CBS Marketwatch Stories Behind the Numbers: How America Made a Fortune and Lost Its Shirt

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Reader.......2002-07-09

This book isn't always hard-hitting, but it does bring up some of the hardships brought about by the bear market. With the pundits disgraced, it's helpful to see what every day investors have to say about the market. For Wall Street professionals, the book also provides a look into the minds of the folks they're trying to woo. The book doesn't promise to make anyone rich, but it does deliver rich lessons in the stock market from the perspective of Main Street.

A Great Antidote for the Wall Street Malaise.......2002-07-05

The big talk right now - as I'm sure was the case in the late 1880s, the early 1930s and the 1970s - is whether confidence will come back into the equity markets. Well, time after time, America has always come back and has been stronger for it. It may certainly be tempting to get rid of all your stocks and go into bonds or something else that is "safe." Yet, history has a way of repeating itself and I'm sure the markets will yet again come back.

The bubble of the late 1990s was a good thing, a reality check. Capital will now flow to the right places and there will be many reforms to make the financial system stronger and more transparent.

Although the title of Steve Gelsi's and Thom Calandra's book may indicate they are only talking about the bubble, this is far from true. On a deeper level, the book focuses on America's core strengths -- especially the heartland. Ultimately, this is an optimistic book.

In a way, the book feels like "On the Road" with Charles Kuralt. The language is simple but almost poetic. The stories are true and have lots of meaning.

This book, in fact, would have made Charles Kuralt proud!

Avoid, Try Sy Harding's "Riding the Bear".......2002-07-03

Superficial and quite short, this is merely an overpriced series of magazine articles bound together. Sy Harding's "Riding the Bear" gives market history and info that will make everyone a much better investor. This marketwatch book will not make anyone a better investor. Avoid!

This little piggy went to market..........2002-07-03

Starting around 1982, and continuing on through the 1990s, this little piggy went to market. That is to say, Americans invested more capital in the US stock markets, and more often than they had ever done so in the past. People dreamed of cashing in big time on the likes of technology companies that marketed products that the common man clearly did not understand; or telecommunications companies whose stock prices defied the physical laws of gravity; or energy companies, where more than half of the accounting (and auditing) was "off the books".

Fast forward to the year 2001, and market participants find themselves caught in the raging downdraft of a severe bear market. Gone are stock prices that are justified by some arcane measurement of productivity or valuation. Many of the highly touted companies of the 1990s find themselves at the doorstep of the bankruptcy court. Disgraced are the corporate leaders at those companies that knowingly chose to deceive their shareholders and the investing public by including sham numbers in their audited filings.

Yes, Americans made lots of money in the 1990s only to lose most of it in the 2000s. Authors Steve Gelsi and Thom Calandra have created this book to document just a few of the personal stories that happened in the backdrop of the collapse of the US stock markets. Some stories are quite humorous, while other stories are not so funny. All are entertaining and well worth reading.

We can learn from the good judgment exercised by other folks. We can learn from their failures as well. This book is light reading at its best, from two well respected journalists at CBS MarketWatch.

Great for the average investor.......2002-07-02

I found this to be an extremely useful book that takes a non Wall Street approach to the market and offers common-sense strategies for the individual investor. It was a quick and easy read and provided an array of anecdotes that are geared at helping the average investor like me. I highly recommend this book to all individual investors who want to learn about how other investors are handling the volatility of the stock market.

CBS Marketwatch Stories Behind the Numbers: How America Made a Fortune and Lost Its Shirt

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CBS Marketwatch Stories Behind the Numbers: How America Made a Fortune and Lost Its Shirt
Steve Gelsi
Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O940N0

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The first book to publish in our new series The Classics of Golf Course Maintenance and Construction. This vintage book is an exact reprint of the highly sought-after, circa 1906, Golf Greens and Green-Keeping, by Horace Hutchinson. A celebration of the modern-day golf course superintendent, this amazing book takes you back to the roots of the profession, providing the cornerstone on which current maintenance and construction practices were built. With basic principles that hold true today, Golf Greens and Green-Keeping educates through insightful chapters on green construction and maintenance, bunker placement and design, maintenance of fairways and tees, and course routing and strategy—along with rarely seen photographs from the turn of the century.

Vintage photographs of St. Andrews, Hoylake, Royal St. Georges, North Berwick, Prestwick, Walton Heath, and more show the mastery of their original designs. From the unique hazards, to classic holes—Redan, and green complexes that simply can not be copied, this book is almost impossible to find, and is extremely rare. Copies can sell for more than one thousand dollars! Now you van add this treasure to your personal collection., with many more classics to follow!

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Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction & Green-Keeping
Alister MacKenzie
Manufacturer: Sports Media Group
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1587260034

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Golf Greens and Green-Keeping
Horace G Hutchinson
Manufacturer: Country Life
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J3A6KM

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TURF: A BOOK ABOUT GOLF GREENS, TENNIS COURTS, OWLING GREENS AND PLAYING-PITCHES NO LESS THAN LAWNS; THEIR MAKING AND KEEPING ACCORDING TO MODERN PRACTICE.

Manufacturer: Faber and Faber
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HIS7W8

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Keeping the green in Greenburgh: family keeps golf range amid county growth and condemnation threats.(Westchester Golf Range Inc.)(Brief Article)(Company ... from: Westchester County Business Journal
Jeanine Prezioso
Manufacturer: Westfair Communications, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Westchester County Business Journal, published by Westfair Communications, Inc. on July 29, 2002. The length of the article is 1135 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: Keeping the green in Greenburgh: family keeps golf range amid county growth and condemnation threats.(Westchester Golf Range Inc.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
Author: Jeanine Prezioso
Publication: Westchester County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 29, 2002
Publisher: Westfair Communications, Inc.
Volume: 41 Issue: 30 Page: 1(2)

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Golf architecture: Economy in course construction and green-keeping

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Golf architecture: Economy in course construction and green-keeping
A Mackenzie
Manufacturer: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00086TP8Y

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New each time.......2005-05-30

Although much of the information covered here is available in the more easily found Spirit of St Andrews, this original work is far more profound in the impact it has on the reader.

Inside is an overview of Mackenzie's views on golf architecture, mostly drawing on his experience while in the UK. It was after this book was published that he found his way to the Americas and left a lasting mark on the profession.

By reading and rereading this book, much of what was upheld by the classic architects not only becomes clearer, but it also shows us quickly how course construction has strayed from its early ideals.

The renewed interest in golf architecture, and Mackenzie in particular, will hopefully spawn a new age of course construction. This book, one of the best of its kind, should be read by the student in whatever edition he can find.

Turf;: A book about golf greens, tennis courts, bowling greens and playing pitches, no less than lawns; their making and keeping according to modern practice

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Turf;: A book about golf greens, tennis courts, bowling greens and playing pitches, no less than lawns; their making and keeping according to modern practice
Idris Giles Lewis
Manufacturer: faber and faber
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0007IXV2E

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Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us:SATURNEarth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks. Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since.But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens-so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few......

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Bova knows his science, but doesn't really know his characters (or human nature) very well.......2007-03-26

After reading "Saturn", I debated whether I was going to give it two or three stars; I debated whether I was even going to read more of the series (Grand Tour books: "Venus" (best so far), "Jupiter" (3 stars), "Saturn", "Mercury", "Titan" (same characters as "Saturn"), The Rock Wars books. Are the two Mars books part of this series? The two Moonbase books?). I will most likely at last read one more; and I gave "Saturn" two stars - but I want to believe that Titan will redeem this set of characters in Bova's Grand Tour solar system.

As with the other books in this series (at least the ones I have read), Earth is in the grip of governments controlled by fundamentalist regimes. The Space Habitat Goddard is launching on a one-way trip to Saturn orbit; it is full of scientists and technicians and support personnel with the purpose of studying Saturn and its moon Titan (which appears to have some simple life living on it), most of which are against the Earth's current rulers. But, is this habitat also a bigger social experiment being conducted by The New Morality, one of Earth's ruling regimes?

The Holy Disciples, another of Earth's ruling theocracies, recruits Malcolm Eberly, a believer and a successful conman, from a prison in Vienna to be the head of the Human Resources department and the mission of taking control of the habitat and ensuring a path of righteousness for its population. Of course, the habitat is full of spies - some Eberly is aware of and some he is not - and his failure would mean a return to Earth and prison.

Okay...so what? Too many characters, not enough depth, and the tiring of the theocratic government angle make this book mostly a disappointment. You can't even figure out who to root for...Eberly isn't really a believer, but his seeming megalomania and desire to be loved make him pretty flawed...Holly, his assistant, is pretty much vacuous...the other characters are obviously evil, small minded (or both), or not that interested in the larger picture. Not even the science, which you can usually rely on Bova making interesting and hold his books together, is minimal until the end.

At face value, I would say pass on this book, but the reviews for "Titan" imply that the science is good and more featured in the direct sequel (but the reviews also dismiss the characters and their storylines as pontless). And, the reviews are pretty favorable for "Mercury" the book published in between "Saturn" and "Titan". In the end, read the Ben Bova Grand Tour books for the science...characters are not his strong suit and they are usually shallow and stereotypical and must be endured for the interesting science.

Politics Within a Miniworld.......2006-08-10

Saturn (2003) is the third SF novel in the Planet Novel series, following Jupiter. In this novel, the Goddard habitat is leaving its lunar orbit and traveling to an orbit around Saturn. The largest minority group aboard the habitat is the scientists sent to study the Saturn system, especially the moon Titan. Although the sponsors are happy to see the last of this ungodly crew, the hidden purpose of the mission is really not to gather planetary data, but as an experiment in human society. The anthropologist James Wilmot is the project chief for this experiment and reports back to New Morality headquarters in Atlanta.

Malcolm Eberly was recruited by the Holy Disciples to accompany the ten thousand persons on the habitat. He is a former swindler who has been released from prison for the trip. He and others of the fundamentalist cadre are supposed to take over the administration and impose an authoritarian government. His primary assistants are Ruth Morgenthau, Sammi Vyborg and Leo Kananga.

Susan Lane, Pancho Lane's sister, decides to leave Selene and travel to Saturn orbit on the Goddard habitat. She is enamored with Eberly. With encouragement from Eberly, she changes her name to Holly Lane.

Two other members of the Saturn mission have been sent by Pancho Lane to keep an eye on Holly. Manuel Gaeta is a stuntman who hopes to the first man on Titan. Kris Cardenas is a Nobel Prize laureate for her work on nanotechnology; she was instrumental in the death of Dan Randolph and has been in self-exile in the Belt. Both are accepted by Eberly, but are having problems with Edouard Urbain, the chief scientist.

Eberly was appointed as Director of the Human Resources Department of the Goddard habitat, with Holly as his assistant. They screened all ten thousand of the inhabitants from volunteers selected by the project sponsors: the New Morality, the Holy Disciples and the Sword of Islam. For the most part, these volunteers have been released from prisons where they were sentenced for political crimes: secularism, political agitation, and free thinking.

While Holly is the main protaganist in this novel, Eberly is the chief character. With his vices and virtues, he is the primary driving force in the storyline. All the other characters are fanatics or show little personal development; for example, Holly is an adolescent fixated on Eberly as a form of rebellion against her sister. Like Hamlet, Eberly never really does anything decisive, yet his feeble attempts at personal freedom set the stage for what little action occurs within the plotline.

This novel continues the tale of an Earth devastated by Global Warming and ruled by a coalition of religious fundamentalists. The natives are revolting and the fundamentalists are finding pure force to be less effective. Now they are trying subtle force and planning far ahead. The Goddard habitat is only one aspect of this plan.

Recommended for Bova fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of personal liberties, political manipulation, and social development.

-Arthur W. Jordin

Easy Read, Light on Plot - Borrow, Don't Buy.......2005-10-17

Bova's book Saturn describes the numerous plots and internal shenanigans of a crew headed for the ringed planet. We have the religious fundamentalists, the cynical politicians who try to manipulate everyone to their will, the spacy academics who focus on hard science and little else, and the anti-establishment folks who are trying to escape a cloying religious fanatic-led environment on earth. Needless to say, nearly every one of these characters has a very predictable role to play. There aren't any surprises on the USS Goddard, the giant exploration ship that takes this motley crew to Saturn. Its an easy read with fairly decent character development. More like a John Grisham novel than sophisticated science fiction. Buy it (better yet, borrow it!) for the beach.

out of gas.......2005-09-09

Dismal writing performance. Just as blah as Clarke's Rama series. The good SciFi writers have all run out of gas. I picked up the book thinking it would be a science adventure like Foster's The Dig, only to discover it was about politics as usual, and maybe 10% reference to things of science. The characters were stereotypical, and you could match item for item how the story was put together with his own SciFI writing method he published. For an early teen audience.

Readable but not Great.......2005-08-24

Saturn tells the story of a scientific expedition bound for the planet Saturn for the purpose of scientific exploration and colonization. Along the journey, various political factions emerge among the crew, and a group of outlaws attempts to democratically take over the colony and to establish a dictatorship.

Saturn is the first novel by Ben Bova that I have read. It is readable, but it is certainly not great. For one thing, the characters are generic, boring and underdeveloped. For another, some elements of the plot are just not credible. For example, Bova would have us believe that the colonists get so worked up about naming various buildings in their habitat that they hold colony-wide democratic elections to resolve this "grave" issue.

Nonetheless, the book is surprisingly readable. Saturn is written in flowing style and the plot is constantly moving forward. I never found myself bored, but was never really engaged either.

I read a lot of sci-fi and this book is not one of the better pieces in the genre. Bottom line, I don't recommend this book, but if you happen to get it and have nothing better to do, it's an ok way to pass a few hours.

By Space Ship to Saturn or Exploring the Ringed Planet

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By Space Ship to Saturn or Exploring the Ringed Planet
Roy Rockwood
Manufacturer: Whitman Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H8IGK6

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By Space Ship to Saturn or Exploring the Ringed Planet
Roy Rockwood
Manufacturer: Whitman
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Binding: Hardcover

Passage to a ringed world : the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan (SuDoc NAS 1.21:533)

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Passage to a ringed world : the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan (SuDoc NAS 1.21:533)
NASA
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010ULLW

The Ringed Planet: Saturn (Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe)

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The Ringed Planet: Saturn (Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe)
Isaac Asimov , and Francis Reddy
Manufacturer: Gareth Stevens Pub
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Binding: Library Binding

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Saturn: The Ringed Beauty (Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)

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Saturn: The Ringed Beauty (Isaac Asimov's Library of the Universe)
Isaac Asimov
Manufacturer: G. Stevens
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Binding: Hardcover

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By Space Ship to Saturn, Exploring the Ringed Planet

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By Space Ship to Saturn, Exploring the Ringed Planet
Roy Rockwood
Manufacturer: Whiteman
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LH39Z0

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Principles of Environmental Physics discusses the physical processes which determine how living organisms respond to their environment. The authors review the relevant basic physics and discuss radiation and heat exchange, and mass and momentum transfer; applying these principles to the heat balance of plants and animals and to the micrometereology of crops.

The new edition has been thoroughly revised, including further material on topics such as the effect of aerosol on solar radiation at the ground; transmission of radiation in crop stands; radiative properties; and remote sensing.

Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook.

The latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals if fully dicussed.

Modern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed.

Thoroughly revised and up-dated edition of a highly successful textbook
The latest information concerning the large scale effects of the breakdown of the ozone layer on plants and animals is fully discussed
Modern techniques, particularly remote sensing via satellites, are fully discussed

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Good reference to make you look smart at work.......2007-06-08

Okay, so this is not a great beach read, page turner, or anything you want on your coffee table. But it is nice book to have on your shelf in your office if you do work in environmental or climate science. In all honesty, I will probably never use 99% of the stuff that this book contains, but when I need an equation for heat or mass transport, radiation, etc., I usually find it in this book. It probably is most useful for those in satellite remote sensing and image processing or in environmental or climate modeling, as it contains a considerable amount of information on the effect of difference surfaces on radiation and wind patterns. The last two chapters contain detailed equations for crop micro-meteorology and sum up most of the principles in the book.

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Plants: An Integrated Unit
Kathy Rogers
Manufacturer: Ecs Learning Systems
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0944459838

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Integrated plant safety assessment : systematic evaluation program, Dresden Nuclear Power Station unit 2, Commonwealth Edison Company, docket no. 50-237 (SuDoc Y 3.N 88:10/0823/SUPP.1)

Manufacturer: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation National Technical Information Service [distributor
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010EWD0

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Integrated risk assessment for the LaSalle unit 2 nuclear power plant: Phenomenology and risk uncertainty evaluation program (PRUEP)

Manufacturer: Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor]
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0160405114

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Plant potpourri: An integrated-thematic science unit for K-2 classrooms
Peggy Charlesworth
Manufacturer: s.n.]
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006P89Q6

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Discover the wonders of Toronto with this latest Moon Metro destination. Moon Metro: Toronto is the only guide of its kind with maps for each distinct neighborhood, listing the hottest shops, restaurants, sights, and entertainment offerings. A teeming, multi-cultural metropolis, Toronto provides travelers with unparalleled options for shopping, entertainment, cultural activities, and more. Moon Metro: Toronto leads the reader directly into the heart of Toronto's unique quarters, including picturesque Harbourfront, hip Queen West, and trendy Yorkville. Care for sports? Choose from four professional teams: MLB's Blue Jays; the NBA's Raptors; the NHL's Maple Leafs, or the CFL's Argonauts. Looking for a little drama? With over 200 professional theatre and dance companies staging 10,000 live performances a year in more than 90 theatre venues throughout the metro area, Toronto is home to the third-largest theatre center (behind only NYC and London) in the world. Films? Toronto annually hosts the most important film festival in North America, and serves as the backdrop for countless television and film productions. Urbane, cosmopolitan, and unique, Toronto is a meeting place of the 21st century.

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Moving/Visiting - a must.......2005-06-15

This book is incredible! I got a job in Toronto and had to go look for a place to live - I relied on this book to find my way around. I highly recommend it! The book is great for big cities, because you can sit on a subway, or bus, and discreetly fold out the map to get your bearings, and then fold it back into the page. It has all the major neighborhoods in downtown Toronto well mapped out and described. The book itself is small and can easily fit into a small carry on bag. Thank-you moon metro - you made my life much easier

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In the name of love.......2000-03-30

This is a very intriuging mystery. Tv heartthrob, Charlie stern has asked Cassey to marry him. Will she say yes, or no. Reva has been mugged! It's up to Nancy to find Reva's braclet. Will Nancy find Reva's bracelet? Find out in Nancy Drew on campus #11.

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