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This is an excellent book for both children and children at heart. Kids can easily relate to the main character's, Gusty's, wish to join the circus. With hard work, Gusty and her friend Brandy the dog achieve thier goal to appear in the circus, and when the circus moves away, Gusty's friends use thier imaginations to give Gusty a circus of her own! The book touches upon real life situations in the fantastic setting of Dream Valley, the world of the My Little Ponies. It shows children how teamwork and friendship can help friends in need, and how hard work helps to accomplish one's goals.

The book focuses on the efficient market theory. Whether or not you agree with the theory, this book provides a great deal of background on overall investing. Particularly interesting were the sections on investing fads and follies and how the perils of certain types of analysis. I wouldn't recommend working with an investement professional before you have read and digested this book.

As a financial consultant in a global financial services firm, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone in the markets. Burton Malkiel's central concepts still hold up in this seventh edition. He updates with stories of the latest investment follies, and uses them to back up his central assertion: investing in the capital markets requires a long-term time horizon, an understanding of the risks involved, a resistance to rushing into the latest hot trend without researching it, and some kind of investment strategy. (Those investors who trade, trade, trade on broker advice should always remember: Brokers make money on every trade in commissions-- they don't care if *you* lose all of your money.) Burton's continued support of index funds as an important part of any diversified asset strategy is backed up by good, rigorous research. Even the best active managers get burned-- Warren Buffett's hot streak finally ran out in the first half of this year, didn't it? Mean reversion does finally win out in the long run. Investors who play the stock market like the Lotto always lose out to the long-term strategists. "A Random Walk down Wall Street" is, and will always be, an immensely valuable work.

Burton Malkiel's "A Random Walk Down Wall Street" is, has been, and will remain a classic for the simple reason that the advice this book contains makes sense. He shows why and how investors should hold a broadly diversified portfolio. He promises no gimmicks but merely some wise advice on what to do with your money. His writing style is clear, and he peppers his advice with a touch of humor that--at the very minimum--makes this book an interesting read.

Most controversial has been Malkiel's support of the efficient market theory, which leads him to believe that "Investors would be far better off buying and holding an index fund than attempting to buy and sell individual securities or actively managed mutual funds." In the thirty years since its first edition, Malkiel's assertion has been supported by an ever-growing mountain of evidence that shows how, over the long run, an index fund outperforms the average actively managed fund. Few believe this advice, and prefer to show how smart they are through active trading, seeing their gains eaten away by brokrage commissions, management fees, short-term capital gains taxes, etc. Even Warren Buffet and Peter Lynch--the most successful traders in history--have admitted that most investors would be better off holding an index fund. Malkiel DOES NOT argue that you should not trade individual stocks or not buy options. He just explains why holding stocks instead of engaging in rapid fire trading will yield hefty returns over the long run. He also shows how options could be a great hedge against uncertainty--if you know what you are doing.

This is a great book that every investor should read.

This children's book is about a little witch who has to stay home on Halloween for being too good. When three trick-or-treaters come to her door asking for treats, Little Witch doesn't have any treats, so she gives them a ride on her broomstick. This book was well-written and well-illustrated, but I thought it was a little boring. Written by Deborah Hautzig and Illustrated by Marc Brown, an okay book to read, but not one I'd want to buy.

This book is easy for me to read. It is a little sad at first, but then it gets exciting.

This "STEP into Reading" title is a Step 2 book which means it is intended for Grades 1-3. It is the first of several titles featuring the sweet and fun-loving character, Little Witch, charmingly brought to life by illustrator Marc Brown. The other witch characters Mother Witch, Grouchy Witch, Nasty Witch and the pet bat, Scrubby are funny and not at all scary. The story begins on Halloween when Little Witch is made to stay home from the witchly revels because she has been too GOOD! Oh, the shame of it! She ends up meeting some trick-or-treaters and they have a lot of fun together. There are lots of funny rhyming spells and exciting and good-hearted adventures. Halloween fun abounds. The pictures and the text are lively and will definitely encourage interest. I recommend this not only as a great incentive for reading but as an enjoyable Halloween story that can just as well be read aloud by a parent. Don't miss Happy Birthday, Little Witch. It's good, too.

An excellent resource for both prices & basic history on antique clocks of all types. Pictures provided for each item listed with price ranges taking into account the condition of the item. Although I had a solid basic knowledge regarding antique clocks, I found new information. The only reason I rated this book a 4 instead of a 5, is that Miller's needs to realize that it would be helpful to have dual listings of prices--both the pound/sterling and the dollar! As this seems to be a common complaint about their guides, you'd think they'd catch on! An excellent book otherwise--well written, informative with excellent examples and pictures!

I bought this book to help me discern chinese porcelain and learn a little more about the oriental collectables. This book has too many black and white photos and falls short of being a necessary refrence guide.

Encompassing 2000 years of history, and everything from ceramics to furniture to Mao era propaganda, it isn't a comprehensive guide to any one subject. It isn't meant to be; nevertheless it serves as a full intro to the field in one portable volume. Several thousand pieces with prices in Brit pounds (most for museum quality specimens, not the more everyday kind). About 70% b&w, though does include some lovely color sections. Still a bargain.

John was the most psychedelic of the prophets. 1st: the book of John Did this guy ever meet Jesus? 2nd: the revelation: Peyote buttons in the desert. 3rd: the apochraphae: the unknown author.

From tires to planes with the wonderfully detailed pictures found in real Richard Scarry Books (not those second-hand rip offs based on the very dull cartoons)