A Daughter's Gift of Love is the amazing survival story of a young girl, her mother, and her expierence in the holocaust. The author portrays this story by the eyes of Trudi Birger, a Holocaust survivor. This is a can't put down book. Where every page there is something new, something dangerous, somthing scary going to happen; it's the truth of the Holocaust.

As a daughter of Holocaust survivors, i was touched so deeply by Ms. Birger's account of her years of chaos and persecution during those treacherous years. As a young girl in WWII, Trudi Birger could be compared to Anne Frank, in terms of her resourcefulness and wit in the face of danger and death. She and her mother protected each other in the truest sense, each one kept the other alive time and time again. Would they have been so emotionally connected in times of peace, or did this unfathemed circumstance create a unique bond between a mother and daughter that very few of us can ever understand? No matter what, the reader is deeply affected hearing story after story of how close the author and her mother comes to dying,and how they manage to defy death. Since my mom has been pretty silent about her experiences in concentration camp, I am grateful to Ms. Birger for the details. I now know why "potatoes" stir up deep feelings for my mother, that to find a potato peel in the midst of that bland soup provided by the Nazi's, was like finding a piece of gold. The examples go on and on, some too painful to discuss. Yet, this is an uplifting book because once again it shows that you can keep a person in bondage, but it is very difficult to kill the human spirit and one's basic desire to survive! This should be Oprah's next read.

This book consists of about twenty "ten-minute" lessons. Each lesson covers one aspect of Excel clearly and simply and is complete in itself. Throughout the book are small screen-shots to clarify the instructions, as well as pictures of buttons where appropriate. It is easy to progress through the book from one lesson to another or to skip around as topics are needed. As I tell my students, completing a lesson may take one person ten minutes or may take another thirty minutes. At the end of each one, however, the student will have mastered the topic, and will have sense of accomplishment. The book can also be used as a quick reference to get a step-by-step walk through of an Excel procedure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick, clear step-by-step introduction to Excel.

Hi there, Refer this book to have clear understanding to the world of Windows'95. I highly recommend this book.

At our office we keep several copies of this paperback circulating among new employees and temps (and any old-timers being coaxed to start using WORD). -- It has almost exactly the operations that people need to know and it's one of the VERY few computer books where the picture on the page looks convincingly and reassuringly like the options on the screen. HINT: We also mark up the first few pages (about "how to start your program and open a file") slightly, to make the statements reflect EXACTLY the steps and choices one sees on our local Windows systems. This helps the nervous beginners even more

Wow! What a fun way to motivate kids about math and problem solving! I teach gifted and talented elementary school kids and they LOVE these problems. Started them out with the "bee family tree" and they were begging for more. This will be a staple in my classroom from now on!

In the 1490s, Christopher Columbus left Spain to explore new worlds. Also during that period, the dark, deadly and repressive era of the Inquistion began in Spain. Thus was born the secret Crypto-Jews. Trudi Alexy's striking book takes the reader on a five hundred year old journey of discovery, regarding the mysterious Crypto-Jews, from the time of the Inquisiton, to the present. In a series of electronic mail, between Trudi Alexy and a Crypto-Jewish Catholic priest, we learn of the pressures, conflicts, deception, confusion and thoughts of living a double life. I could hardly wait to turn the page and read the sometime belated response from the hidden priest, whose life is filled with apprehension, danger and surprises. Trudi Alexy's book reads like a mystery or spy story. Her postscript is insightful and brilliant. Fascinating reading.

This book is my three-year-old son's all-time favorite. The story is simple and easy to follow, but each page holds a new surprise to keep a young reader or listener interested right to the very end. 'My Goose Betsy' is very informative and tells of a goose laying and hatching her eggs - a phenomenon every child finds fascinating. It's prompted my son to ask all sorts of questions and helped him develop a greater interest, awareness, understanding and appreciation of the bird life all around us. The pictures are large and clear and realistic and expressive, and they perfectly illustrate the text. The narration is lively and fun. A very good book to add to your collection - you will read it over and over and over again.

I just used this book with a group of high school students, who believe me, let you know when there is trouble with a book. I had very, very few complaints. The lessons are well structured and well integrated with the cd-rom files. There were one or two mistakes in the book, but overall, the authors have done a good job.

I have NO previous experience with Excel or any other spreadsheet program. I have no programming experience of any kind. Reading the lessons and following along at my computer was very easy. All the lessons were 'bite-sized' so as to only take about an hour, which is just enough studying for me after a hard days' work. By the time I finished the book I wrote my own budget and expense program using cross references to multiple pages with pie charts. All the basics are covered, you will be using Excel easily after completing this book. This book is not intended to cover VBA programming, that is a whole 'nother matter. I highly recommend this book!

The cd-rom software that comes with this book is great. The software is mulit-media and guides the user along, literally, through a series of lessons that give a solid foundation in Word 97. I used the book-software to help me earn my Microsoft Office User Specialist, Word 97 certificate. I've recomended the book to several others, and I am glad to give the book praise here too.

The second One Step to buy. The "talk you through" audio is on target in every way. One major drawback...These books are hard to install. Clearly the team that wrote the book was customer focused. But, the teams that put the installation together are tech types who leave little things out here and there, thus requiring their support and making you frustrated when it does not work right. Additionally, the installation instructions are hidden in the back. Lots of improvement can be made to the content organization...they are in no way as bright or customer focused as the actual computer content of the books. One cannot install more than one book without trouble. Additionally, if you have win 98, make sure the book states its system requirements support 98...I assumed and lost on this word book. Support sent me a patch. In short, installation can be a real pain, but stay with it because the product is worth the pain.

The flow of the book is perfect. The quick learn or refresh memory via the demo mode cuts time to use into a fraction of looking and reading.

I cannot recommend this concept enough.

This book was so easy to follow. It gave easy to follow directions. It was very thorough. It gave great examples. I have all the One Step Books. Do you have one for understanding email and internet? PLEASE HELP! I am working from a book called "creating web sites" that has numerous errors. It leaves out instructions. I don't know how a publisher can put this book on the market.