The Sound of Impact: The Legacy of Twa Flight 514 is not just like every other airline accident book. This book is touching and tear provoking because of it's chapters with interviews from the victims families.

The author felt that the 514 passengers were SOMEONE to SOMEBODY and wanted to remember them. They weren't just another statistic- they had names. He interviewed many family members to get a portrait of these mothers, daughters, fathers & brothers that were taken away. It's a glimpse into their lives the morning of the crash and a snapshot of who they were: the pregnant young wife, the congressmans aide with his wife & baby, the teenage son of divorced parents, the young marine, a prominent dentist & his socialite wife.

Of course how this all came to pass and the changes made because of it were covered. It was simply a God awful mistake waiting to happen. The result of a few small things that added up to one tragic accident. If you read accident books and have an investigative interest, this book is a new way to approach the topic. Even though it's been 27 years, the stories read like they could have been yesterday. Or 9/11. I only hope someone takes the initiative to write one just like it about that day too.

I enjoyed the book but I can't help but thinking about how unsafe the sexual activity was in this book. I know that it took place in the 30s and 40s but I was reading it with '01 eyes and got dizzy with all of the adultery and unsafe sex.

The protagonist Cynthia Baird was so flighty! She wanted to go to law school but she also wanted to run around having affairs. What about her husband?

So much for the "old days" being so sexually repressive!

I really liked this book. It contains Wolverine issues 24 through 47 and a lot of heart. Like the first Essential Wolverine, it really showcases Wolverine's personality. This book made me laugh and got my blood flowing. No Wolverine fan should be without it.

If you like books w/ oddball characters and reluctant wise-cracking heros you'll love Rick Hanson's books. I've read every one I could get my hands on and have never been disappointed.

Bob Adams provides a wealth of information in the form of easy to read "tips" addressing several areas of business management. All of the tips focus on real problems that the author has personally dealt with and learned valuable lessons from. I would recommend this book to anyone involved in business management (with the exception of my competitors).

The first page of Sudden Death pulled me in and kept me turning pages due to the suspense.I have read it 4 times!The moral is kind of hard to see but it so saying that you don't need to take steroids for sports.It was saying don't sacrifice your body for something you don't even need to succeed."Would his father have taken steroids if the were available?Billy tried to convince himself that his father would have but inside he knew it wasn't true."All of this happens at and average American school called Cresswell High.This story probably would have happened recently.Lara Crandall has been dying to break a good story for the school newspaper to put in her résumé to go to journalism school. She gets a lead that the school hockey players are might be using steroids.She investigates and three players on the team are using them and they want this story buried.They will stop at nothing to put this story away.When hockey players start dying,Lara finds out she might be the next target.

This book cleary shows French grammer with a great method of learning that appeals to all students of this language. While taking my French 3 course, I was stuck having to reveiw every single grammer rule in the school textbook every night for the upcoming tests. But this book showed the rules limpidly and easily introduced any begginer to intermeidiate level of French student how to learn any french grammer rule extremely easily.

It's an easy reading book with loads of practical, sensible ideas for successful classroom experiences. Written by a father and daughter team with over 60 years combined experience, this little book makes an excellent gift for any teacher.

Contrary to other pronunciation books this work deals critically with its subject. Particularly Baxter's article "How Should I Speak English? American-ly, Japanese-ly or Internationally" is of interest for those who are not (only) interested in pronunciation excercises or tests but rather in a critical reflection of the underlying policies.

If you just want to introduce a child to the concept of time this book is a fine book. It is somewhat interesting, more so to older children. I have seen more fun books about time, but this one is o.k. as far as content.