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I had to buy a new copy of this book because the one I got for my oldest daughter was worn out! This is my youngest daughters new favorite book! She already knows her colors but she loves the rhyming and animals are always a big hit with her.

We actually own TWO of these books... one for the car and long trips, one for home. It is definitely a favorite!

This is a great book. My 3 yr old daughter loves it! It is the one she asks for over and over.

My 7 month baby girl can't get enough of this book. She loves the rhyming verse and the big color pictures. I definately recommend it!

This is my daughter's favorite book of all time. I read it to her daily. This is definitely a book that all children should have. The colorful animals in the book are fun to look at, while the words are pleasant to read and listen to. Very nice book!

This is a must have in practice! The NP that I was practicing with during my clinical rotation actually told me to get this and he was correct, you have everything you need in one book!

I am a pharmacist and carry this book with me everywhere. It is small enough to fit in my purse and it can answer questions on dosing, indications, and much more. It is definitely a lot faster to use than the slow computers at the pharmacy!

I use this pocket guide more often than I use my palm pilot for drug doses. My lab coat is not complete without this book. Even when I am on call, I make sure I have one of my multiple copies at bedside so I can look up meds in the middle of the night. Also, I am a preceptor for PA students, and I recommend each and every one of them purchase some version of this guide (and most of them do).

A fast, keep in your shirt pocket reference for drug name, dosing, available dosing sizes, route of clearance and safety in pregnancy or lactation. It is tiny - a centimeter thick and shirt pocket dimensioned. Really great when a patient comes in with some oddball psych med, is found to be pregnant or you get a braincramp somewhere around your thirtieth patient of the day. I use this little gem regularly.

It's great IF the ONLY info you need is dosing information. If you need more information like SIDE EFFECTS, METHOD OF ACTION, etc, 'Clinician's Pocket Drug Reference' from Scut Monkey is far more useful/helpful. At least it was (and is) to me during med school and now in residency.

I remember reading these books years and years ago! I'm in 10th grade and it's been more 5 years since I was in elementary school and yet when I go work at my old school I go back and read them again!

A fun (and funny) book which will delight kids with Amelia's well-intentioned but mistake-laden chores. Kids feel empowered because they are 'smarter' than the character and are able to cheer her on. In the end, Amelia's good deeds overpower any mistakes she makes.

I recommend this book for any child who is beginning to read on their own!

This is surly a kids favorite since I was a little girl! We join Amelia Bedelia as she starts her first day of work for the Rodgers. They rush off shortly after she arrives, but they've left her a list of things to do. Should be a snap, as all the tasks are simple and clearly stated...but that's what you think...Amelia Bedelia begins completing each chore in quite a literal fashion...drawing the drapes and much, much more! Younger kids (1-4) will like the silliness of it and beginner readers and more savvy grade schoolers (5-8) will like that's it's simple and clever/silly too! I recommend it without reservation! I'm sure Amelia will be with us, teaching fine lessons about the words we use and the many means they can have for generations to come!

A great, witty book that my 4-year old loved. Made her think about the different meanings of words.

In a language where so many words and phrases have multiple meanings, there's no doubt that the literal-minded Amelia can be kept busy through many a book. The fact that it's funny is just the thing to get young readers hooked.

Amelia, beginning her new job as maid for Mr and Mrs Rogers, makes a pie and then tackles her to-do list. Dust? Well, at her house, they un-dust, but she's going to do as she's told - so she finds sweet smelling dusting powder in the bathroom and spreads it throughout the living room. Draw the drapes? Not much of an artist, Amelia does her best. The pie is done just in time for the return of her employers. Mrs Rogers is surprised at Amelia's interpretation of such simple directions as "trim the fat"... and is about to fire her when Mr Rogers offers her a taste of Amelia's wonderful lemon-meringue pie. Mrs Rogers will just have to learn to say things Amelia's way, because they certainly don't want to lose someone who can make a pie like that!

Very funny, and it exposes young minds to the various meanings of words in English - easily one of the most complicated languages ever, and one that you just don't think about if it's your first language until you read a book like this! The book is rather old (copyright 1963) but is timeless and this is a great time to read it with your kids. As the Spanish-speaking population grows in the U.S., it's a great opportunity for kids today to realize just how hard English can be!

A beautiful book written by a former Jewish Journalist of Austrian origin who travels to the middle east and stands in admiration at the lifestyle of the Muslims in the Arabian peninsula.

Although his embrace of Islam is not immediate he comes to understand the beauty of this religion and finally embraces it while in Europe. He later decides to move to live in Arabia by giving up completely his western lifestyle and past, the story focuses on many various events and I found it quiet impressive as to the amount of famous persons Mr. Asad has come accross in his journey in the middle east, some of which are: King Ibn Saud (founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), the president of the world Zionist organisation (who is later to become the first president of Israel), the Shah of Iran, the famous Lybian Mujahidin Omar Al Mukthar, the King of Jordan Abdullah and many other.

Although the book is quiet old, as it recounts of events which occur in the 1920's, it is very well written and beautifuly explains the beauty of the life in Arabia in those times, it gave me a nice image and picture of the life of the beduins, their hospitality and gratitude from life and it's simplicity but how the people live it full of happyness. I was quiet impressed as well with the many events which have occured during the travel of Mr. Asad, in his attempt to help the King Ibn Saud to understand how the rebels operated against the King in order to prevent the Kingdom from successful establishment, to his travel to Lybia to meet Omar Al Muhtkar for possible assistance on providing additional support to continue the rebellion against the Italians.

In overall, the story is quiet beautiful, gives us a nice feeling of the Arabian desert and most of all the discovery to Islam of Mr. Asad is an impressive story to read.

This book is a very enjoyable read. Asad's stories of adventure and his search for personal fulfillment provide constant historical, cultural, and religious lessons for the reader. A wonderful way to learn and understand other people and their ideas, which may or may not be different from your own.

I have always felt a longing for the desert. This is the first time I have ever read someone putting these feelings into words. Simply awsome!

I read this book a while ago and can still remember some of the most thrilling parts of the book. Even thought the book is an autobiography it almost reads like a thriller. I reccomment this book to all Muslims. MUhammad Asad is truly an example for all.

M. Asad has written a truly inspiring work with "The Road to Mecca". As a foreign journalist in the Middle East, he was in a unique position to truly experience the culture and religion of the area and express his experiences in a way in which only a journalist could. What caught my eye was what happened when he returned to Europe where he suddenly felt like an outsider who was surrounded by people simply sleepwalking through their lives. It was after this revelation that he truly grasped the draw that so many feel towards Islam awakening within himself. As a muslim convert myself, I felt that this was something that I could closely relate to. Nonetheless, I believe that M. Asad's novel was not only inspiring but also a useful, insightful resource into understanding the countries and cultures of the Middle East; something which is useful to muslims & non-muslims alike. I would highly recommend this book to all.

As a mom I love Mouse Paint! There is depth to the story. In addition, the innovative introduction of concepts with primary colors is just plain fun. Reading for reading is always good. But reading to teach information opens up new horizons for lifelong learning. The whole book has me smiling all the way through. It is short so when it becomes a beloved favorite -- and it will be a favorite guaranteed! -- you can easily get through it to the satisfaction of all. This is the type of book I tell my friends about.

This edition in hardback would be nice as a gift.

Mouse Paint is a great book for early childhood. I use this book for infant toddler storytime. The colorful pictures make easy eye contact for young children. The book was in excellent condition and delivery was expeditious! Thank you Amazon.

Great book for learning colors. My son just loves it and it teaches how to mix colors as well. Very educational and entertaining.

This is an adorable book, a real must have for kids of any age. It talks all about colors, primary colors, mixing colors, etc.. And the mice in the story are so cute. Simple but entertaining.

This is a super source of creative inspiration for young children. Start them out working with an adult or older child, and they will absolutely take off with creativity and use of colors!

There's hours of educational entertainment inside this slim volume!

OO design and analysis is so very gray. No book can cover every aspect because the possibilities are endless. Everyone's application and environment is different which causes each and every one of us to approach our design differently and value different affects of our coding practices. By far this is the best book I have read that simply lays out OO rules-of-thumb and then explains why each is beneficial and when they might contradict other rules-of-thumb. The book encourages the reader to be reasonable and practical in your application of OO best practices.

I strongly recommend that every development team read this book and discuss it amongst themselves.

Ok, I had to look up heuristics in the dictionary before buying this. But other than that I found this to be one of only a handful I've read that tells you how to look at OOD work you've done and decide if it is good (and how to improve it). Particularly good was the discussion of cases where design goals conflict and how to resolve the conflict.

I have been studying the object oriented methodology for some time now. I felt that I had a good understanding of what OOP was all about. I have studied OOA/D and design patterns from numerous sources. All of my sense for OOA/D knowledge changed completely when I read this book. This book really showed me that I was stuck somewhere in the middle of the paradigm shift between action oriented programming (aka procedural programming) and object oriented programming. After reading this, I feel like my knowledge in OOA/D has truly advanced to the next level.

Are you the type of person that knows what OOP is? I mean, if you've studied up on OOP then you are probably aware of what an abstract class is. You know what interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, information hiding (...etc) are. You may have a sense in when you should use inheritance and when you should use containment. You probably follow certain OOP practices like keeping all of your variables private, hiding secrets from other objects (information hiding). This may all make sense to you but are you also the type of person that just never feels comfortable about your designs? Do you look at your classes and just get a sense that something doesn't seem right, yet you just can't figure out what it is even if your software system is running fine? I am willing to wager that you are in the middle of a paradigm shift. You are probably taking the route that a lot of developers take when they shift from thinking in a procedural fashion (action-oriented design) into object oriented design. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you're like a lot of developers you will have a long hard journey utilizing a lot of experience before you really make that shift. This book is an essential tool that will help you make that shift a LOT faster. After reading this book you will see why you felt your designs were't quite right.

One of the first topics that really hit home for me was when the author Arthur Riel talks about God classes in chapter 3. God classes are classes that have too much implementation in them. Most of the complexity of a piece of software resides in these classes. They are the all-knowing classes that delegate messages between the much smaller, less complex classes. Signs of God classes are classes that have words in their name such as "Manager" or "System" in them. This one hit home because there are numerous classes in the software i'm working on now with the name Manager in them. For example one of our classes is called the "BiDirectional_Dataflow_Manager". This is definitely a God class through and through. While I was reading about the disadvantages of these types of classes I couldn't help but agree with everything Arthur was saying. I began to see the light already and I was just on chapter 3. There are 59 other Heuristics, all equally important in this book.

Most books that teach OOA/D seem to really only teach the definition of OOA/D and perhaps clue you in to the whole idea. You learn the terminology well and you see a few examples (I'm sure you've seen an animal hierarchy a time or two), but you don't really gain a solid understanding in how you actually think in objects. This book will bridge that gap. This is the best book i've read by far on OOA/D. This book will apply to you no matter what your skill level is in OOA/D, unless you're a complete beginner then you might find yourself a little bit lost. If you are brand new to OOA/D then you should probably read a short book on OOP, just to gain the basic concepts first. "Object Oriented Thought Process" might be a good start as it's short and sweet, then you should move on to this book. If you are advanced then you may know a lot of this information, but this book will probably help tweak your OOA/D skills; helping you become an even more solid developer. But for you guys and gals out there that know what OOP is and read a few books on it, but still don't feel quite right about your designs, this book is essential. You guys out there are the sweet spot for a book like this. That's how I was. Now I feel so much better, I feel like i've gained more knowledge in OOA/D with this book then all other books on OOA/D and OOP that i've read combined - and then some.

Arthur Riel is a very talented programmer and author. He is able to communicate ideas to you that are sure to hit home, as if he's right there with you and understands your problems in OOA/D. This book is densly packed. Not including the bibliography and index this book is a mere 367 pages. Even more, if you don't include the example code at the end of the book (all C++ code) this book is only 243 pages. The real meat of this book is in the first 9 chapters (where he talks about all of the heuristics), which totals 182 pages. After that he talks about topics such as handling memory leaks and such. Most of the dim lights will shine brightly after a mere 182 pages! This may sound too good to be true, but as I said earlier Arthur is VERY talented in communicating his ideas. You just have to read this book very carefully, don't skim! Because it's so dense, it may take a couple of passes before you really get the idea but once you understand it you will surely belt out a resounding "AH HA!". This book is 10 years old at the time of this review, but the information inside is far from being outdated.

To conclude this lengthy review (sorry about that) I would like to say that I give this book my highest recommendation. In fact, this may be the best book on software development that i've ever read! This book has influenced my software development more then any other book i've read and that's a fact. This is truly a rare gem. The only downside (not this books fault) is that it's become a bit harder to work on the software that i'm currently working with because I now see where all of the pitfalls are. My co-workers think i'm just being anal about design now, but you don't have to be like them. Step up, become the best software developer that you can be. Just read this book and you will take a giant leap forward in your OOA/D understanding, especially if you're stuck in a paradigm shift like I was. Thank you very much Arthur!

I have plenty of books on patterns, but I want to get more information on the basics of OOP and why the patterns are effective instead of "this is pattern X, and this what it does." This is a very complicated subject, which I have no doubt that most programmers on the planet have very little understanding of. We mostly write crummy code that "works", and most of the time that's good enough.

I was uncertain about getting this book because of how old it was, but after reading most of it, I'm happy I got it. Although complex, it is written in an understandable manner with useful diagrams. I wasn't as interested in the "one-liner" heuristics as I was the detailed explanations of the problems caused by particular design mistakes and the other examples and pitfalls presented.

Regrettably, I disagree with the other reviewers here who seem to have liked this book. I didn't. Not that it's terrible: I found myself in agreement with most if not all of the rules of thumb the author talks about; the problem is more that this book is not well done.

First, this is a textbook; as such it is aimed at a student, that is someone who doesn't know the material yet and tries to learn. But for a tutorial this text overwordy and imprecise, with a generous quantity of confusing, misleading metaphors. If you happen to know what the author is trying to say, then you sorta get it -- I mean, you get it 'cause you already know it -- but a newcomer will be confused.

Sometimes the author doesn't seem to know why a particular rule is good, so he goes something like this: rule such-and-such is good because most software engineers would agree that it's good. I doubt the author conducted a statistically valid survey -- but forget that, suppose most software engineers do in fact agree: so what? All the author has now is a nice and juicy ad populum. But he, obviously, isn't even aware that something's wrong -- and that may be one of the problems with this book: the author may not be experienced enough to write books of this sort. He may be a competent practitioner, but this is not the same as teacher.

He tries to compensate via an over-abstract and smart-sounding terminology (one of the reviewers below jokingly complains that he needed to look up the word "heuristics": that is a telling comment, and it is valid. I, too, noticed that the author takes delight in using a dozen hifalutin words where one simple word would do (and result in a clearer text).

Riel also likes to belabour commonplace excessively ("data should be hidden inside objects"; "Objects should not depend on their users", blah-blah, brush teeth daily, apple a day etc.), anything to make the book thicker -- which brings me to its second defect, less important and quite a common one today: the book is blatantly padded. Out of about 400 pages only about 200 have readable text; the rest is mostly a source code printout (this code could have been supplied on an attached disk or put on the net somewhere). There's also a few pages with a concise restatement of the author's rules, which could have been printed on the cover insides (like in the Stevens network books) or supplied as a pullout; otherwise this list is hard to find and serves no purpose.

To summarize: were it better written, Heuristics could be useful for a newbie, but it's not and so it isn't. A more experienced reader, despite being annoyed, will understand it -- but only because he already knows the stuff himself and will be recognizing rather than learning. YMMV, but in my opinion this tome isn't worth reading time for any reader, new or experienced. I'm sending it back.

CCS es un autor que simplemente no es bueno escribiendo una buena narrativa, las historias son de lo comun y no trata de evolucionar, lastima que el opus dei tiene una calidad muy baja al seleccionar libros que imprimir.
JOVENES!! no se dejen engañar con esta semi literatura pretenciosa , no les dejara nada, existen mejores cosas en el mundo, lean a rulfo,marquez, cortazar, kerouac, ginsberg, mishima, mistral, allende, lean el mundo no lean esto, veran como su vacio se llena con vida y cultura.
su mente se los agradecera.

La Fuerza de Sheccid es sin duda uno de los mejores libros que he leido. Carlos C. Sanchez es un gran author. La Fuuerza de Sheccid me enseño a valoran a mis amistades y a mi familia. En este libro se encuentran los valores que debemos tener si queremos ser honestos. Nunca pense que yo misma fuera un hipocrita hasta que lei este libro. La Fuerza de Sheccid tambien nos enseña las pervenciones que exsinten en este mundo y como todos nunca pensamos en como deternerlas. Este libro es sin duda uno de los mejores libros para adolecentes. Este libro me hiso habrir los ojos y entender a mi novio en ese momento. Me hiso realizar que el no era lo que yo queria que el fuera. Que yo como Carlos, estaba seganda por el amor. Gracias Carlos, todos tus libros han cambiado muchas vidas!!! Incluyendo la mia. A todos les recomiendo que lean todos los libros de Carlos Cuauthemoc Sanchez. Son Geniales!!!!

En donde quiera que me paro recomiendo este libro. No acostumbro leer pero verdaderamente este libro me ha hecho reflexionar sobre miles de cosas las cuales voy a poner en practica. Este libro no solo me ha hecho ver la vida de otra manera, si no que tambien me ha dado la opportunidad de ver de otra manera las personas con problemas con la ayuda de Dios. Verdaderamente es como dice la portada de la edicion que tengo "Libros que transforman vidas" este libro es magnifico y hasta he puesto quotes del libro en la portada de mi agenda. LEANLO!

La Fuerza de Sheccid es un libro que verdadera mente me impacto y que no pude para de leer. Da un perfecto ejemplo de como es el ser humano al conocer el amor. Les recomiendo este libro y se que les va a gustar

Yo no soy muy amigo de la lectura, y mucho para la epoca que me regalaron este libro (tenia 15 años entonces), me lo dieron por mi cumpleaños y al otro dia lo comenze a leer y no pude parar, lo termine ese mismo dia, es hermoso, poetico, y me senti muy identificado, me abrio los ojos ante muchas cosas, y me hizo mas fuerte... Es una de esas cosas que CAMBIA TU VIDA PARA SIEMPRE.
Si estas indeciso en comprarlo o no, COMPRALO te aseguro que no te vas a arrepentir...

Carlos, gracias por traer tanta felicidad y sabiduria a mi vida.

The story of three very good friends who must check their baggage in order to maintain healthy and meaningful relationships. They all start out in not so good places and come full circle. Good book.

Baggage Check is the story of 3 male friends who grow up and outgrow their womanizing ways. The tale is well told and thought provoking. You will recognize some of the men who have pushed up on you in the past. If you're blessed, you are one of the women who these men finally recognized they needed. Read it - with a quickness!

Can't say much except Curtis Bunn is a future star. I can't believe Baggage Check is ihs FIRST novel, but I do see why it was No. 1 on the Essence best-seller list. I'm mad at myself that I just discovered this book.
Without giving away the story, it's a lot of life lessons and insight and humor and passion and emotion and fun in this book. Each character had a different voice and a different set of baggage, and the way Bunn crafted each person's growth was extremely smooth and realistic and moving for me. This is one of my favorite books. I highly recommend it ot anyone who loves great writing, great characters (and some strong women characters, too), great stories and learn something in the process, you should read this book.
Lana Rickett, New York, NY

I loved this book so much. When my book club chose this book, I wasn't looking forward to reading it because I don't like relationship books. But, this book isn't just about male/female relationships. It explores the bond between male friends. By the end of the book, I grew to like all the male characters, especially the bond shared among the three male characters. It was great that the author exposed this to the rest of the world. Also, the author came to my book club's meeting and we found him to be a great guy. You won't be disappointed with this book. It's a great read.

Julian, Greg and Larry have been best friends since their childhood in Washington D.C. All three have different career paths and place value on different things, however they all have two things in common, their love for each other, and their inability to maintain a monogamous relationship.

Julian, the professor, says he loves his girlfriend Joanne but ends up in the sack with her sister and soon after said tryst finds out that Joanne is pregnant. He plans on taking care of his child, but his commitment to Joanne is lukewarm. Greg, the penny pinching bookstore owner, made the "mistake" of telling his long time love that he plans to marry her. Now her constant haranguing about when the marriage will take place is getting to him. Finally there's Larry, the aspiring actor and "playa". He spreads himself around and sticks with no one long enough for the words commitment or relationship to pop up. No woman has been able to hold his attention in that way. In today's climate these three are really quite ordinary in terms of their behavior and value systems. What makes Julian, Greg and Larry special is that they all learn by means of one fairly extraordinary event that they all have "baggage", which needs to be checked. (read the book for explanation). Once their baggage has been checked they all learn to love more freely.

As a female reader I was skeptical about how a story about men, written by a man would speak to me and speak about women. However, Baggage Check was a pleasant surprise. All the elements of a good story are there, believable characters, a startling beginning, a middle that held the reader's interest and a happy ending. Parts of this story in fact were uproariously funny as well as touching. How women are portrayed really became background for the real story of personal growth that happened for each of the characters. Yes the women were there and aided in the growth but the men had to do the hard work on their own. Bunn enabled this reader to drop her skepticism by simply writing a good story.

I really only got this book as an 'extra' purchase, to qualify for free shipping. However it has become an unexpected hit with my 16 month old who can now identify most of the animals from the pictures, and she will ask for this book over and over and over again.
The book includes some rather obscure animals, which probably wouldn't be on my 'introductory list' of animals for a young child. My list would probably run "lion, tiger, bear, cat, dog" (which are also included)... rather than the "gosling, chinchilla, parakeet, egret and kookaburra" which you'll also find in this book. My husband and I have both learned a few new animals as well!
All in all and great buy that keeps my daughter entertained for hours.

This is my 10-month old twins' FAVORITE book in the world (and we have LOTS of baby/children's books). I think they like the close up pictures, the size, and the fact that some animals seem to be looking right at them. Highly recommended.

These books are a great deal for hours of fun! My little guys looks at the pictures over and over and doesn't ever seem to get tired of hearing the names of all the pictures. These books have been great for his vocabulary as he tries to say all the words too!

My 18 month old loved this book the first time he saw it. We are pleased at the number and types of animals inside! There are farm animals, zoo animals, pets, etc. - many of which he recognizes already, but there are plenty for him to learn as he gets older, too. The pictures are beautiful and clear and give us a lot to look at and talk about. The combination of familiar animals like cats and dogs and more obscure ones like goats gives him something to feel proud of while he works on learning the harder ones.

We bought this book based on seeing My Big Truck Book and were not disappointed at all - they are both great!

This line of books can't be beat! Great pictures - simplicity, with not too many details - so that the little ones so that they can focus on what they are learning. Nice, hard board books which should prove to be durable. The size of this one is great. Adults love looking at it too! I ordered the Colors book too. You won't be disappointed!

A great quick guide on drug information, perhaps, the best one. Full monographs of almost all of the drugs, including interactions. Much necessary to the pharmacists and other health professionals.

Excellent, concise, just the facts, ma'am, and easy to look up just what you need. Why wade through the Physicians Desk Reference when this handy gem has all that you really desire in drug information, presented efficiently by pharmacists. Boils it down to the facts. 2-3 pages per medication, in table form often. Once you buy this book, you'll ditch the PDR. Guaranteed.

this is a great resource. as a pharmacist, I use this quite often for basic questions.

The charts in the back are very comprehensive and useful; the drug monographs are very up-to-date and accurate.

While other people in my class waited for their DIHs to arrive, I had mine in no time! Thanks!