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I've been playing chess for two years now, and until I found this book, I was very frustrated with the choice of chess books available. I've never seen a better book for both learning the game, and as handy guide to rules and basic strategies. In less than 100 pages Nigel Short shows how the game works, gives basic strategies lessons, and teaches chess notation. Both the written instructions and illustrations are superb, crystal clear and straight to the point! While I'm not a beginner at Chess, I'm no grand master either. I keep Chess Basics by my chess board as both a refresher if I haven't played in a while, and as a very handy reference to some of the more difficult to memorize rules (such as En Passant!). I highly recommend this as a "Chess Bible" both as an introduction for the beginner and a practical reference for the casual chess player.

I bought a Lego chess CD for my 6 year old son this past summer just for fun. At the time we were not chess players. We quickly got interested in the game. Basic Chess became the first book I read on this great game. This is truely an introductory book. It combines a little bit of history with an introduction to each of the pieces and their movement around the board. You are introduced to algebraic notation and other important terminology and symbols. Some tatical elements are dicussed such as forks, gaurds and skewers. They are however not given in any particular context (but that is not a big deal). Basic checkmate patterns and castling is covered. The most fundamental principles of chess are emphasized by Short which include: control the center, develop your chessmen and castle early. Other things included are the "en passant" rule and conditions for a draw. Many rules are not included but you can only do so much with 94 pages. It is easy to read and no real typo's to mention. Good sized font. My son now takes private lessons and does puzzles most days. I enjoy reading other chess books a may start taking formal lessons as well although I do play against the computer on Chessmaster 5000. For a "true" beginner it is a winner!!!

Nigel Short is very approachable when it comes to explaining the game of Chess. He has many sections on his book which explains the pieces and how they are used in the game. This book is only 96 pages long but don't be fooled nor discouraged in not purchasing it because you will learn alot if you get it(i know i have). The book is very friendly to read, you feel like if he is there with you explaing the game to you. Other books have distance, this doesn't. You will be surprised as i was that he cuts through the red tape and gets to the point quickly(but in a very friendly way). Very rare! It also has a section on learning Chess notation(this is very important for all Chess novice players to know). I never knew how notation functioned but Nigel explained it perfectly and now i understand (the letters and the numbers when i look at the board). The notation area is (on pages 26-through 31). The font and the Chess diagrams inside the book are friendly, positive, and understandable. It is very soft on the eyes. Yes, this too includes a picture of Nigel Short (you will see what he looks like)which is on page Seven and has a special message from him to you(on the game). The message is not one of politically correctness but one of sincerity. By reading this information again and again and with time practicing the game everything will become second nature. It is all about practice in the end, but this books(writing) information gives explains the game to you and gives you this very optimistic confidence to take up the sport/hobby. Like i said, very rare writing and attitude from a high ranking Chess Player such as Mr. Short. He takes the mystery out of Chess! Nigel Short lives in Greece,is Married, and has children. According to FIDE he is the 2nd number ranked player in England.Please look at his history(whenever you have the time, this person is a Legend(and he looks so young). This information deserves 10 stars,highly recommended book. Thanks Mr.N.Short.

This book could be helpful to the well established and the beginning preacher.

It is actually better than the one I used in Bible College for preaching and teaching when I was a student.

The book discusses, explains, and teaches how to preach in several different formats.

The formats are...

1. Declarative - Making an Argument
2. Pragmatic - Solving a Mystery
3. Narrative - Telling a Story
4. Visionary - Painting a Picture
5. Integrative - Sing a Song

It shows how to create a sermom outline for each format and gives examples. The book also includes blank outlines and a computer CD.
The CD has the high points of the book and audio sermons of the messages included in the chapters that well known ministers have preached.

This book can be a blessing to you!

This book served to uplift my sense of purpose toward preaching. It stresses not only the how, but the why. A great read, and well worth the effort.

this was a excellent book. It really helped me improve my preaching skills.I would greatly recommend this book to anyone who is really serious about preaching. This is a must have to any book library of preachers, pastors or teachers.

My husband and I went to a class at our churh that was doing this book along with it's study guide and it was so enlightning we are starting our own class. This book can help every marraige wether your marriage is rock solid, steady or ready to fall apart. I recomend all Married couples embark on this powerful life changing journey. I have experienced and wittnessed the maricles that can happen through this study and will continue to share this book with couples as long as it is available!

I read this book several years ago before I married my husband and I would recommend it to anyone that is getting married or is currently married. This book has helped me to understand my partner as well as my faith and I believe that it is essential! There are many wonderful examples of real life problems that many married people face and it helps to know you are not alone. I have continued to look through this book, even 2 years later, and it continues to help me understand myself and my relationships with both the Lord, and my husband. Overall, Excellent!

This book was a wonderful guide to a successful marriage based on the bible. Full of personal stories and biblical passages, The Christ Centered Marriage is an inspiration for all couples.

Latessa and Allen have provided an excellent resource for students of Criminal Justice, and professors alike. This text is concise, very readable, and extremely current, while offering a depth and breadth of information regarding the role and importance of Community Corrections throughout history and today. Many thanks to both authors!

As an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida, I use this text to supplement my Community-Based Corrections class (it was too late in the semester to order it for the main text). It is very readable, written in a good continuim of information, and includes review questions, key terms, and recommended readings. The instructor's guide includes a test bank disk and an overview of each chapter. Student objectives, instructor's aides, and test questions (essay, short-answer, multiple-choice, and true/false) are included (with correct answer, of course!) My students generate a lot of floor discussion with the topics in this book.

I am a 3rd year Criminal Justice student and I must say that this is probably the best text that I have ever had. It is interesting, easy to read and very scholastic. It is actually a pleasure to read this book.

COURAGE IN HIGH HEELS is a must read for women. It could also be an interesting read for men that are open to enlightenment on the sheer determination of women with courage. Joyce S. Anderson has pulled together an assortment of women with a story to tell. This book has eight separate life stories. Each story creatively pulls the reader in and holds their interest with ease.

It would be hard for me to pick out a favorite person in this book. Each showed unbelievable strength and had the resilience to land on their feet; in spite of the curveballs that life kept throwing their way. But I would have to say that Pearl touched my heart the most. Auto accidents kept playing a central role in her life. Born prematurely when her mother was hit by a car; subsequent accidents continued to haunt her life. A less courageous person would have quit when doctors said she would never walk again. She continued to fight and prove them wrong. Pearl's spirit and tanacity were sheer inspiration.

The eight stories were well written, poignant and easily brought back memories of the 50's and 60's. Taking a glimpse into the lives of women that are honest and forthcoming about the events of their lives will touch different people in different ways. Even though Pearl became my new heroine, I can guarantee that each woman will touch others in different ways. They are the epitome of what we all should strive for. Women share medical heartbreaks, infidelity, special needs children and their determination to charter their own destiny. I highly recommend this one for women that need affirmation on the strength and courage that exists in all of us. For the readers that already know this; it is a smooth, intriguing read. Well done!

Readers are accustomed to reading tales of wartime heroism and seemingly supernatural courage under fire. And we devour stories of the rich and famous and their exploits. Ms. Anderson's true stories of eight everyday women was a refreshing change of pace.

She chose for her subjects eight women from widely disparate walks of life. The common thread that bound them all together was the plain and simple courage each one had in the face of adversity. Some were from backgrounds of privilege, others from poverty. Some had long and happy marriages, others suffered sorrow and betrayal at the hands of faithless husbands.

Through interviews and family histories, the author skillfully reveals the heart and spirit of each woman She slowly draws out their hopes and dreams, crushing losses, failed aspirations, and victories won through sheer will and determination. It makes for an inspiring read, knowing that in the end such women persevered no matter what and came out winners.


Each reader will relate to one or more of these women and their lives. Courage in High Heels would make a wonderful subject for discussion groups or book clubs. To simplify such discussions, the author has included appropriate questions to explore. Women, in particular, will enjoy this book but there's something in it everyone can appreciate. True courage never goes out of style.

It is not often readers can find the life stories of individual women put together in one impressive book. Even the title Courage In High Heels sparks the interest. Who are these courageous women in Joyce Anderson's book? They are ordinary women from all walks of life, who have lived in extraordinary times. They are people like you and I, who faced stumbling blocks along Life's path, and turned them into stepping stones.

Courage In High Heels is an inspiring book for women. It shows the reader we are all have much to contribute, in wisdom and knowledge, in love and in loss, in triumph and in defeat.

By studying this book the day before the exam, I was able to get a 5.

Amzon is a good seller. I got my book in five days and am highly recommended.

I took both of the macro and micro exams this year. I had a kaplan guide from my teacher, which was very, very confusing and had very few graphs or visuals.
this aide explained concepts much better and had more graphs. I studied more for the micro exam (i didn't take a class in it - I think I easily got 4 just from this book), but what i reviewed from macro was also pretty good.

We received this book as a gift, and I am purchasing it on Amazon as a gift for another friend. It is one of the most beautiful books I have seen - both visually and literally. The illustrations are stunning - vibrant colors, slightly abstract nature, she even shows all races and ages when painting people - lovely! The rhyming text is wonderful - not your run-of-the-mill children's rhymes, but more like poetry...."empty crates, stack 'em around, button mushrooms on the ground...". She also gives an excellent story depicting the real life of an active farmer's market, and obviously has personal knowledge of Pike's Place Market, using some of the vendor's real names. I highly recommend this book for any age child - I am reading it to my 16 month old daughter and she loves it!

While the rhyming text to this book is fresh and fun, the real joy in sharing this book with your child comes from the amazing colorful pictures in vibrant colors that cover every page. Beautiful!

Sometimes you know a place so well, you memorize it like a song in your heart. Such is Anderson's obvious feel for Seattle's Pike Place Market, where she's lived and shopped and created for 25 years.

Open this dazzling book and plunge into the bustling farmer's market, where vendors hawk and customers scurry and even a hobo dumpster dives. Color explodes off pages of cut paper, with windows that offer peeps into other pages and crowded new vistas.

I've visited this national treasure only once, as a special treat for my 40th birthday. Our pixelated photos can't do justice to what Anderson captures with rhyming text that rips along in a syncopated approximation of street noises and market chatter:

Bakers baking,
heaven lingers ...
Plain or frosted?
Cinnamon fingers.

In a word: Yummy.

Well okay I'm the author so of course I loved this book! But seriously, it's a positive book about the celebrity world and I don't think anyone has written from that angle before. Also I include excerpts from my column, Dear Miss Know It All, so those are fun to read. Mainly, this is a book about how to cope in a tough job environment and is a good read for anyone with a pushy boss, not just a celebrity diva. We ALL know a diva or two in our world. Give this book a try. You won't regret it! Check out my website too: www.dealingwithdivas.com

This is a delightful book! Shelley has a wonderful sense of humor that shines through, and the anecdotes from her personal assistant career will certainly provide some chuckles for your day. On a larger scale, this book offers some powerful ideas on how to take charge of our lives, regardless of your line of work.
-Patricia J. Crane, author of Ordering from the Cosmic Kitchen: The Essential Guide to Powerful, Nourishing Affirmations.

This was a very enjoyable and fun read. I'm not a Personal Assistant, but I found this book to be very helpful in any working environment. As a matter of fact, I think the L.A.R.K. method will be very helpful in my everday life!

Dogged Persistence is Kevin Anderson's first book-length collection of short stories and provide a range of fine fantasies which cover everything from nanotechnology and questions of humanity to a horror story set in Africa. Whether it's hard science fiction or fantasy, Anderson's many talents and ability to weave an engrossing tale are aptly displayed in this collection.

Kevin J. Anderson is a seasoned and gift writer whose science fiction novels have won him a wide recognition in the genre and a very loyal readership. Now the Golden Gryphon Press (itself an outstanding small press publisher specializing in fantasy and science fiction) has published Anderson's Dogged Persistence, a splendid anthology of his short story writings that will prove to be a "must read" for the legions of his fans, and send those encountering his work within these pages for the first time on an enthusiastic search for the rest of his novels. The original stories comprising this superb compendium include: Fondest of Memories; Music Played on the Strings of Time; Tide Pools; Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror (with Doug Beason); Entropy Ranch; Dogged Persistence; Human, Martian -- One, Two, Three; Scientific Romance; Canals in the Sand; Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas (with Brian Herbert); Prisoner of War; Much at Stake; New Recruits; Final Performance; The Old Man and the Cherry Tree; Sea Dreams (with Rebecca Moesta); The Ghost of Christmas Always; and Drumbeats (with Neil Pearl).

Dogged Persistence (2001) is a collection of stories with mostly disutopian themes. All are well-written, but the accumulative effort is somewhat depressing. No wonder Anderson was selected to write X-Files novels.

Like all good SF authors, Anderson sees more than the obvious in new technology and scientific speculation. While many of the basic themes in these stories have been used by other authors, Anderson adds new directions and possibilities.

For example, the first story, "Fondest Memories", employs the themes of cloning and induced memories to bring us a quietly, subtly horrible tale. And the title story is a conspiracy tale that was later expanded to the X-Files novel "Antibodies", yet it is also a very private story of love and betrayal. The Dune story portrays the trapping of Atreides soldiers in the shield wall caves by Harkonnen troops, yet is really a story of homesickness and a miracle.

As Kristine Kathryn Rusch implies in the Introduction, the best story in Anderson's career may well be "The Ghost of Christmas Always". At least Dean Smith thought so. While next to last in the book, this fantasy of Charles Dickens and the ghost of his sister-in-law has a luminous presence that lingers. Like "A Christmas Carol", this story may well become a classic. Sometimes an author gets it exactly right.

Kevin J. Anderson can write a great short story. Don't just take my word for it; read these stories and see for yourself. By the way, his novels are pretty good too.

-Arthur W. Jordin

The following comments were submitted by a student the first time I used Dr. Hatch's excellent text--Jim Horn

This book provided a rich description of qualitative research and an easy to understand roadmap for students embarking on the process of conducting a qualitative research study. Hatch took a difficult subject and made it accessible to novice researchers by providing an in-depth, well-thought out presentation of how to go about conducting research step by step in a logical manner. It was thorough from beginning to end. It also spoke to the individual, unique personal qualities and characteristics of the researcher that is inherent to the research. Therefore, it offered us an opportunity to do some real soul-searching and see ourselves in a different light.

It was easy to read and understand and organized well. I thought the section about writing and Hatch's personal experiences were very valuable not only for researchers but for those who wish to write or improve their writing skills in general. The data analysis chapter was extremely helpful during the data analysis process because it provided clear, easy-to-follow steps. I used it as a guide and a reference for my project.

One suggestion is that the section on research paradigms might be a little difficult for some students who are not familiar with the meaning of ontology and epistemology. In our class, a number of students noted they had a hard time understanding these concepts so it might be helpful if there was a paragraph that explains these concepts leading into the connection to the various paradigms.

Overall, this is an excellent introduction for students to the various steps in the process. It was enjoyable to read, enlightening and it gave me a solid foundation for conducting my own study. I loved the book and I enjoyed doing qualitative research. It was also helpful . . . to enable us to delve deeply into the challenging and exciting experience of conducing qualitative research. The book and Dr. Horn also provided a good contextual framework for different methodologies as well.

The importance of qualitative research in education settings can not be underestimated in world in which children are often reduced to nothing but a number on a standardized test score. Thank you, Dr. Hatch, for giving us this wonderful gift and thank you Dr. Horn for sharing it with us.

Judy Rabinowitz
Monmouth University

As a new qualitative researcher, finding Dr. Hatch's book "cleared the clouds" and provided an easy to read support for all the processes necessary to be successful with a qualitative research project, especially for dissertation students. After reading all the classics (Yin, Creswell, Denzin, Lincoln, Stake, Miles and Hubermann, etc) Hatch brings it all together and provides solid questions for you to evaluate your own work before sending it into your committee. Must have for new qualitiative researchers!

Dr. Hatch's book should be required reading for all doctoral students planning to do qualitative research. His clearly written step-by-step methods have proved invaluable in my own dissertation data analysis and reporting. Do yourself a favor and read this book BEFORE starting your qualitative research!