Big Books

Great book. Get the whole series and read them often to those young people whom you love.

Its a good book with cute illustrations, but I think some of the concepts could have been expanded upon just a bit more. But, at least its a start and will bring about questions and conversations between you and your child.

Joey Allen has done a great service for parents. These books present basic Christian teachings in a format that is educationally appropriate and child focused. My oldest son (5) and daughter (3) have both enjoyed these books. As a parent I have learned to better communicate my faith for little thinkers.

You will be hard pressed to find any books that correctly state these essential doctrines in a way that is simple and clear for children to understand. The storyline is great and the pictures are captivating!
B. Buie

These books are great! The illustrations are amazing and the characters will capture your heart while teaching children the truths about God. They make a perfect gift for any child or a unique baby shower gift for those who are expecting. Joey has not only presented the truth of God in easy to understand books, but his illustrations really come to life. I love them all!

Be sure to read the Forward and Afterward to Parents in this book. It is a great message to adults as well!

Guerilla Retailing has helpful information on all aspects of a retail business from paint colors to display to hiring staff. It was also a very easy, quick read.

A word to the Big Boys - look out - it's the ones you don't see coming that get you. Your big budget marketing plans won't save you now. It's a whole new world out there, thinks to the unconventional advice from the Guerrilla Marketing success team.

Guerilla Retailing gives entrepreneurial retailers a delicious unfair advantage. It's the advantage of time, energy and imagination: the Guerrilla Retailer's greatest assets...if they know how to use them. Get your copy, keep your to-do list handy, and prepare to thrive.

Guerrilla Retailing is your instruction manual for retail success. The Big Boys won't know what hit them.

If you're a retailer, you need this book! It covers everything you need to compete with chains and big-box stores. Some of the topics include how to differentiate your business, affordable marketing tactics and sales promotions, ways to improve the customer experience and how to hire, train and motivate employees. I was impressed by how detailed and specific it is. It's filled with real-world examples and practical ideas. Buy this book and get ready for your sales to soar!

Most of the information is common sense, so common that in business we forget to do these simple but vital things. The book is required reading for our employees.

A terrific, comprehensive manual for anyone who sells anything! Whether you hawk hot dogs on a corner or sell diamonds to debutants, this book has everything you need to know about the art and science of retailing. I got some great, inexpensive promotional ideas and learned how to find and keep the best people for our restaurant.

This book is the standard for airline interviews, particularly Cathay Pacific. Very technical but hey, so is the interview! Good luck and don't confuse the title of this book. This is where Cathay pools most of their questions from.

"When I'm setting down over 200,000 pounds of 707, I want something under my wheels that's plenty long and mighty dry." Captain William Demerest (aka Dean Martin, Airport)

A top notch choice for the experienced pilot who decides to fly very large jets. For those who are applying for an airline pilot position, this guide makes sense of the new-hire pre-screening flight simulator check on the B-767 or DC-10. The book earns it's keep on the book shelf as a nice review for the twice yearly proficiency checkrides. An excellent refernce guide for high speed aerodynamics and heavy-jet flight characteristics. Captain Davies writes in a way which allows pilots of all types of craft to add to their knowledge of flight. This is a classic book, buy a copy if you can and do not let go.

Despite its age, this is still the definitive book on handling jets. Comprehensive coverage of the widest range of topics, and to the deepest depth needed to satisfy any technical enquiry. Davies has an unmatched writing style that is highly readable, and right up there with the likes of Bill Gunston. If you prefer reading fiction more than textbooks, then this book is just about as readable as fiction.

Excellent sections on landing and takeoff. Davies makes full use of his background as Chief Test Pilot of what was then the UK Airworthiness Authority. He puts all the topics into the context of proper engineering and aviation fact, shows how the rules evolved from there, and generally gives you complete confidence that you've mastered the full range of the subject. PPRUNE Tech Log has always got one or two side references to this book.

Chase it up hard - it's still around - and keep it at the front of the bookshelf. My copy sits between 737-700 manuals and 4th edition Horonjeff.

I acquired my first copy of "Handling the Big Jets" during my university days when studying aeronautical engineering (at Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire, England) in the early 1980s. This was an excellent reference book then on handling jets as it covered all the major topics that I needed comprehensively, in simple and easy to read language and explanations.

However, decades later, it is difficult to find a similar definitive book on the subject. This makes "Handling the Big Jets" an important part of my library which I consult on subjects ranging from aerodynamics to aircraft control and stability.

This is a timeless classic which should be an indispensable part of every pilot and aircraft engineer's library.

I am a technical recruiter, and some of the sales prinicipals that he outlines in his book are truly thought provoking. I would recomend this book to anybody who works in high tech that needs to hone their sales skills.

I am a big fan of this this series and I have ordered this book. I cannot wait to receive it so I can read it. After I read it I will give a detailed review.

This book was a great read! As I read it I learned things I didn't understand about the selling process. Having read a few of the books in this series I have become even more excited about starting my own business selling into the pet care industry.

In just 7 steps, you can achieve sales success. For example, the first step in compassion. What people in sales talk about compassion as being part of the process? Interesting prospective. This book will help you achieve better sales.

We all sell. Now, buy this book for less than $20, and improve your sales in seconds. Regardless of what you sell, and even if you are not a salesperson, you have to read the simple suggestions in this book. The Make it Big with Yuvi series has done it again. Great book.

It was my favorite as a kid now I hope to read it to mine in the future. Great book.

A hysterical lesson in the old adage that cleanliness is godliness. My children loved it!

Story is soooo cute and teaches a great lesson I have not read the book, but have heard the story..when my younger brother was approx. 5 years old (15 years ago) he had a copy of the house that had enough on video..not sure where my mother got it, but it was more like a book anyway, because it was not animated..it was just the pictures from the book, and then someone was narrating.

My tattered old copy from when my youngest was a boy is now hardly readable. So I wanted a new copy for my first grand child and I can't find it anywhere! Western, reprint it please!!!

Here's a message that every parent wants to send to their kid -- Clean up your stuff! The way P. E. King gets that message across is sheer brilliance. My daughter asks me to read this one over and over again. Then she just laughs and laughs and laughs. . .

I enjoyed the content and knowledge that the book provides,would suit novice to expert.Would certainly save time and money testing all related parts and combos.

Now that stroker cranks and heads are more affordable for Small Block Mopars its more a case of why wouldn't you stroke. This book follows along the lines of How To Hot Rod Small Block Mopars by Larry Shepard and includes various engine packages in the rear - which is great and gives you an idea of what can be achieved and what parts are required to do it, it also includes heaps of websites to check which is also great. The photos are great,gives superb guidance and ideas to pursue and really is a must for anyone building a stroker. Some of the detail can be a bit light if you are the type that really wants to know everything, but I think for 90% of readers like me its excellent and you won't regret the purchase price. In the long run it will probably save you money e.g. fitting Eagle Rods instead of resizing and grinding the block for your original rods.

I am planning on building an engine. There was a lot I had picked out, but this helped take me into a place I didn't think it was possible to go with a little money.

Too little, too late, too generic has been my complaint on Mopar based engine books. Even the factory manuals have ignored the small block, especially the R series. At long last we have a book that at least acknowledges their existence. This manually actually focuses on the performance heads and blocks available instead of just the 30 year old factory stuff. A must have for anyone with a small block mopar.

This book is very complete and a necessary read for the small block builder who is not up to speed on current theory and component availability for the LA series. Building a big stroker from a small Chrysler can be an intimidating project because there is very little published that isn't about a Chevy.

Worth the money....and a great addition to your tech library.

This book is a must for all those infatuated with the Hummer craze!! Incredible book dedicated to an incredible truck!!

Billy Wannyn

A former Car & Driver editor, Martin Padgett takes his clever and informative style and applies it to the Hummer. He deftly addresses the sociological causes leading to the Hummer's success, as well as the resulting phenomenon that surrounds the Hummer today. And he does so with humor, making this a fun page-turner.

With the Hummer rage, we needed a little background. Padgett does a remarkable job of telling the whole story. His style is easy and intelligent. This book is a must have for Hummer lovers and history buffs.

I am a big Hummer fan and hope to own an H1 someday soon. Halfway into the book I was getting a bit tired of the pro-war rhetoric. Lots of background info though. Well researched. A must for every true Hummer fan!

I fell in love with Marty Padgett's writing style in his reviews in "Stuff" magazine. Never before had I heard a yard gnome so lovingly referred to. I almost wept. Now he is taking that same passion and applying to Hummer's! A must read for any lover of a Hummer!

This is a wonderful book. I found a copy at our local thrift store and had to buy it because it was such a great deal (65 cents). My three year old son fell in love with it. The illustrations are perfect for young children and have made learning geography really fun. The entire family has learned a lot from this book. There are some things that are out of date (The Central African Republic of Congo is labeled as Zaire.) but that has been educational, too, as we have talked about the history behind those changes.

As a upcoming teacher and lover of geography, I just had to buy this book! My decision was made much easier since it was on sale at a local bookstore for only $3.50!

This is one of my children's most used books. Very large, colorful, informative, and fun. Made of sturdy cardboard, too.

I had to buy this elsewhere since my seller never shipped but my son just loves this book. It is a great way to get your kids interested in geography. It is so large and colorful and with the thick pages, they can't tear them!

I'm a homeschool mom will small children and I had borrowed this from a library. The kids instantly got the concept of the continants and were able to easily see the countries in this colorful format.

The best part is that it's a tall sturdy board book that you can prop up and have the kids point at, hold, grab, etc... without it getting torn. What better way for them to learn!

I could not put this book down. The way the author wrote his account, it draws you in, as if you were his co-pilot. Very well done.

Schultz has written of his escapades in WWII with a sense of humor and leaves the reader eager for the next chapter. A variety of experiences; flight behind enemy lines, duel with an ME 109, rescue of Italian boy with land mine wounds, and spinning with General Patton kept me awake.

Little did I realize that the plane "Janey" was featured in an exciting book. Imagine my delight when I put a picture of my Dad, Combat Photographer, S/Sgt. Bill Heller, standing beside the Piper Cub "Janey" on my website [World War II Memoirs-3rd Infantry Division]. The bravery described in the book is understated but richly deserved. I recently saw a replica of the plane "Janey" which was built by Harold Miller and his son at Leland, Illinois. One doesn't realize the fraility and size of the plane until standing next to it. "Dutch" Schultz weaves a spellbinding and fantastic story!

"Dawn's first light crested the eastern hills and gave the earth a rosy glow. Flying on such a day was pure joy. Smooth, dense, misty morning air slowly released its grip as light emerged from the countryside, fulfilling the promise of another day. Our fears vanished as we soared above the sleeping ground. We were immortal. From our perch above the commotion, we watched the world come to life to begin another day of killing."

Normally I'm turned off by the High Literary Style, but the way that passage ends with the knife-twist--"another day of killing"--redeems it with room to spare. Time and again in Schultz's book, he and his collaborator pull off that neat trick: loving memories entangled with the ordinariness of war.

(Like the time Schultz lands Janey in a vineyard that turns out to be a German minefield. He's full of morning coffee, and one of his great hopes on landing was to empty his bladder. There's nothing for it! He just has to piss his pants.)

Schultz and Janey fly and fight with the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division through North Africa, Sicily, the Anzio beachhead and the advance to Rome, and finally the invasion of southern France. They both survive--quite an accomplishment, not only for the pilot but especially for the Piper Cub. Among other tricks, they take off from an LST "aircraft carrier" whose tiny plywood deck is greatly supplemented by 24 knots of wind over the bow:

Of course I am sappy about Piper Cubs. But I really enjoyed this book, and I recommend it highly.

My father was an infantry man in WW2, and never had the war seemed so real to me as when I read this book. The characters are young and sometimes cocky, brave, funny and touching. Schultz makes you see battles from a whole different perpective--the skies above the action. He takes you from beautiful contrysides to the stench of battle. All the time you realize how vulnerable he was in a plane made of wood and canvas. As he says, "You never see the one that gets you." I laughed many times and cried more, but I couldn't put it down. It woke up all my senses!

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Wonderful read for horse lovers everywhere. Very exciting and entertaining, truly a book to get lost in. Must have for any young reader.

Most horse books are designed for children, and that's exactly who enjoys them. But Lady's Big Surprise is enjoyable for anyone of any age. You don't even have to be a horse person to understand it; Dawson explains all the horse terms she uses and even has an informative glossary at the back. This book is a great read, and I myself learned a lot of horse sense from reading it!

For all of you who haven't read lady's big surprise you need to go buy it. JoAnn has a wonderful story about her and her horse along with her best friend and her horse.
I read the book and it was the best book I have ever read. It made me want to cry i loved it though. JoAnn is selling her books at borders starting 0ctober 10, 2004.
You will love this book expecially if you love horses!!!
Melissa Proctor
age 12

I sent this book to my neice as a Christmas present. She isn't one to like reading but she finished this book and re-read it several times. After I read it, I understood why. The author created believable characters and situations that children AND adults can identify with. There's a terrific glossary of terms in the back of the book for people who have never been on a horse. Can't wait for the rest of the series.