Every word of every historical marker - nice idea. But the markers are in alphabetical order by whatever the nearest tiny little town may be. The book desperately needs some sort of map system whereby you can look up all of the markers in a given region, say. I'm glad I got this book out of the library, so I can give it back.

This is an excellent book to have in your car as you drive across Texas. As you drive up on a Historical Landmark, your passanger can quickly find the description in the book and you won't have to slow down. Thousands of Landmarks are referenced. A must have for the long treks across Texas.

had I realized that each puzzle had a list of the words needed printed at the bottom of the page right side up I wouldn't have ordered this book. would have preferred no list at all, but if there had to be one it should have been printed upside down.

The word selections are all in capitals. No accent marks, no macrons. In the back of the book the answers are not in capitals, but still no accent marks or macrons. This is a serious omission for a beginner. Could cause some bad misunderstanding and bad habits. If it had not been for this, it would have been a wonderful exercise for beginners. As it is, not having any Latin background, I had to look up every word that I thought needed accents or macrons. NOT fun!! I would like to see more puzzle books like this, but done appropriately. The authors could state that the accents or macrons don't have to be in the puzzle entry, but at least let us see the correct way of spelling and pronouncing Latin words. Another great addition would be sentences from the word list, and audio to go with the sentences.

This book of Latin crossword puzzles is just what I was looking for to supplement my two teenage daughters' Latin course. I am a homeschooling mother with no Latin experience and wanted to give them a little extra to study but did not want another text book for fear of a revolt. It is an enjoyable, relaxing way to review and increase your vocabulary in Classical Latin. The words that will be used are listed at the bottom of the page which is a big help, but I would suggest a Latin/English dictionary in the house if you get into a jam. If you are a "brain" in Latin you probably won't find it very satisfying, but this book works well for beginners.

Betty Broderick knew exactly what she was doing. This book just helps perpetuate her con. The author propagates Betty Broderick like a poster child for all vindictive spouses who whish to murder their partners. Martyrdom status and all that implies for Betty! No way I say!

I have seen and continue to see this type of behavior in marriages emanating from either spouse. I am not referring to the act of consummate violence such as this book chronicles but to circumstances that can lead up to it. They are happily married, have children, live comfortably and one day it is all over. It may be the husband or the wife but one spouse decides that it is time for a change. One spouse may be cheating or not. It really doesn't matter. It turns the world upside-down. What brings a person to make such a traumatic decision? I do not believe that any one person knows for sure. Who knows what goes on inside a household or behind closed bedroom doors? In a relationship does any one person know what is going on in the mind of the other? What it all comes down to is impressions. These impressions can be based on reality or imagination. It is all a matter of how well a person interprets the facts and what those facts mean to that person. It's sort of like a psychiatrist with a patient who comes in with an emergency. A broken nail can be an emergency to some patients. Author Stumbo is obviously biased to Betty's unique denouement to a relationship that Betty has envisioned through some delusion of reality. It seemed like Betty really needed this relationship and the children for her own stability. I believe she thrived and survived on a role of self-imposed pity because it filled some void in her psyche. This books made me wonder about the meaning of love. I don't believe that Betty really loved her children or her husband. She just went through the motions because she needed that void filled in her life. There were obviously things that Dan needed in his life. Dan was a smart guy. I think he eventually saw the physiological makeup of his wife. She was sick and she needed help. How many people in a relationship really understand when their partner needs professional help? Not many do. I think Dan just took the quickest and easiest and most accessible out there was - Linda Kolkena. Unfortunately it is the children that suffer the most. However, my main contention about this book is that Linda Kolkena was just as much a human being as Betty Broderick is. Dan Broderick was just as much a human being as Betty Broderick is. They both had a right to live their own lives. Now Linda and Dan are dead. Betty never manifested any symptoms of psychosis. If a person is truly psychotic I do not believe they are responsible for their actions. That's my personal belief. Betty knew perfectly well what she was doing. There are tens of thousands of male and female Betty Brodericks out there. My advice to this author is to go hang out in some singles bars from which you will hear horror story upon horror story. Like Tarzan said to Jane: It's a real jungle out there. People fall every day but they pick themselves up and grab hold of the next vine. And come to think of it Tarzan never did like guns in his jungle.

While I in no way defend what Betty did, the movie version had Dan and Linda as angels just picked on by Betty. In the book, it showed the way Dan really manipulated the system and got what he wanted. They knew she was crazy but I don't think she would have went over the deep end as much if Linda hadn't took over her house, kids, even the Notre Dame games, just stepped into her shoes. You see it all the time, women work so he can go to school, give up their career and when men go through their "menopause" they want a younger woman along with their corvette. This is definitely a tragedy and I just wonder now how the kids lives turned out.

I looked forward to reading this book and found it lacking for something that calls itself the ultimate book. There is much better elsewhere. Amazon has a great collection, check them out before you buy this one--if needs an editor.

This book and its authors have produced a book that lacks good research and provides little insight into the breed's shortcomings. As another reviewer has noted, it even lacks an index. To call this the best book on Mastiffs is a disgrace to the noble breed. I have found at least two others at Amazon that are clearly superior and another I own, that is out-of-print, unfortunately, would leave this book in the kennel. Even the quality of the photographs is poor.

This helped me learn about the

User-level is listed as intermediate-advanced, certainly cannot be used as a beginner's only handbook, will not give the beginner a reliable grounding in the topic. Supposedly can be used as a learner's or a reference book, in my opinion, is neither. Which is the problem with this sort of work. Much valuable information contained, but with so many different authors there is no clear development or common style, rather atomic chapters, at times repeating the same information in a somewhat different fashion. Index is spotty. (Maybe this is an appropriate style for Oracle DBMS?). Is worth a read, does cover 8/8i and does contain Oracle 8i Personal Edition CD.

Granted...I am a junior DBA but this book is very good at presenting the basics with enough detail that I would definitely recommend it over many other general Oracle DBA books (including the Handbook by Oracle Press). It really helped in spelling out the exact steps to creating a database as well as installing Oracle (which for some reason many books neglect). With that said, whether you use this book or another book, it is a good idea to also purchase topic specific books (eg. Backup and Recovery, Tuning, etc.) when more detail is needed.

This is a wonderful book which covers all the aspects of Oracle, including all the interfaces with Oracle. A really excellent book for DBAs and Programmer Analysts. It helped me a lot in understanding DBA part. Am excellent Que publication. I appreciate the structure and contents of the book

For the Love of a Child is a hodge-podge of very similar stories and the reader can become confused as to which parents Betty is referring to. The book's first couple of chapters is about their very interesting return to the U.S. and how they had to re-adapt to their former life, but the rest of the book is wholly about other left-behind parents' stories. Most of the book contains incessant "name dropping" and how Betty has dedicated her life to travelling the world speaking about the plight of left-behind parents all the while leaving the reader to wonder in who's care she would always be leaving her child Mahtob, especially since she repeatedly mentions the looming threat of the return of her husband, Moody. The book could be a bit boring especially the story about the "Mother of Algiers" and often she refers to people in which the reader does not recall because the stories were numerous, redundant and poorly developed for any hope of retention.

Having read Not Without My Daughter years ago, I was filled with a sense of premonition before an attempted kidnapping of my children by their Iranian father, not once but twice. After the second attempt, For the Love of a Child was recommended to me. I appreciated the content, the stories, the differences being presented for various situations and it made me feel like I was not alone. Parents whose children have been abducted often don't know how to react to a horrible situation, and how to deal with emotions such as guilt and the sense of loss. There is a constant sense of not being sure if one is doing the right thing. This book is an eye-opener. For the Love of a Child, in particular, gives a number of scenarios where people can see that an abduction can take place any number of ways, and that abductions are not limited to countries in the Middle East. People must realize that abductions are real, and it is books such as this that put it out there as a reality. The emotions displayed in the book may be difficult for some people to take, and many people will think it is a bunch of BS. I am sorry for them. I hope more books will come out, not just to inform us about situations that happen, but also to give people some ideas on how to protect themselves. The bottom line is that WE as parents are responsible for our children's well-being, and being prepared by reading books such as this, and asking questions, will only help protect our children further. Gaining knowledge, and balancing it with common sense, is what books like this are all about. As for the children and what they feel, sure, they feel confused and disturbed about being taken away from a parent. The important thing to remember is that, along with the right the parents have to see their child(ren), one MUST consider the child(ren)'s well being. As adults, most of us have the ability to choose who we will be with and would not stay two seconds with someone we feel is mistreating us, but children need a parent who is strong to look out for them at all levels. If the child(ren)'s parent takes care to tell them that their other parent loves them, but may not be doing things in a safe manner and environment, then the child(ren) will grow up and better appreciate that which was done for them.

*For the Love of a Child* picks up where *Not Without My Daughter* left off. We get to hear about Mahmoody's return to the U.S.A. and her joyous reunion with her family. But, it does not stop there. Mahmoody describes her efforts to increase public awareness of the issue of international parental child abduction. As she made her struggles known, she met many people with similar stories. *For the Love of a Child* includes the stories of five of those people. Particularly interesting is Mahmoody's account of the making of the film of *Not Without My Daughter*. And, we can be inspired by Mahtob's reaction to all her experiences. In her first book, Betty Mahmoody told us how her desire for her daughter's welfare motivated her to endure tremendous hardship. In *For the Love of a Child*, she shows how universal such desires are, and how they are driving both individuals and governments all over the world.

I found that the title was very deceptive. Instead of what you would think, it was not a guide to ascension to Divine Union, but rather a complicated set of instructions for constructing a temple or something...to tell the truth, I couldn't understand alot of it and didn't finish the book. I have seen some other things the Schueler's have put out and I question their accuracy in thier information. I suggest reading works by John Dee and know the basics before reading this book.

Gerald Schueler has made his own enockian system wich has completely destryed my life. These rituals are extremely powerfull and dangerous. I suffer from cronic schizophrenia due to enockian rituals. These beings want nothing but to destroy humanity.....Once you go up in the higher spheres, there's no going down..In this book Schueler portrays his pathwork to the abyss of the univerce and the end of humanity. This material is made to kill innocent people. Mary

The cover blurbs of this book are deceptive; it neither about messages from angels nor about sex-magick. It is basically a step-by-step "grimoire" for an imaginary temple constructed from the elements of the Enochian "Great Table". There is nothing wrong with the basic idea, but the book is marred by (among many other things) the use of Schueler's private system of correspondences, by his preference for "Calls" of his own devising rather than those given to Dee, and by his questionable system of making god-names out of the names of angels. The student would be better off -- and probably safer -- taking the basic idea and revamping it to fit more closely to the original material.

"Serious Business" is generally a good book, though with a few major flaws. It distinguishes itself by providing not only an overview of the history of cinematic animation in the US, but also places the rise and fall of animation in a historical and cultural context. It gives a clearer picture of how the politics and economics of the times influenced and steered not only the creation and content of animated pictures, but also the business aspects as well.

On the plus side, Kanfer does indeed delve beyond the standard name-and-dates syndrome of other animation histories. He attempts to provide a broad overview of the early years of animation and how non-Disney studios were to eventually fall to the Mouse. When focused, Kanfer's writing is extremely engaging and his accounts of the various political maneuverings are facsinating.

Unfortunately, Kanfer attempts to squeeze too much into to little space. One could easily see this book being twice the size it is now. As such, the very aspects one wants to explore most - how such things as economics, war, race and politics in America effected animation - are never really fleshed out for any given studio/cartoon beyond a few pages, or paragraphs. Significant space is given to Disney's story (perhaps deservedly so), but I would've liked to learn more about 'outsider' studios as well.

Kanfer also has a habit of not staying focused in his chapters and bouncing suddenly from place to place. It doesn't make the book unreadable by any means, but it does distract from the over-all flow of the narritave.

All in all though, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a general historical overview of animation.

A good read, but not the great book it could have been. It could easily have been twice as long. Early chapters are strongest. Strong on Disney. Would like to have seen more on Looney Tunes

Well written, concise survey of American animation history. The only slights are that he doesn't have much to say on non-Disney animated efforts of the past decade, especially television animation, and that too many pages praise the horrendous UPA 'toons. Otherwise, this is a great intro to a neglected sector of American culture. If you want to learn about cartoons without buying a separate book on each major company, this should be your choice

I have read many books about parenting. Some are in support of the stay at home mom and others support the working mom. The fact that many of us need to read
books like this to feel good about the choices we make seems to say that this is a controversial issue with no easy right answer. Not Guilty, is a book
written to make to income families feel good about their choice. Other books are written to make stay at home moms feel good about their choice. People will
believe what they want to believe about this debatable issue. Make the choice for yourself. Do what is correct for your children and family. If that means working, by
all means work. If that means staying home with your young children, be all means stay home with your children (at least while they are young and not school age). I
am in support of all loving parents that really make an effort to create good lives for their children. While keeping your children and family in mind, make the right
choice for your circumstances. I think books like this are for the most part pointless. They are written to make the authors feel good about their choices whatever
they may be. It is also written to justify the choices that author has made. However if you are reading this book to support the choices you have made, that is fine
too. We all need to feel supported especially when confronting difficult decisions like this one regarding our families and lifestyle.

Just one more in a long line of justifications. What difference does it make if YOU feel good about abandoning your child to someone else's raising. Managing a family is hard work, however a family works it out. Yes, there are exceptions, but when there is a family unit there are no excuses. Regrets are easy. The people I admire are the ones who find a way to raise their own even if two incomes are necessary. Sorry ladies! We give birth to them. Sometimes it means we have to sacrifice up front. But we are smart enough to "catch up".

I am a working mom, and had to put this down after struggling through 100 pages or so. I was looking for a careful, respectful, reasonable analysis of the effects, if any, of working moms on children. What I got was an angry book of the author's outrage at various messages sent to working moms and college age women about "sacrifices". She does have a point that the debate about whether or not two income families hurt kids has been mostly conducted without real research and facts. Unfortunately, she just seems to add to this. I bought this because one editorial review said that she did include research results. If she did, I couldn't find them in the first 100 pages, and lost the ability to wade through her anger to get to any later ones.

I was disappointed in the book because of the duplications throughout. Most entries I had already come across on the web. It's also missing a big chunk of the wedding market that resides in the Frederick, Maryland area. It makes me wonder if this isn't just advertisements for those who were willing to pay to have their businesses listed.

This book certainly has a lot of different reception locations, but it could be one-quarter of the size if it didn't keep repeating the same locations 2,3,4,5,6 times in the same book (just in different section)! The reviews were also very blunt with no real description of the location. The author also gives only flattering comments to every location, some of which turn out to be no so nice at all!

I was looking for a spot to host an informal event, and it seems that most of the locations recommended here cost at least $700. Which is all right if you're planning a state dinner, but don't spend your money on this guide if you're planning anything cheaper than black-tie.