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Having gone through 3 pregnancy losses myself, this book certainly touched home. Every woman should read this, just to see what those of us who have experienced this tragedy go through. Thanks to Shayla & her wonderful family for sharing their story....

This book was written by an extremely talented writer! She is witty, funny and very compasionate. I would recommend this book to any one!!!!! You do not have to experience a death of a child to appreciate this story. Death comes to everyone at some point in their life and this book shows that everyone deals with death in a different way and you have to let them face it in their own time. Thank you to Ms Dugan for sharing her story and her feelings with all of us!

I wish this book had been available many years ago when I was going through the grief associated w/ the loss of my 3 babies. At that time perinatal death was not talked about and you were expected to "just get over it". What a relief it would have been to be able to read about someone else's loss and their triumph over that loss.
This book of Shayla Dugan's is a treasure and should be available to anyone who has lost a child due to m/c, stillbirth, or perinatal death. Her honest portrayal of the grief her family went through is a tribute to her. Thank you for giving a voice to all the women who had to keep silent about their own losses. You are to be commended.

It's a real COOL book!!! And i suggest you read it if you can...though its not worth going out of your way to read it....On the whole, you'll be stunned after reading this one!!!! :)

Wha-hoo! Whoa...This was amazing! I read this book for three reasons: 1. It was the next in the series 2. I'm interesting in native americans and 3. I LOVE WOLVES PERIOD! But it was not as I expected! It takes place in 1792. It's about a young man name Jaime Fier and he and his family are moving from Virgina cause they were starving there. And they're traveling with other families too. When they stop to rest, the familes tell them to share their water but they refused. Then the other familes started going on, on how their family is evil and their curse. (you would've read the whole series to understand it) Then Jamie's mother dies. Then on the way, their wagon breaks down and they have to stay in a forest because the familes didn't bother to help them. But...yes BUT there is a young girl who has a huge crush on Jamie and keeps asking to marry her. But he likes her older sister. The reason why I menchined this is because you hear from them later in the book. When their abaonded, Jamie's father gets killed. Then Jamie is captured by Indians.The indians give him the name of Eyes of the Wolf. While being held captive and everything he falls in love with an indian girl named Whispering Wind. A medicine woman tells Jamie she knows how to make her fall in love with him by giving him a potion. He drinks it, but with every full moon he turns into a wolf and when he's a wolf he's true love can't see him or else he will remain a wolf...forever! *evil laughter* Sorry, went overboard....but he does turn into a wolf and Whispering Wind does see him as a wolf but he doesn't remain a wolf forever...Why? I've read the book, now you have to find out why.I don't wanna spoil it more for you. This book gets intense, exciting, unpredictable and leaves you at the edge of your seat anticipating for more. This is absolutly amazing. Great work R.L. Stine!

This book is an A++++! I've read it over 11 times and it still keeps me on the edge! I've recommended it to all my friends. The saddest part was when Jamie Fier killed Whispering Wind on their wedding night.But that's also one of my fav' parts! I recommend it to anybody. I think it has a little bit of everything.You never would've guessed that...well I can't say the ending. But its so unpredictable( that just makes it better!) I hope you enjoy it!

You might've seen one or two STREET FIGHTER comics over the years, but this one is pretty much the only actual Japanese manga to have been done in English. Originally run in Viz's Game On! magazine, SUPER STREET FIGHTER II-CAMMY is mainly centered around the title character. This is pretty good cause we're always being told about Chunli, Ken, Ryu, and the others. Don't worry though, a few of the regulars like Dhalsim, Guile, and even the rarely seen Deejay show up, though Cammy is really the star. She is an agent for Britain's MI6 which is like the U.K. version of the FBI. She is highly trained in martial arts, although she has no real memory of her past. We learn that Cammy was first captured by Shadaloo to be part of a secret team of sleeper agents and given treatments to make her into a living killing machine. But Cammy rebels against her former masters and goes for Shadaloo's grand poobah, M. Bison. Masahiko Nakahira's artwork is really boss in this and make it the best non-animated STREET FIGHTER story so far!

Cammy's a Street Fighter, a secret agent, an amnesiac and much much more. If you already like Cammy, you can't afford to miss this wonderful comic! If you don't know Cammy, let this comic be your introduction to one of the most fascinating characters ever created! Nakahira's art and writing capture Cammy's look and spirit perfectly. I guarantee you'll love every bit of this comic and you'll reread it over and over... I know I have! ^_^

Great artwork and battlescenes, nice plot. I really enjoyed the book, it was worth the price. Not too gory or violent, but not too little, not a lot of swearing either.

I am a former Wall Street woman who lived through the traumas described in this book, and I must say I was pretty disappointed. Antilla is a reporter, not a writer. There are jumbles and jumbles of facts, many repetetive, with no particular narrative thread. Her bias towards the lead plaintiff is clear, and because of this I found it rather hard to sympathise -- an SUV driving yuppie who bought a big Long Island house while still in her twenties.

There are a lot of issues with Wall Street women Antilla doesn't seem to absorb or highlight -- such as that the lead plaintiff, along with many other women in the book and that I know in real life, must do very high powered jobs because their husbands are under-achievers. This doesn't excuse the behavior of the male bosses, but it's certainly an interesting subtext I would have liked to see explored.

Antilla is earnest, and very girls club, often presenting her characters as injured maidens. She doesn't note the fact that many women working in securities come from rough and tumble working class immigrant backgrounds -- the behavior of their fathers and brothers may not have been that different from what they faced at work -- hence a certain amount of tolerance. From Antilla's consistently outraged tone, I must suppose journalism is a much cushier berth than finance.

I would have liked to see a Tom Wolf type treatment of this story, operating on multiple levels of cultural context, full of wit and insight. You won't find it here. Possibly because, as we are told in self-reverential tones in the author's bio, Antilla is a busy working mommy.

I was a successful broker for many years in one of Smith Barney's largest offices in the nation, and I can personally attest that the events depicted in this book, while shocking, are not exaggerations.

I would have appreciated if Antilla had consulted with some Constitutional law experts. She should have noted that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld mandatory arbitration shortly after Judge Motley upheld it in this particular lawsuit.

Antilla captures the culture of Shearson Lehman Bros. and Smith Barney with uncanny accuracy. Any investor -- male or female -- should read this book to understand some of the ways that the Wall Street good old boys network circles the wagons to protect their own.

I'm a principal at an investment-banking firm although not a stockbroker so reading this book was a good exercise in reviewing the risks at our firm. The coverage in this book is exceptional. As discussed, investment-banking firms are ripe with potential for sexual discrimination. Partly because so many areas work on trading floors which breed a fraternity type atmosphere, partly because stock brokers tend to be fraternity/salesmen type guys, and partly because this environment has assistants, many who are women, working in close contact with these who sometimes consider themselves "masters of the universe." Confidence/cockiness is never in short supply at an investment banking firm's trading floor.

The first part of the book lays out the environment where sexual discrimination was prevalent. It's so clearly offensive that it's amazing there wasn't a larger settlement in this case. But this is where the book greatly details the unique twist in the case. The protagonist goes through two lawyers and watches as her lawyer and the opposing lawyer seem to become more in agreement than her and her lawyer. Eventually she's dropped from the settlement even though her name still appears on the class action suit. So while I thought I was a reading a sexual discrimination, the book turned into attorney/client relationships and attorney greed in class action cases.

Do I think the attorneys became more concerned about their large fee than their client? Yes. Do I think the original client could be difficult to deal with? Yes. But the outcome is tragic and no one got what he or she deserved. Justice was not monetarily served for the defendants in my opinion. I strongly recommend this book if you have interest in investment banking, law or women's issues.

This book should be avoided by anyone who is even remotely familiar with the financial markets. If you are trying to teach your pre-teen about how the stock market works, then this may be a decent allegory to consider.

The main character Austin, is a simpleton, who asks too many questions. Because this character is always interrupting the other characters, the dialogue is very choppy and lacks the needed cohesion and rhythm that a story needs.

The so called fianancial "strategy" is repeated in detail several times throughout this short book. As a result, these redundancies also help to contribute to the scattered flow of the story.

For those who are familiar with the markets, this story will put you to sleep. The author insists on repeating over and over that earnings and stock prices are directly related, and that most so called professionals are simply speculating when they trade stocks. Certainly nothing new here.

There are other stories out there that should satiate your finance fiction needs. "Conflicted" by Culp would be a strong choice.

Dancing With The Analysts by David A. Mallach is an exciting and unusually well written novel of a son who, when bequeathed a secret gift of a million dollars from the father he never knew, must rise to the challenge and turn his life around - for the money comes only with conditions that will either make him or break him. A turbulent and involving story of learning to change, grow, and adapt, and set in the volatile and often treacherous high finance world of Wall Street, Dancing With The Analysts is an exceptional and very highly recommended read.

My lucky days were when I attended David Mallach's financial courses at Temple University and Montgomery County Community College in 1986. My brothers and I had sold our business and I was looking for ways to invest my share of the proceeds as well as my pension fund. Dave's explanation of the financial system of our country and his investment strategies impressed me. After considerabel thought I decided to invest my funds with his employer Merrill Lynch and have Dave manage the account. This was one of the smartest moves I have made. Through the profits received from Dave's system of investments, as described in his book "Dancing with the Analysts", I have been able to afford the same standard of living as when I was in business and still have the amount of money in the account that I started with. His system works and I am one of the fortunate ones to have been benefiting from it these many years.

Yeah, well I gave it as a gift once too. Then I read the gift and learned that it wasn't the gift I intended. Sorry if that sounds garbled, but the long and short of it is: this isn't the book Alan Jay Lerner originally published. Much of that (great) book, including some of its very best parts, has been extracted. The thing that really gets me, though, is that this paperback version's inside flap claims it is "unabridged"! HOW can they get away with this?

Alan J. Lerner/and his collaborations with Fritz Lowe and Burton Lane are miracles of the 20th century. The circumstances of their coming together in an artistic and social mileux that called for--no yearned for that kind of musical theater--is a story in itself.

Mr. Lerner talks eloquently about these collaborators-and others (some not so succesful), and gives us complete and insightful discussions about the shows for which he has written the lyrics--"just" productions like "My Fair Lady," "Gigi," "Camelot," and others perhaps not as well known.

Mr. Lerner also discusses his own life with great candor--and even greater wit.

This book is an absolute must-have for those interested in The American Musical Theater! I have given it several times as a gift.

This is a witty (if occasionally slaphappy), literate, and very readable (difficult to put down) account of the making of three musicals. I doubt, however, that persons not especially interested in the theatre will want to read this. Note also that this is not a conventional autobiography like, say, Richard Rodgers's "Musical Stages": it concerns the circumstances of the author's life only peripherally.

Also recommended: Craig Zadan's "Sondheim & Company" and, for musicians, Jeff Burns's "Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz Rock Keyboardist".

I agree with the reader from Wisconsin - "Outrageous Chinese" is a nice start, but ultimately, a little disappointing. It oscillates between being a book of slang, and an introduction to Chinese manners. The two chapters are particularly irrelevant - all that hokey about how foreigners should watch their tones, or how to introduce oneself - that's stuff you learn in school/college/university. The book is subtitled "A Guide to Chinese Street Language", and so should be devoted entirely to just that. Similarly, the last chapter emphasising the correct pronunciation of chengyu (4 character Chinese phrases) - seems out of place.

This is a real shame, because I don't know of any other book in English which devotes itself entirely to the study of Chinese slang.

There's also quite a lot of anecdotes, which, if you've spent any time in China, reads like really, really old hat. We don't need to be told this!

Still, some of the chapters are pretty good - like the "love and sex", "judging people" and the "expletives undeleted" sections (the best bit of the book). Too bad there isn't a specific section on insults.

Other chapters just read like big vocabulary lists - "food and drink", "crime" and "falling ill" are just lame.

What might've been good - even though the book is called "Outrageous Chinese" - would be to include some more common phrases - not necessarily swear words, but just slangy ways of speaking - "shuang", for instance, which means "cool", "great", something you say after having done something which made you feel really good. Or "zhen shi de", which translates to something like "really!" or "you're too much!". To me, such phrases qualify as slang. (for a book along these lines, see "Popular Chinese Expressions", published by Sinolingua Publications in China - it's really good.)

The book's structure is a little too informal. Ideally, each new piece of slang ought to be followed by several examples for the keen language learner to understand the context in which it can be used. Some words are given extended coverage - like "cao", the equivalent of the F-word, but not all.

Many of the words in the book appear to be "Beijing slang" - and so some of the language introduced is only relevant if you're talking with someone from Beijing. Ideally, Mr Wang ought to indicate which words have currency throughout China, and which words are local only to Beijing people. This he only does sporadically, unfortunately.

Finally, one might note that "Outrageous Chinese" was published in 1994, and so some of the slang is out of date. For instance, he talks about 'fen', but no-one uses that sort of money anymore. Similarly, there's nothing on the internet (this is covered in his book, "Mutant Mandarin", but even some of the terms there are outdated - the Chinese don't say "dianzi youjian", they say "email".)

Even though this review has been negative overall, Mr Wang is to be congratulated for producing such a book. It's unbelievably difficult to get the Chinese to teach one swear words. Often people will only teach you if you display some rudimentary knowledge already - so this book helps. I just hope he cuts some of the superfluous stuff out in the second edition.

This book is a good start at covering Chinese slang, but it only scratches the surface. Granted, it covers some of the more outrageous samples, and broaches some "forbidden" topics that you'll never get your Chinese teacher to talk about. Yet, at a slim 120+ pages, it is at best a rough guide. I'd like to see more in-depth coverage of a wide variety of slang. And as for the supposed stories about foreigners embarassing themselves with the language, I found them more akin to silly scenarious dreamed up by bored Chinese college students in their dorms. There's no way these scenarios would either happen or would elicit guffaws. Even if a big-nose were to make a mistake that bordered on being obscene, in my experience, Chinese people are quite polite and would merely correct the error, as would we in a similar situation.

I know these things can happen. When first in Germany, at a "Gasthaus" in Mainz, I ordered Chicken(in English). I was brought ham (schenken, in German). As a new student to German, I FINALLY realized I was arguing in English and she was arguing in German, when she said "Nicht Hahn (chicken).. es ist shenken (ham). So, as a beginning-to-intermediate student of Chinese, I really appreciate this book. It is a premier as to the danger of arrogance.

First of all it was a WIERD book.Great Charters and Plot, but not enough action!!!!!I was rellay dissapointed in the lack of Suspence!!It VAULED Dullness!!! And Was RICH in Long Boring Chapthers!!!But it HATED Suspence!!!And was POOR in Thrills and Chilles!!!You Should Skip this one!!!!

That's the question I asked myself when I read this book. I think this is a well-written book by R.L. Stine. It's full of mystery and that's the reason I liked it. I like to read thrilling and mystery books. Just like this one. This book is about a teenage girl named Mayra who starts working with a lady named Mrs. Cottler. Since that day, Mayra starts sleepwalking every night and having nightmares. She starts to think that Mrs. Cottler is the one who made her sleepwalk for all the weird things that Mrs. Cotter has in her house. For example some black candles. One day Mayra goes to Mrs. Cottler's room and she's like in a trance. Another day Mayra finds some books of sleepwalkers and witchcraft on Mrs. Cottler's room. Is Mrs. Cottler the person who is making Mayra sleepwalk every night? You'll have to read this book to find out. I recommend this book to everyone who likes to read thrilling books. You'll enjoy it.

This book is brilliant! I read it in 2 days, tops. If you love being scared, R.L. Stine's books are for you!

I have two corp fin books by Ross and company. This book was purchased while studing for the Level I of the CFA exam. The other book was used in graduate school. Both books are sub par in quality and were not cheap either. Save your money. Don't use this text.

I have a master degree in finance and I believe this is the best work from Stepehen Ross. The book can be utilized for graduate students as well as undergraduate. If you are looking for a book which is extensively comprehensive and at the same time friendly you are looking for this book. It also contains diverse examples involving the use of financial calculators and software. It furnishes a preview on mergers and acquisitions and constantly tends to go beyond corporate to multinational

I have used this text in two corporate finance courses that I have taken at university and it was very helpful in allowing me to understand the concepts that were being presented in class.

As a way to get money and revenge for being fired at Dalby's Department Store, Paul "Pres" Nichols, his girlfriend (Diane Morris), and older brother (Danny) plan on holding the owner's daughter (Reva Dalby) for ransom--except everything that could go wrong does, like kidnapping the wrong girl: Reva's poor cousin, Pam Dalby, one of the few characters who makes a reappearance from the previous book. Almost all the other characters in here are new. Like in the first "Silent Night," Reva isn't in the forefront of this sequel very much (a lot of time is spent on the kidnappers), though she is still as cruel as ever, apparently not learning her lesson from a year ago.

If you liked this book, then you'll probably enjoy the other two: "Silent Night" and "Silent Night 3."

Reva Dalby is back to her mean self and is going to get what she deserves. I liked this book because it reminded me of real life as a teenager and how kids are desperate for money. It was hard to put the book down because it always left you hanging after each chapter. It was funny to read what Reva was doing to people and how sly she was with getting out of trouble. I would recommend this for tenagers who like thrill and suspence.

Reva Dalby hasn't changed at all! She still her snobby self from the last book, and even gets in a little trouble herself in theis one! :) That's the great thing about this book! I have read all Silent Night books and alot of other Fear Street books and I would HIGHLY recommend this one because you dont know whats going to happen. It really is a page-turner! THANX!