Preparation Books

This book is great for a quick reference guide to check on medications that may be affected by massage therapy. It is thorough and I have been surprised to find so many medications that I never heard of listed in the book. This is a very helpful tool!

Pharmacology for Respiratory Care Practitioners is up to date, educational, and easy to read. It really is a "Complete Pharmacology" for practical application, education, and referance.

Just took the Nov 18 PTCE, and I found this book to be very useful in my preparation. The drugs and literature (a good portion of the exam) are very well organized, being put into lists. It goes through pretty much everything you need to know for the PTCE.

This is a well researched and written aid for the student or practicioner who wishes to revue prior to taking a phlebotomist certification exam.

The question and answer format of this text is a familiar theme in medical training, and carries over very well into this written format. The questions are "right on" as to what is really important. I review it regularly.

I really love this book! It isn't a guide or textbook, it's just USMLE style questions, but it often helped me figure out what I was missing. I think the questions are great, and the explanations are extremely useful!

Reviewer: Sue Alpaugh, English teacher from New Jersey
I was very pleased with my students' responsiveness to Philip Geer's book Simon's Saga, and with its effectiveness as a tool for learning and recalling the meanings of advanced words.

Recently I've been trying out Picture These SAT Words! and its flashcards with my classes. The pictures and accompanying puns that integrate the sound links for word recall are very creative and funny. My students really like the zany ideas behind them, and also appreciate the rhythm and rhyme of the puns. Another excellent thing about this method is that the sound link itself comes as close as it possibly can to the actual sound of the word.

One favorite is the difficult word "iconoclastic." The sound link is Ike Kono's class.The picture shows a teacher, Mr. Ike Kono, writing on a blackboard. His students are seen being "iconoclastic" (attacking cherished traditions). One student is sticking pins into a small Santa Claus doll. Others are raising their hands to suggest the abolishment of schools, tests, and Thanksgiving. The pun below the picture reads: Iconoclastic students in Ike Kono's class.

Another example that really amuses my students is "soporific," another difficult word which means "marked by sleepiness." The sound link given is soap horrific. The picture shows an alert old man sitting in a bathtub scrubbing himself, surrounded by little devils and snakes rising up out of the water. On the floor in front of the tub is a discarded soap wrapper upon which is written "soap horrific." From the bathroom door two old ladies look in on this scene. One says "He used to fall asleep in the bath until he tried Soap Horrific." The pun below the picture reads: He isn't soporific when he uses Soap Horrific.

As with Simon's Saga, I would rate Picture These SAT Words! and Picture These SAT Words in a Flash very highly as advanced vocabulary building tools. The book teaches 300 important SAT words, and the box of flashcards is a selection of 200 from the book. Both are fun and both have their advantages. The book has excellent exercises after each unit that reinforce the sound link and ensure that the words are learned. The set of flashcards offers the added dimension of fun and games.

I guess this book is best one I've seen for its object .. many cases with answers and explanations .. this what I need ..

This book should be considered standard reference for individuals who make agricultural decisions based on laboratory analysis. The Plant Analysis Handbook provides comprehensive and understandable insight as to the individual elements and there relation to proper crop development, and it relates this information to the analysis and its apropriate use as a tool for intuitive and informed decition making. Steven Mullins

It is a simple book that approaches the topic in a Q&A format. It is great to review for CRIP or for the boards.