Hayes Books

Hands-On Senior Horse Care: The Complete Book of Senior Equine Management and First Aid
For all coaches, horse managers and horse owners of senior horses. Especially those still used in riding programes. Great book highly recommended to all riding schools, RDA's etc.

When we decided to add horses to our family, experienced horse people highly recommended purchasing older, experienced horses. So that is exactly what we did. This book has proven to be highly valuable to us. As stated in a previous review, it does say to call your vet at many of the symptoms. However, that is NOT a bad thing. The easy to follow charts included in each section clearly state if its something you can handle on your own, or if you need the help of a vet. It also tells you WHY you need the vet. It doesn't just state "Call your vet".

The chapters are easy to read and understand. The book covers both health and care for the older horse. I'm sure a lot of the care items would apply to younger horses also, but the book covers the specific needs of the older horse.

An experienced horse person would probably find this book to be a bore. However, it is ideal for the new horse owner, young or old. I highly recommend this book.

This book, although not as specific and technical as many other books dealing with horse care, is a great reference for a teenage horse owner. Its language it simple to understand and gives reasons why certain changes occur and what to look out for. Adults would probably get frustrated at its simplicity but for a 12-18 year old this book offers a means to understand an aging horse and what to look out for in case a veterinarian needs to be called. Afterall, most young teenagers are spending lots of hours with their horses --maybe even moreso than working adults -- both monitoring general care and riding. This book provides an exceptional resource for this age group (nevermind being a good resource for a completely clueless adult parent!).

This book features flow charts that help guide you through decision making processes when dealing with an older horse. Yes, many of the choices turn out to be call a vet. Maybe that's because most people won't look at a book until there is a medical problem in the first place.If you own a horse, then you are going to have to deal with having a veterinarian from time to time. And, think about this for a minute. If these people gave advice that said, oh don't call a vet, just do this or that, then how many lawsuits do you think they would face from owners of dead horses? This book helps you eliminate factors when deciding if you can take care of them at home, or call in a professional.
There's also a section covering how your horse ages and changes that take place. That's a nice section to have. You may notice the changes over the years, but having this book will make you look at your older horse with a new perspective. I think every barn who has a senior horse should have a copy of this book.

Since I bought this book, I've had three crises with my senior horse. And in each case, this book was useless. It didn't cover what to do when my horse came down with the neurological form of equine herpesvirus! For colic, it didn't mention Banamine. Banamine is no where in this book. For ulcers, it had minimal solutions.

Their formula for measuring a horse to determine its weight is for the metric system, not the English system we use. But they use inches, not meters.

Another ridiculous section -- they suggest using "cold-pressed" oils to add to your horse's feed. I checked into this -- these oils are EXPENSIVE!!!!

I thought this book would be wonderful. It's not. Save your money. The Internet has more useful and free sites.

This is a pretty good cookbook if you are living in an apartment with a small kitchen and need to prepare for small meals. It covers simple dishes and the receipes are well written. The reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that the illustration of the book is a bit poor (ie. no color pictures) inside.

This is a great cookbook for singles who are pressed for time. I also like the fact that the recipes feature easy to find ingredients (if you don't have a lot of time to cook, you probably don't have much time to scour specialty markets either). My favorites are the recipes for sausage/lentil soup and ground beef mix. The only reason that I am not giving this five stars is the lack of color photos. Otherwise, it's a great book.

Okay, it's not gourmet cooking. It is an everyday lifesaver for those of us who run out of ideas when cooking for oneself. A pleasant meal every day without strain. I've given two as gifts, one to an older person newly alone, and one to a late-teener just going out on his own.

If your skill level is beyond boiling pasta noodles and making a tossed salad, then this is not the cookbook for you. While it is not a complete waste, it was disappointing. If you're looking for a great cookbook for single people and couples, I highly recommend Jane Doerfer's, Going Solo In The Kitchen. It is an excellent mix of very simple and more challenging recipes, and it presents a lot of variety.

This book introduces some pretty basic recipes with common ingredients. Since I'm a college student living on my own, these simple recipes are a welcome respite from the usual "open the can and pop it in the microwave" mentality. Also it is much easier to find a tasty dish since this book is shorter than, say, Joy of Cooking. Still there are many larger and more comprehsive books out there that one can turn into a cooking-for-one book through simple division.

If a summer beach read in which it doesn't matter that normal belief is suspended and a plucky, confused heroine is an attraction, then this book is for you.

As a rower and sculler, I confess to have read this book because of the sport reference and having rowed on the Schuylkill. After 15-years of rowing and rowing in college, I have yet to encounter a rowing coach as abusive as the one portrayed in the book or boathouse employees engaged in anything as horrific as the prostitution/slavery central to the story. Furthermore, the description of the beginning of a rowing race in which one of the two rowers in a boat freezes rather than races is just a plot gimmick that does nothing to enhance the story. Pulling a fragile boat up on a beach like a canoe is not likely either.

The heroine is plagued with doubts throughout the story all the while constantly leaving her 6-year old daughter in dangerous situations during a time murdered bodies are being strewn about. Additionally the heroine employs double standards as she bemoans the fact that her policeman boyfriend doesn't disclose details of the case in which she has stumbled. But she feels ok violating his privacy and reading his email despite telling him not to use her computer although she knows he didn't read her mail, to "get the truth". I didn't find her character to be believable or sympathetic.

The book is long on nagging thoughts and short on action. One thing is certain, every thought she has serves to fill the pages.

Zoë Hayes, an art therapist in Philadelphia, has returned in The River Killings, sequel to The Nanny Murders. Zoë and her best friend Susan have taken up sculling on the Schuylkill River and have gone for a quiet, late night practice when their boat tips them into a group of dead bodies - floaters. This is the beginning of another emotional roller coaster for Zoë as she ends up amidst a human trafficking investigation headed up by her boyfriend Detective Nick Stiles in cooperation with the FBI.

After Zoë and Susan report the floaters in the Schuylkill River to the police, they find that they are unwillingly drawn into the world of human trafficking. Once the newspapers published their names in connection with the bodies in the river, they are approached by many strangers asking for whatever information they have from their dip in the river. Not knowing whom to trust, they deny all knowledge, but this doesn't seem to convince anyone. Susan is the victim of a car-jacking while Zoë is zealously cleaning her house after a break-in. Zoë still has trust issues with Nick, and his new case isn't helping matters when Zoë feels that she, having found the bodies, should be privy to information on the case.

When Nick accidentally leaves his email account open, Zoë abuses her ideals by investigating the contents without his consent. By doing so, she finds out there is more going on in her personal life than just an accidental dip in the river. Nick's past is coming back to haunt them, bringing Zoë and her daughter Mollie into a turbulent maelstrom of peril.

Susan and Zoë persist in their sculling training for a local competition and they find that there are a lot of undercurrents in their new hobby that have nothing to do with water. Who, in their acquaintance, could possibly be committing such a heinous act against fellow humans? After a big argument, Nick storms off to calm down, until Zoë follows her intuition that Nick is in danger. She sets out to find him, once again endangering herself but realizing that she must trust herself before she can trust anyone else.

This is an impressive mystery, following the troubles of a single mother who is trying to do her best to get by in a violent world. We are able to share in her ups and downs and her daily activities and interactions with her friends and see how Zoë manages to wind up in the middle of murder and violence without fault of her own. There is a bit of naïveté to her personality that is not always credible, and at times she doesn't seem to learn from her mistakes. But her panic and fear do give some of her behaviors credibility.

Cozy readers would be uncomfortable with the violence and high body count, but the mystery is intriguing, the characters personable, and the rapid pace disconcerting. [...]

Set against the backdrop of the Humberton Barge, a fictional rowing club located on Philadelphia's famed Boathouse Row, "The River Killings" offers the reader a suspense-filled tale of murder combined with the sport of rowing. Best friends Zoe Hayes and Susan Cummings are practicing with determination to enter the summer's first rowing race, the Navy Regatta. While rowing on the Schuykill during a late night practice, the two women accidentally flip their boat, only to discover a floating armada of nineteen corpses, who turn out to all be Asian women. after this nightmarish boating mishap, the two heroines endure a carjacking, a break-in at Zoe's home, and a strange woman apparantly following Zoe's six-year old daughter Molly. The police quickly determine that the nineteen dead women were Asian "slaves", and Zoe and Susan wonder if the carjacking and break-in are related to their grisly discovery. Zoe and Susan are visited by other mysterious characters who claim to be investigating the deaths of the Asian women as the suspense builds in this novel. The story line of the mysterious deaths of the women kept me turning the pages.

The reason that I gave this novel only four stars, though, was the fact that I found it difficult to empathize with the main character of Zoe Hayes. I could not believe the number of times Zoe's character left her six-year old daughter alone in the middle of the night to deal with various crises in the story. Also, I felt that Zoe spent an unreasonable amouont of time in the story feeling sorry for herself.

I did enjoy the rowing aspect of the story immensely. Author Jones did a good job of presenting enough information about the sport of rowing to give the reader an appreciation for it without drowning the reader in too many details.

"The River Killings" was an enjoyable, suspenseful read set against an interesting background.

I bought this book for my son to practice violin. It is very helpful to him.

While it's true that this second book in the series is dry, it still does a great job of covering the "next steps' in learning to play. The lessons, despite being a bit dry, do a great job of clearly explaining these techniques. I use this book in my home violin studio and have had great success with it, with students of all ages and playing abilities; BUT I supplement this book's lessons with additional music.

The book is very helpful as it shows at each stage of progression the proper techniques to hold the violin, the proper placement of the fingers, and other good illustrations. The lessons are straight forward and easy to follow.

I had to buy this book for the strings class at college. The whole class was bored to death for the whole semester, despite the good effort by the instructor to make the best of it. It looks like the publisher decided to divide the Essential Elements for Strings (which is a fine beginning book that I did several years ago) into 2 books in order to generate more business. If you already know the notes in the first position, don't waste your money on this book. There are lots of good post-absolute-beginner book for violin - Spotlight on Strings, ABCs of Violin, All for Strings, String Builder, or Essential Elements for Strings (NOT this 2000 thing). For private instructions for beginners, I would recommend Doflein Book 1 and Suzuki Book 1.

I think it was really awful that Abby got her ears pierced without her parent's permission,and didn't even feel sorry about it. And she should've told her parents about Victoria. But it was an okay book. I do not recommend it,though. Sorry.

This book sucked. S-U-C-K-E-D. Abby tries to change herself to fit in. She won't tell her parents that she's getting teased. She refuses. If something bad is going on, TELL someone! Victoria is teasing her and abby thinks pierced ears will really help. Her parents punished Abby WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to lightly. She has to do comunity service and she will probaly have Hannah help.

Does hannah bug anybody else? she's too cheery. Nobody can be THAT happy...

This was such a good book that I read it seven times (whether you like it or not, last reviewer!) and now my little sister is reading it. I don't think that Abby getting her ears pierced was a portrayal of bad messages- I just think that that's life- sometimes you give in to the teaser's teasing. And in the end, Abby finds the way to stop the teasing, so it was good after all. I do wish Mazer had added more details though- does Abby ride the bus? Is she incredibly nervous that morning? But all in all, this was a great read.

This is such anamazing book. Before abby goes into grade 6 she and Hannah find a book in an old storage box called 6th grade revealed. It says that evryone is so snooty and mean in this grade. Abby and Hannah wonder who wrote the article? and is 6th grade really like what 6th grade revealed says? Find out inthis amazing book!

Modelo is an excelent novel that satarts slowly seducing you, but towards the end, you are completley blown away by the passion between an elderly virgin and a young taxi driver. A great way to see through the eyes of love a very particular Mexico City.

I chose to read this novel because I'm a vintage car fan... but ended up being a mexico city fan, too.

The most interesting thing about this book is the way a romance that seems impossible at first, ends up being the only possible answer, in an impossibly crazy city.

Read it!

This is one of my favorite books. The story begins with an older woman about 74, who who wants a driver to ride her around the city in which she has lived her life, as she feels that she is about to die. The cab driver who accepts this position is a sometimes crude, rude, and nefarious young man of about 25. Modelo Antiguo is synonomous for the old woman who is still a virgin, and her car in which they drive. As the two proceed around the city the life of the woman is tenderly, poignantely, and sometimes comically revealed, as is the character of the young man. The beauty of this book is the love that transpires as these two unlikely souls meet and are transformed. Defying boundaries of class, age, and time, in an intricate weave of past and present, this is a beautiful, believable, love story.

I was very disappointed in this book for many reasons not the least of which is that this novel is about a couple IN Mexico City, but the book is not ABOUT Mexico City. I bought this book mainly because of the title an the blurb by Benjamin Alire Saenz on the cover stating that this book "brings English readers a real taste of Mexico City streets." I have been collecting fiction and nonfiction about Mexico City for over twenty-five years, and this book is not a keeper !

If what you want is quality photos of the uniforms, this book won't disappoint you. The photos are great, except the book have no image of boot.
but if you are looking for detail informations and history of the uniforms, this book may not be what you want.
Anyway, just looking at the photos worth buying it, personally speaking

First of all, this book is really impressive. Its a massive
volume and I enjoyed reading (or looking) very much. The photos
are very clear and show a lot of close ups. However, I felt that,
in such a large book, some more uniforms should have been
described. For example there is a large section on just one Army
officers set, too large for my taste. Apart from that, great book

Based on the write-up for this book, I assumed that it would have photographs of various WW2-era uniforms that would help a collector know what to look for when it came to authentic/original items. Well if you can afford to buy or could actually find uniforms that belonged to Erwin Rommel or some Navy Admiral or a Knight's Cross winner, this is the book for you. If you collect uniforms for historical purposes for the average foot soldier of any of the services, this isn't the book for you. There were numerous photos of uniforms for Generals, high-ranking officers, and some ultra rare SS uniforms. However, there were very, very, few photographs of common uniforms that would belong to anyone below an officer rank. The Navy section had 7 different reefer jackets pictured, but not a single enlisted uniform was pictured. How many reefer jackets do you need to see? There were no standard enlisted army wool tunics pictured. This book basically is a visual display of some of the very best pieces from some great collections. However, it's use as a reference source for collecting purposes is very limited. I was very disappointed....

This book did not disapoint. The uniforms are often full page, clear, and are wonderfully photographed. A big and somewhat chilling surprise was one of Hitlers 1935 NSDAP party shirts, complete with belt, strap, and medals; found by US soldiers in his Munich apartment. My only complaint was that there were no uniforms complete with matching pants and boots. Having one of Hitlers garments included also begged the question if there are other uniforms of top officials still in existence such as Goering, Himmler, or other Reich or Field Marshalls. The book gives little reference or hint of the extent of such historical items existing either in private hands or museums.

This book explains Catholic faith, morals and doctrines with keeping in full communion with the teaching authority of the Church. This book is easy to read and understand. The authors are to be commended. I highly recommend this book as well as the others in the series.

Let me start off by saying that my local parish uses this book to prepare its 9th graders for confirmation. As a 9th grader, I have to take a test on this book (composed of 100 fill-in-the-blank questions). I am not doubting the information within this book, but I must say that its EXTREMELY BORING. I can't stand reading any more than a page of the book at the time. How can I learn about God and the Church, if I am not interested in reading this book? If the authors of this book had added a little bit of excitement to this book, I might have payed more attention. However, as I struggle to find the answers to my study guide in this book, there is only one thing that I can think about- How the "heck" am I going to pass this test and be confirmed?

This book is well organized, logical, and easy to understand. It is an excellent book for use with the RCIA or homeschooling. I highly reccomend it to anyone who wants to understand the basis for the Catholic faith or wants to be able to communicate that information to others. There are other similar books by the same authors including 'Catholicism & Life.'

My son loves the story and it is even OK for adults to read over and over and over. Also a good intro reader for my son.

If you haven't run across Uncle Tooth books before, you should know that they are fun mysteries geared for younger children (say 4 to 9 y.o.). In this tale, Uncle Tooth, Otto, and Olivia solve the mystery of the purloined pearl. How did it vanish from the train? Where could it have gone?

Answer: Turns out that the pearl is at the lair of the (spooky music here) Cobweb Queen, a villainess that Uncle Tooth has tussled with, and lost to, before!

As a reader/primer, I have to say that it is a good challenge for early readers. There is a great deal of dialog and whole pages of text; though I should add the print is still quite large. My own daughter is only six, and we cope with the amount of text by taking turns. Sometimes we alternate pages, and sometimes we take on the roles of the various characters. A sample of the text follows so you can judge for yourselves:

They stepped through the castle
entrance into a dark hallway.

There were things lying on the
ground - small, round, dark things.

"Eenie Meanies!" whispered Uncle Tooth.

Otto shuddered.

"You didn't tell me there were going to
be monsters," he said.

Uncle Tooth poked an Eenie Meanie
with his sword. It didn't move.

"They are the Cobweb Queen's
guards," he explained....

As to the previous reviewers comments that there is boy bashing, I have to laugh because I thought just the opposite. It seemed to me that Otto was rather condescending towards Olivia - just because she was a girl. He says things like: "Are you trying to be a detective or something?"

And in fact, when it comes to going to the island, Auntie Hick is portrayed as a wilting flower who can not contemplate such a venture and who must lay down and rest. And when little Olivia shows up at the docks, Otto asks her what she is doing there. When she answers that she wants to go along, Otto answers: "But you'll spoil everything!"

But that is okay, because in the end, Olivia saves the day... or at least saves Otto from a dungeon. So my take on the 'bashing' is that this book is making an effort to break down stereotypes, rather than to create them.

Four Stars. Good Read-aloud. In general, I think it is an early mystery book that most children would enjoy. In any case, a definite step up from other early readers: this one has excitement and a plot worthy of kids.

While my son and I loved the Pirate Ghost tale, we were disapointed when we got this one. The story is fairly openended, leaving you with an empty feeling but what bugged me most was the male bashing and slant that way. Otto's niece Olivia comes to visit and starts right in on him with insults like "You're a detective?" She always wins the arguements, she saves the day and the story is generally slanted toward making her look good and the boys bad. There were also lots of "stupid" and "dumb" references toward other characters in the book- the world has too many harsh words as it is. Not needed in a kid's bedtime story.

If you are looking for any information on Dian Fossey's work with her beloved mountain gorillas please give this book a pass. I did not learn a thing about the gorillas or Dian's work until I picked up Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat. The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey is nothing more than salacious gossip most of which is uncited! Truly awful!

"Dark Romance" is a reporter's account of the life of Dian Fossey, an amazing woman with no scientific background or training, whose troubled early life provided no hint that she would become a ground breaking researcher in Africa. This book is not for those who are interested in the gorillas--Hayes mentions them often enough, but only in relation to Dian, her ties to them, how they drove her behavior towards others.

Fossey was mercurial and impossible to work with, in bad health with a serious alcohol problem, close to very few people, and given to fabricating stories about herself. Hayes reports all this dutifully, but I was disappointed that he doesn't offer many insights of his own. Often he'll present multiple versions of a story but not an opinion on which seems most likely to be true.

But this doesn't take away from this truly amazing story. This young woman simply decided that studying the gorillas would be her life's work, and gave her life to do just that. It's not surprising that given her rather unstable personality to start with, and after years of working in relative isolation, she became more attached to her subjects than other human beings, and her story ends sadly. Her increasing paranoia about preserving the gorillas in their natural state to the exclusion of all else leads her to acts of brutality and torture towards poachers that are painful to read about. And her own physical and mental deterioration is sad but seems inevitable. It is amazing that she accomplished what she did against such overwhelming odds.

Some object to the exposure of the seamier side of life in Africa, but I found it understandable given the conditions, and the struggles in the personal lives of these people make their accomplishments all the more admirable. I haven't read "Gorillas in the Mist" but I suspect when I do it will be even more fascinating for having read Hayes' book.

I found this to be an interesting and insightful book. There were many surprises about the life of Dian Fossey. I have to say that I came away with less respect for her (and a few others mentioned) The roughshod treatment and callous disregard of the native people was disturbing to me. I believe she was not truly up to the job although she did seem to care deeply for the gorillas and that came through clearly in the book. The sexual shenanigans that went on reminded me of a sleazy soap opera. Somehow I expected more professionalism from those involved. One can only ponder why the wives mentioned would accept such behavior. This is a well written book that manages to hold ones attention throughout and is worth reading.