Family Websites Books

Wow! I didn't even know my computer could do that! Yes, I finally downloaded the e-version of your book and began playing around with it this afternoon. I hadn't realized that I could zip around your book through the internal links but also zip all over the country to learn about the sites you visited through external links. It's dizzying! But great fun.

-- Michael Lund, author of the Route 66 Novel Series, including "Growing Up on Route 66" (also available through Amazon.com)

Wow! I didn't even know my computer could do that! Yes, I finally downloaded the e-version of your book and began playing around with it this afternoon. I hadn't realized that I could zip around your book through the internal links but also zip all over the country to learn about the sites you visited through external links. It's dizzying! But great fun.

-- Michael Lund, author of the Route 66 Novel Series, including "Growing Up on Route 66"

Bill Lohmann's wonderful "Are We There Yet?" is a must-read for anyone who appreciates life - and travel - with children. Anyone who has driven more than five minutes in a car with a child can relate to this book. With crisp detail, moving stories and side-splitting anecdotes, Lohmann takes readers along with him and his family on their excellent adventure across the country. This book is a great piece of writing that highlights family and fun and all the lessons learned by being together on the road. In reading "Are We There Yet," I felt like I was on the ride with the Lohmann family - and I enjoyed every minute of it.

This is a wonderful book. It's a travel book, of course, but it's also a family relations book, an adventure book and, above all, a humor book. Bill Lohmann, working for one of those rare newspapers that rewards a reporter with imagination, convinced his editors to send him, his wife and his three children on a seven-week motor trip to California and back. It must have been a rare treat for readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch to read his dispatches every few days, wondering what disaster might befall before the next report reached print. A lot of families might not have survived a social experiment like this. Lohmann's trip put the family through plenty of trials, but insofar as onew can tell no blows were struck and no one was left behind. Indeed, as Lohmann put it, good luck always seemed to follow bad. The family camped out in Yellowstone, where Lohmann professed himself greatly in fear of bears, without any sort of encounter with the local fauna. But upon pitching their tent on a Florida beach, every critter in the neighborhood came to examine them. Lohmann is a graceful writer with a fine, self-deprecating sense of humor that infuses every page. By the time they get back to Richmond, you feel as though you know his children very well. Buy this book, and read it one chapter a day.

"One van, two parents, three children, seven weeks, 28 states, 10,000 miles": that's the summary of a cross-country trip writer Bill Lohmann and his family took in the first summer of the new millennium. That blurb only begins to summarize the great adventures Bill, wife Robin, and children Melissa, Alexandra and Jack had in the mother of all family vacations chronicled first in Bill's articles in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where I first read them, and now in his book Are We There Yet? This is a wonderful book by a wonderful writer. Lohmann as a reporter has covered Southern politics, religious fights and prison riots. But as fearless as he, I don't think he understood what he was getting into when he talked his editors into letting him take not just a two-week traditional family vacation but a seven-week odyssey in a conversion van named Big Blue, packed with everything three children could con their parents into letting them bring along. He didn't realize what sleeping five to a tent or even five in an occasional motel room could do to his constitution. But he and his family got a vacation they will never ever forget, and his Richmond readers got an account of America they hadn't seen since they last read John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley or William Least Heat-Moon's Blue Highways. Now the rest of the country can read about characters Lohmann discovered along the way, like Will Harbut, Man o'War's groom, dead like Man o'War since 1947. We can watch Mark McGwire slam batting practice home runs in St. Louis; sit in the stands at the Iowa field where "Field of Dreams" was filmed; become dude cowboys or cowgirls at the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch in Sandpoint, Idaho; ride along the "world's crookedest street" in San Francisco; peer at the stars in Yosemite National Park; stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona; ride a boat through a New Orleans swamp; see the Big Chicken, the mechanical bird looming over a KFC in Marietta, Ga.; and reminisce about our own family vacations. Inspired readers can even get cracking on their own adventures. Website addresses throughout the book and a "Looking Back" final chapter make vacation planning a snap. I recommend this book to those who were kids in the backseat of a car or wagon or van and to the parents who drove and navigated in front, and to all those others whose great family vacations are about to begin.

Hi, when I heard about this book, I said I worked so hard with parenting links on my online Baby to Toddler store, when this book would be also a great resource too. Every new parent should have it by their computer-side! The thing is, new parenting sites happen all the time, so don't be complacent, buy the Next Addition(s) too, if you can*! or visit regularly the Publisher's website to see the New sites to be Listed in the next addition!
* My experience it sells pretty quickly! ...

If you have a baby, or need to purchase baby items, or need information about babies, then this is the RESOURCE to get it from. Gretchen Nalley has carefully placed all the websites that pretains to babies, from baby gifts, to parenting to care of baby and everything in between. A quick reference guide to take you to where you need to be without having to search and search. Thank you Gretchen for a job well-done!

I am one of the unfortunate ones who had their kids too early for this book, if only it had been around when they were younger. But that hasn't stopped me from buying this book - I have given it as gifts! The time saved in not having to search the web for the websites & information that is in this book is invaluable for parents that already find their time at a minimun with the demands of a new baby.

This is a must have!

Never has a book been more useful! This directory is a parent's dream. Have you ever looked up "baby" in the yellow pages? There sure isn't much there. My only regret after buying The Baby Web is that it wasn't available with my first two kids! I love it, and the pictures are adorable! No new parent should be without The Baby Web (I keep mine in my purse!).

Everyone knows that the Internet is a great resource for information and a great alternative to traditional catalog shopping. Unfortunately, weeding through literally millions of sites can be both time-consuming and frustrating. Since time is a precious commodity when you have young children, getting someone else to do the weeding is a welcome shortcut, and that is what this book delivers. Think of this book as the yellow pages for baby websites.  The 1,200 sites are listed by category and also in an alphabetical index. Categories include: Announcements, Baby Care Products, Baby Gear, Baby Names, Bedding & Furniture, Clothing, Food & Feeding Supplies, Gifts and Gift Baskets, Health & Safety, Parenting Advice, Pregnancy & Breastfeeding, and Toys. Many of my favorite sites were listed, and some new ones that I have since bookmarked.  This book is a great starting point for a new parent or someone new to the web, but it is also a good resource for anyone interested in finding new websites for parenting tips and products on the Internet.  There are a couple of sites that I probably would not have included if I were making a list since they offered only one or two items or were intended for dealers rather than consumers, but out of 1,200 sites that's a pretty good track record.  You will need access to the World Wide Web and a basic understanding of navigating the web to get the full benefit of the book, although many of the sites listed also include a customer service phone number.  --Reviewed by Teresa Burgess

Arrived earlier than I had anticipated. Great service, in excellent condition. Very fast response to my order.

This is an excellent reference. Even in this age of "Up to Date" and "MDConsult," this is great. I'm always finding more features in it as I am looking for a specific topis.
This is the third edition I have purchssed and I've never been sorry.

This is a great reference for primary care, especially for new entry med students, physician assistants and nurse practitioners. I use mine all the time,for a quick review of symptoms and problems.

I loved this textbook. I read it for an Infant & Child Development class and found it interesting, clear and helpful. Anyone interested in childhood development should definitely read this book!

From my experience, no other book--at this time--can upend Gonzalez-Mena's INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND CAREGIVERS. In it's seventh edition, it stands as the most near perfect infant/toddler textbook ever created.

Now...Berk's book is probably the best "second-best" textbook that I have found.

She goes from history/theory to basic foundations to each era of children from birth to Age 11. The book is filled with color pictures and color charts along with plenty of special interest sidebar accounts on subjects like the negative side of extended infant child care.

So why is it the second best? It just doesn't cover infants and toddlers exclusively. Instead, it exists as a superbly written book on early childhood growth and development...which isn't such a bad thing.

Check it out if you either can't get Gonzalez-Mena's book or if you just want a second opinion on infant/toddler concepts.

Best if you want to take advantage of all of the links available in the Internet for new parents.

This was a great book to get a very general idea of what to expect in your baby's first year of development but it was too general for me. The book did not break it down by each month of development but by phases ie. 4-6 months. I prefer to have a book that goes into more detail. But overall not a bad book.

I bought BabyCenter and Babt 411 and liked this one much better. It really has everything you need to know edited in a very easy to follow and interesting way. The information is up to date and the different polls give you the parent's practical perspective. Completely recommend this book!

Babycenter ties together everything you need to know during the first year of your baby's life. I love that the book flows nicely and covers most everything you can or will need to know. The real life reviews are also great!

This book covers a lot of info that you will be interested in during your baby's first year. It's laid out very user friendly and touches on almost everything and inclues lots of anecdotes from new mothers.

My only problem with it is that it doesn't go into as much detail as I would like. If I am looking to find info about diaper changing girls rather than boys I want them to spell out every little step and what I should be considering.

I would recommend this book as a supplement to your baby book library not the only one you need.

I got this book after I become a mom for the third time. Even though Im an "experienced" mom, this book has helped me in ways that I cant explain. This book is like the perfect combination of professional advice with tips from parents like us. I would highly recommend this book, wether you are a first time mom, or mom of five.

I'm in my first year of a nurse practitioner program and find this an extrememly useful resource for my personal library. I would have given it 5 stars if they could make it smaller, but that's probably impossible. I use it the most for helping compile differential dx lists. For specific diseases or illnesses I'm not that familiar with- it provides physical/clinical findings, etiology, differentials, workup recommendation, lab tests, and general tx guidelines. Easy to read and to the point- love it.

This book is great. you get 1 to 3 pages devoted to each of 500 diseases, you also get a great lab section, differential diagnosis, and both online access to Ferri's and a pocket PC/PDA version to download for free. This whole thing lightened my labcoat pockets considerably!

I got this book from the library and may eventually buy it when the book is due. I got it to get a crash course in making a website. It has lots of pictures, like a children's book, and is very easy to read and understand. I found it quite inspiring.

Like a children's book, it introduces the subject without going into a lot of detail. The author seems to approach designing the pages of a website as though she were making scrapbook pages. Her pages are very warm and lighthearted and full of color. She gives lots of ideas and many tips.

I think that the author pretty well covers the areas of making websites using a drag and drop program. However, I say this not having made a website of my own yet since I am still bogged down in learning to work with digital photos on the computer. Not even having a digital camera, I'm beginning from scratch and trying to learn a lot of different things at once, such as scanning and the several programs I have available to edit and save images. YouTube is still beyond me. I keep her book at hand to refer to as I learn about each area.

The author has included a glossary and resources section in the back to get you to the next level. Her photos and illustrations are great fun to look at. Overall, therefore, I will say that this book is a great introduction for beginners to learn about making websites.

Some inventors and entrepreneurs may have become gun-shy about utilizing the Internet to promote their products after the collapse of more than 100 dot-coms and the disappearance of 40,000 dot-com jobs in 2000. However, the fact remains that the Internet has become a powerful business tool not only for "new economy" companies but also for "old economy" companies. This book provides the basis for making informed decisions for selecting, maintaining, and using domain names to promote your product or service.

The authors immediately make the point that "Choosing a name, or more than one, for your web site is no trivial matter -- your decisions can make or break your business". They offer as proof as to the value of a good domain name the fact that one such name, just the name itself, sold for $7.5 million!

The book details how and where to register your domain names. Network Solutions Inc. (NSI), is the current dominant register, but others are listed and their web addresses given. It is vital to be the "senior user", i.e., the first to actually use the name. This applies to any domain name and in particular to when your name is also a trademark. It is also vital that your name be distinctive and that it avoids confusing customers by its spelling or by the sound of the name. The authors quote George Eastman's famous advise about name selection -- "Be short, be vigorous, be easily spelled, and mean nothing". They note U.S. trademark laws specify six types of names that cannot be used. One such category consists of names that "contain immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter".

If you wish to sell or buy a domain name, the book provides a domain name transfer agreement form. A chart is given that lists the various factors to be considered if you discover someone is using your name or an excessively similar name.

You must be alert to "cybersquatting". That is others using your trademark as a domain name. In 1999, Congress passed a law against such bad-faith use of names.

In about l5 minutes, you can now search the U.S. Patent and Trademark database for registered or pending trademarks. The book gives directions and screen images of this site. A great deal of time, money, and grief may be avoided by making this simple trademark search. The book also lists other sites, such as www.thomasregister.com, for currently used commercial names.

Always remember that the "likelihood of confusion" is often the key ingredient in trademark hassles. Many court decisions have been made in this area, but it is still a gray area in some cases. The authors devote a full chapter as to how to register your domain name as a trademark in the U.S. Patent Office. Having a registered trademark is a powerful position to be in if a legal dispute arises.

Another chapter, "Help Beyond This Boo"," provides information as to where to go to do legal research regarding federal laws. It also provides advice for finding a lawyer who is competent with regard to trademarks and who is respectful, honest, and conscientious. Uncontrolled "billable hours" can ruin you financially. Read this section well.

The book's appendix contains a complete listing and explanation of the 42 classes into which trademarks are divided. Also, several pages detail how recorded computer software now is assigned to various classes.

In common with other Nolo publications, this book does a superb job of explaining, in plain English, the practical and legal aspects of the subject. This book will not make you into a domain name lawyer, it does not claim to, but reading it may save you a lot of grief down the road.

I think this book is worth every penny. It helped me to find best sites and deals on domain names. It also taught me how to protect my trademark and keep all my whois info private.
I've learned so much about domain registrars. Choose the registrar which is right for you!
I would like you not to make my mistakes.I had a pretty bad experience with GoDaddy. Yes, they seem to be cheap but then u discover hidden hooks and fees and need to pay extra $$$ :(((( I just transferred my domain to http://mapname.com for $6.85..And for this price I've got Free URL forwarding, Free Unlimited private emails, Free Private POP3 email box, Free Dynamic IP support, Free Spam protection....
They have private registration for free..I wonder why I've paid extra $9 to Godaddy ?
Anyways, be sure to read tips and hints in this book(they are
marked) Good luck with your domains!

A better title for this book would be "How to Choose an OK Name for a Small Business."

As another reviewer noted, this book was written by lawyers, who seem to know more about law than marketing. Consequently, the marketing advice is rather basic, but correct in my opinion. This is exceptional considering all the bad advice out there on domain names.

But if you are a small business, you don't need a great domain name, and it's not cost effective for you to spend thousands of dollars or many hours choosing a great name. An OK name with no trademark problems will do for most basement, small and garage businesses.

Written by lawyers, this book has good trademark advice. If you are looking for marketing advice for a larger business, look at "The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding" by marketing expert Al Ries, "How to Select & Buy an Elite Domain Name" or other books on branding.

This book was written by a couple bored lawyers, who know as much about domain names as I know about law. Funny, but you don't see me writing a book on law. Everyone thinks they are an expert, but these two will have a hard time convincing you of that if you waste your money to read their almost amusingly misleading advice.

This was the second book (there are only two in print) I bought in my quest to understand the domain name business. It does provide some useful information on coming up with your own domain name and it does provide lots of info on trademark considerations in choosing a domain name. It is primarily for the trademark considerations that I give it the three star rating. While the Ronan's book on Domain Names (The Domain Name Handbook; High Stakes and Strategies in Cyberspace by Ellen Rony, Peter R. Rony) does a nice job on covering trademark history, this book does a better job from a "How-to" point of view, which is not surprising since it is published by an interesting publishing house, Nolo, which puts out lots of how-to law books. I expect to order more of these.

By my read, about 55 pages of the book are clearly related to domain names. The rest of the book is more related to trademark considerations. It's almost as if they took a book on trademarks and modified it and added the pages on domain names.

Since, if you screw up on a trademark factor with even a single domain name registration, it could cost you at least the $16 or less cost of a name registration, this book's $20 cost is well worth the investment and time persuing its detailed trademark coverage, to prevent running into trademark problems.

Rob Kall, author, domainnamereport

This is a great book. I loved it! I loved how each child had their own personal worry and it mostly got resolved at the end. I am a kid, so I know that at least from a kids point of view this is a phenomenal book. I highly recommend it. So to all the kids out there-- this is a must-read! Definitely! :)

Thanks to Ms. Wilson for writing such an awesome book,
Hannah

this book was terrible, like the title.this book had no point to the plot!!!!!i dont recomend this book inless youi want to fall a sleep then its a good book.the auther has other good books to ofer but not this one in perticualer.i would have liked to feed this b ook to my dogs but my parents bought the book and would have gotten mad if i did.i am very disapointed in ms.wilson. hopefully she will have some good books out very soon.

I noted with apprehension that the previous reviewer condemned this book, saying that the book has no point to the plot.

I would like to redeem the book's worth by highlighting the following points:

1. Each chapter of this book starts off with a 'worry' entered by one of Mr Speed's students. And it is this 'worry', that the entire chapter is based on. The chapter does not take the form of a diary entry, so it is different from books like Anne Frank's diary or Dear Mr Henshaw. It is instead narrative in nature and takes on a first-person perspective from the point of view of the student entering the worry. Hence, it is conversational and 'spoken' in the manner that children of that age would speak in, resulting in many humorous/depressed observations and happenings.

2. From each chapter, you don't just get to know more about the student who entered the worry, you also find out about the other students in the class and other outside characters as well, through the various dialogues and observations from the student.

3. Since information is provided in snippets about various characters from each chapter, there is a great sense of continuity throughout the story. For example, in the first chapter when Holly enters her worry, she mentions characters like Greg and Claire etc. Then in the second chapter, Greg enters his worry, and his character development carries on from where it was left off in chapter 1, expanding the reader's perception of Greg's life. In the process, Greg would also bring the reader to view snippets of other characters, and the same process goes on.

To put it simply, this book is like a collection of short stories of the lives of some of the students in Mr Speed's class. However, it is unlike a usual short stories collection, in the sense that it links all these short stories together - the glue being Mr Speed himself, who tends to appear at the end of every chapter to apply some level of resolution to the short story.

Kudos to Ms Wilson for her skill in writing!