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This book helped me get a good start in my Accounting college courses. It lays out the fundamental principles of Accounting simply and clearly. Its emphasis on the process leading to, creation of, and analysis of financial statements, would be very helpful to anyone who may need to understand just what a company's financial statements really mean

This book helped me a lot understand the various topics of accounting quickly and easily. If you completely dont understand anything about accounting, this is the book for you.

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This is an easy book to follow. Lots of exercises for practice and the answers are in the text so you can check and see if you got it or if you need to study more.

What a wonderful lesson on the effects of teasing! A must read for parents & children of all ages! The story is easy to relate to & the pictures are fun to follow. This story should be read in all classes & available on every library shelf.

My daughter recieved this book as a gift from her Grandma and we have been reading it almost daily ever since. My daughter immediately fell in love with the main character Sammy and talks about how the animals shouldn't tease each other and call each other names. My daughter will be starting pre-school this year and I know that the lessons she has learned from this book will help her to interact in a positive way with her new group of friends. The illustration are beautiful.

This is a delighful book with a stong lesson about teasing. It's a great way to introduce your young children to how hurtful name calling can be. There is also a great interactive section at the end of the book with questions to start discussions with your kids about teasing. This book is brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated. Adventures at Walnut Grove should be in every kids' library.....it's destined to become a classic

I loved reading this book to my son. The author made it easy for him to connect with the main characters Sammy and Bucky. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and animated. It becomes easy for a parent to show how teasing can be hurtful. Any book that can do this gets my vote.

A week ago, we got this book about an adorable squirrel who lives in Walnut Grove and, ever since, my six year old daughter has asked us to read it to her every night before bedtime. I've watched her listen intently as Sammy the squirrel's feelings get hurt when he is teased about the way he looks. My four year old son has absorbed the story's life lesson as well; he's been pointing out instances of teasing every day, giving us many opportunities to talk about why that's not a nice thing to do. What a wonderful tool Ms. Lehman has provided for us grown-ups to teach little ones the foundation of good citizenship, the all important Golden Rule: that we must treat others as we would like to be treated. If everyone had learned this Rule while young, the world would certainly be a much better place! Kudos to Ms. Lehman for making the task of raising conscientious little citizens that much easier. I'm looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next!

I am nearly halfway through "Adventures With Time Lines" and find the information presented valuable. As a coach I have used time line processes with my clients and have had very satisfying results. I am a certified NLP Practitioner and suggest that the information may be a little difficult for someone without any NLP training at all. However, taking the time to understand and process the information will not only help your clients but also give you insight on how you yourself code time.

You don't need high-powered jets to crash through time zones. Knowing how to use your brain through "Time-line" does it. Foreword by Tad James and Preface by Wyatt Woodsmall. These two co-authored "Time-line Therapy and the Basis of Personality" in 1988. Bodenhamer and Hall again successfully synthesize and transform traditional NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) materials and bring them to new frontiers of understanding and applications. The ways we code and experience "time" have close connections with our personalities, our thoughts and feelings, states and experiences, beliefs and values, sense of reality and self. Cultures also differ in their sense of time. The book gives an in-depth exploration. We learn how to elicit time-lines and use them to get unstuck from old dated emotions: guilt, grief, fear, anxiety, trauma and abuse... We can also use "Time" as a resource for creating a bright and compelling future, a "life well lived" (borrowed from Benjamin Franklin). Time is not a thing. We don't manage time, but only ourselves... There is also more advanced material. Background in NLP is helpful. [The author's new book, a complete manual for the NLP Practitioner Certification, "The User's Manual for the Brain" includes the introductory section of the present book as the last chapter.] Many chapters are worth repeated study. You'll appreciate the authors' creative uses of NLP, language and "Time-lines". [The book is written in E-prime, without the verb, to be.]

even though I'm just 1/4 though the book, the ideas presented within this work have allowed me to change my perception of time, which is interesting and exciting, and also opens new doors towards self-motivation as one re-maps personal time.

Not only is this book my favorite book on Time-Lines, but I consider Time-Lines the most valuable NLP process. Time Line techniques have helped me to create virtual healing miracles, by going back to the past before the problematic situation began and going through the time-line to the present and future, as if the problem never existed. Health problems which were diagnosed as terminal and without hope for recovery - were gone in only few days of working with Time-Lines.

It will be well-worth your time to learn how to work with time-lines whether you desire to use them for your own benefit or to assist others, if you are a therapist.

This book will thoroughly guide you through Time Line Patterns and Processes, and many different adventures you can have with time-lines - whether you desire to resolve emotional issues from the past, accelerate learning of new skills, re-create your life (or if you prefer the programming which is impressed upon your subconscious mind / neurology), accelerate spiritual growth (I have had some out of this world spiritual experiences thanks to working with Time-Lines).

You'll also learn how to work with logical levels, use advanced Time-Line Patterns, how to use linguistic time-lining and much more - you'll have extra fun when you learn to use time-lines through conversation.

Get this book - you'll be grateful you did!

A great book but only for those amongst the readers that have an advanced understanding of NLP (Neuro linguistic programming) and Timeline Therapy. Additionally, it is useful to have read other books by Michael Hall and Bodenhamer, in order to get a handle on their writing style (which sometimes is a bit confusing).

The book came very quickly and was described well in the ad. I was very pleased with the timeliness of the delivery

I received this order on time and in excellent condition. I will do business with again.

"The African American Odyssey" just got better with the release of the 3rd edition. Updated accounts, in-depth coverage, a broadened focus (the American West, and beyond America), and the wonderfully helpful enclosed CD which allows for additional research, all make this a comprehensive volume for any and all students of African American history.

The blending of the famous and the unknown, men and women, North and South, slave and free, provides for a tapestry that weaves together both the terror and the triumph of the African American experience which enabled them to move beyond the suffering to a place of healing hope. The faith-basis for so much of the African American triumph could have been covered more comprehensively, though it is more than hinted at in the original sources covered.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction .

An effective book, which the young new generation of African Americans can really gain their sense of knowledge from.

"The African American Odyssey" just got better with the release of the 3rd edition. Updated accounts, in-depth coverage, a broadened focus (the American West, and beyond America), and the wonderfully helpful enclosed CD which allows for additional research, all make this a comprehensive volume for any and all students of African American history.

The blending of the famous and the unknown, men and women, North and South, slave and free, provides for a tapestry that weaves together both the terror and the triumph of the African American experience which enabled them to move beyond the suffering to a place of healing hope. The faith-basis for so much of the African American triumph could have been covered more comprehensively, though it is more than hinted at in the original sources covered.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction , Soul Physicians, and Spiritual Friends.

I really loved the Egyptology in this book as well as the interesting characters, settings and plot. All in all, a great book to enjoy in the summer - or anytime.

Baron Algernon Northgate had everything a British nobleman could want, as the 20th Century dawned: more money than he could possibly spend, a magnificent ancestral estate, a beautiful and loving wife, and two fine children. His life's passion, though, often took him away from his home and family. Algernon Northgate loved Egyptology to the point of ruthlessness. Eventually that love cost him everything else.

A century and more after Algernon Northgate's unexplained disappearance and presumed death, a remarkable 11-year-old boy enters Lady Margaret Hall at Cambridge. Orphaned mysteriously and adopted by a loving but ordinary couple, Alexander has just begun to remember more from his first years of life than his name. The sealed ruins of Northgate Hall fascinate him, and they also fill the dreams of Cambridge Professor Frank Malone. Gradually these two unlikely friends realize that something remains at Northgate Hall from the time of Baron Algernon, and that something intends to kill them both. What is it? How can it do the things it does, which defy rational explanation? And how can the little boy who's gifted enough for university and his hard-drinking tutor find the answers they need before it's too late - not only for them, but quite possibly for the rest of this modern and oh-so-rational world?

A cracking fine tale, despite some problems with cliched characters, grandiose dialog, and wandering plot threads. This author should be worth watching as he hones his craft and publishes more books. Hopefully in the same genre!

If you are a mid-teen and a genius who is about ready to enter college, you don't need the magic of a wizard. Your ingenuity will get you into as much trouble as any one young fellow can handle.
Yes, that is Alexander. When he finds a mummy in the big old house in England where he has been raised by his adoptive family who found him alongside a road when he was a mere toddler, his nose begins to twitch. That twitch, however, doesn't lead him into the excitement of Bewitched, but takes him to the long forbidden and hidden halls of the pyramids of Ancient Egypt.
You will want to turn the pages as fast as you can to see what devilish adventures Alexander will get into next. Meanwhile, he has to keep up his studies at the College.
G. M. Masterson has etched a fetching tale that will have you spellbound, and the story in itself is almost magical. If you can't get enough of Harry Potter, this is your next best bet! And just like Harry, I can guarantee that kids and grownups alike will want to know where Alexander is going to travel next. We can only hope this is the start of more Alexander adventures!
A fantastic debut novel by an Oxford scientist!

Easy to get into right away and soon found it hard to put down. Gripping plot and the Egyptology was fascinating.

Set between the nineteenth century and the present day, and apparently inspired by a true story, Alexander: Hall of the Gods is a stirring tale of obsession and revenge that revolves around themes of parapsychology, the occult and Egyptology. When a Victorian archaeologist excavates an ancient Egyptian tomb he finds a number of mysterious artefacts that he has long been searching for. But what he has unearthed ultimately leads to a trail of vengeance, death and destruction.

The book opens well, launching straight into the story without any unnecessary preamble to slow down the action. The reader is introduced to Baron Algernon Northgate, an English archaeologist and his assistant Salim, as two mummies are discovered. The mummies are transported back to the baron's ancestral mansion in England - only to set in motion a sinister and awe-inspiring train of events. The storyline is kept constantly on the boil as event follows event: the wealth of characters and sub-plots keeps the reader on his/her toes without ever becoming overtly convoluted. Masterson creates some fine moments of tension and horror, yet there is also humour, most notably in the antics of the Irish professor, Frank Malone.

Although this could be considered a largely plot-driven novel, characterisation is well handled. There is, for example, the wealthy baron whose confidence in his own abilities and place in the world is unshakeable - until the menacing presence of the two mummies take over his home; the irrepressible, 'volcanic' tempered Irish academic, Frank Malone, with his antiquated views on women and passion for the occult and 'fine alcoholic beverages'; no-nonsense, risk taking private eye Zoe, with her talent for mimicry; easy-going bikers Rosie and Jim, who find and adopt young Alexander; violent, ruthless Douglas Flint, etc. Then, of course, there is Alexander himself, a memorable and sympathetic player, with his astonishing intellectual gifts combined with charming boyishness, yet capacity for great courage, hatred and obsessiveness.

This is an eminently readable novel with tautly paced narrative. It manages to be at once action-packed, highly topical and philosophically provocative.

When you come across a Vocabulary Building books, more often than not, the sentences for "new" words are made up (factitious)for illustrations on demand. This limits the application of the new learnt knowledge in day to day life. This book takes the learning to a whole new level. The sentences are taken from newspapers, novels etc. This helps put the "new" words in context, thus making the word alive and linger long after you have studied it.
Though the book is atleast four decades old, but defintely worth its place in library.

I have to agree with the reviewer Rahul Ramachandran. It is a pity that this book isn't more widely known. After reading this book, all other vocabulary books are relegated to dust.

As a foreign student,I was put into the flood of words

I have read many books about vocabulary building and I have found that this book offers you the best and clear definition of difficult words, some are not yet appeared in the dictionary.

The best possible book that you will ever set your hands (and eyes) upon for vocabulary building. This is THE book for taking your vocabulary to hitherto unknown heights; a much better and advanced book compared to Norman Lewis and others. A must have for people planning to take up the GRE, GMAT and other vocabulary intensive tests.

A good book for the tests above, but however, tendency to get lost, especially in the foreign words segment is pretty high.
Who cares! A good buy, excellent worth for the money spent

After reading this book, books like "Improving your Word Power", "Word Power" and "Word Power II" seem passe! Now, that is POWER!!

Animals in the real world, are extraordinary creatures, so it isn't a surprise to see them playing in a band in a children's book. What child wouldn't enjoy reading about animals making music?

In the book, "The All Animal Band," by Jim Moore, Willie the Squirrel becomes interested in playing music after watching some humans play in a nightly band. He gets the idea to form an "All Animal Band," and invites some of his friends to join. After building their instruments, practicing their vocals, and perfecting their harmony, they perform for all the animals in the forest. They're a hit with the audience, especially the human who Willie watched play in his own band! It turns out that he's a talent agent and promises to make the band famous.

MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book -- what a sweet story! The illustrations are colorful, the characters are positive, imaginative, and the animals all work well with each other. In addition, there's a fun bonus on many of the pages throughout the book -- hidden pictures! Even though this story is make-believe, it is sure to teach children positive qualities, such as working hard to reach a goal, team work, and following their dreams. I wish the story didn't end -- I would have liked to follow the All Animal Band along their musical journey :)

With a genuine flair for original storytelling, Jim Moore's The All Animal Band is livened even more for young readers age 4 to 8 with Norris Hall's brightly colored cartoon style illustrations. A squirrel as lead guitar, an owl playing bass, Slick the Snake beating the drums with his face (he has no hands to hold drumsticks with), and Fredi the Frog and Dan the Dog singing vocals make for one unforgettable animal band - one whose talent is waiting to be discovered! Based on Jim Moore's song "All Animal Band", The All Animal Band is an enthusiastic antidote to the doldrums.

I was privileged the other day to hear Jim Moore read his latest creation to the children at our school. Not only is he exceedingly talented musically (his band came to our school last year), he now shows us another side of his talent in his wonderful book, The All Animal Band. We were fascinated to learn that his entire career started with a little animal song he wrote 15 years ago. He has gone on to the band, CDs, movies, and a prestigious award he received at the White House. His book tells the cute story of a group of animals who decided to form a band. It emphasizes teamwork and working hard to achieve a goal. The illustrations are bright and captivating. The children loved the book. I guess that's the proof of the pudding for any children's book!

Being a father of two and an educator, I realize the importance of keeping children active. Physical and mental stimulation are vital to the development of a child. A big part of this is reading and imagination. So, I was thrilled to read Jim Moore's The All Animal Band. The story introduced my daughter to a variety of animals and musical instruments, while keeping her interest focused on the outcome of the story.

Like Squirrel in the story, my daughter enjoys listening to music and when the music stops she likes to make her own. It is this experimentation by the animals in the story that makes it OK for my daughter to try new things. The imagination of the animals spills over to our family. Like the Dan the Dog, Fred the Frog and Squirrel, we look around to make instruments out of everyday items. We have made drums from cans, tambourines from bottle tops and rattles using plastic cups and rice. We may not be The All Animal Band, but we make beautiful music to our ears.

In addition to the imagery created by words, colorful artwork by Norris Hall keeps readers old and young alike glued to each page. We enjoyed looking for "hidden" pictures in every magical scene. The All Animal Band is an interactive reading experience. With so much attention given to television and the internet these days, it is refreshing to find a book that can keep a child's focus from beginning to end. It is a book and story that keep my children begging me to "read it again daddy."

Bursting with bold and bodacious color, The All Animal Band is an eye-popping delight of a book about a group of animal friends who decide they want to make music and form their own band. Written by award-winning songwriter and recording artist Jim Moore, and whimsically illustrated with such strong color and lines that the visuals almost appear 3-D, this enchanting book, geared towards children (and adults) of all ages, celebrates the joys of making music with the animal characters that make up the All Animal Band; including Fredi the Frog and Dan the Dog on vocals, Ollie the Owl on bass, Slick the Snake on drums, and Willie the Squirrel on guitar.

It all begins when Willie the Squirrel spots some humans playing instruments and making great music together. But when Willie tries to play the instruments, it sounds like an awful clatter. Still, he can't help but dream about making sweet-sounding music like the humans, and his passion and desire lead him to gather up his pals and form a band of their own.

With plenty of practice and encouragement, the All Animal Band members finally master their instruments enough to put on their first big show, and attract the attention of a human, namely a talent agent who wants to sign the animal band and turn them into big stars.

Based upon the song All Animal Band from the author's CD, Are We There Yet? by the Animal Band, this hilarious and creative story leaves the story wide open for more books to come. Imagine, the All Animal Band on the Road, the All Animal Band Break-up, and then maybe even the All Animal Band Reunion! Even a VH-1 special, and a spot hosting MTV!!!

Kids will love this big, splashy adventure about friendship, determination, dedication, having fun and using music to express yourself. And as a 42-year-old, I can tell you without a doubt that adults will love it, too.

It is nice to finally find a book like this--one that explains basic math and chemistry principles together.

I am more verbal than mathematical, by nature, but this book helps me to understand the world of math.

Although this is geared towards nursing students who need basic chemistry, I found it very helpful as a general math overview for studying for the GRE and helping my child with his math homework, etc.

Has cute little drawings and interesting tips too. It's actually a lot more fun that it looks from the outside cover.

Great book!

This book is very helpful for anyone needing to brush up on math used in chemistry classes.

A wonderful book that makes math and chemistry understandable for those who struggle with such subjects. The author makes the concepts concrete and interesting and can make math lovers out of anyone.

Stress management expert Dr. Kathleen Hall presents Alter Your Life: Overbooked? Overworked? Overwhelmed?, a no-nonsense self-help guide to finding more time in one's life and balancing responsibilities in a manner that reduces tension, cultivates energy, and primes one for the knock of opportunity. Chapters discuss simple changes and mindfulness that can be incorporated into any routine, from the morning shower, breakfast, and commute to daily exercise, shopping, learning to be a more attentive listener, and even turning routine chores such as washing the dishes into a fulfilling experience. The "Ask, Tell, Give" sections condense extended discussion points into simple sentences and precepts; for example, "Ask yourself 'Why do I, or why don't I have a pet?' 'How can I bring more quality to the time I spend with animals?' 'What can I learn from the animals in my life?' / Tell yourself 'Animals support and guide my journey through life.' / Give yourself 'A bird feeder by your favorite window' 'time each day to relax with your animal' 'sponsorship of a cause that supports animals'." An uplifting, motivational guide to lifestyle changes that can make each day richer.

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." (Quote by Anonymous, page 55 Alter Your Life)
The greatest threat to America and its inhabitants has been revealed and experts are naming it, "Stress." As a medical professional, I'd like to add complacency, and lack of knowledge regarding how to break the stress- cycle to the problems facing American's today. Turn a page in any health magazine, flip through your local TV stations and what you will find is: article after article, report after report, linking stress and the fast-paced American lifestyle to: cancer, obesity, heart disease and a myriad of other diseases. Overworked, overweight, undernourished, and suffocating under piles of work, over-using our natural and spiritual resources, we American's are in a heap of trouble. Fortunately, Dr. Kathleen Hall author of Alter Your Life has devised a sound, step-by-step, non-dogmatic approach to changing your life-and your own special corner of the planet-without having to: surrender all of your worldly goods, give up your job, or move to the mountains. Sounds easy, doesn't it?
Hall will hook readers from the first page by appealing to their desire for a better life. Her plan, carefully woven together with the wisdom and appreciation of multiple spiritual traditions, provides a true blueprint for a better life. Learn how to wake up and embrace life without caffeine in chapter one. Follow simple steps to turn your commute in to your chance to commune with your Divine Self in chapter six. Rediscover the joy in life by reclaiming your leisure time on page 127.
Alter Your Life is flawlessly written, well edited, and the information is presented in a format readers can actually apply to their lives. Blissfully devoid of double-speak, cryptic passages, and superior guru-ish talk, Dr. Hall's self-help masterpiece is not your mama's promise-you-the-world, but give- you -zilch- for-useful- information, type book. Anyone willing to live a better life, can easily pick up a copy and apply the simple techniques to achieve a better, more compassionate existence, without abandoning their faith, their family, or making any drastic, overnight life changes.
Review by Kate St.Amour

So many of us are overwhelmed by the day-to-day demands of our careers, our families, sometimes even our friends. We often feel there is not enough time in our lives to do the things we need to do, let alone to do the things we want to do. And, most importantly, there never seems to be time just for ourselves.

The book, Alter Your Life, discusses many aspect of your life. The book discusses daily tasks that we all do and points out ways we can live intentionally, i.e. by making choices by intention, not by default.

What impressed me about the book is that it is not based only on theory. The author has implemented changes, and has altered her life to one of intentional life vs. life in the fast lane where she felt overwhelmed, overworked and overbooked! She discusses the three components that are the foundation for living an intentional life and they are simpler than you think. Her story is an inspiration for us all. While we may not choose to live the life she chose, you will find ideas and thoughts to alter you life in everyday tasks.

Dr. Kathleen Hall's book is one which made me realize even the simplest of things I was doing every day were being done without intention. When you stop and answer some of the questions the author asks, it makes you realize that there is more. In fact, we do have the choice to change our lives so we do not have to feel so overwhelmed.

I would highly recommend this book.

Alter Your Life is not your regular self-help inspirational book. It is practical, engaging and powerfully life-changing. Unlike other self-help books that focus on the goals you'd like to create for your life, Dr. Hall provides a different angle of everyday activities, so you'd be able to alter your perspectives, which are the key of lifetime joy and happiness.

Divided into 24 chapters, this book talks about ways to give meaning in the simplest and overlooked activities, such as walking, shopping, gardening, listening to music, taking a bath, watching the evening news and, even, washing dishes. The author's easy-to-read conversational tone is an added plus, as most people prefer not reading a preachy book.

Written by a former Wall Street stockbroker who lived joylessly for years, the soul of this book shines throughout the pages, making the reading a breeze. The author has walked the walk and talked the talk, indeed. It is evident from the depth of one's innermost issues covered as she encourages the readers to choose the joy and the enlightened path in their hectic and, oftentimes, boring lives.

Alter Your Life is, indeed, a self-help book of its own class. For once, an enlightened friend has spoken. Thanks, Dr. Hall.[]

A review by Jennie S. Bev of BookReviewClub.com

There is little question, it seems to me, that most Americans living in this new century of ours are suffering from a condition one might refer to as the "stressed-out" syndrome. (And the really unfortunate thing is that this is true of young people as well, some of them barely into their teenage years.) Many of us are working harder, trying to raise families while advancing a career, competing obsessively in the marketplace for that promotion, striving to keep up with the Jones next door, hoping that the pay check will last until the end of the month, and, well, you get the point. Are we simply condemned to this malady by the realities of modern life, or is there a way of successfully meeting this challenge and conquering it? Dr. Kathleen Hall, the author of this book and one of our nation's leading authorities on stress management, thinks there is and she calls it "living an intentional life."

This is a self-help book, to be sure. Many of you probably think as I do: most self-help books are so full of psycho-babble, unrealistic expectations, impractical advice, dogmatic prescriptions, and are so far out of touch with the actual world in which most of us live, that they seem to be written only to make some quick money for the author. I assure you this is not the case with Dr. Hall's book. Believe me, I look hard for incidences of psycho-babble in self-help books (it's one of my pet peeves) and I could not find a single case of it here. In sum, she has outlined a simple, easy-to-read, very practical and, above all, undogmatic, blueprint for living an intentional life.

The "intentional" life, Dr. Hall says, has three simple ingredients: awareness, choice, and energy. These are not sequential; it is simply necessary to "become aware of these three key elements in your life and learn how to navigate them." She emphasizes that we ought to look at our daily experiences, listen to what our body and mind are telling us, and become more conscious of how we are living our lives and how we want to live them. If I could put this general prescription into my own words, I would say she is proposing living a "proactive" life as opposed to a "reactive" life, and most people do seem to mostly "react" to the situations they encounter in life rather than make a proactive choice.

There is absolutely nothing complex about the prescriptions in this book regarding how to live an intentional life. Above all, they are very down-to-earth; very much a matter of applied "common sense." It is simply that so many people, if not the majority in today's hectic world, either "forget" to pay attention to these simple ideas or are stressed out and distracted by the events surrounding them. The author here is really recommending that we all need, now and then, to "stop and smell the roses," so to speak.

But, of course, there is much more than that presented. She gets down to the "nitty-gritty," shall we say, and, chapter by chapter, discusses everything from making your morning shower an event for setting the stage for your day, suggesting gardening (even though you may have to plant a "mini-garden" in your bathroom) as a means of reclaiming your roots to the soil, altering your dinner experience at home so you have "dined well," and, yes, even how to turn dishwashing into a unique and fulfilling experience. To point out the range of "ordinary" daily experiences she discusses, just let me say that Chapter One is entitled "Waking Up" and Chapter Twenty-four is entitled "Sleeping." Between those two points of reference are chapters devoted to most of the other daily activities we perform and encounters we experience (breakfast, commuting, working, leisure, family, etc.). Furthermore, most chapters end with a suggestion as to how to "alter your life" in the area discussed.

What I like most about Dr. Hall's book is that it is sound, pragmatic, and undogmatic. It deals with the simple pleasures we can experience in our lives, if only we would pay attention to them rather than ignore them or get distracted by other things which contribute to our "stressed-out" syndrome. Since I am by education, inclination, and choice, a philosopher in the formal sense (and an Aristotelian realist, at that!), let me conclude with a more philosophical observation.

Aristotle's famous work, the "Nicomachean Ethics," was written to provide us with a blueprint for living "a life worth living." His book is, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others, the only sound, pragmatic, and undogmatic work in moral philosophy within the Western tradition of intellectual thought. I have used those same words (sound, pragmatic, undogmatic) to describe Dr. Hall's "Alter Your Life." I think this is justified. Furthermore, I suspect that Aristotle, if he were living today, would also approve of her work; he was, after all, that most practical and commonsensical of philosophers. His "Ethics" was a manual on how to put together a "good life" through the practice of the virtues; hers is a manual on how to deal with the stresses of this contemporary world or, if you will, how to live a "good life" through the practice of intentional living in spite of the stresses surrounding us. I think Aristotle and Dr. Hall would have gotten along famously.

I recommend this book and my fellow males should not shy away from reading this book. After all, women on the average live longer than we males do, and it may be (at least partially) because they are willing to seek help and guidance rather than face stressful conditions alone. I know men tend to avoid self-help books because they consider them to be "for women." This is unfortunate. Men also need to learn strategies, even the simple ones suggested in this book, in order to live a healthy and meaningful life.

This book is *not* designed for casual readers of the law. However, it remains perhaps the most comprehensive review of American Constitutional history available in a single volume. This is still used on college campuses, and should be read by anyone who wants to peruse some of the central arguments that have shaped this country.

This a good book for undergraduates seeking to understand the Constitution and judicial decisions that shape the application of the Constitution. Very informative and easily read. But this is not a good book for pre-law or law students. The material is too cursory and there is no analysis of the cases.

I first used this text in the seventh edition (Mason, Beaney and Stephenson) in my undergraduate Constitutional Law class, and it has remained a constant resource for me. I have invested in two of the upgraded editions, including this latest 14th edition.

Mason et al. has a wonderful style of combining accessible and interesting narrative essays with case law summaries and texts from rulings. The authors state in the preface that they see constitutional law development as 'an intricate blend of history and politics.' The Supreme Court functions in the real world (indeed, has a long-standing tradition of not deciding 'moot' cases, but rather only adjudicating in real life situations).

The chapters rely heavily on case law and texts from decisions, but each chapter is introduced by an essay that sets tone, context, and highlights of particular interest. Where appropriate, the authors draw in texts from beyond case law - for example, in the chapter dealing with Congress, the Court and the Presidency, the authors bring in excerpts from the Federalist papers, and with the chapter on the development of due process, they excerpt Justice Cardozo's papers.

This is a broadly sweeping text that covers the whole Constitution, each article of the primary text, various amendments dealing with governmental and procedural issues, and many chapters dealing with rights and liberties contained in both the Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) and other amendments. It includes indexes of cases, a good chart of Justices of the Supreme Court, and the full text of the Constitution and amendments.

This is a book more intended for the student of political science or history who wishes to gain a better understanding of the processes and content of Constitutional Law at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. It may be useful as a secondary text in a law school's Constitutional Law class, also. It is not light reading, particularly in the case law sections, but the essays are worthwhile and can generally be read as stand-alone texts for those who want to get the broad overview without the case detail - however, beware of this approach, for the law and process is built on the details.

American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases by Alpheus Thomas Mason and Donald Grier Stephenson is a book that when read you'll find an intricate blend of history and politics.

This is an excellent book for those studing constitutional law as there are plenty of case study with selected readings, queries, and key terms associated with each particular case. You'll get a real good dose of the constitution here and why decisions are the way they are at that time. Applying standards drawn from the constitution, the Supreme Court is the ultimate arbitor and guardian of individual privilege and governmental prerogative alike.

This book gives the reader a broad understanding of the present with respect to the past and includes relevant extrajudicial material. A very good introductory book on American Constitutional Law.

For any student of American constitutional law, this book is the best exposition of the fundamentals of the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court. Further enquiry into the subject is not possible without an understanding of the ideas presented in this book.