Board

I highly recommend this book because nonprofit board work is not easy, and the author did not try to make it easy simply by giving me a model or formula to follow. In fact, his model, called the engagement model, invites me to accept the challenge to color outside the lines when it comes to traditional board roles, to harmonize all our decisions with our mission and vision, and to take on a mantle of professionalism that allowed me to see immediately what was missing in my work as a board member.

I work in the business and I have read and struggled through a lot of books on options and other derivatives. This one stands out as a true gem. It is practical, yet thorough. It is accessible to the interested layman, but it doesn't condescend or skimp on key concepts. The questions at the end of each chapter allow you to solidify the concepts explained in the chapters without spending your whole weekend on them. The software that comes with it lets you play with the concepts in real time until you grasp them intuitively, not just theoretically: concepts such as the "greeks"--delta, gamma, theta, and vega, hedging, the relationship between options and the underlying instruments, and so on. Don't be misled by the reasonable price. (Books in this genre usually start at over $50.) You can slog through a lot of options books and log a lot of hours, but I'll be you get more out of this per minute invested than any other book on options.

Olivier Vatine's comic book "Trio Grande" is a splendid presentation of his skills in the comic book world. The book is set in a hot desert scenario with a fantastic spaghetti western style. I was actually a bit surprised to read this one because it was funnier than the previous one "500 Rifles" which has a much rougher story line, but non the less also very recommendable. If you should happen to like his style I can recommend his other series called "Aqua Bleu". Vatine's skill at drawing (and women in particular) is more than just amazing. He is one of my few gods.

This little book is a winner. My one year old son, after one reading, loves to study the pictures. The chunky shaped pages are durable and perfect for countless page-turning. The rhyming is outstanding,..it is fluently well-written.

Just, simply, a great book. More than just pictures, lots of INFO!!!! high reccomendation

This is a fantastic book which teaches little ones how to pray - how they can share the things important to them with God when they pray. Each page focuses on a different aspect of the child's day - the people, the places, the happy things, the sad. At the end of each page, the child is able to add his/her own experiences of the day. It can and should be read every night before bed - or whenever the child wishes to talk to God. It's wonderfully written and is fun to read aloud. The illustrations are perfect! I HIGHLY recommend it for all Christian families with children ages 3 and up!!!

Great pictures, lots of action. Even you won't get tired of reading this one over and over, you will discover something new everytime you little one wants to read it! Lots of fun!

I took the USMLE Step 2 exam last year and I still remember how I used this book whenever I had free time (e.g. washroom, waiting rooms, etc). I am writing this review because I am going to review this book before I take my step 3 exams sometime this year. It is one of those books that keeps a storehouse of information when you are are on the wards or during exam time.

"The War has raged for years The high-tech ammo is almost gone. High-tech equipment is failing, piece by piece, with no spares to fix it. The front lines are held by a few grim, desperate soldiers.
"The US 5th Division holds the line in Poland. Now, a Soviet encirclement has cut it off in a province ruled by ambitious warlords, local militias, and bands of marauding deserters. HQ is 200 klicks to the rear and powerless.

"Your last order sets you free...

"Good Luck. You're on your own." ...from the cover

In the mid-Eighties, a bold new role playing game was introduced. Twilight: 2000 was perfect for its time: The Reagan Era, when it seemed that conflict was always around the corner for the United States and the Soviet Union. Conflicts had flared up in numerous places during the Cold War, but Europe was always the presumed scene of Armageddon. The designers went with that assumption, but turned it on its head.

"When we first published Twilight: 2000 in 1984, we suggested that a general European war might come not from a Soviet invasion of Europe, but rather from Soviet preoccupation elsewhere [a war with China] coupled with sudden German reunification. While the prospect of German reunification appeared to be a fantasy at the time (and many critics singled it out as a particularly unrealistic aspect of the game), by the time the original second edition was published German Unification was imminent, and it has since become a reality." ...Designer's Notes

Indeed, the game was always running from its shadow. World events tortured the T2 timeline. By the time the second edition was introduced in 1990, the face of Europe had changed, and the Soviet Union was marching into history. The 2nd edition -- blessed with a much-needed re-writing of the rules -- attempted to repair the timeline. But the book had scarcely made it to the publisher, when events had already made the new timeline obsolete. This problem was permanently solved in the 2.2 edition (1993), by fixing a "departure point" from our world's history, a tactic used in the alternate history novels by Harry Turtledove and others. In 1995, as the world was going to war in the game, GDW went out of business.

Twilight: 2000 is far from obsolete. Some fascinating campaign examples show the versatility of the rules system:

A traditional Europe campaign using the 2.2 timeline

Travelling through post-holocaust America... "Howling Wilderness"

A non-WWIII game using the 2nd edition sourcebook Merc: 2000 and additional background from the Millennium's End game.

A historical campaign set during World War II or enmeshed in the Spanish Conquest of the New World.

Wayne Gralian
Wayne's World of Books / Krakow RPGs

This is a puzzle book like no other -- it's got something for everyone. The crosswords and other puzzles are very high quality (but not necessarily hard) and the quizzes are fun and funny, just like the Uncle John readers. We've been playing it together as a family and we've been consistently amazed and amused. Other puzzle books usually concentrate on one kind of puzzle, but this one has a great variety of fun stuff to do. We can't wait for the next one!