If you are an average student and really want to pass the test, USE THIS BOOK! It gives a basic review of math, grammar and language usage that is essential for doing well on the test. Also, there are 2 full practice exams as well as many practices tests throughout each section. After reviewing this book, you will understand the format of the test. You will know that you should ANSWER EACH QUESTION even if you guess. Just knowing this should help you because guess what--most students don't bother with even a basic review before the test. This test is graded on a percentile basis, so your score will depend on how well you do in relation to the other test takers. My son, an average student, studied this book, made a composite score of 89, and was accepted to his school. His two best friends, who are at his level in school, didn't study and weren't accepted. This book made all the difference.

This book was a big help because it had alot of practice tests for me to do. The tests also showed me what my weaknesses were. I am taking a coop class and this book in really helpful.

I have had French class for 6 years now and I still have found this book very helpful because it covers all the important grammar and has a good vocabulary section that can be easily learned in a few weeks . I also recommend this book since it has 10 practice tests that are actually as hard as the the real test ( often practice tests are harder ). The CD is somewhat helpful as well, particularly for those who plan to do the listening test.

Kudos to the author for the best book to prepare for the SAT II French test. Five stars for the only prep book with 10 practice tests, clear answers with detailed explanations, lots of grammar review, and a listening comprehension disc. Merci beaucoup!

Barron's has done an amazingly fine job with this book. It takes every part of the ACT and makes it easy to understand. The ACT is, in my opinion, the best test a college could use while considering applicants. The book makes the tests harder than they really are so that you feel you need to learn the material. It really works.... Thanks...and BUY this book!

I am a M.Sc. student of Applied Chemistry and I have studied this book and in my opinion this book covers all the topics related to the test preparation of collage enterence test . I like this book because due to this book I have achieved my goal to be a chemical analyser . Thankyou .

Having been fortunate enough to have had Ed Swick as an instructor over 15 years ago, I knew this book would be excellent. American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun is more than just fun, it is essential for those who desire a true understanding of the English language. Due to it's lighthearted approach it is addtionally an excellent gift for foreign friends.

As an experienced ESL instructor I am always looking for new and innovative materials for my students. American Idioms and Some Phrases Just for Fun is a harmless, though practical, and recreational book. It's style is sensitive to the all-too-often fear of learning English, not only for the ESL student but the native speaker as well! In addition, the activities in the book are easily adapted to any ESL/ESOL/Bilingual Ed teacher inservice components, specifically applied linguistics. Once the native or non-native participant finishes, he or she will probably want to forge on to more advanced materials without hesitation.

I GIVE 5++++ Stars to this book. I you're a student taking a Math I course and need EXTRA EXTRA help this book is for you!!!! I was a D student in Math and i managed to get a 76 raw score, hey, not bad for a D student. Well, All the other sequencial math, also the history and the sciences books for the regents exam by Barron's are great! Barron's has an A+ in this area. I graduated from High School already and i didn't pass my Sequencial math III Regents because I didn't use Barron's Regents book. Is a MUST book for any student taking any of the Regents. Espacially does in NY who need to pass most of them. With the barron's book you're guaranteed to succeed all you need is 1 hour or 2 per day and you will pass your regents. I talk from personal experience.

This book is very helpful in reviewing for your sequential I regents. It not only has the old examinations in it, but also the answers so you can check your work after you have finished. It is a very good review book, and is a necessity in reviewing for your regents!

Many Regents I have thought that there might be no help for me and then someone told me that about these books. They really have saved my life, because they give so many past regents questions that you can get really familiar with what is going to be on the test. It is really a must for anyone who will be talking the regents and it is all you need to study from.

Barron's Regents Exams and Answers : Earth Science is one of the most valuable tools in studying for the New York state regents exam in Earth Science. It has many of the past regents to practice from, answers explained, and tips for when you take the regents. In the answers explained section it will tell you why the answer is right and even why other answers are wrong! I got a 95 on the regents with the help of this book. If you are taking Earth Science I would highly recommend that you get this book.

I'm going to have to agree with the above review, the only thing I can add is the fact that Barron's not only makes review books for Physics, but for many other subjects as well. I think it would be foolish not(italics) to buy these for your classes.

As the year progresses, you look up questions that pertain to where your class is. I found that my teachers often took questions for their tests and quizzes and quests right from old regents's themselves, which is what these books contain(not to mention the answers hint hint). At least until they found out that more people were buying these things and had to change their tests!(darn!).

Many old practice Regents exams included, answers explained. Need I say more?

This book is an outstanding study tool for students enrolled in college preparatory physics courses or AP Physics B courses. I have found it an EXTREMELY valuable starting point for my own quizzes and tests. The questions seem to be the perfect balance between conceptual and computational assessments. I use the books in this series as the ideal curricular standard for the courses described above. Highest praise for the authors.

This review is of James L. Roberts' Cliffs Notes for Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot & Other Plays," and not the plays themselves. Following a Brief Life of Samuel Beckett, Roberts provides an excellent essay on Samuel Beckett and the Theater of the Absurd, which talks about the impact on modern theater of Godot's "En Attendant Godot" in 1953. Roberts draws some significant contrasts, as well as finding fundamental similarities, between the works of Beckett and those of Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet, and Arthur Adamov. This essay is useful for anyone teaching/reading any of these dramatists. Roberts examines "Waiting for Godot," creating five dramatic divisions for each act and then offering a Critical Analysis of each section. Although coming up with definite conclusions about "Godot" is impossible, Roberts does present a consideration of the Play's Circular Structure as well as Character Analyses of the plays two sets of characters, Vladimir and Estragon, Pozzo and Lucky, both as pairs and as individuals. This little yellow book with the black stripes concludes with brief Critical Analyses of "Endame," "All That Fall," "Act Without Words I," and "Krapp's Last Tape." Certainly this volume helps with understanding some of the complexities of Beckett's famous play, but the background on the Theater of the Absurd has obviously applications beyond the plays considered here, which will prove quite useful to teachers who are doing expanded units on this genre of drama.

When the play begins great is our hope to see Godot appearing on the satge.The latter never comes.Not only Vladimir and Estragon are trapped by the process of waiting but we also we are equally trapped for nearly three hours.Nevertheless we leave the theatre wiser.Waiting contitutes an important part of our existence-at all times we are waiting for somet1hing or somebody.At different times we are waiting for something different-sometimes waiting is pleasurable but often it is painful.We can empathise with the two tramps who have nothing else to do than wait for a certain Godot who keeps postponing his arrival.Waiting becomes an important metaphor of life in the play-to wait is to exist and to exist means to wait.In post second world war Europe life is less attractive than ever-the two tramps will never go up the eiffel tower,they have been marginalised by a cruel and inhumane society.Centuries of European cultural, economic and scientific developments have produced a void in man's life.The two tramps have to live by the side of a country road or in a ditch or eat the bone thrown away by an arrogant Pozzo. What is Lucky waiting for-why doesn't he leave his master?Why don't we leave the theatre after the first act-aren't we bored enough? The play is an introspection in the remote corners of our subconsciousness-we are waiting for something-you are waiting for this essay to end to think about it.Beckett superbly got all of us into the formidable act of thinking but we do not think like the hog or pig Known as LUCKY.The play may be regarded as absurd-well it hardly matters because our own existence is absurd-unknowingly we are all waiting for something in common-it is our death.It is a harsh reality to swallow,yet this is the truth-some expect the Santa claus will come others expect Jesus will come as a messiah-well nobody comes, we have been too busy waiting that we have forgotten what we are actually waiting for.

Finally, a children's book addresses the important lessons: love and respect for all beings!

The CDRom version is beautifully illustrated. My two year old child delights in the music and the interaction. He is able to view the story at his own pace and will enjoy The Big IZ for years to come. I look forward to the dialogue, as he understands each lesson more completely.

Ms.Barron is a treasure! She is not trying to sell our children more product. Instead, she teaches them to value the qualities in themselves, and others, that have meaning. I look forward to more creations from her.

We have shown this CD to five children. I give this a top rating as all five kids got these messages. These are really spiritual values for all of us. It teaches what it means to be "big" on the inside, something parents and children alike can benefit from. Thank you!

I've read bits of Shakespear and I never quite got it. A bit like I never got the Beatles - and hopefully never will.

Both are safe topics, everyone seems to know them, and if you are the kind of person prepared to go through life unbothered by by issues such as the environment, and being shafted by conglomorates, then go ahead read Shakespear, listen to the Beatles. Wallow in you ingnorance.

As for me, well the only good to come out of school was reading Billy Liar, which appeared on a O-level (as i was then) reading list.

It spoke to me. It made me realise that closing your eyes and dreaming is good. Fantasy can be God.

And that is what I've been doing over the past 20 yeras - trying to live in a fantasy.

Billy Liar has comedy, it also has heartache. It's a cliche I know but life is by far a bed of roses. Billy Liar, for me, addresses this.

I've watched the film many times, seen the play many times and read the book many times - and it is better than Shakespear.

I beg, don't follow ther crowd, be a free thinker, and start with Billy Liar.

Based in a stereotype town of the 60`s in Yorkshre , England . Billy Fisher (his real name) is well known in his town of Stradhoughton as a result of years of spinning laborious yarns and lies which constantly get him deeper in trouble . At times you even think that you know Billy but then another lie is discovered which makes his web of troubles even greater . Writen in the first person this whitty book will have you chuckling all the way - well most of the way until the gritty and depressing vibes take hold and make you think slightly different about what is happening