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5 | Worth it | The cards are small otherwise a great set. | [] | 0980555051 | 0980555051 | AEZ7447L6F2R3MF7TIOPHPSKPB3A | 1,575,744,824,809 | 0 | true |
2 | Almost a parody on the coming of age storyline. | Almost a parody on the coming of age storyline. Not intentional, I'm sure. Just overwrought and overwritten with every cliche and drama known to fiction. Strong echos of To Kill a Mockingbird resonate, but also notes of Pippi Longstockings, Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, Big Valley, ... | [] | 0446699489 | 0446699489 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,675,188,350,175 | 0 | false |
2 | I didn't care for it. | This book was disappointing. It plodded along like the mule in the story. I felt like I was binge watching episodes of an old TV series that necessarily contained a drama in every episode. No real climax. No epiphany moment. No twists or turns. Just strung along until the next episode. Boring and at the same tim... | [] | 1492671525 | 1492671525 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,583,334,279,874 | 9 | false |
5 | Lifted off the pages of today's news | I find the negative reviews on this one really hard to believe. Some actually criticize it because it feels lifted right off the pages of today's news. Are you kidding?? That's why I loved it!! What I love most in any psychological thriller or mystery is that it rings true and feels current. Some die hard mystery f... | [] | 1455561797 | 1455561797 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,545,000,239,006 | 0 | false |
4 | A true story and real eye opener on the politics of justice in America. | It was hard to read the decadence and debauchery of the newly rich 'gentleman smugglers' and equally difficult to see the aggressiveness of the overzealous prosecuting attorney overcharging them to curry political favor, but an interesting read, none-the-less. Since I currently live where much of this took place and w... | [] | 159921976X | 159921976X | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,532,520,067,195 | 4 | true |
5 | My next book club pick! | So, I got this book as a possible book club pick and at first didn't know if it would make the cut for the simple reason, it appeared to be too easy a read for my sophisticated ladies. I continued reading for my own enjoyment and was pleasantly surprised at how the book developed. The author begins the story in the voi... | [] | B01L1CEZ6K | B01L1CEZ6K | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,516,742,157,225 | 1 | true |
5 | Hooked from the first page on! | This is so well written, so revealing and so believable that I don't even care how much is nonfiction. For those who have difficulty believing it, you may need to get out more - or just read more. Seriously! I taught Muslims in the US and went to graduate school with Kuwaiti men and women. I have friends who were nur... | [] | 0967673747 | 0967673747 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,514,998,589,215 | 20 | true |
4 | Kept me in suspense. | This book reads like an early book of a very good author. I expect she'll get better and better as time goes on. | [] | B06Y1264PX | B06Y1264PX | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,505,668,526,101 | 0 | true |
4 | Put me down for a 4.5 rating | This author is a terrific writer who is writing about one fascinating historical figure in particular - Thomas Meagher. I never before understood the Irish uprisings that always seemed destined to fail. Though I read their personal letters in the Kilmainham Gaol in Ireland where many stayed as prisoners, I still couldn... | [] | 0544944836 | 0544944836 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,492,449,708,000 | 0 | true |
3 | Not much for your $$$ | Bought it for a school teacher to use to read/sing to her children. I was surprised by how thin and flimsy it was for the cost of the book. Also disappointed in that I didn't recognize many of the tunes to sing to. Otherwise, nice pictures and poetry. | [] | 1607181355 | 1607181355 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,483,386,947,000 | 0 | false |
3 | Two stars off for packing two of the 13s and ... | Two stars off for packing two of the 13s and no 14! I didn't have time to return it, so ordered a 14 to add to it instead. That makes the boxed set a bit pricey. Add insult to injury, it's on backorder! Grrrr! Hope it comes in time for Christmas. | [] | 037582829X | 037582829X | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,480,442,214,000 | 0 | true |
2 | Not one of his better ones... | One of his earlier novels prior to 9/11. Seems contrived to me. Couldn't get into it and didn't finish it. His later books are much better. | [] | 045120932X | 045120932X | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,473,158,594,000 | 1 | true |
5 | His best yet! | His best yet! Be prepared for a long and detailed read since he does not write short biographies. This is the first time I didn't mind at all. | [] | 0743223136 | 0743223136 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,457,379,540,000 | 0 | true |
2 | So disappointed! | Couldn't decide between one or two stars... Thought I would error on the side of charity since I just finished Pulitzer prize winning author David McCoullough's John Adams, so I'm spoiled by his research and mature writing. Right out of the gate, had to quibble with the authors. They are completely inaccurate on Jeffe... | [] | 1591848067 | 1591848067 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,452,606,704,000 | 146 | false |
5 | Very good! Great gift for new birders. | Very good! I surprised my husband with it and he has been addicted to birding every since. Now he zooms in on a bird, takes a digital photo and compares it to the descriptions, pictures in the book, to the internet, etc. It's surprising how many different varieties look almost identical. If they claim a certain bir... | [] | 054407047X | 054407047X | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,427,402,049,000 | 6 | true |
5 | Better than the documentary! | If you like the documentary, you will love this book. As good as that was, the book is way better! He has time to fully develop and prove his case. He is extraordinarily kind, calm and earnest in his tone as well as rational, logical and factual in his approach. If you don't like this it can only be because you don... | [] | 162157203X | 162157203X | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,408,556,662,000 | 1 | true |
4 | Good application in work setting. | I bought this book for my husband. He had already read 'The Now Habit', but our daughter suggested this book as well for the application of the same principles to a work environment. He finds it helpful to work through it again with a mind to solving a dysfunctional work dynamic and dealing with his many employees wh... | [] | 0470593466 | 0470593466 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,379,686,740,000 | 3 | true |
5 | Her best ever! | This is my 7th book of Sharon Penman's and I think my all time favorite. I will never forget Henry II, Eleanor, or Richard, Louis of France or any of the other historical characters and their wild antics. If only I could take those Western Civ exams all over again... | [] | B001RNI1UU | B001RNI1UU | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,312,155,302,000 | 1 | true |
5 | Last of the Welsh Trilogy | This book follows Here Be Dragons and Falls the Shadow and tells the rest of the story of Wales. It's a history one will never forget when told with this level of depth and passion. Highly recommend! | [] | 0312382472 | 0312382472 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,299,023,921,000 | 0 | true |
4 | Sweet and funny | A great little read, reminiscing about childhood experiences and small town living in the midwest in the late sixties and seventies. If this is your experience too, you'll really appreciate this book. The author has a sweet and funny way of putting everything that will make you laugh despite yourself! | [] | 0767915054 | 0767915054 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,291,058,073,000 | 1 | true |
2 | Hmmmm... | I loved how this book got off with a bang! I was totally enjoying it the first couple of chapters. But then the tone changed repeatedly throughout the memoir as though the author was still processing her very ambivalent feelings. Mostly, what I found disturbing is how little insight this 40 something year old woman ... | [] | 0805092250 | 0805092250 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,275,363,715,000 | 6 | true |
5 | Unexpectedly delightful! | I concur with most of the other reviews. This was totally unexpected! I don't even like dogs, but I loved this book. The story line follows the rules of classic literature - not modern or existential like so many, yet the situation was current and believable. The philosophy of the book is sweet, tender and profound... | [] | 0061537969 | 0061537969 | AHZRD3IG3ADK7D3L5YSTUFID4NTQ | 1,256,061,482,000 | 1 | true |
5 | Beautiful Illustrations | Made a wonderful Baby Shower Gift 💝 | [] | 1578563232 | 1578563232 | AHDNBQZB7B7A4WD2B4YRD3E3GWRQ | 1,572,488,299,870 | 0 | true |
5 | Margaret Douglas | This was a fast read..the only complaint I have is that Anne couldn't decide how to spell Matthew's name...we read so little about Marga, that it was refreshing to see her story be told, although it is fiction | [] | B0841CD545 | B0841CD545 | AGUNFUCTC5ZANXSU2IMLRUHXSUNA | 1,594,987,057,565 | 3 | true |
5 | Anna..my favorite of the six | Kudos to Alison Weir for yet another winner! Anna is my favorite out of the six wives...and the most interesting. I couldn't put it down...btw, it hasn't been 20 minutes since I finished it... | [] | 1101966572 | 1101966572 | AGUNFUCTC5ZANXSU2IMLRUHXSUNA | 1,559,161,733,422 | 0 | true |
5 | Exciting! | Such a great story - followed on so well from the first book! - can’t wait for the next. The author has really portrayed the characters in such a great way I can easily visualize them - would make for a brilliant mini tv series! | [] | 1662441029 | 1662441029 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,631,563,551,089 | 0 | true |
5 | Can’t put book down! | Great book, fast read - you will be captured by the author’s writing from page 1. The main characters are described and introduced in such a way you will feel that you are watching an exciting movie! - loved it! | [] | 1647013119 | 1647013119 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,605,907,199,886 | 1 | true |
5 | Amazing!! | An incredible, authentic Indian vegetarian cook book! - I have cooked Indian food for about 40 years and come across many cook books but this one is amazing - the dahls and vegetable dishes are so authentic, recipes are easy to follow and match perfectly with the One Pot - you won't be disappointed! | [] | 1624146457 | 1624146457 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,569,011,877,732 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | Very clear for my Mahamudra course | [] | 9627341452 | 9627341452 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,508,094,901,500 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | Perfect if you are studying Mahamudra | [] | 9627341517 | 9627341517 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,508,094,879,196 | 0 | true |
5 | Perfect | So clear | [] | 0980502233 | 0980502233 | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,508,094,816,166 | 0 | true |
5 | Perfect | Just what I needed for my Buddhist homework | [] | 154131235X | 154131235X | AGIZWEM7S4FZMHSTJUR2CLOFFN4A | 1,508,094,794,562 | 1 | true |
3 | but the idea for the book sounded nice. Turns out it's a lot of photos of ... | I didn't know who this woman was, but the idea for the book sounded nice. Turns out it's a lot of photos of her--not my idea of a good cook book. I'd rather have had more recipes and more photos of those. Meh. | [] | 1623369169 | 1623369169 | AEPDVTBW7VZWJ3KKE6N6FKDBSM3Q | 1,527,012,646,555 | 17 | true |
5 | Get books you know | Very tim | [] | 0345434900 | 0345434900 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,630,960,130,121 | 0 | true |
5 | Enjoy clever honest intelligent humor | I love Ronald Reagan and wish our current leadership had such a beautiful sense of humor..book timely delivered and reasonably priced | [] | 0062066552 | 0062066552 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,627,012,519,494 | 1 | true |
5 | Read about good people | I love the prompt delivery and like the suggestions for related topics | [] | 0142001686 | 0142001686 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,624,590,539,238 | 0 | true |
5 | Count on efficiency | Prompt delivery ..great book | [] | 3777433233 | 3777433233 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,622,828,741,787 | 1 | true |
5 | Timely delivery | Good book ..a gift for a friend | [] | 1250217083 | 1250217083 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,619,643,397,048 | 2 | true |
5 | Read a good book | Inspiring and important..timely | [] | 1542043069 | 1542043069 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,614,140,596,841 | 0 | true |
5 | Very helpful | Very informative about President Roosevelt | [] | 0307464318 | 0307464318 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,612,988,170,295 | 0 | true |
5 | Read James Herriot | A wonderfully uplifting book | [] | 1250075718 | 1250075718 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,599,316,593,681 | 0 | true |
5 | Courtesy and respect count | I appreciate your timely delivery and wonderful customer service.working in retail myself,I value my customers and want them to love my store by being kind to them !! | [] | 0553384155 | 0553384155 | AFOTH2JJ2L47IUW2KWCGLL7CHERQ | 1,598,670,819,355 | 0 | true |
3 | NOT compatible with CC creative cloud | cs6 is not cc,<br />several things are missing in the cc and doesn't correlate with this text. Beware...<br />in general at times seemed like parts/directions were left out... | [] | 111812409X | 111812409X | AEABWN6C4RL7KB7UDCO2OVMT5N2A | 1,380,734,294,000 | 0 | true |
5 | If any book helped me understand the Fae... | it would be this one.<br /><br />The chapter on House Dougal was the most interesting to me, as it expounded the most extra information while still holding my undivided attention. It should be essential reading for anyone playing a Dougal sidhe.<br /><br />The chapter on Eiluned wasn't as grand as the one on Dougal, bu... | [] | 1565047192 | 1565047192 | AEH4MAXZOPVZMU3HCGSB3PUNDKYQ | 1,127,746,320,000 | 0 | false |
5 | Five Stars | Beautiful 2018 Calendar! | [] | 1419725807 | 1419725807 | AF6GXOIPGAG5GN2QS3RGQDZR7ADQ | 1,513,203,461,753 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | Beautiful 2018 Calendar! | [] | 1469347679 | 1469347679 | AF6GXOIPGAG5GN2QS3RGQDZR7ADQ | 1,513,203,455,508 | 0 | true |
5 | Five Stars | Great 2018 Calendars! | [] | 1620932326 | 1620932326 | AF6GXOIPGAG5GN2QS3RGQDZR7ADQ | 1,513,202,305,599 | 0 | true |
4 | A sci-fi romp | Spectacular Silver Earthling is a sci-fi romp on an alien planet, with a quirky robot named Hubcap as our narrator. There are a few sharp-intake-of-breath moments when the action really picks up, and some introspective moments when Hubcap realizes he's not as detached as his programming had led him to believe.<br />Thi... | [] | B0B457GCHP | B0B457GCHP | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,671,477,496,336 | 0 | false |
2 | Bloated, wordy, and boring | I really wanted to like this book, but I just can't. It's at least 300 pages too long. The story could have been told with less hand-wringing and soul-searching on the part of the protagonist, fewer blow-by-blow scenes of drug use, drunkenness, and suicidal angst, or, worse yet, boring high-society parties where people... | [] | 0316055433 | 0316055433 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,616,264,370,341 | 1 | false |
1 | Good premise, poorly executed. | I'd like to preface this review by stating that I typically read literary fiction, and it's clear from the get-go that this book does not fall in that category. It's what one might call a "beach read" and that's okay. The premise was intriguing and I did finish it, but I found a lot of things that snagged me and drew m... | [] | 1940941946 | 1940941946 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,610,653,912,853 | 24 | true |
4 | Delicious food on every page | I saw the author on Milk Street and decided to check out her book from the library. I've had it for three weeks, have made four different dishes, ranging from breakfast and dinner to dessert, and all of them were absolutely delicious.<br />I'm adding this book to my Amazon wishlist.<br />I do have two criticisms:<br />... | [] | 0714874965 | 0714874965 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,604,602,144,094 | 2 | false |
4 | Waiting to read more from Mara Johnstone! | Sweeping Changes is an enjoyable fantasy novel about Hesperus, a likeable and complex protagonist, with a nice balance of narrative and action. I like how the author incorporates senses to conjure up the memories that drive the narrative and reveal the secrets of Hesperus' past. I found myself wanting to know more ab... | [] | 1943612013 | 1943612013 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,466,709,711,000 | 1 | false |
5 | disorganized but a great read | I read the book from the outside in, reading the first half of each story and then skipping to that story's conclusion, instead of reading from cover to cover. I think the book would have been more effective if organized that way instead of with the random breaks. | [] | 0375507256 | 0375507256 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,419,220,613,000 | 2 | true |
5 | Beautiful book | I got this book for my husband, who received a super-deluxe BBQ for Father's Day. This book is everything I expected from Cook's Country: beautiful photos, detailed instruction, and delicious results. This is the only BBQ book you need. | [] | 1933615427 | 1933615427 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,329,157,022,000 | 5 | true |
3 | Okay, but not very real-world | This book was assigned for an online Excel class that I took through the local junior college. The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow, but I found (and my instructor agreed) that the book doesn't prepare students to work in Excel on their own, it only teaches us how to do the examples in the book. Ou... | [] | 141884344X | 141884344X | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,305,239,050,000 | 3 | false |
5 | great book | Water for Elephants is one of my all-time favorite books. I read it in one sitting on a plane and then on an airport bus. I was captivated the whole time. I enjoyed it so much that I later checked out the audio version from the library and enjoyed it just as much, if not more. Definitely worth a read for anyone who... | [] | 1616200715 | 1616200715 | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,303,833,981,000 | 0 | true |
1 | A Whole Lot of Nothing | Just how stupid do these people think we are?<br />I hate this book. Like the other one-star reviewers, I find the cartoony illustrations and jaunty hand-printed notes in the margins to be wildly distracting. I don't like having to sift through the intentional repetitions of the concepts just because other readers mi... | [] | 059610197X | 059610197X | AE5I4B75ZIKIHN3MAYC3FZW6QEHA | 1,283,383,719,000 | 11 | false |
2 | Uses outdated, confusing constellation lines | Get H.A. Rey's "The Stars" in which he clearly lays out a very rational argument not to use the arcane and indecipherable constellation lines featured in this book. Instead, he presents far more intelligible shapes for the constellations that have been since antiquity. From ancient times, there has never been anythin... | [] | 1465464751 | 1465464751 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,604,675,703,126 | 4 | false |
3 | Classic Course on Procedural Knowledge | I learned from an earlier edition when I was in 8th grade, and now I've taught this also in 8th grade. This course is not bad, but it leaves a lot to be desired.<br /><br />What this course does is provide instruction for "procedural knowledge," or how to perform the procedures to complete tasks in the covered subject... | [] | 1565771230 | 1565771230 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,598,550,387,826 | 16 | false |
5 | Good for introduction through intermediate game programming | This is a good one. It successfully goes from basic beginner to more advanced concepts.<br /><br />Let me compare it to some other Scratch books:<br /><br />DK Workbooks: Coding with Scratch Workbook --- this is a short book with only an introduction and the most basic projects. It would be ideal for younger children... | [] | 1454923318 | 1454923318 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,520,880,223,635 | 129 | true |
3 | I like and appreciate the content | I bought a number of these books by Greg Tang. I like and appreciate the content, but they're thin and a poor value. It would be a better value if the publisher combined three books for ten dollars or under. | [] | 0439755379 | 0439755379 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,498,160,798,065 | 7 | true |
5 | This is a great mystery-action-adventure story where the Hardy Boys stumble upon a ... | This is a great mystery-action-adventure story where the Hardy Boys stumble upon a ring of opium smugglers importing dope from a Chinese supplier named Li Chang through a hidden port.<br /><br />Make sure you read the uncensored version from 1927, not the ridiculous and absurd rewrite from 1959. Besides crude censorsh... | [] | 0448089025 | 0448089025 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,486,145,615,000 | 43 | true |
3 | missing everything since 2002 | I didn't see anything in this book newer than 2002. There is a newer, 2nd edition due to be released February 2017. That one is considerably more up-to-date. While the 70's, 80's, and 90's gave us lots of useful songs, it's not the age of the songs that's the problem with this, but the fact that it's missing almost ... | [] | 0634063111 | 0634063111 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,485,499,406,000 | 6 | true |
5 | Both have been fun and educational | This is the 2nd Scratch programming book I've used with my kids (9 and 10). Both have been fun and educational. The concepts are pretty basic, from conditional loops (if, then), variables (score), motion, random numbers, boolean operators, and so on. But until these basics are solid, I don't see moving on to nested ... | [] | 1465439358 | 1465439358 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,480,010,835,000 | 0 | true |
3 | but culturally significant and fun. They're probably not quite as socially insensitive ("politically ... | These are "classics" so to speak. Not exactly literature, but culturally significant and fun. They're probably not quite as socially insensitive ("politically incorrect") as the original (uncensored) Hardy Boys, but they're "worse" than the cheesy censored versions -- perfect for raising some ... | [] | 0099482266 | 0099482266 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,456,352,328,000 | 2 | true |
5 | I love this series | I love this series. I've been through 1, 2, and 3 with my boys. The methodology is balanced and easy to follow. | [] | 0547587856 | 0547587856 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,434,150,428,000 | 0 | true |
4 | This is a helpful introduction, but focuses on the ... | This is a helpful introduction, but focuses on the basics of one fairly unpopular method. The bulk of the book is dedicated to teaching the hand stitch or saddle stitch. Stohlman teaches what could be described as Western stitching, with straight stitches, marked with an overstitch wheel in a groove. European-style ... | [] | 1892214911 | 1892214911 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,429,546,945,000 | 30 | true |
5 | his theory and practice is congruent with any modern method that conscientiously acknowledges the use of aversives like a harsh | A century of dog training has been built primarily on what is explained in this book. While more recent training theory and methods may build on Most's methods with some improvements, little, if anything has refuted their validity or made them obsolete.<br /><br />Some critics may be suspicious that his methods were h... | [] | 192924200X | 192924200X | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,424,370,784,000 | 1 | false |
5 | It's a great introduction at the middle school level | The book covers the basics of several types of ciphers as well as the basics of steganography. It's a great introduction at the middle school level. Younger kids could learn plenty from this but may need someone adept at explaining things from the material in the book. | [] | 0763629723 | 0763629723 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,419,908,232,000 | 7 | true |
2 | not impressed yet | I've been reading this to my boys. I started it when we visited Canada and rode the train. We're not finished yet, that is with the book, but honestly I'm not sure we ever will be. It's a slow starter, difficult to understand, even a little difficult to read with fluency because the language is poor. The story may ... | [] | 144247288X | 144247288X | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,406,690,107,000 | 8 | true |
5 | Excellent | This is the second Mystery of History book I've taught from. I also use the _Story_of_the_World_ series to which I can compare this. Mystery of History includes a great deal of biblical history, and it is evident the author has tried to make it Christ-centered. In many places it is written by the author in first-per... | [] | 1892427060 | 1892427060 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,396,617,695,000 | 3 | true |
5 | beautiful and a fun alternative to drawing | I love Ed Emberley's drawing and fingerprint books, and this is a fun alternative that sort of expand's a young artist's repertoire. Get this and the EK Tools Circle Punch, 2-Inch, and a stack of colorful origami paper. | [] | 0316789828 | 0316789828 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,390,400,421,000 | 4 | true |
5 | These originals add substantial depth to the prose | I grew up having read a handful of the abbreviated and censored versions you can find in any public library. When I went to read a couple of the volumes to my own boys (first graders), I discovered there were more authentic versions, but initially had a hard time finding affordable copies. These facsimiles were just ... | [] | 1557091447 | 1557091447 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,389,931,257,000 | 32 | true |
3 | light | This is a institutional text book. The book is printed and bound with high quality. The pages are colorful and the content is meaningful, but very light on substance. It's almost like a colorfully illustrated outline for a science program that covers all the bases but doesn't teach much itself.<br /><br />I homescho... | [] | 0022800352 | 0022800352 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,378,176,147,000 | 42 | true |
3 | costly, quality, but light | This is a institutional text book. The book is printed and bound with high quality. The pages are colorful and the content is meaningful, but very light on substance. It's almost like a colorfully illustrated outline for a science program that covers all the bases but doesn't teach much itself.<br /><br />I homescho... | [] | 0022841350 | 0022841350 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,378,176,003,000 | 14 | true |
5 | great workbook | This is a very good workbook, and at less than fifteen dollars, a good value. It's a big book with enough material to provide meaningful work throughout the school-year. The pages are printed in high quality and with several colors per page. They contain progressive math concepts that encourage the use of manipulati... | [] | 0547587902 | 0547587902 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,378,175,073,000 | 40 | true |
5 | great workbook | This is a very good workbook, and at less than fifteen dollars, a good value. It's a big book with enough material to provide meaningful work throughout the school-year. The pages are printed in high quality and with several colors per page. They contain progressive math concepts that encourage the use of manipulati... | [] | 0547587791 | 0547587791 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,378,174,841,000 | 33 | true |
2 | the agenda | I have mixed feelings about the purpose behind this book and the results. The 'sequence' this book outlines and the concept of the core knowledge sequence is a purposeful agenda to create a 'school culture' in America. This agenda is pervasive in US institutional education (public and private) and even many homeschoo... | [] | 1890517208 | 1890517208 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,368,739,569,000 | 54 | false |
5 | real, practical, useful | Very practical help on a rare topic. Scanning most Christian bookstore shelves for books on evangelism and public ministry results in a rather sparse selection. You probably won't find this one there. More likely you'll find help on softening the gospel through friendship and other attractional methods. I'm fine wi... | [] | 1580268889 | 1580268889 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,363,629,022,000 | 4 | false |
5 | authoritative | This book is authoritative on the subject of Police Tracking. It is by far the best book published on the subject and describes the most effective methods of training scent discrimination tracking. But... this book is not very meaningful for competition tracking which has a completely different goal. Most importantl... | [] | 061537414X | 061537414X | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,348,853,425,000 | 4 | true |
1 | dreadfully boring retelling | I've reviewed several Classic Starts having read at least a half dozen with my kindergarten age boys. I have to write this is a very poor retelling. I really enjoyed a few of the Classic Starts but this one is not the only Classic Start that is woefully done. Never a substitute for the real thing, I still thought Pi... | [] | 1402725337 | 1402725337 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,348,693,704,000 | 19 | true |
5 | good worksheets in here | This book is similar to many other math workbooks from Sylvan, Kumon, School Specialty, School Zone, BrainQuest, DK etc., but the context of the work is a little more relevant to the "real world" than typical. It isn't amazingly clever and most of the work involved is still very academic. I buy thousands of worksheet... | [] | 0307479552 | 0307479552 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,348,685,216,000 | 0 | true |
2 | big profits | I bought three level sets of these at Costco for a little less than Amazon. The books are thin with simple pencil-drawn illustrations. My 4 year old who likes to read took off with the level 2 set right away. He'll probably be done with the level 3 set by the end of the week and then the books will hold no further i... | [] | 0439845009 | 0439845009 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,348,504,509,000 | 6 | false |
5 | outstanding re-telling | Pinocchio -<br /><br />This is an outstanding re-telling of the "original." I read this to my 4 and 5 year old boys and they loved it. It's the fifth Classic Starts we've read (although we also started three others that didn't hold interest). Of course, we've also read hundreds of books that aren't abridged versions... | [] | 1402745818 | 1402745818 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,339,175,929,000 | 41 | true |
3 | good subject, grade-level appropriate, but lacks depth | I bought this with some other books on the topic of number sense. Although it uniquely addresses early number sense skills (K-1), it lacks a more rigorous academic approach to the pedagogy. Although it's very practical, the price of the book warrants a more thorough treatment of why number sense is important and how ... | [] | 193402659X | 193402659X | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,333,136,472,000 | 8 | true |
5 | a real source of breakthrough ideas | I have two pre-school boys, 5 and 4. I noticed my five year old developing a lot of enthusiasm for numbers and I recognized his "number sense" was pretty good. I wanted to take a queue from his enthusiasm and help him develop that better so I got this book on number sense. Even before it arrived, I was reading the p... | [] | 1571107908 | 1571107908 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,333,133,592,000 | 54 | true |
5 | pencil holding and control skills | My little one, 3, took to mazes and his pencil holding skills are great. Because of the practice manipulating the pencil around mazes, now at 4 he can write the letters and numbers very well. His control of the pencil learned doing dozens and dozens of mazes (and Kumon tracing books as well) allow him to do so much m... | [] | 1933241403 | 1933241403 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,331,834,102,000 | 2 | false |
5 | what a story! | Yes, it's an abridged paraphrase of the original, but a great story and here retold for younger age or reading levels. I've been reading several from the series of Classic Starts to my 4 and 5 year olds. Together we've read hundreds of books and the Classic Start series has brought some great stories within accessibi... | [] | 1402712162 | 1402712162 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,330,996,418,000 | 1 | true |
5 | great stories for younger audiences | I evaluated three series of abridged/paraphrased classics: Great Illustrated Classics, Stepping Stones, and Classic Starts. I specifically read Treasure Island in all three versions, but also evaluated other stories in at least two of the versions. I finished reading the Call of the Wild to my children, 4 and 5.<br />... | [] | 140271274X | 140271274X | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,329,866,513,000 | 28 | true |
5 | Great abridged paraphrase for younger audiences | I evaluated three series of abridged/paraphrased classics: Great Illustrated Classics, Stepping Stones, and Classic Starts. I specifically read Treasure Island in all three versions, but also evaluated the Jungle Book and other stories in at least two of the versions.<br /><br />The Classic Starts version of the Jungle... | [] | 1402745761 | 1402745761 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,329,865,213,000 | 39 | true |
3 | nicebut features birds that are absent from my area | This is just a tiny booklet but it's done well enough for the price. The main shortcoming is that it features birds we do not have around here and skips more common but perhaps less colorful birds... blackbirds, crows, magpies, pigeons, hawks and vultures for examples. The birds in here may be "prettier" but they're ... | [] | 0486295370 | 0486295370 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,319,139,160,000 | 2 | true |
5 | Looks Excellent | I bought this to help me educate my two boys. I am also using Comprehensive Cirriculum books, Spectrum, Kumon, manipulatives, and a bunch of my own ideas. I wasn't sure where this Orange book would begin. Since I received it and looked through the lessons, it appears a little advanced for my oldest boy who is 4 3/4 ... | [] | 0913684503 | 0913684503 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,318,896,766,000 | 9 | true |
4 | Very clever, not quite brilliant, yet | The writing is superb for yound adult fiction. Don't get me wrong, it's not Hawthorne or Longfellow but the fact that it isn't probably affords the younger readers an occasional breath of relief. I checked it out from the library hoping to read it to my 4 year olds, but not even my wife could follow it (English is he... | [] | 0061791105 | 0061791105 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,318,278,166,000 | 1 | false |
3 | Get it at the library | Like Jackson's book, a great, rather comprehensive introduction to four wheeling. This book is best for beginners with little or no prior experience but like Jackson's, people of any experience level can learn something from it if they dig deep. For a lot of North American recreational four-wheeler's, Jackson's diffe... | [] | 0760335303 | 0760335303 | AEN35Z7JGYCSOJI6HOFKKUTL5SKA | 1,309,367,980,000 | 7 | true |
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