Jones Books

This is the best book I have ever seen on diamonds, gemstones and jewelry. I contains excellent information on what to look for in each category of gemstones. It also contains great photo examples of properly cut stones and common problem areas. It explains the independent lab grading process and shows how to read the grading reports.

One of the best books ever written if you are interested in collecting or investing in diamonds and colored gemstones. Discusses basic gemology, an analysis of the most commonly traded gemstones, colored gemstone and diamond grading with laboratory grading reports, gemstone treatments, pricing cycles, gemstone investing, gemstone markups and appraisals. Although this book is a little out of date, it is an excellent resource for beginners.

With incredibly detailed, hand drawn sketches of each anchorage, the Dreamspeaker's Guide is helpful and beautiful. Unlike other guides I've seen, this guide details each harbor/anchorage with what to look for and what to look out for. It gives you the confidence of having talked to someone who has been there, and yet allows you to enjoy the excitement of your first visit. The artwork of Lawrence Yeadon-Jones is outstanding making this as pleasureable to look at as it is informative. I strongly recommend this book for anyone cruising the Gulf Islands or dreaming of doing so.

After cruising and teaching for 10 years in this area, the arrival of this terrific cruising guide is welcome. Great graphic presentation of harbor diagrams, and every possible anchorage.

Add a "Cruising Guide to Puget Sound" for the US San Juan Islands and Puget Sound, and a BBA Chart Kit, and you are set!

This book is fast paced and exciting. The author maintains your interest without making it obvious what will happen next with the contents of the manilla envelope. Its hard to believe that it's fiction, it reads so true. This book would make an excellent movie and Davis deserves a thumbs up on his first book

A good action book with thought provoking plot. How difficult is it to control the out come of elections in a smll state. Maybe easier than we think

When I started this ebook, the story of Willum Proud, I was a little apprehensive since I wasn't really a fantasy fan. The story immediately sucked me inside, though, and I couldn't stop reading. It was like I was right there beside Willum during all the fights, chases and adventures. What a rush - the story ended much too soon! Jones' masterful storytelling ability took me on a wild ride from the depths of the Delven mines through worlds I couldn't have imagined on my own. This is a great read for any action/adventure fan, and the fantasy elements make it all the more magical!

Ronald Wayne Jones weaves a fascinating fantasy filled with textured writing, fun artwork, and interesting characters. He's a voice to look for in the future.

I laughed, I cried, I understood. A must read! Rarely has an author been able to make such a dry subject so engaging. The humorous quips set a great stage for the rest of the chapters. It is a indispensbale reference and it fits neatly into my lab pocket.

I am a nurse working in pain management and found this book excellent at giving me the basics of pain: drug types, conversions, thought processes, etc., in a concise and clear manner. The chapters are well laid out. It also covers palliative care in a very understandeable and manageable manner. A great book with which to begin.

This is an excellent book for those who are beginning to form an interest in raptors. It goes over their nesting habits, hatching and growth, flight, hunting and feeding. Also has genus and basic anatomy (Skeleton, musculature, feathers, talons, etc.) information, as well as a short overview of falconry. Well layed out, informative, and the photographs are excellent.

This is an excellent book for those who are beginning to form an interest in raptors. It goes over their nesting habits, hatching and growth, flight, hunting and feeding. Also has genus and basic anatomy (Skeleton, musculature, feathers, talons, etc.) information, as well as a short overview of falconry. Well layed out, informative, and the photographs are excellent.

Enjoyed the book! Will keep to read again!

Very good book, easy to read, great illustrations. The cover is particularly arresting. Captivating story about a young American girl living in Czechoslovakia during her earliest childhood years, prior to the Nazi invasion. Customs and history add interest, especially the narratives by her "Grandfather". Hope there will be sequels!!

This 24-page book has 18 ideas you can do with your kids at home or with your children's ministry to help them experience and understand the events of Passion Week leading up to Easter!!! It contains Bible experience ideas for preschoolers, crafts, snacks, games, and object lessons! I used several ideas for Easter this year, and the kids at my church really enjoyed the experiencing the Bible instead of just hearing stories! I can't wait to get the Christmas edition!!!

Don't let the size of this little book fool you-it is packed full of fun activities that will help each child better understand the foundation of the Christian faith: Easter. Through activities that touch on all learning styles, kids will experience four major components of holy week: Palm Sunday, Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Each section contains the Bible experience, hands-on activities and fun, age-appropriate ways to understand life-application. You could use this for four weeks leading up to Easter, or over several days. This is an amazing resource that I am definitely putting to the front of the line this year. My regular curriculum can wait-kids are going to love this! The supplies and preparation are minimal, too, so your volunteers will be thrilled with leading these activities!

"EasyJet: The Story of England's Biggest Low-Cost Airline" is a delightful book that those interested in the growing low cost airline phenomenon worldwide will enjoy reading. EasyJet is the largest and successful low cost airline based at Luton Airport near London. The airline operates frequent scheduled services for leisure and business passengers and serves more than 200 routes between more than 65 European airports. Its founder is the Greek Cypriot entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

The airline business is modelled around the successful no frills formula that has been brilliantly employed for over a generation by Southwest Airlines in the USA and its nearby rival Ryanair, based in Ireland. EasyJet and Ryanair are the largest low cost airlines in Europe, The airline started operations in November 1995. EasyJet can operate low cost flights because of its low operating costs. The airline achieves this by, among other things, flying to and from airports that offer cheaper take-off and landing fees, eliminating free meals and drinks during flights, using online and telephone booking systems to eliminate travel agent commissions, flying more often than traditional carriers, not allocating specific seats to passengers (free seating to speed up the passenger boarding process) and competing with all transport modes (especially road and railway transport).

The airline also typically opens new routes with no competition from legacy carriers and tends to target the price conscious business, leisure and visiting friends and relatives passengers. It has an aggressive marketing and pricing strategy and focus on short and medium haul traffic with high frequency of services. The airline has a strong brand.

EasyJet initially operated exclusively Boeing 737 aircraft to minimise costs. However, in September 2003 it broke with its philosophy of operating just one aircraft type, a typical strategy by low cost airlines worldwide, by ordering 120 Airbus A319 aircraft. When the last of the Airbus A319s has been delivered in 2007 easyJet is expected to have retired most of its Boeing 737 fleet.

So this is the story of easyJet, which Lois Jones related with rigour and eloquence.

Air travel in the United States was heavily regulated for many, many years. Then deregulation came and the era of inexpensive air travel came in. In Europe it was a much bigger mess. Most of the airlines were owned by the Government and had enough pull within the Government to make it difficult for new airlines to enter their protected territory.

easyJet has been able to carve a business out of the European market. Sometimes it has used, shall we say, 'creative' techniques. For instance, in trying to restrict entry into the market and protect SwissAir, the Swiss attempted to stop them by citing an obscure rule that said that that they had to offer accommodations with their tickets. easyJet's president had a tent errected on a hillside nearby and said that any passenger who wanted accommodations were welcome to stay there.

The story of easyJet is the story of our modern time as the rules of international business are changing dramatically. Indeed the whole rise of the no-frills airlines has been an interesting addition to the conventional airlines. The success of easyJet also proves that all new businesses don't have to be high-tech to succeed. There are still fortunes to be made in the more mundane businesses. The story of easyJet has lessons in it for all of us in business. As business becomes more world wide, any business needs to look at international expansion. The easyJet story is one involving a large number of countries and they did it in a different way.

My daughter loves this book--we got it out of the library so many times she finally begged me to buy it.

Each one of the seven chapters in this mouth (excuse me, book) full of word play is more scrumptious than the last.

There's a chapter on the people behind famous dishes--like the sandwich and Graham Crackers. Readers can also devour tasty treats from the map--like Bacon, Georgia; Cherry, Nebraska; Rice, Minnesota; Hominy, Oklahoma and Pine Apple, Alabama, for starters.

The third chapter revels through menus full of meat. Or so it seems until we learn that hush-puppies are not really dogs and steaks named Tartare don't come from central Asia. Horseradishes of course don't gallop across your plate, and hot dogs, like hush puppies had an interesting etymology.

The fourth chapter covers some of the sweetest goodies you're ever likely to eat, including Chess pie (made with a filling of sugar, cream and eggs), lollypops (including how they got their name), pie in general (and the derivation of that term), Sundaes and pretzels.

Kids will also find out about bakers' dozens, and various other gastronomical odds and ends.

But my favorite parts are the bite-sized Food For Thought sections in each chapter. One lists various laws on various books about various illegal practices related to food--like throwing banana peels on the sidewalk in Waco, Taxes or putting cake in a cookie jar in Joliet, Illinois. Another lists food festivals. January is Carrot Festival month in Holtville, California, for example, while February hosts California Kiwifruit Day and the annual pancake race between Olney, England and Liberal, Kansas.

Events that made candy history will tickle kids with a sweet tooth. Those who fib now and then may enjoy Phoney Baloney, you know, stuff that's not really what it's called on the menu. (Examples include head cheese, Bombay duck, peanuts and Welsh rabbit).

My kids love this book. It's mouth-watering fun. Alyssa A. Lappen