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This book belonged to my mother,she told me that she read this book when she was my age, 8. I was interested, so I read it. My dad and I read most of it together but some times I read it independently I Im sure I liked it as much as my mom did, and I'm sure you will too.

I thougt the book was just ok. I found it a little confusing with all of the characters and all the conflicts. I am doing a book report on this book for school and I would have thought It would have been a better and more interesting book. I dont know I would give it 3 stars.

I have read 15 Nancy Drew books so far and my favorite was: The Clue In The Broken Locket. I'd just thought I'd say that! I was really excited to read this one because of a castle and stuff and in the summary it said it was a little bit spooky. Well it was really boring and there was too much happening at the same time. The castle parts were really boring and so0o0 not exciting. And all they did was eat at that stinkin brass kettle.
But some parts were good?

Nancy receives a moonstone as a gift from an anonymous person. Mr. Drew enlists Nancy to help him with his latest case. The Bowens, a missionary couple, have recently returned from Africa and have been looking for their granddaughter without success. The girl went to live with her other grandmother in the town of Deep River after the deaths of her parents when she was a baby. However, the grandmother died shortly after that and all trace of the girl has been lost. When the girls arrive in Deep River they see Moonstone Castle in the distance and decide to explore it. This was a very boring book with a dull mystery and almost zero action. The summary in the book suggests that the castle is haunted, but that is never really mentioned in the book itself. Nancy doesn't do any brilliant detective work to find the missing girl, instead she basically stumbles upon her. I'd only recommend getting this book to complete your set.

I love all Nancy Drew books but this was my favorite! It was so interesting I couldn't put it down! I read it when I was little and I could read it over and over!

This book is about a boy named Gabe who goes to Egypt on a plane to visit his uncle, Ben. But when he gets there his uncle takes him into an ancient pyramid.He falls into a trap with big,white,crawling spiders.Then one night Uncle Ben told Gabe an ancient six word poem that was going to bring Prince Kho-ru back to life. The words are: Taki Khoru, Taki Khori, Taki Khora. Suddenly, a strong wind started to blow. What do you think happened? Read this book to find out. I would recommend this book because I like reading about Egypt, and I think other kids will too. My favorite part was when Gabe got bitten by an old beetle because it was scary.

This book is about a boy named Gabe who goes to Egypt on
a plane to visit his uncle, Ben. But when he gets there
his uncle takes him into an ancient pyramid.He falls into
a trap with big,white,crawling spiders.Then one night
Uncle Ben told Gabe an ancient six word poem that was going to bring Prince Kho-ru back to life. The words are: Taki Khoru, Taki Khori, Taki Khora. Suddenly, a strong wind started to blow. What do you think happened? Read this book to find out. I would recommend this book because I like reading about Egypt, and I think other kids will too. My favorite part was when Gabe got bitten by an old beetle because it was scary.

Return Of the Mummy's Tomb is a very good book for ages 9-12. Kids will like it because it is about mummys and kids my age are in to these characters.

The best part of the book in my opinion is when Nila stole Gabe's mummy hand to summon her brother from the dead as a mummy. Another good part in the book was when Nila commanded the mummy to kill the kids so no witneses were left. When the mummy went after the kids' he had a death grip on his sister's neck and said, "LET ME REST IN PEACE". The other part I thought was good is when Gabe and Sarri thought their Uncle Ben was killed.

I enjoyed this book because it was a topic I am interested in. I like to read about supernatural ideas like a mummy's, magic, dragon's, and dinosaurs.

Dear Reader,

This is the best book in the world. The writer is R.L. Stine. Everyone should read this book. Because this book alows kids to have a good education. They can be interested in this book. This book can make 1 childs parent happy. Just get your child to read this book. It will change his or her life.

Sincerely,

Rattle Snake

One of R.L. Stines best of the Goosebumps books. Like most of his books, it ends with a scare, but it's not scary(Though I don't find many Books that a meant to be scary Scary). It is a good book and has a good storyline. Of course like most Mummy stories it involves Archiolegest breaking into some tomb, but who else(besides a Robber) would break in?

I think this is one of best, if not the best Goosebump book yet.

Over 50 years ago, I read my first Bobbsey Twins book and was hooked. I loved to read and couldn't wait to get my hands on the next one. I had forgotten about them until I was browsing Amazon.com and came across the Children's Books section. Not having children of my own, I wondered who I would be able to share the pleasure of reading the Bobbsey Twins series with. I have good friends with a 9 year old daughter and a 7 year old son who were perfect to share the gift of reading with. For Christmas and birthdays, I like to give the next book in the series to Baylee and I Spy books to Eli. In my mind, there is nothing like a good book!

I received the book in a timely manner; all pretty and brand new.
I haven't read it yet.
I wanted it for a keepsake.
When I was in the fourth grade I read the most books that year and won an edition of the Bobsey Twins and loved them ever since.

I remember reading the Bobbsey Twins books when I was seven, so when I babysat the other night, I was pleased when the seven year old there sat down and started to read this outloud to me. The text itself is just challenging enough for kids of that age, but what I had TOTALLY forgotten about was the whole fact that in the book, while there are black people, they're all household help or holding menial jobs. I'm not black, and I found this all very offputting when I started to re-read the book after the kid had gone to bed. I think it gives a very skewed view of how things were, and certainly of how things are, and I wholeheartedly can't recommend these books to anyone.

I grew up in the late 1960's when you could purchase the Bobbsey Twins books at the S.S.Kresge dimestore chain. The books were inexpensive, wholesome fun. I went through my cousin's copies like a tiny tornado. I was disappointed when the 1960's edition books were no longer available for print in the late 1970's early 1980's.
Imagine my delight while shopping at our local Walmart with my daughter when I spied a display of the Classic Edition Bobbsey Twins books! The stories I had read as a child were being reissued so I could now share them with my daughter. We have begun reading the series together and she loves them!
The storyline revolves around the Bobbsey Twins, Nan, Bert, Freddie and Flossie in their adventures which always include solving a good mystery. The storylines are clean,wholesome fun for the whole family.
These books are a delight for children of all ages and a great way to share your childhood with your children and grandchildren.

The classic tales of the Bobbsey twins follow the daily life adventures of a family that has two sets of twins, one older and one younger. My 5 year old twins love these books, and we read a chapter or more to them each night. The end of each chapter has a good cliff-hanger to pique interest in the next chapter. Also, the stories are exciting and positive in nature. We started reading these chapter books when my children were 4, and they are perfect for their attention span and interests. I highly recommend them.

I bought this book as an introduction to Cleopatra after watching the Rome mini-series. I wanted to get an idea if the story was accurate. This book provides a great introduction, but left me with the impression that her life is shrouded in mystery. The author often went off on tangents to fill in a complex background that most readers (including myself) are not familiar with. These tangents include Egyptian geneology, the layout of cities, and the history of Egypt. These deviations were generally interesting, but I often found myself wondering how this all fit back into Cleopatra's life, and why they were included.

I found the sections of the book where the author explained the myths surrounding Cleopatra and broke down the possible origins, and debunked them the most interesting. I felt these left the best impression of what her life must have been like, and the complex world she maneuvered in.

Of the famous women in history, the one that's either at the top of the list or at least in the top five would be Cleopatra. Does she truly merit this fame, or is all image and little substance. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

Joyce Tyldesley's biography of the celebrated Queen of the Nile suffers from the same problem that most Cleopatra biographers face: there is very little primary material about her life. Instead, we get descriptions of her from secondary sources, often decades or centuries after the fact, and, of course, these sources have their biases. It's like working with a jigsaw puzzle with some pieces missing and other pieces warped or broken: you can put a picture together, but it won't be a complete one. And in a time filled with other Cleopatras (and Ptolemys), it is sometimes hard to even figure out if you're working on the right puzzle.

The basic facts of Cleopatra's life are pretty well-known. She was romantically (or at least sexually) involved with Julius Caesar and then Mark Antony. After Antony's death, she committed suicide, allegedly by having an asp bite her. She was able to use her associations with these men to consolidate her own power in Egypt, but her queenship was often threatened, both by internal threats and those of foreign powers, particularly Rome.

Cleopatra is one of the great romantic figures in history, which promotes the common belief that she was one of the most beautiful, a real-life Helen. Was she really beautiful, either by the standards of the day or by today's standards? As Tyldesley points out, politics probably had more to do with her liaisons than attraction. Another controversy is Cleopatra's race: Tyldesley addresses this as well, though the true answer may never be known.

Cleopatra was no lightweight, but in terms of impact on history, she was a minor player who happened to be associated with major ones. Tyldesley does a good job constructing a picture of Cleopatra while also being honest about the shortcomings of getting a real accurate story. The book itself is brief (just over 200 pages), but even that is a bit of a stretch for Cleopatra's life: many pages deal with general Egyptian history or mythology. But Tyldesley writes well, and if you want to learn more about Cleopatra, this book is a good resource.

In our odd culture of changing values where truth is often misrepresented, it is no surprise that the commonly-accepted story of Cleopatra is so wrong. Based upon Hollywood's depiction of Roman historical drama, how could it possibly be otherwise?

Thankfully, Joyce Tyldesley combines her scholarly precision with a warmth and wit to tell the true tale of a really remarkable woman. Calculating and charming, sagacious and seductive, intellectual and ingenious, a mother and a monarch - all of these describe the fascinating character of a queen who was ahead of her time.

Dispelling the myths, mischaracterizations and motives attributed by Roman historians who were hostile to her influence on their home-grown heroes, Dr. Tyldesley's Cleopatra emerges as a more complete and admirable stateswoman who seems more modern than ancient. In this case, truth is not stranger than fiction, it is simply better.

Joyce Ann Tyldesley is a lecturer of Egyptology at Liverpool University and the author of several books on ancient Egypt. She writes that most authors have written about Cleopatra either from a Roman perspective or from a popular culture perspective. She claims that most Egyptologists consider Cleopatra part of the 300 year Ptolemaic Empire, an Empire that is something of a footnote to true Egyptian history. Of course, Cleopatra VII is best known for her role in the Roman political battles between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and later between Octavian and Mark Antony.

Tyldesley is a terrific story teller and as Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor and a host of others have proven, Cleopatra's story is full of twists and turns and many wonders. Tyldesley fills her book with interesting Egyptian details, putting her a bit more firmly into ancient traditions. She argues against suicide by asp bite, for example, based on an ancient tradition of death by poisonous ointments.

By the end of the book, though, I didn't really see a Cleopatra very different from the one I found in Cleopatra by Michael Grant, a book I greatly admire. After all, almost all we know about Cleopatra was written by Roman authors, focused on the great battles over Egyptian riches and Imperial power. Moreover, Egypt itself had been ruled from time to time over 700 years by Libyans, Nubians and Persians before the arrival of Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. Finally, as Helen Brown points out in her review quoted in full in the first Comment: "After defeating the last queen of Egypt, Julius Caesar's adopted son was determined to destroy her reputation. He smashed the images made to glorify her and ensured his pocket historians cast her as a greedy, incestuous, adulterous whore who used her foreign, feminine wiles to emasculate the Roman Empire."

This is a terrific story, very well told by an excellent historian. But don't look for any new and ground breaking insights into Cleopatra's fascinating life.

Robert C. Ross 2008

Cloepatra: Last Queen of Egypt, falls somewhere between a scholarly book and a book for the general reader. The author, Joyce Tyldesley, is a lecturer of Biomedical Egyptology. It is clear the author want this book to be considered a "serious work" by other Egytopolgists. So at times, her level of attention to detail and background owerwhelmed this general reader.

Still, for the general reader, wanting something more than the Cleopatra of Hollywood (or Shakespeare) there is much worthwhile material. This re-telling of the Cleopatra story, adds depth and complexity. It shows that history is important, that the actions of a few (Cleopatra, Mark Anthony, Ceasar) can affect the course of history and the lives of millions.

I look forward to reading more books by Tyldesley, especially if they are written more with the general reader than fellow academics in mind.

In "The Secret of the Golden Pavilion" you learn alot about Hawaii and get to go along on an awesome adventure to Hawaii. Nancy has to keep a keen eye out for a gang, the Double Scorrps, while also battleing riddles, a shark, two mysterious people who claim to be the grandchildren of Mr. Sakamaki, and much much more. Mr. Sakamaki died and left his estate to his grandchildren. Nancy better hurry up and figure out the case or she might die in the most beautiful, romantic place in America.

I loved this book. I have read other books , but this one is one of the bests I've seen so far! I loved how Carolyn Keene wrote the intrigueing plot! I couldn't stop reading , "The Secret Of The Golden Pavilion" until I was done! I loved the Hawaiian scenery and the suspense! The book had me at the edge of my own bed. I love the ending. Very nice mysteries! Go get THIS book! Your money won't be spoiled! ;)

I like this book like every other Nancy Drews. IF you read this book you love it too. I have almost read all the Nancy Drew books. I have known Nancy when I was in 4th grade, but I never really bothered for it. I Started Nancy Drew at the age of 11 and and I really love and at the age of 12 I am reading them all from Book# 1 to Book# 59

Nancy goes to Hawaii with Bess, George, Ned, Burt, Dave and Hannah at the request of Mr. Sakamaki, a client of Mr. Drew's, to solve a mystery concerning the estate of Sakamaki's grandfather, which Mr. Sakamaki has inhierted. Nothing to rave about with this book. Boring plot. No action. No suspense. Bad writing. Once Nancy and the gang get to Hawaii the book reads like a tour guide. Personally, I wouldn't bother with this one.

This book stuck like glue to my fingers, it was almost imposible to put it down!! Nancy and her friends fly to one of the many islands of Hawaii, while dodging attacks from the double scorps, Nancy must find the treasure hidden in the Pavillion. As Nancy is solving the Mystery for the people who inherited the golden pavillion, Nancy encounters a couple who claim to also be decendants of the deceased. Although their story is convincing Nancy is not sure whether to believe them or not?

Read on to discover the treasure in the pavillion and to discover if the couple are lying or not!!

The story is much smoother than Poe, but not unlike one of his plots. Intriguing, and extremely well written--the flow of the prose is skillfully simple. Definitely worth reading.

The Man in the Picture is a small book. As in, it's only 142 pages, and its trim size is smaller than most. It's really more of a short story than a novella. As such, it only took me about an hour to finish.

The story revolves around an 18th century painting, of a scene at Carnevale in Venice, and the deep, dark secrets hidden within. The Man in the Picture has four narrators. One is Oliver, a medieval scholar. The second is his old professor at Cambridge, Dr. Parmitter. The third is the Countess, and the fourth is Oliver's fiancé, Anne. This is a tale of revenge and obsession, and it works to a certain extent. However, the story is so short that there's very little room for character development. The story and the method of telling the story aren't very original--Hill has used it several times in her ghost stories (The Woman in Black: A Ghost Storycomes to mind). And you could see the ending coming from a mile away. Still, I enjoyed the premise of this little ghost story, and I definitely recommend reading it on a cold autumn day.

The author has a style that entices, but other than that, this was not that scarey--as the reviews on the back cover had me believe it would be--and the ending was foretold long, LONG before the reader got there.

The Man in the Picture reminds me of other English ghost stories by Charles Dickens, M. R. James and L. P. Hartley, for example. The story revolves around a painting of a Venetian carnival scene from the 18th century. The painting has a strange power over those who own it - it possesses them. The story of the painting is related by an elder Cambridge professor Theo Parmitter to one of his former students named Oliver. Gradually, a story of betrayal and revenge unfolds to which Oliver is a simple witness, or is he.

Susan Hill writes very well but I found the story did not build in suspense and lacked the creepiness of a good story of M.R. James. The central figure behind the "curse" of the painting did not quite come to life for me. I did enjoy the story unfolded with Dr. Parmitter, in his very comfortable rooms at Cambridge, relating his experiences with the painting. The overall story reminded me of something that might have been written for "Night Gallery" television series that Rod Serling hosted. It is well written but the story is somewhat predictable and lacking in surprise.

Susan Hill's latest novella recalls the famous Edwardian ghost stories of M. R. James and the Benson brothers as much as her famous previous short novel THE WOMAN IN BLACK recalled the Victorian ghost stories of Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Henry James and John Meade Falkner. We have here many of the more familiar tropes of M. R. James's ghost stories--tales within tales, multiple narrators, bachelor antiquarians in rooms at Oxbridge, and a woman possessed by a burning revenge--and in terms of atmosphere Hill is pretty faultless. But the novella leaves too much unclear in its telling. Although you want a certain amount of mystery preserved at the end of a ghost story, there's just too much muddled at the end of this to really get the effects Hill strives for--so while most of the story is quite a page turner, the final narrative section leaves you a bit unsatisfied.

Sean Combs is the best, he's so wonderfull!! his style is incredible!! i would like to write him, but i don't know his adress. if somebody can help me, i would be so happy..so please, if somebody has some information about his adress, please answer me to jackqueline88@yahoo.com

im a sean combs fan !!! i ainttrippin on puffy. in case you dont know what he says on his tapes aint the way he is. i thought he was fine cents i saw him rollin wit biggie. peple say he cant rap but theydont see that its not how you do it its what you say. i aintgot nothin but love for a goodblack man takin care of his kids and his girl!! ill tell you what when you walk in my room he is the first thing you see.hes worth the money i spend on him!!! ps justin and christion look just as good as he do!!

Hi Puffy, my name is Yvonne Gaskin I think you are so cute. I tell all my friends that you and I are going to get married someday. Anyway I live in West Philadelphia, I'm sixteen years old and I have twin sister. My dream was that you take me on my "SENIOR PROM". Please call me (215)747-6425 if you ever come see me my adress:5244 Delancey 19143, Philadelphia PA.

You all need recognize Puffy's talent as an entrepeneur, All of this Puffy hatin is brought on by jealousy and envy of those without the Bentley or iced out chains. ya'll sit around talkin' bad about Puffy and his riches but ya'll too lazy to get up and get it yourself, I'm 18, I started my first business when I was 15, through hard work and sacrifice ( i dropped out of college) I now have a 2000 Ram Truck and a 1990 Bentley Turbo T, yea, I bought it used, but it's still a bentley, I see the look in these haters eyes when I drive by, keep up Puffy , can't nobody stop you but yourself.

Much Love!

puffy used to be good. now hes not doing to well. there are much better rapper such as DMX,Jay-Z just to name a few. i'm not trying to offend anyone but puffy used to be cool,but now hes just totally lost it. he can't dance or rap well either.

I have not yet read this book but I have read the Economist and it is a first rate publication. I have a Ba in Economics and an MBA in Finance so I plan to eventually order other books from this company.

Hm...I've had only 2 courses in Finance during my study so I thought I'm a beginner enough for this book but apparently I was wrong...I think you should only purchase this book if you have absolutely no idea about finance

I think that Vause is too verbose, using 5 lines of mediocre prose to explain what he could and should have explained in 1 line of good prose.

I also think that he doesn't deal directly with the implicit, underlying assumptions of financial analysis. He definitely touches on these concepts, but he doesn't "knock them out of the park." I'm left feeling that he knows a lot more than he's able to clearly communicate.

Rather than giving a bunch of formulas to use in Excel, this book actually tries to impart you some knowledge of real world.
While the knowledge maybe old hat for experienced stock analysts, it is NOT for new comers to the field.
And for the Excel script MBAs who try to reduce everything to an equation, sorry dudes.
This book attempts to make u first understand the purpose, goal, and results you would get in a analysis, and then goes about teaching you that analysis.

Concise, insightful and easy to read, this book is an excellent introduction for the ordinary people. The books reliance on examples - both real and fictitious - is what makes it stand out from rest of the crowd.

The first section introduces you to various pieces of information on the balance sheets, income and cash flow statements. There are no complicated equations or quick-fix formulate. Instead, there is discussion supported on the true meaning and significance (or insignificance) of various pieces of information that the companies report - what underlying information they reveal and how they can possibly be fudged. The second section brings the information together and shows the reader how to apply it to analyze the operations, trends, strengths and weaknesses of a company.

It is an invaluable tool for those who want to take charge of their investment portfolios and also for those who want a broader understanding of financial aspects of businesses. It will arm you with both the necessary information and the critical insight needed to unearth the truth beneath the numbers.

This review concerns the original 1955 edition and the revised 1975 edition which is a shorter version of the original. A search for stolen antique furniture sends Nancy, Bess and George to the Amish country of Pennsylvania. This book was sooooo boring. The mystery was not interesting and typically the "exciting" chapter endings had little or nothing to do with the mystery. There was a secret connected with one of the pieces of furniture, but you learn so little about it until the end of the book that I just didn't care and when it was revealed it was dull anyway. The end of the book is terrible as the crooks are caught without any help from Nancy. Unless you want to read the entire set, I'd skip this one.

Hi,
my name is Selia. I am 12 and I really enjoyed this book! This is my first Nancy Drew book (my parents convinced me to start reding them because they read them all!) and I thought it was really good! I would recomend this book to friends because I can say it's just as good as Harry Potter. It is really interesting and I found it neat how George can also be a girl name! Anyway if you go to a library or a book store, take a look at this book and I garuntee you'll like it! (Unless you are crazy!)
Sincerely,
Selia a Nancy FAN!

This book was pretty good. It took a while for Me to really get into the story line though. But the things that happened! That made up for it! it was cool! For a good bit of the book everyboody thought nancy was a witch! Except Bess and George, of course! BUT, parts of the book were a tiny bit corney. If you don`t mind that then this would be a GREAT book for you!

This is a book that I will never foget because Nancy Drew had bad experience that made this book more interesting.It starts out that she is hexed and some people think she is a WITCH! I reccomend this book to you.

Of Nancy's many stories that take place away from her home town of River Heights, this one has got to be the BEST! She and her good friends Bess and George embark on a journey through the Amish farms of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Caroline Keene not only provides an exciting mystery, she also paints a fasinating portrait of life in the Pennsylvania Dutch county, complete with cultural foods and festivals. As a nine year old girl, I read the Nancy Drew series starting with the first book so that the events in Nancy's life would make chronological sense to me. Today, twenty-seven years later, I would advise any budding Nancy fan to start with "The Secret of the Old Clock" and then go directly to this thrilling mystery. They won't be disappointed!

This book is awsome! I think that teachers should read this book to there class! You always want to get to the end of the chapter because at the end of every chapter something scary or cool happens! You should read this book!

The Clue in the Old Stagecoach
By Carolyn Keene
September 20,2002

In the book The Clue in the Old Stagecoach Nancy Drew is a detective. Nancy has gold hair and blue eyes. She is also tall and slender. Her best friend George also has gold hair but her eyes are brown unlike Nancy's George is tall and slender and has a personality just like Nancy. She loves adventure and likes to get things done and over with. Bess is way different from both girls. She has brown hair and green eyes. She is told to be short and stubby.. She is Goerge's cousin and has the same great trate of loving mysteries.

The book The Clue in the Old Stagecoach is an great mystery book. If you like mysteries you will enjoy this book. At the beginning of the book ,all of these girls are best friends and do everything together. One sunny day the three girls were climbing up a hill when they saw an old stagecoach rolling down the road. When they noticed that nothing was pushing or pulling it they started to chase after the old stagecoach. The girls were running after the stagecoach they ran into a truck driver. The truck driver was searching for an old stagecoach in the bushes behind tree's and on the side of everything. The girls told him that they had seen a stagecoach and it was probably the same one. By this time the stagecoach was far out of their sight. When they finally build up the courage to tell the lady that had just bought the coach they find out the coach had rolled its way to her house. When the carpenter she had hired came they replaced the carpet and you won't believe what they found.

My opinion on the book The Clue in the old Stagecoach is that the book isn't all that great at the beginning but near the end it all comes together. I would recommend this book to a mystery reader. I would recommend it to them because there are a bunch of mysteries going on at once. If you like reading mysteries and adventure than this is the book for you.

This was a great book! In my opinion it deserved 5 stars. Plenty of characters made it an absolute page-turner!

While staying at a camp, Nancy is asked by an elderly woman to locate a stagecoach which had belonged to the woman's great-uncle. The stagecoach is supposed to a contain a clue to something which would be of great help to the town. This book was alright, it's not one of the best of the series, but it certainly isn't one of the worst. The mystery is okay and there is a reasonable amount of action. I wasn't glued to the book with every page, but it did manage to keep me more-or-less interested throughout. This isn't a book I'd highly recommend; although, it is worth reading.

This book has many surprises in it. When you think that she has almost solved the mystery, she finds out that she is on the trail so starts over and reviews everything from the begining . Well I suggest that if you like mysterys, read the clue in the old stagecoach. Also read all the other Nancy Drew books.