This book examines the ways that different people communicate love. Broken down into gifts, time, physical touch, words, and unexpected acts, love is communicated and understood differently by different people. The author argues that hurt feelings and emotional distance can be created by not understanding which love language is your child's primary language. This is applicable not only for children, but for understanding relationships with friends, your spouse and your own parents. I learned to recognize when my husband was expressing his love for me in his primary language. Contains guidance on how to determine which is your child's primary love language. Highly recommended.

This outstanding book addresses how each child (adults as well) expresses and receives love best through one of five primary "languages" - quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. Although children need to be spoken to in each of these love languages, there's one love language that meets their deepest emotional needs and should be used often with them (and authors caution how you use that language for discipline). The information in this book complements books that address communicating with children based on their temperament (such as "Raising your Spirited Child" and "Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles" by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka). I also appreciate that the author included an informative chapter on "love languages in marriage", instead of just a one-liner encouraging readers to buy his book dedicated to that subject.

Bottom line - Even if you've read tons of parenting books, you will truly learn something new from this one - something to enhance your relationship with your child and adults in your life. You'll probably even learn something about yourself.

I read this book to try and get some ideas to help us deal with our three year old who was having a "difficult phase". I'd read over a dozen other "discipline" books and all of them were useless [except "Playful Parenting", which was also fantastic]. Thank Goodness I found this one! It was *tremendously* helpful! I can't recommend this book enough - the 5 love languages WORK - reading this book has truly helped me become a better mother and has had an extremely beneficial impact on my daughter's behavior and our relationship.

While this book is recommended more for older children, I think ANY parent could benefit from reading and implementing the ideas. Using the suggestions in the book to ensure that your child is receiving the love s/he needs will help build a better relationship no matter what the child's age or the parental circumstances.

The only complaint I had about the book was the chapter towards the end on "anger" - it is very poorly written and terribly confusing. I'm still not sure what the heck it was supposed to be about. But with that brief exception, this is a PHENOMENAL book that has the power to help you vastly improve your relationship with your child/ren.

I also recommend "The Five Love Languages" [for couples] too - a strong relationship with your partner is a precious gift for your child/ren. This book was GREAT for our marriage! Our happy family owes Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell a HUGE Thank You!

As a person who grew up in Tampa, and is very aware of Ybor City, I think this book is great. Mormino and Pozzetta outdid themselves on this book. There is so much detail in this book, it feels like you are walking the old brick streets in Ybor. Hopefullly more teachers will have their class read this as it pertains to a great piece of America's history.

In the past, I have had the great opportunity to have Gary Mormino as my history teacher at the University of South Florida. He was, to say the least, a grand teacher. His skill exhibited in the class, to say the least, come alive in this book. This is a great book and a great read - find it and read it.

I like the book, but disappointed that it does not go into anywhere near the depth that writers like Omura and Wilson go into.The book, quote "assumes a working knowledge of AutoCAD 2000", but then spends 58 pages explaining differences between Release 14 and 2000 - The ADT2 Layer Manager, for instance is quite different from AutoCAD 2000 Layer Manager, but only gets a cursory explanation - you are left to figure it out for yourself. I have learn a lot from the book, but boy, it could have been a lot better!

In At Large, Gary Ross presents a straight-forward account of an aging circus man who sells two elephants he has raised from babyhood, then repossesses them when the new owners fail to make their payments and the "girls" show signs of abuse. Ross pulls no punches in this amazing true story of how the nearly penniless Murray Hill manages to hide two elephants from the authorities and the furious buyers for five years. This book is very readable; in fact, it's hard to put down. It is evident that the author is determined to present an unbiased report, allowing the facts of the story to create a powerful effect on the reader. A good journalist, Ross does not force conclusions upon the reader, but presents the circumstances and charactors in a bluntly colorful and often humourous way. The beauty and grace of the elephants above all come out. But the tangled court battle for possession of these innocent creatures casts a substantial shadow of doubt and distrust on the American justice system.

I have carted this book along on many outings since my relocation to California. This has come in very handy for quick identifications and a brief summary of the birds' typical habitats and even their mannerisms.

The main reason I enjoy this guide is that, if the species is included in the book, I can usually find it within thirty seconds. Often times the bird is still in sight and I can easily compare its markings to those found in the guide.

I highly recommend this book as a quick reference guide.

This is a great entry-level jump into instructional design. THe book is well planned and chapters are very informative. I used this text for an intro to instructional design course and found it to be a good resource. One drawback is the oversimplicity of some of the examples that are presented in this text.

This is a great place to start.

Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn have written a fascinating book that looks at the problems which occur when politics and the teaching history clash, as they inevitably will. The specific event described is the fight over the National History Standards which were established to give states and local school boards voluntary guidelines. The idea blew up when Lynne Cheney wrote an op-ed piece damning the standards. All three authors were involved in the project and bring their personal views and insights to the book in a helpful way.

The most interesting aspect of the book is both the historical and international aspects applied to the history wars. It allows the reader to put this recent battle into a more helpful historical perspective as many examples from the past are presented. The examples from the other countries are also useful in giving a global approach to the issues. This is how it should be for a book that covers the battles over what should be taught to children concerning U.S. and world history. A good book that shows the problems that begin when politicians get involved in the teaching of history.

The dedication reads simply, "This book is dedicated to the nation's history teachers". Being a member of such an oft-maligned group, this reviewer could not fail to read every word of History on Trial with critical interest. Nash and company give a fascinating overview of the debates that have raged regarding the teaching of America's history and continue to torment our national conscience today. As a history of history alone the book would be worthwhile. The primary controversy explored involves the uproar that arose over publication of the national history standards. These had been developed by the National Center for History in the Schools, established and funded by the NEH, headed by Lynne Cheney from 1986-1992. While some of the writing does seem a defense of the embattled authors being assaulted by right-wing conservatives, both critics and defenders of the NCHS are quoted liberally. In fact, it is noted that there were few defenders in the early days of the attacks. The reader is allowed to make up his/her own mind. The initiative to develop standards came at a time when many were charging that our nation's schools were failing. George Bush had developed the Goals 2000 plan and education committees, governors, state legislatures, and local education boards began to seek solutions. The problems were not with the idea of setting standards, but with a perceived emphasis on social history and historical interpretation skills at the expense of rote memorization of traditional names, dates, and events. The US history standards were the most viciously attacked. Critics did not want teachers to discuss failures or faults with the system. They preferred glorification of national heroes (adult, white males) and national institutions. In World History, critics objected to what they considered excessive inclusion of contributions from Asian, African and Latin American nations to the detriment of the traditional Western Civilization emphasis. Surprisingly, the standards received little criticism at the elementary and middle school level. Critics included Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, Ralph Reed, Lynne Cheney (once an ardent supporter) and Lamar Alexander. The attacks were leveled largely not at the standards themselves, but at sample lesson plans that accompanied them. Many critics did not seem to have read the standards. Having been a participant in the implementation of these controversial standards in a secondary public school US History classroom, using materials that had been developed by the NCHS, this reviewer can assert that the war is ongoing. However, the very conflict-laden nature of the teaching of history is one of the characteristics that keeps it so vital and interesting. For hope, all readers should look forward to the final chapter, "Lessons from the History Wars". This should be required reading for all potential history teachers now in college classrooms.

This is the kind of book I'd like to have written - the kind of book that would really clarify a lot of public debate, not to mention academic work done in the discipline of history, if it were widely read. It does three things at once: meticulously defend the proposed U.S. National History Standards against their often savage right-wing opponents; make the case that history teaching is an important forum for the working out of cultural anxieties; and provide a chronicle of debates over historical meanings and teachings since the founding of the Republic, and earlier. A really well-written and important work, both for history students and teachers and for the interested public (of which, readers will realize, we are all a part).

This book was a total waste of time... I could barely force myself to finish it. Nothing but a big sob story from Gary Crosby who, at the time when he came up with this stuff, was out of a job and needed money (so he cashed in on dragging his dad's name through the dirt). I mean, you can dig up dirt on anyone----- no human being is perfect----- but tell me, which do you think is worse---- a man who wasn't the perfect father (and never claimed to be, in fact said the exact opposite), or a man who has to take the imperfections of someone else, exaggerate them, and blow em way out of proportion in order to get back into the spotlight himself. The whole book was just disgusting and a total waste of time. I suggest you read Bing's autobiography "Call Me Lucky" where he talks openly about how he raised his kids and his reasoning behind it (not to mention some hilarious stories of him, Bob Hope, and other hollywood greats). So, I highly recommend NOT getting this book unless you want to waste your time, or unless you need some good material to burn in order to keep warm this winter.

It is true that Bing Crosby was an absent father for much of the upbringing of his first family. It is true that he compinsated for this with strict rules, regulations, and whippings. However, Gary Crosby, (who if you read through the lines comes off as a son of much greater privledge and opportunity than others in this huge world) is a bit of a sob-story sissy, who never could quite live with his station in life. It's not greatly written with any particularly interesting style; but rather it is a series of misfortunes, usually beginning at the end of a chapter with a catch-line like "Everything was fine until...happened", spilling over to the next chapter which begins the cycle of woe all over again.
Misguided, misinterpreted, and misused, poor Gary Crosby. So?

I liked this book a lot. I read it about six years ago and I just ordered it. It uses laughable language that was popular in the 1950s, like "licking", "hip", and others I can't think of right now. It makes me mad to read that Gary's father beat him with belts, etc., but I don't feel too bad because Gary just TOOK IT! Until he finally grabbed the cane away and broke it. So you wont accept a beating. Fine, what's he gonna do? Send you away to school? He did that anyway. Leave you there? You liked it there better than home. The book read like Bing adopted children just to punish them. Stand up for yourself to "the old man" (oh yes, that was another one that got real annoying).

The only thing I thought was tacky was using Christina Crawford's best seller "Mommie Dearest" on his own book cover to promote this book (the paperback). He writes something like "Joan Crawford was a Mary Poppins compared to Bing". I thought it was in bad taste. Everyone's got to do an upmanship: "You think so-and-so had it bad, wait until you hear MY story..." And for the record I think Christina had it WORSE than Gary. But this was still an enjoyable book and I'm sad that Gary's not around anymore.

If your versed in the Softdesk R8 Architectural package then this book will not hold your interest. There are so many fine points ommited it's rather like the ADT 2 Users Guide. Not much help.

But if you have limited experience w/ an autocad architectual package, this is a good reference.

I have heard that there is to be an Advanced ADT R2 Customization Manual in the works for those who crave more in-depth workings of ADT.

Such as why endcaps must be created as a polyine in cc rotation, are additive in nature and the endpoints must align in the same plane so the caps don't rotate. And the many various ways walls can be define and where and when to use each. Door and window styles customization of jambs, sills, grills and workarounds like creating a door thats really a window style in a window wall so you can get a overall frame opening dimensions, etc.

scymanski has an ok story here. price has a good one about the gorgon. that one was very enjoyable, and had some lovely details. otherwise, this was dreary read. so many of these stories were not only badly invented, but seemed so uninspired to. i almost felt sorry for the writers, for making so bad stories. i think this is chaosium's worst.