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This book is a good book. I like this book beacause Buster won the Brain.IT is a cool book to read.IT is a funny book. THE END.

Overall, I wasn't too impressed by the television version of this episode. There was a lot of bad dialogue, it's hard to watch any season five episode with some of the voice actors they had and it was painful to watch the Brain attempting to be funny. However, the wonderful Stephen Krensky actually manages to make a bad story into one that's actually kind of fun to read. He does so by adding details that weren't in the television version and adding extra dialogue to enhance parts o the story. Also, he smartly removed a very bad gag involving Brain's brain telepathically communcating with other brains. A good read for all Arthur fans.

This book is based on an episode on the "Arthur" T.V. by Joe Fallon, and it's an excellent enhancement to an already good story. Rather than watching the T.V., readers are made to use their imaginations as part of the story, or even if they have seen the show, use their imaginations to fill in the details. Marc pays excellent attention to detail and although most of the credit goes to Fallon, those who saw the show will still find it worthwhile to read the book.

Arthur and the Poetry Contest is book number 18 in the"Arthur Chapter Book" series. It is written in chapter bookformat for children who are ready to read on their own. In this storyFern dares Arthur and his friends to enter the poetry writing contest at the local library, but writing poems turns out to be harder than they thought. Will Arthur and friends be able to write poems good enough to be read out loud? Brown continues to demonstrate an understanding of timing and flow of text as well as an awareness of what is of interest to children. The few black & white illustrations help bridge the gap between the easy reader level and a junior fiction. This sturdy beginner chapter book is sure to be a hit with Arthur fans.

Awesome book. The characters are real and not goody-goodies.

I read all the Girl Talk books and loves them.

This is the third of, at this point, five collections of entries to the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest, a contest in which the goal is to write the worst possible opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.

Like all of the others of its kind, this book is tremendously enjoyable for those who find amusement in the intentional lampooning of bad writing. I must say that I found it the least amusing of the lot, but that still leaves it a marvellously funny romp. Well worth the effort of tracking down a copy.

Like all of the Dark and Stormy Night series, this is a collection of entries from a contest in which the aim is to write the worst opening sentence for a book.

Some rely on groanworthy puns, some on mixed metaphors, some on convoluted, endless sentences. The best ones are just bizarre. My favourite: "Ernest Hemingway had been his hero ever since he was belched out of his mother's angry, belligerent womb."

This book is AWESOME!!! In 1982, Marvel put together all of the company's heroes to create a Contest of Champions. The purpose of the contest is for the Grandmaster to challenge Death herself. The two entities pick twelve representatives from different countries each. Grandmaster choses Captain America (USA), Talisman (Australia), Darkstar (USSR), Captain Britain (England), Wolverine (Canada), Defensor (Brazil), Sasquatch (Canada), Daredevil (USA), Peregrine (France), She Hulk (USA), Thing (USA), and Blitzkrieg (Germany). Death choses Iron Man (USA), Vanguard (USSR), Iron Fist (USA), Shamrock (Ireland), Storm (Kenya), Arabian Knight (Saudi Arabia), Sabra (Israel), Invisible Girl (USA), Angel (USA), Black Panther (South Africa), Sunfire (Japan), and Collective Man (China).

The first battle pits Daredevil, Darkstar, and Talisman against Invisible Girl, Sunfire, and Iron Fist. Daredevil wins. The second battle pits Captain Britain, She Hulk, and Defensor against Iron Man, Sabra, and Arabian Knight, Arabian Knight (who is one of those obscure heroes) wins. The third battle pits Thing, Wolverine, and le Peregrine against Angel, Black Panther, and Vanguard. Thing wins. The fourth battle pits Captain America, Sasquatch, and Blitzkrieg against Storm, Collective Man, and Shamrock. Shamrock wins, although the Grandmaster declares victory.

This exciting story introduces us to foreign heroes Talisman, Sabra, Defensor, Arabian Knight, Peregrine, Collective Man, Blitzkrieg, and Shamrock, as well as features Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, and She Hulk), Fantastic Four (Invisible Girl and Thing), lawmen (Daredevil and Iron Fist), X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Angel, Sunfire, and eventually Captain Britain), Alpha Flight (Sasquatch) and even the forgotten Soviet Super Soldiers (Darkstar and Vanguard). We even see some cameos from other Marvel heroes (Ajak, American Eagle, Ant-Man, Aurora, Banshee, Beast, Black Bolt, Black Knight, Black Widow, Blue Shield, Brother Voodoo, Captain Ultra, Captain Universe, Colossus, Crimson Dynamo, Crystal, Cyclops, Dazzler, Devil Slayer, Doc Samson, Doctor Druid, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Firebird, Gargoyle, Gorgon, Guardsman, Havok, Hawkeye, Hellcat, Hercules, Hulk, Human Torch, Iceman, Ikaris, Jack of Hearts, Jocasta, Ka Zar, Karnak, Living Mummy, Machine Man, Makkari, Medusa, Mister Fantastic, Mockingbird, Moon Knight, Moondragon, Night Rider, Nightcrawler, Nighthawk, Northstar, Paladin, Power Man, Professor X, Quasar, Quicksilver, Red Wolf, ROM, Scarlet Witch, Sersi, Shaman, Shanna the She Devil, Shooting Star, Shroud, Snowbird, Son of Satan, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Sprite, Stingray, Sub-Mariner, Tamara, Texas Twister, Thor, Three-D Man, Tigra, Torpedo, Triton, Union Jack, Ursa Major, Valkyrie, Vindicator, Vision, Wasp, Werewolf by Night, Whizzer, Wonder Man, and Yellowjacket). Too bad Spidey did not make the cut.

I remember when the Contest of Champions was first released as a 3-issue comic. It paved the way for Secret Wars. It was clear and to the point: Grandmaster and Death place a wager. If the Grandmaster's team wins, Grandmaster regains his lost brother the Collecter. If Death wins, Grandmaster gives up his life. Both sides choose 12 heroes, and go at it. It introduced a whole new group of heroes, and it was fun all around....

This text compiles the American High School Mathematics Examinations (AHSME), now called the American Mathematics Competition, that were administered from 1961-1965. It includes the questions, their answers, their solutions, and a listing of the problems classified by subject. This book is briefer than the others in this series. That may be because 1966 was the year in which a penalty was introduced for wrong answers in order to discourage random guessing.

Each examination consists of forty multiple choice problems based on the American high school curriculum at the time. The problems are meant to be done without a calculator. The principal topics are algebra and geometry, although there are questions on set theory and logic. The examination consists of three parts, which are successively more difficult. The first part, consisting of twenty questions, contains short problems that are meant to test for conceptual understanding. The next two parts each contain ten problems. These problems are designed to make you think more deeply about the subject matter. The problems range in difficulty from routine problems to ones that require considerable ingenuity to solve.

The format of the book enables you to work through the problems, check your answers, and correct any mistakes you make before examining the solutions that Salkind provides. Reading his solutions is instructive for a couple reasons. Salkind's solutions tend to be elegant, and he sometimes presents alternate methods of solving a problem. That said, if you are not familiar with the results that Salkind assumes, you may find his solutions cryptic.

Working through this text will help you develop your problem solving skills. If you are preparing for the American Mathematics Competition, you may want to use this as a source of practice problems. However, keep in mind that both the format of the examination and the curriculum have changed since these examinations were administered. There are problems dealing with non-decimal bases and logic which will be unfamiliar to current high school students. Working through volumes V, VI, and/or VII of this series would be more useful if you are preparing for the American Mathematics Competition. Unlike the subsequent volumes, The Contest Problem Book V: American High School Mathematics Examinations (AHSME) / American Invitational Mathematics Examinations (AIME) 1983-1988 (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library) contains problems from the American Invitational Mathematics Examination as well as the AHSME.

These books are the basic preparatory materials for a better and more successful college math career. If you are ambitious and want to sharpen your real math skills, they are for you!

I like the problems in this first volume than the others. It just happens that it has many more interesting problems and later books contains some problems that you can find in this one. Another good book for the MAth Olympiad.

This text compiles the first eleven American High School Mathematics Examinations (AHSME). The AHSME, which began as a New York metropolitan area contest before becoming a national examination in 1957, is now called the American Mathematics Competition (AMC). The book contains the problems themselves, their answers, their solutions, and a list of problems classified by topic.

The first ten examinations each consist of 50 problems. The 1960 examination has 40 problems. All problems are multiple choice. They are meant to be done without a calculator. Each examination consists of three parts. The first part, which the editors state is designed to test "fundamental skills based on conceptual understanding," consists of problems that generally can be done quickly. According to the editors, the remaining parts are meant to "probe beyond mere reproduction of class-room work." These problems are longer, particularly in the third part of each examination, and more difficult. The problems, which focus mostly on algebra and geometry, range in difficulty from routine problems to ones which require considerable ingenuity to solve. With a few exceptions, which Salkind notes in his solutions, the problems are based on the high school curriculum, which, at the time, did not include calculus.

From 1950 to 1957, there were 15 problems in part 1, 20 problems in part 2, and 15 problems in part 3. In 1958, the format was changed so that there were 20 problems in part 1, 20 problems in part 2, and 10 problems in part 3. In 1960, the format was changed again so that there were 20 problems in part 1, 10 problems in part 2, and 10 problems in part 3. The effect of both format changes was to make the examination shorter.

The format of the book allows you to solve the problems, check your answers, and then try to correct any mistakes you made before checking the solutions. Reading the solutions is instructive since Salkind usually provides elegant solutions to the problems. Sometimes he provides alternate solutions as well. However, there are some solutions that will seem cryptic if you are not already familiar with the results Salkind assumes.

The index of problems by topic allows you to select problems in particular areas. However, I think that it would be better to choose a problem book which covers a particular topic for that purpose. For instance, if you want to focus on algebra and geometry problems, you could work through the two books Challenging Problems in Algebra and Challenging Problems in Geometry that Salkind co-authored with Alfred Posamentier.

Working through these problems and reading Salkind's solutions will enhance your problem-solving skills. They could also help you prepare for the American Mathematics Competition examinations. However, both the format of the examination and the high school curriculum have changed since these examinations were administered. For instance, non-decimal bases arise in these problems, but they are no longer part of the high school curriculum. Therefore, I suggest that you instead work through the fifth, sixth, or seventh volume of this series. Of these, only The Contest Problem Book V: American High School Mathematics Examinations (AHSME) / American Invitational Mathematics Examinations (AIME) 1983-1988 (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library) contains questions from the American Invitational Mathematics Examination, for which top scorers on the American Mathematics Competition qualify.

Parts of this book made me cry! It is very good for any horse-lover! Although it's a classic plot, and very predictable, it's an excellent read!

A very good story. Parts are well told, parts a bit rough. A young boy chooses a back-woods life working horses with his grandfather over the hi-tech world of his father.

You learn a lot of the boy's respect for the horses, from bottle feeding the new foal to rescuing a friend from a fallen tree. He learns responsibility, hopes and dreams, and the love of his undemonstrative grandfather.

You also learn some of the dangers and problems of hauling hay, cutting timber, and training work horses. The *very* rural perspectives and virtues focus on enduring, and caring for the livestock. The story takes place in recent times, in a remote part of Idaho.

Although the end of the book is a competition, the end of the story is that the boy, the horses, and the grandfather each have taken a solid step into a useful life.

Always have liked all of Reilly's work and it seems to have crossed over into the Y.A. genre. Reilly is just a good story teller and this book is enjoyable for all ages.

This book is a absoluteley fantastic book a real thriller at the same time a great book for people who love the thrill of really fast cars like me!

You can use this book to introduce adding and subtracting decimals.

How Much is that Guinea Pig in the Window is about one of the best books I've ever read! It's learning math and having fun at the same time. When Mr.Day's class fids out they have $50 from the bake sale, that's only the beginning! You'll love How Much is that Guinea Pig in the Window?