Office Books

I used the first edition of this book heavily when I started in private practice. It does two things better than any other office orthopedics text I've seen; 1) gives you a precise timeline for treatment and followup for the various diagnoses, and 2) covers how, when, and where to put therapeutic (cortisone) injections. It is not encyclopedic, nor does it delve into diagnostic testing for orthopedic conditions, as one other reviewer pointed out. Still one of my favorite quick references.

As a military physician, I see alot of orthopedics type things in my practice.

This book has alot of great stuff on procedures and it also has patient education materials.

I have used an earlier edition of this book since 1998 as a nurse practitioner. I shared it with my partner and we both really like how the plan for the fracture care is laid out chronologically. this is most helpful in preparing the patient for what to expect.
The book is complete yet concise, just what we need for a fast paced office. Incidentally it was recommended to me as the best book to have in the office by a very experienced army-trained physician assistant of 20 years.

Bruce Anderson has created a wonderful textbook that allows the reader to understand, diagnose, and effectively treat most medical orthopedic problems.

Specific problems are easy to identify, review, and treat. Handy figures and specific patient instructions are a nice complement to the text.

Having worked with Dr. Anderson as a resident, I find this book to be something I never like to have too far from my office.

Office Orthopedics for Primary Care offers a succinct overviewof primary care orthopedic problems. The book is well-written andcovers common orthopedic injuries. The book is somewhat deficient in diagrams and pictures, especially when discussing orthopedic clinical exam tests. Overall, a worthwhile addition to any physician's library.

I read "Office Upstairs" earlier in the year, at the same time I was reading Steve Martin's fine autobiography. I spent time with both these authors as I would imagine it might be to have a drink with them after a meal. Their histories and subject matter could not be more different, but each did an excellent job allowing me to share profound, humorous, and moving aspects of their lives. Dr. Banov's book is told in a very engaging and well-paced style that sometimes contrasts with the seriousness of his experiences. He is, no doubt, a serious physician, but in telling his story you can see how much of a 'mensch' he really is.

I think young doctor's/med students should read a book or two like Dr. Banov's so they can understand the importance of perspective; both in the moment and over time.

A southern Jew ends up being responsible for saving so many lives over the better half of a century in "Office Upstairs: A Doctor's Journey". Covering the life story of Charles H. Banov who has served as a soldier as well as his dominant profession as a doctor. A deftly written personal account of working up from a fledgling medical school student to a respected international physician who's life seems like it's enough just being that- but there is so much more to his story. "Office Upstairs: A Doctor's Journey" is highly recommended to both memoir and health shelves, and for any general reader who wants a look into the life of one of the finest doctors in the world.

During life's journey, you meet only one or two individuals who stand out above everyone else. Dr. Banov is one of these individuals. My wife was a patient of Br. Banov for +35 years. She has numerous environmental and food allergies and prior to finding Dr. Banov, she had been dismissed by two allergy specialist who has stated there was nothing they could do for her. Br. Banov literally gave her her life back. I can only describe him as the most competent and caring Physician we ever met. It was a 400 mile round trip from home to his office but a trip well worth while.

Born in Charlotte, South Carolina at a time when Jews were treated with contempt almost as bad as blacks were, Charles Banov was destined to become a doctor due to his mother pushing him in that direction (in a subtle manner) and his own desire to figure out puzzles. As a medical student he was a curious mix of serious student and risk taker. A teacher who taught him how useful a placebo can be is explained in a funny manner but gets the point across.. After doing an internship he had to do military service so he became a Lieutenant and a surgeon in the navy where he acquired a taste of wanderlust. It was a borning two years so he opened up his own practice in the nearest Texas place that never had a doctor. He was known for his compassion and even temperament.

During his career as in intern and he was called upon to make decisions not included in his field of expertise like Ob-Gyn work and cardiac problems. He talks about his travels in other places, in one such place he went he was kidnapped by South American revolutionaries. He was helping patients in crisis during Hurricanes Hugo and Katrina and was involved without his knowledge, in espionage action during the Cold War. Dr. Banov makes no bones how much he loves his wife and their two sons who are doctors and the daughter who has Rhett's syndrome. He is a Marcus Welby M.D. who cares about his patients and people in general, working through government agencies to get things that need taken care of done Anyone reading this book will want this man as their doctor.

Told in a breezy style, filled with anecdotes, humor and picturesque events, OFFICE UPSTAIRS is a memoir of a doctor filled with fear and uncertainly but somehow always getting the job done.

Harriet Klausner

I usually don't read memoirs, but found this one charming, and a breezy read. Dr. Charles Banov possesses a gift both generational and Southern: the ability to turn one's remembered life into an endless series of lively anecdotes.

He started out in the black-bag era when specialization wasn't common and many doctors did it all. He opened his first practice during his Navy medical service, moonlighting in a jerkwater Texas town. And he's still at it a half century later, having specialized in allergies and travelled the world in the course of his practice.

I found many stories here moving or funny.

Funny ones:

--Being entertained at a totally empty restaurant with his fiancee by a major gangster whose mouth he'd sewn up;

--Treating the working girls sent to his practice by a madam in a nearby town; and

--Being called to the house one day of a doyenne of Charleston society. Eighty-eight years old, she was jumping up and down on her bed stark naked, swearing repeatedly with the only two swear words she actually knew. It proved be an insulin overdose causing extremely low blood sugar, treatable with orange juice.

Moving ones:

--The charity case of a 3 year old girl retarded girl, until then written off to a state group home, whose mental state dramatically improved when Dr. Banov treated her asthma. She grew to lead a normal and productive life involving job, marriage and kids - a patient he still sees.

--The Banovs' experience raising their autistic fourth child. Life's most difficult medical challenges do not spare doctors' families.

And some of it is just plain interesting. He and his wife served as unwitting stage dressing on an espionage mission to the Soviet Union. During it he and another surgeon snuck away for an unchaperoned visit to a Soviet synagogue, where elderly congregants risked their lives to tell the doctors how Jews were persecuted there. They later asked their official guides to let them visit the synagogue, where they were greeted with a Potemkin congregation of happy, smiling congregants - all planted by the KGB. No less exciting was being kidnapped and held for ransom, along with his Merchant Marine crewmates, by Venezuelan terrorists.

Banov's perspective on growing up Jewish in the South is quite absorbing, a way different perspective from the stickball-in-New-York background more common to his generation.

There is virtually nothing here about HMOs, insurance companies, government regulations, malpractice lawyers or today's other grim medical realities. Quite refreshingly, this is about people.

Dr. Banov possesses a certain wisdom gained from life as a doctor, one you hope all doctors have - that the human touch is the most important element of medicine, not replaceable by all the technology in the world.

Picking up two years after events depicted in "Closing Time" very little has changed for Terry Orr. He still misses his wife and young son and he still isn't writing. He is still doing some private investigator work in the hopes of learning the skills necessary to take down the madman responsible for the pain he and Bella feel.

When his housekeeper asks him to talk to a friend of hers in need, the least he can do is talk to her. The friend's name is Dorotea Salgado and she wants her daughter Sonia Salgado found. One wouldn't think it would be too hard to find her since Sonia only recently got out of prison after serving a thirty-year prison sentence for the murder of a diamond merchant in the course of a robbery. The murder was particularly brutal and Terry wonders from the beginning how a physically small high school student could have done it. He wonders that and a lot more when he finds Sonia dead days later. The case quickly becomes something he can't give up and before long this obsession, like his others, puts him crosswise with everyone around him.

This second novel of the series does not suffer the usual fatal flaws most second novels do. The writing remains top notch as the author continues to expand Orr's world and further nuance the cast of recurring characters. Bella continues to appear smarter than her years to the reader and yet, at other times, there is an endearing child like quality to her known by many parents of the young teenager set. Also realistic is Terry's continuing pain over the loss of his wife and young child as well as his first real tentative steps in returning to the world around him instead of just living day to day. Overriding everything is another complicated and well done mystery where almost everyone has a hidden agenda quite possible worth killing for.

Kevin R. Tipple © 2005

New to me, at least. This is the first book by him that I've read. I loved it.

Talk about atmosphere. This is a gritty NYPD kind of Manhattan book. Some of the police are just a tad better than the criminals and it's not clear who you can trust. The book is set in Manhattan just after 9-11, and the detective-protagonist lives not far from the site. From time to time, some memories of 9-11 are introduced. Everyone is still dealing emotionally with the impact of the attack.

Terry Orr, our detective (he's an independently wealthy but living modestly author turned private investigator), is also recovering from a devastating loss: his wife and infant son had been killed in a random act of violence in the subway, and he is left grieving and raising his daughter by himself. His housekeeper approaches him about a woman who is trying to locate her daughter, who has just been released from prison after serving 30 years for a violent murder. She says she needs to talk to her about her grandchild, the daughter's son she has raised.

Lo and behold, Orr learns that the daughter had no children, so he's left wondering what's going on. Before too long, he gets caught up in a murder investigation.

The writing, plotting, and character development in this book are very good, and it was compelling enough to keep me up long after my bedtime. I only hope his other mysteries are as good. I look forward to reading them.

If you want a mystery that does nothing but deliver suspense, this is not the book for you. This book opens with a quotation from Epictetus which speaks of the human soul and choice, and concludes: "For ruin and recovery alike are from within." A WELL-KNOWN SECRET offers both a literary mystery and a very engaging exploration of human ruin and recovery.

I see that this is the second in a series. I had not read the first, and found that the book stood on its own.

Terry Orr, our hero, is a writer turned amateur detective. He is engaged to solve mystery of Sonia Salgado, who has spent 30 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. What really happened? Why did she do it? Why was she murdered after being released from prison? Terry unravels this decades-old mystery in classic amateur PI fashion -- asking questions, getting less-than-straight answers, getting a bit battered in the process. That part of the novel is well executed, but not overwhelmingly new and different. What makes A WELL-KNOWN SECRET stand out -- and it does stand out -- is the other stories that Fusilli is telling.

A WELL-KNOWN SECRET is set in post 9-11 New York City. That story of ruin and recovery runs throughout the book. The more personal ruin that we unravel is that of Terry Orr himself. We read in a newspaper story at the beginning of the book that Terry's wife and infant son were killed four years ago. In the course of his solving the mystery, we find out more about what happened and why, and watch to see if and how Terry and his daughter will recover.

A WELL-KNOWN SECRET is a fine novel and an enjoyable mystery. Its somewhat leisurely pace will likely madden anyone after a strict suspense fix. However, if you are willing to slow down a bit, it is a very rewarding read. I found it a bit slow at first, but once hooked, I could not put it down. I read A WELL-KNOWN SECRET in one sitting. I will definitely pick up the next Terry Orr novel!

For someone only on his second novel, Fusilli certainly has it nailed. Terry Orr, historian turned private detective, lost his wife and infant son four years ago when a madman (whom he thinks of as The Madman) pushed them in front of a subway train. Now he obsesses on revenge, to the detriment of his career, his friends, and (sometimes) his precocious daughter, Bella. The plot this time revolves around a thirty-year-old mugging that became a murder, and the death of the newly-released woman who went to prison for it. Everybody in the case has secrets, not least of all the Mango brothers, who are a good deal more scary than in Fusilli's first book. Terry works things out in a wholly believable manner, partly by research, partly by instinct. The subplot, about Terry's buddy, rock critic Dennis Diddio, and his hopes for an industry award, is funny and compassionate. So is his struggle to deal with the attentions of Julie, a very nice ADA who believes in him. But arching over everything else is New York City in the aftermath of September 11th, when Terry's personal loss is overshadowed. Fusilli's work has great specificity of place -- you could walk through the city, book in hand, and see every detail he talks about -- and that's what makes this a standout piece of writing.

This book is a fantastic work of love. Love for New York, pre and post 9/11, love for music, food (especially Italian) and it's characters.
The central character, Terry Orr, is mourning his wife's death and acts as a sort of detective. His slow progress back to the world of the living parallels his attempts to unravel a mystery from the 70's. It's a great piece of writing, filled with poetry and hard, tough words.
There may be a few too many plot contrivances but the clear picture of modern NYC and the people who fill it more than make up for them. This is a great modern detective novel equal to anything by James Lee Burke, the other master of this type of novel.
I'm psyched for the next book.

This small novel set in Austria after WWI portrays with vivid poignancy the stifling impact of poverty and the bitter alienation engendered by new wealth as the two face each other amidst the ashes of a great empire's destruction. Written with such feeling that it almost resembles a fairy tale but one with out color, constructed all in shadows of gray on gray.

The setting is economically depressed post World War I Austria, which is a shadow of its former glory as the center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Christine Hoflehner is the "post office girl" who lives a crushingly routine existence managing a post office and nursing her ailing mother in the rural wine-growing region of Austria. Although her life is mundane, it is settled, and Christine doesn't really question the greyness of small village conformity and poverty.

Her life changes dramatically when she is invited by an American aunt to a luxury hotel in the Egadine region of Switzerland. She is soon caught up in the swirl of post WWI partying and decadence amongst the European idle rich, and she quickly transforms (with the aid of her aunt's wardrobe) from shy, retiring provincial to elegant and seemingly sophisticated "Christine van Boolen."

Her dizzying ascendance to toast of the party is matched by a crashing fall to laughingstock. She leaves the hotel early, destroyed in the knowledge that she has been exposed to an opulent side of life that she will never again realize.

The second half of the book covers Christine's relationship with Ferdinand, a completely hollowed-out and cynical war veteran. The two form a relationship not forged in love but rather in mutual despair. The bleakness of their lives bonds them, and they ultimately craft a desperate plan to escape the torture of their daily struggles.

This wonderful book reminds me of Thomas Hardy's best works, since it deals so eloquently with the drabness of rural life and individuals cast adrift in a seemingly random and cruel world. However, unlike most of Hardy's novels, the ending is surprisingly original and refreshing with an opportunity (however slight) for redemption.

An absorbing story, beautifully written; it captures the bleakness of life in Austria between the wars and depicts the soul of central europeans in a sharp and telling way.

. . . and in the lowest deep a lower deep,
Still threatening to devour me, opens wide,
To which the hel l I suffer seems a heaven."
John Milton, Paradise Lost

There are some books that you can finish, put back down on the table and five-minutes later have it virtually erased from your consciousness. Stefan Zweig's "The Post-Office Girl" stayed with me long after I put the book down. It is a brilliantly crafted book that looks at the mind-boggling despair that can crush the soul out of just about anyone. What makes the book memorable is the fact that Zweig does not write with an overwhelming appeal to pathos. No, instead, Zweig is direct and his narrative manages to convey this sense of despair without drowning the reader in rhetorical devices aimed at soliciting sympathy for his characters.

The setting is post World War I Austria in the 1920s. The Austro-Hungarian empire has been dismantled after the Treaty of Versailles and Austria, like her ally Germany, is suffering the `economic consequences of the peace'. The Post-Office Girl is Christine Hoflehner. At the war's outset, Christine and her family enjoyed a comfortable middle-class existence in Vienna. But the war and the economic suffering brought on by the hyper-inflation of the 1920s has booted Christine out of Vienna and her middle class life. She and her mother live at the poverty level in a one-room bed-sitter in a village two hours from Vienna. Christine works as a low-ranking postal official in the town's post office. As the story opens she's in her 20s and merely going through the motions. But her robot-like existence is shattered when she receives a telegram (a big event) from an aunt, her mother's sister, who left Austria before the war and married a rich American businessman. They invite Christine to spend a holiday with them in a Swiss mountain resort. Christine goes grudgingly but is astonished at the life she is exposed too. Her aunt buys her beautiful clothes, feeds her well and all of a sudden Christine is exposed to a life she never knew existed. She takes to it immediately. She relishes her new life and cherishes every minute of it. But no sooner has she found a new life than she is tossed back into the old one. Any despair Christine may have felt before her Swiss trip is now magnified by the fact that she has actually seen how different life can be. She arrives at what she thought was the lowest deep only to discover that there are depths of despair yet to go.

It is at this point that she finds Ferdinand on a day trip to Vienna. For Ferdinand life has been, if anything, more unkind to him than to Christine. Their meeting and their developing relationship takes us through the second half of the book. They know they are soul mates but their existence is such that they each know that love (if you can call their fumbling attempts at personal physical and social intimacy love) is not nearly enough to be of any help to them at all. They face the question posed by Milton in the heading of this review - which way shall they fly? Zweig's resolution is, in this context, perfect.

What Zweig has done so well in my opinion is to use Christine and Ferdinand as a masterful vehicle for looking at Austrian (and Europe generally) society in the aftermath of the Great War. Zweig's characters are well crafted and felt very realistically drawn to me. They were absorbing, warts and all. "The Post-Office Girl" was well worth reading and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in reading a book that lingers with you after you are done. L. Fleisig

I only review a fraction of the number of books I read, so I don't give this compliment lightly.

Summary, no spoilers:

Let me start off by saying that it is difficult to give a good review of this book without slight spoilers - but I will do my best and try to still give a flavor of what makes this such a memorable read.

This *gorgeously* written novel starts off with a brilliant description of a desolate country post office in Austria, in 1926. Working in this depressing bureaucratic hell, is a 28 year old woman named Christine, who has been beaten down by poverty, dullness and tedium in her life.

Christine had a much different childhood; her family had substantial means and lived comfortably, and she grew up a happy and content child. But all changed with the Great War, and they, like so many other Europeans, lost everything. All that remains to Christine is her job with the post office, and taking care of her sick mother in a depressing and decrepit attic room.

She is devoid of hope, and that is part of the key to this fantastic story.

While toiling at the post office, Christine gets a telegraph message from her aunt in America - a woman she's never met. The wealthy aunt offers her a vacation at an expensive and elegant Alpine resort. Christine immediately runs to her mother to find out if this is real, and her mother explains that it is, and that her sister (the aunt) wanted her to go, but that she couldn't because she couldn't travel and that she should take Christine.

Christine, utterly flummoxed by the thought of any change in the dull routine of her life, packs her small straw suitcase, and takes a train to meet her aunt.

The description of Christine's arrival at the hotel are priceless and brilliant. Christine is overwhelmed by the beauty and by the elegance of everything, and she is like Cinderella at the ball. Her aunt (and uncle) are good to her, and dress her in beautiful clothing and have her hair cut in the latest elegant fashion, and have her face made-up. The scene reminded me of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz movie - being primped and taken care of from every angle.

Christine is so excited, and so astounded at her ability to feel anything but sadness and tedium, that she cannot sleep for the first night. She feels like her eyes have been opened to the beauty of the world, and she wants to take it all in.

This is all from Part One, of this two part novel. If you want absolutely no spoilers, don't read on (and don't read the back cover of the novel) - although I recommend that you do and that it won't take away from your enjoyment of this novel. For me, knowing a little bit in advance only enhanced my reading experience.

Part Two is a far different story, although it takes place immediately afterwards. Christine, like Cinderella, has been returned to the hovel, but now it all becomes unbearable because she has experienced and seen the other side.

Christine befriends a man named Ferdinand, a bitter war veteran, who shares her world-view and despondency. They try to see each other and have a relationship, but this is not easy in post-war Austria, when one doesn't have any money or means. But they make plans...

There are so many things to love about this book - number one being that it's just so beautifully written. There are paragraphs that I read over and over again, just because of Zweig's ability to string words together to get across a feeling or an idea or a description are just so perfect. And yet this is a translation, to boot! It makes me want to learn German, just so I could read this in its native language.

Secondly, this is an astute novel about what it's like to live without hope, and what happens when someone who has nothing is given this chance to see what the good life is like, and then have it taken away from them. Is it better not to have been given this chance at all?

Needless to say, this novel is highly recommended. I also highly recommend another NYRB Classic release, "Beware of Pity", Zweig's first novel released under this label. He is fast becoming my favorite author, and I hope that all of his books and stories become available in English. Sadly, he and his wife committed suicide in 1942 in Brazil, haunted by what was happening in his native Austria and Germany.

I'm always looking for new ways to present my product or to serve my clients and I found this book had some great "angles" for me.

After reading Klett's book I realized he is one of the great redactor's in this office supply world. Love the way Terrill cuts the red tape and gets right to it.

IAM THE OFFICE MANAGER FOR A MEDICAL CLINIC THAT DOES PHYSICAL AND MASSAGE THERAPY, AND WE SELL TO CLIENTS, THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ FOR A SMALL BUSINESS.

I found the book to be easy to read and grasp the componets of being successful in the business product world. It also had principles that I use in my own everyday selling in the employee benfits industry. It is a book that you can read a chapter a day in minutes and get motivated and enthused in that brief daily time.

Very informative - Highly motivating!! Apply these techniques for instant results! Superbly written! Hats off to Mr. Klett!

I bought this book on a trip and thought it might pass some time on the airplane...

It truly surprised me! The quizzes are fun...lot's of great television shows included. There's no cheating...hard to determine which characters match the question choices...

AND...the end reults are surprisingly accurate! VERY fun and addicitng book...I want to find more like it.

This book is so much fun. It's great for groups or alone. When one quiz is finished everyone wants more!! It truly is hard to put this book down. The questions are quite clever and intriguing. In the end, these questions lead to quite accurate personality identifications. I love this book and highly recommend it. It makes a great gift.

This book is highly contagious and very fun. My friends and I were testing ourselves on shows that we weren't even all that familiar with. ;)

A great purchase for anyone who's ever wondered about their television persona. Are you a Carrie or a Miranda? Mary Ann or Ginger? This book gave mostly surprisingly accurate answers.

My only problem with it was that I noticed some of the quizzes were missing one or two characters that I personally felt should've been included. No Lisa on the Saved by the Bell quiz, or Andrea on Beverly Hills 90201. So I do have to wonder if that would've effected my results any.

Oh well, still a great find nonetheless. I hope Noah is planning on a part II.

So have fun and learn about yourself as well.

So much fun. The personality tests are funny and amazingly accurate at the same time. Great to do with your friends or to pass time on your own.
With so many shows there is something in here for everyone. Its a great gift for someone you love - or for that secret santa person you have no idea what to get for them. Definite crowd pleaser.

My boyfriend and I couldn't stop taking these quizzes. We even did one for a little girl on the train. When's the next one? Huh, Noah, WHEN?

Thank you very much for making this so simple. I am a real novice at this but your book makes me look like an expert. Thanks again. Gary

Deserving of ongoing recommendation for any interested in positive life changes is Gisi Stupp's Ancient Feng Shui's Ultimate Secrets For Home And Office, a guide which blends feng shui home and office arrangements with insights on systems and personal aspects for maximum well-being. Author Stupp operates Feng Shui services in California: she's been consulting on the topic for years and here offers in-depth blueprints, diagrams, charts as well as theory and insights: everything needed for an applied understanding rather than just overviews.

This book does what it says it will do for you, specifically make it easy for you to figure out with a compass your own measurements. Equipped with this, the interpretation falls into place and one's life can change positively! Great idea to share the inner workings of the real Feng Shui, can't wait for more in the future / Dave Reynolds

Dear Gisi,

What a great book! I have read several others and I find yours to be the most user friendly and most interesting. It has helped me in redecorating my house. Best of luck in all of your endeavors! Barbara H. Rogers

Gisi's book helped me in my home purchase and decorating. Her book is clear and easy to understand. I recommend it to anyone who wishes to introduce Feng Shui to their surroundings.

Owl in the Office is in a series called Animal Ark. The Animal Ark Series is about Mandy Hope, a veterinarian's daughter, who helps her mom and dad in the clinic while solving problems with her best friend, James Hunter.

Mandy and James stumble upon a baby owl that fell from a tree. The two friends take it to Animal Ark, Mandy's parents' veterinary clinic. After the owl's check up, Dr. Emily Hope (Mandy's mom) James, and Mandy take the owl to the sanctuary where it canrecover from the fall. Once inside, they realize the sanctuary needs money, FAST. Mandy and James decide to raise money for the sanctuary by having the Grand Novelty Pet Show. If the show is successful, the sanctuary will keep running. But if the show isn't successful, Betty Hilder, the owner of the sancuary will have to give the animals away. But if people don't want them, they will have to be put down. Can Mandy and James save the sanctuary?

I love this book because it's about animals and mysteries. So, if you like animals or mysteries or even both, then I would recommend this book and series. I love this series, especially this book.

Mandy Hope is always saving animals, has come up with a plan to save Betty Hilders' Animal Sancuary. A very exicting story. I think it is my favorite out of all the Animal Ark Series!

This is a great book for animal lovers! When Mandy and her friend James learn that the animal sancuary is going to close because of money problems, they organize an event to save it! This is probably the best book in the Animal Ark series!

The animal shelter in Welford has to close down because they don't have enough money to keep it open. Mandy and James have to find a way to raise money for the animal shelter's rent so the animals will be able to continue living at the shelter until they find homes.

I thought the book was really good. I liked Blackie the dog, because he always stole cupcakes and cakes! I always like a book with a happy ending like this one.

I love kitty-kats..... and my wife loves this calendar...so do I. But I like the "Bad Cat" calendar better ! There are all sorts of 'criminal' kittees there who have amazingly human-type traits ! I recognize myself in many of those kitty statements ! A real FUN calendar !

This is a must for cat lovers, the photos and captions are a real hoot.

Some days, I actually laugh out loud. Every day will bring a smile.

MEEIOW!!...MEEIOW!!
We like the Moggy Calendar...!!
Licks & Purrs,
Moggy Tommy 'n Moggy Daisy

The Bad Cat Calendar has been one of my favorite Christmas gifts to give for several years now. I give it to all the cat lovers in the family. It's fun watching them open their calendars and immediately start thumbing through the calendar looking for the naughtiest and funniest cats!! I'm the Bad Aunt so it's a purrfect bad gift!!!!

After careful checking yes, this has ALL the dates of the year -- what more do you expect from a calendar?? Seriously, if you love cats you'll get multiple laughs from this calendar -- every day has it's own Bad Cat and any cat owner (or, keeper, since no one OWNS a cat!) will recognize some of these cats --- and their attitudes. If you love cats, and have a desk calendar, this is certainly one to consider. And if you KNOW someone who fits that description, it's a fun inexpensive Christmas present for them!

I bought the 2008 edition based upon how satisfied I was with the 2007 edition. While I may not be enticed by the excellent summaries to read the book presented for each day, I gain some knowledge about a diverse range of authors and subjects. For those I wish to read, the daily pages are thorough references that stack very nicely in a drawer and carry very well to the store or library to obtain the book.

This is a must for any book lover!

I have bought the Book Lovers Calendar for more than 5 years - wouldn't start the year without one. I buy several each year so I can give them to friends as Christmas gifts, and one friend always relies on getting it from me.

I belong to a book club and many of our selections come from books reviewed in the calendar.

Each page can tear off to go in either my "take it to the library to find this book" stack, or into a stack for notepaper, since the backs of the pages are blank.

Do you subscribe to the adage that there is no frigate like a book? Do you know what subjects attract you, but are frequently unacquainted with some of the latest published works about such things? If so, then the Page-a-Day Book Lover's Calendar of 2008 is for you. Each and every day for 365 days, you will be treated to a concise but informative synopsis of a book. Subjects can be fiction or non-fiction, and cover everything from serious scientific discoveries to biographies to pulp fiction. The Calendar itself is a mere 5 1/2 by 6 inches oblong, and can fit nicely on any desk without being obtrusive. A world of exciting knowledge and adventure wait for you each time you tear off a page. Enjoy!

The books that are recommended are always interesting and expand my horizons. With 366 books to choose from, you are bound to find many books to put on your must-read list.

The Book Lover's Calendar is a great gift for all of the readers on your list. The reviews introduce many books and suggest new reading material for the avid book fan.