This book is fairly accurate (especially in comparison with the other books I have read!) and is a good book to start with for a new gerbil owner. While the original version is out of stock there is a new edition released recently. It has a pink cover with an argente golden/cream (cinnamon) gerbil on the front, written by the same author, etc. It's exactly the same with a few new pictures, and also very good.

I had to write an essay on "Hamlet" in English class this year, and the Cliffsnotes helped me tremendously (considering that I hadn't even read the book, I wrote a pretty good essay with its help). Each scene is given a thorough explanation, and it has an index of themes and a tree of all the characters. Not only does it simplify the book, it also analyzes further and clears up any confusion about the plot. It helped me a lot, I recommend it highly!

as with all of Cliff's notes, this one is no exception. The notes for Hard Times is very detailed and is a great supplement for any essay you may be writing concerning it. Hard Times is not the easiest or the most interesting book to read so i suggest that you buy these notes to help you along.

Jeffrey Fisher's Cliffs Notes for Shakespeare's "Henry V" provides two sections that are useful before you even begin to read the play. First, he provides the background of the play through brief synopses of "Richard II," "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II." Without some understanding of Harry's wilder days as Falstaff's companion and his trouble relationship with his father, you cannot appreciate the transformation of the prince into a mighty king. Second, Fisher provides a description of Sixteenth-Century Political Theory, especially as it relates to the political realities of Shakespeare's time when the legitimacy of Queen Elizabeth Tudor was called into question. This is important because in many ways Henry V represents the ideal Christian King and it was important that the reigning monarch measure up to that standard (consider how Shakespeare tries to please Elizabeth's successor, James I from Scotland, in his play "MacBeth").

After providing a very brief section on the Life of Shakespeare and Genealogical Tables of the royal families involved in this particular history cycle, Fisher writes a general plot summary of "Henry V" and lists the characters in terms of the English and the French. As is usual with the little yellow books with the black stripes, the Summaries and Commentaries section goes through the play scene-by-scene. The ideal way of using these sections is to read the commentaries after you have read the corresponding scene. This is important because Fisher does not make as much use of the actual dialogue of the play as I have seen other Cliffs Notes do with Shakespeare (he does, however, provide a loose translation of the scene [Act III, Scene 4] in French between Katharine and Alice), on the off chance a translation is not provided in your copy of the play. After this main section, Fisher provides a very brief Character Summation of the title character.

All things considered, I would judge this to be an average Cliffs Notes. One of the great utilities of this particular play comes from the two film versions that exist. Whether I was teaching this play, or any other work of Shakespeare, I always show my students the Prologue and Act I of "Henry V" from the Olivier and Branagh versions. The Olivier version has the virtue of staging these particular scenes on the stage of the Globe Theater, representative of an actual performance of Shakespeare. In contrast, Branagh's version provides an intense intimacy. Taken together the two versions show students the range available in Shakespeare (aspects played for comedy in one version are dead serious in the other). Even if you do not screen all of either film, it is worthwhile to devote one class period to showing students the opening of both films.

This thorough, scholarly study balances broad concepts with specific details of the history of finance from the 15th through 20th centuries. Though authors Jonathan Barron Baskin and Paul J. Miranti Jr. assume that the reader has some knowledge of finance and relevant terms, they avoid mathematical models and jargon in favor of plain language. Their book is accessible and valuable to lay readers as well as trained economists, historians, students of finance and anyone coping with an emerging market. The issues they examine remain surprisingly relevant, because - as they soon make clear - the problems that historical markets once confronted are the same issues of risk and information that markets face today, particularly emerging markets. As a historical study, this book presents no particular prescriptions for success or future action. However, we at getAbstract.com recommend its explanation of why some structures succeeded and others failed, because those forces have clear implications today.

It was a really good book. I like his proplexity

I truly loved this book. I am on an Academic Bowl Team and needed to be able to cover the information explained in AP English/ Comp. This book has helped oh so greatly in my playing ability, and I feel that I could pass the AP Test without have taken the class. The book clearly explains everything on the test and shows manners of remembering how and when to use certain things. I highly recommend it!

This book adequately covers the concept of style and how to explore art by defining those elements which are similar and reflect the hand of an artist, a particular culture or movement. It is a great book to take on a journey by people who lack a back ground in art history but who would like to educate themselves and add a new dimension to their traveling lives. It is concise and laid out in an orderly manner. The little colored boxes which focus on a particular idea really enhance its value. The reproductions are better than average and the type faces are varied but not confusing. A magnifying glass might be helpful, but that does not detract from the quality of the product. This is a great traveling tool because it is compact. The only addition I would make would be tabs for easier research.

This book doesn't seem so good from the cover, but truthfully it's great. It has TONS of photos inside and explains behavior and training methods. It is a good book to start with if you are trying to decide what kind of Husky dog to buy.

The conceit of Tintin's Travel Diaires is that they are "based" on notebooks that Tintin may have kept as he traveled on his adventures. Tintin first visited India in his first two-part adventure "Cigars of the Pharoah" and "The Blue Lotus," and this companion volume to those two Hergé stories asks thirty key questions designed for young readers. What teachers and parents will appreciate is that these are not just questions that young readers would have after reading Tintin's adventures in India, such as "Do people still ride elephants in India?" and "Why are cows sacred to Hindus?", but questions they should asks, such as "Should we say 'Indian' or 'Hindu'?" and "What is an 'Untouchable'?"

"Tintin's Travel Adventures: India" helps young readers explore the geography, culture, custom, and heritage of India and its people. Each two-page spread asks a question, such as "What are India's natural borders?" and answers it with three paragraphs of clear and concise text by Anne Braquet and Martine Noblet (translated by Maureen Walker). Hergé's original cartooning is used, juxtaposed with photographs showing what India is like today. One of the strengths of the Tintin Adventures has been the sense of detail Hergé brought to his work through his research. That is one of the primary reasons that Tintin became an international success and something that Tintin's Travel Adventures can build upon to add even more education into the mix along with the fun.