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The book is a short description of legends of Maniilaq -- an
Eskimo prophet of the 19th century. I found it beautiful. God speaks to all people and his message is the same everywhere. Highly recommended.

An awsome book a story of a Prophet "Maniilaq" from
Northwest Alaska a story worth telling and should be known
worldwide and would probably make a good movie with the
right director and actors etc.. Get this book you'll be
glad u did -jg in alaska say's HI to my people- :)

Wonderful! If you are looking for an uplifting book without it being preachy, this is the one you want.
Historically accurate, imaginative, and well researched.
The cover art is beautiful.
The content is wonderful; it would be a great book for a multi-cultural class.

Further evidence that God speaks to man and would free us from superstition and fear, this is a story for adult and child in every nation and culture. Its narrative allows the reader to sit with Inupiaq Elders and experience the oral tradition of American native culture. I'm currently reading it to my six-year-old, a real critic.

This is a wonderful book for anyone and any age. It can inspire us and give us all comfort knowing that the "grandfather" in the sky cares for all of us. It is an easy read told through the words of the elders. It is a very wonderful book and is a reminder of how we are all God's children. I highly recommend it!!!

Excellent book both in terms of framework and use of practical examples.Comprehensive coverage.Quite updated and international coverage due to the alliance with E. Anderson that teaches in Insead. The mix of the authors's background clearly enriches the book. Highly recommended and easy to see why it is in its 7th edition.

Marketing Channels is a must-own for any executive who thinks strategically about the way in which customers buy their company's products.

Like the sixth edition, the seventh edition is organized around a comprehensive framework for channel strategy. Each chapter walks through a different element of the framework. This approach integrates a wide range of material while making it easy to sample just the strategic topics that are relevant to your business.

The seventh edition continues the evolution of the book toward an approach well-grounded in the real-world economics of channels. Much of the content has been carried over from the sixth edition, although the book's structure is more streamlined. A lot of superfluous and outdated material from earlier editions has finally been cleaned up.

The chapter on vertical integration has been rightly moved into the "Channel Implementation" section. This is an outstanding chapter that provides a truly unique synthesis of marketing strategy and economic reasoning.

I have only two minor quibbles. One, the book is beginning to lag behind actual management practice. For instance, the discussion of margin vs. fee payments, new to the seventh edition, receives a scant four paragraphs. Two, the chapters on channel institutions (Retailing, Wholesaling, and Logistics) should either be expanded or more closely integrated with examples in the text. In addition, the data presented in these chapters are often out-of-date, in some cases by more than ten years.

As both a channel strategy consultant and one of Erin's former students, I can personally vouch for the validity of their insights into channel strategy. You will not be disappointed by the quality and rigor of thinking in this book.

In a business world that is constantly changing, it is absolutely critical to understand the function and behavior of marketing channels -- that is, the roles that manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers play in the channel of distribution. The businesses that understand these tenets will be able to adapt to changes in the marketplace, and those who do not, will ultimately fail.

This is the 5th edition of the original book that developed the theories that explain the structure and behavior of marketing channels. There is still nothing better. For those who understand the significance of channels, it provides a clear roadmap for the analysis of changes. For those who do not, it will explain channel member behavior and illuminate recent successes due to channel management (Walmart, Dell Computer), so that you can understand how the lessons can be applied to your business.

I recommend this book to all business managers, not just to read once, but to keep in your office and refer to often through the years in order to navigate the high seas of channel change.

This edition is really a significant leap forward with so many great examples bringing the framework and principles to life. All the other changes help to broaden the readership appeal and increase the book's usability.

For me, this is the definitive text in the emerging discipline of routes to market and is of tremendous value to channels managers, marketing managers and anyone responsible for their organisation's routes to market.

In fact, never mind the marketeers, every CEO should be required to read it.

This book, containing plenty of cases in accordance with each topic in every chapter, gives readers hand-on perception on how the theory exists within the business world. I especially love chapter 8:"Channel Power", which specifies 5 powers a manufacturer or distributor may owns and how to deploy them properly in different situation or period. While you read, the book keeps you thinking about your own business and desiring to apply these breakthrough knowledge tomorrow, great!

This is the book that JRR Tolkien used to read to his children, and it inspired him to create Hobbits. It's a wonderful story on its own! You can see where The Hobbit got it's inspiration, but The Wonderful Land Of Snergs is a completely different story.

It was published in 1928, and has a more modern vibe to it than I thought it would. For example, the ogre who used to eat children has gone vegetarian. The seaman's parrot swears in High Dutch. There's also quite a few double entendres for the adults. The Snergs help out the Ladies of the society that saves unwanted children and in return the Snergs benefit from "intercourse with fine ladies." Haha. I believe he MEANT "talking and just being around fine ladies." A knight errant has gone in search of dragons to fight, but can't find any. A miller tells him he knows where a dragon is, but it turns out to be the miller's wife. You get the idea. The kids will giggle, but the adults will get a little more out of it. Several of the words used in the book I had to look up, and I'm a fairly educated adult, so it's definitely a book for an adult to enjoy with children, along with a dictionary by the nightstand.

If you're a JRR Tolkien fan, then you'll definitely want to read this book. But even if you're not, this is a wonderful children's book on it's own, and deserves to be more widely read. If you're a Harry Potter fan, I think you would also enjoy this book. It's on the level of the first or second Harry Potter.

It is easy to see why this 1928 novel was a favorite with J. R. R. Tolkien's young children, and that the short-statured, big-hearted Snergs might well have been in the back of his mind when he created his Hobbits. But aside from that connection, this is a delightful children's book. The avuncular narrator keeps insisting there will be a sound moral to the story coming up eventually, but finally admits there isn't any, except perhaps to be wary of ogres who claim to have reformed. Along the way there is a journey through a magical landscape, the Flying Dutchman and his crew, a cunning witch who gets her come-uppance (as the not-so-reformed ogre gets his), old hostilities that are settled, a dunderhead Snerg who becomes a better and wiser peson, and a good deal of humor.

The only reason, and it is indeed a sad reason, that this long forgotten novel has come back into print is because it has a (slight) connection with Tolkien, one of this centuryýs most popular writers. I say sad because it aptly displays how a fine writer of children stories can write a really good tale but remain obscure. Had Tolkien not read him, although it would have quite possibly change the course of modern literature because he would not think of the hobbits as halfings (well, he might, but he said this was their source) and create them as a viable race in Middle-earth.

As for the book itself? It is a fun, light read appropriate for children about ten or so. There is some violence in the end which may be rather frightening to young children, but nowadays they see worst on the television, and the violence is not real explicity. E. A. Wyke-Smith incorporates the Arthurian myth of the land across the river, which Tolkien did not like. Shame-facedly, my aquaintance with the Arthurian cycle lies much closer to dimly knowing as opposed to being an expert thereon.

One thing that marks this book is Wyke-Smithýs assimilation of various childrenýs traditions into a cohesiave whole. The Flying Dutchman, that mythical ghost ship, is here, and witches and an ogre are present as well. One interesting little facet are the children that are kept there (in a sort of schooling organization) are taken because they are superfluous children. I think it is for the regulation of superfluous children. I do not have my book with me, so I cannot say for sure. The most memorable character for was Golithos, an ogre who lived off poorly grown cabbage and was a ýreformedý ogre. His struggle with his reformation proves quite humourous and, for me, is one of the best moments that childrenýs literature has to offer.

As for itýs relation to Tolkien, this publication will only be of interested to Tolkien scholars and fans, and probably only they will search this book out because of itýs influence on THE HOBBIT. Itýs principle influence were the Snergs themselves, who were quite like Hobbits in height and social customs, although they do have a king. Itýs a real shame that the only reason this book will be read is because of Tolkien, for it is a quite good childrenýs book in and of itself.

The question remains, however: how other many worthwhile pieces of literature have escaped the popular canon and sank into the dusty obscurities of time? Who knows how long this will survive. It may interest you to know that Homer wrote a third book which was a comedy and Aristotle wrote a book about comedy and both are now lost. Very tragic. Don't let it happen to this book, because it's a charmer.

This is a delightful book I read as a child at my after-school babysitter's - and searched for over a 30 year period! I could never remember the title, nor author. But I recalled the jist of the tale and the cover illustration - a knight atop a horse, looking down and to his left at a child. Every town or city I lived in or visited, I would haunt the libraries and used book stores. And even though I had a rough description of a land for "superfluous" -as another reviewer said- children,and the adventures of two of them in another Land ..... no one knew of the book. They were always trying to get me to settle on "Water Babies" (?) or "Flying Dutchmen" - that last one was real close! I cruised through children's sections, card catalogs, dusty shelves and cartons - looking for some hint of a name to open my memories.
It wasn't until an unplanned pre-Xmas stop at Powell's City of Books in Portland (OR){a landmark behemoth of a bookstore - ya gotta see it to believe it!} one evening that I DID stumble across it ! And I HAD to buy it: published 1928, hardcover, stamped on the inside cover with "Withdrawn - Cedar Mill Community Library" - all 220pgs with George Morrow's great illustrations. I think I paid about $10. for it. There it was, here in my adopted Pacific NW just like the book that captivated my imagination and fancy so many years before-far away on the Northeast coast of New England. Of course I read it again! - and was just as delighted. And only then - in my "adult body" - did I see the similarities with Hobbits and the Like. As an 8 yr old I had never heard of Bilbo or Frodo. It would be another 9 years before I was lost in Middle Earth! And may I ever stay the child-at-heart, blissfully lost in those hobbit hills. Highly recommend this early literary treasure trove Tolkien and his kids loved. And the forerunner of all things Hobbit-ish.

I received "The Marvellous Land of Snergs" as a gift and reluctantly read it. I postponed getting to the 'meat' of the story by reading the introduction, secretly hoping to be bored and providing an excuse to put it down. I was captured within minutes and couldn't wait to begin the adventure. The chapters are short and decoratively written providing the reader a minds view of the landscape and many personalities the main characters, Joe and Sylvia, encounter on their travels. Joe and Sylvia provided a link with traditional fiction that boosted my enthusiasm for devouring this book. A book I will read to my children!

Very impressed with all the info packed inside of the book... is a tad big for a pocket.

This book is great, it's very handy and you can keep it with you at all times, in your lab coat, or anything. Nice and Small, but filled with lots of useful information.

over two thousand dollars for a paperback book?

I'm very satisfied with this dictionary, because I can find anything I need in it. By the way, I am a medical student.

A lot of info in portable form. Better than Bantam or the other lightweight medical dictionaries you find in the health section of regular bookstores. There are some acronyms and abbreviations in the inside covers.

The Truth: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know EverythingAs a positive psychologist and an author myself,(The Truth, I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything) of a book designed to engage girls and boys, tweens and teens, I'm always looking for other books that have a purpose and the kind of appeal that will interest our youngsters. Mountain Cabin Mystery is a total winner. It is engaging from the first page. It teaches several very positive, clear messages about helping and saving the environment, it teaches some important information about survival skills, and it is written in an easy, compelling style that will draw in top readers, but even more important, it will draw in poor readers and keep them reading until the last page. Parents and teachers know how difficult it is to convince a discouraged reader to read. No convincing necessary with this book! I also, in my book, The Truth, intentionally wrote at a level that all readers could handle. It is very necessary to reach a broad section of kids, particularly when important messages are being taught. If you are a librarian, teacher or parent make sure you have a copy of this book available!

Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (5/06)

"Mountain Cabin Mystery" is an adventure about Scott, Al and Benji; three young friends who are taking a required wilderness class with the hopes of being accepted on a summer backpacking trip in the Colorado Rockies. After much work and being turned down twice already, the twelve year old boys are selected to be a part of the Wilderness Wanderers group specifically labeled as Timber Wolves.

This story by Max Elliot Anderson is packed with excitement and danger, just what a reluctant reader might take to! The boys do many things right, but they also neglect some of the important rules learned about backpacking in dangerous territory. Brian is one of trail leaders who is also a youth pastor at his church in Denver. The young man promises to share the research he is doing for his Master's Degree on what he has learned about environmental issues versus Christian issues in dealing with the environment, as this becomes a topic of discussion and concern for Scott. In my opinion, this was a minor subplot, but some may find it a relevant topic.

Anderson deals with some very real and frightening issues in "Mountain Cabin Mystery." The boys mistakenly find themselves on a restricted military zone where the U.S. Army is conducting mountain training exercises on a search and capture mission. The simulated drills are cancelled when the boys stumble upon terrorists with maps and satellite pictures ready to wipe out important targets around the city of Denver. The boys learn that sleeper cells exist in nearby locations, just waiting for the signal to do as much damage as possible to innocent victims.

The boys ingeniously use a harmless laser pointer and a flash camera to lure the terrorists from hiding, making the terrorists think they are being stalked with a high powered weapon with a laser sight. The boys foil the terrorists' escape by flattening the tires of the escape vehicle. Scott, Al and Benji are eventually awarded by authorities for saving many lives and for doing the right thing in the face of danger. The underlying message of those searching for the young campers brings to mind God's words, "My lamb was lost and I'd do anything to find you," says Benji's father.

This book seemed quite intense, dealing with dangers we unfortunately face on a daily basis. Anderson dedicated this book to the memory of 9/11, and I found this to be a moving gesture. The story will definitely keep you riveted while frantically turning pages to learn the outcome!

Although fiction, I recommend "Mountain Cabin Mystery" to any beginner interested in backpacking in the wilderness. It is filled with good information about safety in the wilderness, what to do in case of emergencies, and what can happen if specific directions are not followed. This would make a great read for a youngster getting ready for camp. I recommend reading this book to all who've enjoyed Anderson's other books, for this is one of his best.

My older two boys who are 8 and 10 years old LOVED these books. I have one boy who doesn't like to read, but it was easy getting him to read everyday with this series of books! They would come tell me everything that happened in the part they read that day. I'm so glad I found an adventure that they like to read and isn't harsh on their little minds.

Part of the Baker Trittin Press "Tweener Press Adventure Series" for young readers, Mountain Cabin Mystery finds that Scott and his friends on a wilderness camping trip when curiosity and a Kodak moment causes them to leave the trail. That's when the find themselves surrounded by a dense fog, facing a menacing bear, finding a remote cabin that seems to offer shelter --- proves to be a trapped encounter with terrorists! A very nicely crafted, attentention riveting adventure tale, Mountain Cabin Mystery is especially recommended reading for children ages 10 to 14.

Max Elliot Anderson, writer of Adventures for readers ages 8 to 13, has penned another winner with "Mountain Cabin Mystery." Within hours of its arrival in my mail, I had put aside my other chores to sit down and read the fourth book of Max's Mystery Series. At one time, Anderson was a reluctant reader. He has successfully exceeded in his goal to turn other reluctant readers into eager ones. Although his stories are aimed at pre and early teens, this Grandmother has thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of Max Elliott Anderson's books.
Scott and his best friends, Al and Ben, have been dreaming of a wilderness camping adventure. They each completed and passed the wilderness training classes and are eagerly awaiting the response to their application to the Colorado Wilderness Camping Adventure. Delighted to finally receive their acceptance notice, they prepare, unaware that they will experience more on the trip than expected. I don't want to give away Anderson's action-packed, riveting plot, but I promise, you will not be able to put down the book until the final page. Max Elliott Anderson's books are so interesting I hope the publisher will consider printing boxed sets as gifts for young readers. Anderson's previous titles - Newspaper Caper, Terror at Wolf Lake, and North Woods Poachers - are equally entertaining and action oriented. Max tells me he has four more books ready for release this year. Max Elliot Anderson's books are destined to become classics along with such greats as Tom Sawyer, The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Anderson is a talented writer; his books should be available in every local and middle school library. I am privileged to be on this author's list of reviewers and look forward eagerly to his next adventure.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge, Ruth Fever and Jena's Choice

Someone has murdered Claire Jensen's youngest daughter, and it may be someone she met in an Internet Chat Room. There are three separate men she had been talking to online and more than three people around her with compelling motives. Before long, Clair gets wrapped up in the case when she tries to find her daughter's chat partners, and it's up to Detective Marty Slade to sift the clues and figure out which of them killed True before he makes mother like daughter!
Beth Anderson has written an eerily realistic and enormously satisfying mystery about the dangers that lurk in the corners of the World Wide Web, and let me tell you they're a lot creepier than any old spider!
The mystery element is solid, with just the right amount of clues and suspects to keep the reader guessing at every turn and a dash of romance tossed in for good measure. Through it all, Anderson keeps it realistic and even makes her characters thoroughly irritating at times, which ultimately makes them more likeable.
Ultimately, the ending is one that you don't expect and makes you hungry for more of Anderson's work. Murder Online just serves as one more reason to turn away from the tired storylines of mainstream mystery and seek small pubbed authors post haste!

Claire Jenson had just lost her husband a year earlier, and was trying to cope with that loss, when she receives a phone call saying that her youngest daughter, True, has been murdered in Chicago. How is she going to cope with this? How is she going to tell her other daughter? How are they going to make it through this together?

Detective Marty Slade is assigned the case, and he takes it personally. True had not only been murdered, but unspeakable things had happened to her. He has to get this monster off the streets now. Unfortunately, through a totally chilling source, he later finds out this monster inhabits the chat rooms on the web, and it isn't going to be easy to find him.

Not only are there three different suspects, there is also absolutely no cooperation coming forth from the local police. Add to these problems, Claire has determined that the police aren't working fast enough, and so she decides that she can find this killer faster herself. She is going to find him, no matter what. And she isn't going to listen to Marty, or to anyone else.

Ms. Anderson has written a story that will scare you to death. This could very well be a true crime story, as it is happening each, and everyday in the world today. This book will carry you right through, from page one to the last page with chills running down your spine, and your stomach lurching for your throat. At the same time you can't put it down. You have to know what is happening.

Ms. Anderson has captured the real world of the chat rooms. Do you ever really know who you are talking to? Are they really who they portray themselves to be, or are they cruising the Internet looking for their next victim? And are you going to be that victim?

If you do become that person's victim, how are the authorities ever going to find out who harmed you?

This is a very real, and very chilling story of what can, and does go on in the world of the chat rooms. I can't recommend enough that everyone read this wonderfully, written book. But don't read it with the lights down low, because you will be scared to death. And in this case that isn't all bad.

Ms. Anderson has captured an ugly side of the Internet so realistically, but at the same time has woven a wonderful story around it, so well that it will be difficult (no impossible) to forget. And, in my opinion, no one ever should.

And that takes real talent, which Ms. Anderson definitely has. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of 'Murder Online' today, and get ready for the ride of your life. You will be very happy you did.

Claire Jenson is the victim of loss. Just a year has passed since she lost her dear husband to a sudden death. Now she has to deal with the murder of her darling daughter True. Only this time she will not sit by and idly except it. Claire is fighting mad at fate and the person who took her daughters life. Heading the investigation in Chicago, where her daughter was murdered, is Sergeant Detective Martin Slade. He doesn't have much to go on but he vows to find True's killer when he meets Claire. Something about her touches him deeply and he doesn't want to let her down. Claire decides to help the police whether they want her to or not. Through a series of leads she realizes that the murderer got to her daughter through the internet. She is bound and determined to flush him out into the open and bring her daughters murderer to justice. In the process she puts her own life on the line. Beth Anderson has written a chilling story of what could happen so very easily in real life. She will make you face the truth. How much do we really know about the people we talk to every day on the internet? Are they who they really tell us they are? Are they serial killers or perverts cruising the net for their next victim? MURDER ON LINE is so cleverly written that you won't know who to trust or when the next threat will pop up on Claire's computer. The lineup of characters that are on line are so deceptive you have no idea if they are the friends they claim to be. And when you meet them the first thing you will want to do is take a shower. They are that creepy! I can't recommend MURDER ON LINE enough. It's a fast paced and intelligent book. One thing you will definitely get from it is that not everything is what it seems to be when you are on line.

With MURDER ONLINE, Beth Anderson has written the perfect Internet noir thriller. Ms. Anderson has taken the police procedural into the Twenty-First Century with this unique mystery merging a traditional fair-play whodunit with a police procedural and updated with the technology of the World Wide Web.

Claire Jenson is a downstate Illinois widow who is faced with another loss when her daughter True is murdered in the big bad city of Chicago. Chicago detective Marty Slade is assigned to the case, and he soon begins to become absorbed in the homicide investigation.

In many ways, MURDER ONLINE is a perfectly structured mystery. Ms. Anderson presents the set-up in the opening chapter. She introduces the major characters early on and begins the development of her varied subplots, immediately hooking her reader into her novel. Her novel ends with a cleverly dangerous plot climax.

There is a suggestion of romance between the widow and the detective. There are sibling rivalries between the murder victim and her sister that may have contributed to the murder. The suspects all appear on stage in one guise or another. The clues are provided, yet they are only obvious in retrospect. The multible themes are well developed.

A central focus of MURDER ONLINE involves the dark side of the Internet and its chatrooms. Claire takes it upon herself to hunt down her daughter's murderer in cyberspace. Ms. Anderson presents a disturbing picture of Internet stalking as Claire and Marty eventually uncover the identity of True's murderer.

When her reader finishes this novel, Ms. Anderson has certainly made her point about the disturbed people who can lurk among the strands of the World Wide Web. There are definitely sick people out there, shielding their identities and committing disgustingly harmful acts via their Internet hook-ups.

I read this book in one sitting, and I certainly recommend it highly.

Fans who loved Beth Anderson's fluid lyricism in NIGHT SOUNDS will welcome her newest release MURDER ONLINE, where her poetic voice lures the reader through the treacherous territory of cybersex and murder. Her characters live and breathe, lending a pulse and breathlessness to the tale that will sweep the reader into a fascinating and dangerous world with a hard biting, surprising conclusion.

Claire Jenson is casting seeds in her flower garden when the call comes from Chicago that her youngest daughter has been murdered. Nineteen year old True had moved from her mother's home to Chicago, three and a half hours away, only six months ago. But the geographic brevity of the move belied the incredible distance and danger that life in Chicago had presented for young True. Burned from a romance gone wrong and a botched abortion, True preferred the excitement of chat rooms and cybersex to dating. Little had True realized that the dangers posed by stalkers over the Internet easily match the dangers of meeting strangers anywhere else.

Claire had lost her husband to a sudden heart attack only the year before True's death. Now only she and her oldest daughter Lannie are left. Computer illiterate, she objects to Lannie's suggestion that they bring True's computer home, but allows herself to be persuaded. As Lannie teaches her to maneuver in the mysterious world of cyberspace, Claire comes to understand the fascination her daughter held for a world that she had mistakenly assumed was both safe and anonymous.

Sergeant Detective Martin Slade has been a Chicago cop for almost thirty years, but the photos of True Jenson's body shake him as he recognizes her similarity to his own beloved granddaughter. Something about Claire's strength and depth of characters captures his imagination, and he finds himself promising to find True's killer even as the trail grows colder, leaving behind a crime not of passion, but a crime of deliberation and forethought. No one saw or heard the killer. When Claire discovers a letter written by True to her sister describing the three men who had been stalking her through the mysterious world of cyberspace, the Detective vainly tries to warn Claire of the dangers she seems to be courting in her pursuit of these mysterious men through chat rooms.

Anderson skillfully weaves a chilling tale of murder that leaves the reader forever questioning the safety of chat rooms and those who enter seemingly innocuous comments. Indeed, the world of cyberspace, in Anderson's hands, becomes as dangerous and deadly as the bars and hangouts always favored by the lonely. With a precision and deftness of pen, Anderson's murder mystery at once fascinates and repels computer users, however innocently we meet others online. Further, this fast paced, hard biting, yet entertainingly humorous and well developed mystery will simply whet the reader's appetite for yet more masterpieces from this author's pen.

I love this book so much. Every child knows that their birthday is a special day, so to compare that event with Jesus' birthday is excellent. The book is relevant and easy to understand--more applicable to children than every other Christmas book I've ever read.

It outlines both the similarities and differences between Jesus' birth and our own. The message is profound, explaining that Jesus came to be our savior. And yet it is simple enough for a child to grasp. The illustrations are beautiful and the entire book is just outstanding. It's so well done that my toddler literally kisses baby Jesus each and every time we read it!

This book is a fiction book about a seven year old girl telling about how her's and Jesus' birthday are celebrated each year. The author, Holly Davis explains how the little girl's birthday and Jesus' birthday are very similiar. She tells how the little girl and her family celebrates her birth and how the families picked out or found names for each baby. Nancy Munger did a really good job with the colorful and childlike illustrations in this book. I would recommend this book to every child in America because it is very interesting,even to me,and it helps to teach children about Jesus.

It totally cuts through the commercialism of Christmas to explain the true meaning in a way a child can understand. In the age of Santa, toys, Frosty, Rudolf, etc., it's refreshing to see Jesus' birth explained in this innovative and child friendly way. Read it to your child throughout the Christmas season.

Excellent book for children to help them better understand Jesus' birth--how it compares with their own and how it is different. The illustrations are beautiful. I have given this as a gift at baby showers, and it has been well received.

The cover says for 2 to 6 but I feel this will appeal to a broader group than that. Read this lovely little gem to your children, grandchildren,child care group,Sunday School class,or as part of a little primary program about Christmas or BIRTHDAYS. If it is a one-on-one situation, take advantage of the opportunity to answer questions that might arise.

serious system testing has never been part of the culture here. One day the manager decided that it would be a good thing if we did proper, coordinated, effective stress and load testing. I got stuck with coming up with strategy. I started reading this book expecting a how to guide. I expected to be spoon fed all the nittt gritty details on how to do it. This is not what I got.

This book points you in the right direction, show you the tools you could use, explains what you need to think about and the questions you need to ask. The how-to and the answers to the questions are more for you to figure out yourslef.

At the end of it you come away with a better understanding of what you need to do, why you need to do, high level how you are going to do it and the value you and your company are going to gain by doing all of this.

I would strongly recommend it to anyone having to get involved in system analysis and performance. It gives you a great broader picture of the whole issue. You think you know what you have got yourself involved in. this book shows you that you appreciate only the tip of the iceberg.

This is an excellent book which can be used for perfomance tuning and stress testing phase of big projects

Written by an authority on the subject. This book is a treasure trove of information that is detailed and essential for covering all aspects of a properly executed stress test. Written from experience, this book is a definite "MUST" read for anyone assigned the challenging task.

This book features good discussion on performance tuning the mySAP suite that no other books have so far. This is the perfect book for SAP Stress Test Project Managers, SAP Stress Test Project Teams, SAP Basis Administrators, Oracle DBAs, Unix Administrators managing SAP systems, and project implementation teams. Those who stress test their systems well with the help of this book will have significant returns.

The ultimate reference for performance testing (certainly testing, more so than actual tuning, though the latter is covered well in the last few chapters). The author's approach is complete in that it addresses how to test along with what, when, to what degree, and with what kind of staffing resources. I'm already thinking of ways we can improve our own change control processes, and based on tools and methods covered by the author I'm convinced I can do so cheaper and with less impact to my users than I previously thought possible. Case in point, look into the two chapters on tools for testing and monitoring: in this alone, the book will pay for itself in short order.

This book is a fascinating insider view of the horrors of a Japanese WWII POW camp. Great for WWII buffs and non-buffs alike.

This book was excellent. The first-person point-of-view made the action seem like it was happening to me! I have read a lot of WW II books, but I learned a lot from this one.

This book blew me away. I literally couldn't put it down. I would give it six stars if I could.

Never Surrender is the most intense WW II book I have ever read. The fact that it was written in the first person by an actual survivor of the battles and the POW camps really brought the story home for me. The main character in the true life adventure is also the book's author. Sometimes he is on the periphery of battles and at other times he is right in the middle of it!

I was very surprised by the humor and wit of the POW survivor, Earl Anderson, who wrote the book. Many times, I found myself laughing at a hilarious anecdote told by the writer a moment before I was holding my breath as the writer's life was in danger. The writer uses the interesting technique of telling the story as if it is happening in the present. This brings an immediacy to the story that is not present in other WW II books. I was shocked and fascinated as the story unfolded. The writer's personal experiences reveal truths about the Philippines battles and the Japanese POW camps that I never knew about before. This book is an entertaining adventure story as well as a harrowing tale of survival. I would recommend this book to anyone and not just to those people interested in WW II.

This was an amazing story of one man's need to survive. I liked how it dealt with the history of the time as well as what Earl was going through. Well written.

For most people the purchase of their home is the biggest investment they will ever make. In this book Peter Mitchell and James Pidd teach you how to use the equity of your home and turn it into a vehicle for a more financially secure retirement. They bring to reality the common knowledge that mortgage interest is simple interest and investment interest is compounding interest.
The examples in this book make clear the power of compounding interest when combined with the tax advantage of life insurance and the impact that has on your retirement goals. They make a compelling case that turns the equity of your home into a financial vehicle that meets the investment criteria of safety, liquidity and rate of return.
This should be a must read book for everyone starting with every High School senior.

Excellent job of explaining the benefits of making your mortgage work for you. As a mortgage professional if most homeowners understood these concepts and applied them we would have a lot more people setup for retire and enjoy there life. Sadly most people go about it the wrong way and wind up struggling in their retirement years.

As a homeowner who's gone through three loans since the purchase of my first home, I can only say, "Why didn't somebody have this information out sooner, I could have avoided some pitfalls along the way". This is an amazing book I highly recommend to ALL HOMEOWNERS! Not only do I now know how the different types of home loans that are available work, I also know which is the best loan for my situation because I can accumulate wealth for my family and have my home mortgage paid off sooner If I choose to. This book is putting me behind the driver's seat of my largest investment and taking me to my desired destination at retirement in a faster, smoother ride. I will never look at my home and my investments in the way that I used to. Thank You, Peter Mitchell!

This book is a must read. It's certainly at the top of my list.
Don't you wish that you could go back in time? I like to say it this way. I am now 47 years old and I wish I knew then, at the birth of my first son at age 27, what I know now.
Where did you learn about money, the Banks? Or our Schools?
Probably from life experiences right?
We are not taught about finances at all.
When you read this book, you will have what I like to say is an "Ah Ha Experience".
Why didn't someone tell me the whole story? Are you going to listen to the radio and TV or are you going to get educated. This book will teach you about your mortgage loan, maximizing cash flow and what the Financially Independent people do.
It's either Man or Woman at work or Money at work. The sooner you have money work for you, the sooner you can stop working for it and do what is most important to you.
Most people do not take the time to plan out their lives. Read this book and it will open up your mind to things that we are not taught and you need to know. Don't you want to make the right decisions when it comes to your money?
This book will definitely help you. I have been in the Financial Services industry for seven years and it makes a lot of sense.
If you are a loan officer this is a must read book. This book will help you to separate yourself from all of your competition.

I've been a Certified Mortgage Planner. I've seen many, many people in the wrong type of mortgage with little to no planning for their future. They were almost always in the wrong mortgage because they didn't have the knowledge they needed to make a better choice and took someone else's advice. The same goes for retirement planning. People need to learn more about the reasons behind the choices they need to make. I got into mortgage planning because I wanted to find a way to help people. And there are not many other ways where I could have the impact I wanted to have. I understand from experience what kind of impact both the right and the wrong choices can make.
This is the best resource I've read to date for both the consumer and the mortgage professional on the types of mortgages and their use when you're practicing equity management which I believe should be a part of every homeowner's retirement plan.
I now help lead what we hope will become the premier debt elimination company in the country. I speak to mortgage professionals every week and at the time of my writing this review I'd say about 25% of the people I speak to thoroughly understand what this book can teach you. That's not good enough, and it tells you why it's so important for you to be knowledgeable and have an understanding of mortgage types and how they'll affect your entire financial future.
There are going to be other reviews which will argue against equity management because it's not the right choice for a small percentage of homeowners. The Chicago Fed came out with a report last year that supports equity management. But that argument is not the point. I don't care what type of account you use to build your retirement. The point is you need to build a retirement that fits your needs and over 90% of Americans are not doing that right now. You need the knowledge to make good choices. This book has to be one of the resources you learn from.
Don't let arguments over the best kind of retirement accounts keep you from learning what you need to know.
Read this for yourself and for your future.