I think this book is good for readers that think. It is always more fun to me if I figure out the ending before it is given to you. This book is good for beginers because younger kids enjoy living their lives as charachters in books such as this one. Enjoy the book!

A great read with valuable insights into our relationships with all life. I love the "food for thought" at the end of each story - terrific reminders of how a small kindness or lesson coming from any source, can transform our lives. As an animal owner it has opened the door for me to look deeper at the relationships I share with all my own animal family and other animals we encounter. I've especially enjoyed reading the stories to my nieces and nephews and sharing with them how we can learn about love from all of life.

When one of my dearly loved dogs died of cancer a month ago, I picked up a copy of Angel Animals and turned right to Part Three: "What angel animals teach us about death, dying and the afterlife". Not only was the part about grieving so helpful, but then there were stories of messages from heaven, and stories about pets reincarnating. It took me beyond pet loss bereavement and opened up all the spiritual wonders of which our pets and animals have tried to show us since they entered our lives - mainly love never dies! I love the quotes at the beginning of each chapter and the contemplative exercises with each story, inviting us to look at life a new way - a way that an angel animal has pointed us to by their loving and divine natures. If you love animals or nature in any capacity, this book will prove how many of us are out there who see how vital this spiritual connection to animals is to our well being in everyday life. The stories are just fantastic, all from different people and about different animals! Love and thanks to the Andersons who wrote and compiled the book.

The connection between animals and people is quite profound. The lessons about fidelity, love, caring and relationships are all in this book. My husband and I took time each day to read one of the stories out loud. I can think of my experiences with various animals I have had and realize the spiritual connection.

My family was involved with the alcohol plant in New Mexico that the authors of the book claimed never existed. I know it actually did exist, I was there. If the authors had done a minimum amount of research, they would have known it too. So this makes me wonder what else they got wrong. I tend to think there was a lot that really didn't fit together, so I'll keep searching for the truth. I hope everyone else does too.

I bought this book for my wife, who is a Romantic Suspense writer. I did a keyword search looking for books on forgeries. This is the best book I have found if you want to learn about an example of this particular type of crime.

This is better that Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie married and had a child. Pure power to the mind. All crimes must be paid for as this book revealsed. I hate being lied to since this book reveals the truth of all truth.

I was so moved by this book. Several of the chapters moved me to tears. You dont know Jack is not a book for Nicholson fans, but for everyone who is touched by tender family moments. It is a book many will be able to identify with as it touches on many topics relating to all. I loved it, well written, well documented, I couldn't put it down. I hope down the road for this author there is a happy ending with her brother. You don't know Jack, but if you read this, you will!

I loved the book. Like the introduction states, it's not just a book about Jack Nicholson. It's about Jack's father, his sister, and his family. It's a story which Jack Nicholson doesn't want told. But, one that should be known to people, even those who are huge fans of Jack's.

I could not put this book down! The book does not focus solely around Mr. Nicholson as one would think but, rather, centers on his other family. I learned about the blood lines that run through this remarkable family. At times the book made me want to cry and at other times it made me laugh at the way little details of the family were captured through the written word in ways I could relate to. Having the pleasure of knowing one of the authors, I can truly say that this book (and the author) come across as genuine and warm, someone I would be proud to have in my family.

This is a very good book about how to groom horses for shows and big events. It shows step by step what to do, and how too groom you horses to perfection. A must for frequent showers!

This book is not one you choose for an easy read. Linda Le writes incredible narratives that challenge the reader to piece together the story. The story she's telling is of a madman who has been locked in an asylum for ten years by his family for having had a love affair with his sister. If you have issues with this story line, read something else. Even if you're able to move beyond your moral qualms with the events of the story and let Le's words absorb you into her riveting novel, you must be prepared to have your assumptions of sanity and insanity challenged. This is not a comforting book about life. It's one that takes you to edges of humanity that we don't often visit and cloaks these events in literary maneuvers that will take your breath away if you let them.

I'd recommend this book for those who love strong, forceful writing and who are able to move outside of their own personalities and daily lives to let an unexpected story awake them to other possible interpretations of life.

Working in the banking industry I was turned on to this book by a colleague and what a colossal waste of time reading this was. The vast majority of this book's models are outdated and if Mr. Saunders was trying to write a historical piece he has accomplished that in spades. Nothing in this book is relevant and it is obvious the esteemed Mr. Saunders lent his name to a very poor book that he probably should have glanced through if not read. Linda Allen should probably get some real world experience because she is wasting people's time with her research.

This book reviews concepts that have been around for more than 10 years and well published in articles. Perhaps it pulls it all together in book form, but even so, it is dated. It is light on credit derivatives and the exploding market in synthetic securitizations driven by credit derivatives. These products introduce structured credit risk (and hedges) to banks and investors.

The reader will need to buy "Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Structures" by Tavakoli to get insight into these products.

I have a copy of this book. It covers popular credit risk models and things like RAROC, etc. These concepts have been discussed extensively in the industry but I assume this is the first in the book form. The book does a good job in presenting basic ideas. However, if you are looking for technical details, you best bets are still the original technical documentations (CreditMetrics, CreditRisk+, KMV, etc). Nevertheless this book is a useful survey of the current stable of models. Besides, it is not very expensive.

This book is based on incorrect solutions for a problem that no longer exists. According to the 1999 NAEP results, the math "gender gap" has been eliminated at all grade levels. In addition, according to the National Science Foundation, female students are currently more likely than male students to take advanced mathematics courses in high school. As a result, the problem this book claims to address - that girls "fall behind" boys - is no longer relevant.

Even if the gender gap in mathematics did exist, the solutions proposed in this book create more problems than they solve. In particular, by advocating the use of literature that does not include a positive portrayal of boys, this book emphasizes that reading is a "girls-only" activity. The authors do not include suggestions for creating a positive learning climate for boys. They also do not devote sufficient attention to eliminating the much larger gender gaps in reading and writing where boys trail girls. It is perhaps not a coincidence that since the publication of this book, the reading gender gap has nearly doubled.

In summary, this book attempts to provide solutions for a problem that does not exist. This in and of itself would not be so terrible if the proposed solutions did not have such a negative impact on the real gender gaps in education.

These four authors are really on to something which needs to be considered by not only educators , but parents of girls who more and more need to be strengthened in their abilities to compete in the fast-moving technical, mathematical and scientific world of the future. Their precepts are very sound.