This book is the bible to oncology nurses. It starts at the beginning of time to give you background on cancer, but it also goes in depth to describe each specific disease and as the disease progresses what signs and symptoms to be on the watch for. I found this book to be extremely informative for anyone who wants to know every thing there is to know about cancer. It is an easy read book that is up to date on diseases, clinical trials, drug company pt assistance, as well as listings for oncology support groups..I showed this book to an AOCN who stated this was the most informative easily digested book she has seen. The information is clearly written easily understood and easily findable...enjoy this informative book...

Cancer Nursing is an excellent resource for any library for either the practicing oncology nurse or the healthcare professional caring for oncology patients. This book is written with in depth information to help you care for oncology patients. This book has an easy to follow and understand lay out including the most up to date cancer information.

I absolutely love this book - it has brilliant images of contemporary artists work, and detailed reviews of the art and artists as well as reference to historical and contemporary issues of politics, gender, ethnicity and religion in relation to Israeli art. Each author gives an individual and detailed contribution to the book. It cannot be missed by anyone who is interested in Israeli art and the issues surrounding it.

Cora's story is fascinating. The book is difficult to put down. Very compelling and beautifully written. I couldn't recommend it more.

Alive with biblical flavors and aromas, The Good Book Cookbook provides authentic recipes for the foods, meals and feasts mentioned in the Old & New Testament. Besides a beautiful gift, TGBC is an intelligent book for Bible study classes and Sunday schools. Use the receipes to prepare an original Chuch Supper such as Jesus would have dines. Excellent.

Dr. Goodman's complete and thorough review of essential fatty acids is a must have for any holistic practitioners library. He evaluates the research in a clear, concise manner laying out the truth about the effectiveness of fatty acids. His clinical anecdotes are helpful for understanding how EFA's can be helpful in practice or as a layperson. Dr. Goodman describes how EFA's are useful for conditions that many people may not even know about. I was impressed with this book and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in using natural medicine to promote better health and prevent disease.

Susan Goodman is a very creative lady. The way she writes about the long journey of the Hannibal Leap kids is very realistic. When I read this book, I felt like I was on the journey with the children.

Tastes Of Jewish Tradition is a superbly presented celebration of Jewish holiday traditions and celebrations featuring 11 "kids friendly" stories, 90 do-it-yourself craft ideas; and 125 delicious recipes. Complete chapters are dedicated to Shabbbat; Rosh HaShanah; Yom Kippur; Sukkot; Hanukkah; Tu Bishvat; Purim; Passover; Lag B'Omer; Yom Ha'Atzmaut; and Shavuot. There are recipes for appetizers, breads, salads, soups, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts. Rounding out this "family friendly" compendium is a section of reproducible templates and "Prayers & Blessings". Showcasing the core of Jewish heritage as reflected in celebrated holidays, Tastes Of Jewish Tradition is a wonderful and highly recommended addition to any family library.

I purchased this book because my younger child is exhibiting signs of having reading difficulty in the future. In contrast, my older child learned to read on her own prior to entering school. From my own experience I realize that there is a wide variation in what children need in school. My easy reader would have found a "face the teacher and practice the sound" program exceptionally boring. I selected this particular book because I wanted "straight talk" on how a school could teach these two, very different, kids. Instead of the "straight talk" I wanted got a very biased presentation. For example, the child that gets phonics is "beaming with success." Secondly, the "researcher" reports the test scores that occur during "whole language" teaching but does not compare it to the scores that occurred during phonics periods. In addition, they do not identify the lag between when a child is taught to read and when they are tested. Thirdly, they should be more clear about why these shifts have taken place. My friends 2nd grader knows phonics well but cannot read because he cannot put it together in context. What happened to those kids in a highly phonics based program. Did they all "beam with success?" Lastly, a credible researcher provides a balanced report that identifies the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches. This book reports phonics as strong and whole language as weak. So, if you want "straight talk" on why phonics is the only way then this is a book for you. I you want to find a balance that will work for many different kids, then keep looking.

This book was truly spectacular if you are interested in really understanding how kids learn to read and what you can do to help! I learned so much from this book, if I had the money, I would buy a ton of them and give them out to anyone who has kids, will have kids, or works with kids.

This book does an amazing job of developmentally (Pre-K through grade 3) describing the skills kids need to acquire in order to read. It fairly reviews the current debate on how kids need to be taught reading, what parents can do (tons of specific age appropriate activities & lists of good books based on reading level), and it describes the research based warning signs for a child who is at risk for reading difficulties.

I am a teacher of children with mild to moderate specific learning disabilities who went through the teacher education program at Ashland University in Ohio. Like countless other teacher education programs, ours stressed only a "whole-language" model of instruction, to the exclusion of all others, especially those that stress explicit phonics instruction.

I bought this book at a symposium given by the International Dyslexia Association, and I am so thankful that I did. As a parent of elementary school-age children I needed to know the things in this book. Specifically...

*Why a book like this is necessary in the first place.

*What is this "great debate" that reading teachers, and educators keep talking about?

*How do children learn to read? Amazingly, this is not taught in many teacher education programs. Why? Because almost all of the research ever done on the issue, any research worth its weight in cotton candy points to the explicit teaching of phonics to be the way that most children learn to read. As the authors so beautifully, and succinctly point out "The English written code is a sound symbol code, not a word symbol code. That is the game."

Parents of school-age children especially need to carefully read this book. Although I myself am a teacher, I believe in a "parent as consumer" focus in education, and, given this, caveat emptor! Parents need to know what they are getting in return for their hard earned tax dollars.

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I think this is not a "Malaysian" experience.It is defnitely skewed perspective.

My grandparents in the 'kampung' / village have running water in the house and they don't live anywhere near a river let alone wash clothes in one. They also have a bathroom inside the house, not an outhouse. At least for 30 years. Eliza did not travel back in time did she?

Presentations of an extremely rural view on Malaysia is what surprises people when I tell them that I ride a bicycle not an elephant, and that I live in a 2 storey brick house not in a hut in a tree. As do many of the 22 million Malaysians.

In addition, the cover and title is also misrepresentative. "Chopsticks for My Noodle Soup". This might have been an acceptable cover for Singapore where the majority residents are Chinese. But Singapore is Chinese island in the middle of a large *Malay* archipelago. Malays are NOT Chinese. About 65 to 70% of Malaysians eat rice with their fingers and eat noodles with forks. Most probably don't even know how to use chopsticks ...

Nice try, but this depiction of so called Malaysian life is like featuring a White diamond mine executive in Africa and calling that life African.

This is a truly stellar account of one girl's true life experiences spending a year in Sabah, Malaysia. Don't believe the bad hype found on this site, 'Chopsticks for my Noodle Soup' is one of the most vivid and realistic visions of Malaysia out there being marketed to children. Eliza was not photographed in a studio, everything in these pages is accurate and truly did happen. The photography by Michael Doolittle is clear, vibrant, and full of life, the work of a master of the craft, and Susan Goodman's writing is true to the way a child speaks and will be found accesable and enjoyable to any child. For teachers, this book can be either an educational tool or a story. This is a great book, and any parent or educator should be proud to have it on their shelf.

This is a good book for young American children to learn more about living and going to school in another country. The photographs are interesting and full of emotion.