Finally, someone has written an intelligent discussion of why this epidemic is plaguing us. The writing is very articulate. The authors really know what they are talking about.

This book represents a new view of breast cancer from the perspective of a group of commited feminists and founders of the women's health movement. Through this book, we learn to understand breast cancer and how it impacts on poor women as well as the important environmental links to breast cancer.

I read I Remember The Alamo by D. Anne Love. This book was about an eleven year old girl named Jessie. In the beginning of the book, Jessie's dad announces that he wants to move to Texas. The next day, they are on their way. When her family arrives, Jessie becomes friends with a Mexican girl named Angelina. However, they have to meet secretly due to the war between the Mexicans and Texians that is about to begin. One day,Jessie's father and old brother announce they are going to fight for Texas. While gone, the rest of the family hides in the safe Alamo. Suddenly, the family gets some shocking news, however, Angelina knows the truth! What happens next? I won't tell, you'll just have to read it.

I liked how the book was very exciting and really grabbed me into it. Especially towards the end of the story. I recomend this book to people who like to laugh, and yet learn. D. Anne Love definitly knows how to write great childrens books.

This book taught me a lot about friendship. It shows that no matter who you are, you can have a friend from a different culture.After all, the hand of friendship has no color. This book also shows that war doesn't solve problems. When you think about it today, you know it was wrong because a bunch of people from different races live in Texas. I would consider this book my favorite, not only because it is great, but how it has a moral too!

What an awesome story! I loved this book. It is a historical fiction book full of drama and suspense and very well written. I cried at least three times while reading this book. When I first picked it out, I wondered how good it would be, since I knew the outcome of the story, but Love kept my attention the whole way through. I highly recommend this book to children (or adults) who enjoy Texas History or is taking Texas History. It gives a very personal look into the lives of people who suffered for the rights and freedom that Texans now hold. A FIVE STAR BOOK!

I loved this book everyone should read it. This book is about a twelve year old girl named Susana whose dad is sent away to help in the war. She is left with her 2 other brothers to take care of the plantation and all the other animals because her mother is dead. This book is very heart-warming and is a must read. This book would be a really good Christmas present to give. You should really read this book,believe me. This book is the best!

Twelve-year-old Susanna lives with her father and two brothers on a plantation on an island off the coast of South Carolina. It's 1861, the Civil War is being fought, and Susanna's father is called away to serve the Confederacy. When the Yankees invade the island, Susanna and her brothers have to flee the island on their own and try to find their father. But first they have to survive. I highly reccomend this book.

This is a fantastic book. I bought copies for all my nieces

Since her mother's death, twelve-year-old Rachel has grievedsilently - there's simply no time to mourn on the harsh late nineteenth century plains. When a brutal drought shows no signs of letting up, Rachel's father does the only thing he can think of - he sends Rachel and her little brother John to stay with their mother's sister in Savannah, Georgia. When he finally comes to bring them home, he announces that he plans to marry the local schoolteacher. Rachel refuses to accept her future stepmother, setting into motion a chain of events that nearly ends in tragedy. Now it is up to Rachel to earn her father's forgiveness and let go of her grief. I highly reccomend this poignant novel. Although it is set a little over a hundred years ago, the feelings in it are as real now as they were then.

Jill goes out to the country to visit her grandma every summer. She has a friend out there namesd B.J. Their best friends. They tell stories to eachother and the latest information about the ranch. Jill is mad at B.J. because she is acting more mature by wearing lipstick, dresses and nailpolish. She is also hanging around with boys. All the things Jill doesnt do yet. So Jill doesnt really hang around with B.J. because she is haning around with the new boy in town Trey. Jill is just doing her own thing. Trey was looking for B.J. one day and Jill was the only one there so Trey hung around with her and she found out that Trey was pretty cool. So Trey showed Jill some of his stuff on astronomy which was his hobby. And Jill thought it was really cool. The fourth of July is a big thing where Jill's grandma lives. There are fireworks a party and lots of fun. Well something happens to Jill and Jill told B.J. her secret. Jill and B.J. havnt been very close this summer so you'll have to read the book to find out the end.

The book is about a 12 year old girl named Jill and she goes to her grandmother's texas ranch every summer and expects to see her best friend B.J , but this summer she is in for a big suprise. She finds out that B.J not only looks better , but is into boys , nailpolish , make-up , and not into climbing trees and riding bikes. Jill is going through a rough time this summer and gets talked into doing alot of things she does not want to do , but she learns that their is alot more to growing up then boys and make- up , you also learn lessons. So I would recommend this book to anyone. I loved it i read it 3 times.

Being from Hawaii, I feel the author does a good job of bringing the situation to life. It's as if I were there with the characters. I recommend it to teachers, librarians and parents.:>

This book is not your average, every day parenting book! By using a win/win scenario, Dr. Bailey not only carves out a highly effective and user-friendly program demonstrating for parents the "seven basic skills for discipline", but she teaches us as readers how to find our own sacred selves first. This in turn teaches us as caregivers to center ourselves prior to engaging in any discipline encounter. By being brutally honest Dr. Bailey guides us through this process by giving often hilarious examples from her own life, and step-by-step procedures on how to master the "seven powers for self-control". Just when you think you have a question that Dr. Bailey has not answered, she pops up with just the scenario you had in mind and walks you through it. A whole chapter models her program with specific examples using children at different stages of development. At the end of the book, a seven-week program is mapped out in a concise and easy to follow format. I highly recommend this book for anyone who not only wants to improve their relationship with their children, (nieces, nephews, grandchildren) but who may want to improve their relationship with themselves.

I am thrilled to have found this book - it is absolutely the best advice I've ever come across on the subject of discipline.
If you are a sensitive parent (as I am), this is the book for you! If you are one of those parents who deep down feel that time-outs and punishments (and also rewards) do no good and are instead emotionally harmful but you had no other alternatives to try, then get this book. By following its advice you will understand that the problem originates with you -- how you react to your child when conflicts occur. The basic premise is that a child who misbehaves is not inherently bad but instead, does not know the appropriate behavior for the situation. If you use conflict as a teaching experience and also model appropriate behavior yourself during the conflict, then conflicts will gradually lessen as the child learns appropriate behavior in a non-threatening environment. An example the author gives is that of a employee who fills out a form incorrectly and the supervisor reprimands the employee and sends him to the employee lounge for an hour. The next day he is asked to fill out the same form -- of course he will get it wrong again.
This is a readable, contemporary book packed with sound advice. Well worth the money to have your children love and trust you when they grow older, not hate you as they will after a lifetime of time out and punishments. My daughter and I thank you, (author) Becky Baily Ph.d, for your wonderful book.

I have read quite a few parenting books, and until recently I considered Faber & Mazlisch's books (including How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids will Talk) to be the absolute pinnacle. But if Faber & Mazlisch are like a college course in parenting, Becky Bailey's book is graduate school. I am deeply grateful to her for writing this book, and to the friend who told me, "You have to read this book! I want to load up an airplane with copies and drop them all over America!"

Unlike many parenting books which just offer tips and tricks for gaining children's compliance, Bailey's book is aimed at helping parents achieve self-control and self-discipline, so that they can then teach these skills to their children. When my friend first told me about the themes of the book, I thought, "Oh great. Just what I need--a book to make me feel bad about how out-of-control I am, how angry I feel towards my kids, how much I yell, etc." But it wasn't that way at all. Reading the chapter on "Assertiveness," for example, I realized that I do not need to feel guilty about my anger; I just needed to make a switch from saying to the children, "YOU are MAKING me furious" to saying "I feel furious when you yell in my ear. You can talk to me in a quiet voice, and I will listen." The first expression implies that children are responsible for their mother's feelings. The second lets me express my feelings, set boundaries, and give the children the information they need to make better choices.

Since reading the book, I feel better about myself and my children. It has strengthened my feelings of self-respect as well as helping me treat me children with respect. I look forward to applying my new skills in my adult relationships as well!

Dakota Spring is a book were the father has been hurt and now the mean Grandmother has to come and take care of two children until the father gets better. The grandmother is grouchy about coming to their house and she is always grouchy it seems. The little boy trys to look good for the Grandmother, but instead he looks horrible from his haircut. The mother has died so that makes things even harder. The girl has to read a poem for the begining of spring in Dakota. As the book goes on a tornado comes and the question that then goes through your mind and that is the great part of the plot. The question is, will the grandmother become nice or will she be mean through the tornado? Another question, how long will it take for dad to get better? The way this book ends the conflict is grand. It was a good book.

Yes, I know this book is controversial. And I read all the reviews about it and was a bit apalled. Yes, OF COURSE there are individual differences between every single being on this planet. And of course no one person should be judged on their sex, however this book does not set out to show that all women should be in the kitchen baking cakes and all men should be out bringing home the bread, it simply is attempting to paint a clear picture of the innate differences between men and women. Why is it that differences between men and women is such a terrible horrible thing? I don't see it reversing all of the progress made by women in the past 30 years, however I may see it celebrate the gifts that both sexes can bring, and not see it as superiority or inferiority! Males and Females were made to compliment eachother, NOT be the same in all respects. Not every person will fit every trait given in this book, and they didnt say sex was based on genitals! Its based on THE BRAIN. Its a wonderful book hehe. Read it.

This book has completely changed my outlook on the male-female relationship. Contrary to what the ultra-feminists who rated this book as a '1' have stated, what I, and my wife as well, have obtained from Brain Sex is a greater appreciation for the differences between men and women. What Moir and Jessel present is not a sexist portrayal of gender role but a celebration to the wonderful complementary roles that men and women were created for. Of course there is social 'engineering' that people in every society go through, but it about time we understand the reason why every society of significant size in human history has developed with similarly defined gender roles was not accidental but to make use of each gender's specific strengths and weaknesses. And although technology has opened up many barriers for women with each generation, it doesn't mean that biological differences have changed. Unlike these ultra-feminists who call women to try and play on the same exact field with men in order to achieve recognition, Moir and Jessel are instead urging us that we should recognize and celebrate women for playing on the fields that they alone could have played on throughout human history. Rejecting female uniqueness will only hinder real female liberation in the long run.

P.S. They should make this a mandatory read for everyone soon to be married couple, as I have gained a vast understanding and appreciation for my wife's innate female idiosyncrasies. She has also said the same about my quirks.

It may not be politically 'correct', but this book shows us men and women really are different. Physically this is obvious for all to see. Psychologically it has also been obvious for all to see for the last few million years.

However in the last 30 years we have had a justified push for equality of all humans regardless of sex, sexual preference, race, belief, etc. In the process modern society has clouded the innate differences between males and females. And some put shutters over their eyes to make the facts fit their preconceived view of the world.

Brain Sex shows how we are all equal but we are also different. It shows how we can begin to try to understand each other and to complement each other. That is real equality.

A fantastic book, but it must be read with an open mind.

This is a 12-page pamphlet, not a book. While the illustrations are clever, the "poetry" leaves much to be desired. I was so displeased that this is one of the few books I've ever returned.