February 2012 | Text Language List

Effective Business Writing: A Guide For Those Who Write on the Job (2nd Edition Revised and Updated) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a well-written, carefully organized book that belongs on desks across America! Topics covered include organizing before writing, overcoming writer's block, suiting letters to complex situations, and using grammar and punctuation properly. If I had to provide one criticism, it would only be that...

Little, Brown Handbook (11th Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This handbook is all an aspiring writer needs to grasp the technical aspects of the English language. Virtually every nuance of English grammar is discussed at length, including the subjunctive mood (yes, English has one), and the Passive voice (yes, the one your English teacher always asked you not...

Vergil's Aeneid (Latin Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I used this book nearly 20 years ago in a class devoted to studying and translating the Aeneid; looking at the copyright page, I can see that the first copyright on the book was back in 1930. Clyde Pharr produced a far-reaching book, for it to remain in effective, useful life for such a long term. Reprinted...

SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Exam 310-065 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Readable, approachable, perhaps even to a fault, this study guide does a good job of describing and preparing a ready for the SCJP exam. The book occasionally obsesses on what I'd call trick questions which delve a little too deeply into syntactic molasses. Concepts like multi-dimensional arrays, run-time...

A, My Name Is Alice (Picture Puffin Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am a Pre-Kindergarten Readiness teacher in my school district for 5 year olds. This book was listed in my Fountas & Pinnell kindergarten phonics text to assist students in learning to read their names in print. I used this story to highlight my students names as we placed them on the word wall...

Windows Forms Programming in C# Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Windows Forms Programming in C# doesn't disappoint.The book quickly dives into the basics of form development, layout and resources. Even though the topic is somewhat introductory to someone who's done a lot of Windows Form development, the book is written in such a way that there was several times still...

French for Reading Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a beautifully structured book for teaching yourself to read French (not to write or speak French). It's weirdly expensive, and it needs updating, but it's great anyway. I needed to prepare for a translation exam required by my doctoral program, with a background of a year of French in the seventh...

The King Who Rained Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Most people over the age of, say, 28 will remember Fred Gwynne most for his role as the flat-headed, bolt-necked Herman Munster on the TV show, "The Munsters." He also starred in a number of miscellaneous movies and "Car 54, Where Are You?" However, many people do not know that he is a gifted and very...

Essential French Grammar Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wow! I just finished reading this. I've never seen a french book this good. The first 80 pages go into all the different parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, etc), and explains how they're formed and used. States the rule, states the exceptions, gives two or three examples, and...

Handwriting Analysis: The Complete Basic Book Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a professional handwriting analyst for over twenty years I have amassed over six-hundred books and monographs on graphology. Let me say, if the house were burning down this is the one book I'd want to save. There are plenty of good books on handwriting analysis but this still stand the test of time...

TExES Generalist 4-8 111 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide (XAM TEXES) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Overall the book was very helpful to me and instrumental in me passing my test. But to be honest, for all you aspiring teachers out there, I know you'll appreciate this comment-- This book would be rated on the first or second levels of blooms taxonomy while the test would be on the application, synthesis...

Amphigorey: Fifteen Books Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I was introduced to this book by a friend of mine whose sense of humor is almost as twisted as that of Gorey himself. He delighted in sharing with me "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" (in which small children meet their doom in alphabetical order) and "The Curious Sofa: a pornographic tale" (in which Gorey lays...

The Big Blue Book of French Verbs : 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is the ultimate French verb book. It's got every verb conjugated in every sense. It also rates the top 50 most used verbs, a very useful feature. It's very nicely packaged, and in my opinion better than 501 Verbs, although I have both and both are truly great resources.Click Here to see more reviews...

The Illuminated Rumi Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Rumi, Coleman Barks, and Michael Green have collaborated on the most beautiful book I have ever seen (and I have seen a lot). Rumi's poetry trancends the artificial boundaries of religion, and speaks to anyone sincerely on the spiritual path. He captures the burning, the longing for the end of separation...

German for Children (Language for Children Series) (Paperback and Audio Cd's) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am so happy I chose this item for my children. Although my daughters are only 3 and 5, I wanted something to help them learn basic words and phrases. The lessons are simple with lots of reptition and cute songs. I put the CD on when they are playing and sometimes they participate but just as often...

Literature and the Writing Process (9th Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I chose to use McMahan's text because it saves me time as an instructor of English. Composition comprises the most significant portion of a student's grade in a college literature class, and this text teaches students how to write an essay about literature from the beginning of the process to the end....

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What a life saver!I'm a software developer in a small shop and our biggest client is a large law firm with LOTS of data and users hungry for easy to read reports reflecting said data. None of us have much experience with SQL Reporting Services as most of our experience for reporting is in Crystal Reports....