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- "Must" reading for young financial planners.
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The Generation Y Money Book : 99 Smart Ways to Handle Money
Don Silver
Manufacturer: Adams-Hall Publishing
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Geared specifically to the 60 million young Americans born between 1977 and 1988, this book appeals directly to teenagers and young adults and shows them how to take charge of their own money. It explains basic concepts such as spending habits, bank accounts, shopping tips, investments, and credit cards, but it also covers a wide range of topics specifically of interest to this generation such as voluntary simplicity, shopping on the Internet, and managing college costs. Also included is a list of Web sites and Internet tools. Quizzes in the back of the book let kids turn the tables and test their parents' knowledge of money issues.
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"Must" reading for young financial planners........2000-08-03
Specifically designed and written for teens and young adults (ages 12 to 23), Don Silver's The Generation Y Money Book is a 148 page, "reader friendly, practical, step-by-step guide for developing sound habits of thrift and money management. By diligently applying the precepts and practices outlined, anyone can take advantage of compound interest, establish a first-rate personnel credit, deal with financial institutions, secure the funding for college, handle financial paperwork, and simply make their money make more money. The Generation Y Money Book should be found on every shelf of every middle school, high school, college, and community library money management resources shelf -- and presented to every teen by every parent desiring a stable and productive financial future for their son or daughter.
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- Watch a Nike commercial instead.
- wonderful motivational book
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Who's Got the Ball (and Other Nagging Questions About Team Life): A Player's Guide for Work Teams (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series)
Coach Maureen O'Brien
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More than a fad, teaming is proving to be a new way of organizational life, with eight out of every ten employees now involved in some kind of teamwork. But how exactly does one play on a team at work? While there are plenty of manuals, trainers, and theories that help managers create, lead, and reward teams, actual team members are often left struggling without a handbook or a coach.
With refreshing clarity and common sense, Maureen O'Brien, a team expert with more than twenty years of experience as a player, coach, and business consultant, offers one-on-one coaching tips to team players in Who's Got the Ball? The author covers all the bases, from setting a team's goals and articulating its noble purpose, to banishing boring meetings, deciding how to make decisions, and even using flip charts effectively. Friendly and conversational, O'Brien offers experience-based, easy-to-implement guidelines that are eminently practical and surprisingly fun. Her concise coaching notes, wonderfully illustrated by real-life organizational situations, address every aspect of daily team life, including: creating a workable team structure * being a valuable team member * avoiding common teamwork traps * running an effective team meeting * making and implementing decisions * leading a team.
From developing a new team and determining just what kind of game your team is playing--individualistic baseball, interdependent basketball, or tightly orchestrated football--to dealing with personality-based conflicts, knowing when to take a time-out, and honoring a project's most valuable player, Who's Got the Ball? is an invaluable guide to surviving--and thriving--on today's work teams.
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Watch a Nike commercial instead........2006-08-10
Unfortunately, amazon will not let me give the zero stars this book deserves. It is a waste of your time.
This book pretends like it's a new idea that sports metaphors can transfer into other areas of life. It offers no depth, only canned answers that would be better expressed on bumper stickers. Read absolutely anything else in the mountains of management lit for real, practical assistance in the workplace. Read absolutely anything else in the mountains of self-help lit for real, practical assistance in the rest of your life.
For those of you who are assigned this book in class, I apologize on behalf of all educators.
wonderful motivational book.......2003-01-14
A wonderful motivational book that any coach will find useful. It is also designed for business application, but most of the philosophies deal with team sports.
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Weight loss trends: who's got the crystal ball?(Publisher's Note): An article from: Automatic Merchandiser
Gloria Cosby
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This digital document is an article from Automatic Merchandiser, published by Cygnus Business Media on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 574 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Weight loss trends: who's got the crystal ball?(Publisher's Note)
Author: Gloria Cosby
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Automatic Merchandiser (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2004
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Volume: 46
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County Fairs: Where America Meets
John McCarry
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COUNTY FAIRS: WHERE AMERICA MEETS: A CELEBRATION OF AN AMERICAN TRADITION ...superbly illustrated with more than 80 full-color photographs
JOHN McCARRY
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- Understanding the human condition
- Give This Woman At Least 5 Stars, If Not a Nobel Prize
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Understanding the human condition.......2005-09-29
Karen Horney gives as understandable and elegant an explanation of the basis of human frustration and depression, and of its insidious foundation, as I've had the pleasure of reading. Highly recommended for anyone with an intelligent interest in the "human condition" and its roots. Read it first in the early 1970s and it continues to be the basis on which I peruse and investigate the poetry of our species.
Give This Woman At Least 5 Stars, If Not a Nobel Prize.......2005-03-13
I respect the opinion of the two-star reviewer, but I can only guess that this person is either too young, or simply not crazy enough, to appreciate how Dr. Horney "nailed" the essential problem of one's vital energies being disastrously diverted to the service of the idealized self. A welcome oasis this is for those thoughtful souls who are sick and tired of suffering and want to get on with the business of living. All positive-thinking self-help books -- or programs -- will fail the true neurotic unless this topographical map of the counter-productive Unconscious is studied, understood and committed to memory. Just like knowing how to get around town, when you're in a strange city, if you know what I mean. To characterize this work as a masterpiece is no exaggeration.
An essential book for a psychology-minded person's bookshelf.......2004-09-16
It isn't often when I read a book, and over time that book's contents become a vital, enduring part of my life philosophy. Well, this happens to be the case with Karen Horney's "Neurosis and Human Growth." I think this is because her theory of neurosis is easily discernable in our modern, everyday society, and verifiable in one's own life. It's easy to see how the tension between reality and unattainable fantasy creates anxiety & depression, self-contempt and self-alienation. It's a truly tragic phenomenon, a terrible waste of human potential, and therefore this book is a tremendous gift in that it clarifies the dynamics of neurosis, shines abundant light on the matter.
Perhaps most pertinently, this book is a wake-up call to parents-- to do all they can to spare their children the traumas that may cause them to eventually cling to idealized images for psychological safety. If a safe environment is provided in the first place, neuroses will most likely be circumvented. But that's a tall order for parents-- who are themselves inundated with idealized images from the media-- sleek, toned supermodel bodies, shiny, rugged Hummers-- things parents need, unless they don't want to measure up. Such media images can eventually cause financial tensions within a marriage, perhaps eventually causing divorce-- which is of course a trauma for children. Such an insidious, vicious cycle!
This book has certainly made it clear and plain what a problem neurosis is, but if there's one thing I might say is wanting in this book, it is a clear solution or path of therapy out of neurosis. One reviewer mentioned Carl Roger's "On Becoming A Person", and I agree: He teaches the importance of 'congruence', of sticking with one's real emotions, instead of trying to feel what one 'should' feel. I would also recommend Kabat Zinn's "Full Catastrophe Living", or virtually any book that emphasizes acceptance of one's present-moment experience. In any case, I highly recommend Horney's book, I give it five stars, and for those who are considering buying this book, you may feel that you've gotten your money's worth after finishing the first chapter, "The Search For Glory".
Truly Self-Realization.......2003-11-11
This is therapy in a book. Unbelievable work of psychoanalysis.
A person, given the chance, will develop his own feelings, thoughts, wishes, interests and potentialities. He will draw on his own resources, skills, will-power, discipline and he will develop his special abilities and unique gifts. In short, he will grow, substantially undiverted, towards what Karen Horney calls self-realization.
But through a variety of adverse influences, a child, or even an adult, may not be permitted to grow according to his individual needs and possibilities. A persistently hostile environment of people around him, especially during childhood, that are dominating, overindulgent, erratic, partial to others, hypocritical, indifferent, etc., might kill off the ability to grow and become one's real self. As a result the person, does not develop a feeling of belonging of "we", but instead develops a profound insecurity, lack of self-confidence and vague apprehensiveness, which Karen Horney refers to as basic anxieties.
The person tries to resolve the anxiety by either moving away from people (aloofness, isolation), or against people (rebelling) or moving towards people (submission and compliance). In a healthy individual, these coping trends are present and used in varying degrees depending on the situation. But in a neurotic person, these trends become very rigid and contradictory. Eventually, one of the trends will become a dominant trend, and it will become a predominant trait in the person's personality. It is destructive in that it chokes off much of the other parts of a persons personality and impedes growth.
This dominant coping trend is an artificial attempt at a solution, and it will fail. But to a person suffering from a neurosis, the trend will appear to work and even become intensified. With large parts of the person's personality undeveloped and even unavailable, the person in grips of a neurosis will then gradually become alienated from his real self. The alienation from the real self will subsequently be followed and replaced by the image of the idealized-self. The person will not see themselves as they are, but instead will see the idealized-image of themselves-the way they wished they were. The energies driving toward self-realization are then shifted to the aim of actualizing the idealized self. This shift means no more and no less than a change in the course of the individual's whole life and development.
A healthy person will see himself as he is and strive to grow and improve. A neurotic person, however, will see himself as an idealized image. Alienated from his real self, he will no longer have authentic feelings, emotions and ambitions. Instead he will feel what he thinks he should feel according to his idealized self, he will react to others the way he thinks they expect him to react from the perspective of his idealized self.
Ultimately, the neurotic person will fail to live up to his idealized-self. The discrepancy between what he really is and how he sees himself in the idealized image will emerge and it will be a constant source of conflict. Because his idealized image of himself is one of perfection, there is no way for him to measure up. What will then follow is unconscious self-hate and self-contempt.
The person will unconsciously be at war with his real self. Compulsive eating, and many other compulsive disorders, anxieties, despair, inertia and even suicide are often manifestations of unconscious self-hate. The person doesn't realize what is happening, but he is in the grips of a deepening neurosis. He is unconsciously at war with himself.
Karen Horney describes in detail the behavior and personality traits that develop in a neurosis. She explains how it develops and why it is so destructive to the real self. Understanding of one's neurosis is a key development for anyone in the grips of a neurosis, but it is not a cure. She makes it clear, the cure is a process that has to be worked upon with real effort, but knowledge and understanding are the starting point.
This book is breath taking. It is one of the most important books I have ever read.
Ideas are compelling, but the writing is dated & repetitious.......2003-04-16
I found it hard not to skim large sections of this book. Horney repeats herself over and over again. The entire 380 page book could easily be condensed into a single chapter. Many of her ideas are so integrated into modern thought (ie self-realization, tyranny of the should, alienation from self) that it is difficult to fully appreciate her originality today. As a piece of intellectual history, it makes interesting reading. But in terms of clinical relevance, its usefulness is quite limited. I, too, chose to read this because Yalom wrote in "Gift of Therapy" that he found it one the most helpful therapy books during his training. How times have changed! "Gift of Therapy" is a "must-read" for any therapist, but Horney's book is a "pass."
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Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self Realization
Karen MD Horney
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Biogeochemistry Of The World's Land (ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
V. DOBROVOLSKY
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Biogeochemistry of the World's Land covers a wide scope of biological cycles involving a variety of chemical elements and emphasizes specific features of natural zones. Theoretical concepts, experimental findings, and resulting conclusions are supported with comprehensive tables of data. The book also discusses the migration of enormous masses of heavy materials in nature. Biogeochemistry of the World's Land will be a useful reference for ecologists, hygienists, soil scientists, biologists, geochemists, geologists, geographers, and students in these fields.
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- For enthsiasts from the American continent only
- The Fun of Snorkeling
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Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures (3rd Edition) (Best Dives Snorkeling Adventures)
Joyce Huber ,
Jon Huber , and
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A favorite of cruise ship travelers and island vacationers, Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures invites anyone with a mask and snorkel to share the magic of ocean exploration. The new third edition covers hundreds of fabulous snorkeling beaches- places where one might drift across a blitz of dazzling corals or the remains of an ancient shipwreck.
It also includes complete vacation planning suggestions with details on diver-friendly resorts near the best sites and special guided tours throughout the Caribbean, Australia's Whitsunday Islands, the Bahamas; Bermuda; Turks & Caicos; Belize; the Galapagos Islands, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the Florida Keys, Florida Springs and Hawaii.
Starfish Ratings from one to five grade each snorkeling site, whether it be coral reef and ship or plane wreck, for interesting marine life, visibility and water clarity.
Adventures within the new edition are included for every age, interest and skill level. They include island cruises, offbeat excursions such as the Galapagos islands, dolphin, stingray and manatee encounters, reef wildlife tours, ancient shipwrecks, the first snorkel-thru museum, snorkel-kayak trips and romantic sail-snorkel tours.
Adventures within the new edition are included for every age, interest and skill level. They include island cruises, offbeat excursions such as the Galapagos islands, dolphin, stingray and manatee encounters, reef wildlife tours, ancient shipwrecks, the first snorkel-thru museum, snorkel-kayak trips and romantic sail-snorkel tours.
And it's Dolphin Friendly. The authors have personally inspected the few dolphin swims included to make certain the dolphins were rescued from circuses or shows, are well cared for, enjoy interacting with people and would have otherwise been destroyed. No facilities that take dolphins from the wild are included.
Resorts for every budget include secluded hideaways with reef snorkeling off the beach or within walking distance. Also featured are campgrounds, and resorts with on-site water sport shops.
More than just a travel guide, "Snorkeling Adventures" offers first-aid tips for coral cuts and sea stings, a special chapter on sharks, procedures and an introduction to gear for newcomers. Maps, color and black and white photos, drawings, detailed topside directions and special dive-tour operators are covered as are select spots for children, novices and experienced open-water divers.
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For enthsiasts from the American continent only.......2007-05-12
I was surprised to find out that the title did not tell the truth. The writers did not include half the world. The indian ocean for example is missing.
The Fun of Snorkeling.......2006-09-13
This book is a must for anyone who enjoys water activities. It is a terrific book for beginners and also for those who are advanced in snorkeling.
Divers Delight.......2006-09-03
I love this guide. My dive vacations are strickly to take underwater photos and being able to plan ahead makes my life so much easier. It gives me the airlines, the resorts with prices, when I can expect good weather. It's like having a personal travel planner. I would not plan a Caribbean dive trip without consulting this trustworthy book.
Best snorkeling guide around.......2006-09-01
While most travel guides give vague descriptions about snorkeling or send me to places with nothing to see, Best Dives Snorkeling Adventures gives complete vacation planning details with maps and directions to terrific places in each destination to snorkel off the beach, sign up for a boat trip. IT COVERS all the best Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda snorkeling sites, the dive shops that will take you on boat tours and resorts that are especially dive-friendly. Great for families, novice and experienced divers.
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- Wonderful Informative Book
- Repeats the excellent tradition of the 1st edition
- Get wet with confidence!
- Best Dives Snorkling Adventures
- A terrific book for vacation planning
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Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures By Joyce & Jon Huber If your idea of a fun vacation means rubbing noses with a friendly dolphin, hand feeding tame stingrays, fanning for treasure around shipwrecks or getting a manicure from a cleaner shrimp, you'll love "Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition. Anyone who can slip on a mask and peer beneath the ocean's surface will treasure this 214-page travel guide to top marine parks, shipwrecks and shallow coral gardens--from Hanauma Bay, Oahu to the Stones of Atlantis off Bimini. Resorts with beach-entry sites--many just a few yards off shore-- highlight the text. Adventures include captive and wild dolphin swims, manatee encounters, turtle byways, the first snorkel-thru museum, sail-snorkel trips, kayak dives, and off-beat excursions such as the Oceanic Society's cruise to Midway Island, an area vibrant with nesting sea birds, monk seals, green turtles and spinner dolphins. Destination chapters cover the Whitsunday Islands of Australia, the Bahamas Out Islands, Bermuda, Belize, Turks & Caicos, Yucatan, Florida, Hawaii and Caribbean Islands. Maps, drawings and black and white and color photos illustrate the text. Site descriptions cover average sea conditions, resident marine life and whether the area is suitable for children or first- time snorkelers. Each site is rated for visibility, marine life and water clarity with from one to five "starfish." Resort properties listed have reef snorkeling off the beach or nearby some with dolphin lagoons. Plus, "Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd ed" offers travel information, special cruises, resorts, first-aid tips for coral cuts and sea stings, a special chapter on sharks, underwater photo procedures and an introduction to gear for newcomers.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Informative Book.......2006-05-08
Everything you've ever wanted to know about snorkel swimming is in this great book, from "The Basics" to "Underwater Photography." Anyone in average health, who can swim, can don a mask and peer beneath the waters. Its low-impact aerobics and a great way to keep fit. Snorkeling has become a family affair with fish-watching and photography the main focus.
You will find tips on a variety of snorkeling trips and activities in this informative book. Choices vary from sail-snorkel trips on shallow-draft catamarans or trimarans, glass-bottom-boat tours, snorkel-with-the-dolphins tours; the list goes on and on. Each snorkeling site is graded for interesting marine life, visibility, and water clarity with one to five "starfish."
Helpful hints concerning snorkels, how to choose the proper fins, anti-fog solutions, and how to avoid sunburn are all discussed. Dos and Don'ts advise that you always swim with a dependable buddy and warnings as to what not to touch.
The best reef-front resorts, starfish-rated beaches and boat-entry sites are included as well as Manatee tours. Where to find shallow shipwrecks, the best coral gardens, underwater photo trips and snorkeling cruises are all included in this wonderful book. Also included are twelve pages of fantastic underwater photography.
If you are a snorkeling enthusiast, this book is a must have. It is a valuable guide to snorkeling sites and islands. Information includes detailed maps, photos, tours offered, and important information you need to make a wise vacation choice.
Repeats the excellent tradition of the 1st edition.......2000-12-30
The book has very brief descriptions of snorkeling sites at a large number of different places. Most, but not all are Caribbean islands. There are also descriptions of other "traditional" snorkeling places, such as the Yucatan Penninsula and Hawaii. And there are two large sections on snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. Several snorkeling sites are listed at each separate location, and useful advice and information is given for most. All sites are rated on a 1 to 5 "starfish" point system. About the only criticism I have of the book is that much of the hotel information seems to be pulled directly from the hotel's advertising about themselves. A little more independent commentary would be nice. The information is still useful as a starting point. Finally, for each location, there is useful information on weather, how to get there, and when to go. If you have the first edition of this book, I see little reason to purchase this new edition, however. I do wish a few other sites or activities had been included, in particular snorkeling with whale sharks off Northwest Australia. That's something that interests me, but there seems very little information on it out there. If you travel to snorkel, and don't have the First Edition, GET THIS ONE!
Get wet with confidence!.......2000-11-22
This is must-have book for both the beginner and experienced travelling snorkeler. It is a thoughtful guide to the best places to visit and great tips on what to look for in the way of unique marinelife once you get there. It should be a companion in every dive bag.
Best Dives Snorkling Adventures.......2000-11-20
I found the reviews very helpful in deciding where I wanted to plan my nest trip... I went to the Galapagos with Aquatic Encounters, and it was so fantastic, it is beyond description
A terrific book for vacation planning.......2000-11-20
This is the best book for snorkeling I've ever found. The other books are so vague, they don't tell me much of anything. This one describes all the neat places to walk in from the beach and go snorkeling, how rough or calm the area is, how to get to various snorkeling beaches once I get there, whether the kids can safely swim in each area. It also has all the resorts that have snorkeling off their beaches, which is really nice for people traveling with small children and the airlines and travel stuff we need.
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Easy French Phrase Book: Over 750 Phrases for Everyday Use
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ASIN: 0486280837 |
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Basic phrases for a variety of situations: restaurants and specialty shops, health, medical and emergency situations, traveling, much more.
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Good quality.......2007-04-01
The books is exactly what I asked for; NEW. I love it and the comments inside. Although I haven't had a chance to use it yet I'm glad I bought it through amazon.com.
French Phrases Review.......2007-01-11
Good value for money.
Much better value than my local bookstores who put excessive margins on these type of books.
Rip Off.......2004-03-31
If you can, buy this book at a bookstore. Looks great on the computer screen but old and cheesy when you get it. Also, the real price of this book is only $1.50! The phrases they give for each topic is very limited. Also, it doesn't teach you how to create your own sentences.
Basic but yet Powerfull.......2001-07-31
If your going to France or anywhere where English is not the primary language, you should at least pick up a book that will help you get by. I travel from time to time to Paris and I found it very useful to have. It is small enough to carry around.
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The Street Law Handbook: Surviving Sex, Drugs, and Petty Crime
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Release Date: 2004-10-07 |
Book Description
Who knew the law could be so much fun?
Can you be arrested for wearing a thong if you're ugly? Unknowingly renting a house to drug dealers? Becoming too familiar with your Halloween pumpkin?
The Street Law Handbook answers these questions and more, as lawyer Neeraja Viswanathan cracks the tough nut of small-time law enforcement and lays the rules bare. Exactly how much pot do you need to have in your possession to warrant a felony conviction? What merits a strip search, and exactly how much is an officer allowed to inspect? Can you really have sex in a cab? If you've ever felt the desire to act impulsively but weren't sure of the consequences, this is the book to consult. Combining straightforward legal information, hilarious true tales of small-time crimes, and handy legal definitions that will, if nothing else, make you a smarter Law & Order viewer, The Street Law Handbook is a fun and informative layman's guide that puts the ease in legalese.
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A fantastically fun and informative read.......2004-11-11
I picked this book up as a gift, but found it to be so much fun and really informative. So I guess I'm buying a second copy! The examples are a blast to read, and actually make you understand the legal issues. This book shouldn't be stuck in a legal reference section - it's too much fun. I highly recommend this book for anyone (not just legal people) - and it makes a great gift!
Witty and fun.......2004-11-11
I liked the book a lot. The law bits are easily understandable and the case studies very amusing. The authors style is fun, informal and saucy. Also check out the author's picture, she's a cuty.
AWESOME.......2004-10-27
this book is really hilarious and lots of fun!! i'm learning all about law and i think this is the perfect gift book for your favorite law student!! the cases alone are worth the price--i luv the way the author has chosen clever names for the actual crooks. plus, it has all the information you think about about drugs seex and legal issues that real people think about, but never get up the nerve to ask. the best!
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