Frank Thiboutot is the man who created the original "Cardio Kickboxing" program and in Cardio Kickboxing Elite provides the reader/user with a complete martial arts program that is ideal for self-defense, fitness, and sports enthusiasts. Thiboutot presents the history, techniques, and equipment of cardio kickboxing with all aspects of the various exercises profusely illustrated with more than 380 photos for detailed, easy-to-follow instruction; a cardio and circuit training of professional kickboxers, real self-defense techniques and bag work; as well as an excellent cross-training regimen which will enhance any physical active, sport, or martial arts performance. Cardio Kickboxing Elite is an impressive and much appreciated addition to any personal or professional physical fitness and martial arts reference collection.

Up to this point, no one has anwsered the questions that this book has. It's the greatest. Better than the doctors by far. Easy to read and gives confidence to the caregiver. I'm am so grateful someone has finally put into words all of the side effects of this disease.

I very much enjoyed this book. It tells of not only the people who made the English culture tick but also the transportation of the era as well. Lots of great pictures and very interesting text.

i was in grade three at the time and received the book through scholastic book services.well i could not stop laughing it was the funniest book i had ever read.well the teacher warned me to put the book away,but i could not help it (try holding back surpressed laughter)i had to keep sneaking a peek .the teacher finally took it away till the end of the day.i don't know what happened to it but i sure would like to find it for one more laugh.

Let me begin with a disclaimer. I am no carver. I do, however, appreciate carving and sculptures. To my unpractised eye, the amply illustrated book appears to be a great how-to book for the amateur to advanced carver. (Consider also who the publisher is-- the Guild of Master Craftsman...) After drooling over the illustrations in a copy of the book found at my library, I have decided to purchase a copy for a father's day gift. I anticipate my gift being well-used by my father!

En este último volumen de la saga de Dunas, herbert se luce en lo él sabe hacer, llevarnos de la mano a un universo paralelo lleno de intrigas, política y religión. La nueva casa capitular de las brujas bene-geserit, se ha convertido en un nuevo arrakis por la siembra de la trucha de arena, mismas que se dice tienen una perla de conciencia de letoII, la producción de la especia que es la que mueve a este universo por todas las implicaciones que estan tiene, está asegurada mas no segura, debido al regreso de los exploradores que se fueron en el inicio de la era espacial de este universo, con ellos viene el principal peligro para las brujas, una especie de mujeres que dominan sexualmente a las hombres con técnicas mas refinadas que las de las brujas, con habilidades físicas extraordinarias y sin dependencia de la especie, solo con su propia dependencia a el producto químico de su ira. Una de ellas es capturada y reeducada a la manera de las brujas y al final lo que mas se temía sucede...

A Case about Amy by R.C. Smith. 1996. Temple University Press. 322 pages.

Smith takes a reader on a time odyssey (1976-1982) to witness a struggle of the Deaf parents of a Deaf daughter, Amy Rowley, and a hearing son endured through the maze of an education and court systems in their quest towards an equal opportunity for Amy enrolled in a public school.

His book, which took Smith about 12 years of researching and interviewing, illustrates how the systems of power could be shifted into their favor by manipulating the interpretation of loosely worded in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. And later in Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (PL 94-142), which was renamed Individual with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Instead of accepting the lower court's order to provide Amy Rowley a sign language interpreter, the school board appealed and argued over the definition of "equal opportunity" versus "full potential" or "appropriate education" that went all the way to Supreme Court.

Along that time odyssey Smith introduced the family's lawyer, Michael Chatoff, who turned deaf in his 20s and how he overcame unjust discrimination against him as he was striving to become the lawyer he was and argued the case for Rowleys at Supreme Court. Smith is successful in presenting an objective insight of the politics, controversial issues, and everyone revolving around and inside the community of Deaf citizens.

A reader may be stunned to learn that the judges of Supreme Court did not scrutinize the Act that was passed in Congress, and they decided that since her achievement tests scores proved that even without a sign language interpreter Amy was getting an appropriate education. As a result, the definition of "appropriate education" or "full potential" won over "equal opportunity." This decision was also cost effective for a public school to avert providing a sign language interpreter for Amy.

Hence, from that time odyssey, a reader questions the true intention of society at large in educating bright deaf children like Amy. Does the school board ever encourage deaf children to accomplish beyond the standard academic achievement expected of average hearing children?

The series certainly has gone downhill since the glory days. "The Case of the Silk King" is among the best CYOA ever produced.

I don't know if Shannon Gilligan ever wrote another CYOA book, but this one rivals Edward Packard. It loosely takes the real-life story of Jim Thompson, an American silk magnate who disappeared in Thailand, and has the reader pretend to be a young detective asked to track down Thompson years later.

There no real reason tendered for why so many people don't want you to discover the truth, but this minor quibble never distracts from the general quality of the book. It takes the hoary conventions of CYOA books -- especially the use of the exotic locale -- and plays them to the hilt. If I recall correctly (I'm nineteen...it has been years...), you can get killed off by everything from a Bengal tiger to a flash flood if you make the wrong choice.

This is rather unique in the series, in that it takes off on an actual historical happening. CYOA doesn't get any better than this.

(P.S. -- Check out my review of "Your Code Name is Jonah" -- another classic CYOA book. E-mail me...we can talk about the strange hold this series has on the imagination...)

The wide range of PR cases, from corporate and non-profit situations and problems clearly involves critical thinking. It offers no pat answers, just helps the reader learn how to think through real crises and problems.

An excellent reference book on the chart activity of albums ranked on the Black Contemporary LP charts in Cash Box Magazine. Entries include artist, title, catalog no., chart date, and week-by-week position on the chart. A section at the back shows the number one LPs for each week. You won't find any information on the artists themselves, but this is nevertheless an excellent resource for record collectors, discographers, and chart fanatics. Recommended as an addition to the Joel Whitburn Billboard books but not necessarily as a substitute.