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Jen-X: Jenny McCarthy's Open Book
Published in Audio Cassette by Harper Audio (1997-11)
Authors: Jenny McCarthy and Neal Karlen
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Great book, with lots of detail.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-03
I found the book to be a great information resource into her life and career start. The only thing I didn't like about the book was the out of order details, found to much jumping forward then back, or back then forward, but other than that, I thought is was a great book and I still love jenny in a big way, she is the greatest.

The book was a very pleasent surprise!
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-19
When my boyfriend gave me this book as a joke for my birthday, I didn't find it very amusing! You see, up to this point, I was one of the hopefully few "Jenny-haters" out there. But I decided to give the book the benefit of the doubt and give it a whirl, and I have to say that I was more than just pleasently surprised! Jenny McCarthy is not only very down-to-earth, but she's witty, hilarious, and quite frankly...normal! It was so refreshing to read that she isn't perfect after all - that she had acne, and stretch marks, and bad hair days, and bozo boyfriends. This book flys by, and I really didn't want to put it down. I am so glad I decided to read this book, not only because it was 100% entertainment, but because it gave me a chance to meet the "real" Jenny McCarthy. I loved it!

Greatest book i've ever read
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1998-12-06
It tells us secrets about Jenny never evealed before.It's a little costly but well worth it.

Silly Book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 21 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-30
The title should tell it all: Jen X. It should read Jen O because she is a negative interger. Take away those breasts, and she is just another annoying self serving celebrity with little talent. This book is a must read for airheads, retards, mutants and crackheads. Enjoy!

jen-x rules
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1997-12-21
I think the book was one of the greatest books i have ever read. i could realate so much to her. she is my like idol and i was so happy when i found out she had a book coming out. i bought it the very first day i saw it at the mall. one day i hope i can meet her but i know that will never happen but all in all the book was really good~! i think everyone needs to buy this book and see just how much she is like anyone of us!!! well if your out there jenny mccarthy i just wanna say hi and maybe i will be lucky enough to see you one day! i love you! you are so cool! well people i have said enough, now you need to go get the book that i am raving about!please buy it! it will make me happy! well cya people! hope you read this jenny!!!! from: Your biggest fan in the world!!!!jenny h

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Khalil & Majnun: A Memoir
Published in Paperback by Salaam Press (2008-07-25)
Author: Rahal X
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I loved reading every word!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-25
Once I started reading thi book, I could not let it go until I had finished it. I enjoy the opennes of author, the humor and honesty. I felt remembering my own life, and knowledge of my own travels and experiences.
I am not gay, and I felt like I related to the story so much. It made me think about spirituality,religion, today's crisis with HIV, friendship and the need of companionship in the human world. Also I observed how the characters, as each of us, have their own perceptions about "reality" and the need to identify with a culture, a religion, a place in the world.
I truly recommend this book to anyone, anywhere.

Exotic as it is thought-provoking
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-15

Don't let the cover fool you, "KHALIL & MAJNUN: A MEMOIR" is not a "For Gays Only Book" - au contraire! I, as a heterosexual woman and writer, utterly enjoyed the witty style of multiple-talent author Rahal X. and can well relate to his personal quest seeking love and the truth, which after all are universal themes. Sensuality and spirituality get mixed up in a healthy and harmonious way, even though to some more conservative souls this might be a slightly unorthodox approach. With humor Rahal brings across his authentic reality in a convincing and very touching manner. The book by itself is a marvel - one of those you want to re-read again - but that the author decided to go multi-media with original music, visuals and written material on the publisher's website is indeed another wonderful and exciting treat. It gives the reader the idea that this is a magic book without an end. The book is a "must" for all those interested in multi-cultural issues, identity and traveling. Read it and enjoy!

Review
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-28
There's many things going on here. The storyline is one, and the storyline, appropriately enough is identity. What is the nature of a storyline, and how do we play our roles. I guess that theme is universal, although generally veiled. But from a radical queer activist sufi in Europe, and in the context of his idealized relationship with an inexperienced consort, it is that philosophical theme more than a storyline that asserts itself. How the philosophical issues resolve themselves, however, takes place within a broader context still, the emotional and, ultimately, the profoundly spiritual. I stayed with the author who struggles to stay open to love, despite intellectual and emotional upheavals - to stay present, to stay with it, not to close to love or his beloved - what if our storylines are metaphors! The author's somewhat didactic, but by sharing his very intimate example of how his his spiritual longing informs his life and his struggles, and by not losing sight of his practice, and interweaving Rumi, al Arabi, other sufi and pre-sufi masters, with a nod to Gurdjieff and Casteneda, he grows, and his writing is all the more rich for the author's being a three dimensional individual rather than contriving a suspicous objectivity - this is very personal! What's essential? Very rich, there's many aspects I want to reread.

emotional and spiritual rollercoaster
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-28
this book threw me into a number and often opposite emotional states. given its combination of spiritual quest and emotional sincerity, it touches the sensitive reader on a very profound level. I am not gay, and I would say the book is not so much about sexual orientation, but about love, submission, and all the tricks we play with ourselves. that's why everybody with an open heart should be able to bond to the main characters' hopes, desires and difficulties. the book may even be more challenging on religious, than sexual grounds, exactly because of its open-minded treatment of the main character's spiritual and erotic life. I read straight through, always bouncing between laughing and crying, tenderness and anger. Just like in real life. Great!

Excellent
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-21
I'm not a literary critic, but I am a voracious reader and I judge a book by how difficult it is to put down. I love a good read at bedtime and this was one of those books that kept me awake, wanting to find out what happened next before I drifted off to sleep. It was especially interesting because I know the author and - as of this writing - I am having some of the same challenges he faced with my own "Khalil." So, sometimes as I was reading, I was wondering if it was prophetic. Definitely felt that this wasn't the end of the story. I'm already looking forward to a sequence.

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Last Year of Malcolm X : The Evolution of a Revolutionary
Published in Paperback by Schocken Books (2000-01)
Author: George Breitman
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Essential
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-23
I agree that this is the best book on Malcolm X and the evolution of his thought and action in the last year of his life. Breitman does well to faithfully draw out, including the contradictions Malcolm was working through, the pathways Malcolm was pursuing... his aims, his objectives, his goals... Breitman gives good context, clearly debunks myths and obfuscations and tackles common attacks that were levied against Malcolm in the year before and after his murder. Should be read hand in hand with Malcolm X Speaks... pretty much essential if you care at all about anything really.

Great Book, Helps to Really Understand Malcolm
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-22
I, like the author, believe that the Autobiography of Malcolm X left out crucial elements to understanding Malcolm's life and sentiments because it did not cover his life to the last day. This book actually looks at Malcolm's life in three separate stages: his life up until and including being a Nation of Islam spokesperson, his transition period while he was breaking with the Nation of Islam and shortly thereafter, and the path he was setting for himself as he was killed.

This book aims to prove that Malcolm was setting an anti-imperialist path, and internationalist path, an anti-capitalist path, a truly revolutionary and truly dangerous (for the ruling classes) path.

I think the book proves it, and I respect Malcolm all the more for it.

This book also contains criticisms of Malcolm by various people, notably some liberals, and so it's good to get an idea of where people stood, who was really afraid of Malcolm and what he was really starting to represent.

Great malcolm
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-02
This is a great book for the period of time in Malcolm's life that might be the least covered. Not to long of a read, but full of information not readily available when looking for Malcolm.

It dispels the idea of Malcolm just being a racist anti Semite, how he was portrayed by the media during and after his life, but installs the belief that he was a revolutionary fighting for the human rights of all, and nothing could more truthful.

Malcolm in action
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-19
I was surprised when I read this book. It gives Malcolm X's speech announcing his political program for fighting for Black control of the black community and Justice. I didnt know what that was before I read it. I read the talk Malcolm gave introducing the program and he talks about how he was supposed to bring Che Guevara up to the meeting, but Che couldn't make it. Heavy Stuff. Breitman is pretty good at defending Malcolm X against critics and showing what the man stood for without imposing his own views on him. We need to see how Malcolm X was in action to get a better idea how we can advance the struggle.

The Real Malcolm In His Last Year
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-07-19
This excellent little book traces the evolution of the thought and action of Malcolm X in the last eleven months of his life.Malcolm rejected the anti-Semitism and anti-woman policies of the Nation of Islam, and its refusal to involve itself in the civil rights movement. He continued to more and more place the Black struggle in this country in the world context : in the context of the struggle of the workers and farmers in Asia , Africa, and Latin America against imperialism, Yanki imperialism in the first place. He continued to expose the role of the Democratic Party to fool the masses of working people into thinking that we have a friend among our oppressors and exploiters. More and more, he spoke out against capitialism as the cause of racism and described himself unabashedly as pro-socialist.He spoke of the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cuban revolutions as examples of what we working people must do HERE for the future of all humanity. The author is no academic ' observer'; he covered Malcolm's evolution for The Militant newspaper, the only place Malcolm's speeches were published in full and undistorted after he left the Nation of Islam. This book is an excellent companion volume to read alongside Malcolm's actual speeches, also published by Pathfinder Press.

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Malcolm X Talks to Young People
Published in Pamphlet by Pathfinder Press (NY) (2001-02)
Author: Malcolm X
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Greatly Surprised
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-27
I brought this book because of the title and the cost, plus it's Malcolm, but when I began to read it, it was more than what I expected to be. Best 80 cents I ever spent

New Expanded edition is now out from Pathfinder
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-06
A new expanded edition of this book has been available since November 2002!
This new edition includes 43 more pages than the previous edition, with the complete text of Malcolm's Speech at Oxford and a more complete text of his speech at the London School of Economics. The expanded introduction together with Jack Barnes' "He spoke the truth to our generation of revolutionists," a memorial speech for Malcolm given in March 5, 1965, provides an excellent short introduction to Malcolm's life and ideas.

There is a six-page index, eight pages of notes, as well as an expanded photo display of 17 pages including Malcolm X with students and young people from Tanzania to Alabama, including a picture of Fidel Castro and Malcolm X smiling together in Harlem in 1960 when they were both still young!

This edition of Malcolm X Speaks to Young People is being produced together with a first-ever Spanish-language edition, entitled Malcolm X habla a la juventud, which is being released simultaneously by Pathfinder Press and by Casa Editora Abril, the publishing house of the Union of Young Communists in Cuba.


While this book may not be directly available from Amazon at times, they are available from the booksfrompathfinder on Amazon that you can find by clicking on the new and used books on this page.

Malcolm X: the internationalist
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-02-16
Malcolm X Talks to Young People is an immensely relevant and instructive book for the young and the young at heart. His words, spoken to university students in Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States in 1964-65, ring as true today as they did then.

"I just try to face the fact as it actually is and come to this meeting as one of the victims of America, one of the victims of Americanism, one of the victims of democracy, one of the victims of a very hypocritical system that is going all over this earth today representing itself as being qualified to tell other people how to run their country when they can't get the dirty things that are going on in their own country straightened out," he told students at the University of Ghana, May 13, 1964.

Rebel Youth :Read This NOW,Then Autoiography
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2002-02-10
Originally issued as the first Gulf War began,in these pages Malcolm explains how in the Congo the US govt bombed women,men,children, and babies and called THEM terrorists,as he points out,the same as in Vietnam.He shows how it was the U.S. and U.S.-flunky ( "anti-Castro Cubans pilots" ) who were the terrorists in the Congo in the early to mid 1960s. At a time when the word "hero" is twisted so obscenely, it is a breath of fresh clean air to read Malcom's descriptions of the herois Simba fighters of the Congo who tried, and failed to liberate their country from U.S. neocolonial domination after kicking out the Belgian colonizers, and to hear him describe the equally heroic fighters who defeated the Empire in China and Cuba and Vietnam in the same terms.He exposes the use of UN cover for the Yanqui Empire's wars and drive for profits.He explains that these crimes are the doings of a system, the imperialist system ,as he calls it himself.He points out they use the cops to do the same at home :brutalize working people. Malcolm further points out that both the Republican AND the Democratic parties are the twin parties of racism and imperial exploitation. Oh yes, both parties ! He explains how he came to the conclusion that " capitalism is like a vulture...it used to be able to suck anybody's blood...but now it can only suck the blood of the helpless. It's only a matter of time , in my opinion, before it will collapse completely " and how he became prosocialist. He points to the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Cuban revolutions as examples for Blacks - today he would add and we can add, all working people -- to emulate in this country, in our time.And, he makes his stand to fight alongside anyone, any color, who fights to better condtiions for humans on this earth. As the 2nd Gulf War begins, again under UN cover and "inspections" just as the liberals pleaded, as more working people's blood, Iraq and American, for the sake of the oil profits of a tiny few, it is good to be reminded that as, Malcolm says in these pages, " The young generation of whites, Blacks, browns-you're living at a time of revolution." He was right then and he is still right.If you seek serious fundamental social change, you owe it to yourself to buy and STUDY this book.

Some excerpts
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-26
I think the best way to describe this wonderful book is a few excerpts (from the 2002 expanded edition).

"The young generation of whites, Blacks, browns, whatever else there is -- you're living at ... a time of revolution, a time when there's got to be a change.... And I for one will join in with anyone, I don't care what color you are, as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth."

"It is the teenagers ... all over the world, who are actually involving themselves in the struggle to eliminate oppression and exploitation.... The young people are the ones who most quickly identify with the struggle and the necessity to eliminate the evil conditions that exist."

"In America the Black community in which we live is not owned by us. The landlord is white. The merchant is white. . . . And these are the people who suck the economic blood of our community."

"We are not for violence in any shape or form, but believe that the people who have violence committed against them should be able to defend themselves.... I have never said that the Negroes should initiate acts of aggression against whites, but where the government fails to protect the Negro he is entitled to do it himself."

[In Africa] "I'm from America but I'm not an American. I didn't go there of my own free choice.... [I am] one of the victims of Americanism, ... one of the victims of a very hypocritical system that is going all over this earth today representing itself as being qualified to tell other people how to run their country when they can't get the dirty things that are going on in their own country straightened out."

[In Africa] "When we find a Black man who's always receiving the praise of the Americans, we become suspicious of him.... Because it has been our experience that the Americans don't praise any Black man who is really working for the benefit of the Black man."

"It is impossible for capitalism to survive, primarily because the system of capitalism needs some blood to suck. Capitalism used to be like an eagle, but now it's more like a vulture. It used to be strong enough to go and suck anybody's blood whether they were strong or not. But now it has become more cowardly, like the vulture, and it can only suck the blood of the helpless."

I recommend the ads in the back of the book. Pathfinder Press is defined by a political goal, not commercial success. It aims to provide a platform for revolutionary leaders speaking in their own words. If you like one book, you will probably like others.

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Natalie & Naughtily
Published in Hardcover by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books (2008-09-16)
Author:
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Three Silly Chicks Review
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-11-15
After reading Natalie and Naughtily, the Three Silly Chicks immediately wanted to adopt these two charming girls. Or rather, we wanted them to adopt us. You see, the Nopps sisters live in a house on top of "the greatest department store in the world." And it truly is a fabulously grand store, filled with chandeliers and toys and potted plants and fussy customers and toys and little dogs and foofy hats and the rarest of rarities...oh, and did we mention toys? The toy floor alone is enough to make Santa's elves turn holly green with envy.

On one very busy day, Natalie & Naughtily are kindly asked by their parents not to play in the store. So the intrepid girls decide that they will "help" instead. As the girls go from floor to floor finding ways to help -- such as spritzing everyone with Mischief #5 in the perfume department -- two boys simultaneously tour the store using Natalie's floor-by-floor list of favorites and Naughtily's hilariously drawn map. In addition, six silly pooches have their own bit of fun as the make their way through the store. Vincent X. Kirsch's gorgeously detailed illustrations provide a delicious hide-and-seek game for readers as they try to follow all four kids and all six pooches throughout this whimsical romp of a book.

Natalie & Naughtily
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-25
Do not be fooled by the title, this is not a "Goofus and Gallant" lesson for girls. Rather its a story that follows two sisters with slightly different modus operandi as they work their way to the top of their parents glamorous department store. Department store?! Oh no, but it's not about buying stuff. Or fashion. Or a big finale. To this reviewer, its about savoring the journey. The quirky, joyful sometime mischievous journey one can make on even the rainiest of days.

Kirsch's unique illustration style appears both effortless and mind-bogglingly complex. He packs each page with so many delicious details and small strokes of artistic genius, readers will be sure to uncover new surprises and delights with every re-reading. His vision is so fully developed and unique, it makes you wonder where he has been hiding all these years. Surely he must have closets stuffed with antique maps, tap shoes, Tuscan sketch books, puppets, screenplays, and dapper vintage suits. Let us hope we soon see more of what springs from his playful pen.

Natalie always does things one way, and Naughtily always does things another way
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-12
Natalie & Naughtily is a whimsical children's picturebook about two young girls (Natalie always does things one way, and Naughtily always does things another way) who live in a house on top of the greatest department store in the world. They love to play in the many-storied department store, but one day their butler hands them a note from their parents, reading "Today is going to be a very, very busy day. It would be a great help if you did not play in the store." So the girls resolve that today they will go to the store to help out! But being helpful isn't as easy as it seems, and they're told to move on at floor after floor - until they find just the right people to help out after all! Colorful artwork of the happy-go-lucky girls and a kid-friendly narrative style distinguish this charming tale.

A Delectable Old-Fashioned Classic for Every Age!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-22
I can't remember ever seeing abook filled with so many beautiful details, clever ideas, and adorable characters. I would give this book to every child I know between the ages of 4 and 7. It is pure fun. And just because it takes place in a luxurious department store does NOT make it about materialsim whatsoever! It is pure style, humor, and it comes with a little hide and seek game on the back endpaper that kids will want to do over and over again. I admit that I may have had a little something to do with publishing this book, but I still have a right to review it, don't I? I guarantee you will love this book and so will the children you buy it for. Trust me!

Instant Classic
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-30
Natalie and Naughtily Nopps are two of the cutest, most original characters ever to grace the pages of a childrens picture book. A charming story about two wonderful little girls you can't help but fall in love with. The illustrations alone will leave you breathless. With every page Vincent X. Kirsch brings to life the fascination and awe a child can find in a deluxe department store. A perfect gift. Kids will love to read this story over and over again. Mr. Kirsch's book is certain to become an instant classic.

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Pat The Money: Babybuster's First Book
Published in Plastic Comb by Andrews McMeel Publishing (2003-05-02)
Author: Diane Wachtell
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Great and funny little book.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-10
I found this one at a little discount store, thought it was "Pat the Bunny" and figured I would pick it up because our oldest son destroyed his copy. I re-read the title and had no clue what I had in my hands. After reading it I was laughing out loud in the store and bout 4 of them (they were only a dollar) for myself, my class (I teach at a college), and my friends.

Hilarious parody, not obvious in its punch lines. Perfect, and perfectly scary.

The perfect gift for the downwardly mobile
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-06-23
If you or anyone you know (and who doesn't these days) has a growing debt load and a shrinking budget, then this is the perfect gift. Short and sweet, friends (even those without jobs) have laughed throughout. It's perfect for the times......

Completely, subtly, perfectly hilarious
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-05-09
This will make you laugh out loud. It is the perfect shower gift for the parents who can still laugh their way through this economy.

I laughed. I cried. It was better than "Cats"...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-12-07
Having read the original "Pat the Bunny" book to my 2-year-old countless times, and with an ever-shrinking pool of cash and ever-increasing debt, I found this book hilarious yet painfully true. I also laughed out loud in the bookstore (the guy standing next to me must have thought that I was certifiably insane), but did not actually buy the book due to aforementioned shrinking cash pool...so it will probably go on my Wish List. Recommended for a good laugh in these hard economic times (and just WHERE are those jobs, George W.?).

A Hilarious and Scary Parody of Pat the Bunny
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-05
I cracked up in the bookstore when I first picked this one up. Being familiar with the interactive classic Pat the Bunny, I was drawn right into this one.

Simply put, it uses Pat the Bunny-style illustrations and rhymes to show the differences between two generations. One is monied and affluent while the new generation has much bleaker prospects (remember to give the money back after you pat it).

Everyone I have shown this too has laughed out loud. You probably will too. Check it out.

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Sketchbook Navy Blue cover, 8 1/4 x 11"
Published in Hardcover by Watson-Guptill (1993-03-01)
Author: Watson-Guptill
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Discrepancy in pages: 170 or 224?
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-16
Some previous reviewers say this sketchbook has only around 170 pages, but under "Product Details" above, Amazon says this sketchbook has 224 pages. FYI.

176 Pages...
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-20
I agree that these are great journals and sketchbooks. For some reason Amazon does not list the number of pages in the various Watson-Guptill sketchbooks, even though it is printed on the sticker. I have two versions of this book with the same ISBN number - one bought in 2001 with 224 pages and one bought in 2004 with 176 pages. Maybe Watson-Guptill has trimmed the size of the sketchbooks. So the most recent version has 176 neutral pH, nonyellowing archival-quality pages.

Great all-around sketchbook
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-16
Great bargain and the weight of the paper is enough to handle light watercolour washes. The paper is smooth and works great with ballpoint pens.

Durable, archival-quality, well-bound.
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-01-11
These make the best sketchbooks and journals. The binding is excellent and very durable. The paper is smooth and fine, a joy to write or draw on. For a two-week trip to France, I bought a Watson-Guptill sketchbook for use as a travel journal. This journal went everywhere with me, knocking around inside my totebag and being taken in and out of the bag many times a day for writing, and yet it arrived back home showing hardly any wear and is today my most valued souvenir of the trip. Every time I travel, I buy another of these wonderful sketchbooks. They're the best.

For the artist or writer in the family
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-10
The texture and grain of the paper was really enjoyable to use, and I would consider this a great gift purchase to any aspiring journal writers or even artists. However, the major complaint I would have is the feeling that there aren't as many pages as originally anticipated. I was expecting over 200 sheets, but ended up with about 170 or so. Though this is not a big deal, but it would be advisable to list this someplace on the website and differentiate it from similar products of the same company.

Great product in most other regards.

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WebObjects 5 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide (Visual Quickpro Guide)
Published in Paperback by Peachpit Press (2003-08-07)
Author: Joshua Marker
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Prompt delivery, good book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-15
Thanks for sending the book among others that I ordered along with it in good condition, and sooner than I had expected. Its a simple and straightforward book that orients itself around the MacOSX Web Objects application. Good value for money a worth while buy.

Josh Marker rocks the house with this gem!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-19
Let's cut to the chase. Josh Marker's new WebObjects 5 book rocks the house. Trudging through Apple's WebObjects API documentation can turn ones eyes red and bleary, so where do ya start? Well, I say start with Marker's new gem. pple's WebObjects is a best kept secret as it derives from the brilliance of the geniuses at NeXT, and who knows why Steve Jobs doesn't market WebObjects more aggressively? This book helps get a person (particularly the WebObjects newcomer) to get down and jiggy with WebObjects. The world is not always Microsoft and so don't let Apple's genius scare you. Start out with Marker's book and then go from there. You won't get lost and Marker keeps things easy to understand. The only thing missing from this book with slight disappointment is coverage of WebServices which was introduced by Apple in WebObjects version 5.2. Otherwise, rock and roll!

THE place to start for the new WebObjects Developer...
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-23
I ordered this book expecting it to be a more advanced WebObjects book than it actually is. Unfortunately, most of the material covered in the first 11 chapters CAN be gleaned from Apple's documentation accompanied by some experimentation (which I've done over the last year or so). For me, those chapters were a rehash of stuff I knew, although I did pick up some good advice and tips from those chapters.

However, for a Java developer (the book doesn't pretend to teach you Java) who is new to WebObjects, those first 11 chapters are a a godsend, filled with well-written text containing a huge amount of practical advice and illustrated with extensive screenshots. Reading this book and doing the exercises will save you literally dozens if not hundreds of hours of "doing it the hard way."

Chapters 12 and 13, on the other hand, are filled with bits and pieces that are NOT easy (or sometimes possible) to get from the official documentation and can only be learned by finding a more experienced developer to mentor you. For me, these two chapters were worth the price, and for a computer programming book, the price is quite reasonable.

A big thumbs up for this book as an introductory WebObjects tome, and here's to hoping that some publisher will contract Mr. Marker to write a follow-up "Advanced WebObjects for Mac OS X" because I'll be first in line to buy that one.

Best Beginner WebObjects book ever!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-16
This is the best beginner WebObjects book ever! Examples are clear, concise and easy to follow. It has made me a believer in this technology.

Finally a WebObjects book that explains everything logically
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-23
I'd like to agree with the previous reviewers. This book finally made the progression through WebObjects clear and understandable. Its power is apparent and the gotchas are clearly highlighted as you go through the book. Mr. Marker also wrote the excellent Apple document on WebObjects web applications. (Un)fortunately, the Apple document is only about 100 pages, so this book nicely moves on from it. Technical overview by mmalcolm only lends further credibility to this book. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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X-Codes
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Solomon Publishing (1999-10-10)
Author: Francis Hoy
List price: $14.00

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Worth your money
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2001-12-18
Reading this book has inspired me tremendously. I've
never believed an Eastern writer could cover so many
fields that actually are the interests of the western
people.
I believe the writer has done a great deal of reading
and research prior to and/or during his writing of
the book which he mentioned he had taken 4 years to
complete.
As for comments on what are all about in the X-Codes,
I have found most of them are already adddressed by
prior reviewers.

My only comment is that it's worth your money to read
this book.

Here are the answers you may be searching for many years!
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Review Date: 1999-06-16
The book covers a broad and dramatic contents of great interest to modern seekers of the truth. The cover is also very beautifully designed. But why is there a tear dropping down from an eye that looks out from the Cosmos? The fact that we are born imperfect into this world is already good enough reason to really cry in secret. Why are some people suffering while others are enjoying? Is God really fair to all humans? If not, what programs could HE use to ensure all are treated equally and fairly when each soul gains entrance to this world? Read this book and you will discover the answers too.

Buy "X-Codes" Immediately! Simply Brilliant...A Must-Read!
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Review Date: 1999-05-16
"Scientists have shown that forces emanating from extraterrestrial bodies, particularly the Sun and Moon, affect species on the Earth ranging from potatoes to man" says author, spiritualist and visionary Francis Hoy. In his brilliant new book, The X-Codes, the reader is treated to an exploration of who we are, and why!

Mr. Hoy intelligently discusses cosmic harmony...the influence of extraterrestrial bodies via four fundamental forces; gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear. We learn that these encode our genes, and therefore affect human nature and behaviors.

This reviewer believes that the insight and loving kindness found in The X-Codes are the result of Mr. Hoy's growth and ability to discern his true and higher Self...the mission we all have. Indeed, how to achieve it is the stated purpose of this provocative work.

The X-Codes delves into not only genetic coding, but also reconwaves (the emanations from the solar system), astrology, reincarnation...and physical death. We learn of the very real possibility that, as the Sun, Moon and Planets matured and thus did their emanations), so did we. Wouldn't this account for the disappearance of, say, dinosaurs?

The X-Codes is a splendid marriage of science and spirituality. Francis Hoy has given us a thoughtful and remarkable presentation that ranges from creation to demise...and an insight of the greater divine mission that follows.

This reviewer recommends The X-Codes to everyone with an astrological bent who is interested in the evolution of humankind, and the interplay of celestial forces that still direct our destinies!

Richard Fuller / Senior Editor Metaphysical Reviews

A brilliant and needed work from an excellent author!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-27
"Scientists have shown that forces emanating from extraterrestrial bodies, particularly the Sun and Moon, affect species on the Earth ranging from potatoes to man" says author, spiritualist and visionary Francis Hoy. In his brilliant new book, The X-Codes, the reader is treated to an exploration of who we are, and why!

Mr. Hoy intelligently discusses cosmic harmony...the influence of extraterrestrial bodies via four fundamental forces; gravitational, electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear. We learn that these encode our genes, and therefore affect human nature and behaviors.

This reviewer believes that the insight and loving kindness found in The X-Codes are the result of Mr. Hoy's growth and ability to discern his true and higher Self...the mission we all have. Indeed, how to achieve it is the stated purpose of this provocative work.

The X-Codes delves into not only genetic coding, but reconwaves (the emanations from the Sun), astrology, reincarnation...and physical death. We learn of the very real possibility that, as the Sun, Moon and Planets matured and thus did their emanations), so did we. Wouldn't this account for the disappearance of, say, dinosaurs?

The X-Codes is a splendid marriage of science and spirituality. Francis Hoy has given us a thoughtful and remarkable presentation that ranges from creation to demise...and an insight of the greater divine mission that follows.

This reviewer recommends The X-Codes to everyone with an astrological bent who is interested in the evolution of humankind!

Richard Fuller/Senior Editor/Metaphysical Reviews/metarev.com

Refer to my review below.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-07
A very interesting and creative book...that navigates a broad spectrum of human life scenarios and cosmic phenomena. Dr. Ng Chee-Mang (Ph.D.) Hewlett Packard Malaysia

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Accounting: Canadian Fifth Edition Volume II - Text Book, Working Papers and Study Guide (3 x books)
Published in Paperback by Pearson Education Canada (2001)
Author: Charles T., Sundem, Gary L., O'stratton, William., & Teall, Howar Horngren
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Review Date: 2008-09-02
I was pleased with the fast delivery service from the seller. Book is in great condition, and is exactly what the seller said it would be. I will use this seller in the future and will recommend this seller to anyone that is looking to buy a quality book at a discounted price.

Good book to learn the fundamental principles of accounting.
Helpful Votes: 17 out of 21 total.
Review Date: 1997-08-23
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

The Godfather of all accounting books
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-24
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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Review Date: 2008-01-29
Book is in new condition, and got here very quick! Thanks so much! Will do business with again.

Student
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2002-08-29
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.


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