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The perfect first space book for those almost-readers, There's No Place Like Space takes us on a whirlwind tour of our solar system, with a few constellations thrown in for good measure. Cat in the Hat (along with beloved Thing One and Thing Two) straps on his space suit and rhymes his way among the nine planets, presenting important facts along the way. Where else could your preschooler learn phonics and astronomy at same time? "A planet can have satellites that surround it. Uranus has lots of these objects around it" is just one example. This is a fine addition to the library of any young stargazer--few books are written with this many facts furnished in such an easy-reading manner. (Preschool to early reader) --Jill Lightner
Book Description
Blast off for educational fun! Beginning readers and budding astronomers are launched via Seussian sorcery on a wild trip to visit the nine planets in our solar system along with the Cat in the Hat, Thing One, Thing Two, and Dick and Sally.
Customer Reviews:
There's No Place Like Space.......2007-10-03
There's So Place Like Space is a great book for toddlers who are interested in space. Not too complicated but good for learning a few interesting facts about our planets. Written with the rhyme of Dr. Seuss.
Excellent introductory book to Planets.......2007-09-25
I had not realized the effectiveness of this book until my 4 year old started making up songs about the planets, their colors, and their place in space. As I listened to his little songs he sang as he was playing, I realized his information, or lyrics, came from what he learned in this book. Entertaining, fun, educational. You can't go wrong with this rhyming introduction and imaginary travel through space.
Science made easy and enjoyable.......2007-03-09
My 2 1/2 year old daughter and 3 year old niece love this book. It gives enough information about the planets and solar system to be educational, but the author also uses classic Seuss elements of rhyming and silliness to keep the kids sustained in attention and entertained. I highly recommend this to any young solar system fans!!
SUPER book for a preschool class.......2006-10-07
I had to go to the bookstore last night to purchase a new book to read to the preschool class I teach. I can say without a doubt this was enjoyed by ALL the children. SO easy to read and accurate too :) They all enjoyed it and I am VERY happy to add this to my book collection!!
Pre-Schooler Likes Better Than Me and My Place in Space.......2006-01-22
We purchased this and Me and My Place in Space for our pre-schooler. While the other book is more scientifically accurate (showing rings around Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus) this book was more engaging for our little one. She sits still while I read every page. The other book is perhaps better for older, more sophisticated readers.
Book Description
This is Vickie Girard's long-awaited and completely indispensable survival guide for cancer patients and their families. Regardless of the type of cancer, here is an immediate, practical, and inspiring guide that will empower any patient to better fight and survive this disease. Through her involvement with the Cancer Treatment Centersof America and The American Cancer Society, Vickie Girardhas taken her message of “empowered patient care” to the floor of the U.S. Senate and to thousands of cancer patients and survivors throughout the world. The message is simple, hopeful, powerful, and long overdue: “We must stop speaking of cancer in whispers. We may have cancer, but cancer does not have us. Cancer is a beatable, treatable, survivable disease.”
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2007-09-10
I can't recommend this book enough. A friend gave me a copy a few months ago and I couldn't put it down until I'd finished the last page. Cancer patients need hope, and this is it. I honestly can't think of a book that touched me more in terms of encouragement. I always like to say that cancer is 1/2 mental. Of course the laboratory tests may prove different, but a mind frame that has no hope it oftentimes the one that is overcome the soonest. If you know someone that is battling cancer, buy them this book. Please.
Vickie and her book--a gift from God.......2007-05-17
Vickie and her book are a gift from God. I had known Vickie Girard since 1986 when I met her at work. She was a true inspiration to all who knew her and loved her. She battled her disease with strength and humility and then went on to share her struggles with wit and humor, along with tears. For those who don't know, Vickie lost her battle on February 10, 2007 after almost 18 years. She is and was a true HERO. You will not be disappointed with your purchase of her book. Robin Gaither, Flint MI
Highly recommended.......2007-02-16
This is an excellent source of information and inspiration for anyone who is dealing with cancer as a patient, friend or family member. I have given this book to countless friends and clients and received positive feedback from many. Vickie Girard provides hope and so much more. Recommended reading for anyone who has been touched by this terrible disease.
Excellent! Full of Hope.......2007-01-15
I purchased this book soon after my mom's diagnosis. It gave both of us a realistic look into the disease, treatment, and hope. I strongly recommend this to anyone touched by cancer.
worth reading.......2007-01-05
My mom was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. This is a wonderful book that helps you deal and cope with everyday situations that will arise when friends/family find out you have cancer. It does give you encouragement and hope. I found myself reading several pages over and over when I felt desparate, helpless and discouraged by everything. I found the book comforting. It does get spiritual towards the end, but if that doesn't fit your life you can just skip over it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is dealing with cancer and all that are close to that person.
Customer Reviews:
Fanciful but still believable........2007-01-10
"A Place Called Here" was difficult to get into at first. I found the main character, Sandy, hard to identify with, and the story line a bit too abstract to latch on to. But after a few chapters, the story turned into one of delight and wonder, with a dash of romance, and more than a bit of mystery. I even began to like Sandy. I felt that while this was certainly not Ahern's best novel, it was still very unique and enjoyable, and one that I will pass on to friends.
Please excuse the following tangent: While "A Place Called Here" is slightly more rooted in reality than her previous novel, "If You Could See Me Now", it is still not as realistic as her previous novels were, nor as realistic as I think her readers have been asking her for, based on a lot of feedback that I've read. My theory is that Ahern has gone this "mystical" route to try and differentiate herself from the other successful Irish chick-lit authors out there, but I truly don't think she needs to - her talent and charm can skillfully pull off a novel that would, in other hands, be blasé. However, if this is truly the type of writing she'd prefer to do, then kudos to her, and I'm a little saddened that she has lost readers by switching her style & following her heart. She's a young writer, still growing into the business, so giver her a little bit of a break :).
EDIT 1/15/07: Obviously, since I wrote this review, they have now come out with the US title for this book, "There's No Place Like Here". I personally think that's a much better title, considering the "Wizard of Oz" theme in the novel!
Grade: B+
Makes up for "If You Could See Me Now".......2006-11-20
I got "P.S. I Love You" and "Where The Rainbows End" for Christmas, and they were really good books, and I really enjoyed them. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into "If You Could See Me Now", and am disappointed that it's going to be made into a film. "P.S. I Love You" is currently filmed, but it won't be out until late 2007, or early 2008, so that's not good.
Despite the disappointment of "If You Could See Me Now", as soon as "A Place Called Here" came out, I grabbed it. And it was really, really good. It's about a girl called Sandy, who starts a missing persons agency, after the mysterious disappearance of her childhood enemy, Jenna May. She also is obsessive compulsive, and labels all her items incase they go missing. Much of her stuff does go missing, and she does tear the house apart trying to find them. So she turns it into a job. She hunts down many missing people - that is, until she goes missing herself.
She finds herself in a place called "Here", and promptly finds that people live her. People that she knows, people that have been there for years since they disappeared from the 'real' world. Many of them have moved on, got married, had kids, but still long to find their way back to their old lives. When Sandy finds herself here, with no way out, she immediately becomes the missing. And she also finds all her stuff that she thought was missing.
But then the twist appears - her stuff starts to go missing. Her watch, which she wears even though it is broken, because it has sentimental value, her diary. What's happening? Everyone around her is confused, cos surely in a place full of missing items and people, something cannot go missing.
The book is very fast paced, the chapters are short, and with every new chapter, something surprising is revealed. The ending is quite abrupt, and I don't think I quite wanted it to end, but end it did. It's not a patch on her first two books, but I still did enjoy it and would definitely read it again.
Book Description
Based on hands-on, real-world research and concepts used by CEOs, managers and employees in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to nonprofit, There Is No Place Like Work shows how organizations have accomplished and can accomplish the ultimate goal of managing their CORE Culture.
Customer Reviews:
A MUST read!.......2006-08-10
As a "headhunter" of 15 years, I have been a consultant to companies who are trying to attract top talent to their organizations. I have also worked with top-notch candidates who are searching to associate themselves with companies who are the best in their fields. What I have found is, that, which most excites quality, talented, qualified individuals to a new employer, is the company's leadership, their purpose, their culture and their core values. After reading "There Is No Place Like Work", I concluded that this easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow and easy-to-implement guide is a "must read" for every business owner, CEO, executive, manager and human resources professional. Kudos to Drs. Margolis and Wilensky for writing a handbook that can help businesses be the best that they can be.
Extremely Helpful.......2006-08-09
Excellent Reading! I thoroughly enjoyed it and see how it can be beneficial!!!! I plan to put it to good use!!!
A great primer to a new career!.......2006-08-02
Do you want to change careers? Do you want to start a business venture? Do you want to be crystal clear as to the direction you want to go with your business? Then might I suggest you read this book. While it is a metaphor to the wizard of oz, it is written beautifully so as to make you decide where you want to go with your business.
The information was just enough to get the wheels turning as to what is important and more importantly why?
I spent the day pondering the message in the book and created a business model that I am looking forward to implement tomorrow.
Good Luck to you.
Tools for an organizational "tune up"!.......2006-07-15
There Is No Place Like Work...is an excellent tool for an organizational tune-up! My company's vision and mission are current and consistent, we are not looking to start over. But we have many entry level positions and a limited career ladder so we are constantly bringing new people into the organization. Using the tools that are provided in the book helped us to sharpen our presentations (tell our story)better, internally and to outside audiences. Additionally, we use the principals in our strategic leadership team as part of our planning process. This book is a winner!
Fantastic!!.......2006-07-11
Whether you're starting a brand new business or have been at the helm for 20 years, Ava and Sheila's 5 P's put workplace culture simply and concisely into perspective. From the first page to the last, you will find yourself fascinated by how easily their insights can be plugged right into your situation. This book will absolutely increase your bottom line!
Book Description
Four powerful steps begun in one's middle years will allow readers to avoid a future nursing home placement. This plan preserves assets and removes the burden of caregiving from loved ones. All will be able to receive the highest level of care in dignity at home.
Customer Reviews:
Makes sense.......2006-11-04
Too many folks think they'll just go on state aid and let society take care of them. I agree with author Shoff that this industry is headed the same place as our Emergency Rooms in urban hospitals. And she explains the steps we can take to secure our senior years. If you are anywhere close to 50, read this book. If you're over 50, have them send it FedEx!
A Must Read Guide to the 'end game' of life.......2003-05-23
Karen Shoff produced a guide that did not exist before. This should be required reading as a part of everyman's life education: like how to swim, how to be a decent parent, how to do CPR and how to prepare for end of life infirmity. Let's face it: Modern medicine, safer cars, non-smoking and weight watchers are all conspiring to help us live longer. Great! So when we all succeed, then what? Read this book. It answers the question.
A Must Read Guide to the 'end game' of life.......2003-05-23
Karen Shoff produced a guide that did not exist before. This should be required reading as a part of everyman's life education: like how to swim, how to be a decent parent, how to do CPR and how to prepare for end of life infirmity. Let's face it: Modern medicine, safer cars, non-smoking and weight watchers are all conspiring to help us live longer. Great! So when we all succeed, then what? Read this book. It answers the question.
This Book will change your life.......2003-05-22
Where will you spend your old age? Will you live in a nursing home? Will they take you for walks when you want to go out? Will they help you reposition yourself in bed every couple of hours to help you avoid getting bedsores? Will they be able to get to you on time when you need assistance using the facilities? Will you miss you home?
What if you could stay in the comfort of your own home, with round the clock care if need be, with your choice of caregivers? What if this option was not only for the fabulously wealthy, but was in fact available to anyone and everyone at a fraction of the price of a nursing home? It is not as farfetched as it seems. It just takes some careful planning.
Our society has acknowledged that surviving old age takes preparation. Retirement funds, social security, and well-stocked shelves of volumes upon volumes of do-it-yourself guides are evidence of these sentiments. It is a wonder that amidst all the excitement, most people fail to prepare for illness and incapacitation.
But Karen Shoff of Santa Monica California has vowed to make this ignorance a thing of the past. In her compelling and essential new book, There's No Place Like A Nursing Home, she details in a surprisingly fascinating manner the problems inherent in institutional life, and offers a step-by-step solution. The fast paced text is only enhance by the stories she masterfully tells. As a former Social Worker and Gerontologist, she was witness to the horrors of institutional life. Her experiences in institutional life fueled her passionate commitment to protecting her family, friends and clients from those very facilities.
Her goal is to help ensure each and every American a life of dignity, security, and comfort. She details steps that if taken, will free one from worry, and doubt. She tells her reader how he can stay in the comfort and dignity of his own home, while at the same time receiving care far superior to that offered in any institution for significantly less. Her solution is a combination of Long Term Care Insurance, careful planning, and a slew of incisive, original suggestions. As one of the foremost experts in her field, her book is invaluable. Our society owes Karen Shoff a debt of gratitude for opening up her vast expertise and experience for our benefit.
Don't wait any longer. There's No Place Like A Nursing Home will change your life.
There's No Place Like (a Nursing) Home.......2003-01-05
Mrs. Shoff has written a clear, convincing, heart-felt, elegantly organized treatise on how to age responsibly. It has rearranged and brightened up a very confused and bleak picture of what it means to age, derived from countless visits to nursing homes over the years. Instead of a sense of victimhood, I have caught a (liberating) glimpse of what it might mean - for me and my dear friends - to have a hand in determining our own destinies!
Book Description
From its recording of family events to its influence on filmmaking, home video defies easy categorization and demands serious consideration. In There's No Place Like Home Video, James Moran takes on this neglected aspect of popular culture. Moran offers a cultural history of amateur home video, exploring its technological and ideological predecessors, the development of event videography, and home video's symbiotic relationship with television and film. He also investigates the broader field of video, taking on the question of medium specificity: the attempt to define its unique identity, to capture what constitutes its pure practice.
In Moran's discussion of video, he argues that previous scholars have not sufficiently dealt with its nature as hybrid, varied, and mutable. He argues that such a medium shouldn't be conceived as pure in and of itself; it is neither autonomous from other media nor entirely dependent on any other, but has a chameleonlike interface with films, television, computers, telephones, and even architecture. Rather than look for a grand narrative to define its specificity, Moran places video and home video at the intersections of multiple forms of communication.
James Moran is adjunct professor of visual and media arts at Emerson College in Los Angeles.
Book Description
You might be a redneck if…
- You've ever left Santa Claus a PBR and a Slim Jim.
- You've ever done your Christmas shopping at a truck stop.
- The neighbors started a petition over your Christmas lights.
- Your nativity scene has people wearing camouflage.
- Your outdoor Christmas decoration has a misspelled word.
- You ever gift wrapped a tire.
Foxworthy's version of this Christmas classic is one of the most played, and best-selling Christmas records every season. This book will be a wonderful holiday gift for the redneck in all of us.
Book Description
* Has someone close to you passed on?
* Would you like to have a chance to see them or hear from them one more time?
* Do you believe that after death communication is possible?
* Do you think you may have had some type of after death communication?
After death communication is by no means a new subject, but other sources may not have attempted to answer the following questions.
* How many different ways do our deceased loved ones try to communicate with us?
* For what purpose do they return home?
* How far will they go to comfort our pain or allow us to share just one more moment with them?
"There's No Place Like Home" gives the answer to these questions through the experiences of others. By reading this book, you may discover ways that your deceased loved one has tried to reach out to you.
* Did you recognize the sign or did you push it off as your imagination?
Don't take the chance of missing that "one last moment" with someone you love. Let the contributors of this book share with you how they were able to have their unforgettable "last moment".
Customer Reviews:
It wil make you think. . . ........2006-05-11
An impressive, well-organized and thought-provoking collection of paranormal events as described by those who experienced those events. The author has done an impressive job of organizing the material contributed by those who confronted that which is hard to explain, but, for the most part, welcomed, finding reassurance both in this life and beyond.
Stories that will interest and touch you.......2004-02-15
Although my interest in the paranormal and otherworldly has waned in my adulthood, I picked up this book and found that you don't have to be a believer to be moved by the stories within. This book is a compilation of accounts written by those who have experienced encounters of some kind, ones that are by turns chilling, humourous, but can also prove poignant. As per the title of the book, the stories revolve around after death communication, and whether you are cynical about the possibility of such a thing, the stories are still touching in their underlying message that death might seem to be an end unto itself, but that one can still find comfort in the belief that those you love might be out there somewhere still, watching over you. Even if you aren't looking for such depth and simply want an enjoyable read, still check out this book. Although the writers aren't professional authors, the stories are still well-written and the editor has done a great job in compiling them in a way that will deliver the best read possible. Recommended!
Book Description
With as many as 70% of working mothers who want to be stay-at-home moms, Mary Larmoyeux and Ethan Pope have written the book that will give the encouragement and financial advice to make the dream a reality. Mary shares her story of being a working mom, having planned to stay-at-home but not being able. Ethan shares how his wife did stay at home and how they made that happen. The authors also address such timely options as home schooling and home-based careers.
Customer Reviews:
The only place to be is home.......2002-02-25
This book was helpful in some aspects. It gave some
advice on how to transition to being a stay at home mom. In addition, it gave scriptural references which for me were uplifing and encouraging. However, the authors repeatedly made me feel as though it was totally "ungodly" if you work outside the home to make ends meet. That, for me, was the only negative aspect.
Customer Reviews:
There's No Place Like Nome.......2007-03-21
Great story - thanks for sending. Good condition and a treasure.
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