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Kids that don't usually like to read will want to read this book because when you start reading it, you feel like you are in the book. Also, when you start reading it, you don't want to stop.

This book grabs the your attention right from the start and keeps you interested with fast-paced action, entertaining dialogue and a humorous plot. It's the first "Time Warp Trio" book I've read and I really enjoyed it. Joe, Fred and Sam are magically transported into the world of Greek mythology where they run from vicious three-headed dogs, exchange witty insults with Hera, queen of the gods, and outsmart Zeus and the other gods on Mount Olympus, before they find their way back home. If you know a little bit about Greek mythology you will be amused by the characterization of the gods and godesses and you will find yourself wanting to learn even more. The book is easy to read and hard to put down!

Do you like the movie Hercules but dislike Hercules and the story line? If that's true, (or even if it isn't) this is the book for you! Of course, the Time Warp Trio gets stuck in Greek and have to get back home. They meet up with all the Greeks gods from Zeus to Hera, from Aphrodite to Apollo, and from Artemis to Hades! The Trio have to trick the gods with puzzles to get The Book and get home. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone!

This was our first stained glass coloring book and the whole family enjoyed it. The paper is thick and smooth and lovely to color with markers or crayons. The designs are simple enough for young children to color but adults can embellish them with shading, etc. Often the kids would lose interest after about 30-40 minutes but the adults would keep on coloring. We have since much enjoyed the Tiffany book as well.

This little coloring book is great. You don't have to be an artist to get good results. Really cute, and a bargain. Bought several more, different kinds. Holiday ones are best.

Used during a school club (6th-8th). Kids loved it. Used markers, both permanent and washable. Takes about 20-25 minutes to completely color a page.

Very concise clinical reference tool! I put it in my clinical bag along with my drug book, IV drug book, and clipboard.

This is an excellent book for students of the nursing profession. Clear concise details are given. It is ideal for studies and I consider it to be a 'Nurses' Bible" and it is one I will keep and refer to forever. Recommended for all medical students. You can't get a better book at this price.

This book is very user friendly and has a lot of great information. I am a nursing student and it is adding a lot to my clinical experience.

The true story of a cop who knew too much.
1978 hardcover. 311 page published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Author's note: All of the events depicted in this book are a matter of factual record, and the people are real. No names have been chenged. The dialogue has either been taken from concealed tape recordings made at the time the events took place or been carefully reconstructed through interviews with the participants.

This is a dazzling work of nonfiction that traces the story of Robert Leuci, a young detective with the New York City Police Department who came to a crossroads in his life and found himself confronted with whom he had become and, apparently, did not like what he saw. As a team leader in the elite and now defunct Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of the Narcotics division during the late nineteen sixties and early seventies, Leuci was involved in many large narcotics takedowns and, consequently, the corruption that then often ensued.

In early 1971, Leuci was called to appear before the Commission to investigate Alleged Police Corruption, which was known as the Knapp Commission. Although the commission had no evidence of wrongdoing by Leuci, it had called him in to ask about some of the detectives that he had worked with in SIU. Leuci, at the time, refused to give up his fellow officers, claiming that the whole criminal justice arena, including the lawyers and the courts, were corrupt. Leuci was interviewed by Nicholas Scoppetta, a former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney with the Knapp Commission (and now the current New York City Fire Department Commissioner). After interviewing him, Scoppetta decided to leave the Knapp Commission and persuaded the federal government to undertake a probe into the entire criminal justice system of New York City with Detective Robert Leuci as its linchpin, an investigation that the federal government agreed to undertake.

The book details Detective's Leuci's personal exploits, as he fearlessly helped the federal government make its cases against lawyers, bail bondsmen, and other cops. For years, Leuci walked a fine line, continuing his work as a NYPD detective while working as a confidential informant for the feds, often at great risk to his life. The details of his exploits are riveting, as they expose the seamy side of a criminal justice system that, at the time, was truly corrupt at so many levels. Moreover, Leuci's personal angst in trying to keep his detective friends from becoming embroiled in the investigation is palpable throughout the book, as is Leuci's innate sense of fair play.

Leuci himself had previously been on the take, a fact of which the feds were aware. It was the extent to which Leuci had been on the take that the Feds were unaware. Leuci's perfidy was not revealed in its entirety until the government had made many arrests, grand juries had handed down indictments, and defendants had been tried and convicted. Leuci had worked with Rudolf Giuliani, who was then a young Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of the State of New York. It was to Giuliani that Leuci eventually unburdened himself. I have to commend Giuliani for the compassion that he extended to Leuci, a man who was clearly on the verge of a nervous breakdown after leading a double life for years and who, for so long, had internalized his anxiety over his own and his friends' involvement in the corruption that was at the heart of the investigation.

This is a well-written and moving true story of a cop who knew too much and was eventually made to sing. This is a great book upon which the wonderful, gritty film, "Prince of the City", starring Treat Williams, was based. Those who are interested in the criminal justice arena or are cop buffs will especially enjoy this book, as well as the film. Bravo!

Prince Of The City: The True Story Of A Cop Who Knew Too Much is the dramatic true story of Detective Robert Leuci, a deep cover sleuth who assembled corruption cases against lawyers, bail bondsmen, mob figures, and even some of his own, putting his own life in peril for the sake of law and justice. Written in the style of a novel, Prince Of The City offers an unflinchingly honest portrait of the rigors of policework, the toll it can take, and the horrors it encounters all too often. An introduction by Rudolph Giuliani rounds out this mesmerizing chronicle of courage and duty.

"Sometimes the Magic Works" is an outstanding guide on how to live a spiritual life. It's remarkably practical and beautifully written. A must read for anyone interested in trusting their inner wisdom." --Lynn Robinson, author of Compass of the Soul and Divine Intuition.

This is a beautifully written tale of a woman's spiritual journey. It is very uplifting - one of those books you want to read over and over.

An honest, beautifully written account of her courageous and ongoing healing journey.
In integrating concepts of synchronicity, spirituality, and psychology with her personal story Kimball becomes the teacher and healer she most generously acknowledges with heartfelt thanks and gratitude.The telling of her story is her special gift to the world as it reminds all of us of the importance of our caring presence to each other as we struggle with life's challenges, purpose, and meaning. There is healing in connection irregardless of the physical outcome.
Her powerful story is a testament to this truth.

After reading this book I have a new awe of Canadians. They benevolently have their hands in every part of American society! Who knew that Clamato, The BlackBerry PDA, synchronized swimming and lightbulbs all hail from the Great White North? The book is humorous in how it puts forth the evidence of canuck domination. Peter Jennings, William Shatner and Tommy Chong---all Canadian. Dozens of films that we believe are filmed in the USA--- filmed in Canada. Is everything I know know now thrown into question?
After reading this book I wonder if our upcoming election even matters, if Canada is running the place anyway...I'll still vote, just in case.

Thank god (and Canada) for Colburn and Sorensen. They crack me up everytime. I'm crossing my fingers that I don't need to move to Canada after this election, but if I do, at least I now know that they control everything anyway.

I just bought 2 copies of this book for some American friends who are moving to Canada. This is the PERFECT gift for any Canadians or Americans! Its packed with real facts about why Canada is behind everything American's think is great. If the Republicans take over the Oval Office again in 2009, I'm going to study this book so that I can move to Canada and pretend I'm one of 'em, eh?

This is a book that will appeal to U2 fans of all types, but particularly musicians interested in their work. The book consists of a brief narrative, lyrics for the songs from "Achtung Baby," and musical transcriptions and guitar tablature for each of the songs on the album.

The photographs (both black and white and color) are excellent and truly capture the mood of this excellent album, as does the narrative and the selected quotations from the band members.

The guitar parts are well defined and easy to read, and are, to the best of my ability to discern, quite accurate. Particularly outstanding are the transcriptions of "One" and "Love Is Blindness," although I may be a bit biased, as those are also my two favorite tracks on the CD.

This book is great for any U2 fan, but is especially great for fans who are also musically inclined; to those in either group I recommend this book.

Beautiful Anton Corbjin photographs and anecdoted by the band, manager and producers. A must have for a true fan - you get a true feeling for the historic atmosphere of Berlin '90, and Dublin '90-'91.

The book by Prof. Diniz is indeed amongst the best on adaptive signal processing. Most of the fundamental concepts are well explained, suitable examples are given and practical applications are also discussed. The chapter on adaptive IIR filters is unique and still cannot be found in any other book. Moreover, solutions to the problems can be obtained by ftp, which is something very useful for students. Despite this is an excellent book (5 star), the price is ridiculous, as occurs with most titles from this publisher. If I were Prof. Diniz I would change from Kluwer Academic Publishers to a more competitive publisher.

Dr. Paulo Diniz has a unique view of the Adaptive Filtering field, due to years of extensive teaching experience. His book on Adaptive Filtering is a complete reference to the field, describing the theory in a concise way. The book develops the most important results in the field in less than 500 pages, including one chapter on IIR Adaptive Filtering - something that Haykin cannot beat.

The book is appealing to anyone who is interested in Adaptive Filtering and needs an extremely complete and concise reference. Highly recommended.

My first Geary Gravel book was The Pathfinders, a delightful book with a lot of texture. I was particularly attracted to the central character there, a teenager called Ai.

Now, reading The Alchemists, I now know the antecedents of the characters in the other book. What a bother; now I have to go read Pathfinders again! I bought a second copy recently, and I know not where I have laid it.

Once again, GG has invented several characters to whom my heart reaches out, all quite distinct, with lots of contrast; and their interactions are for the most part, very plausible. However, the author's vision of the distant future is sufficiently complex that it requires an unusual narrative style, to quickly throw the reader into an environment where the human race has become so diverse that personalities and cultures are wildly different, and yet the protagonists expect this diversity, and are determined to cope with it.

Raille is the character most of us would find easy to relate to, and to some extent, we see the action through her flighty eyes. Jack is another, a simple artist, contrasted with the self-conscious intellectualism of his companions.

I haven't finished reading; I'm just about halfway, and I can't go any faster, because the writing is dense, and not to be skimmed through.

Thoroughly recommended

Arch

This is one of my favorite books and definitely the most obscure. This novel is absolutely stunning. It has beautiful writing, strong and interesting characters, a truly inventive and multitudinous culture, and a deep tone of philosophical inquiry. I must especially compliment Gravel for his world-building skills. He constructs many different cultures with ease and suggests the way that they would interact to form a larger panculture; what's better, all the seemingly separate beautiful pieces of these different cultures turn out to fit together into a harmonious grand design. The next time you walk into a used bookstore, please, please, please, look for this book.

I just bought this book a month before the AP US history exam. It gives good practice for the DBQs and free response. IT is a must have. It got me a five on the exam and it might work for you too.

Epstein's magnificent test preparation book is the smart way to supplement your AP US History class. In fact, you can get a 5 on the exam if you work closely from this book alone. While the book is thorough, careful, concise, and neat, the author is articulate, clear, and humorous from time to time. THIS IS THE BEST!!! Mark Epstein rules!