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What a boring book! Seriously, get a plot! I wouldn't recommend this book to people who like realistic, exciting books. This just made me go to sleep. If you're a preteen girl like me, I wouldn't advise to read this book.

Rascal was my favorite book when I was young. I don't have children, but I have since bought countless copies of Rascal for young friends, and have read the book aloud to youngsters on several occasions, part of summer "reading clubs" to keep kids busy when school is out. Rascal is always a big favorite. Any child (or adult) who loves animals, and has ever raised or thought about raising a young wild animal as a domestic pet, will love this book. The stories about the adventures of young Stirling and his smart, inquisitive pets, Rascal the racoon and Poe the crow, have broad appeal to all ages.

I am an adult who received this delightful book as a birthday present. In 1918, when he was eleven years old, Sterling North rescued a baby raccoon and tamed him into a pet. This book covers the year that he spent with Rascal. What struck me about this book was the vivid, evocative, and emotional language that North uses to bring to life his eccentric family, the small town in which he lived, and the woods and natural settings where he and Rascal had their greatest adventures. Compared to today's youngsters, North, who writes movingly of having lost his mother, had to be incredibly handy, self-reliant, and hard-working. Although obviously kids would love this book (it won the Newberry Award), it isn't dumbed down at all. For anyone who ever dreamed of riding their bike at top speed with a raccoon on the handlebars.

"I left the pecans on a stump near the waterline, hoping Rascal would find them. And I paddled swiftly and desperately away from the placewhere we had parted." Rascal is a chapter of Sterling North's life, the time where he and his raccoon, Rascal, shared many adventures. On May of 1918, Sterling and his friend Oscar went fishing, and they found a little of four baby raccoons. Sterling caught a raccoon and named him Rascal. They became close friends and had lots of fun together. But in the end, Sterling released Rascal into the wild where he can live a ordinary raccoon's life. In my opinion, Rascal is a great book, fulled of warmth and humor, depicting the life of a boy and his raccoon.
One reason I like it so much is because of the relationship between Sterling and Rascal, and how Sterling treats Rascal not just as a pet but as in a very close friend. For example, when Rascal ate the sweet corn in their neighbor's field, the neighbors got very mad and some threatened to shoot Rascal the next time they see him in their field. They made Sterling promised to put Rascal on a leash and lock him in a cage. But everytime they ask Sterling have he locked Rascal up yet, he always reply with "Maybe tomorrow." but he never does. At last when he had to lock Rascal up, he felt so much pain, and recalled it as "putting a friend in prison".
Another reason why I'm so attached to this book is how cute the author depicted Rascal. When Sterling gave Rascal his first sugar lump, he sniffed it and played with it in his bowl of milk. In a few moments it melted, and Rascal looked for it everywhere. Then he looked at Sterling, his eyes seems to ask; who stole his sugar lump?
I like how Sterling always have interesting things coming up, one after another. It seems that some are good and bad. Such as when the biology teacher asked everyone in the class to bring their pet. Everyone loved Rascal, except for Slammy Stillman, who flung a rubberband in Rascal's face when it was his chance to pet him. Then Rascal yelped in pain and viciously bit in Slammy's hand. Then the teacher had to sendSterling and Rascal home because of it.
Overall, this book is a heartwarming story about a boy and his raccoon. I think this is one of the best literture in history which really attaches the reader.

Filled with excitement, compassion, and responsibility, Rascal is a great book for any age. Sterling North, the author, does a great job of explaining how such an odd relationship between a boy and a racoon can become a learning adventure. When you're reading a book, do you ever feel like you're actually in the house with the characters? Well, North also does a great job of describing the setting enough for you to feel like you're in the story with the boy and his father. I had no idea that such a companionship could cause so much trouble throughout the boy's neighborhood. Yet, he somehow manages to find a way around getting into trouble with his new friend. Rascal shows how responsibility can sometimes be challenging, but not to give up for what you believe is right.

Excellent detailed information on how to do an honest business online. Includes many links for other helpful information for packaging, mailing etc. Highly recommend this for anyone looking to sell books, or who are already in the businss.

There are so many books out there nowadays that talk about online book selling. The reason I picked this one to read is because I liked it's author's name - Windwalker. It was delight to find out that the author is in fact Native American. But besides that personal preference of mine, I found book to be very helpful. As most people, I started selling books online as a means of relinquishing non-essential inventory from my personal library. It is thru the interactions of my online customers that I learned to enjoy an activity previously considered a chore. Although I am not a professional bookseller, I am delighted to be a part of the bookselling community for the books I no longer wish to keep in my personal library that can still find a good home. This book manual has helped me understand some basic business rules on bookselling which I kind of pick up on intuitively. This is a comprehensive handbook that covers everything, from building a business plan, to making a proper book descriptions online. Without large inventory, I cannot see how people can make living off this. But as a hobby, this is a great way to deliver books to a reading community where readership has limited resources or time to find them in the regular brick and mortar book stores. I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about online bookselling.

This is an EXELLENT book for the newbie or advanced bookseller. There is a little something for everyone in it. It was written in laymen language for the new comer to the business sauve. I found it informative, helpful, great for anyone in the book business. A MUST read book. Worth the purchase. I give it a 5!!!!

We published this book, so we won't review it ourselves, but we can refer you to the hard-copy edition of the book with over 40 5-star reviews:

Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's Marketplace and Other Online Sites

You may also be interested in the following articles by the book's author, Stephen Windwalker, who has turned his attention to the publishing, email, and wireless features of the Amazon Kindle after providing the inside scoop on the online bookselling business:

20 Effective Steps to Publishing a Kindle Edition of Your Book or Document: How to Connect Your Amazon Kindle Book with Readers (Publish and Market Your Book on Amazon Kindle)

How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Other Cool Tricks: Read and Answer Email Anywhere, Anytime on the Amazing Amazon Kindle (The Amazing Amazon Kindle)

The Amazon Kindle Basic Web Wireless Service: Why It Is a Revolutionary Feature, and Why Amazon Should Keep It Free or Cheap

I have been selling my old books on line at ebay and half com for awile now and thought an online book store sounded like a good idea. I thought that I would seek some expert advice and in doing so purchased Selling Used Books Online by Stephen Windwalker. This book has proven to be an excellant choice. While some of the information is a bit dated, overall it is a very good book. It doesn't sugar coat the book selling business and make it seem like a wonderfull and easy way to make a living. Mr. Windwalker gives you the good with the bad and shows how selling used books requires a lot of work and and a lot of knoweledge. This book has helped me tremendously in my attempts at making money selling used books. Not only has it helped with my book selling but it has made me more aware of what to look for in my book buying. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who thinks they can just go online and get rich selling used mass market paperbacks.

Nutshell review - If you want to know the ins and outs of using Google and all the advanced switches, tips, and tricks then this is your book. Good resource to own.

We got a used copy of Google Hacks, and my wife studied the searcher's tips for a couple weeks before I got to study the webmaster's guide. Like the Jack Sprats of the nursery rhyme, we licked that platter clean. It's dated now, but that only means there is more on Google than got into the book, I have not found a script or search parameter that was discontinued.

This is not for light reading, it is intended for people who want to get the most out of the web, and are not content with Wizards and auto-pilot.

While Google is used by a large percentage of the population of internet users today, Google offers a host of additional services and features that may be accessed using the tips and tools found in "Google Hacks".

This is primarily a book for intermediate- to advanced-users, but it offers some easy-to-use and useful tips and tools for all users. For those interested in extended the utility of the powerful Google service, this is a good resource.

1. Word order matters
2. repetition of words ignores the repeating words with no search results

3. inanchor, inurl, intitle, site
inanchor:oreilly -inurl: oreilly -site: edu
oreilly in anchor text
oreilly not in the url
site is not edu (limits to a certain domain)

intitle:OSTEOPOROSIS inurl:links
OSTEOPORSIS in the title
links in the url
OSTEOPOROSIS in the anchor text

intitle:biology inurl:help
Takes you to a manageable size of 602 for help in biology.

4. Google does not support stemming (moon, moonlight, moonshot)
Google does support wild card pattern *
Google does have a ten word limit

three * mice
returns
three Blind mice
three white mice

5. daterange:startdate-enddate
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6. Phonebook searchs:
phonebook: searches the entire google phonebook
rphonebook: searches residental listings only
bphonebook: search business listings only

phonebook:nelson id

7: Finding articles
[...] "ADO" or "ODBC"

Searches the site www.listensoftware for all articles about ADO
"ODBC"

8. Searchable directorys

"what's new" "what's cool" directory SAUERKRAUT
"what's new" categories sauerkraut (recipe)
"what's new" listings sauerkraut (links to recipes)

9. GAPIS
[...]

Standalone application that takes advantage of the Google API search component.

Almost anyone who uses a computer knows that Google is a superior search engine - but do you know it also offers ways to organize and manipulate that information? The updated third edition of GOOGLE HACKS: TIPS & TOOLS FOR FINDING AND USING THE WORLD'S INFORMATION tells how, with chapters covering not just search techniques or advanced search strategies, but what to do with the information once it's found. From building a customized Google map for your web site to handling RSS feeds, news listings, blogs, and even using Gmail as an external hard drive, GOOGLE HACKS comes packed with usage tips not to be found elsewhere.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Super great for my grandson when he is doing his homework. Really helps alot.

Very nice looking Dictionary. Always good to have a dictionary in your home. Never liked the smaller more handy dictionaries with a condensed word list. One day a word will bedevil you and you'll be gad to have the answer within reach.

We used it in our job.This dictionary is very specific.It has 15,700,000 citations from which their lexicographers chose 10,000 new words, for a total of 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions.
The most interesting option is the date feature. Paging through the words attributed to a particular year is a definite retrospective of recollections.The most interesting option is the date feature. Paging through the words attributed to a particular year is a definite retrospective of recollections.
Manuel

What do I ned to say? It is a wonderful dictionary, thank you...Oh, your prices are fair.

Best regards,

Anthony G. Maglio

My wife has reentered college, and desperately needed a dictionary. She is wearing the pages out on this one, and uses the CD version quite frequently, especially the links to other types of reference, such as the thesaurus and the encyclopedia. Highly recommended reference that is a must have.

This book was one my parents bought for me, it took me a while to get into it, but I was determined to read it. Halfway through the book I got to where I didn't want to put it down at all, I just sat and finished the entire book in one day, a great book that I would read again.

Stephen Lawhead is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Rather than write three separate reviews, I'll sum up this trilogy with one word: FANTASTIC!! Paradise War starts off a little slow the first 100+ pages as Lawhead sets up the premise of the story. I won't get into specific details as others have already done that, but let's just say that our two main characters Lewis and Simon get transported into a world not like ours, a world steeped in Celtic lore and fantasy. Lawhead does an even better job of building the world of Albion in The Silver Hand, and we see Lewis' (or Llew as he's known now) destiny. More twists and turns follow in The Endless Knot. Although the ending is fairly predictable, the Song of Albion draws to a nice conclusion. I'm not a huge fan of stories written in first person, but Lawhead is quickly making me a fan. He has the ability to write an engaging plot, with loveable characters and a world that makes you feel like you're in the middle of it. I can't recommend this series enough for fantasy fans as well as readers looking for a great story.

Good book.
well written and keeps your attention all the way through.
excellent discriptive writing.

This was a good and exciting read. I was first exposed to Stephen Lawhead when I read Hood. The Paradise War was reminiscent of Hood and Scarlet of the King Raven trilogy. Lawhead's knowledge of Celtic lore and his story telling is intriguing. I highly recommend this to all readers of fantasy and mythology.

Another series created out of the idea that a run of the mill dude discovers an alternate world, where he all a sudden becomes courageous and forgets his past. Besides that, the build up of a great magical climax is greatly over hyped, as it falls flat. Dont buy this novel if you are looking for your next great fantasy read

This book is pretty comprehensive. I am using it for a basic photography class. It covers a lot of subjects, but none in great detail. The newer versions actually covers a bit of digital photography as well.

This was a required text for my Photography 101 class and well worth the price ($20 less here than at the college book store). This book covers all the basics of photography tog et you started and the information is clearly illustrated by accompanying photos. This will be one I'll definitely be keeping as a reference.

textbook needed for photography class. Its new and arrived on time. One can also be satisfied with the older edition of the book- especially for a beginner.

Book is very informational. It is printed on heavy gloss paper stock, every page is full of pictures and illistations. Printed in USA.

This is the book! If you are studying for the CPP test this is the one. It is comprehensive to a fault. The explanations of photo concepts are complete and easy to understand. The only problem is that the book is so big that it is falling apart. Wish me luck on the test!

The same author wrote "The Watchman" which is about Kevin Poulsen. I loved that book and this book.

It's good to read a more reliable story on Mitnick than what came from garbage that John Markoff wrote. You actually get to hear the stories the way Mitnick explains them. He trusted Littman (the author) enough during his hiding time to call him and talk to him for hours at a time and explain what he's done, what he didn't do and his life on the run. You also get to see snippets of how corrupt John Markoff sounds during this entire thing and I don't think Littman even meant to do that.

I do like "The Watchman" a bit better... at times reading the long conversations between Mitnick and Littman can get a bit repetitive or boring... However, most of the time it's very interesting.

I'd suggest reading "The Watchman" first and then reading this book, as you'll notice a whole bunch of tie-in's from the characters in that book and how they relate to Mitnick. I found that fascinating how everyone was linked in one way or another...

I saw the movie "Track Down" with Skeet Ulrich and that intrigued me enough to want to read this book.

I really enjoyed this book and found it very informative and fair to the subjects, since it is a true story.

highly recommend if you are interested in computers and those that hack, just from the vicarious thrill, as well as how to protect yourself online!

Well, maybe it's because I always wanted to live the new economy revolution that happened there in that time and I always wanted to be "connected" even if I was too young and my parents could not understand my point. I'm a bit "obsessed" by this story and not just because there's still something to be clarified, but because the scenario and the period where these events are based mean something in the Internet history. I've red the books, the documents, the reports, the old post messages and nearly everything that is available on the net, and I can say that definitely this book add something more to all of that. I like the author's perspective as well because he wants to understand what's really behind. Of course, as the author's himself said, the book is based mainly on dialogues and interviews with all the people involved in the story, but at the end I hoped there was the chance to extract more details about who really attacked Shimo and why Kevin was handling Shimo's files. I got the feeling that all the phone calls reported were at the end too dispersive and distant from the real secrets of the story. But I believe the author did that to point out what was really behind Kevin's way of behaving, and what really was his point of view, and the book is really successfull in that. Probably what left me a bit disappointed is that I hoped at the very end the author could ask Kevin something more to get more light on all the story after his capture, but probably just my expectations were too high.

This is the best book I read about Kevin Mitnick's exploits, time on the run, and eventual arrest. It reads like a thriller, is true to it's subject material, and is informative too. If you want to know the story behind one of the country's most noted computer hackers, this is the book to read. (Until of course he publishes his memoirs :-)).

Face it, whether you're a white hat or a black hat - hacking is hacking. Alas, the term "ethical hacker" is merely a way for those breaking the law to rationalize their behavior. Littman did a great job of exposing this great debate in the book. In the field of information security, Mitnick is known to all of us as the king of social engineering. Let's be completely honest (even Mitnick and Littman exposed this in the book)... Kevin is not good at hacking but rather at exploiting the human factor. That is - humans are the weakest link in this whole information security thing - not the systems themselves. You want to design a secure system? - educate your users, administrators, managers and executives on how to be wise and vigilant and adhere to a sound security policy.

Thank you to Mr. Littman for showing us the many sides of Mitnick's life. I look forward to reading about Poulsen next in "The Watchman".

I am not very computer savvy and this book is so well written and easy to understand. I appreciate learning what took him several years to learn. Excellent resource

No matter with you are on old adsense user or a new one ! Joel"s book has importants tips to help you begin or increase your revenue with Adsense.

In my case, for example, I increase my revenues in about 50% after read the book. And I'm sure you can do the same.

This book, The AdSense Code, by Joel Comm is actually a pretty good book. Certainly, using it, I must say that it has helped me w/ my Google revenues. It's paid for itself. I can recommend it! One thing, he does hype his products in it, but so what... if it helps... So, buy the book -- it'll pay for itself and for once, one of these kinds of books is really worth buying.

its worth every penny. starts very simple and covers everything and the most complex tracking methods you will need. it was published a couple years ago, so although not completely current, a great base for anyone looking to make up for lost time and start making cash now.

The content of this book is all that I hoped it would be. I hate choosing a book that leads you nowhere and is full of fluff. This book is not. It is very well laid out and you'll be highlighting all over the place. It seems to get right to the nitty gritty. Count this one as a user's guide to Adsense.

This book is a must for any serious student of spirituality, I read this book as a teen and did not appreciate it, recently I decided to purchase a copy and reread it, I found myself having many Neo moments, I would read a little paragraph and go whoaaaaaaaa like when Morpheous showed Neo how to jump across the building with out hitting the pavement lol. I find myself savoring the words and nodding my head in agreement. the Kybalion is something that is inherent in man/woman his/her spirituality and their connection with the mental universe. it put into words what I had always felt deep in my soul and at this stage in my spiritual evolution I can appreciate it and be filled with hope for humans and this planet once again.

A thought provoking, crystal-clear, concise and simple yet extremely effective explanation of the "holy grail" of ancient wisdom, the much elusive "philosopher's stone" sought after through millennia of intelligent human questioning and versed in countless forms of myth, philosophy, religion, esoterism and science throughout the whole planet.
A must for the honest, open minded and unbiased truth seeker of our times, regardless of ideological background or creed.
In our view, a priceless contribution to a much needed new era not only of knowledge but of wisdom and awareness.
"When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them with wisdom".
Brilliant and unmissable!
A great thank you to "The Three Initiates".

This book covers a lot of territory and other reviewers have spoken their minds. Some comments here on one aspect of the teaching: In all our minds, there is a masculine principle and a feminine principle, also called the "I" and the "Me". Vibrations from the "I" stimulate the "Me" and creativity results. Writers, composers, visual artists and inventors create in this way. The "I" consists mostly of will and the "Me" consists mostly of imagination. If these two principles work harmonously in a person, the result is creative originality. Interesting theory as to how we create.

This is a wonderful book. I would recommend it to anyone on the Path.

The Kybalion is undeniably the best introduction to Hermeticism for all beginners and adepts alike. Very well written and demonstrated the principle and laws of Hermes Trismegestus, and is a great way to set ground for more advanced studies in Hermetics. Highly recommened.

I love the way Maria not only lays everything out for you in a step-by-step method, but she also takes you on a journey of the psychology behind why people respond to direct marketing.

For people who want to use the itnernet to sell a product online, this book has it all. Furthermore...beyond just websales, it is a great and valuable book about direct marketing methods in general.

She knows her stuff. I found myself, taking notes on my kindle and highlighting numerous amounts of text.

In short...buy it...you'll be glad you did!

This book is awesome. I use it as reference for all my web copy. Best book on "web copy" I've read so far. Excellent details.

This book is simply astonishing, and the value of content is unmeasurable.
Mostly, if you are familiar with e-business, internet marketing and yada-yada books, what you usually get is a book, what reads fast, makes you laugh, but after you read it, it lefts zero value for the most purpose, why you bought the book - for growing your business skills.
This book is just opposite. It starts with a tips, hints, how-to-write examples and steps - in so incredible manner, that you READ IT SLOWLY, because you understand, that this is a value, that can not be just skipped fast.
More!
After i read about 50 % of it, I took a notebook, and literally, started from 1 page again, to make a hints on notepad.
And this is a first business book, in my solid over 100 business book collection, where I did so.
And again guess why?
Because Maria Veloso gives you so much hints and tactics that you can use now, that you simply can not read this book like fiction novel - you will forget something, and literally every page contains a gem - the only question for me is why author gives away so much tips and hints - I am afraid she is literally making herself less competitive.

One thing about 2 negative comments there.

Note, that they talk about ethics, morale and bla bla bla. What does it hints you? It says, that book is dangerously powerful, and this is a weapon in your hands, a real weapon in business world to fight against the competitor. Ethics? Heh, your competitor will eat you, and ask waiter for a salt and pepper for better taste if they could, what ethics we can talk in 2008, especially in e-business?

Although I've been selling online for years now, I honestly cannot understand how much I've been missing out on.

I picked up "Web Copy That Sells" thinking I might get 1 or 2 good ideas and make it worth the money.

Boy was I wrong!

I literally got over a dozen incredible ideas that I've now implemented into all my sales copy and have seen a great response already - just within a few days.

I now use it for all my e-mails, sales pages, signature files, and everything else that would be considered "copy".

I highly recommend this book to ANYBODY writing online - whether you're a full time copywriter or a beginner just starting out!

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...And even advanced copywriters will gain some valuable insights. The main point that Maria makes in "Web Copy That Sells" could be summed up in the phrase "Know your customer". Specifically, she impresses on the reader that most people surfing the web are in a very specific psychological state (information-seeking) that you have to understand so that you can structure your writing in a way that grabs their attention immediately and leads them through the sales process. The best parts of the book:

1. Maria shares her "blueprint" for writing effective copy on the web. 5 questions that you can use to essentially form the framework of your sales letter before you've even started writing.

2. Psychological devices taken from NLP and other branches of psychology that get your prospects more involved in your copy and increase conversion.

3. An easy formula for writing "mouthwatering bullets" that paint a picture of how your customers lives will improve when they purchase your product.

4. A checklist that you can use to find out if your copy has as many sales-inducing elements as possible, and how to troubleshoot if things go wrong.

All in all, I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to pursue a lucrative career in online copywriting, or anyone who just wants their copy to have an "unfair advantage" over the competition (haha marketing cliche).