...are one of the most successful flemish and belgian comics. As an italian reader I have had the possibility to enjoy only 6 adventures of them in my language and I assure you that Willy Vandersteen is a genius. These comics aren't child reading, but are comics for everyone because here we're speaking of great stories for the mind and the heart!

Not so many of the hundred of books in the serie made it in English. So far only 4 books were translated in English. Must check out for any Comics enthusiast.

This book was too much fun to read. I read it in one sitting. I laughed so hard I cried. Wanda is a true 90's woman. You cannot miss with this book.

Wooing Wanda is about a couple--Wanda and John--whose marriage is about to fall apart. John has become closer to his work than to Wanda and Wanda is determined to set him straight. Wanda concocts a series of schemes that had me laughing out loud, to show John what they had in the past, in the present, and what would happen if he didn't sit up and take notice. Delightful, funny, and fast-paced, Ms. Pemberton has crafted a very tender love story in Wooing Wanda. Don't miss this one. It's a keeper.

A small book on the alphabet which tells a story in rhyme of a bunny going home. It was a 1934 Newbery Honor book (i.e., runner-up to the Medal winner) for best contribution to American children's literature. Wanda Gág (1893-1946) was a well-known illustrator and writer of children's books.

After having taught from a variety of books I feel that this book is the BEST for entry level coding instruction. This will not prepare a student for certified coder, by any means; however it is well written, organized, easy for students to understand, colorful - just an all around wonderful instruction book for beginners in coding - includes cpt, icd9, hcfa completion, etc; all the important things. If you wanted more indepth coding - such as needed for physician office certification level (advanced) I would suggest step-by-step coding by Carol Buck - also an excellent book.

Adults in College:
A Survival Guide for Nontraditional Students
by Wanda Schindley, Ph.D.

Reviewed by:
Timothy E. McMahon, M.S.
Principal Web Developer
The McMahon Group
...

I am the adult student Wanda Schindley talks about in her book Adults in College. After high school, I kicked around for two years, spent four years in the Army then another six working with people who have developmental disabilities. So at 31, twelve years after leaving high school, I was finally ready to attend college in earnest. Eventually I learned to love the academic life and went on to complete my undergrad degree and also earned Master of Science degree. With this background, I didn't hesitate to say yes when asked to review a copy of this book.

While I truly enjoyed my academic years, the difficult parts would have been considerably easier if I had Wanda Schindley's book to guide me through it all. Professor Schindley is eminently qualified to have written this book. She, like so many of us, was a non-traditional student who worked her way through an undergrad degree after taking time after high school. Unlike many of us though, Schindley went on to gather a master's degree and two doctorates. Her experience as an older student, coupled with her experience as a college professor, serve to make Dr. Schindley the ideal candidate to author this book.

Adults in College: A Survival Guide for Nontraditional Students is full of real-life scenarios used to illustrate various positions older students inevitably find themselves in: Kids at home; stress; dealing with spouses, and so many other situations. I found several sections of the book especially relevant including an open letter from musician Charlie Daniels to the 1996 class of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Daniel's letter to the student body introduces the traditional student to real world situations in a manner that makes an older student proud of the things we've accomplished. Dr. Schindley also provides numerous "Survival Tips" a review of the research process, math review and a chapter on taking tests.

Told in easily digestible, conversational first person tones, Adults in College is a must read. If attending college is, or might be, in your future I strongly urge you to buy this book.

This is one of those books which for some reason never got the attention it deserved. It describes the suffering of Polish women during the war at the hands of the Nazis. Medical experimentation, torture and starvation are all borne with dignity and incredible courage. That the narrator survived at all is a miracle, that she survived to become a doctor of psychiatry and to write this eloquent memoir is an even greater miracle. All of us who take democracy and freedom for granted should read "And I Am Afraid of My Dreams" to learn that nightmares do happen in modern times, that the human spirit can survive them, and that the freedom we enjoy today in the western world was paid for by the blood and pain -- not only of brave U.S. soldiers -- but of resistance fighters like the author of this book, now so stangely forgotten by U.S. media

This book is easy reading for those who can't finish a "large" book. Funny, funny, funny recollections of the author's life in corporate America....good advice for women & men trying to climb the corporate ladder. Making it a must reading for all my employees to give them an inside view and tips on maintaining their sanity!

I thoroughly enjoyed the first of the Carroll Davenport series, "Island Murders" - and the second is just as fun, with mayhem in the town of Wilmington, North Carolina, and even more depth as we go further into discovering the unlikely heroine. The setting this time is the beautiful local arboretum - won't give away the plot but it's a very, very entertaining read and hopefully it won't be the last we see of Ms Davenport!

Fullerene science remembered a triad of anniversaries
in 1995: 25 years since C60 appeared in the literature,
10 years since it was observed in the gas-phase, and 5 years
since it was prepared in macroscopic amounts as a solid
material. The triad was commemorated, inter alia,
at the NATO workshop which was included in the program of
the Enrico Fermi School and held in Varenna, Italy
in June 1995.

The book opens with a survey article from Kroto et al.
which places the events into a historical perspective
and links them with the contemporary research front. The
theme is further elaborated by articles from the other
three capital cities of fullerene science, written by
Smalley et al., Kratschmer and finally Huffman.
The four articles are combined into the first chapter:
Past, Present and New Horizons.

The words chemical physics from the title could
equally well read chemistry and physics, as the
following eight specialized chapters
indeed give a representative cross-section
of the present fullerene science. The individual
chapters are: Formation and Structural Growth,
Physical Properties, High Fullerenes and Endohedrals,
Exohedrals, Functionalization, Intercalated C60
Compounds, Carbon Nanotubes, Non-carbon Nanostructures.
Altogether 28 contributions expose the on-going
research in its width and vigor.

This is a valuable volume, well balanced scientifically
as well as geographically, relevant to basically any
subfield of carbon-cluster studies. The book, no doubt,
will find its way into the libraries of many fullerene
groups. The volume was published in the NATO ASI Series, E:
Applied Sciences - Vol. 316, and it has altogether 498 pp.

ISBN 0-7923-4000-0

I first read this book when I was 14 years old and each time I read it, Ms. Huston's story continues to touch me. The Child That Never Plays is about how a woman overcame nearly a lifetime of physical and emotional abuse. The author tells her story in such a simple and yet unique langauge that its almost as if you're siting down and having a conversation with her. I reccommend this book to anyone who considers working with abused children or anyone who is overcoming childhood abuse.