I like this book mainly because it went to extraordinary lengths to explain why a whale isn't a fish or the differences between a crocodile, an alligator a frog, and a toad.

The thing that surprised me the most is finding out the difference between a donkey and a mule. I never knew that mules couldn't reproduce. I did know that they were stubborn. I also didn't know that there was such a thing as the butterfly moth.

All in all, I found this book entertaining to read and would recommend it to young readers.

This wonderful, theological read asks and answers the transgenerational, transglobal question which mankind has wrestled with since the beginning of time. Using the Old Testament example of Job, Melvin Tinker allows the reader to examine how God can work through hardship, pain and anguish to refine the human spirit and soul.

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People is one of the best explanations of the goodness of God no matter what the circumstances may seem like to us. This small book contains volumes of wisdom that will transform the perspective of people who are willing to take an honest look at how they perceive the lessons that life has to offer.

This book is really great for teaching kids how the body works. I like how it is written in question and answew form. It makes learning about the body understandable for children as well as interesting. The book covers all the questions that kids always ask about the body. I was impressed with how much information the book covered and how well it was presented. I'm sure kids of all ages will enjoy this book.

This book explains about how the human body deals with reflexes. It gets a little technical, but a four or five year old can definately understand the content. I enjoyed reading this book to my children because even I learned a little that I either had not learned or had forgotten.

The book has fantastic photographs, both color and black and white, of the most interesting American worlds fair. The chapters are divided by sections of the fair, such as foriegn participation, transportation, communications. Some of the chapters are reproductions from contemporary sources, including the New York Times. My favorite chapter is the one showing memorabilia- a real treasure for the worlds fair collectors! The photographs are wonderful, showing interiors and exteriors, day and night shots, candids and official photos, color and black/white. The photographs are worth the price of the book, but it is well written, informative and interesting.For anyone interested in the 1939 New York Worlds Fair, this is the best!

Dr. Melvin Page, D.D.S. developed a system of body measurements to determine one's inherited glandular pattern. He measured thousands of patients and was able to correlate various glandular patterns with different degenerative diseases. The deviations from an ideal glandular pattern were not gross abnormalities that you would find in endocrinology text books, but slight deviations that neverthless make significant effects on one's health. This book does not deal with his techique of measurement. This is dealt with in another book titled Degeneration Regeneration. This book deals mainly with the diseases associated with various glandular patterns. It also deals with personality traits that may be associated with the different patterns. He also presents his diet for health. This diet was presented over forty years ago and it stands the test of time. This is a must read for any student of diet and nutrition. Raymond C. Forbes, D.M.D.

Smack by Melvin Burgess is a real life story about two young teenagers who run away and live with people their age in a squat getting into the dangers of heroine.

Tar, a fourteen-year old boy, runs away from his abusive drinking mother and father to live on the streets. Gemma also fourteen is his girlfriend who runs away with him because she is just fed up with her life and the restrictions in it. They find a squat, which in England is an abandoned house, to live in with three older people. At a party they meet Lily and Rob two sixteen year olds who have their own squat. Gemma gets to know Lily and realizes that they have so much in common and she goes to live with them. Tar eventually realizes that he is better off with Lily and Rob. The two start to take heroine and they get into the highs and lows of this dangerous drug. They think they've got everything under control until they relize that getting clean just isn't so easy.

The characters were very life like and had real feelings. The book tells about a real-life situation in taking heroine. It doesn't lecture and doesn't have an opinion about whether the drug is bad or good. In this story the different characters tell their point of view in each chapter. This is a book that you can't stop reading it keeps you interested until the very end.

This book would be recommended for young adults and teens. They can relate to the problems and pressures of the characters in the book.

"Smack" is a brutally honest introspective into street life and the lifestyle that those living it embrace. The book chronicles Gemma and Tar, a couple of English teens that decide flee their dysfunctional homelives for a life of freedom and excitement. The two aimless teenagers, move to Bristol where they take up residence in a squat (abandoned house where homeless people live)with other runaways of a similar background. Tar and Gemma are well off for a time, they party, go to concerts, and live the freedom drenched life they've craved for years. There is always a little drug use. A little weed here, some alchohal there,and that's where it stops. That is untill the night they meet Rob and Lily. The couple moves in with Lily and Rob where heroin is intrduced to them. Over time the four friends go from casual users to addicted junkies. Among the most memorable scenes is the grim instance when Rob and Tar enter another squat to collect on some heroin and come across the two inhabitants. They are both lifeless next to eacthother on the floor blueish in color with needles dangling from their arms. However the real shock is delivered when Rob and Tar go through the place untill they find the smack, and Rob makes the comment "It's probably dead pure", nodding to his two dead friends as he and Tar laugh. The grip of the life draining drug tightens and tightens as the story progresses. Gemma and Lily work on the street corners for whatever employer rolls up willing to give money to sustain their junkie lifestyle. Tar and Rob shoplift, deal, and sell. The friends attempt to kick the drug again and again with no success. "Smack" tells of desperate measures that are taken by ignorant teens in their attempt to escape. They want to escape from restriction, abuse, and neglect. In their excitement they stumble upon something they believe to be helpful in this goal. They are painfully mistaken as their attempt to escape results in imprisonment unlike any they have ever expierienced.

This book tells you what it's about right in the title; it's about smack, heroin, junk, whatever you want to call it. Smack is about two fourteen-year-olds living in squats in England in the 1980s. One of them, Tar, has an alcoholic mom and gets beat up by his dad so he runs away to live in a squat. His girlfriend, Gemma, hates her parents' restrictions, so she runs away to live with him. In Bristol, they meet two other teenagers, who introduce them to the drug that consumes their lives, heroin. Over the next four years, they are faced with addiction, prostitution, and numerous other things they didn't count on as they fall into and out of love with each other and heroin. They struggle with getting out of the deep hole of addiction, facing their parents, and regaining the lives they've created but have lost control of; all while learning many lessons about life, love, and themselves.
Burgess' style of writing each chapter from the view of a different character really pulls you into every side of the story, so that you feel like you are there. You come to know the characters inside and out, love them; you feel their pain and their joy. You worry for them and cheer for them throughout the whole book. But in addition to knowing the characters, you end up knowing the drug, heroin. This book reinforces everything you've ever been taught about drugs in a way more real than any health class.
I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who wants some drama, excitement, and emotion in a book. Teens especially will enjoy this book because they can relate to the feelings and the mindsets of the characters and what they are experiencing in this modern setting.

Although this book was written over 60 years ago the principles are timeless! I first read this book back in 1977 and went from a $4 per hr job to a $2,000 income from a part time business, from a 3 yr old Ford Pinto to a NEW LINCOLN MARK V. New Self-Esteem and Aliveness. I have met and known many successful people, including millionaires with net worths upwards to a 1/4 of a billion and they all attribute Think and Grow Rich as having a major role in achieving success. Truly an all- time classic anda must read for anyone serious about success. I also recommend "SUCCESS THROUGH A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE" by HILL & Clement Stone and "THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG" by David Schwartz.

In 1992, I suffered three major crisis; loss of my job, marital seperation and loss of a loved one. These elements put me into a tailspin financially and emotionally. THINK & GROW RICH was one of two books that I read at that time and significantly turned my life around! I found myself with no money, huge debts, no friends and no job. I had lost my self esteem and felt powerless. The principles in Think & Grow Rich gave me the how to turn mylife around. After applying the technique descibed on page 36, opportunities began to come to me. Within two weeks, I found new employment actually at a higher income than before. I started a very successful part time home based business, within two months, all bills were caught up and within six months all debts were paid off! With a better attitude I started to attract new people into my life. I went from a extreme negative attitude to a positive attitude, from a negative cash flow to a positive cash flow and from a life of emptiness to a life of aliveness. I believe that THINK & GROW RICH is the very best self developent book of all time! I also own the 8-cassette tape program/course and highly recommend it to everyone. I mentioned that THINK & GROW RICH was one of two books that turned my life around, the other book was More Wealth Without Risk by Charles Givens which is to personal finance what Think & Grow Rich is to Personal Success. I make it a habit to review both books and their tape programs continously and get continued results and ideas.

For years I was stuck in a dead end position. I have a B.S. and figured that would be enough to attract opportunities to me. After talking with our companies V.P. he suggested that I read "Think and Grow Rich" He told me that the most successful people he has met, including the President of this company highly endorse it.The book had a immediate impact and positive affect on my life and carreer. Within a month I was promoted to a management position. That was after working for this company for 6 years and going nowhere. The principles in the wonderful book really do work. I am now recommending this book to all of my people which is incredible because prior to "Think & Grow Rich" I never would have considered reading, let alone recommending the positive mind books. this one is definitely different! I also recommend "SUPERSELF" by Charles Givens particularly for any management or sales person who wants the maximum in personal! effectiveness. And by the way, Superself is also a favorite book at the company that I work for!

Anyone who has a child in the school system knows that the educational process does not allow for one-on-one assessment of a child's learning abilities. A child either keeps pace or in many cases, falls behind. The author has written an excellent book on what a child needs in order to grow, learn, and develop his or her full potential.

It would be wonderful if all children learned at the same rate and possessed the same aptitude for learning; however, each child is a unique individual. The educational system today does not structure its learning process around that fundamental fact. A good many of the behavioural problems we see surfacing today stem from the fact a child becomes frustrated, bored, overwhelmingly challenged, or discouraged by the educational process, and their actions are often a result of what is lacking in the education system. Some parents, as well, do not take that fact into consideration and often expect Mary to keep up with brother John, because John seems to excel in everything, while Mary struggles to achieve.

There are a variety of topics to be found in the book, including development of memory, language, and motor skills. If you are an educator or have a child who is experiencing difficulties in this area, this book provides excellent resource material. It is one parents and individuals with the authority to make changes in the system should read and take to heart. The book contains a valuable message, is well researched, and is equally as well written.

Other reviewers have discussed the pros and cons of Dr. Levine's theories in depth, so I won't go into those; in the field of cognitive psychology, I'm an interested (and, I think, fairly well-read) amateur rather than a professional.

That said, I feel that this is an important book for both parents and educators. The child's "job" of learning how to function in the world, and mastering the many tasks set for him/her by the educational system, isn't an easy one. The human mind is complex and multifaceted, but our schools tend to think of "intelligence" as a narrowly defined set of skills, and anyone who doesn't do well in those must be either stupid or lazy. (Levine notes that the moral implications of such judgments, e.g., that a student "doesn't try hard enough" or is "unmotivated," can be devastating to a child, and are often grossly unfair.) The irony is that -- as Levine points out -- the abilities that enable a child to succeed in school aren't necessarily those that conduce to success in later life; so, by rewarding performance only in certain areas, we doom many children to a low opinion of their abilities and ignore a wide spectrum of human potential.

Although the subject isn't exactly lightweight, I found the book appealing and highly readable. Dr. Levine clearly has great respect and affection for his young subjects, so his anecdotes are engaging and (often) amusing. I was especially tickled when he urged a young client not to let his teachers "catch him doing something right" because from then on they'd hold it against him. In school, I was a "divergent thinker" to the max: if a subject interested me, I'd do a brilliant job, but if not I'd blow it off. So my occasional successes turned into threats: "See how well you can do if you just TRY hard enough." Trying hard had nothing to do with it! (When I got into college and graduate school, where I could study the subjects that interested me, my GPA soared.)

Although Levine's work is often compared with Howard Gardner's, in fact they're complementary. Levine deals with cognitive skills (such as learning to filter stimuli), while Gardner deals with innate abilities or faculties in various subject areas (such as affinity for music). A child's learning difficulties could result from either one -- for example, problems with math might mean that the child can't focus on details, or has little math ability -- or they could be caused by something totally unrelated to intelligence, such as eye problems. As Levine memorably points out, every child's mind is different, and "one size fits all" solutions rarely address the real problem.

Although the book "A Mind At A Time" by Mel Levine, like the other current good ones, such as, "The Child Whisperer", "Why Didn't I Think Of That", etc is kind of based on material that is somewhat passe' and now well known, I did enjoy and learn many things from reading it. As a longtime parent and educator, however, I am more and more becoming convinced that the first and most important thing for children to learn about and internalize is character. Teaching children of all levels and abilities then becomes much, much easier. All of the most brilliant, well-meaning research on learning is rather less useful if an individual does not possess good character traits, including the will to learn. I feel that's the root core problem in an American educational system that has great educated and dedicated teachers. For a resource that makes it easy and interesting to understand character and why character counts, I am currently receiving excellent results when using the book, "West Point: Character Leadership Education..." by Norman Thomas Remick. But, maybe you know of another one. In any event, I can only say that putting the horse before the cart by teaching and imbuing character makes imparting knowledge a heck of a lot easier. And knowledge is virtue.

This has quickly become one of my most treasured books on my bookshelf! The notion that we are all spiritual beings here to learn lessons makes tons of sense. Sylvia's writing has reinforced my belief that we all continue on forever. The 'real' us is spiritual. Apparently, even Hollywood is open to this concept with their recent hit movie 'The Sixth Sense.' There are many parallels between what Sylvia writes and what was presented in that movie. Sometimes a spirit loses its way and lingers on the earth plane, thus becoming a ghost. A line from the movie goes: 'They don't know that They are dead.' This parallels Sylvia's experience with the Sunnyvale, CA, haunting of the Toy's 'R' Us store where a ghost won't leave there because he doesn't know he's passed on. I have a cousin who lives in Sunnyvale and she confirmed knowledge of that haunting. You will acquire new insight after reading this book. It's an enjoyable and educational read that will change the way you view life.

This is the first book I have by Syliva Browne and it has changed my life. I have never thought of myself as a spirtual person, but this book has indeed changed all of that. A lot of the things that Sylvia talks about are things that have I thought about but never fully realized. (For example, Our own spirit guides, life on the other side, the endless circle of life, and fianlly and most importantly, God's true love which is void of any guilt.) I look forwarded to reading more books by Sylvia and educating myself spiritually. In a world which is growning with more ane more uncertainity, it is wonderful to have someone make sense of it all. Read this for yourself, especially those who have experience any type of recent loss, may you feel the spirit of love flow through you.

How lucky you are if you're young and you've found this book! It contains so much wisdom -- stuff that took me years to learn or figure out through pain and trial. She shares so much good info! And she has such a good heart -- she keeps emphasizing the good for you and how to see and get rid of the negative in your life. It's obvious that Sylvia was chosen for this divine work. We are blessed to share in the eloquence of her gift. And it's so well written -- so easy to read and understand.

Here Sylvia talks about health, relationships, angels, religion, reincarnation, death, the other side, protecting ourselves from the negative, creating joy, identifying our purpose in life, and on and on. This is a practical guide with simple exercises and reasonable explanations. It also includes many beautiful, powerful affirmations to apply to our daily lives.

Sylvia is NOT some silly "nutcase psychic." Yeah, she's really funny, but this lady knows whereof she speaks. What a delight! Thank you, Sylvia!