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Algebra and Trigonometry Structure and Method Book 2Review Date: 2005-09-14
A Good Algebra II BookReview Date: 2004-06-18
A powerful, comprehensive, and lucid textbookReview Date: 2000-06-15
A superb textReview Date: 2001-08-17
The Best Algebra II/Trigonometry Text AvailableReview Date: 2000-07-24
I can't say enough great things about this text. My school district uses this text for the honors tract (9th/10th grades) but uses another text for the "regular" 11th grade Algebra II sequence. I feel this is unfortunate because all students can benefit from the rigors of this book.

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A Wake-up Call on the Dangers of Environmental PoisoningReview Date: 1998-01-01
Essential Reading for These TimesReview Date: 2003-04-05
One of the most fascinating parts of this book, which has stuck in my memory for a number of years, is descriptions and interviews with the sickest people alive with MCS. The descriptions of their symptoms and the great lengths they must go to just to try to live their lives is tragic and fascinating and a warning to us all.
Even though you may not know how chemical poisoning is affecting you, it almost certainly is. Sticking our collective heads in the sand will not help us, and will almost certainly allow things to get much worse before they get better. Inform yourself and read this book.
Peter Radetsky has experience writing popular science books, and this one is very readable. He interviews a variety of sick people, scientists, doctors, and psychiatrists with a wide range of opinions on the subject. Though the role of infectious pathogens is fairly well understood these days, the role of toxicity has been almost completely ignored by modern science and allopathic medicine. This topic must blow open, sooner or later. In the meantime, we can inform ourselves and take a tip from the sickest among us. We do not need to wait for mainstream science and medicine to acknowledge or solve problems before we act to protect our own health.
It is too bad this book has apparently not gone to paperback because the subject is so important, and this is such a well-done job on the topic. For little more than the price of postage, you can inform yourself on a topic of great importance that we have only begun to scratch the surface of.
good read for a concerned laypersonReview Date: 2005-02-11
The doctors who were interviewed and quoted don't all agree on every aspect of the syndrome, which makes their opinions seem more authentic. Some of them have outright antipathy, not just disagreement, over specific points regarding MCS; however, it seemed to me that they all agree that the specialty of allergies (and MCS) is inexact, almost as much art as science. Some of the avant-garde treatments I read about seem fairly dubious, but the results are apparently well-documented. Although relatively few scientific studies have been done, they seemed appropriate and meaningful to me.
This book is neither anti-industry nor "chicken little" in tone, but it certainly added fuel to my back-to-basics, organic-gardening, anti-industry fire. The facts (some statistics) and opinions (from informed health professionals) presented herein constitute a firm, but rational, warning that we may have opened a chemical Pandora's box when we jumped on the industrial bandwagon. The rising incidence of many chronic diseases (cancer, asthma, ulcers, you name it) may be due only to the fact that those people didn't get felled first by typhoid, malaria, or saber-toothed tigers, but I'm still concerned, and I don't think the coincidence of higher cancer rates and widespread use of industrial chemicals is due to chance. This book doesn't spend many pages addressing solutions; it is aimed at illuminating the source of the problem. I'd recommend it, without reservation, to other laypersons who want to expand their understanding, especially to school kids doing research on industrial chemicals or allergies.
InterestingReview Date: 1998-04-10
Very interesting, highly readable!Review Date: 2000-07-24

if danziger does the amber magic agin,were in for somthing!!Review Date: 1999-04-17
Life for Amber Brown can be very stressful.Review Date: 2006-05-31
A Great Book!Review Date: 2004-07-15
A great book!Review Date: 1999-12-12
I Amber Brown is a BlastReview Date: 2000-01-10

20+ years later still well lovedReview Date: 2008-10-04
For anyone searching: this is the one. An easily irritated moon carries off a child and her friend (brother maybe), Lupin, goes on a quest through dark primeval forests of the pacific northwest to save her. From a five year olds perspective this story is epic. I think the thing that stands out the most are the illustrations: dark blues and bright orange, two tiny little kids in a vast, malevolent world.
Good message, suspense and fun!Review Date: 2005-07-16
One of my favoritesReview Date: 2002-06-19
wonderful for childrenReview Date: 1998-08-01
Caldecott Honor Book filled with wonderReview Date: 1998-12-27

Solid, bilingual collection of Modern Brazilian Poetry Review Date: 2007-02-07
This book contains poetry of Manuel Bandeira, Oswald de Andrade, Jorge de Lima, Mario de Andrade, Cassiano Ricardo, Joaquim Cardozo, Cecilia Meireles, Murilo Mendes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Vinicius de Moraes, Mauro Mota, Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, Marcos Konder Reis, and Ferreira Gullar. Bandeira, Drummond de Andrade, Melo Neto, and Moraes are the best known of these poets. This sampling of poetry is heavily weighted to Melo Neto who is "difficult" - as noted in the introduction.
The translations are very good because the translators are all poets in their own right. Some of the translations are not very exact and the descriptions can be altered significantly, but in general, these translations would be difficult to surpass. The poems are en face - that is on the left page is the orginal Portuguese poem and on the right facing page is the translation. This is the only way to publish bi-lingual poetry and greatly aids the English speaking reader, even if he is fluent in Portuguese.
The quality of the poems is uneven. The more recent poets, like Melo Neto, are increasingly linked to American Poetry so you will find the poems less regional the more recent they get. Since I find most modern American Poets to be needlessly dense and obfuscatory ("difficult" if you will), it is no surprise that I like the earlier poems much better. They are clearer, less baroque in the sense that there is less decorative but useless wordiness, and speak more to the human condition. Melo Neto, who the editors call "dense" and "difficult" reminds me very much of Wallace Stevens. Like Stevens, you put in an awful lot of mental work to get a few thoughtful, interesting phrases from a poem that is much too long for the subject covered. (Can you tell I dislike Stevens?) But if you do like Stevens, generally considered one of the great 20th Century American Poets, you will like Melo Neto.
My favorites in this book are Moraes, Drummond de Andrade, and Mendes. Poetry is one of those art forms that is as much dependent on the knowledge and experience of the viewer as it is the content of the artwork. For example, when Mendes speaks nostalgically of "meu quarto modesto da Praia de Botafogo" (my modest room on Botafogo Beach), I am transported to the sights, sounds and smells of when I lived in a modest room on Botafogo beach.
I also note that the introduction of this book is essential in understanding who these poets are and the ambience from which they write.
At any rate, give this book a shot if you're looking for good poetry full of introspection. 4 stars.
A gem and a marvelous introduction to Brazilian PoetryReview Date: 2003-02-18
The selections are neither too much nor too little. If, like me, you are learning Portuguese, the originals can be studied easily. The quality of the English translations is exceptionally high, many of them great poems in their own right. I credit Bishop and her co-editor Emanuel Brasil, whose introduction is brief and effectively sets the scene.
In Brazil, poetry is widely respected and read. The poets in this anthology are part of the generation that has broken away from the more rigid forms and themes of Portuguese and continental poetry. Poets like Vinícius de Moraes deserve to be known for more than writing the lyrics to "Girl from Ipanema" (he needed the money). This is their due. This anthology has introduced me to several poets I now plan to explore in greater depth.
Brazil is famous for its gems. It is clear this literary gem comes from a very rich mine.
Constellations of the southern skiesReview Date: 2001-07-15
The poems are broadly chosen, from playful to mournful. Many are unforgettable. Highest recommendation I can give is that it influenced my decision to learn Portuguese.
Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry.Review Date: 2005-09-30
One of the first anthologies of its kindReview Date: 2003-09-29
Also highly recommended-the recently release "Pip Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th Century Volume 3: 20 Contemporary Brazilian Poets" pub. Green Integer.

This is a wonderful storyReview Date: 2006-06-04
Apple tree lean downReview Date: 2007-09-27
Even now, though it has been years since I last read the series (I'm now in my thirties)- I find that this book, its characters, & the history portrayed within its covers has never left me.
charmingReview Date: 2006-01-19
A wonderful ReadReview Date: 1997-04-03
Great BookReview Date: 2000-12-20

THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX AND LOVE FOR LYDIAReview Date: 2008-09-16
TRUTH ABOUT LOVE FOR LYDIA:
The book is about a teenage girl coming of age and learning of love.
It is not a SEX, SEX, SEX book.
The book follows the life of fictional Richardson (the "I" in the story) and his own search for what love is or means.
The book is not pornographic, unless you consider the one-time mention of dancing in a brassier, or the noticing a breast in the hospital, or the intimations of having made love without spelling out the act. This story is of looking for love, not acting it out.
Truth is, there is abundant kissing. STEAMY?
Alex, Blackie, Tom, as well as Richardson fall in love with Lydia--who can help it?, she's beautiful, fun, and charming. But she started out shy and withdrawn. Skating and dancing breaks down the shyness and life becomes a whirlwind of joyous activity--to excess--even to a life-threatening binge. Loves die and others grow. Who will win Lydia's love, once she discovers what it is for herself? That's what makes the book worth the read. That's what made it into a television series.
The revealing of love's journey in this story is what makes it a reprint decades after the author's 1974 death. The story is timeless, and the location seems sometimes to be describing an American location, instead of the true English scene.
Don't buy this if you are looking for a cheap, hot, romance novel. This is a classic romance. Bates takes young love and passes it through years of exposure. As Lydia asked herself, "Will you love me, even if I'm bad to you?"
OK, so I'm a guy. Ladies, you'll love this book for some of your own reasons, like fantastic descriptions of clothing and settings. Flirtatious dialogue. Romantic male actions (flowers and such). It's so honest and true-to-life, perhaps that's what makes it a can't-put-it-down book.
Love depicted between Lydia and her male associates is nearly as PG-rated as that found involving Mr. Aartemann, in "Mr. Aartemann's Crayon."
A classic love story, beautifully writtenReview Date: 1999-10-17
Scandalous Story of A Headstrong, Passionate GirlReview Date: 2004-07-02
The sex scenes in this book are very steamy. Deep down Lydia is the type of girl who really just can't get enough. But she's also very good at pretending to be cold and haughty when dealing with her gentleman friends. When dealing with the well to do lads who offer marriage, she can be quite stiff, yet the secret flings she has with local working lads are very sexy and raw.
The narrator of this book is honest and true. He is the only young man in the village who sees Lydia for what she is. The sad thing is, he can't help loving her. But finally he walks away. When that happens, Lydia becomes truly heartbroken. There are more parties, and more wild affairs, and of course there is more drinking. Lydia smokes and drinks and is the very picture of the glamorous young, always having fun and being quite scandalous.
Yet all the time, there is a hollowness in her life she can't understand. The last chapters of the book show Lydia really reaching a decision to reach out honestly to the man she loves. Of course you don't see that right away. At first she just feels blue without knowing why. It's so touching the way she has one jazz record that reminds her of that honest young love, and she plays that record only when alone in her room. You see her lying around after a late night, resting in her room and listening to the music, and thinking. Is this all she wants from life? Gradually she drops off to sleep on the bed, and the faces of all the young men she's kissed come back to her. But when she falls asleep she pictures herself with that special young man, not dancing to hot jazz or making out in a car, but the time he taught her how to ice skate on the frozen river.
Lydia knows what she has to do. But does she succeed? LOVE FOR LYDIA is a sexy book with some really romantic moments.
Awesome book.Review Date: 1998-04-16
amazing descriptions of the outdoorsReview Date: 2000-01-27

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Powerfull and RawReview Date: 2003-02-09
Powerfull and RawReview Date: 2003-02-09
Powerfull and RawReview Date: 2003-02-09
One tough womanReview Date: 2002-10-18
Not a tear jerkerReview Date: 2003-10-03

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so adorableReview Date: 2007-01-26
Baby Dazzlers are a must for your baby's book collection!Review Date: 2007-01-19
Favorite Book...Review Date: 2006-01-10
Fun and SimpleReview Date: 2003-10-06
GREAT BOOKSReview Date: 2004-01-05

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great discovery of American Folk ArtistReview Date: 2007-04-05
A bittersweet, tender tale of love and lossReview Date: 2004-02-08
The True and Beautiful Story of a Boy and His DogReview Date: 2004-05-04
Bark and Tim gives us rough-hewn truth and timeworn beauty. It gives us piny woods, soft grass, and shiny mud. It gives us the early-dark days between Halloween and Thanksgiving, the cloudy mist of Christmas dreams, the sweet air of Spring, and the warm summer sun. It gives us a boy, his dog, and all the seasons they spent together.
Bark and Tim gives us love. Not the some idealized, syrupy, slicked-up version of love. It gives us real love. And thank goodness for that.
Simply BeautifulReview Date: 2004-04-18
Would also make a great gift to anyone who loves art, dogs, picture books, or just a good, unique story.
When you're done enjoying the book, don't forget to read the author's note at the end. The story of their collaboration with Tim Brown is worthy of its own book. It's a fascinating story.
A "MUST HAVE" FOR PET LOVERS . . .Review Date: 2004-02-08
The relationship between Bark & Tim reminded me of pets I've loved and lost, bringing tears to my eyes. My son asks for it often, as he enjoys Bark's antics.
BARK & TIM is the perfect addition to a pet lovers library!
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