This little gem was sent to me by my cousin who is a research scientist at Mayo Clinic. I am eternally grateful! Each of my Environmental Science and Biology 1 students will now be reading it as part of their course work. Milbrath cuts to the chase in a dialogue that is easily understood by the layman. It is rather ironic -in the 1800's Chief Seattle spoke of "the end of living - the beginning of survival" ...Rachel Carson.....Lester Milbrath.... are we never going to hear the words and exercise the right? I would encourage all science teachers to make this book required reading! As Milbrath says, "Nature, life systems, and society are one; they have a common fate." Let's be eager to learn this TODAY! Marcia Balmut Ward Graham High School - Env. Sci. St. Paris, Ohio

I've read a number of books that purport to clearly explain the ins and outs of environmentalism, but none come close to this little Socratic dialogue. Using a format of questions and answers with his neighbor, Milbrath (a professor at SUNY and longtime philosopher of environmental sanity) takes a leap beyond both strident rhetoric and turgid college text writing to provide a major public service. If this were published by a mainstream publisher, it'd be on the bestseller list.

In Ann Rinaldi's story, The Good Side of My Heart, there is a mix of love, hate, and lies that keep you interested until the very last page. Conflict with a young girl, her best friend, her brother, father and herself keep you captivated and wanting more.
The Good Side of My Heart is full of conflict between almost every character. Brie, a young girl in high school, has a good life and a bright future until she falls head over heals for her best friends brother, Josh. Josh comes to Brie's town after being kicked out of his private school because of an intimate relationship with the Captain's kid. Brie would do anything to be with Josh, including lie to her father, sneak out of the house, cover up a drug scandal on her island, and keep things from her brother, whom she is very close to. Brie's brother, Kevin, is a priest who has always been there for Brie through everything to help her with her problems, but this time, they are both relying on each other when Kevin starts to question his faith, and Brie finds out a life altering secret from her love, Josh.
The storyline is very intriguing, full of colorful characters and interesting conflicts; it is easy to relate to real life. The narration lets you know exactly what Brie is thinking and you can almost feel like you are in the story with her. You get mad when she gets mad, sad when she is sad, and confused when she is confused.
The Good Side of My Heart is for all ages, but especially for young people, mainly girls, who are going through the stages of growing up, falling in love, and learning to fall out of love. The novels juicy conflicts and realistic themes make this story a real page-turner with a satisfying end.

Although written in 1987, this well-written fiction book is as relevant today as it was thirteen years ago. In fact, it was probably ahead of its time in discussing teenage homosexuality in young adult literature when it was originally published. This quality story focuses on realistic adolescent experiences and deals with the issue of sexuality in a sensitive and intelligent fashion.

The story is told through the experiences of sixteen year old Brie, who like many adolescents, battles with a parent, faces peer pressure, and makes some decisions that, while seemingly important at sixteen, she will hopefully be able to look back at and laugh when she is an adult.

Ann Rinaldi's style of writing makes this book easy to read and difficult to put down. The character development is well done, even in the most minor of roles in the story. Rinaldi's use of visual imagery is superb, as it is easy to imagine the experiences of the characters as they are described from Brie's point of view.

Brie's experiences and the stages of understanding and maturity she goes through with those individuals closest to her make this a quality read for young adults.

The title and pictorial representation leads one to believe that the book would share some light on the past and present exploits of the Clinton's political arranegements. However the book is in fact a catalog of ramblings about unsubstantiated charges of corruption at all levels of government. Additionally an inordinate portion of the text is dedicated to the struggles the Clintons went through in their early lives. It also goes off on tangents that only remotely relate to the Clinton's felonious life style. To the interested student of power brokers this book is replete with redundancies that leads to a boring and sophomoric exercise.

This book detailes the corruption of not only the Clintons but Arkansas and Washington D.C. as well. The book paints a picture of the idealistic and somewhat tortured personal lives of two people who get caught up in the corruption of not only Arkansas, but Washington D.C. The book does get kind of bogged down in discussing tangents to the main theme of the book, the Clintons, but its meant to show what kind of Arkansas and Washington D.C. they came into politically. The book, although defintely not pro-Clintons, avoids purely polemical and emotional language and writing. It is a sad commentary on politics in general and our country when corrupt people can get into high places.

This is an excellent read! If you are unconvinced of the corruption we have had for the last eight years, then this book will cause you to reconsider. It also goes into detail as to how Bill Clinton got into this terrible state.

Anyone who dismisses this book as unsubstanstiated is obviously partisana and also hasn't been paying attention to the news for the last eight years. An objective and reasonable person will see the truth and the truth is what is written is true and well documented. Mind you this is a close friend of Bill Clinton who wrote the book! No agenda - just truth for those who can accept it.

This book highlights the pattern of deceit, drug use and corruption. Frankly, I'd rather not be in denial but admit the obvious about this man. Hopefull the American people will never allow someone of this low calibur ever become President again.