Are you REALLY serious about improving your essay writing skills as well as you vocabulary? If you are, then this is the book that will help you to do it. To properly use a Thesaurus a) of this size and b) written only in French, your language skills must to be quite strong. So be prepared. This is a book to acquire as you are approaching near fluency. When I was finally ready to use the Larousse Thesaurus as it was meant to be used, I was able to judge the nuance of the French language (most of the time.) Still, I found it to be so helpful a tool that I haven't been able to write a paper without it since I bought it.

If you are serious about majoring in French, not just getting through the "dreaded" college language requirements, I would really advise you to invest in one of the larger Larousse Thesaurus editions as well as a French-French Petit Robert Dictionary (preferably one that is several inches thick) Both will be well worn, put to good use and worth each and every penny by the time you get your degree.

Something strange is happening under Otis's new bed. All of his junk that he just simply throws under the bed is starting to disappear. Otis is frightened. Will the thing under the bed, pick Otis as his next meal? SUSPENSE--DEFINIATELY!

As a Freshman Seminar Professor, I can honestly say this is a wonderful Freshman Seminar textbook. Ms. Daniel has successfully formulated a journal for critical thinking. The positive re-inforcement quotes and the space for the students to put their own favorite thoughts and quotes are a great confidence builder for the students. The journal is very well organized and takes the students week by week through different life building skills necessary to succeed in college. Ms. Daniel covers such topics as, "Methods for Critical Thinking" and "Active Learning". Keeping an active journal throughout the semester becomes a self-analysis for the student, thereby helping them to formulate opinons to support their beliefs during their intimating freshman year. I would highly reccommed this textbook for anyone wanting to bring critical thinking into a program or classroom.

Reading Thistle Journal is like walking through your friend's mind. You might amble quietly for a while, feeling comfortable on familiar pathways and calm musings. You might even slow down, ease yourself away from the urgencies of modern living. Somewhere along the way, you'll begin to realize there is wisdom here. Quiet, unforced perceptions of how life works. In Thistle Journal, Minock invites us into his mind and shows us what he has observed about nature, day-to-day living, the great world around us and the interplay between them all. A fine book, tightly crafted and as honest as you are likely to find anywhere.

Photographer Robert Lautman has taken and assembled a remarkable set of photographs depicting scenes which a visitor would see upon touring the wonder that is called Monticello. Near the beginning of this book are two architectural drawings showing the first floor room layouts. Numbers appear on these drawings and they indicate the approximate camera positions for each black and white photographic plate.This is an outstanding photo-tour of Jefferson's custom built mansion. I would have given it a 10 rating had it not been for a few little features and omissions which detracted from the work. The major distraction centered on an obviously retouched photograph showing the surrounding hills as seen from Monticello. The photographer, in an attempt to show what the view might have looked like for Jefferson, had to manipulate the photograph to remove or minimize modern distractions such as houses, roads and other man-made edifices. While the intent to recapture a lost vision is a good one the execution wanting. It would have been nice to see more than one photograph of the second floor rooms.

This book has been named one of 61 winners of the British Columbia 2000 Book Award. Those Who Fell From The Sky is the first-ever published record of the Cowichan peoples, written for and approved by the Cowichan Tribes. The book chronicles the rich culture, spiritual practices and local history of local First Nations using an effective mix of documented records, archeological evidence and oral tales from prehistory to European contact. Historian Dr. Daniel Marshall's informative tale begins with the 12 original Cowichan peoples that fell from the sky to populate the Cowichan Valley's pristine wilderness and build a society from cedar and salmon -- the foundation of West Coast Native culture. But the the book also sets the stage for modern land claims, recounting the Cowichan people's early relationship with government, the Crown and colonial settlers that started arriving in huge numbers during the mid-1800s.

The underlying message within is the Cowichan people's unshaken sense of place in the face of massive changes resulting from European expansion. "The history of the Cowichan peoples is all about their relationship to the land and the incredible permanence of place that they have achieved," states the book's postscript. "While the transient nature of Vancouver Island's white society continues to ebb and flow like the tide, the Cowichan peoples will always remain connected to their warm land."

As a British Columbia 2000 Book Award winner, Dr. Marshall's work will now display the unique gold-embossed seal created by the BC government and the BC Book Publishers Association as part of the province's Millenium Legacy Programme. The provincial government will also provide up to $300,000 to school libraries to buy more than 22,000 British Columbia 2000 designated titles of which Those Who Fell From The Sky is one. For a complete list of the titles log on to http://www.BC2000.gov.bc.ca.

BOOK CONTENTS CH.1 The Ancient World of the Cowichan/ CH.2 The First Cowichan Peoples: Those Who Fell from the Sky/ CH.3 The Story of the Flood/ CH.4 The Natural Landscape Encountered/ CH.5 The Traditional Landscape Expands/ CH.6 Prophetic Patterns: Contact with the European World/ CH.7 Drawing the Line across the Cowichan World/ CH.8 Hecate's Spell is Cast upon the Land/ CH.9 Crown & Anchor: Cowichan Peoples 'Join' Canada/ Postscript: Words from the Warm Land/ Bibliography.

I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Peters for a class in college. I, too, had been to Siagon in the years he was there. I, however, was older and had gone because of service to our country. I found this a very compelling read as well as some what tragic. Even though Dr. Peters wrote fondly of his father, I found it tragic that this man would put his wife and child in such harms way. I asked Dr. Peters if his father ever understood how profoundly that experience effected him. He quietly answered, never. I also discovered that he had passed away before Dr. Peters could tell him how it changed his life. At fourteen he was to experience the same shock that many in the military did, only with no one noticing. This is an excellent read and may explain better than any other book I have read how many of us returned from that war emotionally shattered.

His work on Daniel was no exception. Although it does not go into any great theological depth (then again why does it have to?), this commentaryis an excellent introduction to this mysterious, prophetic book.

"Comparing spiritual things with spiritual," Dr. McGee eschews pointless speculation, and fantastic theorizing in order to present a clear picture of this book, which is that it is the gateway book to endtime Bible prophecy.

This book is ideal for a daily devotional guide, as well as a group study guide. I would certainly use it either way.

If the commentary on Daniel is indicative of the way his other commentaries are written, I will be purchasing more of the late J. Vernon McGee's books.

I found this book to be well-written, highly inspirational, and thought-provoking. Through his interesting observations and anecdotes, Wolk dispenses wisdom and humor in a way that stays with you days after. Highly recommended.

The trouble with apologetic works is in the nature of what causes them: argument and criticism. Few people write apologetically about issues or ideas that are not already often hotly disputed. The pleasant aspect of this book is that, for the most part, it reminds that because the Book of Mormon is an actual text, it can also be treated objectively, whatever one believes about the ideas or issues that surround its origin and purposes.

Many of the writers here -- whose articles are drawn from the somewhat monumental academic undertaking, The Encyclopedia of Mormonism -- allow the Book of Mormon to speak for itself. Therefore, we can see what the Book of Mormon appears to be when it is taken on face value that it is what it says it is: a text containing selected writings of an ancient people who were removed from the Near East and arrived and developed a multi-faceted cultural milieu in the Americas.

In this way, 'Mormons' and non-'Mormons' alike are able to determine whether the Book of Mormon has the kind of internal consistency that could make its self-contained assertions credible. This might not be the way that 'Mormons' want us to "test" their sacred literature, but it certainly bows to the scientific objectivity of contemporary academic standards.

In so doing, the book also proves that 'Mormon' scholars are genuine scholars and capable of participating in a broader academic field (as many of the contributors to this volume regularly do).