A great book for the novice who isn't able to identify birds according to family. The color sections are quick and easy, if not too comprehensive. All in all, a good book for the curious.

If I could have read this book or met its author before I moved to Florida twenty years ago, I'd probably never have forsaken either politics or Massachusetts. My daughter, who had Amazon.com send this book to me, wrote: "Mom, this is the book you should have written!" So, as a born Republican politician and vice-chairman of the Mass. Republican State Committee in the 6o's, I was more than a little surprised to learn at first glance that Betty Taymor was an outstanding Democrat leader in state and national politics. I became engrossed in her heroic battle as an ardent advocate of and super-role model for ALL women in politics, - whatever their party, race, color or creed. I was reminded at every turn-of-the-page of my own frustrating struggles - not so much with Democrats as with the gender problem of unenlightened MEN (and women)of my own party. And this message is not just for Mass. Though it is much needed there, it applies to every political party across the nation. As Betty Taymor says in conclusion: "I am certain that if we guide young girls in developing their leadership potential, if men begin to welcome women ................." A unique and important read!

This Betty Ren wright could not write a better book (or so I think). This book is about a girl and her foster brother wants to take piano lessons. All she wanted to do was explore haunted castles but the she gets stuck staying in an apartment that will bw torn down soon... oops I'm starting to say to much. I think anyone who love horoor would love this book!

I am using this text for a graduate level class I am teaching about reading in the content area. It seems to be a very large overview of all of the issues facing secondary content area teachers.

This book provides a fascinating look into the life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly. By reading actual letters written by Mary, to various important people in her life, you gain access to what her life outside the realm of literary circles was like. The author of this book adds interesting conjecture as to what the content of the letters means when clarity is needed or when certain facts aren't available. If you are interested in Mary's life & are looking for more than just a biography, "Selected Letters of" has much to offer. One star demerit for too little information from the time of her visit to Lord Byron at Lake Geneva in the Summer of 1816. Maybe there are fewer letters available from that time. But that's the time frame I am most interested in.

This is indeed a mystery book. The library of congress doesn't list it, none of the online used book services I checked lists it, and all the used bookstores I asked (even calling overseas) didn't have it. The only reference to this book other than this page on Amazon is as follows:

This book was supposedly the basis for the movie "The Ladies' Club" (1986) in which a group of women discouraged by the criminal justice system and its lax treatment of rapists band together, catch rapists and castrate them. I gave the book 4 starts without having read it, because (A) One can't post a review otherwise, and (B) The basic idea underlying the book is an important one: The legal system is intended to serve the people and the peoples' sense of justice. When criminals get off with little or no penalty (pun unintended) the legal system betrays the people that it is supposed to protect. The moral force of the legal system is not intrinsic, but follows from the fact that law-abiding citizens relinquish their natural right to self-defense and revenge for wrongdoing in favour of a state-wide justice system. When this system betrays them consistently and irrepairably it is important to remember that they can always "go back to basics."

For starters, it would be nice to know who published this book and where: Is it an American book? A British book? ... Secondly, an additional co-author is mentioned in the references to the movie: Casey Bishop. Why is she not mentioned in the Amazon entry -- blank.

If you have any additional information on this book, please post it!

This book helped me a lot as a buisness man, who works many hours under pressure, and is constantley in the need of concentration and clear thinking.

The author has done a pretty good job by interviewing so many new converted Muslims and kudos to the authors too. It's a very book for both Muslims as well as non-Muslims the reason being for the former as they are deviating from the path of Islam and being fantacized and glamorized by the Western culture whereas the new Muslims find solace in the teachings of Islam and accept it whole-heartedly. And for the latter they can see and learn the things that are not true in their religions that lead them in search of truth and they come to Islam ultimately.

Most of the recipes are not the exotic type with dozens of strange ingredients. They are from common every day ingredients. I have tried many of them and have liked them all. This is not a vegeterian cookbook.

Thorne has loved Rainey since she was a child. She thinks of him as her best friend, and when she becomes infatuated with the new handsome schoolteacher, she asks him to show her how to use "feminine wiles" to attract him. After a few kissing lessons, she hardly remembers the schoolteacher, but she refuses Thorne's offer of marriage because she thinks he is offering out of duty rather than love. A secondary plot has Thorne hiring a private detective to find his long lost half sister, but this plot is never fully developed and in fact seems to interfere with the primary romance. Although he never said the exact words she wanted, Thorne expressed his feelings toward her in his actions and words; only a dimwit could have mistaken them. Nevertheless, I could not put this book down because the hero is every woman's dream and, frankly, I fell in love with him too. How refreshing to find a book where the hero's deep feelings about the heroine are never in doubt (at least to the reader). I will look for more books like this one!