Bailey Books

Robert Converse Bailey's book is both illuminating and highly knowledgeable, revealing him as an anthropologist of the highest order. It is, however, a great shame that he chose to lavish his attentions on such an aggressive and discourteous tribe as the Efe.
Having lived with the neighboring Aka pygmies for many years, I have often heard the lament: "Curse the Efe with their stinging sharp arrows!" I have even witnessed the Aka, while singing one of one of their magical polyphonic songs, cruelly interrupted by an arrow flying out of the bushes and lodging in one of their tiny behinds. The distinctive high pitched laughter that resounds throughout the forest during such occasions leaves one in no doubt as to the culprits.
The Aka are a peaceable tribe, whose family units are strong and who hunt together with nets. Yet how often have I heard them, in that peculiar clicking and ululating tongue of theirs, describe how they wished, "the Efe be chased by bees, and have termites infest their huts. Curse them and their multi-caretaker child-rearing techniques!"
One hopes that a pygmy war may yet be avoided, but books such as Mr. Converse Bailey's only enflame the egotistical nature of the proud Efe and increase their appetite for mischief beneath the jungle canopy.

This is one of the best Finnish phrase books. It has colored margins to help find the section(s) you need. It's not very good for learning the language, but it does give a very breif grammer section. For anyone going to Finland, buy this book. You will be glad you did.

I received it in great new condition and in a good time! Thanks and great job! :)

This is a book that I first checked out from my local library about 13 years ago, and after checking it out at least 9 times, I finally found a copy of my own.

This book is wonderful, and shows just how brilliant Mort Walker really is. I think it is much better than the more recent 50th anniversary hardcover book, because the focus is so much more on the strip. From Beetle's college days, to his progression through the Army, some of these strips are so funny that you will laugh outloud.

Mort keeps his comments short and to the point, preferring to let the strips do the talking. It shows the development of the major characters, those who didn't make it, and even some censored gags, which are great!

If you are a fan of Beetle Bailey, or even just comics in general, this book is a goldmine, and well worth buying.

this book is not very popular at my country.We usually use Barrons very common.If you are get bored of classical TOELF practices this book will give you a good chance of find your mistakes and improve your score. Excelent study tips. At least worked on me!

It's rare that I read a book more than once. This is one of those books that can be read again and again because of the life lessons one can learn. Ms. Bailey lived life to the fullest with grace, dignity and integrity. She truly sets an example through her personal stories of how we should treat everyone with respect and love. It's an excellent book.

Bailey and Strange have put together a fresh, helpful grammar of the Hebrew language which combines the best of previous works with their own creative artistry. Texts drawn directly from Hebrew Scriptures are utilized in order to bring the students attention to focus on the purpose for such studies: Biblical exegesis and understanding. The sentences used by Strange and Bailey are those found in Hebrew Scripture. In order to further familiarize the student with the language, in the final exercises the student is introduced to the most used words in the Hebrew Scriptures. As Strange notes, verbs occuring more than one hundred times and nouns found more than two hundred times are listed in the vocabulary. The general layout of the text is much like other grammars, beginning with the more basic grammatical structures, working on toward the complex and often rare constructions. The order is much like Weingreen's Hebrew Grammar, but not so complex and involved as Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Kautzsch. The appearance of the text is not as polished as the two texts mentioned above, in that the Hebrew letters are formed by what appears to be an IBM ball rather than typeset from Frankreuhl or other fonts. This does not in any way diminish the quality of the work itself, but it would benefit greatly from this addition. The completeness is superb, and the overall quality is above average. If the student applies diligently to this work it can only be expected that responsible Scriptural exegesis will follow.

This is a great book about a great man. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn about American history, the story is not only about Bill Pickett. It's about America as well, and other legends such as Will Rogers, Tom Mix and others.

This book is an excellent book to have as an introductory text for biochemical engineering. Its a good book to have irrespective of whether you are new or experienced in this field.

It covers everything from background in biology and chemical engineering with a biochem viewpoint to industrial applications, modeling, control and instrumentation issues... it has a chapter for each of these things. An excellent undergrad/grad text. Definitely a book to keep for lifetime.

This is a nice reference guide for all ages. I have a 4 year old who is VERY interested in nature and I bought this book to aid myself and her in identifying various birds that we run across. It is perfect for an adult as well as children. There are plenty of pictures that even a child who cannot read, can still understand.