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This volume, now available in paperback, inaugurates a new Electaarchitecture series on residential architecture and presents an illustrated portfolio of 20 innovative, talked-about houses built around the world during the past decade by both celebrated architects and emerging young designers. The houses range from the United States to Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, designed by such architects as Tadao Ando of Japan, Carlos Ferrater of Spain, Rem Koolhaas of the Netherlands, GA Grupo Arquitectura of Mexico, Glenn Murcutt of Australia, and Tod Williams and Billie Tsien of the United States. The book is aimed at a general readership and provides an excellent overview of current trends in contemporary residential architecture
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Architectural Diversification.......2005-04-29
Simply put, this is a very good book. A nice survey of 20 modern residential houses around the world. The book is organized by architects with their brief bios. The architects also introduced their designs personally, so the text is succinct and right to the point. The pictures are big and beautiful. My favorite part is the detailed floor plans. This book offers the most reader-friendly floor plans I have ever read. It is not hard at all to mentally construct the house and to link the pictures with the layout of the buildings.
The book is organized under an overarching theme: diversity. Like what the editor said in the openning introduction: "We felt it was possible to pick out a sufficiently significant sample of houses designed by architects operating in different parts of the world and coming from a variety of backgrounds, displaying diffrent levels of maturity of expression and belonging to different generations."
But I wish the editor could be bolder and have presented an even more diversified portfolio of projects by including some more innovative, throught-provoking designs. If a score 10 represents an extreme of diversification and a score of 1 indicates another extreme of homogeneity, this book stands at 7.
Good range of rationalist designers.......2004-10-07
While I would say that this book focuses on what I call rationalist and in many cases, minimalist designs, it does show a good range of work within that group. It's not all white buildings, nor are they all relentlessly orthogonal, but they all share an interest in strong lighting and material ideas, clear diagrams and site/contextual identity. The drawings are refreshingly large and clear, with plenty of plans plus elevations and the occasional section. The photos are also large, high quality and to the point. There isn't much space wasted on text when the buildings can speak for themselves. The architects they choose to sample from aren't always the big names, but they are accomplished and well-known in certain circles and it's nice to see something other than Richard Meier's latest neo-Corbu fishbowl make the rounds. Their work here is certainly as good as anyone's in the world right now.
Unlike a lot of thematic or survey books, this book strikes a nice balance between capturing a big enough range of work and giving enough depth to each work it presents.
Oh, and I like the bright orange binding under the jacket.
An excellent book on current residential architecture.......2004-02-15
If you are a minimalist, if you love modern residential architecture, and if you want to know who's who in this area, get this book. Excellent selection of 20 projects around the world.
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Mail-order architecture in the twenties
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A book you should own as an aspiring comic book artist.......2002-12-20
I didn't buy this book here because I was lucky to find it here in the Philippines. I found this book almost complete in its goal to teach its readers to become comic book artists. The book could have been 100% complete if it had a few pages on muscle structure (male and female), more pointers on drawing hands, foreshortening the human body and coloring. Despite these, I still rate it 5 stars.
One particular chapter that I believe stood out was the chapter on Clothing and Drapery. Learn the principles Tom outlined here and you will be able to draw clothing and drapery from memory.
It's not the only book you should buy if you want to draw comics but it definitely is a must-own book. I also bought Stan Lee and John Buscema's "How to Draw Comics - The Marvel Way" from the same bookstore. I haven't finished reading it yet because I'm already practicing breakdowns (posing your character using basic shapes prior to filling them in with muscles and covering them with clothes or costumes) as Tom suggested we do for at least a week or better months or a year (what a perfectionist, ey?).
It has EVERYTHING!.......2002-08-07
I've read this book many times and it has the most info I've seen in a book on how to create comics, by far. It even goes so far to include instructions on drawing clothing! Tom Alvarez gives a two page lesson on the compostion of a comic page, explains different techniques of the inking job, and even gives dimensions of a typical comic book pencilling page with instructions to size it down! There are also many tips he throws in at the end of every chapter to help you get going in every aspect. Like watching some dramatic movies and studying angles to re-drawing an existing comic book. Extremely detailed! No regrets! A must-have for artists!
THIS BOOK ROCKED!.......1999-12-23
This book showed me everything I needed to know about drawing fantasy and adventure comics. I enjoyed the books informative value and its comments by other artists. I now know how to draw cartoon characters with skill and prescision. Thank you, Amazon!
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My Story is an evocative description of what it is like to live with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects about 350,000 Americans and whose cause is still not entirely known. The essays and accompanying photographs poignantly portray the lives of thirty-two men and women from the ages of seventeen to seventy and of various ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds who share the challenge of living with MS. Some use no mobility aids, while others use canes, wheelchairs, or electric scooters. All have had to face the challenges and limitations that MS has imposed upon their lives, and each has devised unique and often creative coping strategies. Accompanying each essay are commentaries by family members and friends that express their own personal feelings and experiences of living with this disease. Treatments and therapies for slowing the progression of the disease are revealed and shared, from the latest advances in prescription medication to alternative methods of coping, including yoga; exercise and competitive sports; creative activities such as writing and art; and even community activism. Highly motivating and deeply inspirational, My Story will be welcomed by anyone who lives with or shares the life of someone who has MS.
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My Story is Really Their Stories.......2005-05-18
Ameila Davis is a documentary photographer, diagnosed with MS in 1998.
Though titled "My Story", this book is really "their stories". In this book, she uses her trained eye to illustrate 32 essays personally portraying the lives of men and women with Multiple Sclerosis.
They range from 17 to 70, across a spectrum of ethnicities, genders, occupations, socio-economic backgrounds and family circumstances.
Through her book, Amelia captures the unique approach each person has used to frame their chronic disease with, not only a positive attitude, but with a positive approach to life.
She also includes the caregivers ... those frequently forgotten in the struggle with MS and all chronic disease.
Her essays help others to see, through the stories of real people, the different possible treatments and therapies and the techniques for coping (such as exercise, yoga, creative activities and competitive sports).
Her photographs capture the people behind these essays, putting a real face, a personal face, on what is often discussed in impersonal, clinical terms. You don't just read their story; you are drawn into a human connection with them.
This is a book to buy and read. And it is also a book to buy and display, a coffee table book.
Discussing MS with friends and family can be difficult. Chronic disease can create a "distance", a separation. This book can help to bridge that gap.
As someone picks up this book to browse and becomes captured by the photographs, it can crack the door to an open conversation about MS, about what it means and about how lives continue after diagnosis.
One of a Kind.......2004-08-21
I want to congratulate Amelia Davis on creating a book that is different from all of the other MS books. Her book reaches into the lives of people living with MS and shares some of the feelings that caregivers and friends experience as well.
This is a wonderfully unique look at the amazing people who are challeged by this disease and how they live extraordinary lives in spite of it. Amelia's photography is a window into this world, her work is "present" and revealing of who people are.
my story: an open window.......2004-08-19
I happen to have MS and one of the problems of having a little understood illness is the distance it creates in one's personal relationships. Even with friends and family.
I now have a copy of "My Story" on my coffee table and I'm truly amazed by the number of people who, because of the presence of the book, are finally able to speak and ask questions about MS . They glance through the book and suddenly a dialog window opens.
The photos are superb, respectful and celebratory at the same time and every person's essay is different. I highly recommend the book.
Review for My Story.......2004-08-18
I was fortunate to have been photographed by Amelia Davis in her new book about Multiple Sclerosis. Amelia traveled all over the country interviewing physically challenged individuals and their care givers. In doing so, she composed an enlightening yet very touching collection of stories, all through the eye of her camera. Her choice of black and white photos added another dimension and increased the already dramatic content. I was very skeptical that photos could capture the anguish I sometimes feel or capture the love and concern my care givers provide but I am now a believer! Her artistic eye caught the underlying emotions and all while we quietly talked and laughed among ourselves.
Many of Amelia's photographs portray some of the more difficult aspects of the disease, how many young people have learned to live with what is often a chronic illness. Her photographs also show how indiscriminate MS really is and how, like myself, you too could walk up one morning numb and tingling from head to toe. For me, the most healing aspect of the book was how others handled their emotional difficulties. Early on, I felt as if I was being punished for mishandling something in my past. I felt lonely and isolated due to my new differences. However, like many of the other biographies, I too have learned that 'attitude is everything' and that you alone are capable of taking the 'limits' out of limitations.
The book's addition of the often forgotten care giver was an extremely refreshing aspect of her book. I always thank my husband for having made the decision to stay but so little credit is given to these unselfish individuals. It is easy to take others for granted until your welfare is suddenly out of your control.
I gave Amelia a five star rating not because I was included in her book but because her photographs speak for themselves! Even if you are not faced with a chronic illness, the biographies will touch you with their uncensored frankness. Amelia walked in and out of my life but her pictures captured a fleeting glance, pose or emotion that explains to others the essence of that particular moment in time...
Great work, Amelia!!!
A must read!.......2004-08-16
Davis reaches the inner soul of the reader--regardless of whether or not you have MS. Her photographs capture the essence of the folks who share their stories. I was touched and inspired by this book!
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MICKEY MOUSE IS STILL ON TOP.......2004-03-05
Everybody's favorite cartoon character leads the parade of animated characters who charm children.
Just as the mystique of Mickey Mouse spans generations and cultures, Mickey Mouse: My Life In Pictures compiled by Russell Schroeder bridges the 70 years of Mickey's fame. With over 200 illustrations plus original animation drawings it's a collector's item for Mouseketeers of all ages.
Great!.......2002-02-01
This was a great book. It told Mickey's life in Mickey style. The pictures in this book were awesome! I would recommend this book for kids ages five to ten.
This book is an okay book.......1998-10-14
This book is OK. In this book Mickey Mouse tells his story from his first cartoon to his last cartoon. I do think this book would be a good answer to people that want to know more about Mickey Mouse.
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- A vividly told, absolutely candid story
- CYCLOPS AWAKES: It's Deja Vu a for a fellow survivor.
- Back from the abyss
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Cyclops Awakes: A Newspaperman Fights Back After A Massive Stroke
John Mantle
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Former UPI correspondent recovers from a massive stroke at a relatively young age. Includes input from his wife, Carol Mantle, for caregivers.
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A vividly told, absolutely candid story.......2001-02-11
John Mantle ran his own community newspaper, the "Fort Mill Times". He was at the top of his game, as well as a successful businessman, avid motorcyclist, and pilot. Then he was felled by a catastrophic stoke and in the flash of a second nearly died, but survived paralyzed and unable to speak. He was dependent on his wife for every aspect of life from basic hygiene to exercise. Cyclops Awakes is the story of John's tremendous struggle to come back from such a devastating health crisis, and his search for sanity on the hospital stroke floor. Here also is the story of small-town journalism and the mindset of a conservative South Carolina community that rallied around its opinionated, liberal publisher -- a community that simply refused to let him curl up and die. Cyclops Awakes is a vividly told, absolutely candid story of the human condition and highly recommended for anyone attempting to beat the odds of a major stroke or other quality-of-life injury.
CYCLOPS AWAKES: It's Deja Vu a for a fellow survivor........2000-09-07
It was deja vu all over again! Reading this book grabbed me, mind and body, lifted me out of my motorized chair and put me back, nine years ago, in the hospital emergency room. John Mantle's vivid description of his experiences as a stroke survivor are so true they made me cry, they made me laugh and they made me take heart as well. As a fellow "stroker" I had similar experiences, and I truly appreciate his struggle and his dignity. Although I have read many books on the subject I found this one fresh, informative, interesting and readable. His writing style, as well as his living style, is truly inspiring. I recommend the book highly.
Back from the abyss.......2000-08-11
John Mantle is the perfect individual to write about having a stroke and recovering from this catastrophic event. As a professional journalist and publisher, he knows the difference between fact and feeling - and has a clear sense of what is dramatic and readable. He is also honest and willing to admit his own foibles and character defects, which gives his tale a real human touch. Cyclops Awakes is as exciting to read as a thriller. I've never known anyone who had a stroke and lived to tell about it; I feel that now I have a view from the inside. The book is a real tribute to stroke victims and their caregivers.
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- Good overview for non-economists
- Outsourcing in Venezuela
- Contracting Out: An Expert Writes an Outstanding Book
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The Contracting Organization: A Strategic Guide to Outsourcing
Simon Domberger
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The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage the Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities
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When should organizations contract out services traditionally produced in-house? Is outsourcing another ephemeral management fad, or is it an efficient and effective means of delivering sevices and of adding value? What are the characteristics of strategically sound contracting decisions, and how can organizations prosper from the outsourcing revolution? These questions are among those tackled by Simon Domberger. Based on over a decade of research and consulting experience, its conclusions have many practical implications. The book develops an analytical decision-making framework for the assessment of contracting options, and has relevance in both the private and public sectors. Containing a wealth of illustrations and over 25 case studies, the coverage is fully international. Over 50 companies and public sector organizations are discussed, including well-known names such as Microsoft, BP, Marks and Spencer, and Samsung. This book will be valuable to all those seeking a better understanding of the outsourcing phenomenon, and useful to managers, strategists, management and business consultants, public sector administrators, policy makers, as well as to students of economics, business, management and public administration. Pre-publication Endorsements John Kay, Said Business School Oliver Hart, Harvard University Rob Grant, Georgetown University
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Good overview for non-economists.......2004-11-17
While the book begins with the usual benefits of outsourcing and how the world is becoming globalized yada yada, two chapters are well worth the used copy price. They offer a nice review of research in economics research journals such as American Economic Review. The first is Chapter 5 on "Specialization", which discusses the economic side of specialization by outsourcing. It makes a compelling argument for both how outsourcing facilitates deeper specialization and the risks that are inherent in treading this path. The second worthy chapter is Chapter 7 on "Control and Flexiblity." This chapter reviews how outsourced activities ought to be controlled, how contracts ought to be structured, and the residual rights that often cause problems. A note of caution for non-academic readers: This is a research-focused book and not (in my opinion) intended for a general audience. The tone is very academic, so don't expect to see a Harvard Business Review style light reading here! The writing style is more like Management Science than American Economic Review. Browse at your local Borders before you buy. There are some insightful nuggets in this nice and concisely-written book. Recommended.
Outsourcing in Venezuela.......2000-04-22
From this book I learned a lot about Outsourcing
Contracting Out: An Expert Writes an Outstanding Book.......2000-01-12
Professor Simon Domberger, an international authority on contracting out (outsourcing) has written THE book on this subject. Domberger has advised many governments and private companies on outsourcing; his wealth of experience is reflected in this 200+ page volume. In it, he carefully analyzes the costs and benefits of contracting out, using a wealth of examples and case studies to drive home his points. Further, Domberger places contracting out in its broader context -- as one of the strategies businesses and public organizations can use to improve, respectively, their bottom line or their delivery of public services. He squarely faces such issues as resistance to contracting out within the outsourcing organizations and suggests practical ways of coping with such hurdles.
In short, this book should be found in the library of every firm and public organization that is already contracting out and wishes to improve its operations. Furthermore, it is a "Must Read" for decision-makers who are contemplating contracting out for the first time.
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Stress, Coping, & Health In Families (Resiliency in Families Series)
Hamilton, Ed. Mccubbin
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Stress, Coping, and Health in Families: Sense of Coherence and Resiliency, the first volume in the new Resiliency in Families series, has an unusual sociological focus. Rather than focusing on pathology, the authors of this volume study individuals, families, and ethnic groups moving toward health. In Part I, scholar Aaron Antonovsky's landmark work in salutogenesis lays the foundation for a new approach to family studies. His work provides insight as to why some families manage life events with relative ease and recover from adversity with renewed strength, harmony, and purpose. Health is redefined, not as a static norm, but as a process of coping with a myriad of external stress factors. Part II examines how culture and family influence the creation and maintenance of the sense of coherence, which seems to be key in promoting health and well-being. It draws on studies of families facing serious illness, single parenthood, homelessness, or culture shock.
The sense of coherence is also vital to the study of aging and immunology: Parts III and IV examine those links and their wide-ranging implications. This book will appeal to social workers, clinical practitioners, and scholars in ethnic studies, family studies, sociology, counseling, and psychology.
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From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a detailed reconstruction of the Gulf War, he argues that the key to success is attacking the enemy's military strategy, not its economy, people, or leaders. Coercive air power can succeed, but not as cheaply as air enthusiasts would like to believe.
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Very good.......2001-12-30
It uses a method that I like of taking previous examples and attempting to prove his theory form that. His theory is that coercion on your enemy will only work if directed against their military.
I found it very good. I would have liked a clearer description of this theory at the front as I found it a bit difficult to understand exactly what he was getting at.
Serious thinking on bombing.......1999-12-23
This is an excellent study of what conventional "strategic" bombing has and hasn't accomplished in war.
Pape covers the ground very thoroughly, and shows how bombing has really worked in war. He concludes that bombing enemy homelands has seldom been effective, and in this I must agree.
The book has one real flaw though. The author is in love with the phrases "strategic" vs. "tactical" bombing. Because of this, he deprecates the effects of the late stage "strategic" bombing of Germany, because "tactical" bombing of some of the same targets was taking place simultaneously. But so what? The important thing is what effects bombs have on a target, not whether they fall out of a B-17 or a P-47!
Aside from this caveat, I can't think of a better introduction to the whole issue of "strategic air war." Just be sure and check out Alfred C. Mierzejewski's COLLAPSE OF THE GERMAN WAR ECONOMY to understand what strategic bombing does when done right.
Best study by far of what bombing can/can't accomplish.......1998-05-20
I found this book both stimulating in itself and relevant to many current and near-future issues. I believe that anyone who is interested in defense policy is likely to find much in it which is at once novel, provocative, and convincing. In particular, Pape explicates many of the concepts involved in warlike coercion with admirable clarity, formulates hypotheses of considerable power and precision, and then proceeds to test these against historical evidence. In doing so he reinterprets many historical data in ways which I always found informed and stimulating, and usually quite convincing. Indeed, readers whose primary interest is in military history per se, rather than policy, are likely to find the historical analyses well worth the price of the book, I would judge.
Fundamentally, the book is a critical examination of the proposition that it is cheaper to coerce opponents in war to concede defeat or some important element of it by indirect means rather than to compel compliance through frank conquest. For most of this century, many political and military leaders have subscribed ardently to strategic bombing as just such an indirect means, and it is the base of experience which this has generated to which Pape turns to test and refine his hypotheses. In so doing, he makes his book also a critique of strategic bombing.
Pape acknowledges that the threat of total nuclear devastation of its society can be used to coerce a state whose armies are intact. Short of this, however, he concludes that coercion without conquest is extremely difficult, and that when it works it does so by convincingly depriving the enemy of the military means to resist conquest:
"The evidence shows that it is the threat of military failure, which I call denial, and not threats to civilians, which we may call punishment, which provides the critical leverage in conventional coercion. Although nuclear weapons can make punishment the critical factor, in conventional conflicts even highly capable assailants often cannot th! reaten or inflict enough pain to coerce successfully, Conventional munitions have limited destructive power, and the modern nation-state is not a delicate mechanism that can easily be brought to the point of collapse."
Pape considers other coercive strategies as well: "Punishment strategies attempt to raise the costs of continued resistance; risk strategies, to raise the probability of suffering costs; denial strategies, to reduce the probability that resistance will yield benefits," and, "The use of air power for decapitation--a strategy spawned by precision-guided munitions and used against Iraq--strikes against key leadership and telecommunications facilities." (He does not address embargo and blockade very directly, although his arguments are certainly relevant to assessing their probable effectiveness as methods of coercion: Pape argues that escalation and decapitation are, along with punishment, relatively ineffective, and would surely assign no higher value to embargo and blockade.)
More formally, Pape advances a two-part theory, dealing with the conventional and nuclear cases. (He acknowledges that, "It is possible that modern chemical and biological weapons have, or soon will have, nearly equivalent capability" to nuclear weapons as instruments of punishment, but does not pursue the issue further, perhaps for lack of relevant historical evidence.) With respect to conventional coercion, he introduces what he calls the conventional denial theory:
"Conventional success is a function of the interactions among the coursers strategy, the target state's military strategy, and the target state's domestic politics. The denial theory of coercion incorporates six propositions about conventional coercion:
"1. Punishment strategies will rarely succeed....
"2. Risk strategies will fail....
"3. Denial strategies work best....
"4. Surrender of homeland territory is especially unlikely....
"5. Surrender terms that incorporate heavy ad! ditional punishment will not be accepted....
"6. Coercive success almost always takes longer than the logic of either punishment or denial alone would suggest."
On nuclear coercion, Pape concludes:
"In contrast to conventional coercion, the accepted wisdom on nuclear coercion is mostly right. It succeeds by manipulating civilian vulnerability, according to four propositions:
"1. Nuclear coercion requires superiority....
"2. Denial strategies are not useful in nuclear conflicts....
"3. Risk strategies can be useful in nuclear disputes....
"4. Nuclear punishment should be effective but rare."
Having stated his theses, Pape proceeds to the historical analyses which he adduces in their support. Before doing so, however, he makes some broader arguments, one of which struck me as particularly resonant:
"The citizenry of the target state is not likely to turn against its government because of civilian punishment. The supposed causal chain--civilian hardship produces public anger which forms political opposition against the government--does not stand up. One reason it does not is that a key assumption behind this argument--that economic deprivation causes popular unrest--is false. As social scientists have shown, economic deprivation often does produce personal frustration, but collective violence against governments requires populations to doubt the moral worth of the political system as a whole, as opposed to specific policies, leaders, or results. Political alienation is more important than economic deprivation as a cause of revolutions."
I would observe in this connection that it is always difficult to understand the attachment that foreigners feel for their peculiar institutions, so different from those we regard as normal and proper--the more different, the more difficult. Our way of life is of course greatly superior to all others: we all know this in our hearts and cannot understand why those people are not eager to overthrow their syste! m in favor of an imitation of our own. This is a major trap which leaders no less than the man in the street fall into time and again.
As stated, Pape's fundamental theses are not restricted as to instruments of coercion, beyond the distinction between conventional and nuclear. Natheless, as his title indicates, his primary focus is on air power--bombing--as a coercive instrument, arguing that, "Of the major components of modern military power--land, sea, and air power--each of which can be used for coercive purposes, air power, particularly strategic bombing, most cogently reveals the relative effectiveness of different coercive strategies." Thus his historical analyses all center around air campaigns.
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Black Lambs and Grey Falcons: Women Travellers in the Balkans
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This high school classroom supplement to the main biology text prepares students in New York State to succeed on the Regents Exam. It presents a subject review, practice ques-tions with answers, and two complete Regents Biology Exam with answer keys. When combined with Barron's Regents Exams and Answers, Biology, it provides students with the most comprehensive test preparation available anywhere. Topics reviewed include ecology, biological organization, formation and structure of the ecosystem, and the interaction between human beings and the biosphere.
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It was great! I dont know what the one star guy's talkin about.......2007-07-17
I am studying this regents biology book over the summer before I start school in a specialized HS and this is great! I came from one of those schools where they don't teach you anything, where the students teach each other. Most people at my school never knew their three times tables yet they graduated. I was on a normal school level, but they still thought i was very smart.
The point of saying all that is that if i had no teachers, i had to teach myself, and I learned absolutely nothing on science that year in [...]! So I got the [...] science test barrons book and passed.
Since I knew people from better schools are going to compete with me now, and that i wont be "smarty pants" anymore, i brought this biology book along with other barrons regents books and studied them.
Now I'm understanding everything, and I am absolutely glad I got this book.
Pretty Good.......2007-06-09
I basically taught myself Bio (and took the SAT II and got a 800) with this book even before school began. It is pretty helpful but once again I found the older ones more helpful because the tests were harder.
Not that good.......2003-01-01
Usually when you are looking for a review book, you want one that has a balance of review text and questions. This book is one of the better biology review books out there right now, but there are much better books. In various cases, this book simply states facts rather than elaborating on the actual idea in order for students to learn the material better. For example, read the chapter on biochemistry and you wil see that it doesn't bother to explain bonding in depth, or to the extent as you would in a class. For honors biology students, I would reccomend an SAT 2 book, such as Kaplan, or the "N and N Review Book," which is not for the Living environment curriculum. However, it follows the old regents syllabus, and has a source of amazing questions along with a concise review of facts, solidified with diagrams and key concepts. For Biology, I think that the only Barron's book you would want to buy is the Regents Exams and Answers booklet, which provides the real questions, as most ofyou probably know. Since the book has some review and a few questions, I had to give it 3 / 5 stars.
Resource material for the NYS Living Environment curriculum.......2001-02-22
Finally! A tool for New York's biology teachers and students! When the New York State Education Department published its most recent curriculum for high school biology, many components were changed, but little course content was specified. This left New York's biology teachers asking 'What do we teach?' and biology students asking 'What do we learn?' LET'S REVIEW BIOLOGY: THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT finally provides some professional guidance to help students and teachers answer these questions. Suggested material and practice questions are provided that help 'put flesh on the bones' of the core curriculum for New York State's biology program. Schools can use it to design local curricula; students can use it to 'nail' the Regents exam! A 'must have' for biology teachers and students!
This is a great book for reviewing for the Regents Test........1999-06-02
I recently purchased Barrons Lets Review Biology about a month ago. I was very pleased of the easy to read layout and the answers explained section. The book has given me a better understanding of Biology and has prepared me for the Regents examination in June. I would definitely recomend this book to anyone, no matter what their status is in Biology
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