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A great up-to-date book for speech/language pathologists and reading specialists. Very in-depth. This book is probably too technical for individuals without specialized background.

Cutting edge research on the neuropsychology of reading disabilities. For neuropsychologists who puzzle over the "poor comprehenders" (v. those w/phonological processing problems), this volume will answer many questions.

Core Concepts in Health, was a very good purchase. The book came on time and in good condition. The picture provided when purchaseing the book was quite adequate. My only advice, mabe take some pic's of the inside of the book, how the pages look inside etc. Core Concepts of Health was a good purchase overall.

I saved close to 50% by purchasing this from here! I absolutely needed it for my health class and it was in perfect condition!

My homeschooled daughter really likes this book (she's in 2nd grade). When we received it, she did 20 pages in one sitting. I had to ask her to save some pages for later :) It states a rule, then has a few pages of different activities for each rule. For homeschooled kid, you can do more per day. For kid that attends a public school, the activities on each page are short enough to be enjoyable. This book came with CD that has a pdf file of this whole book, so you can redo some lessons by printing them later again.

I love this book. It has a section that explains the grammar/punctuation rule, then a number of pages to reinforce the lesson. The examples are quite clear and the rules broken down into the basics. Great for us homeschoolers and terrific for traditional students who just want reinforcement or review.

This book gives you everything you need for in-home costuming and working in a costume shop. Covers fabric, drafting and draping for patterns, how-to's on costume accessories, including shoes and wigs. Even covers armor. This book is 100% fabulous.

For intermediate level constume construction, but highly inspiring to the novice. Helpful for cosplay as well as stage.

This book goes into great detail concerning tools and technical sewing, materials and dyeing, drafting and creating patterns, measuring and fitting bodies, improvising props, and creating illusions. There is a helpful section about hair and hats, skipped over in other books. Many suggestions and ideas to make your own fake armour, jewelry, and shoes.

Pricey, but worth it. This book will bring out creativity you didn't know you had.

I like this book because it was interesting.I would recommend this book to a friend becuse it was a good book.

I liked this book because I like braverey and I think you would. And I'f you like couage storys. There was a father and a daghter that was only eight they traveied in the wilderness . SoI'll hope you like this incredible book.

i've used this book in the classroom ... and the kids love the ideas ... and will try new food items because of the cute and interesting designs!

This book was shown by to us by one of the authors' sister. All of us at work are very eager to obtain a copy. We all feel that this will be very educational for children and fun for the adults to utilize for parties and those who are nutritionally challenged. Keep up the good work!

I can just echo the substance of remarks of the other reviewers on the contents. As an avid reader of mystery fiction, I can visualize opening a page at random and picking my next book to read. As a computer programmer, I look at books like this and envision how I would write the program that would generate this information. If the author did not use a computer program, I am doubly impressed. This book should be on the shelf of every crime fiction aficionado. If not on your shelf then that of your local library.

This book is a must for any inveterate reader. It lists all the mystery writers, their varied pen names, the characters, book titles, films made from mystery books, and other curiously interesting bits of information. The price is daunting but is well worth it, believe me. This is one of those books that one can spend many happy hours just browsing through. The book is divided into two volumes with Volume 1 being the Author Index with 889 pages of mystery writers listed alphabetically by last name. It includes all known pseudonyms used by a particular author, along with the titles of the works, and the names of any characters created, series or one-shot. It also has the dates of publication and lists the publisher. A few examples of pseudonyms. Did you know that Stephen King also writes under the name Richard Bachman. Of course you did, everyone knows that. But did you know that Dean Koontz, popular mystery writer, also uses the names David Axton, Brian Coffey, Anthony North, Owen West, Deanna Dwyer, K.R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, and Richard Paige? How about Donald Westlake, author of the ever-popular 'Dortmunder' series of serio-comedic mysteries. He also uses the names Curt Clark, Tucker Coe, Timothy Culver, Samuel Holt, and Richard Stark. Lawrence Sanders sometimes uses the names Lesley Avaress or Mark Upton. John Creasey, author of the 'Toff' series, has more than a dozen different pen names he uses, and must hold some sort of record for sheer number of nom-de-plumes. Why pen names you ask? The book doesn't answer that question. In fact it doesn't even address it. This tome is strictly a presentation of facts; no long boring narratives. Who knows why an author elects to write under a different name than its own? There must be as many logical, or illogical, reasons as there are authors. Choose your own. Volume 2 is divided into seven sections, to include a Title Index (326 pages), Setting Index (98 pages), Series Index (24 Pages), Series Character Chronology (18 pages), Film Index (136 pages), Screenwriter's Index (48 pages), and Director's Index (29 pages). The Title Index is a veritable treasure trove of information to aspiring writers. It shows which titles have already been used and how often. For instance, did you know that there are five books with the title "Watchers"? Or six called "Tunnel"? There are over 2,100 that begin with the word "Murder" and 700 that begin with "Mystery". This listing alone would be worth its weight in gold to a writer struggling to find that just-so correct appropriate title. The Settings Index is another source of information to the aspiring writer. It lists the locale of all the works listed in this opus. Almost any location is listed, from cities to states to countries. For instance, did you know that there are 15 books listed as happening in Rhodesia, 4 in Monaco, and 9 pages of stories occurring in New York City! The Series Index includes the name of the character listed with its creator. Again, this is invaluable to a new author. Imagine if you will, writing the perfect mystery and sending it off to a receptive publisher only to be rudely informed by a sympathetic editor that the character's name you thought was original has been in used for over 40 years by another author. Embarrassing, to say the least! Not to mention the re-write time involved in changing all the myriad references to your not-so-original creation. The Series Character Chronology lists by year of introduction each series character along with the type of character (inspector, police, detective, priest, lawyer, doctor, etc.) country where usually located, name of the author, and the number of books this character appears in. The Film Index lists movies by title, with the title of the book origin, the author of the book, the studio name, and the year of the movie. The Screenwriter's and Director's Indexes are self-explanatory. To summarize, this book is a joy to own and to the aspiring writer, invaluable with the information that can be gleaned. It is heartily recommended and would make an excellent "special" gift at Christmastime or birthday.

A well researched portrayal of American foreign policy with shocking relevance to today's America. This book is now more than ever a vital read for every progressive minded American.

This book is a must read for all conciencious Americans
who want to find out what our country is doing in our name
to the rest of the world.

Great Read.

I purchased this book in supplement to Dr. Berg's Criminal Investigation Class at Cal State Long Beach. The book covers most if not all topics on crime scene and related investigations. I apply much of what I learned from this book and Dr. Berg in latent print techniques on a weekly basis. A must for any law enforcement official.

Bruce Berg does it again. Another exceptional book that anyone interested in the subject must have. This book features many design characteristics that make it easy and even fun to read. No matter what book you currently count on for Criminal Investigation, if you don't have this text in your library, you are lacking the finest text on the subject.

As someone who has followed Ken Hanke's work since the days he was writing on subjects ranging from George Arliss and Orson Welles to Tod Slaughter and the Beatles movies for FILMS IN REVIEW, I highly recommend this little guide to horror movie series, which contains some of the writer's best work. The approach is an interesting one, since he makes the case that films like the early 1930s Lionel Atwill starring vehicles constitute a series, and the execution is exceptional. No series--or even marginal series--is left untouched. The section on the Frankenstein movies for Universal is the best quick guide/analysis of that series I've ever seen, and it's a pure delight to see obscure oddities like the Warner Oland Fu Manchu pictures discussed in some depth. If I've any complaint--other than the publisher's inglorious presentation--it's simply that Hanke is clearly more at home with films of the 1930s, 40s, 70s, and 80s than he is with those of the 50s and 60s, which are given shorter--though interesting--shrift. But the rest of the material more than makes up for this.

Though obviously beset by production problems (the book is ill-served by its publisher), the idea behind this book is certainly interesting--to assess horror films by the series that contains them. As the author rightly points out, most horror films are indeed a part of a series of films, whether in continuing characters or in intent, and looking at them in this light brings new insight to bear on them. Fortunately, the author is more than up to the task, especially when dealing with some of the more esoteric or loosely defined series--the Tod Slaughter films or the movies that Bela Lugosi made for Monogram Pictures in the 1940s. His examination of more familiar territory, such as the Universal Frankenstein series, is also exemplary, even though there is a sense that some of the material has been shortened for space considerations. The opinions are invariably insightful, even when one doesn't agree with them, and are so entertainingly written that even those with which one isn't accord have much to recommend them. The only flaw with this book really--unless the reader just can't handle alternate views on films--is the mechanical reproduction. What I would like to see is this book to be updated and picked up by some savvy company for publication as a trade paperback. It might then get the audience it deserves far more than its relative obscurity has allowed.