Z Books

out of the struggle of my own life:
I am a 50 year old man, STILL FIGHTING TO RAISE MY SLEF ESTEEM!
Why?
Because it has to be taught since the crib !!! AND MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW !!!

PLEASE, PLEASE: learn how to plant the seed in your babies and save them misery

CUANDO NOS QUEJAMOS DE QUE NUESTRO ADOLESCENTE ES TÌMIDO, O DE QUE NUESTRA CHIQUILLA DE QUINCE AÑOS SE SIENTE TONTA, FEA O INADECUADA..

La autoestima se siembra en los hjijos desde que son muy pequeñitos..
Y ESTE LIBRO ES LA MEJOR GUÌA PARA HACERLO!
Si el niño crece seguro de que vale mucho, SENTIRÁ LO MISMO CUANDO SEA ADULTO Y SE CONVERTIRÀ EN UN TRIUNFADFOR FELIZ !

DE NUESTRA PAZ MENTAL
¿Para que te servirìa el mayor de los èxitos econòmicos si no te apreciasd a ti mismo ?
Es vital enseñar la autoestima y promoverla en nuestros pequeños..Serà el cimiento de su vida y nuestra felicidad de viejos !

Y ESTE LIBRO ES LA MEJOR GUÌA PARA HACERLO!
Si el niño crece seguro de que vale mucho, SENTIRÁ LO MISMO CUANDO SEA ADULTO Y SE CONVERTIRÀ EN UN TRIUNFADFOR FELIZ !

In the summer of 1985 I spent a day roaming the Rosebud battle site with the author, Neil Mangum. I was lucky to have the "expert" on this fight interpreting the story for me.

For those of you not so lucky, I highly recommend this book. Of all the books written on the Rosebud fight this is by far the best. The maps alone are worth purchasing this book because one gets a great sense of soldier and Indian movements, in time, along with the engagements just by reviewing the maps.

Plus, there is a great chapter entitled, "Crook and the Custer Connection." This chapter should make all those who blame Crook for Custer's defeat eight days later on the Little Bighorn rethink their ideas.

Neil Mangum served as superintendent at the Little Bighorn from 1998-2002. During his administration we saw for the first time red granite markers on the battlefield (similar to the white ones for soldiers) for Cheyenne and Sioux warriors; Lame White Man, Noisy Walking and Long Road. On June 25, 2003 an unknown warrior marker was unveiled on Wooden Leg Hill. The next day a marker for Dog's Back Bone was placed at the Reno-Benteen Defense Site. This year, 2005, we plan to place two markers for some of the "Suicide Boys" -- they joined the fight near the very end promising to give their lives for their people.

The old wayside exhibits that stood along battle road have been replaced with modern interpretations. Most importantly, Neil's efforts finally produced $2.3 million dollars to build the Indian Memorial. This memorial stands 75 yards from Last Stand Hill. Construction began in the spring of 2002 and completed in May 2003. The Indian Memorial was dedicated on June 25, 2003 with thousands of Indians, from all tribes represented at the battle, attending.

Between the confusion typical of any engagement and the scarcity of surviving testimony, it may be that no definitive account of any Euro-American vs. American Indian battle can ever be produced. However, Neil Mangum has produced a through, balanced, and convincing book that is as close as any such work may ever come to being authoritative.

This is by far the most intriguing and accurate book I have read concerning the Rosebud. Neil Mangum's writing is accurate and a complete joy to read.

Mangum, the Superintendent of the Little Big Horn (LBH) battlefield writes a portrayal of the Crook's campaign against the Sioux that culminates in the Battle of the Rosebud 8 days prior to Custer's attack. Since the LBH is roughly 30 miles southeast of the LBH, Mangum is extraordinarily familiar with the battlefield that still looks like it did 134 years ago. The book covers Crook's earlier March campaign where he was first in the field which peaked at a failed attempt to destroy a predominately Cheyenne village which also included some Sioux on the Powder. Crook again restarts in June with almost 200 Shoshone and Crow allies. As Mangum expertly retells the battle, Crook is surprised while encamped leisurely along Rosebud Creek on June 17. Mangum notes that Crook was similarly surprised also with great consequences in the battle of Cedar Creek in 1864 where he was surprised by Jubal Early. In the description of the battle, Mangum points out that if it wasn't for the Shoshone and Crow who spotted the Sioux and Cheyenne first relatively distant from camp while also absorbing the initial attack, Crook's command may have been destroyed. The allies gave Crook's troopers a chance to prepare for the attack. Crook's forces, which included mule mounted infantry and miners, stemmed the attack but as Mangum points out, the Sioux seemed to come at Crook from three sides from the high ground to the north. After Crook seems to control the battle, Colonel Royall with his calvary battalion rolls up the Indian right so successfully, his enthusiasm isolates himself from Crook allowing the Sioux and Cheyenne to consolidate against him requiring a furious battle of retrograde movements causing the most severe casualties of Crook's forces. Mangum states that Crook was in peril with Royall's potential collapse because Crook sent off another battalion to the Indian's left in search of their village that was not in the immediate area as perceived. Only the recall of Mills saves the day but the Sioux and Cheyenne have initiated enough casualties and psychological harm to cause Crook to retire and take over a month to retrofit his command. I was at the Rosebud site in 1999 and had I read Mangum's book with the terrain maps, my tour would have been far more beneficial. The battlefield today is a State park and the modest valley that Crook stopped in on June 17 looks is framed with high hills and interesting landmarks like Conical Hill. This is a great book about a key battle that indicated that the Sioux and Cheyenne were agressive in defending their village which was overlooked by all of Sheridan's generals. This battle besmirched Crook's otherwise great post Civil War career.

I just received this book in the mail and cannot wait to get started on my first batch of bagels! The author has a great variety of recipes (much more than I was expecting!), plus a great selection of normal to unique spreads for your bagels. I am particulary excited about the recipe for curing my own lox, which is next to impossible to get (especially decent lox) in the small town that I live in. With what appear to be nicely detailed instructions, including a trouble-shooting section, I think this book is going to be getting quite a bit of use!

One of my favorite books. The recipes are great .Now without a bagel store just around the corner I can bake my own homemade bagels. Donna is right, the best bagels are really made at home. Freshly baked and lukewarm eaten is one of the best things of life.

I've tried recipes in other bagel books and they were all more like Easter bread. These taste like store-bought bagels only better

One of my favorite books. The recipes are great .Now without a bagel store just around the corner I can bake my own homemade bagels. Donna is right, the best bagels are really made at home. Freshly baked and lukewarm eaten is one of the best things of life.

Finally, all the latest research about ageing and vitality is turned into a complete, easy to follow system designed to promote vitality and health - no matter what your age. The authors have clearly done their homework and the section on insulin resistance is vital, as I know personally. As someone with insulin resistance, I know I'm at higher risk for thyroid disease, high choleterol and diabetes. The author demonstrates how proper diet and exercise can ward off further problems and go a long way towards eliminating unnecessary medications and diseases. In addition to this information, there's detailed tips on how to use body-building to prevent osteoporosis as well as lesser known information that can make a world of difference in feeling truly healthy and engergetic. One of the best books I've ever read on the subject!

Even as a health educator, I never considered weight lifting for myself. Only body builders and teenage boys need strength training, right? Well, after seeing Dr. Evans at a seminar and reading this book, I've started lifting weights, at the age of 30, and plan to do it until I'm 98! I'm starting early so I will be able to avoid developing chronic diseases such as diabetes and avoid admission to a rest home! The scientific information on this now-famous research on 90-year-olds is easy to understand. Two 12-week programs for prolonging vitality, as used in their research, are presented: one for beginners and non-exercisers and one for people who have been exercising regularly (not for professional athletes, obviously). Practical guidelines are given for people who have never done any strength training. This information is so important, I recommend this book to all appropriate patients with diabetes and high cholesterol. It may be the only way for all of us to realistically maintain a healthy amount of muscle, and therefore avoid gaining body fat, as we age. (In other words, this could be the best weight-management book ever!) Although the book seems to be written for those already in their middle years, people of all ages could benefit from this advice. As their research shows, if a 90-year-old can put on muscle, so can we!

Without a doubt, this is the best book I have ever read on Exercise & Aging. I have been in the health & fitness industry for 20+ years and there is nothing that comes close to matching the quality of this book. Evans, with others at Harvard and Tufts University, did the actual research themselves before writing this book. While others continue to do stretching and circuit training w/ their senior clients w/ minimal results, Evans proves that it is the high intensity strength training that will produce the most significant changes for seniors who want to remain self-sufficient. If you are a senior or someone who works directly w/ seniors, I can't encourage strongly enough to go out immediately and get a copy of this book.

This book keeps a healthy practice of living doable and practical for those of us who like walking or playing hard on the weekend witrhout heart failure. Not for the Atlanta 96 bound athlete

This book is the definitive source of actionable information for business leaders and their advisors on two important topics, buy-sell agreements and valuations.

Z. Christopher Mercer uses a straightforward understandable approach that helps the reader navigate through complex and multifaceted issues.

Buy-Sell Agreements Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions? provides owners of family businesses with a roadmap to manage and maximize the value of their largest and most important asset.

The Buy- Sell Audit checklist is a valuable tool to facilitate analysis and discussion and to assure that all bases are covered.

I consider it a must read!

Mario A. Fidanzi
Director
Family Enterprise Center
Stetson University

The book offers a fresh look at buy-sell agreements through the lens of the business appraiser, who too often enters the picture after, as the book states, "the ox is in the ditch." Buy-Sell Agreements discusses in-depth the pricing and valuation provisions of buy-sell agreements, arguably the only important provisions, especially once a triggering event has occurred. However, this book also is written from the viewpoint of someone who has signed buy-sell agreements and who has had significant experience in dealing with signed buy-sell agreements. Mercer's experience shines throughout the tome.

To summarize Buy-Sell Agreements in one word, that word would be "methodical." Mercer focuses like a laser beam on virtually all of the possible permutations of the pricing and valuation provisions of buy-sell agreements, together with the advantages and disadvantages of each. Too many of the buy-sell agreements that I see have valuation methods that have far more disadvantages than advantages.

If you are looking for a book that has forms or that discusses the tax consequences of buy-sell agreements, this is not it. However, if you are looking for a book that has a comprehensive discussion of the pricing and valuation aspects of buy-sell agreements (which I've really not ever seen before), this is it.

Buy-Sell Agreements is peppered throughout with charts comparing and summarizing its discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each form of valuation/appraiser provision of buy-sell agreements, as well as action steps. However, Buy-Sell Agreements offers a comprehensive buy-sell audit checklist that alone makes it worthy of purchase, serious use and study.


Perhaps not too surprisingly when coming from a business appraiser, Buy-Sell Agreements makes a case for beginning a buy-sell agreement with a valuation and for regular valuations, in a manner similar to ESOP's. Nevertheless, Mercer makes a very strong case for his position, which he backs up with reflections, actual situations (no case citations though), stating the advantages and disadvantages of the type of buy-sell agreement and probing questions.

Buy-Sell Agreements informs estate planners that there are six defining elements of valuation of a subject company in a buy-sell agreement: the standard of value (e.g., "fair market value"), the level of value (e.g., marketable minority), the "as-of" date, the qualifications of appraisers, the appraisal standards and funding mechanisms. Very few of the buy-sell agreements that I review contain all of these elements.

At $79, Buy-Sell Agreements is a no-brainer addition to the library of every one who works with, signs or who drafts buy-sell agreements. In fact, it is a must-read.

Financial professionals and attorneys - read "Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions?" Chris Mercer has researched this area in great detail and has presented his findings in a very clear and understandable manner. This in depth book will save you time and help your clients build a better buy-sell agreement and hopefully keep them out of litigation. The buy-sell audit checklist is also a helpful tool. This book was needed and Mercer has delivered. Well done.

In the teacher's manual to our Business Associations case book, my friend, colleague and coauthor Bill Klein posits that "any lawyer who advises people entering into a business venture and who fails to urge the adoption of a buy sell agreement is guilty of malpractice." Z. Christopher Mercer's new book Buy-Sell Agreements: Ticking Time Bombs or Reasonable Resolutions offers a tremendously useful guide to these remarkably important contracts. In it, he provides guidance for business people and their financial advisors to use in assessing the need for a buy-sell agreement and, if one is appropriate, deciding on key terms. It will also be very useful to counsel drafting buy-sell provisions, as it offers drafting checklists and samples of how various issues can be treated. I recommend it very highly.

This book really helped me when caring for my Grandmother. The tips in the book were helpful in everyday living. This book in particular helped so much since my Grandmother had Dementia. It is very USER FRIENDLY whether you read it completely or just skim through and use it as a tips guide. You can tell that the author had a real background in caregiving. The Illustrations and song titles were absolutely precious and and very appropriate, each chapter having its own song that identifies with the Baby-boomer population. So many of that generation are now looking at caring for their loved ones. Five stars to the author and illustrator for their creativity and real help for those of us now caring for their loved ones. I enjoyed the book and was helped enough by it that I purchased her other 3 books, "Caregiving Tips A-Z", "Hospice Care at Home", and "The Caring Caregivers Guide to Dealing with Guilt". (Five Stars for those books too!)

Starr has outdone herself with this book! All of the tips are "real life" answers to everyday problems in dealing with the elderly, and people of all ages. Her tips and sugestions don't require additional money or effort, they incorporate everyday scenarios with everyday ideas. Loved it!

This book is indeed "a practical guide" for getting through each day-- in a way that only caregivers can understand. The information in it has made my days better than they would have been otherwise. The chapters on communication and behavioral changes have helped in developing caregiver skills; and there are other helpful chapters on improving the home set-up and managing problems with family members. I was especially impressed with the detailed information put into this book on everything from adult role changes to getting the keys back from your parent. It worked for me!

Linda Owen
-author of LADY PRESIDENT

I lost my grandfather recently to Alzheimer's disease and am currently repeating the same terrible ordeal with my grandmother. It is a long, long, painful journey and many questions and concerns have burdened my family while dealing with this affliction. Ms. Calo-oy's book provides an exhaustive reference for the myriads of scenarios and situations a caregiver will encounter. This book is written from a sensitive and respectful point of view that not only addresses the loved one's many needs, but the often unknown and misunderstood needs of the caregiver as well. I found this book very encouraging and uplifting. I recommend this book to any individual or institution that is involved with caregiving!

A Caribbean Journey from A to Y (Read and Discover What Happened to the Z) is an ABC picturebook that leads the reader through the Caribbean islands as well as through the alphabet. From Aruba to Trinidad and alligator to yam, A Caribbean Journey from A to Y is filled with fun facts about life, cuisine, fun, and culture in island nations! "What words begin with Z? Zoo begins with Z, but we'd rather use it for zebra. We don't have zebras in the Caribbean (except at the zoo), but that doesn't matter. We will take our Z to Africa, where zebras are really from, and where they still run free." Simple, color illustrations in the style of a child's drawing enliven this wonderfully educational picturebook.

This is an alphabet book for children like no other. The words, carefully chosen, educate children in a way that is not just fun, but entertaining as well. The illustrations jump off the page and makes this book a journey like no other. Surprising, as you can tell from the title, is how Z is used at the end. This book is filled with suspense, history, knowledge and fun. This is a great book to read aloud, in a classroom, on the plane, etc. As a father, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for more than an alphabet book, but a book that will leave the reader wanting to learn more about the caribbean islands and a better understanding about how the caribbean came to be.

This is a wonderful book filled with bright and beautiful illustrations and provides great information about the caribbean islands and their abundance of unique flora and fauna. The story is entertaining and easy to read, with a great discovery in what happened to the Z. I read this book to my son even though he is only 2 and he loves trying to find all the items listed on the page, provides fun and education. A rare find! A one of a kind ABC book!!

Mario Picayo's A Caribbean Journey from A to Y creates a sincere, helpful template for readers as they navigate the Caribbean Islands using the alphabet as their guide from letters A to Y (leaving the reader in suspense wondering where the Z has gone to). Each letter serves as a looking glass into Caribbean culture by representing its rich vegetation, diverse array of animals, and, most importantly the great people that inhabit these islands. While the alphabet guides the reader, Earleen Griswold's illustrations supplement the text with their lush, vivid colors that are diverse as the Caribbean itself. Bright hues of vibrant blues skies, colorful fish, and hot orange suns catch the eyes as well as the imagination. The story supplies the reader with factual and historical insight in addition to instilling a sense of great pride by uniting the Caribbean Islands by way of highlighting their origins to their African roots. I highly recommend this book especially for reading to children. The striking illustrations and enriching text are perfect for showing the little ones. A great read for children and grown-ups alike.

This is the first volume in Shakhashiri's unequalled Chemical Demonstrations series. There are over 80 demonstrations in this book, each one with a list of required materials, a detailed procedure, notes on hazards and disposal, a discussion of the chemical principles involved, and references. The demonstrations cover the areas of thermochemistry (Chapter 1), Chemiluminescence (Chapter 2), Polymers (Chapter 3), and Equilibria of Metal Ion Precipitates and Complexes (Chapter 4). Included in the introductory text is an article by Richard W. Ramette entitled "Exocharmic Reactions" which relates how chemical demonstrations for teaching purposes have evolved and what qualities the successful demonstrator should possess for maximum impact.

There is absolutely nothing so good as a demonstration for getting students interested in chemistry and keeping them interested. Demonstrations may take a bit of extra work on the part of the teacher, but they are worth the effort, and the effort is minimal when Shakhashiri has written such a magnificant collection of useful experiments.

I acutally love this book for chem demonstrations. Shakhashiri gives in depth explanations for all of his demonstrations and it is just a great book. I recommend this book to anyone who is doing any demonstrations.

The book is very interesting and useful for teachers whom use the lecture and demostration method in teaching chemistry. The experiments are well tested and one can create some other new experiments taking the basis from this book. I recommend the whole series (Vols. 1 to 4). Dr. Shakhashiri is a talent chemistry teacher and he transmits his enthusiasm in teaching this science.

I am a first year teacher and this book has been the best investment I've made. I may have had to buy it with my own money, but it has been worth every cent. Lots of ideas are presented in this book and it gives really good ways to integrate the demonstrations to teach particular concepts. I plan to buy the other three books by this author.

I have purchased this book in preparation for future use. I have no feedback on the actual book yet, though the purchase process was fine, no problems....

THE most complete psychopharmacology clinical text. You will find rare side effects and drug-drug interactions that would be omitted in any other clinical text and that you would only discover by doing a literature search. Many tables make comparison between drugs of the same class easy. Also has a section on herbal products and pages of patient information sheets that can be photocopied and given to patients. This is a gem.

For the busy psychiatrist this is by far the best reference book on psychotropic drugs ; comprehensive and full of valuable information, well laid out, easy to read and understand.
The bible on this subject.
Andre B. Masters, MD, FRCP(C), FRCPsych.

Excellent resource for psych drugs. Easy to find information quickly. Good off-label information

This is a tremendous book that will help me put my kids through college. I joined the services that Mr. Howe provides in his company College Funding Solutions. I do not have the time to do all of the things suggested in the book. It would take too much time to do with all of the information that he provides. It's a great read, well worth the time.

This book had much more info than I expected. I was very impressed. It was also very clear and easy to read. I highly recommend it!

THIS BOOK HAS CHANGED MY LIFE! I exhausted every online resource looking for some money to go to college. After what felt like hundreds of failed attempts, I quit looking. Then a friend told me about his book and I figured I'd give it a look. THIS BOOK IS A DAMN COLLEGE FINANCIAL BIBLE! I couldn't believe the amount of information it had. And the step-by-step procedures for getting college money couldn't be any easier to follow. I received a check today (happiest day of my life)! Plain and simple...this book works!

I am a high school junior who is preparing for college. I have purchased several books on the subject of college financial aid and in my opinion there is only ONE book that contained the answers to my questions - COLLEGE FUNDING MADE E-Z! This book is unbelievable! It is easy to read and jammed with vital information. The entire college preparation and financial aid process explained, in detail, in easy to follow steps - exactly what I was looking for. If you are looking for money for college - this is the book for you! Easily the best book on the market today regarding college financial aid!