In 1879 Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. He moved to Munich, Germany when he was a baby. When Einstein was a child, he witnessed the town theater being lighted up by his father and uncle's D.C. generator. In that time his town did not have electricity. Later that night he was marveled by the power of light. He was determined to find the secret behind light and the way it worked.
As a child Einstein did not enjoy school at all. He usually daydreamed in class and was not interested in what the rest of the class was doing. He also hated the teachers and the way they taught. He thought they were like the military, strict and very unimaginative. Soon his family left for Italy and left Einstein behind to finish school. He became the class clown and was later expelled from school. The author tells all the things that Einstein went through as a child, as a young adult, and as a man.
What I liked about the book was all the theories, experiments, and the way the author describes everything so thoroughly. I recommend this book for people who are interested in famous American heroes or are just interested in Albert Einstein. I really hope you read this book.

I am a 5th grade science teacher and require my students to read and report on a scientist biography each semester. This book does an excellent job of retelling the story of Einstein's life, including his life challanges (personal and academic). The book deals with the Nazi rise to power of the 30's and its effects of the scienctific community. This is all done while still giving a accurate and understandable explaiation of Einstein's work. And, most importantly, my students really enjoy it.

Did you lose money on tech stocks in the last two years? Do you still hold dot com stocks? Are you worried about your 401k? Barron's Book of Cartoons will cheer you up!

"A lot of what we see on Wall Street is nothing short of comical, and it's our job [at Barron's] to point that out."

If you don't know Barron's, you should. The editors love to poke sharp points at inflated egos (and accounting), and the articles from over the weekend often move the market on Monday. Much like The New Yorker, also Barron's abounds in money cartoons. This volume contains 100 of the best from recent years.

The opening essay by Barron's editor and president, Edwin Finn, Jr., describes a little about the background of Frank Cotham, Mike Shapiro, and Leo Cullum whose cartoons often grace the Barron's pages and are well represented in this volume.

I thought that all but a few of the cartoons were above average, and many were terrific. Here are a few examples to give you a flavor:

Executive behind desk talking on telephone -- "Sorry, Frank, I didn't mean that . . . it was the money talking." (Mick Stevens);

Hot dog vendor to executive -- "I believe Dijon is available at our Madison Avenue location." (Leo Cullum);

Man watching newscast on television -- "The stock market went down today, on fears that it would go down." (Leo Cullum);

Woman to man as they leave restaurant -- "I'm not jealous, I just didn't like the way you talked about aggressive-growth bond funds with her." (P.C. Vey);

Executive talks to subordinate around a board table with graphs pointing down on the wall -- "What happened, Carswell? You were in charge of feng shui." (Leo Cullum);

Man grabs another man at bar -- "Careful pal, you're talking about the stocks I love." (Bernard Schoenbaum);

Man with knife in back speaks to physician -- "It happened either over the weekend or when I left the office today for lunch." (Leo Cullum).

Like all good humor, I found myself remembering situations that I had found myself in where similar comments were made.

Remember, you can't take it with you. So you might as well get a laugh or two now!

This books contains 100 cartoons, many of which are the best I have ever seen. They are related to businesses, job, interviewing, stock investments, and would make a good cartoon book for house guests or company clients to read, on the coffee table or in the waiting room.

This is a well-written book with plenty of photographs, and thoroughly helpful information on raising these amazing little birds (I can attest to this since I have raised them for many years.) He gives good data on all the different canary types, how to feed and care for them, etc.

The only glitch I noticed was that he makes reference to color-fed birds being endangered by "synthetic color substances" without citing data/studies or naming chemicals. This is confusing to a beginner, especially since more than half the photos in his book are of color-fed birds! He doesn't discuss the crucial role the Venezualian red siskin in the formation of "red-factor" canaries, nor of the fact that beta-carotene is essential in both the siskin's diet in the wild and the red-factor's diet in captivity.

A more complete book would be Barron's "New Canary Handbook"; "Coloured,Type and Song Canaries," by Walker and Avon, and of course, Linda Hogan's classic "Canary Tales." The last is still in print and highly recommended.

This book was bought on a whim by a canary keeper of many years. It completely rethinks the canary as a pet, revolutionizes care, e.g. your canary will now be flying around your home and is insightful in all sorts of ways. Alas many of the suggested products are no longer readily available in the US where the canary has been falling out of popularity, first to the budgie and now the larger parrots. A strong and enthusiastic recommendation.

this book is so good in theory..it gives you great help in how to study and.it is so good in comperhension..and PAT in preparing for DAT..it will be great help with colombia rievew books for DAT..

Barron's How To Prepare for the DAT was very useful. It not only includes relatively thorough reviews of the test subjects, it also includes two model exams (very similar to the actual DAT). In addition, it gives info on the application process. It answered a lot of my questions and helped me score high and get into one of the top (if not THE top) dental school.

AS A GRADE 11 STUDENT, I AM EXPECTED TO MOAN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A SEEMINGLY LONG AND BORING NOVEL THAT I AM REQUIRED TO READ IN MY ENGLISH CLASS.... INSTEAD, I FOUND THAT THIS NOVEL WAS THE FIRST THAT DARED TO REALLY DIG DEEP DOWN INTO THE MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES OF HUMEN BEINGS. THIS NOVEL REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STRONG, THE WEAK, THE RICH, THE POOR, AND THOSE WHO ARE FALSE, AND THOSE WHO ARE TRUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS NOVEL IS AN INVESTMENT OF TIME THAT EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK INTO... IT'S WELL WORTH IT!!!

Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, is a great story for just about anyone who has the time. From Pip's thoughts and fears, to his hopes and desires, the reader is left waiting for the outcome. This novel is a good-read, but it takes awhile to get involved. Be patient; the wait is most definitely worth the while. Charles Dickens manages to wholly fulfill the title, which is a major theme throughout the book. Enjoy!

"Making Windows 98 Work for You" was very helpful in defining computer terms I had heard before, but never known their meaning. The book defined terms (i.e.GUI, operating system, and disk defragmenter) in a concise and understandable manner. I also liked the step-by-step descriptions of how to perform basic functions, such as add a program, arrange your desktop, or set up your Internet connection/choosing ISP address. Being a high school teacher, I feel I could photocopy some of these step-by-step directions for my students so they could perform these basic functions with ease. The book is organized very logically and uses the learning theory of constructionism to build on the reader's prior knowledge. However, this book would not do much for the advanced computer user as it only addresses the basics of Windows 98 and doesn't get into the fancy, hi tech functions.

A good, basic introduction to using Windows 98 and a computer. A well organized book that makes it easy for the beginner to follow the steps necessary to perform basic functions without getting into too much detail. One negative is that the page references in the index are incorrect. Also, the usability of the book could have been increased if it had been bound with a spiral binding which would allow the book to lie flat, freeing the users hands to try tasks on the keyboard or with the mouse.

Gary Carey's Cliffs Notes for "The Stranger" are almost as long as the existential novel by Albert Camus. Actually, the length of the novel makes it very attractive as a choice for students to read and playing The Cure's song "Killing an Arab" would probably pique their curiosity as well. Carey begins with a short Life of Camus followed by a couple of pages on Camus and the Absurd, both of which provide useful background before you actually read the novel. Unlike most of the little yellow books with the black stripes, the Critical Commentaries section does not distinguish between summary and commentary elements, integrating the two as it goes chapter by chapter through the novel. Carey ends with brief Character Analyses of Meursault, Marie and Raymond. The strength of this volume is Carey's analysis of the novel, which works best if you read the notes right after you have read each chapter. However, Carey does not deal with existentialism as much as I believe is necessary when dealing with the writings of Camus. While many students are happy to deal with notions of the absurd, finding it quite compatable with the post-modern works that are so abundant today, even more like to deal with the themes of existentialism. Unfortunately, there is not much here along those lines, so you will have to look elsewhere for such material.

When my English teacher first issued out the novel to our class, I thought the novel was going to be a very suspendful and interesting book. But it turned out that a lot of my classmates did not like the book as I expected. Personally, I think this book was not that bad as I thought. The character Mersault was a little bit annoying at the beginning when he showed no emotion toward his mama's death. He seemed to care less what others thought of him. The fact that he was an atheist really showed why he had strongly refused to listen to the chaplain at the end of the novel. He was the kind of man that really stuck to his belief of existentialism without being shaky. I was surprised that nature had a big impact on Mersault. In everything he saw around him, colors of nature were always involved. However, it was kind of unfair for him to die at the end because he had killed an Arab which he himself did not want to. According to his answer, the sun forced him to commit a crime. Though, it sounded vague. But we need to know that this man was imprisoned by nature and by his existentialism belief. His physical needs were more important than shedding feeling toward anything. I believe what Mersault said that the sun was the reason why he had killed the Arab. He himself was innocent and shouldn't have died just because he showed no feeling toward his mama's death. That's just stupid and ridiculous.

Elaine Strong Skill's Cliffs Notes for Homer's "The Iliad" begins with the life of Homer and the question of authorship for the epic poem, a list of the characters on the Achaian and Trojan sides as well as the Gods (can't tell the players without a scorecard), a brief synopsis of the plot, and a background section on the Trojan War followed by an account of the Fall of Troy. These last sections are particularly helpful in explaining not only what happened the first nine years of the war but also what supposedly caused the conflict in the first place. This is slightly problematic because most of the background material comes from sources other than Homer, such as Euripides' play "Iphigenia at Aulus" and Virgil's "Aeneid," which necessarily means we "know" more about the history of the Trojan War than did Homer himself. The Summaries and Commentaries section goes through "The Iliad" book by book and tends to spend more time on summary than on commentary. Skill then provides character analyses of Achilles, Patroklos, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Nestor, Hektor and Priam, followed by Critical Essays on "The Hero and Homeric Culture," "The Gods, the Greeks, and Fate," "Sacrifices and Ceremonies," "Funeral Rites" and "Funeral Games."

As always with the little yellow books with the black stripes, the background material is most useful to teachers and students alike trying to work their way through Homer's epic poem. My biggest complaint is somewhat idiosyncratic, in that I wish Skill has dealt explicitly with Greek literary and cultural concepts like ""arete," "harmatia," and "ethos." I freely admit to preferring "The Iliad" to "The Odyssey," knowing full well this is probably a minority position. But I have always enjoyed teaching a giant section on the Trojan War, that includes "Iphigenia at Aulis," excerpts on the Fall of Troy from "The Aeneid," Euripides' "Trojan Women," Aeschylus' "Agamemnon" and Sophocles "Eletrca." Certainly it is hard to appreciate the irony of Agamemnon and his female war prizes without knowing about what happens to him before and after the Trojan war with regards to Iphigenia and Cassandra. Using these other classical works provides wonderful opportunities to look at how different great writers dealt with the same characters.

This book really helped me w/paraphrasing and understanding characters in the Iliad. Since summarizing a whole 18-page chapter (book) isn't sumthing i do, let alone understanding it, Cliff Notes where GREAT!!!

I bought the notes to aid me decipher a bit of Cooper's long-winded style. It did so, but it lacked a bit in how it covered the background for the book and the native American tribes of the NE. I would have liked to have also seen a glossary of some of the terms (even Cooper gave his own glossary points throughout his own book)

I loved reading this book. I know that at first I was reluctant to read it because it was long and complicated, but when I actually read it it captivated me and I fell in love with the plot. Cooper is one of the best writers of all time. I like the way he writes because he shows true romance. His long sentences show what real writing is all about. You just can't find a book like his because now, everyone's always rushing; never having time for anything. This book defines mastermind. I would like to thank the person who encouraged me to read it.

I remember using Cliff Notes in my high-school days to avoid extensive reading and yet to pass the tests/write the papers. However, when it comes to this specific book, I highly recommend that you actually READ this book for the personal benefits you'll get, and use the Cliff Notes for summary and a guide only. Some of the most powerful aspects of this book cannot possibly be obtained through the Cliff Notes version alone. It will be found shocking to many African Americans (and educational for many Caucasians) to discover that Uncle Tom was the HERO of this classic novel, and not a "weakling" by any stretch of the imagination. "Uncle Tom", or its shorter form "Tom", has become a slanderous term within the African American community and implies a weak and Caucasian-controlled person, when in actuality Uncle Tom was a powerfully moral man who was willing to die for his convictions rather than succumb to the will of his worst oppressors. In fact, this book was credited by Abraham Lincoln himself as the catalyst that won his election on the abolition of slavery platform, and the resulting Civil War that followed. "Uncle Tom" became a negative slander one hundred years later only after Malcolm-X and the Black Muslims used it to slander Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who exemplified similar characteristics of strength and courage--from a similarly peaceful perspective--in his approach to the Civil Rights issue. As with the fictitious character Tom, Dr. King also died for his convictions without raising a hand against his oppressors. I highly recommend this book to people of all colors and races because of the lessons of self-sacrifice and courage it contains. Caucasian readers will hopefully learn of the pain and suffering of the slaves and gain a deeper compassion for its lingering legacy today. However, I especially recommend Uncle Tom's Cabin to African Americans, for contained in its pages are stories of love, compassion and courage--by both black & white--that will offset the painful legacy of that period caused by the suffering of so many. May the ignorance of the "Uncle Tom" slander be eradicated from their minds as they read of the courage of this fictitious character--who reminded others of Dr. King himself--and the other characters whose struggles and triumphs are contained in its pages also. I also recommend the books: No Apology Necessary, by Earl Carter, Let's Get to Know Each Other, by Tony Evans, and my own book, which is-- White Man in a Black Man's World (tm), by Richard Vermillion.

This book helped me pass my test with 100. I didn't even read the actual book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The CliffsNotes version was enough. The book gives you character analyses and a background of the author in addition to a plot summary by chapter groups. I highly recommend this book if you don't want to read the actual novel.