A very enjoyable book for young children and adults.There are wonderful illistrations and a great story line.I highly reccomend this book.

I reviewed this book as part of a preschool curriculum development for an Easter theme. My 2 and 4 year olds are my audience. They have now read this book several times. On the surface, it's a very simple book about a rabbit who paints eggs. Underneath, it's about a rabbit who's too young to "keep to the task" -- until he's fully appreciated for his personal art style. If allowed, it can cause parents to think about allowing our own children to follow their interests, and can give us a way to introduce different art styles: a good precursor to a art museum field trip.

It's an excellent book but would not be useful as a beginner's introduction to the language. It's directed at someone who has some knowledge of Greek and wants to understand more about the structure of the language. It's easier to follow for a person who has studied Indo-European languages, such as Latin or German, with noun inflections and verb changes.

The book is not an extensive study of modern greek grammar; as it says in the title, this book contians the essentials. Look for another grammar book if you're looking for a comprehensive guide. With that said, the book is an excellent tool to use as a quick reference. Well-organized and succint. For the price, it's a good book to add to your library.

For us layman physics enthusiasts, the Holy Grail is a book that deals with theoretical physics at the mathematical level but doesn't require an amount of math beyond basic calculus and trigonometry. On the surface, Steve Adams has provided such a book, although it may be that trying to reduce all physics to such a level of comprehension may not be possible.

Penned by a well-credentialed British science educator, FRONTIERS ambitiously sets out to survey some of the most difficult-to-understand areas of physics. Some experimental physics is covered, but theory gets the lion's share of treatment. I have read a lot of physics books aimed at general readers, and this is by far the most challenging and takes the most time to get through. However, a patient reader will be rewarded with new insights across the whole spectrum of physics. Profusely illustrated with diagrams, the book gives many unique examples of concepts in an attempt to make them understandable. Some examples fall flat, but most do score right on target.

Mathematical examples are relegated to so-called "maths boxes," and these are the weakest parts of the book. Variables are often undefined, and steps are so flagrantly skipped that some examples remind me of a classmate who answered an organic synthesis question with the word "POOF!" between the reactant and the product. So, I really didn't get much out of the maths boxes, but the rest of the book is well-written and at least as easy to follow as the abstruse subject matter allows. I will say that after reading this book, I am finally--after decades--starting to sort of understand particle physics, if only at the level it takes to appreciate the humongous intellect of the professional physicists who work in this highly abstract area.

The Table of Contents gives some idea of the wide range of topics covered:

1. Old Quantum Theory

2. A New Quantum Theory 1925-30

3. Quantum Mysteries

4. QED [quantum electrodynamics]

5. Atoms and Nuclei

6. The Standard Model [this is the catalog of subatomic particles, one of the strongest chapters]

7. Particle Detectors [also very illuminating, the strongest chapter devoted to experimental physics]

8. Particle Accelerators [ditto]

9. Toward a Theory of Everything

10. The Speed of Light [this, and the next two chapters on relativity, are also particularly strong and give unique examples]

11. Special Relativity

12. General Relativity

13. Observational Astronomy

14. Stars and Distances

15. Cosmology

16. Time, Temperature, and Chance [novel examples in an area that is not usually presented to general readers]

17. Toward Absolute Zero [interesting coverage of technology for achieving very low temperatures]

18. CPT [as in "CPT symmetry"; C=charge P=parity T=time reversal. After reading this, I finally understand what "parity" is]

19 Appendices"

1. The Black Body Radiation Spectrum 2. The Schroedinger Equation 3. The Hydrogen Atom 4. The Lorentz Transformation Equations 5. The Speed of Electromagnetic Waves 6. The Nobel Prize for Physics 7. Glossary of Important Ideas 8. Timeline of Major Ideas 9. Further Reading

I appreciate the author's attention to detail by including the glossaries. While Glossaries 6 through 9 are quite useful, the others are really more in the line of textbook material, requiring fairly advanced math to understand them.

I read this book cover-to-cover, but is also would be a nice reference, so I am going to keep it readily available to answer future musings.

For us layman physics enthusiasts, the Holy Grail is a book that deals with theoretical physics at the mathematical level but doesn't require an amount of math beyond basic calculus and trigonometry. On the surface, Steve Adams has provided such a book, although it may be that trying to reduce all physics to such a level of comprehension may not be possible.

Penned by a well-credentialed British science educator, FRONTIERS ambitiously sets out to survey some of the most difficult-to-understand areas of physics. Some experimental physics is covered, but theory gets the lion's share of treatment. I have read a lot of physics books aimed at general readers, and this is by far the most challenging and takes the most time to get through. However, a patient reader will be rewarded with new insights across the whole spectrum of physics. Profusely illustrated with diagrams, the book gives many unique examples of concepts in an attempt to make them understandable. Some examples fall flat, but most do score right on target.

Mathematical examples are relegated to so-called "maths boxes," and these are the weakest parts of the book. Variables are often undefined, and steps are so flagrantly skipped that some examples remind me of a classmate who answered an organic synthesis question with the word "POOF!" between the reactant and the product. So, I really didn't get much out of the maths boxes, but the rest of the book is well-written and at least as easy to follow as the abstruse subject matter allows. I will say that after reading this book, I am finally--after decades--starting to sort of understand particle physics, if only at the level it takes to appreciate the humongous intellect of the professional physicists who work in this highly abstract area.

The Table of Contents gives some idea of the wide range of topics covered:

1. Old Quantum Theory

2. A New Quantum Theory 1925-30

3. Quantum Mysteries

4. QED [quantum electrodynamics]

5. Atoms and Nuclei

6. The Standard Model [this is the catalog of subatomic particles, one of the strongest chapters]

7. Particle Detectors [also very illuminating, the strongest chapter devoted to experimental physics]

8. Particle Accelerators [ditto]

9. Toward a Theory of Everything

10. The Speed of Light [this, and the next two chapters on relativity, are also particularly strong and give unique examples]

11. Special Relativity

12. General Relativity

13. Observational Astronomy

14. Stars and Distances

15. Cosmology

16. Time, Temperature, and Chance [novel examples in an area that is not usually presented to general readers]

17. Toward Absolute Zero [interesting coverage of technology for achieving very low temperatures]

18. CPT [as in "CPT symmetry"; C=charge P=parity T=time reversal. After reading this, I finally understand what "parity" is]

19 Appendices"

1. The Black Body Radiation Spectrum 2. The Schroedinger Equation 3. The Hydrogen Atom 4. The Lorentz Transformation Equations 5. The Speed of Electromagnetic Waves 6. The Nobel Prize for Physics 7. Glossary of Important Ideas 8. Timeline of Major Ideas 9. Further Reading

I appreciate the author's attention to detail by including the glossaries. While Glossaries 6 through 9 are quite useful, the others are really more in the line of textbook material, requiring fairly advanced math to understand them.

I read this book cover-to-cover, but is also would be a nice reference, so I am going to keep it readily available to answer future musings.

When I first purchased "A Full Service Bank: How BCCI..." I was thinking that it is a long boring book, but when I started to read it I was amazed on what BCCI actually pulled off and how they did such things. The governments and banking systems in other countries also intrigued me. "A Full Service Bank" is an exciting book that keeps the reader engaged for a long amount of time and keeps them interested. When you are done reading this novel you should feel a sense of knowledge. I suggest "A full Service Bank" to anyone interested in the banking industry or interested in a great book about scandles andn banks.

This is a good read, very educational on Middle-Eastern and Southeast Asian business practises. Instead of all that garbage they teach at business schools regarding international commerce, they should provide books such as this one as required reading.

This is how things really happen. It details innumerable 'behind-the-scenes' business deals. Provides a great insight to the anatomy of shady international banking deals, not to mention arms deals, drug trafficking and money laundering.

I know some of the people mentioned in this book and it is spot-on with its descriptions of them. This book may be a little out of date but its a worthy read and will be for years to come.

The first half of this book is a good introduction to colour theory, though it could be a little intimidating to the colour novice. The rest of it seems to be a product catalog, though if that's what you need it excels there. There's useful bits about configuring color management for various applications but little about how you actually *use* this technology in print production. It's also very expensive, but considering how little published information on color management exists, it's not too unreasonable.

Dr. Richard Adams and Joshua Weisberg have succeeded where many (if not most) books on color reproduction fail. The GATF Practical Guide to Color Management simplifies color reproduction and gives you the one source you'll need to generate color easily, accurately, and without frustration. Every desktop or high-end color publisher MUST get this book. And, if you're in doubt... just remember that GATF has been a leader in printing and graphic arts technical sciences for more than 74 years. They not only wrote the book --- they ARE the book. ( 1998 Editor's Choice AWARD Winner, The Design & Publishing Center, Graphic-Design.com )

My daughter has enjoyed this book since she was about a year old. We have two cats, but neither one of them wanted to have anything to do with my daughter, and she was very frustrated that she couldn't hold them. This book solved the problem. It's very large, and the pictures are very expressive of typical kitten behavior. My daughter expecially loved the page where the cat asks to be tickled -- it didn't take her long to figure out how to do that! Now that she's three, and old enough to be able to approach the cats right, she can hold them and pet them. But every so often she pulls this book off of the shelf and asks to read it. It's not the kind of book that's going to be beloved by children for generations, but it's worth having if you have a toddler who likes animals.

This book is BIG! Great for little ones that love big pictures. Easy to turn board pages and very easy to understand words for the little ones. My baby loves it and I do too! :) I highly recommend the Great Pals Puppy as well.

This is an excellent source for learning about the development of the symphony orchestra from its genesis through the modern era. The book is presented chronologically, but Carse identifies different periods by the prominent composers/orchestrators of the day instead of using the normal lines of demarcation (Renaissance, Baroque, etc.). He gives equal time to discussions of the development of the entire ensemble, the development of the individual instruments (especially brass and woodwind), and the common vs. revolutionary practices in orchestration of each particular period, as well as describing the regional differences in orchestration throughout the book (i.e. German vs. French vs. Italian vs. British).

I would make two recommendations when reading this book: 1) don't read it before going to bed! It is written in a very dry manner that makes it difficult to completely comprehend under drowsy conditions (those of you who had to study the Grout know what I'm talking about!), and 2) take the time to study scores and recordings along with the discussion; while there are several printed musical examples given, they are extremely concise and do not add much to the point. A thorough score analysis along with listening study of the works and/or composers being discussed will make the material come to life!

Keep in mind that this book was originally published in 1925; when discussing the 19th century he refers to it as "last century" and you will find you have to constantly remind yourself what century he's referring to. Also, the book stops at about 1900, so it does not discuss any of the important works of the 20th century (i.e. Le Sacre du Printemps, The Planets, Bolero, etc.).

Overall, this is a very informative text.

The Book of Adam Carse`s The History of Orchestration. I Wanna that book`s context or chapter please. Thank you vary much

That and many more questions will be wonderfully answered when you read this book. This story is bizarre, delightful, perplexing, funny, familiar, strange and surreal, sometimes in the same chapter.

Are you more like Paducah? Or more like Art who is all alone in the world after he invented a machine that composes people's thoughts into a book, forcing them to become so enraptured in their own life's work that they die. Have you ever gone to the North Woods in MN and tried (not too hard) to kill yourself, only to fail and to then begin to sort out your family's strange story?

To paraphrase the House of Mercy tag, you should try it; it's not that bad.

Rynkiewich has a style all his own. Wordy and symbolic, yet very simple at times. This work describes struggles and relationships very honestly. I am eagerly awaiting his next installment.

This is the 4th year I have used this journal. It is a wonderful complement to the Upper Room's Disciplines (daily readings). The journal allows a 3"x5" space for each day's entry...maybe not enough space for extensive journaling. I use it as a diary and a prayer journal. Each day has a scripture selection taken from the week's Revised Common Lectionary. All the photography is beautiful and is accompanied with a moving quotation. This journal is so beautiful that I would buy it even if I never wrote in it!

For 6 years now I have used this Journal for personal reflections. The photographs and scriptures and thoughts accompanying these are inspiring and promote even deeper considerations...an invaluable aid to coming closer to God.

This book begins with a discussion of mentoring and when and why it might be appropriate. General issues regarding mentoring are discussed, such as finding mentors, developing relationships, involving school personnel, parents and the community. The book then goes into the specific mentoring project entitled "The Mentor Program." Several questionnaires and forms are included for reference (although the forms are copyrighted). This book explains that successful mentorships don't just happen and aren't always easy to set up. Several "how to" suggestions appear throughout the book. Of special interest is the preparation for participation in the first aspect of the program called the "Mentor Seminar." That is a prerequisite for participating in the "Mentor Field Experience," the actual mentor relationship. Some good ideas can be gleaned from examining how this program was set up and where it succeeded.

This book has a well oiled plan for mentorship with reasoning to back it up. This plan has been thoroughly researched and extensively tested to offer the reader a detailed step by step guide to mentorship in any organization.