This book is an excellent junior-high level novel, an interesting saga of three boys who pool their money and go racing one summer in California. The author does a good job of capturing the flavor of short track racing. Fast-paced and exciting, it offers very good character development and an intriguing plot. A kid's classic, especially for young racing fans.

The focus of this excellent wildflower guide to flowers found in the Smokies is to tell WHERE and WHEN to find them in bloom. The book relies upon color plates for ID and is limited enough (only 144 pages) to allow a quick scan of all the photos when searching to ID that elusive flower. Although not nearly so complete as THE AUDUBON GUIDE TO EASTERN WILDFLOWERS (my overall favorite), this book has become my LOCAL favorite for use during outings in the Smokies.

Wildflower enthusiasts of all types should have this book in their pocket when hiking in the Smokies. It will save you time because it focuses only on about 225 flowers found in the Smokies. If you've located in the book one or two types of flowers in bloom in the area where you are hiking then you'll be within 5 or 6 pages of the correct location for all the other flowers in bloom at that particular time!

Other nice features of the book include the ring binding which allows it to open easily, the manner in which all color plates are on the right side so as to allow thumbing thru in search of the correct plate and the excellent close-up color photos of the flowers.

My primary complaint is that the book doesn't offer photos of MORE species of flowers--hey there are over 1,500 species in the Smokies--but this book is rarely a disppointment for me, an avid wildflower enthusiast who spends at least one or two days/week hiking in the Smokies during warm weather months.

In the Oz Winkie Country is a kingdom of living teddy bears. They have a problem they just can't bear; someone is bearnapping them right before their very eyes. Their comfortable kingdom in Iz is ruled by the Lavender Bear and has always seemed so safe. But now, with his peaceful kingdom's inhabitants disappearing one by one, the Lavender Bear decides that it's time to stop playing and start finding out who's responsible for themass bearnapping of his subjects. He sets out to find the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman to help him. The Lavender Bear made his first appearance in Baum's 1917 Oz book The Lost Princess of Oz. Over 30 bw illustrations.

I enjoyed this book very much, and am proud to give it four stars. As a baseball player myself and striving to go to the major leagues, this book conveyed the best real-life aspect of a young man trying to live out his dream. I have read other books that tried to show the effort of trying to get to the major leagues, but they did not focus on the minor leagues which is a very integral part of the whole experience. But this book did a good job of showing all the difficulties and triumphs of Sam Bogosian and the reat of his favorite team, the Titans. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in baseball, both the game aspect and the business aspect.

The reason I liked this book is because it had a good plot and the characters had good lives and the book was good because of the problems that they had to go through and the school year the way that they did. They had to overcome that principal because of the color of there skin.

L. Frank Baum introduced the world to Queen Ann Soforth in his novel TIKTOK OF OZ where, bored of ruling her insignificant land of Oogaboo, she decides to raise an army and conquer the whole world. At that time, Tiktok and the Shaggy man of Oz prevent her from getting into too much trouble and help her safely back to Oogaboo. This time she leaves Oogaboo to find her missing parents whose mysterious disappearance had put the teenager on the throne. The Shaggy Man and Tiktok help her in the search. Along the way, Ann and the Oogaboo youths who volunteer to come with her have a lot of fun and learn some important lessons about relationships. Although they go through some interesting places in Oz, this book deals more with interpersonal relationships than wacky adventures in curious places. It is not one of the best Oz books. The artwork is basic. Although the characters are well developed, Oz just doesn't seem as magical in this story. On the positive side, the author tells not only the hidden history of Oogaboo, but also reveals some of the mystery of the Shaggy Man's past. It is a good book for children and a great addition to the reading list of die-hard Oz-ophiles.

This is a great book, a nice exploration of a part of Oz Baum didn't visit much, and a fun story for all ages. Oz fans will get a kick out of it.

I recently learned that I got a 5 on the AP Exam and I have no doubt that part of the reason for this is that I used this book to study. With that being said, the book does have its problems. The information in the book is exhaustive in detail and attempts to teach the reader everything there is to know about European History; a noble attempt, but wholely unecessary! "Big Purple", as my friends and I referred to the book, is excellent when combined with a shorter, more concise review book (I split my study time between it and "Cracking the AP Euro Exam") but is far too dense to stand on its own...it'll drive you nuts if you try to prepare studying from it alone!

For AP European History exam preparation, I used three review books: ARCO, PRINCETON and REA. Each of these
books had something unique that made studying productive...and definetely got me higher than a three (I don't know for sure, I
just got back from the test an hour ago). I'll give you the basic information about each one:

ARCO-this book has a short historical review, but the writing style and page format are IDEAL FOR HIGHLIGHTING and
putting in sidenotes. The tests were relatively easy and the "how to take the test" parts are worthless, But this book is
PERFECT FOR GETTING THE BIG PICTURE. The practice essay questions at the end of each chapter had an enormous
impact on my success, but lacked explanations and sample essays; what I did was write the essays and then I had my teacher
look at them.

PRINCETON-this review book has a COMPREHENSIVE SECTION ON HOW TO TAKE THE TEST. The historical
review is more INTRICATE than the ARCO book, but sentences are wordy and is NOT IDEAL FOR HIGHLIGHTING OR
NOTE TAKING. The tests were harder than in the ARCO, and contained detailed explanations. The book helps put together
the pieces of the puzzle, but not as well as ARCO. In addition, a helpful index appears in the back of the book.

REA-This book goes into WAY TOO MUCH DETAIL. I would highly recommend it to those students with die hard teachers
though. For the regular joe, THIS BOOK CONTAINS SIX PRACTICE TESTS. Some questions will make you scared, but
for the most part, the questions are general and straightfoward, just like the real test. The essay questions are great too; sample
essays appear with the answer keys after each test.

I recommend the ARCO book in order to get the BIG PICTURE.
I recommend the PRINCETON book for it's HOW TO SECTION and SEMI-DETAILED HISTORICAL REVIEW.
I recommend the REA book for it's TESTS.

Other than that, its your choice.

Oh yeah, if anyone tells you that the test is hard, tell them that they didn't work hard enough. As long as you put the time and
effort in, you don't screw around in class, and you realize that YOUR GRADE IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, you'll do fine. I
had a lazy teacher, but I managed to pull it off. ;-)

Well, my first look at this book brought on a wave of overwhelming feelings (It's nearly 600 pages). But don't be alarmed. I was an A (94-96%) student in AP Euro, and I can recall facts generally within a time FRAME pretty well. I've already taken the exam, and I can guaruntee you this: There are about 8-10 questions from this book ACTUALLY ON the AP Exam. This book COMPLETELY BEATS the Princeton review, if that's what you're thinking of using. Most of my friends found that the Princeton book actually had time periods MISSING. Use this as your primary study source (or your only study source) and study AT LEAST 2 weeks prior to the exam, and you're set. I haven't gotten my results back yet, but I'm almost certain of a 4, with most probably a 5. Good luck to all that take it, and bring some Gatorade and PowerBars, that 15 minute break is crucial!

We thought we had ordered the textbook, Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies by McConnell and Brue. This book however is Selected Material from Microeconomics. The Table of Contents is the same as the textbook, so this is really confusing. Be sure you get what you want.

Microeconomics by McConnell and Brue is a great text book. The explanation is very clear. I especially like the way they explain the graphs and concepts. It's very easy to understand. They give very good examples in each chapter. I use it for my class and I found the reading is very enjoyable. This textbook is definitely good for people who want to do self-study of microeconomics.

Every age is given sufficient proof that economics makes for poor religion. One can do what is legal, one can do what is profitable, but without a moral sense society crumbles. Ropke spent his career outlining the limitations of freedom, democracy, and market economy rather than worship them as limitless absolutes.

Unlike other economists, he confronted the subjective, human elements and prerequisites which made a free society possible. This meant understanding man as a spiritual being, not as an object or statistic. He knew that life was too messy and too majestic to fit into rows and columns. The social, moral, and political framework that sustained ordered liberty and the good society had to be conserved, even if this meant occasional government intervention, contra Hayek and Mises, and its conservation relied upon the health of human beings. Necessarily, then, there was an interest in one's values. If we recall the truism that everything that we do affects someone in some way, we are compelled toward some sense of responsibility. Therefore we ought to keep in mind not merely the freedom to choose but the content and consequences of those choices.

Throughout the book, Ropke's prescription is decentralism, 'decongestion and deproletarianisation' in state and society. He rejected 'the cult of the colossal' for the human scale: small business over large; private property, home ownership, and roots over endless mobility; craftsmanship over cheapness; teamwork, loyalty, and trust over every man for himself competition; dignified work over mechanical labor; human contact and community over bureaucratization and anonymity; and in all a reliance on things local rather than on a distant megalopolis, centralized business concern, or federal government.

Against the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few he placed the mediating institutions of family, church, and local community. As Tocqueville recognized, these institutions provided psychological, spiritual, and social sustenance while putting limits on the power of the state and big business to tyrannize and homogenize society. Ropke's interest in the human scale led him also to some prophetic remarks on technology, overpopulation, suburban sprawl, the automobile, and the attraction of rootless individuals toward crime, terror, and mass political movements.

Written in 1944, in the midst of war and other centralizing conditions, Moral Foundations lacks the coherence and the more readable translation of A Humane Economy, written fifteen years later. William Campbell's introduction pays tribute to Ropke but does not discuss the volume at hand. Readers may also grow impatient with Ropke's habit of leaving entire passages of French and German untranslated, as well as his tendency to bury important points in his end notes.

His prescriptions for postwar Germany, particularly his call to break up monopolies, were ignored then just as similar prescriptions are ignored today in the United States. Yet with his emphasis on the humane, the moral and the social, he still has much to teach us.

Dr. Zaiker Niak had a debate with Dr. William Campell and pretty much destroied this book. You can buy the video tape at Iqra bookstore on devon in chicago. The debate was held in chicago. An excellent debate which I wish I could share with the world. Unfortunetly, I don't know any other place that sells the video tapes. But if you ever visit chicago be sure to go to devon street and go into Iqra bookstore and buy the video tapes. A must have for any muslim!

One Example I'd like to share is Dr. William Campbell's meeting with Keith Moore. There is documentation to prove Keith Moore knows the Qur'an is 100% scientifically accurate regrading embryology. So are we going to believe Dr. William Campbell's personal dealings with Keith Moore, or books (documented proof) Keith Moore certified himself?

Another Example is Campbell's misuse of arabic. The Qur'an doesn't say the the mountians were put to stop earth quakes, but to stop the earth from moving with you. The book called "The Earth" testifies to this. It's used in college classrooms.

Dr. William Campbell's book is a fantastic refutation of the claim that the Quran is a scientific miracle and an excellent defense of the accuracy and inspiration of the Holy Bible. I highly recommend it.

Just one comment to those who claimed that Naik defeated Campbell. It is true that Campbell did a vey poor job, but that is because his skill is in writing not debating. Far from refuting Campbell, Naik managed to tap dance his way around many of the arguments and give the misleading impression that he actually addressed the issues...

Dr.Campbell's reply to Bucaille is logical,sensible and sharp. He addresses most of the claims Islam and the Quran makes on Christianity and the Bible (which are very often baseless or twisted out of context) and answers them, systematically, professionally and intelligently. Those who cannot take such clear rebuttals have more than thick wool over their eyes. And just try to wish this great book away. Or try insulting it or the author, but they just cannot deny the facts thats clearly presented in it. Shabas! (Congratulations!), Dr.Campbell, for taking the time to respond to those half-truths and misrepresentations, and thank you. This book is worth more than Five stars!