I bought this book to add to my reptile library and to use a reference. Before my trip to the jungles of Costa Rica, I thought I'd read up on some of the more onery snakes that I might encounter, such as the bushmaster and fer-de-lance. Not only were there no pictures or information on the bushmaster, it wasn't even listed in the index! As for the fer-de-lance, there was a single picture but no information. I have since read the entire book, and have found it to be extremely lacking in useful species-specific information. The chapter titled "A Few Interesting Species" is very short (about 30 pages), not to mention it excludes some fairly important species! For the beginning enthusiast who just wants a general overview, this would be a good place to start, but don't let your education stop here! The book's only redeeming qualities for me were some nice glossy photos and the anecdotes written by herpetologists with snake bite or near miss experiences.

This was a good introductory book but did not go into enough detail for my taste.I did like the anecdotes and the pictures were great.

This book provides a basic general overview that is good, but is geared towards the inexperienced snake enthusiast and does not get into depth on any subject. Ironically, the subject that is covered in most depth is mouse breeding. That space could have given room to more thorough species descriptions covering most genera. Also, too many photos that have been seen elsewhere in TFH Books.

This book isn't worth the time it's taking me to type this sentence. Do yourself a favor and get a real book.

With Love,
Luke

A good bird's eye view and an easy read, suitable for basic research on American politics in the 1950s. However, lacks anecdotes and a personal touch. Needs to be overhauled with new material that has recently been made available to the public.

This book is an excellent example of why food is not the only thing that should be marked with "sell by" dates. In 1983 when this book was written, the New Code of Canon Law of 1983 had just been promulgated. There was no background of interpretation of it. The author here had a clear road in that he could not be faulted for misinterpretation since no one yet knew what the authentic interpretation would be. The author is not a canon lawyer. He gives a civil attorney's perspective on Catholic Church annulments and that is very much like mixing apples and elephants. As both a civil and canon lawyer, I find his dicussion of the internal forum to be dangerous. He has no degree in theology and that would be a minimum for attempting to enter into that discussion at this level of assumed authority. He knows not of what he speaks. If you are looking for a book that will help you now through an annulment process, this is not the book for you to read. It can give you a historical perspective or thought on the process, but it is not what it entitles , a "step-by-step guide". This book should be taken off the shelves immediately.

This is an excellent basic intorduction to the questions about the annulment process of the Roman Catholic Church. It touches all the bases in simple straight forward language. I think it should be read before reading any other material on the subject, some of which are a might too technical for the layperson.

This book is meant for scholars and uses alot of jargon. I don't recommend it for the average lay reader.

Although in his introduction Monti defends against charges his writing is Baroque (meaning, I assume, overly ornate), the fact of the matter is that his writing earns that description. It is a difficult read, with many sentences requiring an exegesis worthy of biblical scholarship. Still, the book is a valuable resource for scholars and leaders who can benefit from some background in moral discourse. That is precisely what Arguing About Sex is: guidelines for having the argument and some background in moral arguments, but not the argument itself.
While readers may be disappointed that Monti leaves the arguing to them, this is, I believe, the strength of the book. There are plenty of other sources willing to make an argument without supporting it, instead taking refuge in sound bytes. Monti takes a different approach by offering underpinnings that require critical thought on the part of the reader.
Arguing About Sex is written in very scholarly language, which can be overpowering. However, many people will do just fine if they take their time, and, yes, do keep a collegiate dictionary handy. A lot of work to be sure, but given the debate in churches and governments surrounding sexual ethics, does this subject deserve any less?

A waster of my money and time! I could have done better with some manilla envelopes and a binder. Not at all what I expected. The calendar was expired - the book is out of date.

This is a great product! I bought three and gave them out as gifts. You can start using your Billminder anytime of the year. I bought the lastest edition, a real improvement over the original. Billminder has helped me eliminate late fees and made the chore of paying bills more tolerable. You can't go wrong with Billminder, it has a 30 day money back return policy. This is my third year using Billminder and it works!!!!

This book and its sister volume are much too technical and verbose for the average hobbyist. The illustrations are poor black and white photographs and/or drawings that are not of much help in identifying cacti that most of us would encounter. The material also seems to be dated, and very, very limited in some areas of general interest, (schlumbergera, for example....) I have found these books to be of little help, and certainly not worth the price....

This is really a scientific work, but anyone with a knowlege of "Flora's" will find thier way around these books with ease. Although some of the nomenculture is outdated it is still a "Must" for the serious Cacti Species collector.

The Reverend Joseph Brandt has created a cottage industry of providing "diversity seminars" on College campuses across the nation. Most of his teachings are encapsulated in this book.

What's wrong with Brandt's track? Well, it's a screed, more than it is a book. A screed that blames whites for all the evils of the world and sees "racism" solely from the view of "white against other." This ignores the reality that (1) bigotry NOT "racism" is the problem and (2) every ethnic group, in every culture harbors some petty bigotries.

This makes Brandt's ideas not merely misguided and wrong-headed but dangerous. Brandt's views feed the anti-white bigotry that is endemic in much of the African-American community. How can an ideology that promotes bigotry help end it? In short, it can't.

Worse yet, Brandt can't back up his viewpoints with facts so instead he quotes Old Testament scripture, often unrelated to his assertions. People like Brandt make a living off "racism," both real and perceived, so they have no vested interest in finding any legitimate solutions to dealing with bigotry. In fact, his teaching promote bigotry as a path to dealing with "racism."

Confused? You're not alone.

The fact is that "racism" is defined as believing your own race to be superior to others. In that regard anyone who exhibits any kind of racial pride - white pride, black pride or any other, is, by definition, "racist." The more insecure and less educated a person is, the more likely they are to take pride in things like race that they've no control over. Pride should be reserved for achievements. None of us "achieved" being born black or Asian or white.

Bigotry is something else altogether. Bigotry is the hating of others for what they are. That's why bigotry is a lot more dangerous than "racism" is and it's also why so many people use the term "racism" when they really mean bigotry. The inane definition that "racism is the use of power by one group over another" is specious. Ethnic majorities and minorities have peacefully coexisted all over the globe despite the majority (regardless of race) having voting and purchasing power over the minorities.

That's why this book is so destructive, it claims to seek an end to "racism" through the promotion of anti-white bigotry. I wish I could find something nice to say about this tract, but it is demonstrably wrong in its approach, misguided in the viewpoint it proffers and dangerous in that it actually promotes a virulent anti-white bigotry.

I've never given a book a single star before but this one gets just that.

Joesph Barndt addresses the issues facing white Americans as we try to address our significant role in dismanteling and deconstructing racist privelage very well. Elucidating a number of important issues, from personal to institutional to cultural racism, he also addresses racism in the church; a task that few folks of the cloth will address adequately. One of the areas that I found facinating was his discussion on cultural borrowing (p 106), or rather cultural theft, as one of the worst forms of racism. He states that, "Immitation, it is often said, is the highest form of flattery. But when the immitation is done with neither the permission or acknowledgement, and when it is accompanied by assertations that the culture from which it is taken is inferior, then immitation becomes the lowest form of racist theft" (106). This is an excellent text and I reccomend it to anyone working in the field of social justice adn social diversity as well as folks trying to get a handle and understanding on what the issues and roles of white folks are around race and racism. It is non-threatening, does not attack or try to promote guilt, but it does call for some critical thinking and evaluation.

This book is rife with errors and seems to have been a blatant attempt at using online translators and passing these off as legitimate spanish sentences. The errors start on the very cover of the book itself where "easy to say" is translated "Facil a dice" This doesn't mean anything! A basic elementary school phrase such as "What is your name" is mistranslated as "Como se llamas"
Either "Cómo te llamas", or "Cómo se llama" would have been O.K., but they just couldn't get the verb right again. Expressions such as "let's go" on page five should read "vámonos" but it is misspelled as "vámanos" which isn't a word either. This goes on and on. This publication is a sore disappointment. And, as if by poetic justice, the last page where Mitchell Brothers Press translates their own name, the online translator screws it up, too. It says the equivalent of "The brothers of Mitchell the Press" At least they got Phoenix, Arizona right.

Despite some typos in the old edition, this is the handiest little book I can find with two-way translation and phonetics for Spanish-speakers as well as English--in the simple phrases--as well as the double dictionaries.

This book is generally well-researched, with an extensive and balanced bibliography. It is valuable as an information source for research.

While the author makes some excellent points about the ineffectiveness of environmental legislation, his argument against environmental extremism is flawed for this very reason. Extremists and activists are motivated by the very ineffectiveness of the legislation that the author himself points out, and many people who are concerned about our quality of life are often driven to take extreme measures to simply be heard above the din of corporate-controlled politicians and the advertising of over-consumption. The author does not seem to realize that if the natural world was not being destroyed at such an alarming rate, extreme measures would not be needed. Some would say that advocating temperance in a time of extreme crisis would be irresponsible.

The British called the American Revolutionaries terrorists, while we remember them as freedom fighters. It's all a matter of perspective.

I purchased this book for research on a term paper I was doing for my Environmental Biology class. Every day, it seems like we read in the papers or see on the news that someone has chained themselves to a tree, or there are people in rubber rafts blocking whaling efforts on the sea, or destroying ski resorts to stop development from encroaching on forests. I wanted to research the subject in depth, and this book is the place to start!

This book is written like a master's thesis. It carefully makes its case against ecoextremism and ecoterrorism, and presents facts, figures, and incidents fairly. Several very interesting court cases are explained in this book. EarthFirst! in particular is examined quite closely as being one of the key movers and shakers in the eco-extremist movement.

All outside sources cited in this book are carefully footnoted, which is a big help for people like me who need more sources for their bibliography!

The authors draw on conservative and liberal publications alike. They discuss how government regulation on the environment has become a nightmare for some public citizens, while other citizens feel that the government has not gone far enough in regulating the environment. Everything is covered, from Julia Hill's living in a tree called Luna, to the Earth Liberation Front's destructive acts at the Vail Ski Resort and at Michigan State's agricultural labs.

There are chapters on the forest industry, agriculture, genetically modified foods, government interference in the private sector, almost every area of the environment. Al Gore's book in particular is addressed and de-bunked. There is a WONDERFUL chapter on how the media is manipulated by extremist groups when the media doesn't even begin to understand the subject of the environment.

This book is a good place to start on the subject of ecoterrorism. It is a good read and chock-full of top-notch info ready-to-use for research. People in the media, people who work for environmental causes or agencies, and individual environmentalists would do themselves a favor to have this book for ready reference.

My only complaint was the binding. It's a spiral notebook sort of setup but the cover page is regular paper. I like the spiral notebook setup since it stays open, but the covers should be heavier stock.

It is a great idea to be able to have a pre- and post test, when doing self study. I purchased "Test to Accompany, English 3200" for that purpose. Unfortunately there are no answers to the test questions, making it impossible to do an accurate self evaluation. The text itself is great, but the test book is of little use with out answers. Unless I can get the answers it willhave been a waste of the $ it cost.

I think the test book is great; although I need the answers so I know how I am doing. Like the other viewer said, how will you know when you are correct. Especially when this is a correspondence course. My teacher does not even have it. She had mentioned to me that I should ask you,the company, to send me a copy. Do you have one????? Please, it would really be helpful. thank you elke