This is the most endearing book I have ever come across. It made me call my Daddy and tell him how much I appreciate and love him. I read the bio on the author and cried at how it touched my heart. Appreciate the time you have your Daddy and read this book, you'll want to have copies to share with others.

DADDIES is a beautiful tribute to the love between father and child. A book that adults as well as children can to share with their fathers. Black and white photographs illustrate this special bond. The poignant reason for writing the book is told in an essay at the beginning. Children who have lost their fathers can relive and remember the loving moments they shared.

This is an extraordinarily informative and gripping account of Elizabeth Blackwell's unlikely rise to prominence in the field of medicine in the 19th century. The portrayals of Dr. Blackwell and her contemporaries and friends--Stowe, Nightingale--are drawn with unusual vividness, as are the many and often seemingly insurmountable obstacles that beset Blackwell at every turn. I was amazed at how much ground Glimm covered, and all in a clear, well-organized and brisk-paced narrative. I am certain that girls and boys alike will find this account of Blackwell's heroic--really triumphant--life inspiring and delightful.

An excellently written biography for young people sets the life of Elizabeth Blackwell against its historical backdrop using photographs, engravings, and sidebars with nuggets of information that clarify the era. This first woman doctor's struggle to achieve her life's dream within that period of history so harsh and prejudicial to women and primitive in terms of medical teaching and practice is brought vividly to life by the informative illustration, accessible historical perspective, and visual design of the book. It should be very useful to help young students understand the history of both women and medicine in the 19th century.

This is a thoughtful, energetic companion to college. College is a huge investment. I absolutely recommend this to students, would-be students, and parents of students, to ensure they get their money's worth.

This book is a must read for any college student or college bound high school student. The book contains strategies and suggestions for success while in schoool that will lead to success in the world of work. The information presented will help students prioratize the activities and events of their college and university years that will ultimatly lead to higher grades, a more enriched experience in the University, and career success. Many researchers have documented a relationship between happiness on the "job" and happiness and contentment in life

Much of the information is what we assume all good parents will share with their children. However, my experience as a college professor and mentor to many students is that this information is not being passed on effectively. Even the best parents could not come up with all of these "pointers". Dr. Scheele shares her experiences with students she has encountered in her position in the career center of a large University.

This bok would make a great gift to the graduating senior or to any young adult looking for some common sense quidance to help launch them into the world of work. It will be on my list of "gifts for the graduate"

Allen Martin, Ph.D., Coordinator, Consumer Affairs, California State University, Northridge

I was lucky to find this book to improve upon my skills for GRE's analytical writing section (introduced as of october 2002). The author describes effective writing techniques by recommending a set of rules & showing instances of each of them in action. The examples provided would be most useful to a reader because it shows what to avoid & how to rewrite sentences more effectively.

This book has been a tremendous help studying for my SATs and ACTs. Pre-College students will love it as a study guide; adults can enjoy it as a review.

You could hardly do better than to get "The Little Green Goose" for any father, whether adoptive or biological. Adele Sansone's text is a miracle of economy, covering parenthood, adoption, geneaology, and more with a minimum of fuss and text.

The barnyard goose decides that he wants to be a father, but as he has no wife or other partner, he decides to adopt a spooky looking green egg found by the dog at the edge of a field. The goose settles himself on top of the eggs and waits and waits. When the egg finally cracks open, what emerges is some sort of lizard or dinosaur or who knows what--but it definitely is not a goose. Still, Sansone's goose dad utterly ignores the differences between himself and his new son and makes a natural (and skillful) parent. When the "green goose" decides to try to figure out what his real background is, he has little luck and ends up coming home to the goose--who, after all, is the only parent he's ever known.

The illustrations, by Alan Mark, are utterly charming. The "green goose" is splotched and splashed with color, while the goose is drawn sparingly and convincingly. This is, overall, a fun tale with subtle and valuable life lessons.

Wonderful book covering so many subjects in a short entertaining time. Father goose longs for a child, and adopts a very strange egg. After the little green goose is born, the baby chicks tease saying thats not really your mommy, you dont look anything alike. The little green goose goes around trying to find out who he looks like and then becomes lonely and returns home, realizing home is where you are loved. Great book for adoptive fathers. Also for those involved in transracial adoption. The story illustrates a fathers love and caring, the idea that families do not need to look alike, and all this is done with a tale that is good for its own sake. The illustrations are superb, my favorite is the final one, this great big green dinosaur-like creature (the little green goose) with the father goose laying on top of his head, one wing stretched out protectively over his child and both fast asleep.

Just when I was at the depths of despair...a friend introduced me to this extraordinary book.

I never thought that a book could inspire me. Mending Broken Hearts has done just that--INSPIRED ME. Inspired me to survive... to feel my emotions... to hope and dream again.

It is not a cure-all, but Mending Broken Hearts will give anyone, going through heartbreak, the tools to work day-by-day through their anxieties and fears.

Thank you Adele Wilcox for this wonderful resource. It is truly a work of the heart!

Mending Broken Hearts helps you do exactly what the title promises.

The meditations contained in this book helped me face the wide variety of topics that surfaced after facing a personal loss.

Ms. Wilcox has combined personal experiences with insight and common sense in addressing everything from sex to self esteem.

Her book made me realize that I am not alone on this path of healing and that through understanding, patience and a little laughter, the healing does take place.

"Affirmations" was a particularily helpful meditation for me. It begins, as all the meditations do with a quote, "You have been criticizing yourself for years and it has not worked. Try approving yourself and see what happens" (Louise Hay, from "You Can Heal YOurself). Ms Wilcox then explains how important affirmations are in life and how to make them work. The meditation ends, as they all do, with an affirmation that can be used each day. I have tried to incorporate these affirmations in my day to day life and find that that make a huge and positive difference!

Regardless of the reason for your broken heart, I believe these meditations will help you address those problems and issues that feel uniquely yours but are shared by all of us as we make this journey.

Written and designed by Warren Lehrer (not Jim Lehrer) this is a really great read and a great gift. Designed like a 'person' this book reads like a person talking. Really fun. Great insight into some New York history and neighborhood feeling. Warren Lehrer is a unique designer who was able to put a 'personality' on the page with photographs, and typography.

Written by Jim Lehrer, who has an interesting way of presenting 'visual literature' (varying font types and other graphic tools), this book is a riveting look at one quintessential New Yorker. Nicky D. Tommaso has lived in the same apartment across the river from the United Nations for over 65 years, and seen life go by with a keen eye, and a charmed smile. This comes across as a series of vignettes, anecdotes, and stories told as only Nicky D can. With an irreverence that is delightful, and an insight that is at times, profound, we are led by the hand to various little corners of his house, his life and his mind. A great read that may be universal in its appeal mainly because its so utterly honest, and drenched in human suffering and joy. All told with a sense of humor that is the most appealing element of this book. Excellent!

This book is a visual delight packed with absorbing, well-written text, a generous sampling of over 460 illustrations, descriptive captions, and values. Adele Kenny infuses her subject with lively and energetic writing and approaches case art from both historical and design perspectives. Thus, the book is a valuable and important resource for photographica enthusiasts, Victoriana and Americana collectors, dealers, artists, and interior designers. This book is impressive for its readability, its content, and the quality of its illustrations.

The outstanding production on this book and several hundred gorgeous

illustrations are matched by interesting, informative, and highly readable

text. The author's focus on mid-nineteenth century design styles includes

not only a wide range of daguerreotype cases, but their component parts as

well (pads, mats, and preservers). The book is about case art, but it also

includes the case makers and photographers, the design styles of the time,

and a historical perspective on life in America from 1840-1870. This unique

approach to case art is a departure from the norm and makes Kenny's book an

important reference text for photographica, Americana, and Victoriana

collectors along with artists, historians, and designers.

This is the true success bible that others just copy. It has helped me understand what happens at work and how to succeed.

This is not "How to Make a Lebenty-Leben Billion Dollars By Tomorrow Morning at 9:00 am" What it is, however, is an intelligent approach towards achieving success. Note that Success according to Scheele is not equal to making a lot of money. If you agree, buy it!

In words of one syllable, YOU MUST BUY THIS BOOK! As the owner of an antiques business and one who sells Staffordshire figures, I endorse this book without reservation. Narrowing the subject to one category of Staffordshire collecting and an in-depth study makes this reference text as unique as Adele Kenny's other books and numerous articles that have been published in widely circulated periodicals like The Antiques News, Antiques & Auction News, and Carter's Antiques & Collectables (Australia). This is MUCH more than the usual Stafforshire picture book (although the hundreds of illustrations are marvelous). The presentation is wonderful, the book design and quality are superior, and the content is without equal. Staffordshire Animals is destined to become a standard reference in the field.

This specialized and comprehensive reference book is a must-have for collectors and dealers! Unlike those large and unwieldy "catalogs" of little more than picture after picture, Kenny has included interesting amd informative text that provides invaluable insights into pottery making in Staffordshire as well as a substantial sampling of illustrations. Suggested values give an accurate sense of current, and rising, market. Kenny's book is well-organized and beautifully presented. Her writing style is intelligent, lively, and very reader-friendly. If you love Staffordshire figures, you'll love this book!