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Review of So Long, Insecurity: You’ve Been a Bad Friend to Us

March 11th, 2010 No comments
So Long, Insecurity: You

In Beth’s best friend next door communication style, she walks you through the process of learning about and then letting God heal the insecurities that so many of us carry that prevent us from being the woman that God intends.Thank you Beth for this book!I pray that my own daughters can live free of the [...]

Review of Biology: Concepts and Connections

March 11th, 2010 No comments
Biology: Concepts and Connections (6th Edition)

I was assigned the 6th edition of this book at Palomar, and since that one cost $100 i figured i’d buy the previous 5th edition (for $10! woo!)
I compared both editions (borrowed a friend’s 6th ed), and the book is basically the same. Except some of the pictures are a little different, and the sentence [...]

Review of The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation

March 11th, 2010 No comments
The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation

When I refer to the awful editing, I am, of course, not talking about the archaic spelling of some of the words which should remain spelled like they were in the original documents, I am referring to words like “note,” or “history” that were sprinkled about in The Constitution.Article 6 of the Constitution appears twice [...]

Review of Essentials of Corporate Finance

March 11th, 2010 No comments
Essentials of Corporate Finance

The only great thing about this book is its small size and thats about it. The text doesn’t do a very good job of explaining the ideas and concepts. Say you are given certain parts of an equation it doesn’t really show you how to use to components to solve for the right number. Instead [...]

Review of The Red Book

March 10th, 2010 No comments
The Red Book

I HAVE the Red Book and am in the process of reading it. It is beyond description! This truly unique book represents the personal journal one courageous man took into the dangerous realm of the unconscious in search of an understanding of himself and the structure of the human personality in general. In the process, [...]

Review of Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!

March 10th, 2010 No comments
Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May)

Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May) is the absolutely newest book in the Junie B. Jones series and it’s full of holiday cheer.
It’s the holiday / Christmas season for Junie B. and her friends and classmates. Her class has been chosen to wear jingle-bell hats and perform carols. Only [...]