While out of print, this book is worth looking for. It has a twisting, intriguing plot that winds up to an interesting, happy conclusion, and is full of excitement as well as a lot of fascinating historical details of Spain. It is the third and final book of a series beginning with Go Saddle the Sea, and the second is Bridle the Wind. Read this book and you will want to read the two that came before it.

It's a useful book for parents who want to share excitement in storytelling. We can call it guidance. It always gives some tips, questions, and story activities for each story. By reading the stories, you can open your children mind up toward moral values. The stories teach children to be confident with them, to be wits, to appreciate differences and to like music. Probably, the one you have to need is to be proficient in telling the stories. But don't worry, because the book will guide you. You just practice it. Remember that practice makes perfect.

There are lots of good examples and exercises. It's great for developmental writing classes.

I enjoyed reading and using this book as a reference for understanding the shih tzu. I do wish that there were more color pictures. Most of the pictures in this book are black and white with only a few color. It is an interesting book for new shih tzu owners.

A nice sized edition for travel but don't choose this particular translation for the under 5's. The wolf gobbles up the pigs and then ends his "career" as the big bad wolf in a pot of boiling water. A little too intense for the littler ones.

One of the better Stooge books that I have read. Full of great photos and tidbits.

While each individual handles such an experience as having breast cancer differently, this particular (true) story was engaging and not at all depressing. One sitting is all that is required to go cover to cover with this uplifting story.

I give it four, rather than five, stars only because it was so disheartening for me to read about one of my favorite fiction authors leading his sons in making fun of the (presumably teen-aged) majorettes in a parade. Remarking on girls' heavy thighs and dog-like appearances is absurd for any intelligent man in his forties. Apparently, making fun of other people was also a form of entertainment for the authors and their friends. It reminded me of the disappointing last episode of "Seinfeld" where, instead of being merely eccentric as always, the main characters were mean in mocking a fat man in distress.

While the authors are rather glib and tight-lipped about the cancer and surgery - and we only get to see a few weeks of their experience - it is obvious that they do care about each other. Reading about their mutual dedication is quite heart-warming.

Joan Gilbert is a fascinatingly realistic writer who thoroughly researches her subjects and knows the history and background. Her book on the Trail of Tears should be recommended reading for all who regret the loss of the Amerindian heritage in this Country. It should also be studied in Social Studies Classes in every school in the land. If you don't know anything about this heart- breaking piece of history, and the MO State Park that marks one of the forced-march stops - it will open your eyes to reality!

This is a pretty good book. Fifty some years after John McCloy slapped his name on this firm, at a time when law firm compensation was more regimented and egalitarian among all equity partners, being compensated as a lawyer resembled getting tenure at a university--no one cared if you sat around dozing all day, because those still awake looked forward to sleeping all day eventually, but still getting paid just as much as some young lawyer pounding down 2000+ billable hours per year.

This changed among New York law firms, but Millbank, Tweed was slower than most to move to a multi-track partner system, or to key compensation to the revenue a given lawyer generated. At the core of this unwillingness to change was the mindset of the senior, contolling partners: it was the firm, and not any given lawyer, that got the business. During the time period covered by this book, several key younger partners begged to differ, and most of this book describes how these young "turks" influenced the older "Brahmins" to adapt the legal structure of the firm to the underlying economic structure. Use ot "Turks" also suggest an element of destruction, which is also a fair reading of how these younger lawyers were perceived by the older partners.

One younger turk in particular, by the name of Worenklein, is profiled, since he controlled millions of dollars in business as a result of learning the legal end of nuclear power plant financing. An interesting epilogue to his particular story is that Worenklein later left the firm he helped modernize, and last I heard, he was an investment banker, working on the same deals but making even more money off of them.

So should the old guys have stood fast and let Worenklein leave earlier? Or do you not hold the superachievers inside a law firm anyway? This book tackles questions like these in an evenhanded manner. Especially for law students who might be inclined to uncritically yearn to work in one of these bigger firms, this book casts accurate light on what goes on at the ruling levels, where compensation and quality of life decisions are made, uaually way beyond the purview of the younger lawyers.

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