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"Mastering the Reimbursement Process is the single best source for the physician, medical office staff, or others to get a comprehensive understanding of health insurance, claims submission, and the follow-up necessary to get paid by third parties." - Michael T. Myers, Jr, MD, MBA, Director, Health Care Regulatory Group, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

With Medicare compliance and false claim risks increasing, this is a wonderful guide for Physicians and those who bill for them.

Curtis Hendel writes a concise, moving and illuminating account of every war in the past century as well as the present one. But if you think this is a dry piece devoted to casualties and methods of death notifications you are soon convinced of your error. On page two there is a scripted goodbye that had me sobbing. Why? Because those were the very things I said to my beloved daughter as she went off to war and those were the very things she said to me.

I read the rest of the story still wiping my eyes but riveted by Hendel's command of facts and his ability to weave facts with emotion and sacrifice. As he wound his way through the century, I remembered the old man in my neighborhood who was the victim of a gas attack in WWI...how the other kids llaughed as I looked at him with fright. I remembered my Dad, who was in the first wave on Omaha Beach on D-Day, and who never could be with us for any period of time without drinking heavily and engaging in some kind of race with death. I just thought he didn't love us. When every surviving member of his unit turned out for his funeral,and told me of the scourging he had personally taken on that fateful day in world history, I learned the truth of his sacrifice,and its impact on him, the kind of truths shared in this story. To this day I could cry at his grave. I remembered countless others, because Mr. Hendel does not write a dry piece of history here, though you come away knowing much more than you did...even if you were a person, as I was, watching, in uniform, the televised accounts of those final moments on the roof of the American Embassy, not a dry eye among us as we each remembered one or more of the over 50,000 dead we had known... watching their sacrifice reduced to protecting escaping politicians, while the last of our soldiers had to club hysterical desperate people trying to escape before the NVA punished them for their collaboration with us. Yes, I was sobbing again.

He stays away from politics, but I couldn't help recall the change in the climate of the nation that he well documents. Those of us who served during the war remembering friends who had died, or maimed men in mind or body in the units that returned. We were an embarrassment in our own country. A draft dodger beat the winner of the Navy Cross in an election. While his underlings balanced the budget he turned the Oval Office for eight years into a place for orgasms. The entire Supreme Court, liberal and conservative, boycotted one of his State of the Union Adresses in protest of his lawlessness, but such was the level to which we had fallen. Mr. Hendel's non-political comments are so well placed that they bring out the individual emotions of the reader. He never mentions individual draft dodgers, only the place to which they were elevated in our society.

And then came our present friends. Levelling buildings with thousands inside, killing airplanes full of children and other innocents. My daughter, a junior in high school, watched on TV with me as the twin towers fell and said soberly, "well, dad, I guess my generation has got to clean up this mess." She was one of those children that made you proud from the moment she opened her eyes. I felt a tightening in my gut as my eyes filled with tears. Now Sergeant Christine Cassell is serving her second deployment, commanding a gun truck trying to protect our convoys. She never had the break of the green Zone...she's been in hellacious firefights and was trapped, during her first deployment, with several others at Fallujah...low on ammo...low on food. She managed a quick email from somewhere..."Dad, we're waiting for the Marines to get us out. I'm all right and will be all right."

Bottom line, Curtis Hendel writes with a magnificence that brings out all the emotion of the military family. I never knew I had so many tears. I never knew I would be praying so many prayers so many times a day for that lovely child I held in my arms to come home safe to me. I never knew so many of the interesting and concise facts Curtis Hendel has at his grasp of this segment of the population a highly motivated child or spouse can put you in tomorrow...the Military family.

Every citizen should read this story. Having just put it down, all I can say is, before you vote for another clinton and turn this war into another Vietnam...PLEASE read this piece...with your heart as well as your eyes. PLEASE don't have us once again mourning friends and loved ones who died in vain because of the mad ambition of America's most dysfunctional family. PLEASE!!! And thank you, Mr. Hendel.

For a story about a daughter serving in Harm's Way see: Lest We Forget

John W. Cassell

Sharing the Sacrifice gives you a peek into the lives of military families. This is a tribute to those who serve our country and those who share their loved ones to protect our freedoms. The author is very obviously full of compassion for his fellow service members and families. His patriotism is clearly visible to the reader and his love for his country is admirable. I look forward to future stories!

As a Missouri native, I assure everyone interested in this book of its usefulness. Informative and well written, this book is a must have for anyone visiting, or living in Missouri!

Although I may be biased, (since C.H. "Skip" Curtis is my mother's boyfriend), I really loved this book. It's extremely informative for anyone--novice to expert--who travels on MO Route 66. Skip knows everything there is to know about Route 66; he's the editor of the Missouri Route 66 Magazine and he travels the road every time he visits my mom (which is a good 200 miles one way). Since I grew up on the Mother Road, I thought I knew every old hotel and shady bar on the route, but I was mistaken. Skip fills his book with two road maps (one from St. Louis going to Joplin and another vice versa), so you won't get lost. Also, there are tons of old photographs and postcards. Plus, my mom, my '55 Chevy and my favorite building are in the book; which puts it on the top of my book list. If you buy his book, you'll become a Missouri Route 66 expert (which comes in handy for parties), he'll become rich and I'll get more birthday presents (so, it's an investment we can all enjoy)! If you have any questions after you buy his book, write to him and he'll be more than happy to assist you. Or you can just ask him what C.H. stand for

Monsters in Cyberspace is the 3rd book in the series Monster of the Month Club. It is a very funny and interesting book. It's realistic too (ignoring the fact that it's a fictitious book). Three new monsters are introduced: Sparkler, Butterscotch, and Owl, for July, August, and September. Owl speaks English(the only monster that can), and is a very funny character. He keeps sending e-mail to everyone with a screen-name containing the word "monster" on Rilla's new internet. He also has a very unique talent to remember information he eats(on paper), which makes it easy to do Rilla's homework, which gets her into trouble. In this book, Rilla is able to contact her father through the computer as well, while having to deal with the monsters gambling. As a result, Owl loses his glasses and his memory becomes permanently damaged. This book is a must-read, as well as the rest of the series of the MOTM!!

Monsters in Cyberspace was a good book, better than the first one I think. This is good because the monsters actully play a part in the story. I think it is quite cute what they do. Sometimes they play poker and somethimes they e-mail a ton of people who have "monster" as a part of their web name. They all e-mail back saying "no, I am not a monster!" Anyway, this was a very funny book. I would encourage you to read it.

This book is an exciting and interesting account of an African-American who "returned" to the land of his ancestors - West Africa - at a time when most of the world believed that Africa was a land covered entirely by jungles and inhabited by primitive people. I traveled to West Africa at about the time this author was returning to the US. It was both a spiritual and historical journey that still affects me and will affect me for the rest of my life. It is a must read for anyone who wants to know the real Africa beyond the animal stories of the Safari travelers and the depressing troubling stories in today's news.

One profits from listening to the voice of experience. Certainly, through the scripted pages of Curtis Morrow's books MY SANKOFA and WHATS A COMMIE EVER DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE? one receives an education about life.

Dian Curtis Regan, the author of this book, weaves a FANTASTIC tale about Joey Ocean and Xia Dedd. From the first moment that the new student (Xia) walks into the classroom, Joey is mesmorized. He can't stop thinking about her, and how is it that he knows what she is thinking almost all of the time? Why does Xia walk with really awkward movements and why is her presence so chilling? These are just a few strange things about Xia that Joey has questions about. I truly loved this book. It's one of those young adult novels that completely captures your attention, and won't let you go. This book was incredible and I plan on reading it again very soon. My Zombie Valentine is a must have and a must read!!

This book rocks! I love Joey Ocean- he is the coolest character ever and I love his relationship with his wacked out little sister. And of course, I also love Xia, the zombie, and all the bizarre stuff that happens when he's chasing her around all the dark and ominous settings in the book.

THIS ROMANTIC COMEDY BY DIAN CURTIS REGAN IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! WITH PROMISCUOUS CHARACHTERS SUCH AS GRACIE THE SILVERY 'SAUCEPAN', AND THE CASSEROLE FIESTAS WHICH BRING OUT THE WORST IN ALL THE ZANEY CHARACTERS OF HOGEN-MIRE INSTITUTION, THIS BOOK TRULY PIONEERS IN BRAND NEW TERRITORY FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND I THINK ITS GREAT!

MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER WOULD HAVE TO BE BESSY THE POISONOUS MARK WHO CAN TALK AND FLY, SHE JUST MAKES THE BOOK FOR ME!

THIS BOOK WAS GREAT AT SOME PARTS, BUT OVERALL IT WAS FANTASTIC!

This book-The Mystery at Hanover School- is the seventh one of eight Ghost Twins books, and I think it's really cool- if you're eight or nine. It's about two siblings, Robbie and Beka, who became ghosts fifty years ago. They decide to check out their old school only to find that it's in big trouble. The school needs supplies like computers and books for the library, but grouchy Mr. McKritty, who runs a hardware store in Juniper, doesn't want to give Hanover the supplies they need. How can Robbie and Beka change his mind?

The book's author is Diana Curtis Regan. The title of the book is The Mystery on Walrus Mountain. I liked this book very much because of all the action in it.

The book's overall quality is excellent. It is an easy to follow book, and it is an easy to read book. I highly recommend reading it. The characters relate to me very well. The characters in the book like to ski out in Colorado, and so do I. It reminds me of skiing out in Colorado. The setting was very familiar to me. The setting took place on a ski resort in Colorado. The name of the mountain was Walrus Mountain. I ski out in the mountains every year just like the characters do. The only difference is most of the setting take place in a computer game, but they are still on a mountain.

The plot was an adventures plot. The two ghost twins go into a computer game so they can talk to the boy, and help him win the race he is competing in. The twins also help him find a gold medal that he had lost in a race he was competing in. The boy enters the race, and he is in the lead, then he crashes on purpose so to try and find the gold medal that had been lost in a race two years ago he was competing in.

The book has about 115 pages long. The book is a very easy to read book. The words and the book are not at all hard to read. The book has about a 6th grade reading level. The plot is a little hard to fallow. The book is a very entertaining book and I highly recommend this book to everyone who is looking for a good adventure.

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Some of the medical info is dated in this book, as it to be expected as it's 5 years old now, but the reference on the Homeopathic Remedies is just fabulous. I bought it for that alone (that is most of the book anyway), i love how she explains which remedy is for what. Just excellent and i bought it on that merit alone. Great reference, worth the $$

This book is concise, well-written and informative. It gives detailed information about various herbs and homeopathic remedies and specifically cites interactions and effects.

The women who wrote the book took great care in not insulting their readers while maintaining a very accesible, easy to read style.

I could not recommend this book more!

Being the Rolemaster fan that I am I purchased this book just on the notion that it would be a quaint little collectors piece. I was far from being correct. Horror fantasy is one of my best run games thanks to this book. This book covers every kind of horror from the typical creepy kind to the gory blood splattering grotesque kind. It will help you define what kind of horror to place in your game. This book is a must for horror gamers for any RPG on the market!

Bruce

I came across a recommendation for this book while I was preparing to run a few horror scenarios in my AD&D campaign. While it is a Rolemaster supplement, I have to say that it's absolutely the best piece of writing I've ever encountered on running a game of any sort!

The author cleverly and masterfully breaks the horror genre down into its more basic elements and gives the GM clear and easily-grasped ideas on combining them into effective horror adventures. I recommend this book for GMs using any gaming system.

One thing to keep in mind is that this book contains no game stats. It is compatable with pretty much everything.