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Rand McNally 2005 Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico (Rand Mcnally Road Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico)
Published in Paperback by Rand McNally & Company (2004-08-15)
Author: Rand McNally and Company
List price: $11.95
New price: $3.59
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nice atlas
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Review Date: 2008-02-22
great for the price and wow very fast shipping very easy to use. If you travel alot get this atlas.

Everything I hoped for
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Review Date: 2007-06-08
This is a road atlas that has everything I was looking for. I'm glad I bought it and know I will use it for years to come.

Maps
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Review Date: 2007-05-05
Best map of USA I have ever seen. Very up-to-date. Tons of information. This map is a must have for USA trips...

Wonderful Maps!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-03
You won't need to worry about getting lost with this in your car!! Wonderful detail. We went from NH to Florida and back without any problems!

The most X-TREME Road Atlas EVER!!!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-10
This isn't your father's road atlas! This one has RADICAL streets, AWESOME rivers, and COOOOL lakes represented in TOTALLY TUBULAR drop-down 2-D! I should warn you that you may LITERALLY BURST INTO FLAMES when you note the 6 - 6!!!! - main thoroughfares out of Gettysburg, PA. That is but one moment of potential spontaneous human combustion in the Northeast. Do not look at panel A-4 on the Vermont map, WHATEVER YOU DO!!!!

The perfect size to place in your rucksack in your cross-country trek, the Rand McNally Road Atlas will give you much "G Love". By which I mean that you will be grody to the max and will blind multiple people with science. Science. The sweet science of geography.

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Real Estate Rainmaker: Guide to Online Marketing
Published in Hardcover by Wiley (2004-03-02)
Author: Dan Gooder Richard
List price: $29.95
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Collectible price: $29.95

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Great book and very informative.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-27
This book was full of great information and knowledge. An excellent guide for a real estate professional wanting to build an effective website. Informative also if you are hiring someone to build your website and need to be educated enough to recognize if the web designer is worth the money you are paying.
The author's website was informative too, but I felt it could have been more impressive in appearance. Afterall, the author is wrote a book about how to design a great website.
Overall, I recommend this book to any real estate professional who wants guidance in improving their online image, internet lead generation, and a more effective email campaign.

Best book ever
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-12
Full of tips easy to use and fuul with tools to sell your web site right away.

on line marketing
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-01
Good ideas and well organized but be careful if you are not strongly web knowledgeable as some info is out of date, having been written about 3 years ago. Web is changing faster than books being published can keep current.

Outstanding Resource
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-01
This book is very simple for IT guys, But It will be interesting for those IT Experts who are new in Real Estate Online Business.

It covers from A-Z, with details and researches, full of examples and ideas.

There are too much examples and ideas that you will not be able to use all.

I recommend this book to IT Experts who are working in Real Estate Industry, New Real Estate Agents and Brokers, Real Estate Agents who are going to update thier websites (If they had one before ! ), and YOU.

A Complete "How To" for online real estate
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-27
This information will help the new and "not so new" agent understand the principles of working in an online world. From email to web presence, branding to building a business one can sell in the future, this book is replete with tips, tricks, links and insight from some leading real estate trainers and agents. Presented in a clear, easy to follow fashion you can use right now, this is a must read for anyone interested in the "new rules" of real estate.

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Run Well, Finish Strong
Published in Paperback by CrossHouse Publishing (2007-08-01)
Author: Jean Stockdale
List price: $16.95
New price: $10.49
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Motherhood and its Battles
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-06
My church did a mother's study with this study book and DVD set by Jean Stockdale. I have been hooked ever since. This devotion changed my life and many other women in my church. Jean Stockdale is such a down to earth mother and Godly woman that you can't help but love her. She brings everyday happenings to Godly illustrations. A fun, interactive study that will be sure to put a giggle in every stomach and Jesus Christ into your heart. Once you do one you will be begging for more!

Changed My Mothering for Good!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-18
This study absolutely changed my heart toward my children, by helping me to understand this holy, urgent, and precious calling to be a mother. Really, moms, what else is more important to do well in while we are on this earth? The insights into Paul's encouragement to Timothy and how Jean applies that to our daily lives of rearing children fans the flame of passion we have for mothering well. It's not that difficult to be a mom, but running well and finishing strong can only be done with the power of the Word radically lived out in our lives. Buy it. Study it. Live it. God will bless.

Mothering help
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Review Date: 2008-05-15
What it comes to Christian mothering help (with the right touch of humor) Jean Stockdale is by far the BEST! Biblical principals, much needed empathy, and large doses of humor make her entire teachning series a hit with me. I'm on my 2nd teaching book and I actually enjoy & look forward to doing my homework. I have learned so much.

Essential truths for moms
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-16
There is so much advice on how to be a good mother. Jean Stockdale teaches that it is impossible to be a good mom without being a godly mom. What our children need are mommas who are walking in the Spirit, submitted and obedient to the Lord. How do we do that? Jean makes it clear - become a faithful student of the Word of God. There is no other way! God used this book to radically change the way I study and apply God's Word to my role as a wife and mother.

Incredible!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-08
Jean Stockdale has truly changed my life and the way that I mother my two girls. She has so much wisdom and provides so much insight on how to raise Godly children. She is also very practical on how to handle such things as sibling rivalry, discipline, and releasing your children one day to go into the real world. I have learned so much from her. I recommend this book VERY much. You will be blessed.

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Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds : Western Region
Published in Paperback by Little, Brown and Company (1996-10-01)
Authors: Donald Stokes and Lillian
List price: $9.99
New price: $4.00
Used price: $0.01
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EXCELLENT BOOK FOR THE BEGINNING BIRD WATCHER
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-13
This book is an excellent choice for the child or adult who is just gaining an interest in watching their back yard buddies! The book is color coded and so you can look up the bird by it's predominent color. It definitely narrows the field to the most common birds. We have really enjoyed this book!

bird watching hobby
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-03
A very colorful, well written review. I am very much a novice bird watcher but share the interest with my 5 year old grandaughter. She immediately scooped up the book and it is in her bike basket so that while she is riding in her neighborhood she can look up and identify her feathered friends. Has been a great tool to share with her.

Stokes Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-26
Great ! This was a gift and it was the perfect for the bird watch beginners book. Now you can sit out in the back yard together watching the birds and naming all the little feathered friends we have attracted.
My husband loves his Book!
Great Bargin and experence.
Fast Delivery!

Love this book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-21
This book has pictures that are sharp, detailed and close. They are arranged by color, not species, and include the most common birds in the area. It is my third bird ID book and my new favorite. Have shown to other people and they love it, too!

Stoke's Beginner's Guide to Birds: Eastern Region
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-13
Beautiful book. Good information. Very helpful to a new bird watcher.Gives common birds that everyone can find easily in their own back yard or local park. Gives a new birder confidence and practice in observing birds that they are familiar with. Another book that makes my grandson happy.

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Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle: Health/Handling/Breeding
Published in Paperback by Storey Publishing, LLC (1998-01-05)
Author: Heather Smith Thomas
List price: $18.95
New price: $8.81
Used price: $7.24
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Everything we needed to know...and more
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-29
I bought this book for my husband who has always wanted to raise a small farm of beef cattle. He took the book along on our 2 week vacation to Europe and completely devoured the book! He loved it, says it's the best single book on the subject he's ever seen! He has now requested the same series for pigs. (We already have the one for chickens). Oh, our first calves will arrive in a few months!

Great browse
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-19
This book is easy to read, conversational, and incredibly informative. I got some great ideas from it. Hard to put down....
Well worth purchasing!

OK, but not great
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-09
Book is reasonably informative but about half of the book is simply on birthing cattle.....which is a skill that obviously is important, but not something that I expected in this much detail in what I thought would be more of an overview manual. So ended up being more technical and specific that I had hoped.

Very Good
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-25
The book is thorough and simple, and covers every aspect of raising beef cattle. Well written, and interesting, too.

4 thumbs up
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Review Date: 2008-01-14
I wish I had this book in the beginning. I could just about cry when I realize all of the pains learning i went through trial and error. This book is right on to the point about handling cows.

A+++++++++++++++++++

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Tarantula Keeper's Guide
Published in Hardcover by Sterling Pub Co Inc (1984-04)
Author: Stanley A. Schultz
List price: $13.95
Used price: $301.60

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Terrific Tarantula Tome
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-21
This book was recommended to me by several people who are into tarantulas. I had no interest in reading any more than the care of tarantulas, but I've now read the whole book, simply because it was so interesting.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the critters, and especially to anyone considering keeping one as a pet, or breeding them.

Psychologist using tarantulas in therapy
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-30
As a psychologist specializing in treating people for spider phobia, I found this book brilliant in teaching how to look after the tarantulas I own. As time is an issue for me, I wanted a book that would cut to the chase about keeping tarantulas so I could learn quickly about how to keep them so I could use them in therapy. This book delivered the goods and has allowed me to happily keep tarantulas so as to treat spider phobics. A must for anyone interested in keeping tarantulas.

Anthony Gunn, psychologist and author of Fear Is Power: Turn Your Fears Into Success

Good book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-21
a very useful and understandable book. An essential text for the lovers of the tarantulas

Best book on eight legs
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-04
Being new to the tarantula keeping world I found Mr. Stanley's book an excellent source of information on all aspects of spider keeping. Especially helpful was the chapter on raising spider babies when my pet store bought Chilian Rose Hair decided she wanted to suddenly and quite unexpectedly give birth! If you are thinking about raising tarantulas I urge you to read this book first; you will enjoy the hobby so much more if you do.

Best reference I found
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-26
Best reference on Tarantula's I've found. Answers most questions. Will be the most used book on my reference shelf.

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Trail Guide to the Body : How to Locate Muscles, Bones & More!
Published in Spiral-bound by Books of Discovery (2001-01-01)
Author: Andrew R. Biel
List price: $49.95
New price: $53.99
Used price: $29.04

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Best Book for the medical field
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-25
I am currently in a Licensed Massage Therapy schoool and this is the best book. The illustrations are clear and detailed. I recommend this book to all future people going into the medical field.

Excellent resource for all hands on therapists!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-22
A most impressive and down to earth guide to understanding the essential "landmarks" of the human body with regards to the needs of physical therapists, massage therapists, or anyone that uses range of motion testing, joint mobility, joint distraction, or soft tissue massage techniques in their clinical practice. Very easy to understand and relate to actual scenarios without the usual heavy reliance on dry medical jargon. Highly recommended!

I must have!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-12
A must have for all Massage Therapists! It should be the anatomy textbook in all massage schools!

Never thought it could get better, but it DID ...
Helpful Votes: 63 out of 64 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-23
I received the 2nd ed. of this book in massage school.

I purchased the 3rd ed. to study for my National test.

WOW! I truly did not think this book could have gotten any better, but it DID! It shows all different views of muscles, muscle groups, bones, boney landmarks, how to find boney landmarks to find muscles, latin/greek roots of the words, study hints, remembering devices, WONDERFUL illustrations!

I also purchased the Student Workbook - which is an ENTIRELY new text with this edition - and it has a lot of different ways to test yourself to prepare for tests.

If you need to know ANYTHING relating to the muscles/bones of the body, YOU NEED THIS BOOK! Don't let the cost fool you ... it is NOT overpriced. I used to think it was (when I found out how much it was by itself - my 2nd ed. was included with my tuition at school), until I bought this new edition.

They added an obscene amount of new pages, and updated their illustrations to make them even EASIER to understand.

If you have any doubts about this book, log on to the publishers website discoverybooks . com - there are excerpts, downloadable pages, etc.

Hope this helps.

Great anatomy book!!!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-19
I used this book while studying to be a physical therapist assistant. I wish I had found it sooner!!! It's fabulous. I provides a detailed description of how to find muscles, bones, etc. This is better than any other book I have used for this purpose.

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The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book
Published in Paperback by Krause Publications (2004-07-10)
Author: Marcie Melillo
List price: $24.99
New price: $9.59
Used price: $8.63

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Sveglia Italia!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-01
Sveglia Italia! Articoli di difficilissima reperibilità sul mercato interno arrivano regolarmente in tempi ragionevoli ed a prezzi inferiori, spedizione compresa, di quelli pretesi da rivenditori nostrani. "Ahi, serva Italia, di dolore ostello, nave sanza nocchiero in gran tempesta ........" . Il libro? Ogni appassionato del genere ne conosce autorevolezza e valore.

Ultimate Barbie Doll Book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-13
This book is NOT the Ultimate Barbie Doll Book. I could not find a single collectible Barbie Doll which I posses from the years it describes it covers when I purchased it. Description of the dolls covered should really be more detailed for collectors who are new to the industry. In addition, there is no option to select from Amazon if the item described does not meet your needs, you simply get a refund, minus shipping as a user error...Not too fair in my opinion.

This is a Beautiful Barbie Doll Book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-11
I love my new Ultimate Barbie Doll Book. I still have my first Barbie Dolls from the early 60's along with Ken, Midge & Skipper. I have over 100 dolls and found them all in this wonderful book. The photos are beautiful. The Barbie novice to enthusiast will truly enjoy this book.

Ultimate identification guide
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-08
This is the best Barbie identification book out there. It's useful to identify those thrift store and garage sale dolls and their outfits. Each item is also described with identifying marks, etc. I have owned this book since it came out and it's the one I go back to the most, for complete Barbie information.

Beginner Barbie Collector- Excellent Book!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-09-05
I mainly purchased this book to remember some of my childhood toys- I wasn't expecting the detail and page after page of pictures that made me interested in collecting Barbie's as well-

This thick hardcover book has colored photos of each Barbie both in the box and then a close up of the face. The Barbies are presented in chronological order by year by doll type- so i.e. Barbie from 1950s til 90s then Skipper from 50s-90s, then Ken, etc.

The book also has friends of the infamous Barbie and Ken couple; many of which I have never seen or heard of!

If you are looking for a nice photo array and price guide of Barbie and Friends. Truly the "Ultimate" Barbie book.

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Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums (Watch It Made in the USA)
Published in Paperback by Avalon Travel Publishing (2006-09-11)
Authors: Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg
List price: $21.95
New price: $13.60
Used price: $7.40

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Great guide for planning cross country trip
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-07
I'm planning to take my two teenagers cross country this summer and this is a GREAT book for finding interesting places to show them. It has excellent maps, clear directions, and well-written descriptions of what you will (and won't) see so I can figure out what sites will best entertain the different family members. I only wish we had time to see more of the places they describe. It even tells you what other nearby attractions there are. Kudos to the authors!

Love Factory Tours
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-03
My wife and I love to go on factory tours and visit company museums when we travel. It's corny, I know, but fun. This book gives wonderful examples of some of the best tours and museums around. Whenever we're going on a road trip, we always consult Watch It Made in the U.S.A.: A Visitor's Guide to the Best Factory Tours and Company Museums (Watch It Made in the USA) to help us decide where we might like to go. I would very much recommend it for families with young kids who might enjoy such tours, and probably retirees who have the time and interest for them, as well.

Excellent for travelers
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-12
This is an excellent book for anyone who is interested in things made in the USA. It gives a nice description of the facilities, locations, tour times, cost and lengths, age appropriateness, and phone numbers.
We like to travel the country and will use the information to plan our trips. The book is well organized and very helpful.

Behinds the Scenes!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-25
This is my first review in Amazon.

I am always curious about how things are made,
and after watching many episodes of "How do they do it",
and "How it's made" on discovery Channel.
I started to look for extra resources for a better understanding on these "behind the scenes" mysteries.
Then, I found this book.
And this book is a real treasure!
The book is well organized,
It provides many detail information about the factory tours,
and the brief background of the companies.

Thanks to this book,
now I have some itineraries in mind.
I plan to visit KitchenAid's factory in the near future for my mom.
(My family is in Taiwan)
She is a big fan of KitchenAid mixer. ha.
I will also visit Airstream company as well,
Owning a travel trailer is my dream, and I want to know how it is made,
And I will be more determined to realize this dream!
Maybe one day I will write a similar book "Watch it made in Taiwan" in a mobile trailer office. Who knows?!


Watch It Made In The USA
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-12
Great book, I did not know that a book like this existed. Will definitly come in handy when planning trips. Checked information on places we have already been and information was accurate.

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When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens
Published in Paperback by Free Spirit Publishing (2007-04)
Author: Bev Cobain
List price: $14.95
New price: $8.00
Used price: $6.82

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When nothing mattered
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2005-03-28
Nothing mattered anymore, my grades went down, i didn't care about life, i wanted to die. so i attempted suicide, my wrist is scarred and mutated, everyone said i was insane. then i heard from the family circle magazine about this book, and i swear this has helped me, and i'm so glad that not everyone thinks depressed teens are insane or stupid. and i'm glad there are people like lisa hurka covington that are talking to teens how valuable life is, and helping them sort out their problems.

Helps teens take an active role in beating depression
Helpful Votes: 17 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-09
This book combines compassion and empowerment with accurate information.

The author, a cousin of singer Curt Cobain, wrote this book to help make sense of her cousin's suicide. It is readable, knowledgeable and thorough. It helps adolescents understand what they might be feeling when they are depressed. It discusses how to interrupt the downward spiral and find a way out. The book covers both social and biological aspects of depression.

I felt that the author had a good intuitive grasp for how an adolescent might feel when he was in the depths of a depression. She reflects back the sense of isolation and hopelessness so that a depressed person feels understood. She provides information on how to get help when you don't feel that anyone out there is trustworthy.

She empowers teens by providing good information about the causes of depression and well as the treatments. For those who want more detailed information, she provides a resource list. I especially liked her section on how to stay healthy once you have recovered from the initial depression.

I have recommended this book to several teens. They felt that it made sense and was helpful

High-quality and informative...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-21
This tome is organized extremely well; one can start at the beginning or jump directly into any chapter. The background information is helpful and lucid for parents and the stories from the teens themselves tells it like it is but at the same time gives hope and tells of "the light at the end of the tunnel" for depressed teens, that things do get better. Highly recommended!

OK for teens wanting a quick-reference tool...
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-07
In When Nothing Matters Anymore, Bev Cobain offers a teen-friendly reference guide to adolescent depression, complete with self-help suggestions, counseling resources, and case studies of teens who sought help for their illness and now lead "normal" adolescent lives. Cobain is a credentialed author: a certified registered nurse, a mental health professional, and a recipient of the National Mental Health Association's Green Ribbon Award for efforts on behalf of teen depression awareness; however, the book reads like Cliff's Notes of a more comprehensive text - as if Cobain simply compiled the bullet-point lists, sidebars, and quick-reference statistics from an American Psychiatric Association web listing for teen depression. When Nothing Matters Anymore relies little on Cobain's personal observations and extensive experience, and too much on peppy, inspirational messages from its case study teens.

The book is structured in two parts: What's Wrong? and Getting Help and Staying Well. What's Wrong? is primarily diagnostic, providing a checklist for the reader to determine whether he or she is depressed, explaining the varieties and causes of depression, and outlining the correlations between depression and chronic illness, sexual abuse, sexual identity, drug use and addiction, eating disorders, and "perceived differences" from peers. Getting Help and Staying Well highlights treatment options, suggests ways to seek help from family or trusted adults, and lists self-help activities for readers undergoing treatment. Both sections include "Survival Tips" that a health professional might suggest to any teen: Get Exercise, Have Fun, Eat Good Food, etc. There are some practical suggestions, like journaling and creating mood charts, and there is a chapter dedicated to the important topic of teen suicide, but the book as a whole rarely digs below the surface of the illness and underestimates its audience's desire (and perhaps ability?) to understand depression more fully.

One aspect of the book that seems borderline inappropriate is Cobain's ad nauseam referencing of her cousin Kurt, the popular lead singer of grunge band Nirvana, whose suicide shocked the MTV youth culture in 1994. Perhaps this approach is an effective way of securing "street cred" amongst teen readers, but this hook feels opportunistic at times, particularly in "A Letter to Kurt Cobain," a three-page, sappy, metaphor-heavy eulogy in which Cobain rues that Kurt's handlers wouldn't give her the access that could have prevented his suicide. I understand the intent is to show the readers that she cared for someone they cared about and saw the beauty of his music and the tragedy of his death as they did, but to a non-teen reader, it rings hollow. Had Cobain been close with Kurt, a reader might not bawk at this inclusion, but she mentions that she did not know Kurt "personally," a fact that makes the multiple, casual mentions feel like name-dropping.

Recomended for any teen with dissapointment
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-06
For the last year or so I had a few questions for myself. Why am I here? Whats my pourpose in life? Cant I just be dead? Dang do I wish I could give my life for some one else. This is really good book for any teen...

Not only is the author a good writer, it has a lot of good examples of other peoples life situations so you can auctly say "wow someone can really relate to my struggle".
Anyways, again its a good book and if you have any questions about it my hotmail address is [...]


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