Customer Reviews (102)

Crusie is a new favorite of mine....
"Tell Me Lies" is another Crusie small town tale of a cheating husband, and a wife, Maggie Faraday, who finds evidence of his affair (crotchless panties under his car seat), only to fall in love, all over again, with her first romance, C.L. Sturgis. Frog Point, the town of their youth, seems innocent on the surface, but there are a lot of secrets that have not been turned up yet by the town gossips.

Maggie, who's finding out too late that nobody in Frog Point likes her husband Brent, decides to let him run off to South America as he's planned, before she launches her divorce. She's trying to hold off her feelings for C.L., and wishes she had when Brent turns up dead, and both of them now have a motive for murder. Caught in the middle are Emily, the Faraday's young daughter, who loves both parents but instinctively knows there will be trouble in the family and Treva, Maddie's best friend, whose secret is so old and so buried, she can't possibly tell Maddie the truth. Right up till the end, it isn't apparent

Cruisie manages to mix humor with her taste for outrageous sex and chocolate, and with the mystery of Brent's untimely demise. Maddie's a true heroine in the Crusie tradition, mixed up, mad, confused and much loved by the people whose lives she touches.

Droll, sentimental, appealing, sexy and told for laughs, "Tell Me Lies" is a great beach book, and a winner for the consistent Crusie!

Tell Me Lies-good but frustrating
I read this book after "Crazy for You," and I found that I didn't like it nearly as much. While "Tell Me Lies" has a lot of Crusie's trademark quick wit, super-sharp dialogue, and appealing characters, it seemed often frustrating and jumbled. I think Crusie maybe tackles too many serious themes, and though with each she is beautifully perceptive & articulate, I found myself getting irritated by the constant distraction away from Maddie's central problem. For instance, Crusie's narrative would touch on something that really built tension and curiosity, and then suddenly there would be long passages dedicated to Maddie's daughter Em and all her precociousness, Em and her friend Mel in their treehouse, etc. I couldn't help but feel that Em's place in the story detracted from the fluidity of the plot. Another example - while Crusie successfully captured how stifling the gossipy small town of Frog Pointe could be, at the same time, it got to the point where I just wanted to tear my hair out in frustration that everyone was seriously THAT obsessed with "what will people say" that they seemed to base every single action on what the neighbors would think - including Maddie at many critical points in the novel. Very irritating, at least to me. The upside of the book was the beauty of the writing itself, the sweetness of C.L., and most importantly, the development of Maddie's self-identity. Enjoyable read, but "Crazy for You" and "Welcome to Temptation" are more polished and more fun.

No lie...this one is a winner!
I've been a fan of Jennifer Crusie's for quite some time although I haven't read too many of her books. I own them all, but it's a case of too many books, too little time. Anyhow, I'm glad I made some time for Tell Me Lies. It was a nice romantic story with a little page-turning mystery thrown in. Light and simple and perfect for a day of relaxation.

Tell Me Lies is the story of Maddie Faraday who, during the course of a clean-out of her husband, Brent's, car, finds a pair of black, crotchless underwear under the seat - and they are not hers! But that situation turns out to be the least of Maddie's problems - throw in an 8-year-old daughter who notices something awry with her parents, as well as two nosy neighbors, a best friend who has a big secret of her own, and gorgeous C.L. Sturgis, the boy who took her virginity 20 years before, back in town trying to get some answers. Oh, and then there's that pesky little murder that really sends Maddie over the edge....

This is a funny story about a marriage gone wrong in the middle of a small town that sees everything. I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to finally reading the rest of my Jennifer Crusie collection. If you are looking for something light, yet page-turning, I suggest Tell Me Lies with two thumbs up - and that ain't no lie! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fiction - General   2. Humorous   3. Mystery & Detective - General   4. Romance - Contemporary   5. Romance: Modern   6. Fiction / General   

Customer Reviews (3)

Realistic, Simple Budget Help
This books sets out very simple ideas, strategies and help for any person interested in watching their money. It is a simple planning book for budgeting that any [body] could use. Humor and straight-forwardness are the backbone of the book's help in money problem areas. It is a MUST READ!

Realistic Budgeting!
I am horrid at managing my money, and I found this book very helpful. First of all, it is very short and to the point, which is great for those of us with a limited attention span when it comes to financial issues! Second, I like that they recommended budgeting a lump sum for personal "pocket" money and other similar categories, rather that suggesting I track every soda or pack of gum I buy during the month.

This Book Opens Your Eyes
The book is great! The first chapter just really opens your eyes to how much money you are waisting or Frittering, is what they call it. There is a lot of tips and savvy saver tips, as well resources. There concept of budgeting is great. It has everything that you need learn and to budget your living with out being deprived. I will recommend this book anyone who is thinking or just wants to know more about beig on a budget. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. American Light Romantic Fiction   2. Fiction   3. Fiction - Mystery/ Detective   4. Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths   5. Romance - Contemporary   6. Romance: Modern   7. Fiction / Romance / General   

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A Life Extraordinary!
This book pulls you into the world of a woman who exposes every side of herself and her life - the good, not so good; tragic, and triumphant. It it a must read for any and everyone who is in human services, public policy, sociology...let's be real, for any and every human being. One does not have to totally identify with Ms. Bartlett to even learn and grow from this book. Ms. Gonnerman writes the book in "...words that we all can easily understand." moving one through so much information, one can not put it down....and the heroics of the people who were there for Ms. Bartlett! And her family! A testimony of true survival.

Great Read!

Life After Prison
Currently, over 2 million people are serving time in prisons in America. Shocking as that figure is, it still cannot convey the effects that being in prison actually have on the prisoners themselves.

Jennifer Gonnerman's book, is about the post-prison experiences of one ex-con, Elaine Barrett. After leaving prison, Barrett had to cope with the demands of parole officers, employers, landlords and evn her own children. Not surprisingly, Barrett finds life outside prison bars hard to navigate.

Elaine Barrett is an example of how prisons do not adequately prepare the inmates for the challenge of making it on the outside without resorting to the kinds of activities that landed them in prison in the first place.

This is a good book that leaves a lot of food for thought.

Excellent!
This book actually blew my mind. I hadn't ever given much thought to our prison system. Bad people go to jail, right? Ms. Gonnerman has somehow been able to write a book that is fascinating, compelling, heart-breaking, infuriating, AND educational. I finished the book and immediately wanted more information about Elaine Bartlett and the status of the Rockefeller drug laws in New York. Fortunately, the author has also created a web site for those of us that want more information: http://www.lifeontheoutside.com.

I wish this book were required reading for all lawmakers, judges, lawyers, police and parole officers... ... Read more

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Grandpas Are for Finding Worms
A terrific little book for kids about grandpas & all the fun things they can do together. It is delightfully illustrated with grandpas and children of different ethnic backgrounds throughout the book. It has "large" lift-the-flap pages with lots of colorful illustrations there too. This book is very well constructed & durable, which was important to me being a paperback with flaps to lift by little & sometimes not so gentle hands. My two and a half year old granddaughter loves this book and Poppy enjoys it too! When reading the book we substitute Poppy for grandpa since that is what she calls her grandpa. We are now awaiting the arrival of the other Puffin Lift-the-Flap books, Daddies Are for Catching Fireflies, Mommies Are for Counting Stars, & Grandmas Are for Giving Tickles by Harriet Ziefert. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (26)

Not a tutorial, but a good quick reference
This book is the functional equivalent of those "quick reference cards" that come with software manuals. You won't learn HTML from it, but that's not really the point; the point is to look up information you know exists, but can't reasonably keep in your head.

For example, this book lists all HTML tags in alphabetical order, rather than grouping them functionally (except as almost an afterthought) - not really useful if you have no idea what tag to use in a given situation, but useful if you need to know what attributes you can specify for a tag and what browsers support those attributes. And it excels when you're analyzing the HTML structure of an existing page and you run across a tag you don't know or have never seen used in quite the way you're seeing it used.

Combine this with a complete list of character entities ("&" characters), decimal to hex conversions and colors by name, and put it all in a small, thin volume you can keep in your briefcase without having to make room for it, and you have a pretty useful reference. Four stars for being what it sets out to be; not as a substitute for a more comprehensive HTML book.

indispensible
A pocket guide to HTML that covers HTML 4.0. This is about the most useful book, in terms of daily use, that you could ever own on HTML. I give it 4 stars because of two problems:

- The tags are ordered alphabetically, which is good. But it would have been better if tags had a "related tags" item that listed tags that are relevant to the given tag. For example, makes no mention of

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Very Entertaining
I enjoyed reading this book. I am planning on taken another adventure on my own and needed the extra kick in the rear to getting it going. All the stories were comical and shared a insightful encouragement about how truly needed travel and the misadventures there in are to a woman. This book allowed me to discover some really talented writers as well. I recommend this book. And believe me, before I leave on my next trip I'm definately going to make my mother read the first story entitled 'Mom's Tavel Advisories'. I hope there will be a volume 2, Sand in My Crack or Still Finding the Sand, who knows but I will keep my eye out for it.

Funny ! Funny !
I was laughing until tears into the first 12 lines. Yes, true some of the stories are not so funny and I feel some of them really didn't belong. Over all it is a pretty good read.

Good to get a laugh at travel "odd-I-sees"
I thought the intro to this was laugh aloud funny, as were a few of the stories. I especially liked the authors' observances of things in the Middle East and Asia, places I haven't yet visited. I got a real laugh out of the story about the women's river trip on the Colorado River, on several levels. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (17)

Gets the imagination flowing
One might think that it is common sense to take monster stats, scale them back and then balance them along the same power levels as PC's...and they would be right. The thing is, i never thought of it myself, and Savage Species takes several hundred pages with full examples to show some ways it might be done. The book is not perfect, such as mistakes and a complete lack of creature background, history, culture, etc...everyting that the 2nd ed. book had. Still, this is much better than the earlier book (which wouldn't even let you play a troll as it was too powerful; not anymore).
It has lots of monstrous feats, some better than others, great magic items with art, wonderful illustrations, some good templates and some so-so templates, but mostly just text that gets you thinking, "hey, i want to make my own special class." The rules are set down, the options are there, and if anyone wants to take the time to craft their own beasties it's not too difficult. Plus, it lets a DM scale down monsters for lower level parties, and easily boost them for higher level.
Ideally, if a DM were starting his own campaign in a monster-dominated world, you can't do without this book. SCrap the standard races of humans and elves and leave in the minotaurs and troglodytes, celestials and djinn.
Lastly, the book says that a monster class should be taken completely from 1st level to whatever level it maxes out at before one can add on regular character classes. The reasoning is that someone can take the powers of a 1st level monster and tack on character levels from there on out. I'm bending this rule myself; if players wanted to take several levels of mindflayer and go rogue the rest of the way, fine, but they can never go back to mind flayer. Besides, a mind flayer at 3rd level would not have the abilities of say, a 3rd level dwarf cleric, and far from the lethal mindblast talent.
A great resource, it just takes some determined reading to fully implement the usefulness.

Delivers exactly what it promises.
I picked Savage Species up the first day it hit the shelves of my local bookstore. I've been wanting to throw monster characters into my campaign but all the PCs are under level 5 so my options for PC monsters are kind of limited. This book has provided a way for me to throw a child to that fire elemental they just killed without a thought---a mere innocent---into the game as an NPC that they somehow have to deal with. (Hopefully not by killing it) More importantly, if they so choose, they can adventure alongside a fire elemental as it grows into its powers.

The book itself is well organized and has a little of everything and a lot of some things. For DMs who don't want to go through the work of interpolating an ECL 15 Mind Flayer into fifteen separate levels, each acquired at standard experience point intervals, or even *determine* the ECL for a Mind Flayer, you don't have to. Many monster races have entire monster class levels separated for you. For those that don't, there are guidelines both for determining level adjustments and breaking up effective levels into actual levels, i.e. "W00t, I'm now a level six Drider! I get spell resistance!"

There's a lot of stuff in this book. New spells (some good for non-monster PCs, too), new equipment (Including the Gloves of Man, so your paws/tentacles can grip those pesky crossbows or lock picks), new feats (Area Attack lets your colossal Mountain Giant smack a whole bunch of PCs when he swings a stone column), new prestige classes (Illithid Savant, for...well...eating brains for self-improvement), new templates (The illustration for the example Gelatinous Bear is great) and, of course, more.

A lot of people are highly interested in the artwork in Dungeons & Dragons books, and if that's what they want out of the book, they'll be disappointed. I personally don't need illustrations to accompany descriptions for how an Ogre Mage advances to ECL 12 because I already know what they look like. This book is almost devoid of reprinted material, but much of it is being presented in ways far and beyond what Monster Manual I (or II) ever planned. This small paradox makes a great number of illustrations unnecessary relative to most books with so much new material. Drawings of all the weird weapons and equipment are comparable to those in the Player's Guide and other books. It's really pretty irrelevant, though, because if you took the pictures out of the second half of the book it would still be wonderful, if rather drab.

One of the more reassuring touches is a tiny list at the beginning of the book that mentions a few changes from Monster Manual I that are/will also be in the revised Monster Manual I. No one wants a book that will be obsolete in just a few months.

Savage Species is a great book, and has almost everything you could possibly want in it. What it doesn't have, it offers guidelines for working out on your own. Dungeon Masters who spend fifteen hours planning sessions will be able to do anything they want, but if you just want to create an poor little orphaned fire elemental, you can do it as quickly as any other NPC. As a player's book, the pre-made monster classes will help provide some variety, even if the game is starting from level one. Pre-made=easier DM approval, too. Of course, *buying* your DM the book would help your case, but I would *never* condone such bribery...

Just...keep the fire elemental outta my bar, will ya?

A Mixed Result
Though this text is a handsome volume, packed with cool ideas and tons of crunchy bits, and moreover though I happen to like it quite a lot, it does not fully overcome the charges levelled against it, namely:

--it is a partial rehashing of 2E's *Complete Book of Humanoids* (which is less serious than the following, since 3E is basically just a rehashing of 2E in general),

--its unfortunate partial obsolescence (3.5E does indeed provide LA for each "playable" creature in the most recent *MM*--though *Savage Species* will ultimately consider all creatures to be "playable," whereas *MM* clearly does not), and

--the sad fact that WotC invests what must be approaching $0 in copyediting.

Those reservations noted, it must be said that the text opens up in 3E a new vista; instead of relying on the vanilla races of the *PH*, one can now, say, run a party of harpy infiltrators, a band of trollish barbarians, a medusa rogue, or (gods forbid it) a hive of illithids, demons, or some other uberpowerful beasties as PCs. (Though the *DMG* hints at such a vista, its suggestions proved to be unwieldy, incomplete, and generally confusing to most of us gamer-geeks.)

The text has many virtues in this regard:

1) new feats, spells, items, and prestige classes for monstrous folk, all generally well conceived.

2) some fair-to-middling notes on how to run a campiagn centered on the misadventures and cross accidents inevitably encountered by a group of bugbear PCs, for instance.

3) loads of bombass templates (these really are worthy of attention).

4) the reconceptualization of the game system entirely in terms of class--now, everything is a matter of class--no more monster advancing by the nebulous Hit Die (but this still doesn't resolve the bizarre aspect that Hit Die never correlated with CR; recall that level in a PC class always correlates with CR--why the inconsistency?).

5) tons and tons of statistical tables (the true value of the text). These also come with a set of guidelines to produce similar "class template" tables for any monster in the system--a very high degree of diversity for any game, which is surely a plus.

6) the introduction of both the "half-ogre" and "anthropomorphic animal" standard PC races (very good additions to the rules).

7) some very fine artwork

In these respects, there is value here, but unfortunately the aforementioned problems will limit its appeal and utility. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dungeons and dragons (Game)   2. Fantasy - General   3. Fantasy games   4. Games   5. Games/Puzzles   6. Handbooks, manuals, etc   7. Role Playing & Fantasy - General   8. Role Playing Games   9. Role playing   10. Games / Role Playing & Fantasy   

Alligators breeding in the sewers of New York City is an urban legend; thousands of people living in the tunnels beneath New York is not. Ms. Toth has written a compelling, compassionate and extraordinary documentary about the "Mole People." ... Read more

Customer Reviews (72)

An Eyewitness Description of Homelessness
As a New York bureau intern for "The Los Angeles Times", Jennifer Toth wrote an article describing homeless life in the tunnels beneath New York City. While researching the article she met "mole people" (homeless tunnel dwellers) and also met advocates for the homeless. After her article appeared on the newspaper's front page Ms. Toth spent a year researching inside the tunnels and interviewing tunnel dwellers. Her book is an excellent example of investigative journalism.

Ms. Toth initially met tunnel dwellers on the Columbia University campus, through the NYC Metropolitan Transit Police, and through soup kitchens. As her contact network grew she met tunnel dwellers willing to be interviewed and to guide her through the tunnels. Examples include Bernard, self-proclaimed "Lord of the Tunnels"; Frederick, a fourteen-year-old runaway turned prostitute who only relates to the homeless ("People who got homes, I don't know what they want."); J.C., a member of a 200-person tunnel community where the children are held in common (initially he refuses to guide Ms. Toth unless she will "promise to remain underground for a week and to wear my hair in braids." -- she refuses); Sam, an ex-social worker who leads another 200-person tunnel community (no one can leave without his permission); and Blade, a tunnel dweller who first befriends and guides Ms. Toth but ultimately attempts to dominate and control her life.

Ms. Toth's recollections and interviews are very objective (occasionally over-objective), and they illustrate the realities of homelessness: chemical dependency, danger, disease, and poverty. Her recollections and interviews also illustrate the homeless's greatest weapons: discomfort and fear. (E.g., panic because the hypodermic needles homeless young girls use to attack pedestrians might be AIDS-contaminated.) Ms. Toth observed these realities during her investigations. Her book is an excellent description of NYC tunnel life, the suffering of the homeless, and the societal challenge that the homeless represent.

Penetrating glimpse of a seldom-seen world
I lived the first 20 years of my life in New York City, often taking subways. In the course of everyday life, I encountered many "street people," but I never knew that there was a virtual underground city underneath the subway system where many people make their homes. In Mole People, Jennifer Toth gets a firsthand look at this world and its residents. Research for this book was quite dangerous, as some of the people living underground are drug addicts and/or mentally unstable. Toth thoroughly explores this strange part of the city, and through interviews humanizes people who have become so alienated from mainstream society that they literally went underground. For many homeless people, living in these tunnels is preferable to the overcrowded and dangerous homeless shelters above ground. Also, there's a kind of homesteading feeling to it, similar to those who squat in abandoned buildings. The downside, of course, is that the tunnels are dangerous (in addition to violence, there is always the threat of electrocution from live subway rails) and some develop an aversion to going above ground at all. Toth doesn't present this as an abstract sociological study. In writing the book, she developed a good rapport with many of the surprisingly diverse people who live down there. It's fascinating how they've created subterranean homes, complete with furniture, electricity and sometimes even pets. On the other hand, it's sad that most of these underground dwellers are there because they can't, or believe they can't, live a normal life (astronomical New York City rents don't help this situation). All in all, a fascinating, insightful look at a rarely studied subculture.

Interesting Read about something we don't think about
This book obviously deserves four stars for at least all the researching Jeniifer Toth did for this book. It is creepy and interesting and faszinating and intriguing. A subject I didn't really know much about. After finishing the book I feel much closer to the homeless people around me. I want to pack an extra sandwich to give to them when I go to work. But to not make them look too good: I feel sympathy but I also want to keep my distance. The book talks about some very scary moments and people and situations that creap me out and make me want to stay far away from them. The way she writes though is neither on their side nore not - very objective and you can sort of form your own opinion. Its a great read even though it lacks the flow like another reviewer said before. But is is really interesting. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Homeless people   2. New York   3. New York (State)   4. Poverty   5. Sociology   6. Sociology - Urban   7. Underground homeless persons   

Customer Reviews (5)

Overall, there is no need to purchase this card set
The main problem with OrgoCards is that it is not really a set of two sided flash cards. It is simply a shortened text book in card form. The cards are not 3 X 5 index cards and they contain a lot of information on them, much of which is not really necessary. You are better off making your own flashcards.

not very helpful
I purchased these cards hoping to improve my understanding and also to use them for reviewing before tests in my organic chem 2 class. The cards were not useful for either task. If you don't already understand the material from class the cards won't help clarify material. In addition, many of the reactions were not even covered by my instructor, particularly in the aldehyde/ketone section of the cards. This could confuse the heck out of someone. These cards might help you review but won't help you learn or understand.

A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO CLASS-NOTES
The portable cards which constitute this 'book' are well-designed. They will assist any student who is taking undergraduate organic chemistry course prepare for revisions. Although that they lacked details in some respects, their coverage did embrace wide areas.
They are particularly useful in learning about the various nomenclature, as well as the physical and chemical properties of a functional group in a given homologous series.
"OrgoCards" impressed me with the way it handled those nucleophilic substitution reactions that members of Carbonyl group undergo. Despite its haphazard lessons on Acylation, its efforts on Alcohols, Aldehydes, Ketones, Esters, and Carboxylic acids are quite commendable.
This "OrgoCards: Organic Chemistry Review" should be seen either as a textbook complement, or a notebook alternative. I will suggest that you consider buying it if your lecturer is the type that is not enthusiastic about giving class-notes. ... Read more

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I won't write a report without it
This book is absolutely essential in answering questions about administration and scoring. It also does a fantastic job of explaining the theory behind the C-H-C theory and how it is used in the WJ-III. Finally, it gives great pointers in interpretation. It does a thorough job of explaining GAF, clusters, and subtests. ... Read more

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Not to be missed by any serious professional
This second edition of Administrative Assistant's And Secretary's Handbook has been completely revised with 10 new chapters to cover netiquette, Internet security ,office ergonomics and other modern-day concerns of secretaries and office personnel. From Internet travel planning and PDAs to computer applications common to office procedures, Administrative Assistant's And Secretary's Handbook provides an important reference not to be missed by any serious professional.

Okay
This is a book written in 1995 and yet there is a whole chapter on DOS and other outdated technology. No office still uses DOS! With the ever changing technology in today's world, the author would have been so much better off skipping that whole chapter. Letter formats and telephone etiquette will still apply ten years from now, but when talking of computers; today's newest is tomorrow's obsolete. So get this book for general office information but not to become computer savvy or to learn of the software businesses are now using.

This has been such a help
I just started a job as a secretary and my boss was no help in ttraining. I was lost. A friend recommended this book and it has been a lifesaver!! It has all the details and hints. After a couple of weeks, I looked like a pro.

If you are a boss, buy this book and make it part of your training. If you are a secretary like me, buy it and hide it in the drawer and next time you're stumped, I bet you find the answer here. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (150)

An OK read...
Sophie Dempsey is a wedding videographer who has finally caught a break. She and her sister Amy are to film a has-been actress big come-back in that actress's hometown called Temptation. The mayor of Temptation is good looking enough to give straight laced Sophie heart palpitations. The mayor Phineas Ticker is not oblivious to Sophie's charms and decides to seduce her. Sophie knows that a rich boy like Phin can never be serious about the daughter of a con artist but a girl can still dream.. or can she. On top of this Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and the victim of attempted murder. With the mayoral elections in the near future, can Phin afford to stay with such a notorious woman?
All in all this was a good read, however, I never felt anything for any of the characters and frankly trying to keep all the characters straight was a little difficult. This book has a cast of thousands and most of them, I felt, were under developed. For example, Sophie's sister Amy seems to play a prominent part in the story but as the book progresses she virtually dissappears. The rest of the supporting characters come across as card board cut-outs of quirky small town residents.Also, a murder takes place kinda late in the story and the investigation that ensued just seemed like an after thought, it really did not fit into the story correctly. Here they were in the middle of a seemingly terrible murder, the body has been moved (by Amy because the body was on the dock she wanted to film a scene on..Can anyone be that stupid?) and everyone is walking around like nothing is wrong. Even Sophie who seems to be the only character with a bit of sense starts acting like a moron at this point, covering up her sister's idiotic actions. It just did not seem realistic to me. So, I rate this book 3 stars because it has its moments, some funny and some a little romantic. However, to me a really good romance is one that leaves me smiling and sighing over it long after I turn the last page and this book simply did not do that for me. Recommended with reservations. :)

WOW, what a book!
Boy did I love this book. It has Desert Island Status written all over it!

I can't believe I hadn't read it before. I was missing out on so much, specially on Major Tucker, WOW I was hiperventilating half the time while reading this book. Talk about HOT KINKY sex LOL.

I really did LOVED this book. The characters are great, the plot is funny and the dialogue is witty I highly recommend it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you haven't read it,get it now you will not be disapointed I promise.

On to Faking It.

GREAT AND FUNNY READ
I just loved this adventurous and devious romance! Jennifer Crusie nailed it on the head with this one! I just loved the way that Phineas and Sophie had an eye on each other and made each other crazy. If you liked the Dempsey's, you can follow up with FAKING IT, another Crusie novel that tells about Davey Dempsey and even involves Sophie and the gang again! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (1)

Daughter loves this book.
My daughther who just turned 3 adores this book. She wants my husband and I to read it over and over. I think reading the stories has helped her to know what is coming in the movies so she doesnt get afraid. And there is absolutely no replacement for reading. The pictures are big, colorful and right from the movie. Great buy for a princess lover!!!! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (4)

maybe good for MBA
The book might be good for someone with MBA as a general review but definitelly not for someone preparing for quant job/interview.

For that purpose "Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews" is at least 100 times better.

Everything you learned in your MBA but forgot!
This book is a great review for anyone who has taken finance courses yet may not have retained as much as they would like. I picked up this book after graduating from an MBA program, and found myself saying, "oh yeah, I forgot about that" on many occasions. Overall, it's a keeper that has earned a spot on my professional bookshelf.

Excellent, Broad review for Quant Interviews
If you're preparing for an interview for a job as a "quant," FI/MBS/options trader, or risk manager, then this book is a great review of the subject matter. The chapters review bond math, statistics, derivatives, fixed income, equities, currencies, and risk management. The book focuses exclusively on finance, and not on the structure of the financial industry, typical jobs, or interview skills. However, this isn't a drawback -- there are other Vault guides that cover these areas.

Overall, the book is certainly more technical & mathematical than most interview guides (except perhaps for "Heard on the Street" by Tim Crack at MIT), so be prepared to review the Black-Scholes partial differential equation. Despite the complexity of the subject matter, the author's explanations make the material accessible, and her explanations were pithy, clear, and often accompanied by helpful diagrams. My only complaints are that (1) the book doesn't include any review of accounting, which does come up in finance occasionally, and (2) there are just a few mistakes (but not too many). Overall, I found this book to be well worth the time & money I invested in it. ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (6)

Very basic but in depth
I was looking for ActionScript books here in the Philippines and this book caught my attention when I held it in my hand.

I asked the National Bookstore lady to open the package and lo and behold! The pages are packed with full colored images.

I love reading books if they have a lot of images. This makes you more interested on finishing the book from start to finish.

I am planning to take up Flash courses and I will bring this book whenever I go. =)

One thing that was lacking was a large list of ActionScript tags. What the heck...the tutorial is more pleasing to read though.

A Must Have for ALL Designers who need help w/ ActionScript
This book is a must have for any designers library. I have wasted a lot of money buying books that were shere geek-speak. It is easy to understand. I am not a linier thinker and Flash tends to be a lineir program....I have stayed away from Flash because I have had a hard time grasping it. Scott Hamlin and Jennifer Hall have given me a tool, I can finally use to better understand Flash and Flash's actionscripting. Thank you both for the time and effort you put in to write this book. I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good, easy to understand, user freindly Flash actionscripting book. Scott Hamlin's website is also a must join site for anyone looking for great tutorials on Flash files, Web Site layouts, and Photoshop files. ...

I Liked It
Being new to IT in general and graphics programs in particular, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book extremely easy to comprehend in addition to covering the necessary subject matter in depth. Definitely a 5 star book.

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