Sherman Books

This riveting book is a must read for all mythology lovers. I enjoyed reading it because it was full of great Greek stories about mythology. In this book you can find intriguing info about Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and many other gods. It tells everything from how the gods were created to stories about them. I really liked this book because I had something interesting to read.
While reading this book I leaned a lot about Greek gods and what they did. Some of the interesting things I read were the stories about humans that had connections to the gods and how the gods would help the humans in times of trouble, or how the humans would become great heroes. Now days we have stories about superman and wonder woman. Do we treat superheroes like the Greeks treated the gods? Do we need people like batman or Perseus to look up to? Where did the stories originate.
My favorite part of the book was the story of Hercules and how he freely became a slave and performed the excruciating Twelve Labors of Hercules to gain the respect of all of the gods back. Another story is about how Cronus the evil titan leader ate his children but then Zeus fought back, saved his brothers and sisters from his belly, and locked him away in Tartarus.

It's a very good book. It took me to a imaginary place that I'd never been to. It was really fun reading this book.

There hasn't been a wonderfully illustrated book of Greek Myths for over thirty years, until this lovely Random House book came out. Science fiction author (and anthropologist) Joan D. Vinge breathes vibrant life into the ancient stories so that they touched me as though they were brand new. Their universality is clear and powerful, thousands of years later, in the hands of this masterful author. And the illustrations by artist Oren Sherman are vivid and marvelously colorful. I'm eager to re-read them with children, so that I can share the wonder of these timeless tales.

The illustrations in this book are fantastic. My kids love the book because the artwork brings the stories alive. They are beautiful creations.

Ideal introduction to Greek mythology, with gorgeous, deeply colored illustrations. This would make a great Christmas gift for bright children.

I love this series, and it's a real shame that there's no book 3... the plot is interesting and takes place at a point in history that doesn't get much attention. The characters are very well written and I don't think you'll be able to find many fantasy readers that would give either book in the series anything below 4 stars.

The story was well written and moved along very well. The story line shifted from Ardagh's personal trauma as a falsely accused traitor to the the very traitorous atmosphere of an early Irish king and his court. The end left the possibility of a reconciliation with his Sidhe brother (very small possibility!) and also was open ended enough with political struggles to envision more books following. The magic was not overblown or out of place. Overall a very good story with plenty of action and thought put into it.

To be the younger brother of a very suspicious Sidhe king is not a good thing. A young Sidhe prince must learn this on the hard way. Exiled from his rightful place he must learn to find his way in the realms of men. I really enjoyed reading this book because it`s the kind of book you can't stop reading.

First off, I don't like the cover as much as "King's Son, Magic's Son" or "A Strange and Ancient Name" and that put me off for awhile, (especially w/Book I written there, thought it'd be an epic, don't have time to get immersed in one of THOSE right now), but the same writing style and great plots are in this book as in her others. Actually this is a really good book, with characters you like. Ardagh is kind and fair, but not mushy enough too make him wussy, he IS, after all, a Sidhe prince. The trials and confusion he faces in the human realm are funny and the problems in human politics are engaging. Try it out.

Cast out of the Kingdom of the Faery on the unfounded accusation of treason, Prince Ardagh finds himself in dirty, smelly 7th Century Ireland. Totally unprepared, hardly able to survive and incapable of lying, he is accepted as a guest by the local High King. At first all he wants to do is return home and regain his honour but gradually he becomes more and more involved with these humans and their affairs. A very interesting novel, with some strong characters. The author brings this period of Irish history to life and at the same time tells a wonderful fantasy.

I can use the book to indirectly persuade youngsters, who think Math. is nothing but number and boring, to take it more seriously. It's hard for me to come up with more logical and more convincing than what already there in the book.

Stein successfully convinces the lay readerthat math is an interesting and fascinating game. Right on! Such a book makes a positive contribution to education and hence to society.Keep up the good work.In particular, Stein's personal antecdotes demonstrate that math excellence can be integrated into one's total humanity.

Professor Stein's book is an amazing read. It's humorous, insightful, and educational. A couple of those "great mysteries" from our math classes in school are solved and you will slap your forehead and say,"Well, they could have taught me THAT years ago!"

I highly recommend this book to all levels of math students AND math teachers.

Since it does provide much of the foundation for modern societies and the applications are commonly covered with very effective disguises, mathematics is both a pillar and a whipping post. More misunderstood and hence feared than any other subject, it is the only one where it is fashionable and acceptable to profess ignorance. The only solution to this problem is to gently explain how valuable it is and let the economic realities of mathematical knowledge take control. In this book, Stein puts forward many valuable points concerning how necessary mathematics is.
While I do endorse the book, there is one negative point that must be made. The title should be different. One of the points in the book is that mathematics is much more than just number manipulation. Although this is well-known to mathematicians, it is a very common misconception. Therefore, the emphasis on numbers present in the title is unfortunate, but probably necessary for marketing purposes.
Now that the ranting is complete, it is time to praise the interior of the book. All of the points are significant and well made. Stein writes very well, explaining topics in a manner that keeps understanding within the range of the target audience, which is the intelligent layperson. His multiple explanations as to why the product of two negative numbers is positive is excellent. In my career, I have encountered several very educated people in technical fields who really did not understand why this is so. They had simply accepted it because they knew it worked, but had always been afraid of raising the question for fear of embarrassment.
Another point that cannot be emphasized enough is the sudden appearance of a "miracle"(reviewer word) number. These are numbers that are put forward to justify a point and are not subject to critical review. After that, they are accepted at a level that makes the belief in them an act of faith. Honestly, is nature so inefficient in anything that humans really use only 10% of their brains? This is an absurd number that has been repeated so many times that it is accepted as gospel. Stein does his part to help clear up some of these problems. However, it would have been better if more time had been spent in this area.
While there is some strength in numbers, the real power lies in the effective use of them, which is the realm of the underlying mathematics. This book contains many valuable lessons on why mathematics, rather than money, makes the world go round.

As titled: Discover the joy and power of mathematics. I divide this book into two halves. The first half is about our relationship with mathematics. It leads you to think of those numbers around you, and eventually you start to think about what's going on. I especially like the chapter on statistical information. The second part is about mathematical knowledge. The eariler chapters are a bit too easy. Yet I like the proofs very much. The last chapter is so fascinating. And it's only 4 pages long! This is a mathematics book I really like.

Sherman Alexie, a poet whose work is inscribed with joy, sacredness, laughter, and tears, issues in The Summer of Black Widows a vivid song of vicious and systemic harm, rageful lament, and finally the hearty buoyancy of creatively encountering the world. Face to face, skin to skin, Alexie's profound sense of tenderness gives weight and authority to the justice he speaks. An original voice, he gifts American life with a touch that heals blindness. Winner of the PEN/Hemingway award for his fiction, A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, and a multi-year winner of the World Heavyweight Poetry Bout, Alexie is known to have read at age 3 and devoured Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath at the age of 5.

This collection of poems is woven beautifully together. Like his other books of poetry and novels this book is thought provoking, humorous, disturbing and wonderful. Once again I am left breathless at the end of one of Mr. Alexie's book wanting more. I found myself weaving in and out of the book, reading one poem then returning to a previous poem because of the way they interconnected. A truely wonderful experience and cannot wait for the next release be it novel, poetry or film by this young talented writer.

the poems in this collection range from merely mediocre to bad. the major theme is being indian and the wrongs done. but if you are familiar with alexie's worth than that won't surprise you. and his sister's death by fire makes an appearance in several poems. the problem is alexie never says anything new in this book. you could pick any five poems at random and that's all you need. the other poems say the same thing. there is one bright spot, the first section of his poem "Inside Dachau", but it completely falls apart after that first section. i hope that one day alexie will select his best 10 poems and the best of his short stories and put out a selected poems and prose, that way instead of having so many mediocre books, maybe we can get one book that is really good.

This collection of poems is woven beautifully together. Like his other books of poetry and novels this book is thought provoking, humorous, disturbing and wonderful. Once again I am left breathless at the end of one of Mr. Alexie's book wanting more. I found myself weaving in and out of the book, reading one poem then returning to a previous poem because of the way they interconnected. A truely wonderful experience and cannot wait for the next release be it novel, poetry or film by this young talented writer.

This book seems the most abstract of Alexie's works to date. Containing the same insightful, introspective and powerful images and descriptions as his past works, this one differs in that it is slightly less "in-your-face". Keeps the reader thinking, wondering what the underlying meaning of the work could mean. This is not a spoon-fed collection of easy to read poems. Keep this one around awhile for study and contemplation. Truly inspired.

Using this book makes quick work of the task of selecting the best available normative data for one's purposes. The 3rd edition of the compendium is a tremendous improvement over the previous edition. First, it's much larger than the previous edition, so a lot more information is covered. More importantly, the authors have integrated an enormous amount of information and presented it in a format that is sufficiently detailed, yet clearly written, well organized, and easy to use. Expensive on a trainee budget, but well worth the price.

The millenial version of "Spreen and Strauss" is guaranteed not to disappoint. Again this is an encyclopaedic collection of data which is essential in making informed decisions about purchasing and selecting tests. In my mind there are two particularly great features of this book:
1. the authors provide instructions and norms for various tests which are in the public domain and usually have norms which are quite recent, so you are not tied to published tests, or paying for "test kits" on tests which have been around for years.
2. there is a wealth of data all in one place for other tests that we rely very heavily on such as the Wechsler tests. There is alot of information relating to RCI (Reliable Change Indices) which is essential if you are re-testing.
Another interesting aspect is that the authors include purchasing information for commercially available tests. I live in Australia and was shocked to discover that we pay 2 or 3 times as much for tests than people in North America. This is despite the fact that the Aussie dollar is worth much more than it used to be. Unfortunately the test distribitors in the USA will not sell to customers in other countries where they have distribution deals. As a consequence the WAIS-III costs AUD$2,772 in Australia while in the US it costs equivalent of AUD$909

In the 3rd revision of this text, which has become a vital source of information for both practising and research neuropsychologists, the authors have extended further their previously established tradition of providing information about the norms, psychometric properties, and utility of a wide range of tests used in neuropsychological assessment. Of particular value to the clinician is not only the clear summaries of the psychometric atributes of the various tests but also the authors' critical appraisal of the reviewed techniques that facilitates the selection of the most appopriate test for a particular patient or given research situation.

This is an excellent source for beginning and advanced clinicians. The descriptions of the tests and test administration are concise and easy to understand. In addition, the norms for each test are included. The tests are grouped by the what specific areas they measure (i.e., Intelligence, Achievement, Memory, and Sensory and Motor areas). Since this text covers a wide array of tests, it is well worth the investment.

this is a great reference for the ed. there are good descriptors and pictures. it should be kept in the ed for anyone to review.

While caring for an active population, I find this book invaluable. The organization is excellent and easy to reference. Concise diagnostic modalities and treatment protocols that are up to date and practical. Many illustrations and diagrams to aid in the diagnosis and treatment. Overall an excellent reference guide for any primary care provider.

Excellent resource. I have already used it in my practice. I work in the ER so it helps to ensure that I am performing the right techniques and making proper referrrals.

I am a PA in an ED and this book is invaluable, although I did an ortho rotation this book gives the current thoughts/treatment modalities for injuries. I have found that it deliniates what needs surgery now vs. in the near future or what can be splinted and follow up. (That is always the tough thing to figure out without experience.) This is an easy read and great from the beginning up to advanced ortho. It is well organized and goes by sections of the extremities (upper arm vs lower arm, hands then fingers). It has helpful sections on MRI, CT and other basic radiology studies for ortho purposes. Well worth the money!

this collectors guide is ideal for the novice or advanced Alice fan. Everything is here including info about bootlegs and other unofficial stuff. Also included is tour info, details of AC recordings, and AC on film and video. This is not a price guide, rather a valuable reference. Softback, 300 pages including many color and rare photos.

I was very impressed with the intensity of the research and detail of this book. The author takes you chronologically through Alice's career, focussing on recordings, tours, film and television and books. He goes bit by bit, album by album, single by single, and fills each entry with loads of detail. Minutiae including who played what, on which song, how the song did on the charts, variation in design, dates, formats, catalogue numbers, trivia-pretty much everything I wanted to know about Alice's output from 1964 to 1998. The book is split into five periods: 1964-74, 1975-79, 1980-82, 1984-1990, and 1991-1998. It is chock full of photos (many of which I had never seen before) both in black and white and in color and information (much of which I didn't know). It is a fascinating read for the Alice Cooper fan, and written so it can be read like a book (I read it cover to cover the first day I got it), or used as a reference guide (I have referred to it many times since). I can't recommend it enough for anyone who has questions about Alice or his music. This book answers it all.

This book is jam packed of any and every item imaginable on Alice. It is an amazingly informative as well. Each item is described in such detail you literally get lost in it.Has lots and lots of photos of the merchandise.Has rare bootlegs etc,too. Don't hestitate on getting this one. It is a winner!

this book is very well done.the focus is on tour dates,where he played,what city,etc. in addition,it has some text about who the band members were,tv shows and special events,bootlegs,and much more.it is not a dedicated history to the man--but more a sleek year by year diary from the 70s to the 90s--in fact,reading this really makes you want to see alice live!i found it to be concise and a pleasure to read.very well researched!

Cory is at Atlanta trying to hold back the force of Sherman's army of one hundred thousand. Then he is at Savannah. We find Henry in Tennessee after leaving his home in a hurry. Reasoner ties-up and few loose ends with some of the characters. Reasoner's focus is the ending of the western campaign. The war is coming to an end. This book will not gather dust on your shelf. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River"

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Being a Civil War fan, this novel followed history very close. the story line continued with the series and left you ready for the next book in the series.

"Savannah," Book 9 in The Civil War Battle Series by James Reasoner says true to the earlier volumes in that the titular battle serves as the climax for the narrative. Ironically, Reasoner probably spends more on what happened at Savannah in December of 1864 more than he has for the final battle in previous volumes, even though the encounter boils down to the Union army under William Tecumseh Sherman getting ready to start a siege and the Confederates evacuating the city. More time is spent on Sherman's efforts to capture Atlanta and the doomed foray by a Confederate army under John Bell Hood to recapture Tennessee.

It has been too easy in many of these volumes to dismiss the proceedings as being more the Civil War Soap Opera series, but with the death of Duncan Ebersole and that entire convoluted plotline along with the war coming to an end, the battle sequences easily outweigh the relationship entanglements. In terms of the Brannon family "Savannah" focuses primarily on Cory, who is with the troops defending Atlanta and then Savannah, and Henry, who ends up with General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee after fleeing the family farm in Virginia. That is because the one soap opera element this time around involved young Cordelia and a Yankee lieutenant. We touch base a bit with Pie and Rachel, as well as Lucille, out on the Texas frontier, while Nathan Hatchers ends up in the Dakotas fighting Indians, but these are minor episodes in the novel. The main focus is on what is essentially the end of the Civil War in the West. All that is left is Charleston to fall to Sherman as he moves north to join up with Grant's Army of the Potomac, which will move on Appomattox in the final volume of the series.

From the dearth of reviews of "Savannah" and the last couple of Civil War Battle Series books by Reasoner I assume that readership has fallen off. Certainly there is no reason to pick up Book 9 unless you have gone through the rest of the series. I have to admit that I was actually rooting for one of the Bannon brothers to get killed simply because it was getting to be a bit much with the entire clan surviving so long into the war; although I appreciate the narrative necessity of having enough brothers to cover the key aspects of the Civil War in both the Eastern and Western theaters. The whole business with Polly Ebersole, her father, and the Bannons was probably the biggest flaw in Reasoner's grand design because it came off as some sort of twisted Shakespearean tragedy that distracted from the more real issues of fighting and surviving the war. But on the other hand, I had to keep reading the series at least until somebody put Duncan in the ground. Now all that is left to be buried in this series is the Confederacy and which ever Brannons fall in the last months of the Civil War.

SAVANNAH, the ninth book in James Reasoner's The Civil War Battle Series, concerns itself mainly with the two youngest of the surviving Brannon brothers, Cory and Henry.

Cory, now with General Hardee's troops, takes part in the long, fruitless struggle to save Atlanta from the advancing Federal troops under General William Tecumseh Sherman. With Atlanta falling, Cory finds himself forced to march to Savannah, Georgia, even further from his beloved wife Lucille.

Meanwhile, Cory's best friend, and former comrade-in-arms, Pie Jones and his wife Rachel, find themselves near the Brazos River in Texas, where they have fled to avoid Rachel's former owner, Grat. Beset by Confederate deserters, they are rescued by a troop of stalwart Texas Rangers. Riding with the Rangers for protection to the troop captain's ranch, Pie soon finds himself, along with the Rangers, in the midst of a fierce battle with raiding Comanches.

Cory's wife Lucille befriends an English blockade-runner, then, along with her aunt, Mildred, finds herself forced to flee to west Texas, hoping against hope Cory will find her once he's free from service in the Confederate Army.

And, back home in Virginia, at the Brannon farm, Cordelia finds a new beau. When Henry defends his sister from an attacking Yankee , killing the assailant, he, unaware the man has deserted the Union army, and believing he will be executed for killing a Federal soldier, flees, to join up with the Confederate Army, the last Brannon son to head to war.

As were the previous eight volumes, SAVANNAH is a gripping tale of one family's struggles during the Civil War. Mr. Reasoner's research continues to amaze me (he incorporates many real-life minor characters, such as Elizabeth Caldwell, a wife who marches with her husband Patrick, a former Confederate soldier now a galvanized Yankee, across Dakota Territory), and the stories are all richly detailed, and geographically accurate.

I highly recommend the entire Civil War Battle Series. The tenth, and final, volume, APPOMATTOX, will be released sometime this fall. Don't miss it.

We got this book from our local library after seeing it offered in our monthly Scholastic books order form. As I have come to find out, if you are ever thinking about buying a book that has been out for a little while, you would be smart to go to your local library before making an investment in a book you know little about. I am glad that we did with this particular book. I would have bought it on Laura Numeroff's name recognition alone, but after reading it, we will not be buying it. The synopsis of the story has been well detailed by other reviewers, so I will go straight to my likes and dislikes of the book itself.

The book starts out talking about a dog who does not like police work, but stays in the profession because his family has been in the business forever. Suddenly, we find out he likes hats. I know that they come in to play at the end of the book, but until you get to the end of the book, you begin to wonder why this has become a sidebar of the book. Then the book just seems to jump from one idea to another without any real organization to the story. I almost got the impression that the two authors were given different parts of the story to develop, but they failed to talk to each other about what they were doing, and then decided to meld their pieces of the work to create a book. Which leads me to wonder, why did it take TWO authors to write this story anyway?

I give credit to the authors in trying to teach children how to say "no", and staying true to yourself, but the story is just not cohesive. There are funny parts to the story like Sherman using a hypnotist to help him learn to say no, with disasterous results, but it does not make up for the rest of the story. The illustrations are adorable, and your children will enjoy looking at all the wonderfully creative hats the illustrator has designed.

For all you Laura Numeroff fans out there, be advised that this book is nothing like her famous "If you Give a Pig a Pancake", the "Moose and Muffins" book, or anything else from that series. I would also question one of the other reviews that said she wouldn't hesitate to use this book with older children or even adults. And using it as a book for students learning to read stymies me as well. It would be a challenge for a new reader because of some of the vocabulary that is used is beyond a new reader, and it is longer than most level 2 reading books. It would really be more appropriate for an independent reader since you will encounter words like hypnotist, expected, officer, distract, sombrero, retirement, miserable, foreign, commercial, and many others that a new reader would not be able to handle. My suggestion is that you try your library first, and then make the investment if you like the book better than my son did. He decided he did not want to buy the book from Scholastic for his own collection of books after we read it, and so back to the library it went.

This book is so wonderful. It is the first book my 7 year old, almost second grader has really "read". We have struggled. His principal told me, when you find a book he is interested in, he will read. I found it! I could have fainted when he was just reading along, all the words he normally struggles with. Not just reading either. He was throughly enjoying this book. The part about Hamboni, cracked us both up. Thank-you for writing this book. It has brought us to a bridge I thought was unreachable. Heartfelt thanks to the writer and illustrator.

Christopher's Mom

This gentle story is creatively unique, full of life lessons charmingly presented and illustrated. A parent or teacher could use Sherman Crunchley as a "cute fun story" or as a book to read to a school class for "hat day".

A parent or teacher could also go deeply into the book, discussing Sherman's problem solving process, the topic of being true to one's self, the use of personal interests for choosing a career, creativeness and more.

I wouldn't hesitate to use it with young children, teens or adults. In fact, I have used it for my community college class, "You Can Teach Someone to Read". The life lessons are that pertinent and the story is that delightful.

Written by Lorraine Peoples, author of award-winning book, YOU CAN TEACH SOMEONE TO READ.

Police officer and beagle Sherman Crunchley is just not suited for law enforcement. He's much too nice and unassertive, and so he has a dilemma on his unsharpened claws: He will inherit the position of police chief--passed down through his family like an heirloom--upon the approaching retirement of his father.
Sherman's clearly unsuited for the job: he won't give tickets, and seems oblivious to the crimes of Biscuit City, a small town populated only by dogs. However, Sherman is afraid he'll disappoint his dad that his calling is collecting hats-not taking a bite out of crime.

The unassertive Sherman needs to tell his dad, somehow. He turns to how-to books at the library, on TV ads, and, most humorously, from a small canine hypnotist. None of these schemes works. When Professor Hamboni trains him to say, "No, I don't want to be the chief of police!" Sherman repeatedly shows that he is a poor candidate for hypnotism. Leaving his trance, Sherman enthusiastically flubs his line:

"I don't want to be the chief of fleas!"
"I don't want to be the chief of slow geese!"
"I don't want to be the beef or the cheese!"

Sherman does what all young pups all taught: He uses his words. In this case, that means spelling out his message, one letter on each party hat worn at his father's retirement fete. His father gets the message, and two happy surprises conclude the book: Dad wants to stay on the job, but had his own problem-he didn't want to disappoint Sherman. Even better, Sherman opens his own hat store, where his difficulty in saying "yes' endears him to his many customers.

"Sherman Crunchley," beginning with the title, is a humorous but ultimately somewhat contrived book. The device of the hat telegraphs the ending, and seems pasted on as a convenient solution. Why would a dog like hats? The book is episodic and jokey, but at least they're good jokes, and young ones will especially like--and perhaps relate to--Sherman's cleverly imagined but repeatedly failed attempts. In an interesting twist, veteran author Laura Numeroff ("If You Give a Mouse a Cookie") and Nate Evans take a chance by directly addressing their audience with the phrase "you get the idea," as in "His great-great-great (you get the idea) grandfather was the first ever police chief in Biscuit City. Unfortunately, the device wears thin; it would have lasted longer had Numeroff and Evans really, really, really, really, really exaggerated the repetition.

Although the story doesn't flow as smoothly as it might have, the jokes and wonderful big-faced pictures of dogs by illustrator Tim Bowers is enjoyable and could prompt some discussion about how to talk about things you'd rather not talk about, and "Woof!" is not an option.

A wonderful book of short stories based on jobs in the future. I enjoyed most of the stories and their take on what the future has in store. Very interesting and creative ideas. It makes you wonder what the world will be like in 200, 500, 1000 years from now.

The future in space, be it with aliens or robots, will still need humans. Cooks, doctors, bar keeps, engineers, dancers, will all find a niche within the future of space travel and mankind's advance into the Galaxy. 14 original stories made for this book. Get it for your sci-fi library. Fun, touching and interesting.

I highly recommend this book!

The stories contained are in the Hard SF category and set mostly in the near future and within our own solar system.

Some of my favourites are:

I KNEW A GUY ONCE - kept me laughing at how people don't change, no mater where they are.

COME ALL YE FAITHFUL - What an interesting story; what would it be like to be a priest on Mars?

CATALOG OF WOE - Really makes you think about the responsibility of colonizing new worlds.

A MAN'S PLACE - No job is unimportant in space!

Most of the stories are of high quality and the book is well worth the money!

The premise of this short story collection is quite simple yet very clever. These tales focus on employment in outer space in the distant future when the solar system and beyond are settled and are short hops away. The fourteen tales that make up this anthology are fun to follow as the audience, for the most part, will believe in the various worlds, species, and especially the assorted jobs. The want ads that open up each story are enjoyable in of themselves as they put the space twist to typical employment opportunities whether they are minimum wage custodial workers, professional blue-collar skills or office work.

The SPACE INC. collection entertains the audience who will finish the book and wonder with their present skills what job could he or she hold in outer space. As for moi, telecommuting as an intergalactic book reviewer using Babel to translate critiques into Martian (thrillers), Venusian (romance), or Jovian (epic fantasy) seems obvious so where is that want ad?