I had to read this for a class that was taught by Kort himself. The book covers a lot of Russian history from the last days of the czars to Yeltsin. If you ever want to know some general history about Russia, then read this book.

Like probably everyone who has read this, I bought it for a class. However, this book is unlike every other textbook I've read, in that it's actually *fun* to read. I'd probably have read it on my own had I known about it before.

i had to read this book for school, usually the books at schoolaren't very good, but this book was the best book i have ever read! it's about a girl who went with her family to a cabin in the middel of nowhere. there is a boy with his family who are really crazy. END

This book makes you feel everything the character is feeling. I don't recommend this book to people who don't like people getting killed in stories, besides those people I recommend this book to everyone!

This is a book that every parent and kid needs to read. People need to be aware of strangers but they also have to be cautious of people around them. I think parents need to talk to their kids and teach them how to be safe. This was a very educational but very tough book. This is a very hard topic but it has to be put forward!

As a parent, I was terrified and upset with the recent high profile kidnappings and murders of children that occured in 2002. This book recounts the events that captured this nation and why. What was most inspiring was the conclusion, which went on to offer a comprehensive answer to how parents can protect their own. With many interviews from law enforcement professionals and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, it was a book that I found educational and rewarding. However hard, we must learn from these crimes, and face them head on if we hope to learn anything. An engaging and hard topic, the authors bring us out the other side to do something good -- teach everyone that we can come out the other side, or Out of the Ashes, as one section is titled, describing how victimized parents made something good of something so tragic.

This book not only covers temperature trace ability but also covers subjects like how a temperature sensor's construction will affect the long-term stability of measurements. However information about how the associated measurement equipment is constructed and how it affects the long-term temperature measurement stability is not thoroughly discussed.

Some parts of the trace ability aspect are limited, for example, how error tolerance build up affects the finial specs, which can be claimed.

Good introductory book, easy to read.

This one book covers alot of ground in enought detail to keep most of us happy...I havent found a single source which covers all the main bases this well.

Fabulous rendition of this popular tale. The clay artwork brings the story to life in the way that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer's three dimensional story does on televison. My only sadness is that on the page where 'sugarplums dance in the childrens heads'--there aren't any sugarplums dancing!! (as a child I was always partial to that particular image). Other than that this really is a beautiful book and the nicest one I've seen of this story.

THIS WAS JUST A WONDERFUL BOOK. I HAD PURCHASED IT FOR MY CHILDREN AROUD CHRISTMAS, AND WE READ IT 10 TIMES DURING
CHRISTMAS AND WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS OVER I WANTED TO PUT THE
BOOK IN THE ATTIC AND MY 8 YEAR OLD SON STOPPED ME WANTING
TO READ IT ALL YEAR LONG.ITS JUST A WONDERFUL BOOK FOR ALL
YEAR LONG!!

In this book Nick Trevor has found out that he has AIDS. His mother a strict catholic comes to terms with her son and both open up to a new way of thinking. They find the answer to the question when bad things happen to people, Will that make the person bad?

This book is different in that the voice of the writer switches from Nick to his mother. His mother being the true author works to write the book as if her son had written it himself. I found this different and interesting.

I was really impressed with this book on the way that Nick's mother shows how she accepted the fact that she would have to bury her son. Luellen, Nick's mother, was a strict catholic but supported her son when he was sick and needed help the most. The book takes you through both Nick and Luellen's saga as he slowly slips away. I liked that the book told the story of what happened not just the facts that AIDS is deadly and very painful to the person and the family. I think that Luellen through the book portrays a normal person in a changing world, at the start she knew very little about AIDS and what medicine could be taken. She has general stereotypes about AIDS victims and has to break through them so that she can help her son. In the book page 98 Luellen is meeting with a doctor and the doctor wants to know what she thinks about her son possibly being gay and waits for a reaction. "Look, Doctor, no parent would want their child to be homosexual. In this world, all other things being equal, the life of a homosexual is much more difficult row to hoe than the life of a heterosexual...But if my son is gay, he's gay, and I would love him just the same." So as this shows Luellen accepts what has happened to her son and works to help him enjoy his life and helps Nick fight until the end.

I really enjoyed the book and think that it would be something great for everyone to read. One area of improvement would be that sometimes it switches between who is writing and makes it hard to understand. Other than that, I think it is a great new look to a very modern topic and something that everyone could benefit from reading.

Knowing nick in life did not take away the impact this book had on me. It tells his story and does it well. I commend Nicks mother for her courage in taking the time to write this story to share with everyone. I can only hope that this story has as much of an impact on people as Nick did in life.

The most boring thing I've read in a long time. Two perfect people having a perfect romance. Skipped over a lot to get to the end which is slightly better than the rest.

The notebook is a romantic novel that will fulfill a woman's dreams, if her idea of the perfect guy is someone poetic, devoted, empathetic, and passionate. Noah, the main character, and narrator of a fraction of the story, is hardworking, considerate, and sensitive to a woman's desires and feelings. Even though Noah and his wife were young at heart when they met, they grow to be mature adults in two separate parts of the world. Mutual contact is not made over any of those years of separation, but one day the flame of young love burns down their paths again and severs their lives forever. Nicholas Sparks, the author of the Notebook, gives the reader a false sense of hope; that a guy as wonderful as Noah actually exists. At times I found myself wanting to meet Noah, and just talk to him. When I finished The Notebook and dried my tears, I wished I had not read it, just so I could read it again for the first time.

I couldn't help but notice a couple of the less than positive reviews here. I concede that any of the books they list might be considered more of a literary masterpiece than the Notebook. But this is a sincere and thoughtful story with honest characters. It's a story that could happen to anyone of us (if we're lucky). I can't remember when I read a book so fast (Nicholas Sparks - you short changed my librarian who has come to expect my traditional 10 cent overdue penalty!). All of us can live in a Lon-type relationship - comfortable and safe but void of anything meaningful. The end of the book? That's what most of us only dream of. This story is a reminder of how we get so few chances in life to find that one person who is truly meant for us. It might take a lifetime of searching but when you find that person - let's just say it's why I appreciated this book. I know I WILL look at the pouring rain a little differently from now on. Will you

This is the third book that I've read by Nicholas Sparks and I thought that it was very well written, though predictable. The character of Denise as the strong, independent single mother to Kyle was one of the best qualities of the novel. I was moved by the strength of her love for her child and the fact that she had pretty much given up her life to help him overcome his learning and speech disability.

I also liked Taylor's character and the fact that the author didn't give us the full details of why this character behaved the way he did. We knew that his father died at a young age but not the events leading up to that death. It was interesting to see them unfold.

The relationship between Taylor and Denise was predictable but I like a good love story!

Though I enjoyed this book, I would have to say that I thought his earlier novel, "A Walk to Remember" was by far the better story.

What an emotional experience it was. Maybe I was more involved in it than most because my husband has devoted his life to saving lives as a fire-fighter, but if you plan to read this book, which I hope you do, get ready for an emotional roller-coaster. The characters were wonderful, the writing wonderful, as usual, Mr. Sparks is a master at writing about love, life and death.
This novel grabs your attention immediately, as a young mother has an auto accident in the middle of a bad storm. She is knocked unconscious temporarily, and when she wakes up and turns around to check on her only passenger, her 4 yr. old son in the back youth car-seat, he is gone, the door open on his side. A volunteer fireman comes to her rescue and the story takes off from there as the search begins for Kyle, the young boy with learning disabilities, who can hardly talk, understand or be understood, making the search more intense for all involved. Tyler McAden is the fireman/rescuer of this woman, who puts himself in harm's way to rescue others and takes chances with his own life that even most firemen would not take. He is good at what he does, but the reader doesn't know what motivates and drives him until the end, and it is sooo moving, your heart just chokes up on you. The whole book has a lot of action, tender moments between its characters and is now my all-time favorite by Nicholas Sparks. I read the library's copy then went out and bought my own (yes, from Amazon) for my own library. Loved it!!

It is just about unheard of for a romance novel to be written from the male perspective. Author Nicholas Sparks stepped into that void with this novel. Daring further, to go where no man has gone before, he presents the man's conflict as one that huge chunks of the population can turn to for empathy. The fire fighting hero's central conflict is with himself and his inability to commit in relationships. In addition to rescuing people literally, his tendency is to be a rescuer personality in relationships too. He steps in and rescues a woman from a bad situation, only to desert her as soon as she is fixed. He has done this repeatedly and begins to repeat this pattern of his after rescuing a single mother and her son one night after they've been in a car collision. His biggest problem when trying to break this pattern, however, is that he won't talk to anyone about it and persists in a stubborn pattern of denial. Legions of female romance readers would do well to read this novel and experience love as the other half of the population perceives it. This book is a real eye opener in a very quiet but persistent way. It seems a lot lighter while you are reading it than it really is. As the conflict builds, you understand what a universal male conflict the author tackled. He brings it to a very nice resolution.

In comparison to his other books this is different from what he usually writes. I admit that the book is a little predictable but I didn't care about 3/4 of the books I read are predictable nowadays.

Anyway, let me start off with the characters. They're have thier own unique ways, but how they act is actually completely different from how they are described in the book. They describe Miles as a patient man and calm, but later in the book he doesn't seem that way, but when you read it you'll understand why.

As you know, Sparks writes love stories that usually seem to take our heart away. I've read all 5 of his books and I can easily say that this was better than his others in thought, but not better in emotion. This love story is action packed. I keep hoping for another book to touch me the way THE NOTEBOOK did or A WALK TO REMEMBER did.

Anyway it was okay, very discriptivc and he does get to the point in the story. While this was action packed, in the end it leaves you feeling apathy towards the characters. I would've enjoyed this book more (and given it five stars) if the characters were more interesting and weren't so dul all the time.

While the overall story is good and the story plays out great, its a little fast at times and completely misses one point (I mean some of the events in the story were completely forgotten and left me asking questions.), it usually did turn out to be okay in the end. Another thing that would've made this book better is if he could've focused more on the characters. I mean more than just dialouge. Unless a character was angry at another character you had no idea how they felt or what they wanted.

Overall the book is an entertaing read with a few flaws here and there, but the book itself is a good read.

Nicholas Sparks is an expert at manipulating the reader's emotions and this book has its share of emotional ups and downs. The story concerns Miles Ryan, a deputy sheriff, whose beloved wife Missy has been killed by a hit-and-run driver. His life is consumed with grief and anger until he meets his son's teacher, Sarah Andrews. Miles begins to heal as his relationship with Sarah grows, but this is all disrupted when new evidence about Missy's murder is uncovered. The bonds of love and family fidelity are tested as disturbing new information is revealed. Sparks uses an interesting technique of interspersing short, stream-of-consciousness chapters by Missy's unknown murderer with the regular narrative, thus heightening suspense for the reader. This is another entertaining and engaging book by a good writer.

Best-selling author Nicolas Sparks delivers once again in this heartwarming tale of tears and triumph.

As a young widower, Miles Ryan finds little joy in life as a deputy sheriff in the small town of New Bern, North Carolina. Forced to raise his young son, Jonah, alone, Miles was devastated when two years prior, his wife Missy was killed in a hit and run auto accident. Because the killer was never found, Miles has never found closure as evidenced by the file he keeps on Missy's death.

Life seems to improve for Miles when he meets Sarah Andrews, Jonah's new teacher. Though Sarah was hurt by her previous divorce, she sees Miles as someone she could trust. Miles and Sarah's attraction to one another is both gradual and realistic as they begin to emerge from their old fears and heartaches.

In a heart wrenching and clever twist of fate, circumstances intervene and threaten to destroy this couple's newfound happiness. Emotions ride high as the reader is kept guessing until the last page is finished as to whether love can really overcome all.

A BEND IN THE ROAD is a fine addition to a long list of previous best-selling novels. With memorable characters facing real life problems, readers will be reluctant to part with Miles and Sarah as their story comes to a gripping conclusion.

This is a book with lots of interesting elements: hard-working inhabitants in a rugged setting, untamed wildlife, government regulation versus frontier freedom, and sharp characters in a well-developed plot.

Author Nicholas Evans has done an outstanding job of putting both his heart and mind into a story of how nature can get in the way of man's endeavors ... and vice versa. He demonstrates his ability to keep several sub-plots (involving romance, suspense, struggle) going at once, and to connect them in the reader's mind without impeding the flow of the story. His characterizations are quite strong, and I found myself figuring out very quickly who was to be liked, and who wasn't. Even the animals had personalities. Though I'm not in the top tier of nature enthusiasts, I thoroughly enjoyed reading and learning about the environment of wolves, the toil of ranchers and trappers, and how simple--and hard--life can be in beautiful Montana (I've visited; it's gorgeous).

Overall, I found "The Loop" (named after a trap for catching wolves) to be very well-paced (no slow chapters) and captivating. The evolving story line really kept me turning the pages, and even though the ending unwound just a little too fast for my taste, I'd recommend this book to anyone desiring a solid, satisfying novel.

This book makes you laugh, and makes you cry, and makes you hope that the wolves won't die!! Life is a circle, and The Loop shows you life, as the characters struggle with emotions and strife. Helen Ross and Buck Calder come alive in this town of Hope, & from summer to summer their lives loop in a struggle like a tug-of war on a rope. You can see both sides as they fight and debate, but the welfare of nature becomes so great! When you finish with this book, it makes you realize, that sometimes we must try to see the other sides. I enjoyed the emerging relationships, and all the personalities were keeping me in suspense, for I felt that the principles presented were so true-to-life that it mirrored many aspects of our world. Thank you, Nicholas Evans for a really eye-opening and informative novel about love, life and nature. Wolves will never be the same to anyone who reads this book. Peggy Barr

Do the words "The Horse Whisperer" remind you of Nicholas Evans? Ah yes, I see you nodding your head. Did you read the book or maybe see the movie? Both were excellent and his newest book "The Loop" is no exception. Once more Evans has masterfully portrayed the savageness and beauty of the human spirit at the same time making us treasure the magnificence of nature that surrounds us.

The small western town of Hope, Montana thrives on the cattle ranchers that inhabit the area. When wolf biologist, Helen Ross comes to town due to claims of wolves attacking children and cattle, she almost gets more than she bargained for. Buck Calder proves to be a worthwhile adversary as she struggles to prove the innocence of the wolves and keep the town from shooting them all. With a population of about 519 wolf haters, it's not an easy task convincing these people the motives behind the actions of these animals.

This is an excellent book and a seamless read. The slow beginning is a clever disguise for a fast-paced riveting novel that you won't be able to put down until you finish it. This is definitely a book that will make you laugh and cry alternately every moment until the very end.