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I can't say quite enough about how much this book has really helped me with calculus. The teacher I had over the summer at a community college was crap compared to this book, I highly, HIGHLY recommend it.

I took the Calc BC Exam this May. I do not know what else I can say besides that this book will get you a 5 on calc BC. Of course, I got a 5 on it, with the subgrade also being 5. I HIGHLY recommend this book!!!!

After reading the Amazon reviews, I purchased this book and the Kaplan version. I quickly set aside the Kaplan book and focused on "Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams," though. The review information is comprehensive yet abbreviated, as most of the concepts are taught in class. However, enough information is given to fill in any knowledge gaps. The practice after each chapter is good, and the solutions are fully explained. I was particularly impressed with the practice tests. The problems mirrored those on the actual AP Calculus AB exam exactly. There were only a few problems I didn't encounter in this book that were on the AP exam. This book did the trick... I got a 5!

I ordered this book about a month before I took the AP calculus BC exam and it was a life saver. It had everything in it that I wanted. The practice tests were slightly harder than the real AP exam and that is a good thing, because then you are prepared. If you are going to be taking the AP calculus exam I would highly recommend buying this book.

My school does not offer AP Calculus, but by AP rules, you can take the test despite not having the class. So, my son decided to use this book to help him prepare. My son is very good at math, so he was able to learn from the way this presented the material. He ended up getting the highest possible score.

If you have the class-imagine what you can accomplish with this aid.

I felt like I was in the smoldering box car with the characters. Could hardly breath! Made me want to do something, anything to help.A very timely story.

This book is exceptional. The author really puts you where the story is being held, in a box car. It is so well written that I could not put it down. I read this book in 3 days. I recommend this book to anyone who just reads ordinary novels. This book is not a novel, it will take you on a journey most people never even think about.

This novel keeps your eyes glued to the page in white-knuckled suspense. Can't wait to get ahold of Martinez's much anticipated second novel, _Drift_, due out from Picador in April 2003.

Martinez does a great job bring you into the story and making you feel like you are on inside the cramped boxcar with the other men. Martinez also uses his superior talent to use dreams to describe past events.-New York Times Book Review

Intrigued by an actual news story relating the deaths of undocumented workers found in a railroad boxcar, Martinez envisions what prompted these deaths in this book. This is an intense story about Luis' crossing to the United States and the unexpected events that take place in the boxcar. Here, Luis must deal with his personal demons and yet stay strong in body and mind in order to survive. Martinez does an outstanding job relating the story with detail and emotion. He gives readers insight to what desperate immigrants attempt at doing in search of a better life and yet no know the risks involved. I agree, this book was hard to put down.

This is a great book to read to children; fun and ridiculous. The illustrations are excellent. I would recommend.

Thanks for the quick shipping! The book is in perfect condition as described.

A great read filled with colorful illustrations & all the usual excitement you'd expect to find in a troll adventure. Of course, there is also a beautiful princess to be rescued. I don't know why Amazon lists the reading level as "baby, pre-school"!!! No baby or pre-schooler would sit through the first page. Maybe the illustrations would interest that group, but the amount of reading is far too lengthy. As a "read alone" book, I would say it is best suited for grades 3 and up.

My grandsons loved this book. The illustrations are beautiful and the tales are quaint. We will be certain to treasure this book for years.

As someone who is trying to cultivate a love of literature AND a lengthy attention span in my homeschooled children, I *did* purchase this for my pre-schooler and he sat happily through the entire book (3 evenings worth of reading for us). The d'Aulaire illustrations were, as always, engaging, soft, and encouraging to the child's imagination. Detailed without taking over the telling of the tales. Basically, it covered all of my criteria to be purchased: well written and if it has illustrations they need to be worthy of the story and worth looking at.

The down side to this book is that it is in some ways a long treatise on trolls that happens to include some stories as examples. This means that your child ends the book having been exposed to a lot of the folk beliefs of Scandinavian trolls, with a limited number of stories, and that it doesn't simple cut-off points for bedtime reading. On the other hand, it means it is a book worth revisiting as a child grows older; in our case so our children will be versed in the folklore and belief of their ancestors. A simpler bedtime book with lovely woodblock illustrations would be Lise Lunge-Larsen's "The Troll with No Heart in His Body." It is a collection of the stories with very brief intros that can be included or omitted according to the moment (at bedtime with my pre-schooler I tend to leave them out; when reading during the day I am more likely to include them).

I'm not really suggesting one book over the other. In a search for either cultural literacy or multiculturalism, both have their place and are both well told, well illustrated and will add to your child's imaginative landscape.

I was absolutely floored by how good this book was as both a biography and also an introduction to the basic arguments, counterarguments, challenges, and triumphs of the theory of evolution. Every major objection is touched on: half a wing, the divine watchmaker, the "lack" of transitional forms, "blending" of mutations back into the wild type. The book even covers the Scopes trial, the modern synthesis, and the issue of Social Darwinism. And the story of Darwin himself is compellingly and fairly told. The theory itself is explained in straightforward terms that are easily understood, and the objections are dealt with intellgently and rationally.

Bravo, Kristan Lawson. This book is a tour de force of clear explanation and fascinating character study.

I bought this book for my 8 year old granddaughters but before giving it to them I decided to read it myself. I could not put it down. It is very well written, thorough and entertaining. Also, the suggested activities are very helpful. I highly recomend it not just for children but for adults who want to get acquainted with the life of Darwin and with his theory of evolution.

I was more looking for great activities for my classroom but most of this book is a history of Charles Darwin and his life's work with random activities dispersed throughout. The writing is well done and its an easy read for kids.

Lawson's book Darwin and Evolution for Kids is engagingly written and nicely presented. It has won some very positive reviews and NSTA-CBC endorsement. Nonetheless, it is a poor source for factually correct information. Lawson misrepresents the history of evolutionary thinking before Darwin; the role of the Bible and of the Catholic Church in Medieval culture; the validity of Malthus's theories of human population growth; the economic effects of the Industrial Revolution on worker standard of living; evolutionary explanations based on species being related; distinctions between scientific claims and non-scientific claims; and the nature of both scientific and religious inquiry. His book also suffers from many technical errors that may come back to haunt students who take a real biology course in high school or junior high. For example, Lawson misdefines "genetic drift" (p. 132) as follows:

"Genetic drift means that some traits may arise at random that are neither helpful nor harmful to an organism's chances for survival. New genes may also appear that have no effect on an organism's form."

Many biology students will probably recognize that this is a definition of "neutral mutation", not of "genetic drift" (which instead refers to the accumulation of random changes in allele frequencies in a population). Such errors and confusions in basic biology concepts and terminology undermine the book's attempts to present the scientific content of evolutionary theory.

Some examples of historical and factual errors (and possible corrections) in Chapter 1 (pages 1-11) are as follows.

Lawson: The Catholic Church reigned supreme in Europe from about 400-1400 A.D.

Correction: Europe had a complex history of local rulers and peoples struggling for supremacy between 400 and 1400. None emerged as a supreme ruler, and the survival and independence of the Catholic Church were often in doubt. Some of the powerful groups competing for the conquest and reign of Europe between 400 and 1400 included: Islamic invaders; Germanic kings (one of whom deposed the Catholic Pope), tribes, and emperors; Viking raiders; barbarian hordes (Magyars and others), Turks, the Byzantine Empire, and the Holy Roman Emperors. Lawson's claim that "The Catholic Church reigned supreme in Europe from about 400-1400 A.D." is incorrect and misrepresents this thousand years of European history. www.etss.edu/hts/hts2/notes21.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Schism

Lawson: While the Catholic Church reigned supreme in Europe (400-1400 A.D.), "evolutionary thinking disappeared entirely".

Correction: The theory of evolution by natural selection was articulated by Moslem scholars during this period (in the ninth century, while the Moslem empire ruled in Spain and other parts of Europe) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_medicine

Lawson: During the supreme reign of the Catholic Church, from about 400-1100 A.D., belief in the literal truth of the Bible was enforced by law.

Correction: During the Middle Ages, from about 400-1400 A.D., Catholic and Jewish scholars questioned and challenged the meanings of Biblical passages. Symbolic and allegorical interpretations of the Bible were an important part of medieval culture. www.experiencefestival.com/a/Hermeneutics_-_Medieval_hermeneutics/id/1292296

Lawson: During the supreme reign of the Catholic Church, from about 400-1100 A.D., the ancient philosophers were forgotten.

Correction: During the Dark and Middle Ages, from about 400-1400 A.D., the Catholic Church preserved the thinking of ancient philosophers, against great odds (especially, attacks on civilization by barbarians), and prevented the ancient philosophers from being forgotten. The ideas of ancient philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato were closely studied and profoundly influenced the teachings of the Catholic Church. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_of_Hellenic_philosophy_on_Christianity

Lawson: Scientific discoveries, such as that the Earth moves around the Sun, showed that the Bible is not always literally correct.

Comment: The key roles of non-literal interpretations (symbolism, poetry, metaphor, allegory, and story) in the Bible were well recognized over 1000 years before Copernicus, and contributed to the development of a rich tradition of biblical hermeneutics in the Middle Ages.

Lawson: Malthus emphasized that there were too many people in the world.

Correction: Malthus predicted that unchecked population growth in England and other countries *would* eventually lead to mass starvation or other disasters *if* nothing were done to prevent population growth from exceeding growth in food supply.

Lawson: Darwin understood that the same [Malthusian] laws apply to all other animals as well as humans: most baby animals never grow up, because they starve or are eaten.

Comment: Malthus's predictions turned out to be false. Food supply grew much faster, not slower, than populations, in England and other countries. Unlike other species, humans reduced their population growth rates as they became more prosperous. p. 55 of New Ideas from Dead Economists, by T.G. Buchholz, notes that, while philosophers like Malthus were speculating about the fate of man, "[E]ighteenth-century farmers were perfecting powerful methods to expand output. ... [F]rom 1700 to 1800, output per worker doubled in England... Several innovations account for the leap, including crop rotation, seed selection, better tools, and the use of horses instead of oxen, reducing plowing time by almost 50 percent. By 1750, rapid progress allowed England not only to feed her citizens, but to export an additional percent in cereals and flours. ... In the United States today, only a small percentage of the population is needed to feed all America and export millions of tons of food abroad."

Lawson: Darwin correctly reasoned that evolution was the *only* possible explanation for the striking similarities between species: different species are related to each other (sharing common ancestors), and so have common traits.

Correction: This (monophyletic) evolution is *not* the only possible explanation for striking similarities between species. Species that are not closely related to each other may still develop striking similarities (such as wings of birds, bats, and pterodactyls). Such "convergent evolution" provides one example of how similarities can arise without common ancestry.

Lawson: Before about 1800, English society consisted of fabulously wealthy aristocrats at the top and poor, hungry, and downtrodden peasants at the bottom. The Industrial Revolution brought about a new, rapidly growing, middle class.

Correction: The middle class in England developed with the rise of towns, around 1000-1200 A.D. The English middle class was well developed by 1215 A.D. (signing of the Magna Carta) and helped to govern England in subsequent centuries. The Industrial Revolution did not create the middle class, but created a new class of fabulously wealthy industrial capitalists and also hugely improved the standard of living for all classes. www.econlib.org/library/Enc/IndustrialRevolutionandtheStandardofLiving.html

Lawson: The Industrial Revolution led to crowded, dirty, and poverty-stricken cities. The poor were still poor - they just had different jobs, in uglier surroundings. The Industrial Revolution brought difficulties for workers, but was interpreted as progress by other Victorians.

Correction: The Industrial Revolution reduced poverty and hugely improved the standard of living for all classes. Even Karl Marx acknowledged that workers benefited tremendously in improved standard of living from the Industrial Revolution: "But in Capital, written in the face of irrefutable evidence that workers were better off than they had been, [Marx] retreats, claiming only that workers have a smaller share of the wealth [but are better off in absolute terms] than before", Buchholz, p. 141. See also www.econlib.org/library/Enc/IndustrialRevolutionandtheStandardofLiving.html.

Lawson: "A scientist is convinced that a theory is correct because it is the best way to explain known facts."

Correction: Scientists often disagree - sometimes passionately - about the best way to explain known facts. They use experiments to test rival theories. Many theories that most scientists once believed offered the best way to explain known facts - such as the theories of spontaneous generation, phlogiston, and the ether - were later discarded after experiments failed to confirm their predictions. (Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions presents a very different account from Lawson's about how scientists form convictions and interpret evidence, typically based on fit to a prevailing paradigm.)

Lawson: "A religious person holds a belief because he or she feels that it is true, or because a holy person or document says it is true. ..."[R]eligious beliefs are not based on the world of science at all."

Correction: Many famous religious persons, such as Descartes and Isaac Newton, held religious beliefs because they concluded that such beliefs provided the best way to explain already known facts (such as that people think and can make choices.)

Today, many scientists hold religious beliefs because they have concluded that these beliefs provide the best way to explain recently discovered facts about the natural world of science (such as the apparent "fine-tuning" of conditions in the universe to support evolution and life). For these people, religious beliefs are supported by the world of science. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_universe

Lawson: "A religious belief can never be proved or disproved."

Correction and comments: Religious beliefs, like scientific beliefs, can be disproved if they make testable predictions that turn out to be wrong. For example, the Millerite religious belief that Christ would return in 1844 was disproved when he did not do so.

Many people (such as the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes) have held that religious beliefs can be proved through evidence and reason.

Some people believe that important religious beliefs are proved by direct observation (witnessing or revelation). Such observations are usually private and not experimentally repeatable.

Lawson: "Only facts ["information that can be tested or documented"] can be proved."

Correction: Many truths of mathematics and logic (such as Fermat's Last Theorem or Gödel's Theorems) can be proved, even though they are not "facts" according to Lawson's definition (they do not consist of empirical information that can be tested or documented.) Many philosophers over the centuries have believed that at least facts about God can be proved by reason, similarly to truths of mathematics and logic.

Lawson: "The real difference between religious beliefs and scientific theories is that beliefs cannot be questioned or challenged, because they are seen as coming from God."

Correction: Both religious beliefs and scientific claims can be (and have been) extensively questioned, challenged, and modified over time. However, only scientific claims (which are typically about *how* the world works) can be tested experimentally. Religious claims (which are typically about *why* the world works as it does, or about how we should respond to it) are tested in other ways, such as by coherence with experiences of the natural world and of our relations with others.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tfWtCZB_A

Comment: Lawson's book ignores another "real difference between religious beliefs and scientific theories". Religious beliefs differ from scientific theories in the kinds of questions about the world that they are capable of addressing. Religion addresses questions such as: What is my calling in life (and how am I called?) Is God real, and, if so, what relation with God should I seek? How? How should we interpret and respond to evil? How should I live? Why am I conscious? How are moral choices possible, and what kinds of choices make people better or worse? Such questions are extremely important (and interesting), but they are not scientific questions. (The distinction between religious and scientific questions is addressed further in books by the physicist and priest Polkinghorne.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Polkinghorne


The above list of examples of mistaken, misleading, and unwarranted statements is from just the first 11 pages (Chapter 1) of Lawson's book. Others occur in the rest of the book; enumerating all of them (for example, on molecular mechanisms of evolution) would require a much longer review.


Some parents (and scholars) may be offended by Lawson's dismissive description of religious belief as being based only on feeling or authority, in contrast to the views of religious scholars who "hold that faith is merely the virtue by which we hold to our reasoned ideas, despite moods to the contrary" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith).

On scientific method, Lawson's explanation of "facts, theories, and beliefs" (p. 10) is muddled. It omits the crucial roles of hypotheses, speculation, and inference in science. It suggests that searching for explanations based on reasoning from observed evidence belongs exclusively to science, but not to religion.

Catholic parents should be aware that Lawson's portrayal of the role of the Catholic Church in medieval Europe emphasizes an unattributed picture of tortures (p. 3)and does not mention the Catholic Church's roles in preserving and sustaining Western civilization throughout the Dark Ages (nor that that tortures used by the Catholic inquisitors -- which never occurred in England -- were less severe than those in general use at the time by secular courts, www.experiencefestival.com/a/Medieval_Inquisition_-_Inquisition_procedure/id/1756302.)

Lawson inexplicably ignores the contributions of Islam to evolutionary theory and to European science and scholarship during the Middle Ages (including the first fully articulated theory of evolution based on natural selection, in the ninth century).

Some possible web sites to complement and correct the material in this book might include the following:

http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_2.htm

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookEVOLI.html

http://evolvethought.blogspot.com/2005/06/misunderstanding-evolution.html

Parents unconcerned with accuracy in history, biology, or religion, but interested in teaching their children to dismiss all religious beliefs and thinking as unreasonable, authoritarian, and irrelevant to the world of science, may find Darwin and Evolution for Kids useful in encouraging children to adopt these beliefs.

This is an outstanding book for children, and adults as well. This wonderfully laid out science book, succinctly addresses the "when, where, why, and how" life on this planet began. By encouraging readers to define the difference between theories and beliefs, facts and opinions, "Darwin and Evolution for Kids" addresses religiously inspired debates with fact and eloquently and tells the story of evolution.

The best money I ever spent on something about Doctor Who. Great reading and packed with info. You won't be dissapointed.

great book ,well written great pictures and inside information on how the new series is made.I can't wait to receive the Doctor Who encyclopedia which i just ordered and hope to be receiving next week.

Now that the new Doctor Who series has established itself as something of a success, one can expect a wave of books to come out cashing in on that success--novels, monster guides, glitzy reference books, and so on. And after all, why not? But while "Doctor Who: The Inside Story" at first glance appears to be part and parcel of this wave, in fact it's quite a bit more substantial and informative as well as thoroughly enjoyable.

It's the "Inside Story" on two levels. First of all, it covers the making of the show (first two series/seasons and a foretaste of the third, that is) in great depth and detail. The deliberations behind the show's revival are revealed, the responsibilities of the many people responsible for the show's creation are described, and the manner in which the show is actually produced by this team--both overall and episode by episode--is fleshed out enough to satisfy all but maybe the most fanatical fan's curiosity. The rationale behind certain aspects and characteristics of the show in general as well as particular stories is also touched on in a satisfying manner. All of this comes complete with facts about cast & crew, studios & filming locations and all of that good stuff as well as superbly lavish illustrations, the most interesting of which (for me, anyway) are the early concept designs. Some the initial ideas for the new Cybermen, for instance, are particularly arresting, some very much anime-inspired and some much more cybernetically ghoulish than the final version. Anyway, the book is very much enjoyable and informative both visually and verbally.

Secondly, though, all of this is told through the words of the insiders themselves. The author himself (Gary Russell) is on the script-editing team, and he pieces together the whole story through extensive interviews with and quotes from the producers, writers, directors, actors, and the many brilliant folks in charge of costumes, sets, and make-up, to say nothing of the special effects artists/technicians/magicians. All of this is weaved into a comprehensible narrative (though keeping track of all the names gets a bit daunting sometimes), certainly, but make no mistake, this is no unofficial guide. A few tense, snippy moments are alluded to and the account seems honest enough rather than contrivedly PR, but the overall tone is extremely celebratory and enthusiastic. Which also means that all the heart and soul, the loving care that goes into the creation of this wonderful show is unashamedly, unabashedly indulged in, and it's a bit infectious, actually--a few times I started feeling a bit petty for nitpicking this or that episode. Well, colder and more objective analysis will be the task of others all in good time, but the initial joy, wonder, and fun of the show is captured right here, and that in a manner that only contributes to the documentary quality of this fine book as a whole.

I confess that I never cared for Dr. Who during its first twenty five years that ended fifteen years ago. It was only shown in segements on PBS in this area and frankly being a hard line Star Trek and science fiction fan there was nothing that appealed to me.

I once asked Englsih friends about this and they excused the show by saying "When Dr. Who began we didn't have Star Trek, Twilight Zone and all your great shows. It was all we had." I know there were big Dr. Who fans even then, in this country, and had students who dressed up as "The Doctor" at science fiction conventions.

Then a few months ago BBC-America began showing the first of the two new seasons and the Sci Fi Channel showed some from the second season. My wife, grandkids and I were blown away and I have since bought the DVDs from the two new years and eagerly await the third. I have even bought some of the new novelizations for the kids and myself as well as toys from England. A friend over there also secured for me an authentic Billie Piper autographed picture.

That brings us to this very excellent book, Dr. Who: The Inside Story. It is very well crafted with the story about how the show came about and has beautiful pictures. It also covers the first two seasons with details on each episode. The latter is so well done you will have to see the shows even if for the third time (as it will be in our case). The book has everything a fan would want and more.

I must mention that as a Christian and a teacher there is so much I can use from the DVDs and this book to teach some great lessons. That may not have been the purpose of those who put the show together, however as C.S. Lewis has advocated, writers do not have complete control over their art and God can find a way of using even the most offbeat material. C.S. Lewis himself wrote science fiction and fantasy and not just books on theology. J. R. R. Tolkein also was a theologian, but is best known for his Lord of the Rings series. Yes, there is a lot or religious significance in Dr. Who whether intended or not.

I highly recommend this book for all whether they have seen the show or not.

A great insider view. The book covers initial thoughts by the BBC to bring back the show, Russell T. Davies vision, outlining the stories, the casting process (John Barrowman was cast in 12 hours - an unheard of time), the mockups for sets, how the shows were made (each director did his/her block altogether) and at the end of the book (probably the last third) covers both seasons episode by episode.

The book covers issues like why did Davies get rid of the Time Lords? The TARDIS is alive? Why anchor the stories with recurring characters on Earth?

All in all, a great find. It's a fascinating glimpse into how a show gets up off the ground.

I really like the series the Dog Whisperer and I have a lot of respect for the work Cesar does, esp. with the "red zone" cases. He saves a lot of dogs from being put down due to behavioral problems. This was a good book with a lot of cases histories and any Cesar fan will enjoy it!

This nifty guide to National Geographic's Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan is perfect for anyone from the casual viewer to the dedicated fan/dog owner who wishes to improve his or her (pack) leadership skills.

The book contains a summary of each episode: namely, the problem(s) shared by the dog(s) and its owners, what methods Cesar uses to overcome the dog's issues and the owners' issues, how he develops the owners' leadership skills, re-unites owner with dog for a successful "re-union" where the owner demonstrates leadership mastery over the dog, and then provides a quick follow-up of what happened after Cesar left; i.e. if the owner(s) were able to continue Cesar's way with the dog(s), whether Cesar had to return, or if the dog(s) had to be given up for adoption.

The book is divided into sections classified by problems behaviors; for instance, food aggression, barking, and so forth. When searching for the exact episode to view for the solution to a specific problem, this is the ideal, and perhaps, the only approach. In this, Milio's organization is to be praised.

Overall, this is an excellent resource for all dog fanciers and owners--not merely those who are fans of Cesar Millan's show and philosophy.

This is a very informative book showing a brief synopsis of all his
season 1 through 3. I have caught with his show using this book, as I have not been watching long. I recommend it to anyone who loves dogs
and stories about them and their owners. Enjoy

I find this book very helpful to the dog owner. You can find the episode that matches your dog's behavior,which can give you tips on what to do with your dog,learning how Cesar works with the dog and the dog's owner basically learning how to interact with the dog,and doing what can keep the dog,as Cesar says,"calm and balanced". A Great book I recommend it!

I am SO grateful to have this particular tool by Cesar Millan to go with the Season DVDs. "Dog Whisperer Show Season 3" DVD is supposed to be released around July 8th, 2008, I hear.

I have had a large (2600 member) Yahoo email list for over 3 years now. This list has had over 14,500 members, who have used different elements of Cesar's solutions to solve the problem behaviors of their dog successfully, as well as to understand how to prevent them in the future. One of the greatest challenges we have faced there, is remember which episodes covers what kind of problems, with what kind of dogs in what kind of conditions. The episode guide makes finding those answers so fast now!

I am not sure which elements of this book I love more. The dog breed guide so when I am looking for problems Cesar has addressed by breed so I could just refer to that list. "Two days ago, someone was asking about their non-stop braying beagle Cesar solutions and they said they watched the TV show on Nat Geo. In just minutes, I had a list of the 6 episodes from Season 1-3. I LOVE my Season DVD's also available here but am constantly frustrated that there are only two line descriptions and in the 317 episodes from just those three seasons, I CANNOT remember which episode I saw what solution!

Having the Season 1-3 Episode guide solved that because NOW I was able to not only talk about which episodes were specific to beagles "who do have some - uhhhh, unique breed challenges that most urban people are not skilled enough to solve - g" but I was able to specifically refer to my top two favorite solutions for this kind of dog, that was used in the specific episodes for them to be able to watch and SEE what they could do themselves!

I also LOVE to read or write about the follow up stories of the successes that the dog owners have had including the simple recognition of the fact that the dog requires more work then they were willing to give and the subsequent successful re-homing into a forever home with people who understand how to work with that kind of dog to simply changing the HUMAN behavior to change the dog behavior into the desired outcome!

Since I work with so many rescue dogs and dog groups, I actually bought a second book to carry with me in the car so I can look up solutions BECAUSE if you go to the video page of the National Geographic Website you can see video clips of these same episodes to go with the book so you don't even NEED to GET the Nat Geo channel!!!

This book solves the problem that comes because the video clips only show the solution/result. I you have the book you can now get the whole overview, background not even discussed in the show and behind the scenes information to get context!

Then, if you get the free software Miro, you can download these clips into your computer to look up whether you are online or not or if you have an IPOD, to download those whole episodes to watch, based on what you identify that you need to look at from the information in this book! Finally you can amble over to youtube and see other video about successful Cesar's way examples.clips, including mine (under /cjanderson, where I show ten concrete examples of how I have used Cesar's Pack Leader techniques that I learned from the episodes discussed in THIS book's pages to help rehab over 25 problem dogs who were going to be euthanized if someone didn't step forward to help, and the someone who stepped forward here with those dogs was just me, a dog lover who watched and learned from the episodes listed in this wonderful guide!

It has never been easier to show someone else the simple and often easily and safely replicatable solutions to change problem dog behaviors using this guide with the online free videos of Cesar's Dog Whisperer Shows!

Eric Sloane truly loves his subject and his detailed descriptions and accompanying drawings of old barns make this a fascinating book. Part history, part art, this book catalogs the different styles of barns common in our nation. After reading this book you'll have a much greater appreciation of American barns and sight seeing in rural America will become a much richer experience.

Wonderful art and historical images. Delivery was prompt and the book was in great condition.

Other reviewers have done a good job of describing this and I agree with them. I'll just add that this wonderfully illustrated book really brought the memories flooding back.

Eric Sloane is known to many of us who love traditional country things as the superb and prolific American artist and author who gave us books with good words and even better drawings. Sloane was an accidental historian of that era of American life when agriculture was king. I cherish my copies of his A Museum of Early American Tools and A Reverence For Wood.

The Age of Barns was first published in 1967. I saw this 2001 version lying on a table in a friend's house and begged to borrow it. The sub-title is An Illustrated Review of Classic Barn Styles and Construction. It is more than that as it also shows silos, root cellars, springhouses, sugarhouses, corn cribs and smoke houses. Also shown are tools of barn builders, construction methods, types of ventilation systems and even hinge design.

Sloane shows the evolution of this most important structure with examples large and small and from many places. Medieval, English, German, American barns. Small and large log barns. The Appalachian overhung-loft barn built on two cribs, decorated Pennsylvania barns, a Georgia barn, a Maine barn, a Tennessee saltbox barn. Pent roofs, gambrel roofs, extended bays, threshing bays. Connecting barns, built so the farmer could do a winter day's chores without going outside.

I have known two barns intimately. The barn on our Wisconsin farm was a classic two-story bank barn built of stone on the lower level with hand-hewn posts and beams above, a cupola topping it off. The farmer whose death allowed my parents to buy the farm had been an alfalfa producer so the barn had huge mows that were filled both from the outside using a hay hook and from the inside where teams and wagons were taken straight in and through. The dairy herd was housed in the lower section next to the sixteen-foot silo. I pulled a lot of, um, teats in that barn.

The humble hillbilly barn at Heartwood in Missouri has two sections separated by a drive-through. In barns this design is called double-crib; in houses it is called a dog-trot. The construction is of hewn oak logs with half-dovetail corners. The logs are held off the ground only with loose stones, so early deterioration was inevitable. When the barn was still in pretty good shape we took a family photo one Fourth of July. My cousin and I hung the huge American flag that was hand-sewn by a grandmother for Lincoln's inauguration and we all posed in front of it on the ground.

Born in 1905, Eric Sloane died in 1985, walking to a luncheon in his honor celebrating his memoir, Eighty: An American Souvenir. His fine books will live on long after him, a legacy of focus and craftsmanship.

Sloane's books capture the romanticism of the past better than any picture books, and that is certainly true for his An Age of Barns. The beautiful line drawings range from evocative perspectives to working sections, giving you a good idea of how these barns worked. There are Shaker round barns, traditional gambrel barns, Amish barn raisings and a wide variety of outbuildings associated with the early American farmstead. He lovingly focuses on hinge details, stairs and ventilation openings. Sloane's eye never missed a detail, and for anyone who loves old barns this is the book to get.

In writing a review of this book, I must first state that I am probably not one of the greatest fans of the 1960s TV series. With that said, I also confess that I didn't exactly hate it either. It was an entertaining show produced more than forty years ago that was initially hard for me to remember. What I like best about the book is the enthusiasm of its reviewers, and their skill in thoroughly describing and reviewing the good and not so good elements of this old series. Also admirable, is their successful rekindling of my interest in the show. Proof of this rekindling is the fact that after reading Volume I of the series I readily bought the first season DVD offering and have been regularly watching the shows. Volume 2 is probably even better written than Volume 1, and I recommend both books to fans of the series, and anyone wanting to know more about the series. When the episodes for Season Two get released on DVD this book will become even more valuable. For the record, I think the old series was superior to the 1990s movie starring Harrison Ford. David Janssen was very well cast in the show. He was a much underrated actor.

A must read for all Fugitive fans. What is unique about this book is that each episode of season two is reviewed in detail and given a poll rating on a scale of 0-10. Follow Richard Kimble and Phil Gerard along with Bob, Kitty, and Ken. Season two has many classic episodes including World's End, Nemesis, Escape into Black, The End is But the Bginning, The Survivors, and May God Have Mercy. This book will be an excellent reference guide to the DVD collection when released.

Volume II of The Fugitive: Views And Reviews, picks up where volume I left off, with more insightful and fact filled reviews and debate of the second season of "The Fugitive" one of television's greatest dramatic series. Also contains viewer poll results for each episode.This volume covers the second season which ran from1964 to 1965, including many classic episodes like "Man In A Chariot", "World's End", "The End Is But The Beginning", and the all time classic "Escape Into Black" from which the cover photo is derived.A perfect companion piece to Volume I which is currently available and a must have for true Fugitive fanatics.Bobbynear

This is the best episode guide yet on The Fugitive. The authors go into such detail and raise points I would never have thought of. I'd recommend it to all Fugitive fans. I hope another three books will follow, for seasons 2, 3 and 4!

The authors of this book put in painstaking effort to review each episode of The Fugitive starring David Janssen. They personally watch each episode more than once, research background information, and blend in their views stemming from what they have gathered from the characters and storyline before each episode, as well as real-life parallel history to either confirm or deny plausibility of plot.

I recommend this book very much as a companion to any Fugitive fan who is going through one or all of the episodes.

Mitch

I keep this book under my coffee table along with my copy of Psychotronic and Maltin, and find myself picking it up virtually every week for reasons that range from trivia to enlightenment to even "toilet seat treat" and my only wish is that there was an updated edition or sequel covering TV since 1989! This book is a must for any 'scholar' of television and as cheap as it appears to be in the Amazon Marketplace, there's no excuse not to have one! Harry....Wally....please come back and make us a new one! We need it for the 21st century!!!!

An absolutely great reference book. Its sequel was long overdue. They do underrate 'Car 54' a little, though... (!)

This is one of the best reference guides ever written for all those classic tv enthusiests! It not only has information on shows that had successful runs but those shows that didn't last more than one season or possibly not past the pilot show. It is light easy fun reading and a great book to have in my collection when I ask myself "what was that show..you know with the guy and the girl and that whachamacallit", and you can usually find your answer. If you can find this book used,(since it is out of print and hard to find), grab it and enjoy! Thanks Harry & Wally!

Why is it that that "Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows" is now in an 8th edition, while "Harry and Wally" has been out of print for years? The "Complete Directory" is nothing but a dry, boring recitation of shows' premises, whereas "Harry and Wally" is like a roundup of well-written short essays on whether some obscure show would be worth your time. (I refered to it recently when Trio did a special run of "East Side/West Side.") The more classic the show, the better and longer the write-up, too. They also score extra credit with me, as an original series "Star Trek" die-hard, for a great write-up on my favorite series.

I've hoped for years for an updated edition of Harry and Wally. C'mon guys, where did you go? What gives?

It's a shame this book isn't in print anymore. It's an even BIGGER shame that there was never an updated edition. The book came out in the late 1980s, and so much has happened in television since then. Harry and Wally, if you're out there, how about writing a sequel?

Even though it's more than a decade out of date, "Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows" is still a valuable reference work for students of pop culture or just fans of classic TV. It covers a great many series that other TV books skip over, including series on PBS and shows imported from the UK. The idea of giving each series a rating from zero stars to four stars also sets "Favorite TV Shows" apart from other similar books. Better yet, the reviews are usually right on the money.

I am totally satisfied when I received this book from the seller. It was totally new as said and the shipping was fast too.

Excellent resource for quick, concise, to the point information. It's an easy read and may be completed easily within one week.

This book is very easy to read, with good explanations for the ethics concepts that are applied in the US medical field.
I find this book very helpful to undestand and apply the medical ethics concepts in the questions presented in the USMLE format. Explanations are case related which give an easy way to follow and review the material.

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