The catcher in the rye is a great book teenage people should read, This book is a classic for many reasons. One important is the fact how easily people can relate to the character (Holden) in the book Holden often expresses his confusion and loneliness throughout the story, which many teens can look back on and relate. The story happens in new York city in a period of 4 days .I truly recommend this book because I loved the way Sallinger wrote it making everything so real and the way he describes everything .He makes the reader relate to the story that is what makes it so special.

I was in despepate need for help reading "The Catcher in the Rye" even though it was a good book. I read Cliffs note and I read this. Personally I thought this helped me out more.

I FOUND THE BOOK RELATEABLE TO REAL LIFE SITUTAIONS.THE LANGUAGE USED WAS INTRESTING BECAUSE MANY TEENAGERS DO SPEAK THIS WAY, AND CAN UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF VIEW HE IS COMIMG OUT WITH. THE BOOK IS VERY STRONG, THE POINTS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE VERY HARD HITTING, IN DEPTH, AND THE MESSAGE WAS WRITTEN TO GET THE POINT STRAIGHT ACROSS. I DON'T READ BOOKS I FIND THEM TO BE BORING, I READ PORTRY AND PLAYS. BUT I FOUND THE BOOK TO BE SO INSPIRING ALSO ON TARGET WITH TODAY'S SOCIETY. I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO ANY FRIST TIME READERS, OR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR EXCITMENT, COMEDEY, AND ACTION. WITH A HARD HITTING MEANING BEHIND THE BOOK THAT COINSIDES WITH REAL LIFE.

If you're thinking about getting pigeons, or if you have a child interested in them then this book is fine. If you want more detail on the different breeds, diseases, reproductive system/cycle, or behavior then this book isn't for you. It's not an expensive book and makes for a nice little read, but if you're hardcore pigeon folk then you'll come away from this book disappointed.

this is a veryhelpful book

IT TELLS OF DIFFERANT TYPES OF PIGEONS. HOW TO HOUSE AND FEED THEM.IT TELLS OF THE DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT.

This is an OK book for reference. But it's not a "must buy".

If you're looking for a lengthy academic, tome on the subject of business meetings, this book is NOT for you. However, if you're a busy professional that hardly has enough time for pleasure reading, this is definitely the book for you.

The authors of "Running a Meeting That Works" have produced a practical, "to the point" guide for those required to run meetings. Recently appointed to the chairmainship of a committee, I realized that I needed to improve my ability to conduct business meetings. Only looking for this book out of a sense of urgent need (several meetings are on the immediate horizon), I was looking for a book that would be a quick and easy read and would provide practical advice that could be implemented immediately. This book clearly fulfills these requirements.

The book consists of 14 succinct chapters that are organized for the most part around bulleted or numbered lists. I have found that these lists can be easily reviewed and re-reviewed in order to recall key points. Additionally, the main ideas in the lists (generally the first sentence) are bolded or set off in different color font than surrounding text focusing the reader's attention on the main idea or concept.

In addition to being well written and organized, it is clear that the author / publisher / designer paid careful attention to the needs of the audience. Great job! Highly recommended!

A few years ago, Industry Week estimated that poorly-led meetings cost American businesses over 37 billion dollars annually. The current number is undoubtedly higher.

This book is for all those who aren't getting the results they want from the meetings they lead. Since that is almost everyone, you're in good company.

Designed for those with limited training and expertise in this area, you may at first think the authors have overdone a good thing. I can testify from personal experience that the most successful meetings I chair follow each of the pieces of advice in this book. Obviously, if the subject isn't worth that much effort, you probably shouldn't be holding a meeting anyway. There's probably a better way to go. In fact, that's one of the suggestions that authors make: Only hold meetings when no alternative will do.

To get a sense of the book, here are the chapter titles: (1) Know your purpose (2) Why have a meeting? (3) Prepare what, who, when, here, and for how long (4) Prepare yourself (5) Prepare others (6) Who's in charge? Do's and Don'ts of Leading (7) Encourage participation (8) Dealing with difficult situations (9) Collaterial materials (10) Audio visual Assistance (11) Guest speakers are welcome (12) Wrapping up (13) Assess the meeting (14) Report results.

Each chapter begins with a quote from Alice in Wonderland (where many totally useless meetings occurred) to establish the problem. The chapters then go into the theory of why the step is important, the choices about how to take the step, and provides a useful framework to guide you through the process.

The only thing that I found missing from the book was some direction on how to get advice about how to make the meeting more successful while you are in the planning stages. Early input often can help you avoid big problems later.

With better-led meetings, you can have shorter and fewer meetings. This can provide the opportunity to have more time for being with those you care about. What an opportunity!

Get to the point!

My daughter is currently having problems with a bully in her class. I bought this book hoping it would give me some guidance on how to handle the situation e.g. call the bullies parents, talk to the school counselor, or let my daughter develop her own style of defense and just help by coaching her.

The book gave me nothing to work with in dealing with bullies. The book's focus is Macro (The big picture) how to start school programs, how bulling hurts society, etc. What I wanted (and thought I was getting) was some basic techniques that are used to help victims e.g. quick verbal come-backs, does using humor work better, whether the bullies parents should be involved (what studies have shown), does mediation help?; What is the most diplomatic way to handle the situation so that both children can still feel comfortable in class together? Should peers be called in to help defuse the situation? None of these questions were answered satisfactorily.

This book may have uses for those seeking social change, but for a parent who is looking for the best way to help their individual child that can end the problem quickly, as in a few days--not weeks or months of documentation and advocating for services, this book is a disappointment.

I was surprised and disappointed in the review from Ms.Springer.
It is one thing to dislike someone's work ,it is another to feel the need to be mean spirited about it.One thing is clear when it comes to bullying-we all need to be kinder and caring toward one another.Unfortunately the reviewer didn't gleam that from the book.

I found this book to be very helpful.It addresses all aspects of bullying.As a parent of a victim ,I came away with specific strategies I can use.Plus it gave me ways I can work with my school.I now know what I can do as a parent and how I can get my school involved,It was great!

This review is of Samuel Umland's Cliffs Notes for Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel "Frankenstein." Although the idea of man trying to act like God goes all the way back to the Tower of Babel and is represented in by such diverse stories as the real sinking of the Titanic and fictional world of "Jurassic Park", "Frankenstein" represents the paradigm shift to the importance of science. As such, Shelley creates the Frankenstein myth, which replaces that of Faust. Umland's notes begin with a brief life of the authoress, whose monumental work surely eclipsed her life, along with a general plot summary and a list of characters. The Critical Commentaries section combines the summary and analyses, but it tends towards the summary side of the equation. Umland saves the best analysis for the volume's final section of essays. "Mary Shelley and Romanticism" looks at the novel as representative of the movement in terms of intuition and emotion, setting and time, characterization and verisimilitude, and subject matter. "The Gothic Story" looks at "Frankenstein" as a horror story, offering some comparisons to Bram Stoker's "Dracula."

What I like most about Umland's Cliffs Notes is that he takes into account the film versions of Shelley's novel. The great irony is that the idea of Frankenstein overwhelms the actual novel. Umland looks at "The American Horror Film and the Influence of German Expressionism" and provides a detailed list of the films that influenced James Whale's 1931 film version, such as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "The Golem," followed by a Selected Filmography of Frankenstein that dates from Edison's 1910 version to the present. Both of Whale's classic films, "Frankenstein" and "The Bride of Frankenstein" are short enough to be screened in a couple of class periods. "Frankenstein" is particularly well suited to discussion and papers dealing with comparisons/contrasts between the two versions. Umland does that offer much analytical criticism of these films in light of his analysis of the novel, but most students will be able to make the connections for themselves.

Since this was one of my summer reading books, I was not too keen on reading it, but once I got started, I actually liked it. I was surprised to learn that the monster was not actually named Frankenstein, but that that was Victor's last name. The part I found rather hard to believe though was that if the monster couldn't even talk to begin with, how is it that he could speak so eloquently by the end and even the middle of the book??? Also, in good books, the dialogue is more believable. But in Frankenstein, I could easily tell that one person had written it because they all spoke the same way. She must have used the word "countenences" 30 times. That word is not really all that common. Overall, it was a very good book. I was very excited by the ending and found myself turning the pages quicker and quicker to see what happened next. Compared to the other book that I had to read - A Town Like Alice - I really liked it!

A friend recommended this book to me and I was not overly thrilled about reading it. I figured that it would just be the exact same story that has been fed to audiences for years, but I was wrong. The characteriztion in this book was incredible. Elements of evil, innocence, purity and madness were all vivdly depicted and it was beautifully written. By far one of my all time favortie books.

These Cliffs Notes provide no summary, but only an analysis for the book. It is very hard to follow if you have not read the book, which is the whole point of Cliffs Notes!

Excellent! Received my order in just 3 1/2 days; just in time for the test!

It's a shame that more people haven't found Dreiser. He is truly one of the great American story tellers. From his first book "Sister Carrie", through a long listing of other works, as well as one trilogy, Dreiser shows what can happen when ordinary people make unordinary decisions. Although some of his books are rather long and descriptive, each one of them grips you and pulls you into the story. At first, American Tragedy starts off by following the trials and tribulations of the main character. Where Dreiser excels is in his ability to have the reader know not only what the characters are doing, but what they are thinking at the same time. It's as if the reader was inside the story, knowing all of the choices the character has to think through. This makes the characters all the more lifelike and real. American Tragedy makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you mad, and finally makes you feel that the ultimate outcome of the main character was brought about solely by his actions. England has Charles Dickens. Here in America, we have Theodore Dreiser. If you never read his works, start now. And start with Sister Carrie before this book. They were written years apart, and the knowledge Dreiser gained in the interim is very evident in this work. After reading these two books, you will certainly have the desire to read more of his works.

I bought this book because it has a nice layout and seemed to have all of the necessary facts on ABA-approved law schools. Having gone through the application process, I realize that this book falls flat on several levels. To start with, some of the data is incorrect. For example, almost all of the application fees listed are less that they actually are. Also, there is very little context about the schools. For example, what is a school known for? Is it a large, ultra competitive environment, does it pride itself on cooperation and close-knit atmosphere, or somewhere in-between? A prospective student can make assumptions from the data alone, but contextual information rounds out the data. Further, admissions are mostly made on GPA & LSAT scores but there are no grids or numerical breakdowns; there are only median values. My best advice is to go to the LSAC's website and review the online version of the "Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools." This guide offers statistical data, school info, links to law schools, and data filtering tools so you can interactively track infomation relevant to you (e.g., your statistical chance of getting into a school based on your GPA & LSAT). Overall, it has a lot more to offer than the Barron's Guide.

Barron's Guide to Law School has become like my bible. I take it with me everywhere and could look at it for hours on end. I just recently decided that law school is definately for me, and this book has helped tremendously. It contains many details about each school, things you may not even really care about. It also contains a sample LSAT test which is very helpful. The book also lists schools by region and maps them so you know exactly where each school is, and so if you know you want to go to school in a certain region, you can find out what schools are nearby. This book is a must for anyone considering law school.

I simply can't imagine trying to navigate the law school selection and application process without this book. It would be a bargain at several times the listed price.

To summarize the contents, it contains EVERYTHING.

Well, well, well, it looks like "Cliff" has done it again. This fabulous entity has actually managed to create a cheatbook for The Holy Bible. Amazing. What's more amazing is that people pay money for it. Honestly, does anyone actually believe that a person can condense the entire 39 books of the Old Testament into a little yellow, book, published in a series known for its inaccuracies. And this in regards a book so involved and requirous of absolute accuracy. Hmm, perhaps I too may waste my money on this psuedo-tome...maybe not. I could take some more time and thought and actually read the book, but that would require too much effort. Oh well, back to my Comic Book Classics. It's like Cliff's Notes, but with cool pictures!

The Cliffs notes for the Bible is hardly an attempt to "condense the entire 39 books of the Old Testament into a little yellow book." I would not be so condesending, it does a very good job at condensing many scholars' perspectives on who's writing is included in it and the times the texts were written during; even touching on *some* pop Bible stories and the "great questions" they analyze. It introduces Bible newbies (and some oldies) to the notion the Bible wasn't written like a movie, by a few people in the span of a few months or even years; the Old Testament includes work by many people over the span of hundreds of years. Such a long time, that original documents wore out or decayed, thus needed to be copied down to a new hard copy...he briefly mentions instances of editorial modifications, he does not discuss language conversions however. I believe an overview of a very complicated piece of literature is great, before or after sitting down to read it in vast quantities. He does a good job at staying in an objective tone, not rambling on to preaching tangents. Again, this is not an attempt to condense the OT, but provide insight into who the current studied folks consider the authors and when the manuscripts were brought together.

Wow, I really have to say--this is one Cliffs Notes that I can appreciate. It actually has a purpose. This is the perfect book for those of us who are forced by parents and sunday school teachers to read the Bible on penalty of everlasting suffering and torment. I wish this was available when I was growing up...it is the perfect tool to decieve those that would try to force us to read the incomphrensible gibberish that is the Bible. And frankly rounding out at just under 100 pages, I can say that this is about as much of the Bible that I can bear. Easy to read and understand and without the mind-altering, brainwashing side affects. A+, highly recommended!!!

So many people want to dislike this play because it is so well known. Colleges and High Schools are known to always to do this play. But it is a sensitive piece of work and is a great piece to preform. Laura's character is so self- conscious and fragile in contrast to her boasterous and out going ex-southern belle mother. This is also interesting because it is actually based upon Tennesse William's family situation. The Charracters are well developed, interesting and natural dialogue and the plot is very interesting.

5 Stars -- for being the worst book I ever read!

One of the classics of our time. Perhaps the most thought provoking play I have ever encountered.

As a new Shakespeare reader, I can not compare it with his other plays, but I can say that A mid Summer night's dream is a light and enjoyable play. The characters are interesting, the setting is wonderful and the telling of the story is very visual. The aspect of the fairy world was particularly nice as well as the every so often witty lines. By using Shakespeare made easy, I was able to "translate" Shakespeare's language into plain English. By doing so I was able to better understand and get more of a feel of the play on the long run. I will use the "made easy" books again in my further Shakespeare readings I enjoyed them very much.

On the first read, I thought this was really silly stuff, but on the second read I thought it had some of Shakespheare's best romantic poetry in it.

This story contains yet another authoritarian father of Shakespheare's creation, Egeus, telling his daughter Hermia who she will marry (Demetrius) and not marry (Lysander). There is also her sister Helena who is in love with Demetrius, but Demetrius does not love her. Enter the fairies, mainly Oberon and his servant Puck who muck things up further by enchanting Lysander and Demetrius into falling in love with Helena instead of their previous darling girl Hermia. Tension ensues as Helena thinks that she is being mocked and Hermia thinks that Helena has stolen away her men. Puck and the fairies eventually right things by enchanting Demetrius to match up with Hermia and Lysander with Helena.

There is a subplot with working class rustics who try to put on a play of Pyramus and Thisbe, two lovers that die tragically. (Imagine construction workers putting on a romantic play, for modern day comparison.) The leader Snug and his company of Bottom, Quince, Flute, Snout, and Starveling prepare a play at night in the woods and the mischievous fairy Puck attaches a donkey's posterior to Bottom's head and makes the queen fairy Titania fall in love with him and his fine feature. Eventually, Puck reverses this predicament before the night is over.

Bottom and company put on the play in the last act for the nobles of city who are Theseus, Duke of Athens, and his company of the soon to be married nobles Demetrius and Hermia and Lysander and Helena, among others. The play is so bad it's comical. The usual tragic romantic deaths in plays like Romeo and Juliet are parodied in this act. In fact, this play seems to be what Romeo and Juliet would have been if it were turned into a comedy.

As with most Shakespheare's plays this is better seen than read. The love rectangle is confusing at first given the similar names of Helena and Hermia and the switching match-ups. Not much mentally to chew on here, other than the observation that one can often love someone, but they don't love you back and it's frustrating.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is certainly one of the most popular Shakespearean plays. Few other dramas display such a combination of theatrical appeal: comedy and dance, music and fairies, rustics and the moonlit woods. This unit examines the enchanting play and its theme of love and love's folly. A Midsummer Night's Dream contains some wonderfully lyrical expressions of lighter Shakespearean themes, most notably those of love, dreams, and the stuff of both, the creative imagination itself.
I believe that Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer Night's Dream as a light entertainment to accompany a marriage celebration.