The first George MacDonald book I ever read and it permanently hooked me! I couldn't put it down, and neither could my teen aged sons. All this plus it manages to teach wonderful values too! GREAT!

This textbook offers a concise yet comprehensive treatment of social problems that is appropriate for third- or fourth-year college students. Complex problems such as domestic violence, racism, inequalities in the distribution of health care, and environmental degredation are treated with a deep and nuanced understanding of political and social realities, helping students to comprehend how and why these problems are interrelated. Although much attention is paid to social problems in the United States, the authors do not neglect a comparative view of these problems in other countries, providing a global perspective that is integrated throughout the book. This textbook isn't fancy--there is a moderate number of photographs, and a large number of pages with text only. You won't find here the cute little "sidebars" or four-color graphics that cause other textbooks to be so outlandishly expensive. But if an economical textbook that offers a thorough treatment of social issues is what's needed, you won't be disappointed with this one. I assigned this textbook to my third-year sociology class last year, and will do so again. I highly recommend this book.

First half the book it about aiming, holding your sticking and your bridge hand. About how to stand. It has helped me play a better game.Rest of book about rules on straight, 8 & 9 Ball.Wish it said more about angle shots and bank shots.

Definitely a great book for teachers at all levels! This comprehensive guide to coorperative learning is simply written and succinct while providing me with a good understanding of the concepts. It utilised relevant examples and suggested many activities I am keen to try. The Teacher's Sourcebook of Cooperative Learning is well-worth the money and one of the best books in this field I have come across. I would recommend it to everyone.

This a the book the coolest i've ever redden It has everything: sex computers murder international crime and more sex. Read it it is worth it

este libro, que fue leido por mi hace ya muchos anos, es otro que me impresiono y me gusto. muestra diferentes vistas y perspectivas de la muerte de un ser querido. desde la negacion de los hechos hasta la aceptacion y la resignacion, pasando por diferentes estadios que son necesarios tanto social como psicologicamenete para superar la perdida. es de especial interes para estudiantes de medicina o de psicologia o para cualquier persona que quiera aprender a lidiar con una gran perdida. LUIS MENDEZ

I highly reccommend reading this book! I especially found the Voice Of Experience movies very helpful! It was as if the authors were sitting next to me while I was programming!

This is a really great book for kids who love horses - and our kids do! Now, our kids want to save all the wild horses in the world. They've read this book over and over.

So you didn't play much baseball as a kid. Or, maybe you played so much baseball that you know too much to work with your inexperienced kids without loosing your patience.

This handbook has it all. How do you get a 4 year old to throw a ball effectively? Not an easy task for someone with a short attention span an no idea what you are talking about. Swing a bat level? Why bother when you can hack at the ball like a woodsman? Tips, techniques, and pictures either teach a parent what is important, or remind him or her what they have known for so long they have forgetten to pass it along.

These are just a couple of examples of the problems I faced in teaching baseball to my kids and areas the handbook was helpful. From catching, throwing and hitting for the youngest of players, all the way through to strategy, baserunning and conditioning for older players. This book will help you get them started on the right track and help them help themselves when they are old enough to read on their own.

Talk yourself into coaching your kid's team so you can be sure they get quality instruction - only to find that the parents are the ones who drive you to give it up? This handbook can help you lay the groundwork up front that will turn your parents into assets.

I could go on and on. This book may not have everything you will ever need, but it does have something useful about everything. A great read and a great resource.

I have read a lot of books on the Civil War and this is simply the best. It makes the conflict and its participants come alive in a way no dry historical work can. You will really feel the ebb and flow of the battle as it is fought over every inch of the landscape of Gettysburg. Especially interesting is the account by the author of the exploits of Joshua Chamberlain, a professor of rhetoric from Maine who is one of the central heroes of the battle. The only problem with this book is that, after you finish, you will feel an overwhelming urge to jump on a plane to visit the battlefield. Don't resist -- it is a wonderful historic site that has been well preserved since the battle. It is an unbelievable feeling to look at the field where Pickett's charge took place, or to stand on Little Round Top, with the words of this masterpiece fresh in your mind.

At least that was true until I read Michael Shaara's "Killer Angels." Now I'm a goner. I have bought five more books on the Civil War including McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom," a huge tome that promises to fill me in on the whole historical context, time, place, politics, all of it. All this happened because I was interested in a single book. This is Michael Shaara's fault.

It is of no consequence that the prospective reader may not have the slightest interest in war, the Civil War in particular, guns, Gettysburg, generals, muskets, artillery, smoke, fire, or death. All the reader need be interested in is a good book that is a pleasure, an enlightening experience, to read. If you like reading, if you enjoy books that captivate, that keep you turning pages, that won't let you sleep, then buy this book.

Let me note here that the author indulges in several literary devices that might pain the true Civil War buff. He uses interior monologues which are, of course, pure fiction (though based on written material of the time). He also centers his story on two major fights that took place at Gettysburg: the battle of Little Roundtop, and Pickett's Charge, even though quite a lot of other great moments occurred there. Both these battles are told well, and the characters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - the commander of the 20th Maine who held Little Round Top against attacking Confederates to the "last bullet," and James Longstreet, commander of the I Corps of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia who had serious differences with his superior over the tactics used at Gettysburg, are explored at depth.

By necessity, Shaara could not tell, in a single novel (for that is what this book is), all that happened those three fateful days. For those who want to know more I refer you to Shelby Foote's "Stars In Their Courses."

I aim this review at those who are unsure of whether a Civil War novel is what they want to read. Be assured you will not be disappointed. This is a truly fine book, especially for the uninitiated, as I was. I recommend this book to all without hesitation.

This fine example of what historical fiction should be, which I first picked up to read as an eighth grader, was the gateway into my now militant obsession with the Civil War and my idolization of Gen. Joshua Chamberlain. The well-deserved rave reviews that litter the front and back covers drew me to it, but Shaara's powerful writing style and stunningly human characters drew me INTO it. Not surprisingly I worship the film Gettysburg and have accumulated a large collection of Civil War and Chamberlain-related literature, though some have suggested this is slightly abnormal for a fifteen year old. While reading The Killer Angels one must wonder at Shaara's amazing ability to portray the major players of the battle, whose real personalities must have since been lost over a century of historian analyzation, as real people. I absolutely love this book and jealously guard my much-used copy. To enjoy it you don't have to be a Civil War buff or even know anything about the battle, you only have to be prepared to appreciate what is epic and human in the midst of this otherwise horrifying war.