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The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope (Third-Grade Detectives, Number 1)
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (2001)
Authors: Salvatore Murdocca, George Edward Stanley, and Sal Murdocca
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Good Mystery
I would give this book three stars because it isn't the best and isn't the worst.It also wasn't my favorite because the mystery was very un exciting.I would recommend this book to my friends because
they would like the story.

A Good Way to get your Kids to Think!
I bought this book hoping to end the "electronic gameitis" my son was displaying. I was not disappointed, first the book introduces a third grade classroom which my son relates to because he's in the third grade. Then it show how to write and decode a secret message. I'm still decoding secret messages sent TOP SECRET. Because it involves a mystery that is simple and somewhat common, it keeps the kids thinking "hey, this could happen to me!" This book is the solution to show kids that they have an imagination, no need to rely on t.v, etc... My only complaint is that's its too short.

Wonderful for budding detectives!
The THIRD GRADE DETECTIVES is a wonderful series for budding detectives - like my kids are! It's also great for teaching science - something my kids weren't really interested in until they found out that the police use science to solve crimes!


Gambit and the X-Ternals (Marvel Comics X-Men Deluxe)
Published in Paperback by Marvel Books (1995)
Authors: Fabian Nicieza, Salvatore Larroca, and Al Milgrom
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Average as a stand alone, but essential for an AoA collectio
Welcome to hell on earth. North America is ruled by an evil mutant called Apocalypse. His kingdom only lives by one rule: Survivial of the fittest. Humans are regarded as the lower class and even not all mutants will be survive in this world. This all happened because Professor Charles Xavier never existed. Thus he never got to form the X-Men to appose the self-appointed ruler Apocalypse.

Remy LeBeau (aka Gambit), the modern Robin Hood of this timeline, leads his team called the X-Ternals, to steal from the rich and give to the poor. They're the best thieves there are.

And on assignment of the X-Men, they go after the biggest jewel of them all: the M'Kraan Crystal. This crystal is a way, perhaps the only way, to stop the horrible graps that Apocalypse has on America. But it will be dangerous as there are a lot of obstacles in the way, like the Imperial Guard who serve the Shi'ar empire by protecting it and the crystal.

The art is average and the story is okay. There is an intersting plot twist though. So this is quite an average TPB as a stand alone. But essential if you're collecting the rest of the AoA books. But you can also do without. You find out they get the crystal in the other books anywayz.

What? There are more? Yessiree. These stories won't mean much if you haven't read this AoA storyline from the start. If you get this, I recommend you get all the other AoA TPBs too. For a complete reading list of it, see my X-Men: LegionQuest review.

The rise of a most unlikely hero.
What can be said about this book. Well, first Gambit is one of my favorite X-men and that is because he is a mystery. It was so good to see a Gambit story told without ruining a degree of this mystery. This book tells the story of the Age of Apocalype's alternate universe Gambit's rise from the ranks of a lowly sewer dwelling theif to an enter galactic hero. In the begining, Gambit has never made it away from his past as theif, which he has in the real X-men universe. However, Gambit still has his heart gold which he does in the regular continuaty. He leads a small rebelion of theives through the sewers that strikes at Apocalype's bases, steeling from the mutants giving to the refugee humans. Our Robin Hood like hero's life is flipped up side down when Magneto, leader of the renegade mutant outlaws, the X-men, comes to him with a mission that could save all of exsistence. He presents him with the greatest jewel hiest ever. To steal the M'krran crystal from the Shi'ar empire before it consumes the universe. From here we witness Gambit's rise from a small time theif to a man. The universe is placed in his hands and he must rise to the occasion or have the blood of every being who has evern lived on his consious. Fabian Niciez tells the epic struggle of the most unlikely of hero's rise to greatness. We see Gambit struggle to keep his X-ternal's moral up while on the inside he struggling not to give into his own fear that he is ultimately unworthy of such a great responsibilty. Mr. Niceaz presents Gambit's epic struggle with style, grace and a story full of deeper meaning. Why should Gambit fight so hard and risk himself for a universe that has rejected him and forced him to hide in the sewers? The simple answer hits him like a brick wall - for a love he lost a long time ago. Through the almost non stop action, we see a struggle for a man to become what the is destined to be, an attemp to make past wrongs right, and the betrayal at the hands of a close friend that could mean the end of the universe as we know it. I recommed this book and encourage X-men fans to e-mail me. I love to hear others opinion and views on the characters I love.

The Robin Hood of the Age of Apocalypse!
I initially got into X-MEN by watching the TV series. This inspired me to read more and more X-Comics and I got to say, this has been one of the very best! This story occurs in a timeline where Professor X is no more and America is being ruled by the evil mutant Apocalypse. Humans are being destroyed in countless thousands by his ruthless infinites and there isn't a living soul to stop this genocide. The only hope for this world are the X-Men. Led by Magneto the X-Men fight for a better tommorrow to rid themselves of this nightmare their world has become. In such a world, the Externals led by Gambit make unexpected attacks on Apocalypse's empire. They steal supplies of food and other items to give to the humans. After revelation of another timeline that should have been, Magneto sends Gambit and the Externals on a Journey to the Shiar Empire to steal a shard of the Mkraan crystal so that they can repair the fractured continium. The action comes faster than ever and the ending is very shocking. If you are are definitely going to buy this, I recommend you to get all the other Age of Apocalypse ones as well. They are absolutely brilliant!


Caruso and the Art of Singing: Including Caruso's Vocal Exercises and His Practical Advice to Students and Teachers of Singing
Published in Paperback by Dover Pubns (1995)
Authors: Salvatore Fucito and Barnet J. Beyer
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Not quite a guide
I bought this book and I expected to learn singing from Caruso, but I was surprised to find out that more than half the book is actually a biography about his life. The book's aim isn't to teach singing, but to tell about Caruso's life, his career, and finally about how he practiced singing. No solid advice or technique is offered.

good to know
I thought the book is great - for everybody who wonders how to learn how Caruso succeeded in getting is throat so relaxed and his voice so perfectly soft - here is the book to at least catch a glimpse. Don't expect to "learn" singing from this book - but be happy to at least get an idea why most of the singers today sing so much worse than the singers in Carusos age (not to say Caruso himself). Fucito has actually helped Caruso studying - so he knows what Caruso actually did - forget the book from Marafioti...


Field Guide to Mysterious Places of Eastern North America
Published in Paperback by Owlet (1997)
Author: Salvatore M. Trento
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Good descriptions of real places with mystery about them.
The "Field Guide..." has enough detail to lead one to a whole range of interesting spots. Some are a little hard to find from the information provided in the book, because the investigators and the owners of property of the sites cannot reveal too much for fear that there will be excessive traffic and human erosion.

Many of the locations are treated in other books and serious study reports whose authors are concerned with evidence of "diffusion", the idea that other peoples and cultures arrived in North (and South) America before the voyages of Columbus. Several groups are organized for the purposes of continuing these studies, and most of them are cited in the book.

From the serious side of these investigations, the author's use of a magnetometer to detect magnetic anomalies around many of the sites is interesting, but lends and air of comedy or strangeness to the visits which then makes it too easy to dismiss the locations as less than important clues to history. It does, however, reflect and improve on the tendency of certain investigators to perform "dowsing" to detect hidden features.

The organization of the "Field Guide ..." by state and province, from North to South, makes it easy to use. It is also interesting reading, even if you can't get there to see the stones.

An Excellent Field Guide
Mr. Trento's book is informative, well written, and above all, consise. The descriptive instructions to the exact locations of many of the sites he reviews is essential. The best example is the Gungywamp, CT. site. Since this mysterious place is literally "off the beaten track", finding it would have been impossible without his book!

Sadly, the Druid's Hill site located in Lowell, MA is missing from the text. Perhaps he will consider this mysterious location in his next revision.

Regardless, I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to do a little amateur archeological work.


Gurps Traveller: 1st in
Published in Paperback by Steve Jackson Games (1999)
Authors: Jon F. Zeigler, Fredd Gorham, and Salvatore Falco
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Good start for Traveller/Space creation
I bought this book mainly for the world creation tools. Lots of cool stuff on star and world creation, though it's spread out a bit. Would be nice if there were some pages in the back with all the tables you use for rolling up stuff in one place. The main information on the scout corp. is great! Already gave me a couple of scenario ideas. My only beef with the book is the lack of forms. I'm trying to put together a relational database of Traveller based space/planetary info and it's slow going, having to go through every page to find the type of info that needs to be stored. Working from a paper form with all the fields already defined is much easier. Oh well, I find futzing around with stuff like this more fun than actually playing the game. Go figure.

Traveller is back
It's nice to finally see the world of traveller back in print, this time in the world of GURPS. 1st In is the sourcebook for the Scouts, one of the more interesting settings for PCs. This book gives the readers a look behind the scenes of the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service as well as an extensive background on its organization and functions of each branch. Several sections of the book also deals with world creation and equipment. It's well written and really gives the reader a feel for being a Scout. The world creation section is rather extensive and like in the original scout book(traveller game) can be pretty daunting for the casual gamer. There is also a culture section for those who wish to flesh out each planet, complete with population, type of government, etc., each with explanations on what it means. All in all, much better than the original Traveller scout book and one of the better supplements for GURPS to be published.


Managerial Economics in a Global Economy
Published in Hardcover by South-Western College Pub (22 September, 2000)
Authors: Dominic Salvatore and R.A. Salvatore
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Very complex with overlapping ideas
I am currently using the book for a managerial economics class and find the information confusing . Certainly a review of supply and demand (chapter 3) and its application of middle level managers is crucial and should have been placed before optimizing techniques (chapter 2). The assumption is the student or reader has just finished an introduction economics course and all the information is still fresh in the mind. Personally, I review all principles in this book with basic economic principles for a much clearer understanding of the topics.

Fairly Useful Refresher for a Graduate Level Student.
To be fair to the true value of the book, I would like to say that this book is a very useful, concise and all-round assortment of all the pre-existing economic concepts and techniques in their simplest and the most intuition-friendly form.

An undergraduate reader might find it a little challenging, but for a graduate level reader already seasoned in every aspect of economics, this would not only be an easy reading, but a very clear and insightful guide to economic rationale behind the theories they had taken for granted w/o giving its practical application much thought.

The beauty of this book for a graduate student, I think, is not in the treatment of highly advanced and feindishly complicated top of the line economic theories, but in the simple and insightful plain-langauge treatment of all the technical aspects of economics commonly and conventionally practiced in the economics discipline.

The value of this book for an undergraduate student majoring in economics or business may not be immediately evident w/o working hard at it, but rather would probably be appreciated a lot later when they are more comfortable w/ matrix algebra, calculus and econometrics.

Overall I rate this book a rare piece that balances well in the middle of the road between both graduate and undergraduate level audiences.


The Occupational Environment - Its Evaluation and Control
Published in Hardcover by American Industrial Hygiene Association (1997)
Author: Salvatore R. DiNardi
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Not a 'backpack' book
The content is excellent, and this book is a useful reference for anyone studying for the CIH exam. On the down side however, the publisher mistakingly elected to stuff two volumes worth of material into a 3-inch thick tome. The result is a poorly bound book that is not at all portable.

AMAZING TEXT
An amazing peice of work by a very intelligent man this book should become the standard that similiar works are based on.


Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails
Published in Paperback by Sterling Publications (2002)
Author: Salvatore Calabrese
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A nice addition to any collection
This book contained a lot of recipes that I have not heard before, some real show stoppers! It gets into how to properly "layer" different liqueurs to create the "wow" effect. It has colored pictures to help you master the layering techniques. Any drink mixer would be proud to add this book to his collection.


Love Poems (Essential Poets Series 79)
Published in Paperback by Guernica Editions (30 May, 1999)
Authors: Salvatore Di Giacomo and Frank Palescandolo
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DiGiacomo's finest
DiGiacomo was born in Naples in 1860. Early in his career he was the acclaimed interpreter of Neapolitan life. Today he is an acknowledged Italian classic among the acclaimed writers of Italy.

As an editorial crusader for the Risanimento of Naples, a slum clearance program, he inveighed against the government of Naples for its corruption, venality and hearlessness, its abandonment of a beautiful city and people. He supported initiatives for better sanitation and housing.

As the leading dramatist of Naples, he wrote a history of the San Carlino Theatre. In 1889, his drama, Mala vita, was adapted as a libretto for an opera set to music by Umberto Giordano. His finest drama, Assunta spina, won popular acclaim in 1909. It was filmed twice, more recently starring Eduardo De Filippo and Anna Magnani.

The humanism of Salvatore DiGiacomo has not dated. The lyrics of this supreme dialect poem are sung every day, every hour, somewhere.


Promising The Moon
Published in Paperback by Salvatore Buttaci (02 January, 1998)
Author: Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci
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A variety of poems and a lot of Sal Buttaci's best work!
If you like poetry, this is the one to buy! Chock full of wonderfully romantic poems dedicated to his wife Sharon. Also contains such master works as "Daughter of Never" and the "Prodigal" series of poems. You'll enjoy every moment!


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