Games Books

I just got mine and to be fair, Im really dissapointed. It supposed to hold the psp but it just need to turn to get the psp out. It also look fancy but Im not sure if it'll protect for real

I am not the type who needs organizational help when planning a party, so this was great for just getting to the games. There are so many, no matter what type of baby shower you're throwing, you'll be sure to find what you're looking for.

This book was an excellent resource!!! There are so many great ideas that I had a hard time narrowing it down to just a few for my friends shower. I highly recommend this book to anyone giving a shower.

100+ Baby Shower Games is a collection of fun and simple games especially for commemorating a special delivery in the life of a family member or friend! Ideal for baby showers, a great antidote to baby blues, and sure to liven up parties and gatherings, 100+ Baby Shower Games offers suggestions for both before and after a baby's birth, to cheer up moms who may be close at hand or out-of-town. Sample game suggestions include guessing how many safety pins are tucked inside a baby food jar, an active balloon game in which everyone ties a balloon around his or her ankle and tries to stomp other people's balloons while protecting their own, asking guests to fill an empty wine bottle with messages for the baby's 16th birthday (then give the creation to the baby when he or she turns 16), and more. A family-friendly springboard of wonderful ways to celebrate the start of a new life.

100+ Baby Shower Games is a collection of fun and simple games especially for commemorating a special delivery in the life of a family member or friend! Ideal for baby showers, a great antidote to baby blues, and sure to liven up parties and gatherings, 100+ Baby Shower Games offers suggestions for both before and after a baby's birth, to cheer up moms who may be close at hand or out-of-town. Sample game suggestions include guessing how many safety pins are tucked inside a baby food jar, an active balloon game in which everyone ties a balloon around his or her ankle and tries to stomp other people's balloons while protecting their own, asking guests to fill an empty wine bottle with messages for the baby's 16th birthday (then give the creation to the baby when he or she turns 16), and more. A family-friendly springboard of wonderful ways to celebrate the start of a new life.

My kids love this book. I find it challenging for them and that is why it's so good.

I have used these problem of the day sheets in my classroom everyday with great success. I would highly recommend them to any parent or teacher.

This book is a great warm-up or starter for your math class. They are really good higher order thinking questions that provide a great way to begin your class!

My 8th and 9th grade special education students loved these problems. Since I have to do a lot of reviewing with them, they enjoyed the challenge and different format of the problems. I would like more of the same for other topics.

An absolutely great book -- I use for my kids and they love it. I just wish it could be more complete so that it can be used for every pre-college student. I just found a free online resource (K12 Math Problem of the Day) It seemes to target every K12 student.

This is a great book for anybody helping with non-profits in any way, not just directors. Non-profits are providing a public service and ultimately we, the public, are at the top of the organizational chart, we're the boss as the author put it.

This isn't a how-to book as much as it is examples of how-not-to book. The commentaries, insights and stories of various projects establish the "blues" mindset, the reasons behind the problems, which you want to stay away from.

I'm a technology and business consultant so it makes perfect sense to treat non-profit organizations as for-profit businesses. In fact, the reason I purchased the book is for insight on how I can apply my business consulting skills to help non-profits. The ultimate goal is to realize a vision, whether you are trying to make a profit or not. Through the stories you can see how easy it is to create a detrimental mindset and culture that hinders the success of the non-profit.

Every non-profit organization should have this book in their library, and read it.

This book is one great read - it's heady, funny and exquisitely written. Mr. Jenkins is eloquent, clever and brutally honest. Even if you aren't in a position where you report to a board, this book is worth your time. Very insightful, very witty and most helpful... Thanks David, great book!

This book accurately and cleverly captures both the great problems that exist in the world of non-profit management and the unbelieveably simple solutions to those problems. It also articulated clearly and humorously why those simple solutions are so elusive to those who volunteer to "lead" non-profits. This really is a MUST READ text for both the long suffering professionals who make their living guiding the companies that provide such essential services for our communities and those who agree to volunteer as trustees. This sacred trust demands much from each category of servant and Jenkins' book is an invaluable and easily read handbook for both. If you see yourself in his words and the quotes from his contributors then learn from what he tells you. This ought to be subtitled "Know when to hold them and when to fold them."

David Jenkins applies his experience from years of working with non-profit organizations to this smart and entertaining book. Jenkins is not afraid to burn some bridges. His observations and stories, along with many anonymously-attributed comments and anecdotes, make for lively and often irreverent reading. At the heart of the book, however, is Jenkins' passion for his subject: his intense frustration at what he and others have often experienced with non-profits, and his sensible, clear-eyed thoughts on how to make things better.

Having been involved with many, many non profit boards across many different levels of our society for over 30 years, both in Europe and America, I can honestly say that David Jenkin's book is a wake up scream to the non-profit industry - use the 501(c)to achieve something positive. My experience is that 501(c) organizations absolutely waste the diminishing resources and community spirit currently available in these financially challenged times. Community spirit and precious volunteer hours are just being flushed away by egocentric and self-seeking board members who generally have no common sense or experience in running a non-profit enterprise.

This book should be compulsory reading for every 501(c) start up member - and all board members should have to prove annually that they do not come close to matching the accurately drawn prototypical profiles that David has so successfully described.

The 501(c) industry is sinking fast - it is time for the rules of board members to be changed - every board member should have to demonstrate an unequivocal knowledge of the business and to accept the liabilities and to accept public examination in the event of failure - put all non-profits on the same stage that Enron, WorldCom and Tyco have found themselves.

If the status quo remains, the rank and file members of these organizations may just rebel against the uneducated and damaging decisions of the board. Leave the decisions to the paid professionals, and let success be the result.

David Jenkin's book should be the flag that leads to evolution, otherwise non-profit heads will roll through revolution.

Being stuck in mediocrity is quite possibly the worst place a salesman can be, claims "The All-Star Sales Book: Get In the Game, Boost Your Numbers, and Earn the Big Bucks". Selling just enough to get by makes one comfortable, and lacking aspiration - where one who is doing miserably will be motivated to do everything they can to recover and make the most of themselves- to dream of what they want and that drives them. "The All-Star Sales Book: Get In the Game, Boost Your Numbers, and Earn the Big Bucks" hopes to inspire sales people to become more that they can ever hope to be through stories, analogies, anecdotes and more. "The All-Star Sales Book: Get In the Game, Boost Your Numbers, and Earn the Big Bucks" is highly recommended to business people everywhere who need that little kick to get them rolling in life and for community library business collections.

Billy Cox has really put it all together in an easy to read & understand, step by step guide on how to succeed in business and life. My husband and I own a succesful sales company and we have made this book mandatory reading for all of our employees. This book along with Billy's goal setting workbook "The Dream Book" has improved our business and our personal lives dramatically. I will echo what others have said and encourage you to pick up enough of these books for your entire oranization or team.

Although I am not a sales professional, I believe everybody's selling something whether it's to our family members or business associates and "The All-Star Sales Book" will sell you on believing in yourself again. I highly recommend this book for Billy Cox gives you the strategies and techniques to getting and keeping the "winning edge" in life, business, and sales. His book is full of ideas on how to develop and maintain a burning desire to win at the highest levels and to continue raising your personal bar. Moreover, he emphasizes the importance of goal setting, decision making, and taking action and initiative so that you stretch yourself to perform at an All-Star level and get results.

Working in the direct sales industry one can really use a great tool to get re-motivated....this is the tool. Not only does it cover tools for work, but in the home front as well. I would recommend this book to anyone!

CRAAAAAK!! Going!! Going!!...Gone!! Billy Cox has hit yet another one out of the park with The All-Star Sales Book. Billy very clearly and concisely gives you the the keys to unleashing the champion within you in this MUST READ book. Anyone interested in personal development and human performance will take their game to the next level with the gems that Billy provides in this reader friendly masterpiece! No matter who you are or what you do, this is a book that EVERYONE SHOULD OWN.

This is the bible for children's folksongs, with artwork by Barbara Cooney the icing on the cake!

Our family has loved this songbook very much. There are ninety songs in the book. Written by Pete Seeger's sister, American Folk Songs for children has songs each of them suggests an activity. There are songs for going places, songs for knocking on doors and windows, songs for eating, songs for dancing, and many others. I would like to buy a copy as a gift, and I hope there is a reprint date soon.

This is the book with the favorite songs from my long ago childhood. So I bought it for my daughter so she could sing these to my grandchildren.

It has the good songs. Songs with lots and lots of verses. Fun songs for older kids and songs to sing babies to sleep.

This book is a treasure! The introduction gives a wonderful background on these authentic folk songs and how they can be used with children. This is an essential book for music teachers, but also great for parents. Be careful, though, because once the children know the songs you'll hear them over and over again... :)

I own a copy of the original print of this book. It posseses some of the most whimsical little songs I have yet to hear. Its just...fabulous...and I don't even know how to play any instruments....lol

The Ancestral Path Tarot is a visually stunning and spiritually fascinating deck. The Majors are pretty much standard fare; the figures are in the usual poses, although they are shown as belonging to diverse ethnic groups. For example, the woman depicted on Strength is African; the Empress evokes the Middle Eastern mother goddesses; the Star is a Native American. This is one of the few decks I've seen where the Minors are better than the Majors. The artist and author assign a culture to each of the suits: Egyptian and sub-Saharan African cultures for the Staves; Japanese feudalism for the Swords; the Arthurian legend of Britain for the Cups, and a Native American vision quest for the Sacred Circles (pentacles, traditionally). The art is beautiful, and the pictures evoke deep spiritual meaning. Even the suit of Earth (the Sacred Circles), generally interpreted as being "about money", is here a profound exploration of community, resources, isolation, and discovery. Tracey Hoover, the writer of the accompanying booklet, recommends going through the Minors in reverse order, from 10 to Ace. Going through the Sacred Circles, you see the focus shifting from a community to an individual, a young woman who draws aside into seclusion to meet her spirit guide. I'm no Native American expert, but the cards are moving nonetheless. And all of the other suits are just as good. Because every card carries a deep meaning, this is more a deck for spiritual concerns than for mundane ones. Highly recommended to anyone who uses the Tarot for mystical purposes.

Ancestral Path is the most used deck in my collection and I find myself always returning to it. Julia Cuccia Watts has succeeded brilliantly in creating imagery that speaks to the Oversoul and of the many pasts we, as the human body of the world, have shared.. The paintings are exquisite and simultaneously express many levels of meaning. The individual cards often follow traditional symbolism, although there are also quite a few original visual interpretations.

The 4 suits of the minor arcana are represented by four different cultures each in a different period of time; Cups - Arthurian England; Swords - Japanese Samurai cult; Sacred Circles - Native American 1700's; Staves - Egyptian 19th Dynasty of Ramses II. The minor arcana cards are just as detailed and lovely as the majors in this deck and truly come alive in the process of reading with them. I've also found that people I've read for are very drawn to the imagery and seem to connect with the cards in very meaningful ways. This is a deck that could evoke the intuitive aspect in everyone.

In the accompanying book by Tracey Hoover, an "Ancestral Path Wheel Of The Year" using all of the minor arcana cards is delineated. Watts (the author of the Wheel system) does not follow any other astrological/seasonal method I've seen, and yet this Wheel of the Year has proven to lend some valuable insights. As an astrologer, I've found it enlightening to use Julia Cuccia Watts attributions with natal charts linking each planet and house cusp with its corresponding card. A card for ones birth date can also be used for additional insights without delving into astrology.

One of my favorite cards in this deck is key 18, The Moon, showing a huge glowing moon shining over a night-time landscape with a large body of water running north to south. Out of this ancestral pool rises a grey haired grandmother who is weaving patterns of fabric on a loom. This imagery really spoke to me about the emotional habit patterns we weave and have woven in the past and how in becoming more conscious and aware of them and in connecting with the Source, we could choose to weave the fabric of our lives more purposefully.

I've enjoyed using this deck so much! Ancestral Path is a tried and true treasure.

I have a collection of >150 tarot cards. My two favorites are the Ancestral Path Tarot and the Gilded Tarot. However, I do not use the books (although both of these decks came with books). I learned to read cards by intuition and perception of the images from the cards themselves, so I have no opinion on the book. These cards are non-traditional, and I find them best suited to spiritual/karmic/life path questions. I would choose another deck for more grounded questions.

"The Ancestral Path Tarot" by Tracy Hoover is a book of different nature. An anomaly is that The Hanged Man card is changed to The Hanged One. The first part of this little book gives a brief background of the author & the artist. Also presented is why different aspects of the deck are changed. Part two lists all the Major Arcana cards & their correspondences. The correspondences are broke into several parts "Description," "Cultural Images," "Numerology," & "Trump Correspondences." Part three list all the Minor Arcana (swords, staves, cups, & sacred circles) cards along with their "Description," & "Meaning." Part four of the book gives two sample readings & part five talks about the different spreads. In conclusion this book gives a fresh new look upon the Tarot Cards. However if you are a traditionalist then you'd better look elsewhere. The book didn't seem to be anything special however the cards are very well done with beautiful artwork. I personally enjoy working with Tracey Hoover's Ancestral Path Tarot Cards & I'd recommend them to anyone.

The artwork in this deck is truly amazing!! They look like tiny oil paintings.. The deck is multi-cultural and has a feel most people can related to.. Sometimes a deck specifically of one culture can alienate those not of that ethnic background... I think those familiar with traditional Rider-Waite cards would have an easy time transitioning to this deck. Highly reccomended!!!!!

The Best Angel cards...

When we are alone...with no one to talk too...these cards were like having an intelligent... un-conditional... loving....Best Friend...who was not only kind...but...also wise...

We honestly do not know what that kind of healing energy can feel like...as humans...we do not possess this energy...'it is'... a learned skill...So...not only will "We" `See...&...Feel' what true kindness... "IS"... "WE" will also learn how to be it...

AnnE

When I bougth this oracle kit, I expect much more than it can offers, frist the angelic descriptions are poor and weak, they are flat and don't give you any thing new.
The majority angel's faces in the cards are coarse, they have no innocence or tenderness or peaceful or the attributes suppose they have.
But when you use it, It can give you a good advice, this is the only thing good about, maybe is the most important thing, but if you are talking about angels or with them, trought the cards or any other way, You'd expect they be heavenly.
I've this kit in spanish, but I don't think this differ much from the english version.

Every morning, my fiance and I light a candle and draw a card. He asks specific questions, I usually just ask for guidance for the day ahead. They are so inspirational and it reminds us to acknowlege and thank God and the Angels for each new and wonderful day

This is the first angel oracle deck/book I ever bought and I still use it. I love the artwork. The book is excellent on it's own. I have never had a reading with these cards that was bad or un-true. They always come up right. I would recomend this deck to anyone looking for an accurate oracle. If you've never bought angel oracle cards before, I recomend you start with this deck. The spreads listed are easy to remeber and the cards are beautiful and accurate. The info for each card is easy to understand. But like I said I would recomend this to anyone - beginner or advanced.

It's been a long time since I'm looking for a steady reference on Angel Cards, as one more of the personal 'tools' I use to enlarge my study and interest on forms, symbols, ancient and contemporary myths and art images. As I deal with fine arts and artists on my daily work on broadcasting , I felt that all the angel cards and oracles I found only seemed to give me a more or less limited and personal view of each author and some quite futile information. In spite of that, A. Wauters does an honest job when she mentions R.Steiner texts - an historic reference on philosophy and spiritual matters, sometimes not very well known -, or when she collects some simple ancient jews prayers on her book. By choosing a set of beautiful images associated with the past times, she makes us focus not on 'chocolat or fashionable angels' as several other oracles and books do, but on a much more archetypal and neutral visual representation. So, I'll say that A.Wauters book and oracle really matches well on a consequent set that gave me the visual freedom to enjoy the inner 'intuitive realms' of my own and the will to know more about the subject.

Many players played for the Pied Piper(Holcombe Rucker).No one was has great as him though.He was a great man and founder of the Rucker Tournament.Most people who ended up playing in the Rucker Tournamet was better then most players in the NBA.They first started playing just in Harlem,New York then went to playing more teams in New York then more and more teams.They played as far as Mississippi.

this book talks about problems the players and coaches had with racism.Most players got started in the Rucker Park Tournament.After the park tournament they went on to college ball even some went to the NBA!
Asphalt Gods by Vincet M. Mallozziwas a great book about players before professional ball games.This book is a excellent book to pick up and read.

An excellent book. Well worth the read. Great read on the history of the fabled blacktop and the man who dedicated himself to making a difference in people lives. Great read on some of the characters to grace the early days of the tournament. you won't be dissapointed getting this book

Asphalt Gods is the best book on the planet.If you love basketball you should read this book.It is a true story which took place at Rucker Park.Rucker Park is named after the brother named Holcombe Rucker.Who was born in Harlem on March 2,1926.He was raised by his grandmother.It is interesting because Mr.Rucker brought some of the best players ever to play there.

I've read Heaven is a Playground, City Game, and seen On Hallowed Ground, for anyone that is a "real" basketball fan this is by far the "BEST" story of the best streetball.

Great subject, great storytelling. By the way, I played with Rucker legend Billy Rieser (aka White Jesus) and he was hands down the most incredible basketball talent and the most compelling personality I have ever been around. His story is worthy of a volume in itself.

A great collection of information, but I'm struggling to keep up on all these publications and which one is the best. Too many baseball books giving you the same thing for about the same price. And this one doesn't really stand-out.

As a veteran fantasy leaguer and two-time defending league champion, I have been looking to broaden my horizons when it comes to projecting player stats. This was my first year buying Shandler's book, and I am amazed at the wealth of valuable information he includes.

In his projections, Shandler includes a host of statistical measures that you won't find anywhere else, and they have led me to a lot of insights I wouldn't have had without the book. The highlight for me was the PQS pitching log, which turns a subjective look at starting pitcher performance into a valuable quantitative tool. I also enjoyed the essays that he and his staff put together, looking into the minutia of baseball performance.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain an edge in fantasy baseball or to anyone with an unsatisfied curiosity about predicting baseball players' stats.

I started participating in fantasy baseball last year. It was a great time, but I became inundated with magazines and endless articles on what to do. It was too overwhelming that in retro I choked when it came to picks from rounds 5-10.
This book puts the mind at ease and also is a great read if you're getting into baseball and wanna understand the natural progression of talent and skill. Yes, it does come with an oh-so-handy spreadsheet and chart, but it does give you the tools needed to make educated choices and sleeper choices that are above "sleeper" quality.
Definitely a great tool to use and parlay come draft day. If anything you'll appreciate the number 26!

I just got the 2005 Baseball Forecaster. The tech analysis is great and it broken down very well.

It wiil be a great addition to your fantasty baseball draft overall.

Have subscribed to Shandler's Forecaster since 1997. Believe me, I've been through all the other mags and publications, both by noted fantasy gurus such as Bill James, John Benson, etc in addition to Spoting News, Fantasy Sports and so on. I still read and buy the others, as I consider them interesting and enjoyable reads. Yet, when I want the crucial info that will lead me to league titles, I refer to Baseball HQ. The Forecaster has guided my preseason and in season ship for 6 yrs now. The best, no questions asked. Projections based on empirical data, trends and base skill indicators. I could go on and on..... Play Ball!!!!!!!

If every general manager in baseball (Ed Lynch, are you reading this! ) was forced to study this book, entire paradigms of baseball lore would suddenly be pushed aside in favor or fresh, rational, and rigorous principles of management. All of the statistics provided in the prospectus are, of course, second to none, but Michael Wolverton's relief ratings (ARP, ARA, etc.) are truly something special. I have always been amazed at how even the most "knowledgable" baseball minds accept simplistic statistics like ERA and saves as valuable appraisals of a relief pitcher's talents. It's as if the baseball gurus have failed to adjust to post-1950 baseball with its growing reliance on bullpens and decreasing reliance on starting pitchers, and the completely different conditions in which relief pitchers work in comparison to their starting compatriots. Yet these same "experts" have accepted without question the notion that a team must have a real "closer" in order to be a contender. Wolverton blasts these assumptions to smithereens with his analyses, and his elaborate calculations, yet pristine conclusions should revolutionize how the later innings of games are viewed. Throw in the authors' passionate defense of wise treatment of young pitchers, their funny yet consistently incisive comments about hundreds of players, their willingness to challenge age-old fallacies like "veteran leadership" and the genuinely historical perspective they bring to the table of baseball debate, and you have one of the most informative and entertaining baseball books I've ever read.

Where once there was only Bill James, now it seems there are oodles of annuals offering scientific analysis of baseball, and a zillion more offering fantasy advice. What makes Prospectus far and away the best? Yes, its analysis is spot on, and contrary to the review above, they have nothing against the Colorado Rockies. Yes, its comments would be helpful at a fantasy draft, although this book is much more about "Real" baseball. No, what makes the Prospectus the best book is the humor. You'll laugh out loud more often than reading any comedian's book on the NYT best sellers list, that's for sure.

BP debunks myths, explodes fallacies, and takes sabermetrics to a new height. It has an excellent method for evaluating and projecting performance, but many other credible methods can found elsewhere. BP's riches are found in the essays and player commentaries. Its insights will reshape the baseball debate in the coming years. Roster management, pitcher abuse, big markets v. small markets, tools v. skills -- the debates defining our age and the age to come are all discussed fully and insightfully here.

BP readers will in short time find themselves looking at baseball in a much more complex and accurate way. They will find themselves at greater and greater distance from the newsstand knowledge of those who rely on magazines and Baseball Weekly. They'll be better fans for having read BP. No other book provides so much. BP2K is the best value on the market.

Baseball Prospectus is a must-have for any hard-core baseball fan. These guys do a fantastic job of stripping away the nonsense and the myths and really analyzing the facts to come up with some really useful observations. Also, the manner in which they do it is fun, funny and engrossing; never just a cold statistical survey. All fantasy league players should buy this book immediately, but it will be a great read to any fan of the game.

All of the reviews of Baseball Prospectus above are spot-on -- it's easily one of the most insightful and ENTERTAINING baseball publications (are you listening, John Benson?) and a must-read for those who take the game seriously.

But be warned -- if you think that baseball analysts "look at stats too much" or still believe that batting average is a pretty good way of assessing a hitter's performance, then you will be way out of your league. Even after 2+ years of studying the Prospectus' methodology, I'm still occasionally befuddled by the statistical measurements used.

Let's just put it this way: there are NO REAL STATS in Baseball Prospectus -- all stats are adjusted (based on park factors, team factors, etc.) or projections for the upcoming year. It's the ultimate in "fantasy" baseball -- yet it tells you more about the "real" game than any non-STATS book out there. And -- to repeat -- it's extremely well-written, provocative and hilarious.