I enjoyed sitting and browsing through these volumes. However, when reading about people I already knew much about, I found far more errors than one would normally expect in a published work. E.g., In classical music, they have the number of Symphonies, Quartets, and Cello Concertos written by Shostakovich wrong; they have the number of Hanson's Romantic Symphony wrong, and they imply Tchaikovsky wrote only one Piano Concerto. There are also people I think should be included but are not: Alan Hovhaness, Nicholas Roerich.

Plain and simple this set contains the most up to date biographies and is crammed full of great photographs to boot! Very informative with good bibliographic referencing all at a low price (especially for 17 volumes).

This is one original sci-fi action game that should not be passed, imaginative graphics...sometimes it looks like some modern fine art. Regarding the actions, you can actually use tactics to accomplish instead of brute force since you can command individual soldier for a particular action, but just do not expect strategic implementations like Rainbow Six. Evolva game engine is excellent, but if they could make the genohunters more human-like and carry "modern" types of weapons that mutate with the enemies' genes, that would look much better and make more "sense". Nevertheless, Evolva is a good game and at times addictive, with the nicely designed missions, very fine AI and fantastic graphics, it is one enjoyable game indeed.

Evolva is without a doubt one of the better games ever created. And whats a game without a few tricky spots you can't figure out? Well if your like me you are having trouble with Evolva. And then this guide is definitly the one for you. It has everything from A-Z. Tips, tricks, strategies, and of course the basic terrain map to guide you around. It's a fairly good price for such a good guide. And hey, who can say no to a good deal like this? As I said before, if your having trouble with evolva, this is the guide for you. Rating? I give it a high 4 stars.

I have reviewed critical articles of this book to determine whether it should be considered as a possible home school reference. In spite of a good coverage of important topics, the editors and writers present only the humanist driven explanations of the earth's creation and evolution. Intelligent design perspectives and scriptural facts are missing from their scientific literalist presentations. An editorial policy of scientific literalism does not completely serve those looking for broader treatment of all the facts. Most importantly, the book does not account for facts relating to Flood stratigraphy and editorializes against and ignores the facts supporting a "younger earth" hypothesis.

I like the mixture of astronomy and geology, but the astronomy articles treat physics and chemistry THEORIES as established fact. I would have liked more on environmental matters,especially articles on exploitation of the biosphere.

The pictures are good but, as with the text, the resources directing students to additional information seem slanted toward the scientific literalist perspective. The book would be greatly improved by presenting all sides of the growing scientific debate. In a book on Earth Science, all scientific perspectives need coverage. Although there is some good factual information, the books treatment of many creation and evolution issues seems one-sided and is thus incomplete. I would not recommend this book as appropriate as a stand-alone reference resource for home school study.
by: W. Stephens, FL. (PATH reviewer for home study resources).

An fine entry-level resource for high school and university students. The books have interesting pictures and a diversity of topics reinforce clear explanations of scientific principles that cut across the geosciences. SCIENCE is well presented.
Joan Francis, Earth Science Teacher, Retired Geologist.

This book presents a comprehensive view of adolescent psychology. In the first half of the book the author, F. Philip Rice, includes a chapter describing such common adolescent tehories as those of Piaget and Erikson, and presents the strengths and weaknesses of each theory. He also devotes a chapter to adolescent physical development. From reading the first few chapters, it seems like a standard college textbook. What sets this book apart from many textbooks dealing with this subject, however, is its focus on diversity issues and adolescent culture.

F. Philip Rice, the book's author, argues that most psychological surveys of adolescents do not take ethnicity into account. He believes that it is important to include ethnicity as a factor in such studies, for the cultural beliefs, values, and traditions of the different minority populations in America (i.e., African Americans, Asians, Mexicans, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans) and describing their religious beliefs, family traditions, and cultural attitudes towards such topics as dating, marriage, and education. It is important to note that he describes Mexicans and Puerto Ricans as separate groups. Most studies, he argues, tend to group both these ethnicities as "Hispanics," but they each as a group have their own cultural traditions and attitudes.

Rice's chapter on adolescent culture is the highlight of the work. In this section, he focuses on his theory of adolescent subculture, which "emphasizes conformity to the peer group and values that are contrary to adult values. This culture exists primarily in the high school, where it constitutes a small society..." (Rice, 236). Rice argues that, since this subculture primarily exists within the confines of high school, adolescents are able to form their own systems of values and beliefs separate from adult society. He devotes a large portion of the chapter to how adolescents are able to form their own class system and create their own status indicators, and shows how their world can be seen as a scaled-down version of adult society.

This is a wonderful textbook for students, and an outstanding reference for secondary school administrators and guidance counselors. If this work is used in a college course, however, it should serve as a compliment to other books, rather than serve as the primary work, because of its lack of case studies.

Another treat from Patrick Gale, author of "Kansas in August." These books are delightful fun. Bright original characters, amusing situations - who could ask for anything more? If you enjoy these books check out Barbara Pym's "The Sweet Dove Died," another little gem.

This book was developed from the proceedings of the first major professional symposium of aging with a spinal cord injury (held in Denver in 1991). The content is very comprehensive and focuses on different body systems and how normal aging of these systems effects the person with SCI, and how SCI may modify the aging process. While this book was published a number of years ago, it contains most of the research to date, and is based on collaborative data from major SCI centers in both the USA and England. While heavily focused on the medical model, it can be a valuable resource for both professionals working with people with SCI as well as those with SCI and their families.

I was amazed at the way the stories in this collection were so brilliantly put together. It seems as though the editors designed it for anyone to read and everyone to grasp such new and cutting -edge stories in a time when it is hard to find anything worth reading. I can't wait to see more from this press.

I discovered this book via the recommendation of another author, Barbara Kingsolver. She refers to it as one of the "beautifully written first novels published each year that sell a handful of copies and quietly go out of print." Although the characters in this book did not completely resonate with me, I would still encourage you to purchase an out-of-print copy of this book. Why? I personally found it intriguing that Ms. Chevigny created an entire novel based on a single quote from Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own," in which she wondered what a novel would be like if the writer had the confidence and art to do justice to the subject of friendship between women:

"'Chloe like Olivia,' I read. And then it struck me how immense a change was there. Chloe liked Olivia perhaps for the first time in literature."

The story is about a friendship between two women who take different paths in life between 1961 and 1975 but who manage to remain spiritually and emotionally close. How they do so is the essence of the story. And while I found it difficult to relate to these two women personally, I felt that Ms. Chevigny did an excellent job of capturing the ebbs and flows, the sometimes reluctance and tension and struggle to communicate over distance and time between two friends, but how, despite time and distance and different experiences, all the words and emotions can come tumbling out and the essence that binds two people together still remains, and the intensity is recreated again and again.

Read this book. It will encourage you to reflect on your own friendships and relationships and how they have grown and endured over time. I myself am eager to read more work by Ms. Chevigny.

Enjoy reading this book. The cross-cultural strategies were well documented. As a professor, I used many of the techniques in this book for the past 20 years.

a diet of holes, a good book, and very interesting. unlike several novels i've read, this one skips around alot, sifting from charachter to character, but eventually foucusing on three main characters, the illusive Jack Gavin, a self proclaimed "limeted seer limeted", and the Blightons, Deany and her husband, Guy. who seem to have discovered a new animal, through the course of the story, you'll learn of the John Holes Gang, a somewhat mischivous group of people that apparently create dreams for their client, Guy Blighton, and wish to "pushthrough" into his world.