Although the series has interesting puzzles, the collections have had sloppier and sloppier editing. Volume 6 is the worst; most puzzles lack at least one clue and numerous words themselves are wrong. Obviously no editing was done.

This 3.5" x 5.5" 48 page pocket booklet is a handy way to carry around God's only book of the Bible devoted exclusively to practical everyday wisdom. Unfortunately it features the King James Version written in 1611 which is the hardest to understand and least accurate. If you really want to get into the heart of Proverbs read THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF PROVERBS by Cody Jones. It offers 5 modern translations in parallel with the KJV. The in-depth commentary is interesting and very readable and puts things into a historical setting. It has many historical photos to give you a sense of the culture of the time and points out numerous Biblical characters who illustrate King Solomon's witty observations on human nature.

I'm a UC Davis student who took the plant biology course that uses this book. The professor doesn't even follow the book because it's so bad. It's unorganized, confusing, and useless for my class. Even some of the illustrations in the book are wrong. Don't buy this book if you just plan to learn plant biology. If you have to buy this book because course requirement, good luck

This book takes you season by season and beautifully describes the plants that you will see in the woods, meadows, and by the stream or pond. It made me want to get out and walk on my own land upstate and see these plants for myself. The down side to this book is despite the fact that New England and New York are beautiful in every season the photos in this book don't represent them well. The photos are in such soft focus (some out of focus)that I wouldn't recognise them in real life using the pictures. Sometimes an attempt to make a photo look artistic results in pictures that don't communicate.

I contracted chronic Lyme disease a year ago and was not diagnosed for ten months. During that time I got worse and worse and not one doctor helped me. In fact they were rude and didn't listen. The over all feeling in the medical community is one of disbelief and hostility. This book is the epitome of those feelings. Reading this book made me feel the same way I did listening to a doctor tell me that the positive test was not significant. This book does nothing more than berate those that are already sick and frightened. It makes you feel as though you are the one with the problem. The disease is all in your head. Also I think I should add that the author of this book was appointed to the Lyme Advisory community for California and then was promptly removed because the people that had Lyme Disease were so angry with his attitude towards them. Beware of this book. It will do nothing other than make you feel bad about a disease that is not your fault. Which leads me to the age old question, Which is worse the cure or the disease? When there are books like this on the market perpetuating the horrible attitude towards truly sick people it is neither. Until this opinion is dispelled, there is no disease and there will be no cure despite how sick you really are.

This book will only confuse you if you are looking for real answers to the Lyme disease controversy or help for an undiagnosed illness. Barbour does not give you enough information to make informed decisions regarding treatment or diagnosis of an actual entrenched and untreated case of Lyme disease. Your money will be better spent buying books by Denise Lang, Karen Forschner, or Polly Murray.

Barbour (Prof. of Medicicine & Microbiology at U, Texas, and specialist on the topic) provides a sympathetic, wide-ranging look at Lyme disease and related topics that reveals not only the difficulties in fully understanding the disease, but (in the process) the difficulties in diagnosis that medicine faces in many areas of diagnosis and treatment. The book is very clearly written and interesting to both layperson and medic. The lack of references is unfortunate, but as a leading expert, Barbour may be considered a primary source. If you want to be told you have Lyme disease, you may be disappointed. If you want to understand why that diagnosis might be problematical, and what the various sources of difficulty are, you will be more than satisfied. In the end, you will also be in a position to participate in a process of participatory diagnosis and treatment between patient and medic with a great deal more certainty, based on real knowledge.

I heard there were actually real recordings of The Prince of Preachers. I was not counting on this to be among them. But I did expect the man preaching in Spurgeon's steed to be British. And with all due respect I have heard better drama in junior high schools. I feel as if I have been lied to. I will admit that it will be nice to listen to Spurgeon's words in my car and at work. But beyond that I am quite disappointed in the publisher and the company that sold me the tape.

This may be considered a classic of the fur trade era, but I would not waste my time on this book! It is a verbose and overblown "fictitious" theatrical novel which is difficult to follow and comprehend. Although based upon true events during the fur trade era, the author is much too glamorous and gaudy in his writing style.

Clearly these authors have never been in a classroom in the last ten years! Activieis are outdated; current research on constructivism lacking.