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Although Adil's book provides excellent information on accessible gardening at any age, it is in the area of gardening with children with disabilities that she excels. It is one of the very few books that even addresses this issue.

She devotes a complete chapter to "Children and Gardening". Because her own child was born with spina bifida, she brings a very knowledgeable approach to gardening with children. The information is both practical in terms of tools, design, and activities. But she also looks at the psychological and physical benefits of gardening for children.

Most books concerning gardening with disabilities usually ignore children's special needs, but this provides aid for parents, care-givers, and educators who want to introduce the joys of gardening to children.

The only reason for 4 stars is that some of the resources provided have changed since its 1994 printing, but the basic usefulness of this book has not diminished at all.

This is a visually appealing book, starting with the cover, which demonstrates a gardener's ability and success in accessible gardening!The paper is brighter than most and the print is clear. This book is designed to give you specific ideas, aids, and the source to obtain them! It is full of B&W photos that show people gardening, while using the various products! It is a readable book for beginner gardeners. It is a helpful book for advanced gardeners that need to modify their gardening for increased accessibility. They need to print a revised edition to include more ideas and product update. The initial building of items would probably require help or hiring out.

I was disappointed in the content of this book. It merely covers basic gardening. I was hoping it would cover some tips on accessible gardening for people with disabilities. It does mention some ideas on how to achieve that but the techniques they offer is outdated. The techniques they mention usually require costly physical modifications which can be somewhat frustrating to pursue. If you are really interested in gardening but have some physical limitations, there are products out there that are already adapted to your needs. There are many gardening tools that have extended and ergonomically desinged handles at Home Depot. There are also products that are ergonomically desinged if you have arthritis. Its better to do an internet search for these up to date products that spending a dollar on this book. Buy yourself a real gardening book and do an internet search on how to modify your garden and your tools.

Janeen Adil's book is an excellent source for those persons with disabilities and/or those who live or assist persons with special needs. This book's methods can be used both in a private home setting or in an institution's horticultural therapy program

I'm usually concerned about purchasing items on line, especially books. I can honestly say that this experience was worth it. I would recommend this seller to anyone interested in purchasing good quality books at extremely reasonable prices.

Buy with confidence, I did!

This book is an absolute must for law students or anyone engaging in the process of legal research and writing. I am first year law student and this book is my go-to for any question I have about the research process. This book was recommended for my course, but not required. So many law students only buy the required books. Some feel the supplemental material is just a waste of money. Don't make that mistake with this book, you can use it throughout your career.

I'm a paralegal student at a California State University and we used this textbook for our legal research class. This book provided virtually *no* actual information as to *how* to conduct legal research. It provided knowledge of the theory of research, and had an acceptable explanation of primary/secondary and mandatory/persuasive authority, but that's about it.

The only reason why I came out of that class with any understanding of legal research was going to the local law library and having the librarians help me through it (and they were incredibly patient, helpful, and understanding).

If you are in a class that uses this textbook, God help you. You will benefit far more by speaking to other students who might know about research, or just going into a law library and asking for help there.

I've used this book for the past few months and have been pleasantly surprised by how well it is organized, and how easy it is to understand. The author writes in a clear, straightforward manner and covers all of the pertinant topics.

Toward the beginning of Chapter one Benson reminds us that those who do not read and heed history are doomed to repeat it. Then he goes on to give a few historical examples where outnumbered citizens and soldiers were able to repel invaders and inflict serious damage as well, aided at least, by low tech weapons. Using the battle of Verdun and a few others as examples, he also reminds us that if you have a lot of heart, using archaic methods against superior weapons will do you no good at all. That isn't pie in the sky advice at all or contrary to the premise of the book either. Right up front he tells you that you need weapons. Then he goes on to tell you what weapons are useful and either how to make them or where to find the informtion so you can. Along the way, Benson gives examples of skirmishes here and there or situations that arose in his own experience and what was done there. Perhaps not the history we read about in school, but nevertheless, the kind of thing we should pay attention to. He goes on to describe some of the fine points re Molotov cocktails and makes sure the reader knows there is far more to it than what can be said in a few pages. He also covers flame throwers, claymore mines, how to generate smoke, using two-way radios and a wealth of other obscure information to the fledgling. Essential how to on self defense. This is a very informative book, and the information is given in a thought provoking manner. The Loompanics site has many surprising books or you can order from 8003802230.

what a waste of money. this book does not contain any real information at all. basicly you could sum it up in one sentence: make a molotov-cocktail and burn it. my mom could have told me that

What can I say? Ragnor Benson delivers heart-stoping information again. Inside of a book with a plain cover, Ragnor proves that age-old theroy that you just cannot judge a book by it's cover.

Based upon the experinces of Washinton insiders, Benson debates that ever-controversial topic of warfare stratagy. As Benson puts the skin on the bones with information that can be found nowhere else, the reader is catapulted into a sea of informative, yet entertaining and thought-provoking.

In one word: Excellence!

I loved this book Ragnar Benson does a great job of giving the people what they want. I loved this book and would strongly reccomend you read it. If you like it than pick up a copy of Ragnar's Action Encyclipedia, its great.

not realay to be use for proffessional mecanic this book is made for a beguinner is better to buy a original tech book from a compagny like yamaha or artic cat

I bought this book by mistake thinking that it covered my Ford LGT18 lawn and garden tractor. Wrong - it does not cover any tractor. It only covers small, mid/rear engined riders. Looks to be a faily detailed book if you have one of these.

I had a proublem with the starter and I looked up the starter and I found how to fix it.

But seriously, this is a good, comprehensive, helpful manual. It covers the different makes in separate chapters, doesn't try to give you some useless generic advice, instead providing specific, well illustrated, useful repair advice.

Anyone who uses Strong's Concordance regularly has undoubtedly come to rely on the lexicons for a deeper understanding of the Holy Scriptures. This edition contains only the first part of Strong's, that is, the verse citations by keyword.

This is a great volume for young students or for those who are not interested in the original languages of the books of the Holy Bible.

Others would be better served by investing in the unabridged New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible and a separate dictionary.

Good combination of excellent recourses. Everyone should have one!

I'm disappointed that this product has only a 3.5 star rating. It's a concise reference, not an exhaustive end-all answer book to the Bible. Perhaps too many reviewers had unrealistic expectations. My only complaint is that the Greek and Hebrew letters aren't printed in the dictionary section, for further study. All in all, it is a good source to have alongside during personal study (but this thing is THICK, so I wouldn't reccomend lugging it around to a Bible study or sermon).

For the beginner, this is a good reference to have. However, if you are serious and want all of the detail, then do not buy this version.

it got here on timeand its a good kickstart when you've got you're mind blocked.

This is probably the best quick inspiration guide I've seen yet. It's small and easy to reference, and it actually helps a lot. Anybody who has ever had a mental block while trying to brainstorm would benefit from this book.

The book is very interesting. Each page has a topic and associated pitures. If you hit a rough patch with creativity it will get your mind moving again. You won't nec. agree with all of the images and you should NOT count on the book for ideas. It works as a strange coffee table book. It works strangely with music too.

I had high expectations for this book... but it's just a bunch of ugly clip art related to different key words. I like the book, in theory, but it could have been executed in a way that a designer might actually like it... to me, it just seems thrown together... it didn't help with the job I bought it for, but maybe it'll help in the future.

I am a Biochemistry/Molecular Biology PhD who has made transition into one of the "alternative careers". Three years before I made the transition, I bought and read the book.

I found the book generally helpful. But at the time when I was struggling with my career decision, I found the book inadequate. The book tried to cover too many areas of professions. It includes not only life scientists, but also medical doctors, accountants, engineers, psychologists, and even English-major... These people, like me, all want to make career changes. This book is too general. It does not give me enough information for my particular case. In reality, there are "alternative career" opportunities which are open to an English major but closed to a Biochemist.

I would rank this book along with other great resources like Vaultreports.com as the best places for people in the sciences looking for a satisfying career.

best for professionals and pre-professionals...parachute for scientists, doctors, engineers, and lawyers. really on target

What a great book!!!!!!!!!!! I own at least 4 books on pro tools and I ALWAYS come back to this one. This is an amazing book for the beginner/intermediate user. TRUST ME. I have all the power and pro-tools for dummies books and this one is SOOO much easier to follow. You won't be disappointed!!!!

This book looked to be the definitive Pro Tools tome, but falls FAR short. Some good stuff on MIDI setup and recording, but only half a page on mixing techniques? Uh, ok.

Lots of diagrams of HD, MIX and other big rig setups, but who cares? Folks that own that kind of gear already know how to set up and get maximum performance from their equipment.

Should have spent more time on the 002, 001, and MBox. If you own one of those systems don't waste your time with this book.

I found this book to be a great reference book to have even though I am a Pro Tools instructor. It has everything for the beginer and for the more advanced user, which makes it a real bible then!
Everything is clearly written, with great illustration that make it the simplest thing to read for this kind of books.
As far as teaching pro tools, I find it's the best book to recommend to my students, and always had great feedback about it.
It is, to me, the best of the lot in the pro tools books, the most clear, and also the fun one, you can see that M. Valenzuela wrote this with humor and no pretention at all!

It needs a refresh for the newer versions of PT and the differents type of keybords, but anybody who is a dayly PT User will find this book an amazing tool for reduce time operating the mouse! Thanks Chillitos!

Ever look through the pro tools shortcut list and ponder: "I THINK I know what that does....." Well, now you can see it before you try it! I was able to quickly pick the shortcuts that pertain to my audio tasks. Great book.

This book is missing an essential index.
In order to find a particular shortcut, one must thumb through page after page, reading all of them until the desired one is found.

I am a Highschool student, I have been looking now for a good 4 year college to go to and I came across this book in the library. I think it is a wonderful book. It has all the important names, numbers and things you need to know about the given school. I am looking foreward to reciving my copy.

This book is great for high school students who are looking for a great school to go to for college. It most of the four-year colleges throughout the United States and some that are in Canada, Europe, and other places throughout the world. It's a HUGE book and breaks down your search into majors, areas of the country, how expensive it can be, and how hard it can be to get into.

If you want to get into a great college, look no further!

Being an 11th grader in high school and experiencing the college process firsthand, I have purchased various college guides in the past few months and have decided to enlighten other students and parents of my opinions regarding these books.

For students wanting to narrow down the list of over 2,200 four-year colleges, I strongly recommend The Princeton Review's "The Best 331 Colleges." This book provides invaluable information concerning some of the best institutions in the nation, covering crucial topics such as academics, student life, the student body, admissions, and financial aid. What I loved about this book in particular was its sincere and straightforward look at how the students feel about their college, since much of the information is based on actual responses from attending students. Contrary to other types of college guides, The Princeton Review gives you the essential statistics and information (median SAT scores, average GPA, percentage of applicants accepted, number of undergrads, etc.), and goes above and beyond that by including student reactions and descriptions which make you feel as if you were actually there. Of course, nothing can substitute an actual visit to a college, but the Princeton Review book is one of the best ways to start your college search and decide which universities appeal to you.

Another book that I purchased was the enormous 3,257 page "Peterson's 4 Year Colleges" guide. This book is adequate for finding copious amounts of statistics regarding every 4- year college in the United States, as well as a few international universities. The introduction is fairly informative, and the second half of the book provides brief 2-page descriptions of various colleges listed in the beginning of the book. This guide is ok for people who want to consider ALL their options, but it is probably not necessary at all if you at least have a vague idea of where you want to go and what you would like to do.

"The Fiske Guide to Colleges" is truly exceptional. Although it may not include every college out there, it does have over 300 of the best ones available. Similar to the Princeton Review's guide, Fiske gives actual ratings to academics, social life, and quality of life, but on a 5-star scale. What is helpful about this is that it gives the reader a modified perspective of a college which may have been otherwise thought of differently. For example, a college which has a five-star rating for academics may seem great to parents and students at first, but then you might realize that the quality of life and social rating might be horrible and students hate living there. This is not the case all the time, but it is a helpful warning that elucidates what exactly the life at a college may be like. Another great thing about Fiske's guide is that his college summaries really bolster his rankings, and he covers everything from the effectiveness of classroom academics to the abundance of frat parties.

The last guide I will comment on is the "Insider's Guide to the Colleges," which was written by actual college students. This book is pretty good and gives insight to quality of academics, student body, and social life, but mainly focuses on the latter. It is fun to read and has lots of humorous quotes from students at the individual colleges. The introduction was pretty good as well, and contains important information for people not too familiar with college applications or terminology.

Overall, I believe if you want to buy only one or two books, I would opt for either The Princeton Review's "The Best 331 Colleges" or the "Fiske Guide," primarily because of the books' forthright approach to assessing the colleges based on various factors, not just academics. And to all students applying to college this coming fall, I wish you all the best of luck.