Chute have teamed up to tell it like it is on the coast of Maine, in this home-spun fishing family community.

Olive with her keen eye for catching glimpses of light in phenomenal settings with her camera, and her obviously very relentless effort to live with these folks and document their spirits, has got to stand out as an American best-work The black and white photography is moving to the heart. She qualifies her perspective in the forward to the book, sharing a moment to lead the reader to look and listen to only one's unbiased emotions.

Carolyn Chute is, as always, bold and cutting to the point. She is poetically harmonizing with words and the photography, bringing an explanation to a perspective from deep within the soul--that place sometimes ignored by the demands of our fast-paced material world.

And the people in the book, there just some of the best folks you'd ever want to know. Why? I've not only read the book, I know them. They're real; and UP RIVER proves that low-income people are to be respected for their place in the spectrum of human experience.

This wonderful book presents the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Tombs of the Nobles and the village of Deir Al Medina. The author discusses mortuary rituals and presents many pharaohs, including those buried in the Valley of the Kings (Ramesses IX, Tuthmosis, Ramesses III, Ramesses I, Sethos I, Ramesses VI, Amenophis II, and Tuthomosis III), the queens buried in the Valley of the Queens (Nefertari, Khaemwaset, Amun-her-Khepshef) and the nobles from tombs TT 52, TT 69, TT 55, TT 96, TT 1 and TT 359. With maps, drawings, a bibliography, a chronological table and more than 150 photographs, this is an extremely worthwhile guide for travelers.

South Africa has a remarkable floral diversity but has also been endowed with dedicated scientists in the fields of plant ecology and vegetation science. The book, 'Vegetation of Southern Africa' is dedicated to John Acocks whose seminal work 'The Veld Types of South Africa' formed the basis and inspiration for much of what has followed in the realm of vegetation classification in South Africa for many years. It is a fitting tribute that this book should be dedicated to the memory of John Acocks.

The book is well introduced with a complimentary foreword but more importantly a concise and informative general preface. The preface gives the reader a good idea of the aims, scope and setting of the book which is divided into three parts, forming a logical progression from one part to the next. Part 1 comprises four chapters on landscape evolution, climate, biogeography and vegetation palaeohistory which 'set the scene' and provide the reader with a framework for appreciating present vegetation patterns and processes. The second and principal part of the book consists of 10 chapters which describe the major vegetation units found in southern Africa. The treatment follows the classification of the vegetation into seven biomes and three units at the non-biome-scale. Part 3 of the book includes eight chapters on cross-biome topics such as conservation, fire, alien plant invasions and so on. The editors considered these topics to be of global interest and this approach positions the book well to capture the interest of a global audience rather than restricting its appeal to local enthusiasts.

The palaeohistory of southern Africa is fascinating and the two chapters dealing with the evolution of landscapes and vegetation history transport one back in time to the 'Jurassic Park' that southern Africa once was as the land was moulded and the dynasties of different floras rose and fell. These chapters encourage one to look with new eyes at the complex landscapes that make up southern Africa and to consider the 'unseen' floras which lie buried from our view. The chapter by R.E. Schulze deals with climate in a more contemporary sense and its link to the present flora of the country. It contains valuable information but it is a great disappointment that the climate maps are published in monochrome! Publication of these maps in colour would have greatly enhanced the chapter since maps such as Figure 2.6 (and others) show little definition between the three darkest units -- the colour hues are too close!

The overarching chapter presented on the phytogeogeography of southern Africa is an essential prerequisite to the contents of the following chapters. It gives the reader a clear perspective of the floral diversity by broadly analysing the phytogeography in terms of ecological, historical and phylogenetic factors, while focusing more specifically on patterns and correlates of species-level endemism. The analysis of the 'age' of different endemic species following Cronk's scheme, however superficial, is to my knowledge the first time this classification has been applied to southern African endemic taxa. This greatly assists in providing and evolutionary time-frame for the extant subcontinental flora.

Part 2 of the book starts with a chapter categorizing the biomes of the African subcontinent. It could be argued that this chapter should have been included in the introductory Part 1. Nevertheless it serves the purpose well of providing a foundation for the descriptive chapters on the different biomes and biome-scale units recognized. A large research effort was undertaken from the mid-1970's to the late 1980's and the immense amount of knowledge gained during this period is highlighted in the chapters presented here. The specific intention of achieving some uniformity of treatment of the biomes is useful for comparative purposes. The approach has, however, also been adequately flexible to allow for the special aspects of each biome to be exposed, e.g. the lichen fields of the desert of the intriguing reproductive biology of some plants in the fynbos and succulent karoo. The approach has thus been thorough and comprehensive and a valuable aspect of all the chapters in this section has been the identification of gaps in existing knowledge. There are numerous recommendations for future research to answer pressing questions. One gains a sense of urgency that these questions need answering soon to foster sustainable utilization of southern Africa's vegetation resources, from the grasslands of the interior to the kelp beds on the continental shelf and from the desert to alpine ecosystems of the high mountains.

In the third part of the book eight chapters are presented with topical ecological themes. They range from the theory of species diversity to the impacts of abiotic factors such as fire and the impacts of human utilization and alien biota on the natural vegetation. The introductory preamble to the section once again gives a helpful summary of the contents of the following chapters that highlight many intriguing facets which may be seen as being linked in the colourful fabric of vegetation on southern African landscapes. It is appropriate that the book should end with a chapter on conservation and South Africa can be justifiably proud of work accomplished in this arena. However, as we draw closer to the end of the millenium we need to take stock of the natural resources in southern Africa. 'Vegetation of Southern Africa' is well timed as it provides a good critique of the state of affairs and will serve as a valuable benchmark publication for future work.

To conclude some general points require mention. The layout of the book in three sections is applaudable and assists the reader in the use of the book. The volume is well indexed and the short glossary is also useful, particularly for readers not familiar with many colloquial southern African terms. There are nevertheless some disappointing aspects. In a book on the vegetation of such a colourful country it is regrettable that there are no colour reproductions of photographs of plant communities, plant species and maps! It is clear that many of the black-and-white reproductions were produced from colour diapositives. Although this is not a 'coffee-table book' I am convinced that some colour would have greatly enhanced its appeal and value; for instance the impact of Figure 22.8 is completely lost due to the lack of colour. There is also a good deal of inconsistency in the layout of captions resulting in a waste of space. In some instances the captions are crammed into single columns whereas in others they are liberally spread across the width of the page. The small point but bold font used for the captions is also not appropriate. These unsuitable editorial points do not detract from an otherwise outstanding publication.

I gave this book a 5 star rating simply because I could not put it down! It was easy to read and understand. The author, Ronald K. Peirce gave many suggestions on ways a parent can get involved in their child's education. He suggested the Child Centered School and I feel this is truly the way schools should be today. The public school system needs to be changed. Kids are bored, have disipline problems, and are simply not learning in the public school system. The Child Centered School focuses on the individual child. The teachers are basically there to guide the student along as each child can move at their own pace. No grades! It works!

I read this book my junior year in high school. I loved it instantly and was always cheking it out of the library. I them promptly forgot the name of the book and have been looking for it every since...until I got it from Amazon!

This book seems like it is set during the early Fifties. The general idea of the book is that there are two rogue planets heading towards earth. Of course the only one's who believe it at first are in a small circle of scientists and some family members. The story revolves are the father and daughter team of Eve and Cole Hendron and Eve's semi-love interest David. They are told by Cole, that they will not be able to marry because they are only going to have enough room for 100 people on the spaceship that they are building to take them to one of the planets that will become their new earth. Soon after a South African gentlemen starts to come between the two. They go about the process of gathering the best young men and women to make up this motley group of survivors. Of course, we find out that they will also have to take along older men and women who are needed because of their expertise. One of the amusing parts of this book is David Japanese man servent, Kyto. He lends this book some dry humor in all the tension and turmoil. The group also has to work towards this goal of getting off the doomed earth with the knowledge that only 100 of them will be chosen to leave of the spaceship.

They also plan to bring a piece of earth with them. Books are chosen and animals are chosen like Noah's Ark. All in all this book is excellent! It has everything that you would want in a book of the genre. Romance, tension, anger, sadness, and yes, even some good old excitement while you read about their mad dash to survive and to bring a little of earth along with them.