This story is "fun" to read and sensitive..one in which you can learn the true facts about these Pleistocene animals of our past. You will become attached to the personalities and end up with a favorite character..meanwhile you are learning. It is a great educational tool that makes the educational part about this time period easy. Weaved through out the entire novel are several strong "value" messages ( such as respect your elders ) that the characters promote to the readers. Ones that all parents / teachers utilize day to day with their children or students. The Author has stuck a nerve with the reader in that the over-all theme of " no one wants to be forgotten "applies to everyone. Bottom line, this book should be required reading for the earlier school years ( 3rd-5th grade ). I recommend it as a must read for parents and children that enjoy books.

The book reads like a thriller or a piece of science fiction but without any compromise of professional standards. Once the reader begins he is hooked until the final denouement at the end of the book.

I loved this book. I use it with my 8th grade English class to introduce a unit on mythology. It ties in because the characters use their own experiences to explain things they've never seen before. And, true to form, Mr. Twain tells the story with biting satire -- a commentary on the politics of the day. It also pokes fun at science and academia, two of his favourite targets. Amazingly, Mr. Twain has written a book that children will also enjoy. Good characters, fun dialogue, simple plot, but many-layered. It's not too long, so it's an easy read. I highly recommend it.

Dvoretsky's reputation as a coach's coach is well deserved as he proves book after book, if not student after student, that he is the leading chess trainer in the world. This book, his third in the series, School of Chess Excellence, rumored to be a revised and updated reissue of his acclaimed book on Positional Play, (1996), indeed, follows in his tradition of excellence! Beyond its tutorial content, the exercises in the book are very instructive.

This book bids to improve its reader's positional understanding under the following themes summarized in the first chapter: positional operations conducted by piece placement, pawn play and exchanges; evaluating and prioritizing factors in specific positions; planning the course of play in the short- and long-term; prophylaxis, that is blunting the edge of the opponent's perceived intentions preemptively; typical positions resulting from specific openings; typical game situations including those that invite psychological strategies; the technique of converting an advantage into winning chances; the interplay of positional play with tactics and dynamism; the possession of the initiative and finally, the concrete analysis of positions at critical moments of transformation.

The remainder of the book deals with what Dvoretsky characterizes as "simple positions" that he defines as those in which each player has two or more pieces as the transition from the middlegame to the endgame begins. In this section, the author prescribes sustained attacks, active defense and, above all, warns against indifference in quiet and apparently even positions. He reaffirms Yogi's baseball maxim, "it ain't over till it's over" with exclamatory examples from grandmaster games.

No doubt, the themes of the book are copiously illustrated with quaint examples and mostly complete games at that! About half of the games are his or those of his pupils, Dolmatov and Yusupov, through whom his ideas are tested vicariously over the board. The text is awash with nuggets of chess wisdom, if not his secrets, like, on page 42, he reveals: "Every player has his opening tastes. In closed positions I often chose plans involving the exchange of my 'bad' bishop. In the French Defence I liked to play ...b7-b6 and ...Bc8-a6." What's good enough for Dvoretsky is good enough for most of us!

Dvoretsky cannot say too often that one must develop the habit of prophylactic thinking, the hallmark of almost flawless play by its distinguished exponents, one-time world champions Petrosian and Karpov. If conceived and executed correctly, the author assures one that this brainchild of Nimzowitsch will give ones play stability. Any reader who works painstakingly through this book will be rewarded with a lifetime of enlightened chess play. It is far better to do the right thing poorly than to do the wrong thing very well and this book teaches one the right strategic aims to pursue in oft-occurring positions.

Before tackling this gem of a book, a serious positional player is urged to read or reread Nimsowitsch's "My System." A highly-recommended, contemporary complement is John Watson's "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances Since Nimzowitsch." Israel Gelfer's "Positional Chess Handbook" is directly accessible and stay tuned for Michael Stean's revision of "Simple Chess" that was admirably succinct in the first edition.

This is a good strategy guide for a good game. This book gives you a 2 page strategy for every level in the game. It has strategys for building and location for castles. Another good thing about this guide is that is has a table of every unit in the game with a discription, picture, and review of each too.

This is a very readable overview of the subject...one that many of the early boomers ought to read to understand where we were coming from and where we ended up (so far)...it is complete, interesting and a fascinating analysis...well worth a few hours of your time. It will give you guidelines for further research. I recommend it highly.

I used this book for my Introduction to Sociology class, and it is excellent for anyone who either is new to the discipline or wants a basic review of certain concepts. If you are searching for a great sociology book, then the search is over! I highly recommend this textbook for anyone who plans on taking a basic sociology course anytime in their high school or college careers.

This labrotory manual for biology 307 is far and away the best labrotory manual I've ever read. It's compelling, helpful, magnificently conceived. It lays the labrotory manual for biology 306 to waste!

Dr.Wesley is like a tree planted by the rivers of water which bringeth forth fruit in its season. This is his season, and "The Study of the Gospel of Mark" bares evidence of the fruitfulness of this man of God. Those who have experienced this book are witnesses, as well as beneficiaries of the bounty and the blessings of God through the personality of Dr.Karry D. Wesley.From cover to cover Dr. Wesley gives us an experience through his unique writing style that borders virtual reality. the author moves you from observer to participant through this passage of biblical history. Thank you Dr. Wesley for allowing God to use you in such an awesome an unselfish manor.

Your Son in the Ministry;

Rev.Claude W. Span, Jr.

Sometimes you wonder what statistics can contribute to science, especially one dominated by deterministic and physical approaches. Surprisingly there are plenty, at least this is the trend of future. With more computing power and more model improvement, quality of today's weather forecast depends as much on computer code as on the data input and assimilation of data from land, satellite and other sources. This is book of a succesful attempt at introduing modern statistics into current atmospheric research. Some breakthroughs have been made, such as a systematic statistical design approach to improved weather prediction, and the hierarchical modeling approach to modeling space-time processes. I especially like the fact that this book contains excellent papers on a variety of topics which are of interest to atmospheric scientists, and that a variety of modern statistical techniques have been covered such as spatial statistics, modern prediction methods, functional data analysis, and chaotic dynamics. I expect students and young researchers from statistical sciences will find this book offers totally new challenges and interesting research topics, and experienced researchers in atmospheric sciences will find in this book some new techniques which may help in their research.