Carlson Books

I got this product for my son, it works well for him because he is only 3 months old. I wouldn't recommend for an older child, the book is very small and mostly pictures which is what makes it perfect for me. The size makes it easy to travel with because it fits very well into his diaper bag.

Okay, maybe I was a little disappointed in the small size but everything else is just perfect. Every page in the Old Testament and New Testament has a short verse in rhyme that reads the significance of a particular person in the bible. It's short and right to the point! The illustrations are beautiful and the pages are good quality. If there was a board book version, I would have bought this for my 13 month old son a lot sooner. This is his actual "first" bible and I'm including it in his Easter basket. Would also make an excellent Baptism gift.

HIS FIRST BIBLE is a beautifully-illustrated story book for baby's first introduction to the Bible. One four-line verse per page, with a colorful picture, is a wonderful way for a small child to meet well-known Bible personalities. It is appropriate for the very youngest child and must be read aloud.

I use the book to my embryology class and I have to say that is the best book of embryology I find. The contents are very up-date, and handle much information of the molecular basis of the development and the genes that are expressed in every step of the human development. The book have a very good redaction and the gene information of the book is the best one. It's a very up-dated book.

I teach developmental biology and study invertbrate devlopment and evolution. For my course I use Scott Gilbert's excellent text and teach my course as a general introduction. I just became pregnant and purchased this book to exapand my knowledge on human development.

I'm rather disppointed. It's not detailed enough and while the illustrations are nice, there are several diagrams that illustrate paracrine factor targets but are never mentioned in the text or explained. why diagram them then? Even more disturbing is a underlying teological bias that many intelligent designers would salivate over reading. For instance page 209 "a master blue print" is used to describe the interactions of several tissue types to form the limbs. It's disturbing to think that our MD's might be using this text for their human embryology courses- its a very basic pass frought with poor word choices that would satisfy any creationist.

Carlson's "Human embriology and developmental biology" is a good book for biology and, most of all, medicine students, who want to understand the basical principles of development. It doesn't have a lot of developmental anatomy, but it explains clearly and simply the ultimate advances in experimental embriology. If you are for the first time studying developmental biology, you should read it. It also contains at the end of each chapter a lot references, which will help you if you want to learn more about any specific topic.

"A practical guide for general audiences who want to learn about disabilities in terms we can all understand." Dr. Kathleen Laundy, Yale School of Medicine

What's next--"Basic Manuals for Friends of the Black"? Wouldn't information about resources, adaptive technology and the ADA be useful for the disabled person too? I can't comment on the content of the book, but I think the title is patronizing and ridiculous.

The short chapters gave me just what I needed to use. It was not overly technical. Being in human resources, I felt I wanted facts and tips. This book was full of them.

A fairly, good guide to Cinematography, the fourth edition has many gaps and needs technological update, perhaps the fifth edition will be excellent, specially to students.

Because it hasn't been updated Professional Cameraman's Handbook is missing some newer equipment, but it is the best source for information for pre-1994 camera equipment. I'll buy the 5th edition as soon as it is available.

I have bought this book in 1995 and it was a real help for me.I live in greece and most of the times d.o.p. stands as a camera operator too.I have made lot's of films since then but there was two of them with second-hand 16 mm Eclair bought from two old filmakers.(no operators manual in it and i have never heard this machines before!).As cinematographers know, many things depend of the expirience someone have on specific equipment that is using.this cameras was one Npr and one Acl (S16patend).My assistand get scared when he saw the Acl!! I JUST GIVE HIM THE BOOK AND EVERYTHING GO PERFECT!! THE AUTHOR IS A REAL PRO AND WE GET TOO THRU HIS KNOWLEDGE.THANK YOU.

While I haven't read every story in the book, I've had a wonderful taste that has whetted my appetite to read it from cover to cover. I can't wait until it releases this summer so I can treat myself to stories by some of the best authors in the business.

I am a librarian and I have an hour commute to and from work each day so I listen to a lot of audiobooks. This is one of the best audiobooks I have ever heard. One of the stories about a Chinese Christian man and his family living under oppression really blew me away.
I was holding my breath as I waited to find out if the family would be shot for gathering to praise the Lord. It's a good thing that it is a rare tale, because I couldn't take that much suspense on a regular basis!

I've always loved short stories. And I've read enough short stories to know that writing a *good* short story is a tremendously difficult art. The writers of this collection may have proved themselves at writing novels, with successful Christian novelists such as Karen Kingsbury, Randy Alcorn, Angela Elwell Hunt, Terri Blackstock, Jerry B. Jenkins, Sigmund Brouwer and others all trying their hand at the shorter form of writing. These writers collectively are members of ChiLibris, an organization of Christian novelists, with all royalties going to the evangelistic efforts of the JESUS Film Project. The stories themselves have the theme of international settings and travel, and like the novels of these writers seek to focus our attention on eternal spiritual truths. Their ambitions and intentions may be noble, but that doesn't mean that they are guaranteed to write good short stories. Fortunately, they themselves are not very pretentious, as is evident from the introduction.

The collection of 29 stories as a package is rather so-so, with many rather "ordinary" stories that fail to stir emotion or the heart. But there are a few outstanding efforts that are certainly worth reading. Probably the three best stories in the collection are Randy Alcorn's "Is This The Day?" which although weighed down by excessive informative detail, is a thrilling story about persecution in China with a suspenseful climactic twist; Athol Dickson's "Hannah's Home", a stunning tale of the love of an adoptive mother with a breath-taking twist; and Robin Jones Gunn's "Innocent as Doves", which makes you appreciate the riches of having your own copy of the Bible with a realistic tale about Bible smuggling in East Europe in the days of communism. Not quite on the same level, but also relatively good are Terri Blackstock's "So Shine", a fascinating and gripping conversion story which looks at a Christian from the point of view of an unbeliever; Robert Elmer's "Maren's Flag", a story about two women's misunderstanding of each other; Angela Hunt's "The Farthest Countries" which runs the danger of being trite, but describes heaven and hell in terms of real estate; and Karen Kingsbury's "A Reason To Live", a story of God's special providence involving a baby girl in a Russian orphanage.

The rest of the stories in this collection, however, were nothing more than ordinary at best. I also encountered various theological difficulties, on numerous points where the theology of the authors clearly differed from my own, and this naturally also detracted from my enjoyment. Examples include views on grace, ecumenism, revelation, universalism, forgiveness, lotteries and angels. Is it worth it? Perhaps for the few outstanding stories, but aside from these if you miss this collection you don't miss much. Volume 2 in this series is a much better buy. -GODLY GADFLY

I got this book as a gift and am very happy with it. I learned from it how to interpret what I was experiencing in the woods when I was after the deer.
I like how the book is visually striking and the images helped make me get into the book. The author speaks with authority and I can sense that he really wants to help hunters be more successful, whether they are after someone's idea of a trophy or a meat deer.

Based on the title, the review here, and that the fact that the author was supposed to be a meteorologist, I got this book hoping it would explain wind behavior over terrain and vegetation patterns. I read through it and wondered if I had the same book as advertised. The author started off by qualifying that he is not a trophy hunter. The text reflects that. The title should have been Meat Deer in any Weather or Weather for the Novice Hunter. So why is it called Trophy Bucks in any Weather? To sell books to suckers like me, I guess. If I had been able review this book in a book store first I would not have bought it. The information is only tangentially related to hunting difficult deer. The much anticipated chapter on wind covered thermals, wind flow around large terrain features, like mountain ranges, sea\lake wind effects and trajectories in the wind. Thermals and trajectories are covered ad nauseam everywhere and the rest are too generic to be of much use. Wind flowing through and around woods is barely mentioned despite that is where the majority of whitetails are hunted. The author is mostly an open plains hunter and his examples and experience are drawn from that.

Despite the 272 pages, it is a short read. The text is large and the pages are laden with color photos which, while pretty, are often redundant and of little use beyond filler. There are few explanatory weather diagrams. The author also goes to pains to describe how he dumbed down his explanations. That is too bad for the reader.

As I said, I used the review as part of my buying decision. I returned to it after reading the book to see where I went wrong. Only then did I notice the reviewer appears to be the author by name. I know that is my fault for not reading closely but the author should have identified himself in his opening line. Instead, he wrote it in the third person and in his mind thinks this book warrants a second and third. He praises his well written text and he is right if you like bad puns and other wince worthy lines.

This book can be used by a novice to start with. The rest of us can move on.

Hunters have no shortage of "how to" books to choose from, but this one goes way beyond what's out there. Every outdoorsman knows that weather and nature are intertwined, yet it's almost impossible to find books that specifically address the hows and whys of that relationship. Trophy Bucks in any weather is the first of its kind - a book that shows how specific weather situations influence the behavior of deer written by a broadcast meteorologist who is an avid big-game hunter himself. Hunters have known barometric pressure affects deer behavior. The author tells you how and why. Hunters have known fronts affect deer behavior, but the author goes a step beyond by explaining what kind of front impacts deer in what ways. The book also contains information about reading the signs of nature to predict coming weather, how hunters can and should protect both themselves and their gear in certain conditions, and then puts the reader in the middle of actual hunting scenarios involving various weather conditions and "quizzes" the reader on how he or she would handle them. This book is very well written and contains some pretty amazing pictures and graphics. I suspect the information it contains can be applied to other game species, but would like to see a follow up for game-bird hunters and maybe one for fishermen. This is a great book to give any big-game hunter as a gift and a "must have" for any outdoors enthusiast interested in both weather and animals.

There are a few standout exhibits in the book. Many are dated and look like the early 90's web design failures though. Its worth 3 bux if you can find it used though. It will give you an occasional inspiration and at that cheap of a price, its not a total waste of money. Not great though.

OVERVIEW: "Typogrpahy: The Best Work from the Web" showcases 100 Web sites where typography is the dominant design element. The entire book is color on glossy paper with crisp, clean graphics. The authors added information next to each Web site--title, URL, design firm, and, where appropriate, names of designers, editors, illustrators, programmers, and so on. The authors also included a paragraph analyzing the typography for each Web site. OPINION: The two main components of Web page design are artwork and typography. This book excels at showing a rich diversity of Web pages specializing in typography as a design element. This book is not a primer listing the basics of typography, rather, it is a beautiful collection of interesting uses of typography from a rich variety of Web sites. I think this book should be in every Web designer's library as a great source for generating ideas.

Very nice book, but it lacks content on its original proposal - typography. There's plenty of nice web layouts inside, but it just talks a bit about everything. It's like watching a presentation with 2 slides per second; you see lots of nice stuff but just can't really "get" it. There's WAY MUCH MORE involved in typography (be in on the web, be it on printing) than what this book (or this series) covers.

Informative but rather elementary. I was disappointed with theamount of information and quality of the actual book itself. ...product doesnt fit the price.

"Informative and to the point...ethical...wonderful illustrating...good introduction to rehabilitation...well-organized, quick to look through." NWRA Quarterly

Now in its third and updated edition, Wildlife Care For Birds And Mammals is a straightforward, how-to manual to care for and assist injured wild animals, written and presented by two expert and licensed wildlife rehabilitators, Dale Carlson and Irene Ruth. Direct and to-the-point instructions, enhanced with black-and-white illustrations by Hope M. Douglas, showing the reader just what to do to help baby ducks, birds, opossums, rabbits, raccoons, and squirrels that are lost, injured, attacked by pets or otherwise in trouble. From treating wounds to care and feeding and procedures for release, Wildlife Care For Birds And Mammals is a very highly recommended and thoroughly "user friendly" guide.

I purchased this book eagerly anticipating new gingerbread ideas. Turns out I needn't have because all the projects come from Making Great Gingerbread Houses by Aaron Morgan and Paige Gilchrist.

This 're'-presentation is inferior to the original due to editing (albeit judicious) and reduced scale photos that are smaller from the large, illustrative images featured in Morgan's MGGH book. With the reduction in size the quality of details -- so important for inspiration and the study of technique -- is diminished.

Also, some of the projects featured are presented sans templates, which are offered in MGGH. Some examples: Snow-Covered Cottage, Covered Bridge Mill, and Christmas Wedding Chapel. This is not to say that MGGH has complete templates for all of the projects, but what it does offer for each of the above has been omitted from 300 Ways.

In addition, some photos have been cut from 300 Ways -- such as from 'The Recipes' section on Pastillage, Landscaping, and Fondant. Two charming examples would be the adorable pastillage cat curled up napping in a 'hay' cart of shredded wheat and the 'lunching ladies' taking tea.

And in an editorial oversight, there are instructions for a Pretzel Cabin that is not even pictured. This inadvertent slip-up no doubt occurred while copying content for the Snow-Covered Cottage, which is on page 62 of MGGH. The Pretzel Cabin is on page 63. The text describing the cabin is there, without the accompanying photo.

To sum up: If your interest is primarily gingerbread, then I would recommend Making Great Gingerbread Houses instead of 300 Ways. MGGH has many more projects, better photos, and you get the benefit of full content rather than an edited version.

300 Ways to make the Best Christmas ever is one of the best Holiday project books I've seen in the past couple of years. This one goes in a decidedly different direction than most other books of it's kind in the way it's presented. Rather than being broken up by type of project it's segmented by region and era to present its unique projects. This 224 page book is filled with vibrant photography showing off the great ideas.

The first chapter is called the Traditional American Christmas and features a few of the Christmas carols and short stories that fit the role such as everyone's favorite "Twas the Night Before Christmas." All of the projects truly reflect the Traditional, old-fashioned American Christmas that we all yearn for, but seldom achieve. There are instructions for making painted egg ornaments, a variety of traditional wreaths, and, of course, gingerbread houses.

The next chapter features songs, stories, projects and recipes with a Victorian flair which utilize materials such as pine cones, cinnamon sticks, pepper grass and dried berries. A quick, easy, and elegant way to dress up the house is to adorn things like throw pillows and tables with gold and cream colored ribbons and bows. Dress up plain glass ornaments with accents of pine, small pine cones or gold cording. There are some terrific gingerbread house projects based on actual Victorian buildings such as the Avonlea Inn.

Country continues to be an extremely popular theme among crafters who want to capture that simple, yet rustic look. One such project is a pine and baby's breath swag that would look great hung from your mantle. Jazz up your home's country antiques by decorating them with plaid fabric or other similarly country-themed materials. A magnificent recipe for a gingerbread log cabin is featured in this chapter.

Other chapters cover themes like a Southwestern Christmas, an International Christmas and a "Not Quite Grown Up Christmas", all featuring their own distinctive projects and recipes. There is also a wonderfully detailed appendix on the techniques of making gingerbread house that is indispensable. Truly a wonderful book!

Reviewed by Tim Janson

Anna and Michael have everything they want in life except for one thing: a child. Now approaching her forties, and after trying almost every option, it looks as if that door appears to be closing for good. Just when Anna is ready to accept her fate, she fears that she has the same symptoms of an illness that claimed her mother. Worried that this is the last Christmas she will ever spend with her husband, she tries to do everything in her power to give him the best possible Christmas. She sacrifices what she cherishes the most to make him happy.

This is a sweet modern retelling of the classic story The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. It makes one wonder if you knew this was going to be your last Christmas what would you do to make it one to remember for your loved ones. I really liked the way that Anna wanted to do everything to make her husband happy even to the point of giving up what she loved the most. It's refreshing to see a Christmas story where the focus is on others and not on one's own self. I also appreciated her outburst during the mom's group as people need to be aware that couples without children are not always childless by choice. The only negative thing about this book was the way that Anna acted when she first thought she had cancer. If someone has had a history of cancer in their family and they start to believe they have the same symptoms, now is not the time to be a protector from bad news. She should have told her husband immediately and gone to see a doctor. Even if funds were short, this was not something to push back. Further more by keeping such an important secret like this from her husband would also hurt their relationship in the future. Other than that, it is a great way to spend an afternoon to get yourself ready for the holidays. This is a wonderful addition to the Christmas short stories that Melody Carlson has written throughout the years. It's a story that takes only a day to read yet the spirit of the Christmas season will remain with you throughout the entire year.

Anna and Michael love one another and believe their lives are almost perfect except for two major things. First Anna has had recent health issues that have shaken the couple with the mortality reminder of how short life is; each of the loving pair is more concerned over how her illness mentally harms the other. Second the pair is saddened over their seemingly inability to have children; a desire both want.

In their late thirties and having tried seemingly forever, they have given up on kids. Being pragmatic Anna considers changing their once planned nursery into a guest room. Meanwhile Anna and Michael consider what would be the ideal Christmas gift to give to their beloved mate to cheer them up.

ALL I HAVE TO GIVE in some ways will remind the audience of the Gift of the Magi as an uplifting inspiring holiday drama. The support cast like Anna's sister enhances the plot by bringing enlightenment to the audience re how much the lead couple love one another. Anna and Michael are a wonderful duet who's caring for one another makes for a delightful warm Christmas tale of love.

Harriet Klausner