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Teach Your Baby Mathematics Review

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(More customer reviews)Initially I was skeptical about teaching my 18-month daughter math. But after reading the book, I found out that that Glenn Doman and Janet Doman have discovered the completely different method of teaching a baby math, not the same that is using in junior schools. Their method suits for a baby from zero moths old, i.e. from birth. The are three lessons a day, each lesson last fifteen seconds and give such a joy to the baby that she woke me up in the mornings asking me to teach her math. When she hears my steps when I return from my job, she runs to me to teach her math. The babies CAN and WANT to learn!
The babies are eager to learn, they want desperately to learn everything they can, as quickly as possible, but the adults are often fail to provide for the babies the adequate opportunity of learning.
Glenn Doman and Janet Doman offer funny and inexpensive way of teaching the baby math, by means of special inventory: cards with red points indicating a real quantity.
A few words from my own experience on producing the inventory: don't even imagine of cutting the cards or the points by yourself. Order the empty cards of the specified size in a nearby company, which prints business cards. Order five thousand 0.75-inch sticky red circles on a roll of ORACAL in a nearby company, which decorates the shop windows. The authors do not emphasize on ORACAL, but the process of putting the circles to the cards should be as easy as possible.

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The author employs a system of dot flashcards to teach babies addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. He gives optimum time periods for study, stressing rapidity. Only a few 30 second sessions per day are required to accomplish the task.

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Game 2 (Sluggers) Review

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(More customer reviews)When Ruby Payne and her older brother Griffith stand on the deck of the steamer Meriwether Lewis and take a look at Uncle Owen's letter, they know danger lies ahead. His tattered note warns "Beware the Chancellor," and Griffith sees what appears to be blood stains. They fear for Uncle Owen's safety after reading even worse news about the Chancellor: "He mustn't learn of the baseball."
Ruby and Griffith know about the legend of the Chancellor, a wealthy and powerful man who supposedly possesses evil powers. They also remember the earlier warning they received from their Uncle Owen on the night of their father's funeral: "Be together, Always. Great danger lies ahead, an unspeakable kind. Things will speak to you in different ways. And, you mustn't tell a soul."
In Louisville, Ruby, Griffith and Graham learn some history, geography and a little more about the game of baseball. They find out why Louisville is called the River City and how Kentucky came to be known as the Bluegrass State. They meet J. F. Hellerich, creator of the Louisville Slugger baseball bat. Yet puzzling things occur to Ruby when she visits Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.
To understand the strange happenings, Ruby records in a journal what she sees, hears and thinks. After reading it, Ruby and her brothers begin to understand more about the power --- and the danger --- of the magic baseball. When Ruby, Griffith and Graham band together and hold the baseball, strange and wonderful things happen on the baseball field. The ghosts of graceful and mighty thoroughbred horses graze among the players, unseen by the cheering crowd. Only Ruby, Griffith, Graham and the Travelin' Nine are aware of the horses' presence --- and witness their power.
In Louisville, Ruby also gets to know more about the Travelin' Nine players, especially the silent Scribe, who is "the largest human being Ruby had ever seen." And Griffith understands, even more than his mother, about the danger and risks facing their family, especially to Graham.
The lovely illustrations, the convenient and easy-to-understand definitions about historic baseball terms and the intriguing storyline complement this enjoyable sequel. Even if your favorite team didn't make it to the World Series this year, Game 2 of the Barnstormers series will give baseball lovers of all ages something to cheer about.
--- Reviewed by Donna Volkenannt

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Snow White Review

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(More customer reviews)David Barthelme's Snow White, unlike some other specimens of avant-garde fiction, never loses its grip on the plot or the emotions of its characters in favor of retaining its experimental rhythms. One is able to feel sympathy for the many long-suffering dwarves, hope for the romantic leads, and an appropriate sense of the apalling regarding the villains, and still appreciate the puns and absurdities Barthelme was so adept at creating. At first glance, readers of more mainstream fiction might be put off by the seemingly random leaps between viewpoints and styles. However, on closer inspection, one finds a distinct pattern and a remarkable fullness to the prose. Not to mention the often tremendously funny, yes laugh-out-loud funny, episodes sprinkled throughout the book. By the time one reaches the last, very short, chapter, one sees that every line has been carefully crafted to reach this conclusion. It has become inevitable. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in adult faerie tales, experimental fiction, or anyone seeking a diverting, off the beaten path, change of pace from the cookie cutter junk so many authors now pass off as great literature.

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An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an incisive and biting commentary on the absurdities and complexities of modern life. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Secrets in Stone : All About Maya Hieroglyphics Review

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(More customer reviews)My 5 yo daughter pulled this off the shelf of our local library and said, "I want to read about Egypt." I glanced at the book and almost put it back when I saw what the topic really was. But, then I decided, "Hey, if she thinks it looks interesting, let's read it." Surprise! My 8 yo, she, and I all loved the book! We checked it out again recently, and my older child (who is now 9) devoured it in one sitting.
Learning how to read the hieroglyphs is a blast, and I loved the puzzles that the author sets for the reader. He has you find particular hieroglyphs in actual Maya inscriptions. I have seen some of the Maya ruins and loved them long before this book was published, but this book adds so much depth to the study of Maya history.
Plus, the book has raised hieroglyphs on the inside covers. You can then make rubbings of the hieroglyphs to form different words. A great purchase!

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The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture Review

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(More customer reviews)Francesca is an amazing instructor at her college, and her years of expertise in the field are truly insightful. The book thoroughly educates and provokes further thought.

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The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading (Faith Meets Faith Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is an amazing accomplishment. Daring and yet solid in its scholarship, it is a readable account that will change both my scholarly approach to future topics and my personal christology. A wonderful achievement.

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Aramaic Light on the Gospel of Matthew Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is called a commentary and that's exactly what it is. But don't be fooled: if you think commentaries must be dry and boring, you should read this book. I'd even recommend you to take this book on your holidays, because it is not only extremely learned but also written so wonderfully well that you almost think it is entertainment. Jesus and his times become alive. Customs, traditions and idioms are explained and not only that, Dr. Rocco Errico, Master student of the world renowned Assyrian Scholar George Lamsa (Lamsa-Bible!) translated the Gospel of Matthew anew considering exactly the mentioned idioms, the psychology, the customs and most importantly: the Aramaic language, which was Jesus' language. I am a translator myself, nothing sophisticated, "just" English into German, but I see the problem of translating idioms, how quickly one is trapped as a translator. How much more difficult must it be if you translate from Aramaic into Greek into Latin into English. And even more a few thousand years ago! Yes, I know, the common opinion is that sacred scriptures have only survived in the Greek language. But this is not true. But that's beside the point here. Important is that Biblical scholars nowadays acknowledge at least that the Gospels were originally written in Aramaic (even if they don't believe we still have these manuscripts, but we do). A doctor of Theology in Germany admitted to me a while ago that biblical scholars indeed do re-translate the Greek text into Aramaic and then certain passages begin to make sense. But again, Lamsa and Errico do not base their work on re-translations from Greek into Aramaic, not at all! The Church of the East always had the old manuscripts, handed down from their author's times, unaltered, but meticulously copied and kept well (read New Testament Origins by Lamsa). "Aramaic Light on the Gospel of Matthew" is scientifically founded stuff, alive, fascinating - a real page turner.

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This inimitable commentary carries you back almost two thousand years, providing a clear perspective of Jesus in the light of his own language, people and times. It acts as a Near Eastern guide, taking you through the heart of the gospel, illuminating difficult and puzzling passages and offering unparalleled insight into the character and behavior of Near Eastern Semites. Dr. Errico has not only edited, expanded and annotated Dr. Lamsa's commentaries, Gospel Light and More Light on the Gospel; he has also added information derived from his continual research in Aramaic word meanings and Near Eastern Studies and completed unpublished material that the two of them had only outlined just before Dr. Lamsa's death in 1975.

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