this book is unique in that i have never read a book that completely talked about why a person should say the rosary-and what benefits a person can derive from saying it. it is very thouroughly explained and if a person is serious about prayer -this book can help in the development of a better prayer life because as you will read, the rosary leads to contemplative prayer, the highest type of prayer. the book also talks about the evolution of the rosary -how it really came to be-beyond what it basically known. it is a very good book

This book presents a very concise and perceptive analysis of doing business in China. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in understanding China's economy and the implications of technology's impact to this vast country. Today, China is the world's 3rd largest economy, and will be the world's largest economy (even surpassing the US) in about 10 years. Having a fundamental understanding of this country at this early stage is essential to everyone. There will be many investment and business opportunities in this vast country in the decades to come.

I studied this book for about 1 month and is giving me a clear understanding of the verbal part in the SAT. This will explain almost all of the stuffs you may need to know for your upcoming SAT as well as some tips. I highly recommend this book. Good luck on the test!

I found this book and read it in just a few days. It is very thorough and helpful. I have not yet done the exercises but if, as she said, one can see results in two weeks, I can hardly wait to get at it. She is sincere and her enthusiasm exudes from every page. It seems like she could hardly wait to get it all out on the paper. It is just what I need. I am looking forward to being a Younger Senior. Then I can write and thank her.

In our days, there is a continue interest on security field, whatever it could include or we understand by security. In other words, the essential core is to mantain confidence in the region, specifically, Latin America, of which world has pointed out their real interests.

In order to keep the peace in the region, the importance of this book is to select the principles of the international relationships. The past agreement signed between Peru and Ecuador definitely point out the seriuos level of confidence that those countries have reached.

Finally, the author is a known latin american researcher, so that, it could contribute to explain the narrow military and civil relationship that have worked together to end the territorial conflict.

I Loved this book! Author Kristin Gabriel just keeps getting better and better! Everytime I sit down to read one of her books I can count on laughing out loud. Send Me No Flowers matches therapist Rachel Grant with Love, Michigan's sexy mayor, Drew Lavery. Rachel and her paitents are sour on love, so they decide to boycott Valentine's Day. Drew must change her mind for the sake of the town's tourist trade. This zany romp is just plain fun, and Gabriel's unique brand of humor is delightful!

Here is a real treat for hardcore Marquez fans, it's a booklong, albeit a short book, but a nonetheless booklong interview with the man himself. And, boys and girls, it is beautiful. Stellar. I thought there was no way I could like this little nonfictionthing as well as his similarly sized short fiction or bigger novels, but the universe proved me wrong once again, and I did. The best part of the whole thing is when he talks about, and he's totally serious here, not being able to write without yellow flowers in the room. The guy is a nut. But it's beautiful, you can't help loving it even as you laugh at it. Just a great little book.

I came across The Snow Angel while searching for a book to read to elementary students for Read Across America week. Although it is too long to hold the attention span of a classroom full of 1st graders, I fell in love with it. The simple idealism was gorgeous. It starts out, "Rose was a little girl whose eyes were full of dreams. Most people see things just as they are. Rose saw everything blanketed in dreams of what could be. The world was much more beautiful because of it." Rose lives in a town that has become so caught up in the little hassles of everyday life that they have forgotten how to dream. It teaches a lesson that everyone should learn, and is written in a clear voice that children will relate to and adults will wish for. It is the voice of someone who has not given up on changing the world.

Not only does this book provide a complete historical perspective, it also highlights (through quotes and themes) the social issues facing early Hispano-American settlers. Ironically, these issues continue to have present-day relevance to those impacted by cultural and societal differences.

The Frenchman Gabriel De Foigny wrote this imaginary voyage novel set in terra incognita (Australia) in the 1670's, fifty years before the appearance of "Gulliver's Travels". This early lost race/science fiction novel has many attractions. First and perhaps foremost, it is a rousing adventure yarn replete with perils among a strange race of semi-human hermaphrodites; daring escapes; fights with monstrous creatures; and well-realized battle scenes. Second, it is a brilliant philosophical and sociological work which envisions a very strange, proto-communistic culture that is brought intensly to life. De Foigny uses this race of hermaphrodites as a foil to examine 17th century Europe's concepts of sexuality and society. It is amazing that in the early days of the novel, with very few prototypes to turn to, De Foigny would attempt a work that succeeds as an adventure story, a delightful fantasy, a dark dystopia, and an examination of the philosophical and mor! al tenets of the era, but De Foigny's remarkable novel works on these levels and more. Briefly, the book's protagonist, Sadeur, is carried to the shores of terra incognita in the clutches of a huge, predatory, Roc-like bird of prey. He is rescued by a civilized race that vaguely resembles humans. The individuals are eight feet tall, of a reddish hue, are hermaphrodites, and many have a second set of arms. Their social framework is equally unfamiliar, being communal and socialistic. All things are owned in common, there are no personal possessions, and human emotions such as covetousness, competetiveness, and even love are held in contempt. These creatures also have a drug culture, and their own strange sciences, and they have acheived the art of creating living creatures, although these creatures have fatal flaws that allow them to live only for several days. From the beginning Sadeur is loathed for his unisexual nature and because he is suspected to be a member of the ! hated human race, and he only manages to survive through th! e patronage of a high minded and powerful sage. After an exposition of the strange society he finds himself among (this is a common feature of lost race novels, and would be a bit tedious if De Foigny's creation were not so fascinating), and a string of adventures including the incursion of "sea monsters" that turn out to be a convoy of European explorers that are massacred after a savage battle, Sadeur's patron dies and things become dicey for him. The hermaphrodites wage war against a tribe of humans on a neighboring island, and Sadeur is forced to fight against his own kind. His heart is not in it, and after rescuing one of the human women and hiding her, he is caught by several of the hermaphrodites engaging in a sexual dalliance with the woman. The level of disgust the hermaphrodites feel over this discovery can barely be expressed. After killing the woman, they imprison Sadeur and condemn him to a ritualistic death. Sadeur escapes from this predicament by! means of secretly taming one of the huge predatory birds, which carries him out of the country in the same manner in which he entered it. It is hoped that this thumbnail sketch successfully conveys some of the interest of this fascinating work. My review will be worthwhile if helps convince a few more readers to find their way to this obscure and unjustly neglected novel.