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My children were very inspired by this book when we used it last year in our home-education curriculum for 1st and 3rd grade. Write Away is written on a second grade reading level, with language that draws the kids in, and gets them interested enough to read on.

It starts with a four chapter section on the process of writing, where it covers such fundamentals as pre-writing and drafting, revising and checking, and sentences and paragraphs. The second section covers various forms of writing with an introduction to each new form of writing, and then an example, using a cartoon student for your child to identify with as the "author", and finally, a step by step guide for your child to walk through as they try their hand at it.

The third section of the book is entitled, "Tools of Learning", and concisely covers basic reading skills, introduces ideas about speaking and listening, and basically gets a student's feet wet with new terms and ideas such as "getting organised", "working in groups", and "taking tests". Next, there is a section on proofreading, followed by a student almanac. All in all, it's a simple, yet thorough coverage of writing concepts for the young elementary aged student.

My children and I spent most of our time enjoying the Forms of Writing section. They loved the easy to understand, friendly language, and had fun trying all the different forms presented, there favourite was the "circle story". I was very impressed with this book, simply because my children learned a lot, and had fun doing it. I'll be using it again next year with my second grader.

This is one of the best all around resource books for younger elementary children that I have ever come across. It covers many areas in many subjects in the simplest way possible. My granddaughter uses it for all of her classes and she is home schooled.

I started using this book in my philosophy classes as a supplement for student writing and thinking. The book uses Bloom's taxonomy to build student thinking and writing from the simply understanding what you are reading (being to able to paraphrase and summarize) to applying it, analyzing and evaluating it, and finally synthesizing it with your own beliefs. Edwards' explanations are short but very much to the point, and she includes examples both good and bad to clarify her ideas. Her basic belief I think is right on: the best way to understand a topic is to have to write about it. More people need to see this connection between thought and paper! Edwards never talks down to you either. This gives the basics principles clearly and concisely, and is an excellent way to improve philosohical thinking and writing!

This book is excellent. It belongs in the same category as Strunk and Whit's book on writing. It is only 106 pages long. But the author uses every inch to deliver sound advice about writing philosophy essays in particular and other kinds of essays in general. In seperate chapters, she explains and illustrates the different kinds of essays that are assigned in college philosophy courses: essays for understanding, application, analysis, evaluation and systhesis. She even discusses how to research philosophy problems and take philosophy exams. She must have worked very hard to pack so much sound advice into such a slim volume. Any philosophy student who "understands" and applies her principles will enhance his GPA dramatically. This book should be required reading in every undergraduate and graduate philosophy course.

You Gotta Wanna: Traits of the Sales Greats is a compendium of tips, tricks, and techniques to stand head and shoulders above one's competitors in sales. From how to make a good first impression, to the psychological advantage of getting the customer to say "yes" to various opening questions before making the sale, to skillfully handling customer objections, managing employees, and much more. Sample questions (with answers provided) throughout drive home the lessons in this practical guide to earning success in a high-pressure trade.

Genre: Self-Help/Business
YOU GOTTA WANNA-Traits of the sales greats
AUTHOR: Thomas Monson & Sarah Kaip
If you want to be successful, rich or both, you have to want it.Your successful life will begin with the very first page of this book.
You Gotta Wanna is guide for sales people in every industry to achieve success by adopting skills, methods and traits that close sales and increase earnings. The book gives 62 strategies for long term success using respect and integrity over fast talking con jobs to get the sale and keep the customer.
Each chapter begins with a question, supplies a most astute, informative answer and then asks the reader questions. The book can be the reader's own personal workbook to success. Topics discussed are varied and in-depth from "Positive Attitude", "Make People Feel Important" to "Customer Service Email", the book overflows with excellent advice and insight for anyone in business whether a salesperson or an executive.
Written in simple layman's terms this book is easy to understand, well written and organized in such a way that it takes the reader step by step to the conclusion-Successful Selling. This book should be in every businessperson's library. I guarantee you will return time after time for up to date, conscientious answers to everyday problems and situations.
Authors, Thomas Monson and Sarah Kaip have taken a dry, sleepy seminar subject and injected enthusiasm, encouragement and sage advice, which excite rather than bore the reader. Monson's sales experience and Kaip's research have combined to produce a practical business tool. Their tactics can be applied to day- to- day living in any interaction with the public. Kudos to the authors for an excellent business guide which is now a part of this reviewer's library. Highly recommended by Allbooks Reviews. Reviewer: Shirley Roe.

Highly informative and visually pleasing large format book. I loved the layout and the pictures throughout. The writing is superb and holds interest on every page. Can't say enough about this early history of Las Vegas!

Joan Whitely's Young Las Vegas is a wonderful book for the living room historian. Joan's writing style and vision of how the book should be read keeps it light and entertaining throughout the text. Rather than being a boring chronology Young Las Vegas is more of a `day in the life' of the different people who shaped the budding center of the world. The text is supplemented by amazing photography and interesting anecdotes that hook the reader into the history of an amazing town.

Each December the Los Angeles Times Book Review recommends books for the holiday season. On December 7, 2003, out of roughly 1,500 titles reviewed, ten books in non-fiction and ten in fiction were singled out as "The Best of the Best." At the top of the non-fiction list appeared Wayne Andersen's THE YOUTH OF CEZANNE AND ZOLA. Truly a marvelous book, art historically and biographically sound, by this leading expert on modern at with previous books on Cézanne, Gauguin, and Picasso. In West Coast/East Coast acclaim,Andersen's BOOK, GAUGUIN'S PARADISE LOST was a New York Times "Book of the Times."

Andersen's excellent and engrossing book is original in that it translates the two men's correspondence at length and successfully challenges the conventional psychoanalytic interpretations of their relationship (which made Cézanne a woman-hater). It will doubtless receive a lot of attention from experts in the visual arts, but for others it will be as interesting as a case study in friendship.
.....as reviewed by Theodore Zeldin in the Los Angeles Times Book Review on 24 August 2003.

I wish this is how history would've been taught when I was in school. I sure would've paid more attention.

Not only is the book's content captivating, the vivid headlines evoke the raw emotions of the past -- the fascination with early automobiles, the terror of natural disasters, the elation of WWII victory, nationwide paranoia during the Red Scare, the joy of man's first step on the lunar surface, the disgrace of Watergate, the horror of the Challenger explosion, the shock of the Columbine shooting, the jubilation at the dawn of the New Millennium and more.

This is the next best thing to actually being there (or alive) when history was made.

I found this book to be informative and a very useful tool for my son who is looking for a soccer playing college with certain criteria. It is thorough and the information saved us a lot of time in visiting some colleges that he thought he was interested in, and it revealed some other schools to us that he is now considering exploring further.

What a handsome book! After visiting Vicksburg, I wanted to know more about that important Civil War battle and siege. The description, maps, chronology chart, and photos really expanded my understanding of the events.
You get first hand accounts from ones who were there (U.S. Grant, an infantryman, Major General William T. Sherman, a captain, a chaplain, a private and other participants including a resident of Vicksburg). I'd wanted a whole book on Vicksburg, but had to settle for the 60 pages that this had.
The other battles included are Chancellorsville (66 pages), Gettysburg (66 pages), Chickamauga (64 pages) and Chattanooga (64 pages). All receive the same thorough treatment with good maps and personal accounts.

Many Americans wonder why anyone would want to take their money offshore. Some might reason that with news of the Dow rising to record levels, inflation being tamed, the unemployment rate standing at its lowest level in six years and the federal deficit being down sharply, that there is no real reason to go offshore. In spite of all the national good news, there are many legitimate reasons for moving money offshore. In a nutshell, all these reasons are based on the fact that offshore rules are different from domestic ones.

Since the French Revolution, the wealthy have moved money offshore to safeguard their assets, to make a decent return, and to avoid paying taxes on their gains. There are currently some 218 jurisdictions that offer these and other special incentives to foreign investors, and many are among the best places on Earth to vacation. For example, the Caymans, three lush islands 475 miles from Miami, do not levy taxes on personal or corporate income, capital gains or your overall wealth. On top of that, the islands' financial-privacy laws can protect your assets from creditors and people who might sue you. It is indeed no wonder why the main street of this tropical paradise is lined with branches of banks from New York City, Amsterdam and Geneva.

The US government frowns on you relocating your money offshore. If everyone could invest abroad and in secrecy and never pay a dime in taxes the federal government would go broke even faster than it already is doing. It is in no way illegal to take your money offshore, even though the government has done its part to try to persuade you to not do so. Although several reporting requirements have been instituted by the government for those who do go offshore, several excellent strategies have been developed to minimize or eliminate them, and for that matter to also minimize any tax effects that such a move might entail.

Furthermore, US citizens are generally required to report income from offshore investments and to pay taxes on this income. Once again, numerous strategies have been developed to eliminate these reporting requirements so that the government will not tax your earnings at a higher rate than if your money had never left home. It is important to understand that this excessive taxation is the government's way to discourage citizens from moving funds offshore because when you move your money offshore, the government loses control.

Some strategies include elements such as chartering your own foreign bank, insurance company, corporation, or establishing a foundation or trust. An offshore corporation, bank, or insurance company is as much a legal entity as you are.

This is by far the most detailed baseball book I have ever used. It is the perfect guide for any young man interested in playing collegiate baseball and also for anyone who needs information on a particular college program.