I've done a ton of research on Samoyeds, Huskies and Malamutes, and this is probably the best book for the money that I have come across. It only cost me a total of I think $8.00 or so to have it shipped to my door and it contains a surprisingly lot of information for its small size. Seriously interested people will probably want to get another book to supplement this, but this is a really good place to start for someone interested in learning about Samoyeds. Its affordable, covers a lot of areas, and has a lot of color pictures. I would definitely recommend this book.

This is a very informative books, that gives you all the essentials of keeping a Sammie in a clear and concise manner. There might be more comprehensive books out there on the subject, but this one is really god for the beginning Sammie-lover!

Quite simply, the best guide to the Samoyed I've seen. It will be a welcome addition to the adoption kits we give to new owners of rescued Samoyeds! Regardless of your involvement- breeders, rescue, new owner, seasoned veteran - this book is a must have. It's well-written, informative, and contains plenty of helpful illustrations. You'll love the beautiful photographs! E.J. McWhorter, Central Ohio Samoyed Rescue

This is a great info book for anyone interested in the Schipperke breed. We purchase a copy of Schipperkes for the new homes our pups go to. Lots of photos!

Being one of few dog breed books on the wonderful Schipperkee, I think that this one is the best! Much better that the "Darwin" version. The pictures are classic Schipperkee, the cover picture is identical to my "Schippee"! I go along with much of what is written as far as training, feeding and temperment of this breed. I love the price and the paperback availability. It about time!

I always found my friend's schipperkes quirky and inaccessible -- but then i babysat a schip puppy when a pal went on vacation ... and fell in love.

Now I own two of the little buggers, and they're the best dogs I've ever owned. I've owned Labs (2), a Bulldog, a Golden Retriever and several Muts (3).

The thing about schipperkes is, they are a bit quirky -- but worth the effort that it takes to get to know them. This book is an excellent way to begin that learning process. It's chock full of great advice on the practicalities of owning a schipperke, plus lots of interesting side info too.

Finally, it's DARN CHEAP! :) Can't beat the price.

Well I must say that I'm not a big fan of reading, but wow these notes make it a brezze. If you are lazy and have know time to re-read that well, buy the notes..I got them [online]and they have helped me [tremendously! BUY THE NOTES!!! I'm only 15 and well Dickens [is a drag] so buy the notes!!! lol

This book helped me a lot i like to read and all but A Tale of Two Cities is a little to detailed and i kind of understood the book but this book helped me understand it completely i recommend this book to anyone that does not fully understand A Tale of Two Cities.

Any high school student that has tried to tackle Charles Dickens knows how hard it can be to decipher his language. When I attempted to read some of the more difficult sections in "A Tale of Two Cities," I had to go back and reread the passage several times before I was able to grasp its meaning. Even then, I wasn't exactly sure if my interpretation was correct or if I was totally off the mark. Luckily, Cliffs Notes came to my rescue. The notes were invaluable to me when it came to interpreting the language and comprehending the entire plot of the novel. I picked up on several things in the Cliffs Notes that I totally misunderstood when I was reading the book. In addition to that, there was so much additional information that I would've missed altogether had I not read the notes! If you are required to read "A Tale of Two Cities" as a school assignment, or even if you just want to read it for recreation, I seriously advise purchasing the Cliffs Notes. Not only does it improve comprehension levels and test scores, but it also turns an otherwise confusing Dickens assignment back into an enjoyable, valuable story like it was meant to be.

This guide to Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner stands head and shoulders above other published study guides of the same book and compares favorably to the best of contemporary scholarship on this complex and peculiar giant of American literature. The precision and clarity of Johnson's writing is second only to her incisive yet empathy-tempered insights into the cultural origins and psychological dynamics of of William Faulkner's creative genius. It might well be said that Johnson herself is guided by a daemon driving her to educate, illuminate and uplift the masses of the great unread, so vast is her talent for explication and exegesis, so graceful her dance through the hermeneutic spiral. Buy this book and you will be lead into undreamed of realms of knowledge and wisdom by an actual PhD.

This fine interpretation should be used by any person who endeavors to understand the body of Faulkner's work. I daresay even old W.F. himself would have benefited from reading this text. I only wish I had had assistance like this when I was in school.

As an impartial audience, I MUST say that this book displays ABSOLUTE GENIUS! It's clear that Carol Johnson should receive the MacArthur Award. This book should be on display at the Library of Congress next to the Declaration of Independence.

There are several things that make this book very enjoyable. One is the collection of folklore and "hoodoo", obtained from first-hand information. Ms. Hurston went to Florida for several months to gather her collection of folklore, and then to New Orleans for several more to study under various witchdoctors to gather the "hoodoo" information. Another is that she details her trips to these places. The stories aren't just written out and numbered; you know exactly who told them and under what conditions. I found this really helped me identify with the story much more. Finally, I'm from small-town Florida, and several of the places mentioned were very familiar to me. It's always nice to read a fellow-Floridian's work.

A fantastic collection by Zora Neale Hurtson. Includes spells, and superstions, witch craft, and some of the best short stories around. She gathers up the urban legends of the 1930-40's rural south and connects you to a culture and way of thinking that is both delightful and intriguing. At times amusing; it is written in the way of oral tradition, where people gather around and tell stories, the more outlandish, the more unique the better. Her work is simply wonderful. A great book, and good for those bad weather days.

This audio tape recorded by Ruby Dee of Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men absolutely makes the case for audio-books because of Dee's extraordinary performance. I seriously doubt that Hurston could do better herself. It is so great that this is the third time I am buying it. The first two copies are owned by my Mom (artist Faith Ringgold) who is bi-coastal and keeps a copy loaded in the tape player ready to play, day or night, on each coast, and the third is for me because now from listening to my Mom's tapes I am as addicted to it as she is. This is becoming true of a lot of her friends. Whether you are doing something else or just listening, it fits in perfectly, and it is full of wisdom and laughs. It is absolutely the best, and I would buy anything else that Ruby Dee ever had anything to do with because she is the glue that makes it work.

JWD at RMU

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn "Critique"

Huckleberry Finn introduces himself as someone who appeared in an earlier book reminding us of what happened towards the end of that story. Though he won't mention it until later in the story, when his irresponsible father has left him by his self. Huck has been living with Ms. Douglas a widow, a kind woman who wants to teach him all the things his father has neglected, the things all normal kids would usually learn.

He tells us about Miss Watson, the widow's sister, who is strict on teaching Huck good manners and religion, and about Tom Sawyer and his stories, a boy like Huck looks up to because of his wide reading and imagination ability. He is also friendly with Jim, the black slave. Huck's father returns and takes him away from the widow. A pig has murdered when his father begins beating him, Huck runs away and makes it look as though Huck. He hides out on a nearby island, intending to take off after his neighbors stop searching for his assumed dead body.

Jim the black slave of Miss. Watson is also hiding on the island, since he has run away from Miss Watson, who was about to sell him and separate him from his wife and his deaf little girl. They decide to escape together, and when they find a large raft, their journey on the Mississippi River begins. After a couple of adventures on the Mississippi River, a steamboat hits their raft, and Huck and Jim are separated. Huck goes ashore and finds himself at the home of the Grangerfords, which allow him to come and live with them. At first Huck admires these people for what he thinks is their class and good taste. But when he learns about the deaths caused by a feud with another family, he becomes disgusted with the Grangerfords. By this time Jim had time to repair the raft, and Huck rejoins him. Two men who are escaping the law and who claim to be a duke and the son of the king of France soon join them. Huck knows they are actually small-time crooks, but he pretends to believe their stories.

After watching these frauds bilk people of their money in two towns, Huck is forced to help them try to swindle an inheritance out of three young girls who were recently orphaned. He goes along at first because he doesn't want them to turn Jim in, but eventually he decides that the thieves have gone too far. He invents a complicated plan to escape and to have them arrested. The plan almost works, but at the last minute the two crooks show up and continue to travel with Huck and Jim. When all their moneymaking schemes begin to fail, they sell Jim to a farmer in one of the towns they're visiting. Huck learns about this and decides to free Jim. The farmer turns out to be Tom Sawyer's uncle, and through a misunderstanding he and his wife think Huck is Tom. When Tom himself arrives, Huck brings him up to date on what's happening. Tom pretends to be his own brother Sid, and the two boys set about to rescue Jim.

The true to his imaginative style, Tom devises a plan that is more complicated than it has to be. Eventually they actually pull it off and reach the raft without being caught. Tom, however, has been shot in the leg, and Jim refuses to leave until the wound has been looked at. The result is that Jim is recaptured and Tom and Huck have to explain what they have done. Tom, it turns out, knew all along that Miss Watson had set Jim free in her will, so everyone can now return home together. Huck, however, thinks he's had enough of civilization, and hints that he might take off for the Indian Territory instead of going back to his home.

I found this book an excellent choice of words to describe Mark Twaine's Huck Finn

This book proved extremely useful. I had read the Aeneid in parts, but needed to write a 7 page essay regarding the main themes. The notes helped very much in filling in the parts I had skimmed and also highlighted where main points were, allowing me to go back and examine them more closely. I would recommend these notes for anyone who doesn't have the time to read entire books, but needs to know everything about them.

Robert J. Milch's Cliffs Notes for Virgil's "The Aeneid" makes the argument that this epic poem "is probably the single most important poem to have been written in the history of western civilization." From this bold assertion, Milch prepares readers of the Aeneid by detailing Virgil's life and works, his literary predecessors, his influence and later reputation, and his style and techniques. This last section is particularly helpful, not only for studying Virgil but also for those working with Homer, because Milch details what constitutes a literary epic, looking at meter, epithets and similes. After establishing the meaning of "The Aeneid," Milch develops both the mythological background of the poem and lists its characters (the descriptions appear in a later section). The Summaries and Commentaries section is especially strong in terms of characterizing each Book in relation to the rest, providing an overall appreciation for the epic's structure as well as commenting on the specifics of each part. In the last section of the volume, he details all of the important characters, geographical and ethnic names from the poem, as well as those persons and events from Roman history mentioned in "The Aeneid." These are particularly important since Virgil was trying to celebrate the greatness that was Rome as well as provide a Latin epic equal to that of Homer. If your copy of Virgil does not have adequate notes that explain such things, these sections will be particularly useful to you in reading the poem. Milch never gets around to proving his initial claim (I would probably make a case for Dante's "Divine Comedy"), but he certainly provides ample information and analysis for those who have taken pains to read Virgil's classic.

It started out as a normal day for Alice, until she saw a rabbit with a watch cross her path saying " Im late Im late". She decided to follow the rabbit through a whole in a tree. She fell for what seemed to be hours until she landed in a house. There she saw some beans on the table in which she ate and then she kept growing and growing. Well to make a long story short Alice made many friends and enemys in Wonderland and she had to leave them all after finding the key to take her back home

This book is great if you have an imagination.

This is a well-written pamphlet providing elementary information on water and aquarium chemistry. If that is what you are looking for, this book should probably be a 5* book. I was looking for more detailed and more in-depth information than this book provides and was a bit disappointed.

Book covers details on water cycle, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chlorine, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, nitrogen cycle, pH, hardness & salinity, temperature, various filtrations, maintenance, and plants. It covers briefly on all other aspects of aquarium and fish, but the author does it well in a clear, concise manner. Lots of pictures and graphs. The book is packed with wealth of information in just 80 pages!

Book covers details on water cycle, oxygen, carbon dioxide, chlorine, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, nitrogen cycle, pH, hardness & salinity, temperature, various filtrations, maintenance, and plants. It covers briefly on all other aspects of aquarium and fish, but the author does it well in a clear, concise manner. Lots of pictures and graphs. The book is packed with wealth of information in just 80 pages!

THIS BOOK HAS DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE GREATEST BREED THERE IS THE SAINT. IF YOU WANT A BOOK ON HOW TO CARE AND THE SPECIAL NEEDS FOR THE SAINT THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. I LOST MY FIRST COPY AND I'M BACK FOR ANOTHER. LONG LIVE THE SAINTS.

This is the best dog care books I have ever read, it is perfect how they describe one of the best dogs that you can have. This book includes many color pictures of the St. Bernard ecspecially the puppies. It is the best book in this dog series. This is a must for soon to be or St. Bernard owner.

This is the best dog care I have ever read, it is perfect how they describe one of the best dog that you could have. This book includes many color pictures of the St. Bernard ecspecially the puppies. It is the best book in this dog series. This is a must for soon to be or St. Bernard owner.